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1. Duplicate files opening from the Book utility

   InDesign CC2025 v20.5 / Mac Sequoia 15.6

   Opened all the documents from the Book utility then using the Book utility to navigate between them. Unlike previous versions, the CC2025 version is opening duplicates of the document instead of navigating to the one that is already open.

   I checked the same file in the older version of InDesign, CC2024. It worked correctly.

   I have been using InDesign for 17 years and have always opened or navigating to the documents from within the book utility. This is the first time in all these years that I've had this issue. I didn't realize this at first. You don't necessarily see it happening. But when I was closing the individual documents, I noticed that I had 4 times the number of documents open than I should have.

   Note: My files are on my laptop, not the network. And I am the only person working on them.

   Consulted the internet. It stated the following:
   This behavior of opening duplicates or files as read-only when working with InDesign book files, particularly in collaborative settings, has been reported as a bug in recent InDesign versions, including CC 2025.

   Here's a breakdown of the issue and potential workarounds:
   The problem
   InDesign book files are designed for collaborative work, allowing multiple users to access and edit different documents within the book. The software is supposed to show a lock icon next to a file if it's already open by another user, preventing others from opening it and making it read-only for them.

   However, in versions like InDesign CC 2025 (and potentially 19.4), this functionality is reportedly broken. The software allows multiple users to open and save changes to the same file simultaneously, leading to the creation of duplicate files.
   This issue also manifests as files opening as "unsaved" specifically when launched from the Book panel, even though they open correctly from other locations, according to the Adobe Community.

   InDesign CC2025 v20.5 / Mac Sequoia 15.6

   Opened all the documents from the Book utility then using the Book utility to navigate between them. Unlike previous versions, the CC2025 version is opening duplicates of the document instead of navigating to the one that is already open.

   I checked the same file in the older version of InDesign, CC2024. It worked correctly.

   I have been using InDesign for 17 years and have always opened or navigating to the documents from within the book utility. This is the first time in all these years that I've had this issue. I didn't realize… more

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2. 段落スタイルと文字スタイル編集でのいつも発生する1分ほどのフリーズ

   I'm using [InDesign] 2025 in a Japanese environment. I mainly use it for book [DTP] and [Epub3] export.
   I'm experiencing a very frustrating issue.
   When editing paragraph styles and character styles, the program freezes for about a minute with each edit. When editing styles, I make changes in several places, which takes several minutes, making it extremely inefficient. In [InDesign] CS6, this process was instantaneous.
   Please fix this as soon as possible.
   Note that this editing freeze does not seem to be related to the size of the open document. It occurs even with small documents.
   Thank you in advance.

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3. Bullets, Nested Style through End Nested Style Marker Causes Visible Shift

   Indesign 2025, Mac OS Ventura 13.7.2

   I've created a bullet style with a nested style that applies a character style to the type up through the first ":".

   I duplicated that style and changed the nested style setting to apply the same character style up through the first "end nested style marker".

   When I set a paragraph to the second style, the type shifts position. No other change was made to the second style other than changing the parameters of the nested style.

   I have no idea why this is happening. I cannot find a baseline shift or other setting that would be causing this. The second bullet is in the same text box, is not in a table, and there is no other character style applied to the text or text box that I can see.

   Note in the screen shot, the baseline of the second bullet in the right-hand text box is shifted down. It is set to the second style which is an exact duplicate of the first except the marker for the nested style is set to go through "end nested style" rather than a colon.

   Here is a link to a video:
   https://www.loom.com/share/8fb3a2c9ac124a8b9747ab5aaecc1973?sid=d92bae21-ea39-4d71-9163-f1457e43ae1c

   Indesign 2025, Mac OS Ventura 13.7.2

   I've created a bullet style with a nested style that applies a character style to the type up through the first ":".

   I duplicated that style and changed the nested style setting to apply the same character style up through the first "end nested style marker".

   When I set a paragraph to the second style, the type shifts position. No other change was made to the second style other than changing the parameters of the nested style.

   I have no idea why this is happening. I cannot find a baseline shift or other setting… more

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4. Feature Requests: Table Cell Intersection Styling and Multi-Page Table Cell Support for Merged Cells

   Request 1: Multi-Page Table Cell Support for Merged Cells
   Current Problem:
   InDesign cannot break merged table cells across pages, creating significant limitations for complex hierarchical tables. When a merged cell spans more rows than can fit on a single page, the entire table becomes unviewable or requires manual workarounds.
   Real-World Scenario:
   • Level 1: A main category (e.g., "Strategic Goal") spans 30 rows
   • Level 2: 30 detailed items, each in individual rows
   • Current Issue: The merged cell cannot break across pages, making the table unusable
   Proposed Solution:
   Implement automatic cell threading for merged cells across page breaks, similar to Microsoft Word's functionality:
   • Allow merged cells to split naturally at page boundaries
   • Maintain visual continuity with repeated cell content or indicators
   • Preserve cell formatting and styles across page breaks
   • Optional: Add "Keep with next X rows" setting for better control
   Technical Benefits:
   • Maintains InDesign's superior table styling capabilities
   • Enables complex document structures without design compromises
   • Reduces manual workarounds and increases productivity
   • Aligns with user expectations from other professional document tools

