Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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critical error displaying page content
By default, InDesign sets the display mode using the GPU. After updating the program, a critical error began to occur: when turning pages, part of the page content simply disappears. For example, if you have 30 objects on a spread, at some point 15 of them disappear (purely conditionally, let's call them even), while the odd ones are visible. If you press the display mode switch (the w button), now the even ones appear, and the odd ones disappear. Then, to display ALL objects, you have to switch the display to enhanced view. But on the next spread, everything can…
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group size error when turning page
Create a group of objects, for example, a text block plus a rectangle, and also the same rectangle separately. Then create a new page and rotate it 90 degrees in the page management window. Copy your group and the individual rectangle from the old page and place it on the flipped one. Now enter new dimensions, for example 100 by 10 mm for the group and for the rectangle. The individual rectangle will get the correct dimensions, taking into account the fact that the page is rotated 90 degrees. However, the group will have an error - the vertical dimensions…
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ungrouping error
If you copy a group of objects to another layer in InDesign, and then ungroup it, those objects disappear. But what actually happens is this: take the group on layer 1, copy it to layer 2, ungroup it. They will disappear from layer 2 and appear on layer 1 UNDER the group object on the original layer 1. And you can turn off the visibility of layer 1 or even lock it completely before ungrouping the objects on layer 2, but what will happen is that the objects will be moved to layer 1 from layer 2 and hidden under…
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Paste Into don't respect the frame boundaries
I’m having an issue in InDesign with graphics using the 'Paste Into' command. When I export the file to PDF, the graphics occasionally don't respect the frame boundaries. If I duplicate the frames, the problem persists, but it appears inconsistently in different places. However, when I export as a PNG or print the page directly to a printer, the issue does not occur.
Mac Studio M1 Ultra
macOS Sonoma 14.8.4
Indesign 2026 21.3Attached pdf, png and indd files.
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PDF export freezing on 99%
Continual problems with PDF exports freezing on 99% and not completing. InDesign is getting worse and worse. Unreliable, unstable, just garbage.
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display glitch on zoom / scroll
New glitchy display issues in all documents when zooming / scrolling. Switching off GPU Performance fixes the issue, but degrades overall performance. Have not had previous issues like this in prior releases.
- Indesign Version: 21.3 x64. (Graphics card: NVIDIA RTX A2000 Laptop GPU, current drivers)
- Steps to produce result: most scrolling/zooming (alt+scroll)
- Expected result: Smooth scrolling/display
- Actual result: display glitches and requires zoom/pan to reset or change display mode.
- Samples attached. Not dependent on specific files.
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InDesign – open dialog – file types selection – INDD, PDF
I am used to InDeign allowing me to open ONLY native files. I always keep InDesign files with pdf-s (named exactly the same) in one folder. Since InDesign is able to open / convert pdf files I often open pdf instead of indesign file, which makes my job much harder and more frustrating, than it needs to be.
Problem is that in file types section of the dialog I cannot select only indd files (which should be default option). Please, fix it! Thanks!!!
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Critical workflow break: period in filename makes Save As unusable after Tahoe upgrade — no workaround
Area: macOS 26 Tahoe – Save / Export Dialog with Indesign
Summary:
In macOS 26 Tahoe, the Save As filename field does not pre-populate when opening a Save As or Export dialog in Adobe InDesign. When manually retyping the filename, if the name contains a period followed by a space, the entire field is cleared the moment the space is typed. This does not happen with filenames that contain no period. No known workaround resolves this.Steps to reproduce:
1. Open a document in Adobe InDesign whose filename contains a period (e.g. "April 12.26Quarter Page HorSN.indd")
2. Go…1 vote -
Bloqueo congelamiento.
Indesing es una porquería de app, se para colgando, no permite que se grabe y cuando se reinicia se han borrado todos los trabajos. Aprendan a hacer bien un programa ¡Inútiles!
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**Title:** Grayscale TIFF colorization exports low-resolution unless transparency is forced (InDesign 21.3 / macOS 26.4) **Environment:*
Grayscale TIFF colorization exports as low-resolution unless transparency is forced (InDesign 21.3 / macOS 26.4)
Environment:
- InDesign version: 21.3
- macOS version: 26.4 (build 25E246)
- Hardware: Mac (Apple Silicon, exact model available on request)
- PDF export presets tested: High Quality Print, custom (no compression), PDF 1.3–1.8
- GPU on/off tested
Description of the issue:
Grayscale TIFF images placed in InDesign and colorized using the InDesign color tools export as visibly pixelated (low-resolution) in PDF.
