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1. ID2026 Export Issues

   Exporting PDFs and IDML files in ID2026 is taking far longer than it does to do the same export in 2025, and I'm losing almost all of the hyperlinks on parent pages when exporting to IDML.

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   Need More Info  ·  AdminSanyam Talwar (Senior Lead Software Engineer, Adobe InDesign) responded

   Please send the following information to sharewithID@adobe.com :

   • Reproducible Steps – What were you doing when the issue occurred?
   • Video recording of the issue
   • Is(Are) the issue related to a specific document(s)/asset(s)? If yes, could you provide us with the document(s)/asset(s)? Please package the entire document (To package the document, choose File → Package…)

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2. collapsed panels on the right side won't open

   version 21.0 ME
   collapsed panels on the right side don't always open when clicked on, it may work for a while but then stops until I reset my workspace, then it works for a while and then stops again.
   I tried creating a new workspace but still happens.
   The same thing happens to my coworker.

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   Please send the following information to sharewithID@adobe.com :

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   • Video recording of the issue

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3. InDesign 2026 doesn’t remember “Show Import Options” checkbox (Mac)

   In the new InDesign 2026, this issue still persists — it’s been present at least since version 2025.

   When importing graphics, the Finder window opens, but InDesign no longer remembers the “Show Import Options” checkbox state. In previous versions, this preference stayed active even after restarting the application.

   Now I have to check it again every time I open InDesign.

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4. When importing tables through tagged text, formatting inexplicably and erratically lost; extra hard returns inserted

   1. Adobe InDesign 20.5
   2. Flow the attached .txt files (tagged text) into an InDesign file. you'll need paragraph styles "TABC", "TABH1", "TABTX", and "TAB" (the paragraph for the table). You'll also need table style "TAB" and a cell style "tabtx".
   3. The last cell in table 19.2 should be empty—no hard return. The the text in row 2, column 3 of table 19.4, "katab" should be italic.
   4. There's a hard return in the last cell of table 19.2; any text in cell R2C3 in table 19.4 is not ital (but note that the text in table 19.2 at R2C3 is italic as expected.
   5. See the attached tagged text and Word files as well as the attached screen shot.

   When importing tagged text, I am seeing some formatting—like italic—dropped, and I'm also seeing extra hard returns inserted in the last cell of the table. These problems seem to be intermittent and unpredictable. For example, in a cell with this text

   <CellStart:><ParaStyle:TAB_TX><cTypeface:Italic>katab<cTypeface:><CellEnd:>

   "katab" is not being italicized, but in a cell with this text

   <CellStart:><ParaStyle:TAB_TX><cTypeface:Italic>qəṭál<cTypeface:><CellEnd:>

   "qəṭál" is italicized just fine.

   If I copy and paste the "qəṭál" cell into the first file replacing the "katab" cell, "qəṭál" is not italicized. I've attached the tagged text and Word files for each.

   The other weird thing I'm seeing is a hard return inserted in an otherwise empty last cell in the table. You can see it in the table 19.4 file.

   If it helps, I can upload the InDesign template as well.

   1. Adobe InDesign 20.5
   2. Flow the attached .txt files (tagged text) into an InDesign file. you'll need paragraph styles "TABC", "TABH1", "TABTX", and "TAB" (the paragraph for the table). You'll also need table style "TAB" and a cell style "tabtx".
   3. The last cell in table 19.2 should be empty—no hard return. The the text in row 2, column 3 of table 19.4, "katab" should be italic.
   4. There's a hard return in the last cell of table 19.2; any text in cell R2C3 in table 19.4 is not ital (but note that the text in table 19.2 at… more

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5. Margins and guides don't work regardless of preview mode or not

   The margins and guides disappeared and don't show when i click show and fix up the margin size. The feature just stopped working and doesn't want to even after computer restart and reinstallation of Indesign.

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6. Save As, Export and import file locations not behaving after Mac OS Tahoe update

   Previously for many older versions of Indesign, Indesign will remember your document, PDF export and import locations.

   Save As would always take you to where your current document is, PDF export would take you to your last PDF export location for that particular document, and Import would take you to your last import location.

   Since upgrading to Mac OS Tahoe - all of this has gone haywire. Save As will sometimes take me to the last location of the PDF export, PDF export will sometimes take me to where the document is located. And import is the same. I am now saving documents in the wrong folder all the time, my PDFs are all mixed up, and now that I am aware of the problem I have to check and re-navigate everytime I Save As or Export or Import. It's slowing me down a huge amount and mistakes are still being made.

   This needs to be addressed and returned to the previous workflow settings ASAP!!!!!

   Previously for many older versions of Indesign, Indesign will remember your document, PDF export and import locations.

   Save As would always take you to where your current document is, PDF export would take you to your last PDF export location for that particular document, and Import would take you to your last import location.

