Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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[ID-4273319] InDesign 2026 shows Damaged document when opening previous version documents from Synology NAS
InDesign 2026 says that my documents are damaged.
All documents that are on my Synology NAS. Connected via SMB3.
(InDesign 2025 works fine.)If I quit and restart InDesign 2026 - I can open one file once. Alla files after that is "damaged".
New file created with InDesign 2026 and saved on NAS works.
Looks like the issue is with documents from previous version that opens as "converted".
Only happens on NAS. Not on local files.Workaround: Copy indd file to your local drive, open, save and upload back to its original location
Indesign 2026
Mac OS Tahoe.
MacBook Pro…4 votesHi,
Thank you for reporting the issue. It is currently under investigation.
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Adobe InDesign Team
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Moving objects from one layer to another one
I group some objects, move them from layer 1 to layer 2. I cut them out to set it on the master and ungroup them. They jump back to layer 1.
Version: InDesign 20.5 on Mac OS Sequoia 15.6.1
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items on parent page moving
Version of Adobe InDesign, InCopy or InDesign Server: 20.5 x64 on Windows 10
Steps to reproduce the issues: Right click in the pages panel, select "Insert Pages," and select one of three parent pages.
Expected result: Primary text frame should be in the same location on the newly created page as it is on the parent page.
Actual result: Primary text frame is in a different location on the newly created page. If I reapply the parent page to that newly created page, the text frame moves to the correct location. (I have an object style applied to the primary…1 vote -
Section is pre-coded/hard-coded for all the pages in the document
I'm trying to modify the Section setting for pages in my document, but it looks like all the pages are already pre/hard-coded with the checkbox "Start section" On. As you can see in the attached screenshot, the box is already pre-checked, however, you don't see the Arrow mark above the page that indicates that a new section begins. This looks like not just a cosmetic problem, but also functional, because I cannot really divide the document into separate sections. As a result, just as an example, I cannot start the Footnotes from the begining for every section. The Footnotes are…
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linking text blocks error
I created several related blocks on a master page. The blocks don't auto-continue; they're not master blocks. I then initialize them and filled them with text. Then I group them with other elements. Then I no longer needed them, so I tried deleting the blocks. But InDesign wouldn't allow it, as it thought I needed to add pages. I deleted the entire contents of the text blocks. But InDesign still tried to add the page, even though there was no content in the blocks. The last block in the chain link always had a continuation icon, but in reality this…
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incorrect work with layers
I have 2 layers in the template. On the first - various elements, which does not matter, on the second (top) - a group of text blocks. I put a lock on layer 1, remove the lock from layer #2 and ungroup the group of objects. They all jump from layer #2 to layer #1 and immediately become inaccessible, because that layer is locked!
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[ID-4256546]Bug when setting an even number as the start page number in a new document.
Bug when setting an even number for the start page number when creating a new document
Version of Adobe InDesign
CC2025 (ver. 20.0) JPSteps to reproduce the issues
Set any even number for the start page number on the Create New Document screen.Expected result
An even page number will be displayed in Current Page Number as set.Actual resul
The value set in the New Document screen will not be reflected, and “Current Page Number” will display “1”.
As shown in the attached figure, when “Current Page Number” is inserted into a new document with the starting page…
20 votesFix for this issue is now available in the latest InDesign Release version 20.1 (Build 20.1.0.71), available via Creative Cloud Desktop application.
Please update your InDesign application to this latest version to get the fix.
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Adobe InDesign team
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Moving Pages calls for use of Absolute Page Number
- InDesign 21.0.1 x64 (on Windows 11)
- I want to move a page from a document where I have changed the Numbering & Section Options so that the document includes multiple pages with the same page number. I open the document that includes the page I want to move, and open the document which will receive that page. I select a page in the pages panel, right click, and select "Move Page." The Move Pages dialog box appears, and I select the document and location where I want the page to be moved and click OK.
- The highlighted page will be…
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Alert is shown on opening documents in InDesign(v19.4.0.63) - "This file is already open by another user or another application."
After updating InDesign to V19.4, I'm now locked out of many of my previous design files. I'm receiving the error, "This file is already open by another user or another application. This file may be stored on a network server and cannot be opened until the other user closes it."