   Request #2: Table Cell Intersection Styling
   Current Limitation:
   Table cells cannot have rounded corners or customized intersection points because cells share borders rather than having independent edges.
   Conceptual Innovation:
   Instead of trying to add "corner radius" to cells (which is geometrically impossible with shared borders), introduce Intersection Point Styling.
   Proposed Feature: "Intersection Styles"
   Similar to current Line Styles, add styling options for where cell borders meet:
   Intersection Style Options:
   • Round: Curved intersection points
   • Beveled: Angled corner cuts
   • Notched: Small decorative cuts
   • Custom: User-defined intersection shapes
   • Weighted: Different styles based on border thickness
   Implementation Details:
   Current: Line Style (solid, dashed, dotted, custom)
   Proposed: + Intersection Style (round, beveled, notched, custom)
   Technical Precedent:
   • SVG supports stroke-linejoin properties
   • CSS has similar capabilities with border-radius and border-collapse
   • Vector graphics software already handles line intersections
   Benefits:
   • Maintains table structure integrity
   • Provides design flexibility without breaking functionality
   • More logical than impossible "cell corner radius"
   • Expandable system for future intersection decorations

   Impact Statement:
   These improvements would:
   1. Eliminate major workflow barriers for complex document design
   2. Distinguish InDesign further from competitors by solving real problems
   3. Maintain InDesign's superiority in professional typography and layout
   4. Address frequent user requests without compromising existing functionality
   Both features leverage InDesign's existing strengths while addressing fundamental limitations that force users toward less capable alternatives for specific use cases.

   Request 1: Multi-Page Table Cell Support for Merged Cells
   Current Problem:
   InDesign cannot break merged table cells across pages, creating significant limitations for complex hierarchical tables. When a merged cell spans more rows than can fit on a single page, the entire table becomes unviewable or requires manual workarounds.
   Real-World Scenario:
   • Level 1: A main category (e.g., "Strategic Goal") spans 30 rows
   • Level 2: 30 detailed items, each in individual rows
   • Current Issue: The merged cell cannot break across pages, making the table unusable
   Proposed Solution:
   Implement automatic cell threading for merged cells across page breaks, similar… more

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5. When waking from sleep, screen turns black or magenta

   InDesign 20.5 (and previous versions). Apple Mac mini M1 2020, 16GB, Sequoia 15.6 (and previous iterations of the OS). Samsung UJ590 UHD Monitor.

   Not the first time this has happened but as I’m on the latest version of ID now it’s becoming increasingly frustrating.

   When waking from sleep, in GPU Preview, my entire screen is either black or magenta and I cannot see the components of my file. If I turn on Overprint Preview the assets can be seen. If I then switch back to GPU Preview, the screen changes back to black or magenta.

   I have to quit and re-open to be able to work again. It seems to me that it's a GPU Preview issue?

   InDesign 20.5 (and previous versions). Apple Mac mini M1 2020, 16GB, Sequoia 15.6 (and previous iterations of the OS). Samsung UJ590 UHD Monitor.

   Not the first time this has happened but as I’m on the latest version of ID now it’s becoming increasingly frustrating.

   When waking from sleep, in GPU Preview, my entire screen is either black or magenta and I cannot see the components of my file. If I turn on Overprint Preview the assets can be seen. If I then switch back to GPU Preview, the screen changes back to black or magenta.

   I have to quit and… more

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6. When duplicating groups in Cell Styles, new styles are not appended with " copy", two styles with same namae

   When duplicating a group of cell styles, the resulting duplicate group's name is appended with " copy" but the style names contained within that group folder are not appended with " copy" and therefore you have duplicate style names in the Cell Styles. Additionally, when duplicating more than one style within a group, sometimes multiple "copy" styles are created, and other times, they are not, rather, the edit style dialog box appears...but on save, no style is saved into the group. Seems a bit kluge.

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7. Change Format selection for "Change Case" disappears after altering Find Format

   Indesign 2025
   When searching for a style for which I want to perform a change case operation, it works fine. If I then want to change the style that I'm searching for, when I confirm that change and return to the main window of find/replace, the parameters for the "change format" window get wiped out...I believe this only happens with change case. I tested this by changing the case in the Basic formats to "all caps". I found that if I used any other parameter, or any other parameter in conjunction with the new "change case"...the "Change Format" parameters remained...but when only using the change case parameter, "Change Format" gets wiped out if you choose a different style or parameter in "Find Format".