   Since upgrading to Mac OS Tahoe - all of this has gone haywire. Save As will sometimes take me to the last location of the PDF export, PDF export will sometimes take me to where the document is located. And import is the same. I am… more

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7. Opening document message stuck when opening a document

   ID 20.5 on Mac Sequoia (M4 Pro).

   1. Open a document by double-clicking the file.
   2. The document opens.
   3. The "Opening document message" remains stuck in the display.
   4. The only solution to exit from this situation is to close ID.
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8. InDesign 20.5 nonresponsive in paragraph/character styles after Windows update KB5065789

   After a Windows 11 update to "September 29, 2025—KB5065789 (OS Builds 26200.6725 and 26100.6725) Preview" InDesign is nonresponsive hanging for minutes at a time trying to navigate menu options in Paragraph Styles and Character Styles.
   The same happens with prior versions of InDesign with this Windows Update.
   Confirmed the problem occurred on two different users/machines, with a new blank document.

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9. InDesign process dies after 3 minutes

   I'm facing the following problem. I'm on a new Windows 11 (24H2) and have Creative Cloud and various apps like Photoshop (26,11), Illustrator (29.8.2) or InDesign (20.5) installed. Every app works fine except InDesign. No matter what INDD file I work on, what menu I'm in or if I just leave the app open showing the start page, after 3 minutes the InDesign.exe dies. I've checked that I have the latest updates, reinstalled it, removed all presettings of previous versions, tried to run as admin and in compatibilty mode. Nothing changes. It runs 3 minutes and then suddenly dies. In Windows event logs is nothing reported around that moment so I have no clues, what's the reason.

   I'm facing the following problem. I'm on a new Windows 11 (24H2) and have Creative Cloud and various apps like Photoshop (26,11), Illustrator (29.8.2) or InDesign (20.5) installed. Every app works fine except InDesign. No matter what INDD file I work on, what menu I'm in or if I just leave the app open showing the start page, after 3 minutes the InDesign.exe dies. I've checked that I have the latest updates, reinstalled it, removed all presettings of previous versions, tried to run as admin and in compatibilty mode. Nothing changes. It runs 3 minutes and then suddenly dies. In… more

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10. Share for Review PDF link: asset not found

    When uploading the share for review file, the upload hung up for a long time. It finally went through, but once I followed the link I get an Error 404: Asset not found in safari.

    Have refreshed the link multiple times with no change.

    Indesign 20.5
    Safari 26.0.1

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11. ".pdf" added to packaged files

    Since InDesign 2025 launch, when packaging files InDesign adds ".pdf" file name to created packaged folders. It is annoying and incorrect.

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12. Since MAC OS Tahoe 26.0 is installed impossible to work properly with Indesign

    Since MAC OS Tahoe 26.0 is installed impossible to work properly with Indesign

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13. When copying text between InDesign documents, the Word order changes

    When copying text between InDesign documents, the Word order changes

    I have a textlbox with this content:

     "22. DEZ - 03. JAN Weihnachtsferien Ende"
    

    I copy this block of text to the clipboard. Then I switch to another InDesign document and paste the text from the clipboard into it. In the target document, however, InDesign changes the order of the text components into a completely meaningless sequence

     "JAN Weihnachtsferien Ende .03 - DEZ .22"
    

    I made another attempt with this text:

     "Eins 6 Zwei 5 Drei 4 Vier 3 Fünf 2 Sechs 1"
    

    In the target document, InDesign turns it into the following text:

     "1 Sechs 2 Fünf 3 Vier 4 Drei 5 Zwei 6 Eins"
    

    So it seems that the sorting isn't arbitrary, but rather a specific order is being achieved. But what's the point of this nonsense? How can I prevent this nonsensical behavior?

    I use Release 20.5 x64 on Win10

    When copying text between InDesign documents, the Word order changes

    I have a textlbox with this content:

     "22. DEZ - 03. JAN Weihnachtsferien Ende"
    

    I copy this block of text to the clipboard. Then I switch to another InDesign document and paste the text from the clipboard into it. In the target document, however, InDesign changes the order of the text components into a completely meaningless sequence

     "JAN Weihnachtsferien Ende .03 - DEZ .22"
    

    I made another attempt with this text:

     "Eins 6 Zwei 5 Drei 4 Vier 3 Fünf 2 Sechs 1"
    

    In the target document, InDesign turns it… more

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14. InDesign hangs constantly during normal editing with no CPU spike, on very fast win. 11 laptop with plenty of memory and drive space.

    When using InDesign normally (editing text, copying, pasting, rearranging objects, etc.). I am not saving, exporting, or anything, CPU does not spike, there is plenty of memory and disk space, it is a new high end laptop, it is plugged in, there are no power save features on.

    This didn't happen on my older win 10 machine and in older versions of InDesign.