I reinstalled V19.3 and can now access these old files but I would prefer to use the most up to date version if possible. happy to provide a sample if needed.
44 votesThe fix of the issue is now available in the latest InDesign 2024(v19.5.0.084). 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 and click on the context menu on the top right and click on Check for App Updates.
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Adobe InDesign Team
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Pasteboard issues
Pasting things sometimes changes the size of the pasteboard drastically. Pasteboard margins changes to 10 mm and 10 mm when I paste into the document and it only happens on one page, even if I have multiple pages in the document. This is happening since I updated Indesign from 2025 to 2026 on Windows 11. This causes me to fix the pasteboard size many times throughout the day over and over again.
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Printing doubled sided without computer settings being changed
Mac computer using InDesign 2024 version 19.5.5 has select documents print double sided when single sided is preferred. Computer settings for single sided printing was check and was set for single sided. Printer was serviced to make sure it was not a driver issue and driver was up to date and printing correctly on other jobs.
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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…
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[ID-4256710]InDesign 20.0 is unable to open INDD files without any error or alert
InDesign 20.0 can't open some files - they start to open and then the process is just somehow cancels and nothing happens. No error - you can try again but the files doesn't open.
I have macOS 15.1 on a 2.4GHz 8-core Intel Core i9 macBook Pro
10 votesFix for this issue is available in the latest InDesign Release version 20.2, available via Adobe CCD app.
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Adobe InDesign team
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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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When I launching InDesign
Lately, when I launch InDesign, a dialog box immediately appears that reads: "You cannot reverse this change with the Edit>Unod command. Do you want to continue anyway?" (see screenshot) and you only have two choices: Cancel or OKAY. Being forced to choose OKAY, I'll open a Recent file of some sort, and the stupid dialog box follows me there as well, and sure enough, if I make a change and go to Command Z (I'm on a Mac), the Undo command is ignored and in fact Edit>Undo is greyed out in the menu bar. This has GOT to be a…
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Smart Text Reflow next page - Add Pages Automatically
The Smart Text Reflow to the next page is not performed if there is an empty text frame on the page. Please use the sample file and perform the following steps:
- Assign ParagraphStyles 3 to the "paragraph 3" -> Paragraphs 3 and four go into the overset (undo action)
- Delete the text “paragraph 4,” not the text frame, assign ParagraphStyles 3 -> Paragraph three goes into the next page (undo action)
- Delete the text “paragraph 4” and also the text frame, assign ParagraphStyles 3 -> A new page is created, paragraph 3 begins on the new, next…1 vote -
Bug on page naming
In Indesign 25.0, on Mac,
Despite having named the pages with a letter (here, "C" in the screenshot) the pages are not correctly named.
Therefore, all my custom scripts that are using the special naming don't work anymore. Please, fix the bug.
It used to work just fine before2 votes -
Drag and drop of master pages between documents not working as expected
Indesign 20.5, Windows 11
Problem: it's possible to drag & drop a master page from one opened document to another opened document, but only if the documents are arranged side by side. For comparison: in Photoshop, if you want to copy a layer between documents, you can simply grab it, move the mouse pointer to the other document's tab, which would then switch to that document and then you drop. Not so with Indesign. In the same way of thinking it should be possible to drag & drop ID layers between documents, but this doesn't work at all.
Please align…1 vote -
Find/Replace doesn't jump to parent pages
ID version 20.5, Windows 11
Problem: when using the Find/Replace dialog, there is a switch to also search in parent pages. Usually, the find action would jump to the text it finds, but not to a parent page, at least not if the found text is in a locked text frame. But that's illogical. It could at least jump to that parent page. Whether it would mark the found text or not in the locked text frame, is discussable, but even that is no magic. Just mark the text, even if I, as user, cannot change it for the moment.1 vote -
Rulers units change from mm to point spontaneously
Very odd: my units of millimeters suddenly turn to points - without me even touching the rulers. Problem is that scripts I made, go haywire now that InDesign seems to go back to its native points? This must be a bug, as the scripts worked fine up till very recently. But it's not just in the scripts. When I look e.g. at corner options, all millimeters have been replaced by points as well.
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