   In short, the first time works. If you then try to change the Find Format selection, the Change Format selection for "Change Case" gets wiped out.

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   Indesign 2025
   When searching for a style for which I want to perform a change case operation, it works fine. If I then want to change the style that I'm searching for, when I confirm that change and return to the main window of find/replace, the parameters for the "change format" window get wiped out...I believe this only happens with change case. I tested this by changing the case in the Basic formats to "all caps". I found that if I used any other parameter, or any other parameter in conjunction with the new "change case"...the "Change Format" parameters remained...but… more

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8. Alternate Layouts lost, names missing and out of order

   I've had a reoccuring issue of InDesign documents with multiple alternate layouts 'losing' their layout names and placements.

   I've attached a screenshot of what my alternate layouts should look like, and then again what they now look like.
   InDesign no longer sees it as an alternate layout.

   This seems to happen some time after working in a file, or re-opening a file.
   No updates have been made to InDesign between closing and re-opening these files.

   I'm on MacOS Sequoia 15.6
   Adobe InDesign 20.5

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9. Alternate Layouts lost, names missing and out of order

   I've had a reoccuring issue of InDesign documents with multiple alternate layouts 'losing' their layout names and placements.

   I've attached a screenshot of what my alternate layouts should look like, and then again what they now look like.
   InDesign no longer sees it as an alternate layout.

   This seems to happen some time after working in a file, or re-opening a file.
   No updates have been made to InDesign between closing and re-opening these files.

   I'm on MacOS Sequoia 15.6
   Adobe InDesign 20.5

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10. Game

    En cherchant un nouveau site de jeux en ligne à tester, je suis tombé sur plinko app et j’ai découvert qu’ils offrent des bonus exclusifs pour les joueurs venant de France. J’ai commencé par la roulette, juste pour voir, et après quelques tours tendus, j’ai décroché un joli gain. Depuis, c’est devenu mon petit moment de détente quotidien, parfait pour mêler frisson et relaxation après le travail.

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11. Outer Edge Bleed Option for Facing Pages

    Description:
    InDesign currently applies identical bleed settings to all four edges of each page, even in facing-page layouts.
    For publications such as magazines, catalogs, and books, the inner (spine) edge bleed between facing pages is unnecessary and can cause issues in visualization, export, and imposition.

    Feature Request:
    Add an option in the Document Setup and Export Settings to enable Outer Edge Bleed mode.

    In this mode, bleed is applied only to the top, bottom, and outer edges of each spread.
    The inner edge between facing pages would have no bleed, resulting in a cleaner, more accurate PDF output that reflects the final printed result.

    Benefits:
    • Reduces unnecessary bleed on inner edges.
    • Produces more accurate PDF previews for client review.
    • Minimizes manual adjustments in master pages or export settings.

    Description:
    InDesign currently applies identical bleed settings to all four edges of each page, even in facing-page layouts.
    For publications such as magazines, catalogs, and books, the inner (spine) edge bleed between facing pages is unnecessary and can cause issues in visualization, export, and imposition.

    Feature Request:
    Add an option in the Document Setup and Export Settings to enable Outer Edge Bleed mode.

    In this mode, bleed is applied only to the top, bottom, and outer edges of each spread.
    The inner edge between facing pages would have no bleed, resulting in a cleaner, more accurate PDF output that reflects… more

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12. copying and pasting from 2024 to 2025

    When copying and pasting from 2024 files into a 2025 file the object come in as an image in one text frame, and 'paste remembers layer' does not work either to solve this problem because it brings them into on un-named layer. 2025 is not recognizing the individual items nor the individual layers they are on in 2024.

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13. Accessible alt text for hyperlinks needs to be supported by scripting

    With InDesign scripting, it's possible to search for "searchTerms" from one column of a tab-delimited file, then set corresponding hyperlinks from another column. This means I can set hundreds of hyperlinks in just a few minutes. However, it remains impossible to set the hyperlink's alt text with a script — that function isn't scriptable. So either I ignore this important accessibility requirement (not an option), or I still have to manually edit each hyperlink, one at a time, wasting many hours and introducing the possibility of errors on each one.

    For example, a document contains hundreds of product numbers or reference numbers, and each one needs to link to a URL. The numbers themselves aren't sufficient to describe what the links lead to; they need alt text. I have a spreadsheet that lists these numbers, their corresponding URLs and their alt text descriptions. I can set the hyperlinks using a script and the spreadsheet, but I can't set the alt text.

    With InDesign scripting, it's possible to search for "searchTerms" from one column of a tab-delimited file, then set corresponding hyperlinks from another column. This means I can set hundreds of hyperlinks in just a few minutes. However, it remains impossible to set the hyperlink's alt text with a script — that function isn't scriptable. So either I ignore this important accessibility requirement (not an option), or I still have to manually edit each hyperlink, one at a time, wasting many hours and introducing the possibility of errors on each one.

