6 Replies Latest reply on Apr 4, 2013 7:52 AM by Peter Spier

Indesign crashes when editing GREP styles

tashirleyb Apr 3, 2013 1:16 PM

I'm using Indesign CS6 on a mac. I have GREP styles applied to a certain paragraph style, and every time I go in to try and edit the GREP styles, ID crashes. I have another, completely separate file, which also uses GREP styles, but so far hasn't had a problem with me editing them. I tried the suggested solution of exporting to .idml and recreating the file, but when I try to open the idml file, ID crashes again. Is my best option to clear my preferences? Is there anything else I can try?

1. Re: Indesign crashes when editing GREP styles

Tom Usrey Apr 4, 2013 6:35 AM (in response to tashirleyb)

So this is a single file and it crashes as you are editing GREP styles? Is it a single GREP style or all of them that can cause the crash? Have you ruled out that the main paragraph style might be corrupt?
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2. Re: Indesign crashes when editing GREP styles

tashirleyb Apr 4, 2013 6:47 AM (in response to Tom Usrey)

It's when I try to edit any of the four GREP styles I have applied to that paragraph style. If I try to edit GREP styles for any of my other paragraph styles, ID handles it fine. I made a new paragraph style that was identical to the troublesome one (just by applying the same styles, not by duplicating it), and without any GREP styles. When I went to delete the old one and replace it with the new one, ID crashed again. So it sounds as though this paragraph style is what is causing the problem, but I can't seem to get rid of it.
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3. Re: Indesign crashes when editing GREP styles

tashirleyb Apr 4, 2013 7:00 AM (in response to tashirleyb)

Well, I managed to get InDesign to delete the paragraph style and replace it with the new one. It was all running fine (even the GREP styles) until I tried to get rid of hyphenation in the new paragraph style. Now it crashes every time I try. What is going on?
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4. Re: Indesign crashes when editing GREP styles

Peter Spier Apr 4, 2013 7:11 AM (in response to tashirleyb)

Replace the style again and try an export to .idml See Remove minor corruption by exporting
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5. Re: Indesign crashes when editing GREP styles

tashirleyb Apr 4, 2013 7:21 AM (in response to Peter Spier)

As I said in my opening post, I tried that solution, but when I open the idml and try to make the edits InDesign crashes. I tried working around the problem by turning off hyphenation in the tool bar. It worked for most of my pages, but on one page it kept crashing, so I deleted it and recreated it, and it seems to be working okay for now.
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6. Re: Indesign crashes when editing GREP styles

Peter Spier Apr 4, 2013 7:52 AM (in response to tashirleyb)

You hadn't recreated the style before you tried .idml the first time....
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