    This SEVERELY interrupts workflows as it happens at least once every 15 min or so if not more.

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15. pdf comments

    Some pdf comments are not correctly imported in indesign. Mostly small remarks like punctuation marks, small text inserts,....

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16. 2-9% CPU usage when application is in background/minimized - happens on multiple computers

    2-9% CPU usage when application is in background/minimized. This happens on multiple computers. Older machines have seen up to 30% in IDLE. My newer PC runs 2-3% even with only one document open.

    This is unsustainable both for PC resource use, energy efficiency, and usability.

    There is no GOOD reason for this.

    It has been an issue for multiple years now. Please fix!

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17. [ID-4265787]InDesign 20.4.0 and above freezes when connected with Enterprise VPN

    Impossible to work with the latest version of InDesign 20.5. The screen freezes after a few second work. Only "end task" on Task manager is closing the program. (Working on PC under Windows 11 Enterprise)
    Only solution in the meantime is to switch to Version 19.5.5.

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    FIXED  ·  AdminSanyam Talwar (Senior Lead Software Engineer, Adobe InDesign) responded

    The fix of the issue is now available in the latest InDesign 2026(v21.0.0.192). We recommend you upgrade to the latest version for the fix.

    If you are unable to see the update, go to the Creative Cloud application, click on the context menu on the top right, and click on Check for App Updates.

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18. [ExtendScript] app.languagesWithVendors.itemByName fails.

    Adobe Indesign 20.5 on MacOS 15.6.1

    To reproduce:

    1. run the following script:

    (function () {
    
        var targetLanguageName = 'Dutch: 2005 Reform';
    
        // try to get the language the normal way
        var targetLanguage = app.languagesWithVendors.itemByName(targetLanguageName);
    
        if (!targetLanguage.isValid)
            alert('Language "' + targetLanguageName + '" is invalid when accessed via `itemByName`.');
        else
            return;
    
        // now loop over the languages checking the name each time
        for (var i = 0; i < app.languagesWithVendors.length; i++)
            if (app.languagesWithVendors[i].name === targetLanguageName)
                targetLanguage = app.languagesWithVendors[i];
    
        if (targetLanguage.isValid)
            alert('Language "' + targetLanguageName + '" is valid when accessed by index.');
    
    })();
    

    1. Expected result: that app.languagesWithVendors.itemByName returns a valid language for "Dutch: 2005 Reform" and the script exits quietly.

    2. It returns an invalid object. But note that we can get the valid language directly by looping over each language.

    See also this forum thread.

    Adobe Indesign 20.5 on MacOS 15.6.1

    To reproduce:

    1. run the following script:

    (function () {
    
        var targetLanguageName = 'Dutch: 2005 Reform';
    
        // try to get the language the normal way
        var targetLanguage = app.languagesWithVendors.itemByName(targetLanguageName);
    
        if (!targetLanguage.isValid)
            alert('Language "' + targetLanguageName + '" is invalid when accessed via `itemByName`.');
        else
            return;
    
        // now loop over the languages checking the name each time
        for (var i = 0; i < app.languagesWithVendors.length; i++)
            if (app.languagesWithVendors[i].name === targetLanguageName)
                targetLanguage = app.languagesWithVendors[i];
    
        if (targetLanguage.isValid)
            alert('Language "' + targetLanguageName + '" is valid when accessed by index.');
    
    })();
    

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19. Window Explorer made unusable by opening InDesign

    Windows 11
    InDesign Ver. 20.5

    Here's an odd one. InDesign doesn't appear to be crashing or freezing, itself, but it is instead making my Windows explorer taskbar unusable. I can't select any icon pinned to it--they won't even highlight when I cursor over them--and only opening and closing the task manager will make them selectable again. I've tried to replicate this happening with other programs, but it's only happening when InDesign is made active.

    Can't seem to figure out what's triggering it, but it tends to happen on start-up of the program and at random intervals while using InDesign. Suddenly I can't switch out of it and have to force reset the windows explorer by "ctrl+alt+del"-ing.

    Any thoughts on what could be doing this? We've tried running multiple updates and resets (to both Adobe and Windows) to no avail.

    Windows 11
    InDesign Ver. 20.5

    Here's an odd one. InDesign doesn't appear to be crashing or freezing, itself, but it is instead making my Windows explorer taskbar unusable. I can't select any icon pinned to it--they won't even highlight when I cursor over them--and only opening and closing the task manager will make them selectable again. I've tried to replicate this happening with other programs, but it's only happening when InDesign is made active.

    Can't seem to figure out what's triggering it, but it tends to happen on start-up of the program and at random intervals while using InDesign. Suddenly… more

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20. Review link fails to update if other documents are open in InDesign

    When multiple documents are open in InDesign, attempting to update the review link triggers an error message: 'An error has occurred.' The review link will only update if no other documents are open.

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