When I am working on a project with LOTS of documents, I oftentimes need them all open at the same time.

For example, when doing a global find/change, I can push that change to ALL OPEN DOCUMENTS. Well, if I have 300 documents and can only do 135 at a time, that’s frustrating.

Another reason I like them all open at the same time is when I synchronize documents using the Book Panel. If all of the documents are open, and the synchronize had a problem, a simple Edit>Undo brings them all back to where you started. If documents are closed when you synchronize, you own your mistake.

And InDesign doesn't tell you they can't open that many documents. They give you this warning, which gives you no clue that the problem MIGHT be that you're opening more documents than ID can handle. So after some fumbling, I figured out what this cryptic message actually means. The problem has nothing to do with permissions or the document being open already.

And to top it all off: If you are trying to open 300 documents, you have click OK for the remainder of the documents it's trying to open. So 300 minus 135... ... carry the 9, that's 165 times I have to click OK to get out of this mess.

When I am working on a project with LOTS of documents, I oftentimes need them all open at the same time.

For example, when doing a global find/change, I can push that change to ALL OPEN DOCUMENTS. Well, if I have 300 documents and can only do 135 at a time, that’s frustrating.

Another reason I like them all open at the same time is when I synchronize documents using the Book Panel. If all of the documents are open, and the synchronize had a problem, a simple Edit>Undo brings them all back to where you started. If documents are closed when you synchronize, you own your mistake.

And InDesign doesn't tell you they can't open that many documents. They give you this warning, which gives you no clue that the problem MIGHT be that you're opening more documents than ID can handle. So after some fumbling, I figured out what this cryptic message actually means. The problem has nothing to do with permissions or the document being open already.

And to top it all off: If you are trying to open 300 documents, you have click OK for the remainder of the documents it's trying to open. So 300 minus 135... ... carry the 9, that's 165 times I have to click OK to get out of this mess.