- The source images are high-resolution and correctly linked
- The display in InDesign (high quality preview) is perfectly sharp
- The issue appears only after PDF export
- RGB/JPEG images do…
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In InDesign 2025 (version 20.5.2) and InDesign 2026 (version 21.3), when packaging a document, composite fonts and Japanese-language fonts a
OS: macOS 15.7.4
Version: InDesign 2025 (20.5.2) and InDesign 2026 (21.3)In all versions up to and including InDesign 2024, only Latin (Western) fonts were subject to collection during packaging. However, from InDesign 2025 onwards through the current version, Japanese-language fonts and composite fonts are also being collected during the packaging process. This requires us to manually remove the relevant files from the package folder each time, resulting in a significant and recurring burden on our workflow.
Furthermore, because composite fonts are being collected as font files, an alert indicating that the fonts cannot be found is displayed every time…1 vote -
CC Library window appears distorted and stretched
I noticed that the CC Library window is sometimes stretched or distorted up to a point where it's not readable. Especially when combined with other tools or re-arranged in own workspace this happens.
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paragraph shading where inline table is used #2
As a way to attract focus to a bug-story that is almost 6 year old and unsolved but to me and a few other professionals very important bug.
I added some screenshots there
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outer glow moved
Objects with outer glow or drop shadow display the effect in the wrong location.
You can see the expected out come and then the glow effects in the completely wrong locations in the other image.
Indesign 21.3 x64.
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Linked Illustrator Files Not Displaying Correctly in InDesign
We are experiencing an issue where Illustrator (.ai) files with linked assets are not displayed correctly when placed in InDesign.
InDesign does not properly render or recognize the linked content inside the Illustrator file, which affects preview and output accuracy. Currently, the only workaround is to embed all links in Illustrator before placing the file, which increases file size and slows down the workflow.
Please advise if there is a fix or recommended workflow for handling linked assets between Illustrator and InDesign.
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In v 21.3, shift and control shift don't work with arrow keys to nudge in larger or smaller increments
In InDesign v 21.3, my arrow keys work to nudge elements in 1 px increments, but I'm not able to nudge in larger or smaller increments. When I hold the shift key and press the arrow to nudge 10px, nothing happens. When I hold the shift and control keys and press the arrows to nudge .01 px, nothing happens. This feature works fine in InDesign v 20 and Illustrator v 30.3. I'm surrently running v 20 to avoid this issue.
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[ID-4279268][Support Ending for Intel Based Apps] Rosetta 2 is planned to be mostly discontinued by late 2027
Mac OS gives error alert on launch Indesign, also Photoshop
Reported bug to Apple:
Adobe 2026 InDesign & Photoshop2026 are both Universal’ apps. (per Get Info window on each app). When I launch either of these, I get a Notification saying it will no longer be supported on a future OS release. Please get your act together.1 voteClosed: Different Product ·
AdminSanyam Talwar
(Senior Lead Software Engineer, Adobe InDesign)
responded
[Support Ending for Intel Based Apps] Rosetta 2 is planned to be mostly discontinued by late 2027
Users will not be able to launch InDesign via Rosette. Apple has started to notify customers. Reference link: https://support.apple.com/en-in/102527
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links
In InDesign 2026 21.2, when opening an .indd document in a package folder, the links cannot be found in the Links folder, even though it is in the correct location.
Opening the .idml file in InDesign 2026 21.2 works.
Opening the .idml file in InDesign 2025 20.5.2 works normaly, and saving the document as .indd from InDesign 2025 and then opening it in InDesign 2026 works again.
This is therefore a serious bug in InDesign 2026.1 vote -
Multiframe – incorrect resizing when view is rotated
Create frame: 20 × 20 mm.
Use “Step and Repeat” to duplicate them 5 times horizontally.
Rotate the view by 90 degrees.
Select all frames (in rotate view: width: 20 mm, height: 100 mm)
Try to change their width to 30 mm
3. Expected width: 30 mm, height: 100 mm
4. Result: width: 20 mm, height: 30 mm1 vote -
In Indesign v. 21.3 bug in the Flex Layout feature are cut letters with overhanging elements
In InDesign v. 21.3, there's a bug in the Flex Layout feature. Letters with overhanging elements are cut off when printed and in the preview
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