    For example, a document contains hundreds of product numbers or… more

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14. Application Window resizes to bottom half of screen after waking Mac from sleep

    Despite this long-standing issue being declared "fixed" in InDesign 2024 19.2, it's still happening. It's also happening with Illustrator and Photoshop.

    MacStudio, macOS 15.5, all Adobe apps up to date as of date of posting.

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15. Indesign 2025 M4 silicon mac, often when I save & close, background hangs activating fonts(?)until I force quit InDesign

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16. We use a template for our papers with layout/margins & columns are changing

    We set up our pages then drag the parent page onto the actual page. The parent pages are all 3 or 4 columns. When the parent page is on the actual page, checking Layout/Margins & Columns, now has 5 columns instead of its 3 or 4.

    InDesign 2025, 20.5.0.48. Intel iMac 2019. Sequoia 15.5.

    I can replicate this on my Mac Studio M2, InDesign 2025, 20.5.0.48. Sequoia 15.5

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17. 레이아웃 조정 버그

    레이아웃 조정 시 글꼴 크기 조정 옵션을 선택했는데도 불구하고 페이지 크기에 맞추어 글꼴 크기가 조정되지 않습니다.

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18. URGENT: Add an "Empty Output" Option for Text Variables

    Currently, InDesign text variables (e.g., Running Headers) always display the last non-empty value when the source is empty. While this behavior can be useful in some workflows, it causes major problems in others. In publishing and educational workflows, having an “empty” variable output display the previous value is unacceptable.

    We urgently need a way to explicitly tell InDesign: “If the source is empty, display nothing (truly empty).”

    Proposed Solutions:
    - Introduce a new special character (e.g., “Null Variable Marker”) that, when placed in the source text, forces the variable to render as empty.
    - Alternatively, provide an option in the variable definition: “Treat whitespace-only sources as empty.”

    This is an urgent request. It affects daily workflows in publishing, education, and large-scale editorial projects and needs to be prioritized.

    Currently, InDesign text variables (e.g., Running Headers) always display the last non-empty value when the source is empty. While this behavior can be useful in some workflows, it causes major problems in others. In publishing and educational workflows, having an “empty” variable output display the previous value is unacceptable.

    We urgently need a way to explicitly tell InDesign: “If the source is empty, display nothing (truly empty).”

    Proposed Solutions:
    - Introduce a new special character (e.g., “Null Variable Marker”) that, when placed in the source text, forces the variable to render as empty.
    - Alternatively, provide an option in the… more

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19. Critical Request: Disable Mandatory “Save As New Document” Behavior in Latest InDesign Versions

    Dear Adobe InDesign Team,

    Since the introduction of the most recent InDesign update (version 19.x and onward), our team has experienced a disruptive new behavior: InDesign frequently requires us to save working documents under a new name, even when opening files that have not changed location, permissions, or ownership.

    This behavior appears arbitrary and is not user-configurable. It breaks a long-standing professional workflow and creates significant confusion due to the unnecessary proliferation of duplicate file versions. As a result, our team faces increased risk of:
    • Publishing or sending incorrect versions of documents to clients
    • Compromising file version control and internal quality checks
    • Reputation damage and even liability exposure due to avoidable errors

    We must emphasize that this behavior was not present in earlier versions of InDesign, and there has never been a need to “Save As” files repeatedly for the exact same document on the same workstation by the same user. While we understand that metadata integrity or compatibility might be the intended reason, Adobe must allow professionals to disable this mechanism.

    Please provide an option in Preferences that gives users control over whether InDesign enforces this “Save As New” behavior. This should be a user-side decision — not a forced system behavior.

    Until then, this issue undermines our ability to deliver reliable, efficient, and professional publishing services.

    Sincerely,

    Dear Adobe InDesign Team,

    Since the introduction of the most recent InDesign update (version 19.x and onward), our team has experienced a disruptive new behavior: InDesign frequently requires us to save working documents under a new name, even when opening files that have not changed location, permissions, or ownership.

    This behavior appears arbitrary and is not user-configurable. It breaks a long-standing professional workflow and creates significant confusion due to the unnecessary proliferation of duplicate file versions. As a result, our team faces increased risk of:
    • Publishing or sending incorrect versions of documents to clients
    • Compromising file version control… more

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20. Horizontal scrollbar in Adobe Preview is hard to find.

    My clients are complaining that when they enlarge the page view in Adobe Preview, they can't see half the page and don't see a way to scroll to it. The problem is the slider at the bottom of the browser window doesn't appear until you hover over it with the cursor - and once you do, it is very shallow and hard to click on, especially for older clients with less than perfect vision.
    Could this not be made visible once the view is enlarged, and make it a bit thicker so less nimble hands can click on it?

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