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1. InDesign Buttons in Interactive PDF Not Receiving Visible Focus When Tabbing

   Product and Version: Adobe InDesign 20.3 (2025) & Acrobat Pro 2025.001

   Steps to reproduce:

   1. Create a Button in InDesign using Buttons and Forms panel.
   2. Assign an action like "Go to Next Page" with event "On Release or Tap."
   3. Export as Interactive PDF with "Create Tagged PDF" and "Use Structure for Tab Order" enabled.
   4. Open in Acrobat.
   5. Tab through the document.

   Expected result: Button should show visible focus indicator when selected by keyboard tabbing, to meet WCAG 2.4.7 Focus Visible.

   Actual result: Button can be activated by Enter but shows no visible focus indicator. Rollover and Click states do not activate on tabbing. Hyperlinks, and other form fields like Checkboxes show proper focus highlighting, but not Buttons. This causes accessibility failure for keyboard users.

   Product and Version: Adobe InDesign 20.3 (2025) & Acrobat Pro 2025.001

   Steps to reproduce:

   1. Create a Button in InDesign using Buttons and Forms panel.
   2. Assign an action like "Go to Next Page" with event "On Release or Tap."
   3. Export as Interactive PDF with "Create Tagged PDF" and "Use Structure for Tab Order" enabled.
   4. Open in Acrobat.
   5. Tab through the document.

   Expected result: Button should show visible focus indicator when selected by keyboard tabbing, to meet WCAG 2.4.7 Focus Visible.

   Actual result: Button can be activated by Enter but shows no visible focus indicator. Rollover and Click states do not activate… more

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2. Changing Description in Buttons Does Not Stick

   A description is needed in buttons for accessibility. This works fine if you add the description when you first create the button but if you try to edit the description it does not not stick. The only workaround is to recreate the button from scratch.

   MacStudio 2022, Sequoia 15.5, InDesign 20.3.1.

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3. Buttons on Parent Pages Create Form Field Errors in Acrobat

   Using buttons on parent pages, e.g. for navigation, throws up 'Tagged form fields' errors in Acrobat. These have to be manually tagged as links, which is a nightmare in a large document with multiple buttons per page.

   It's not clear whether all parent pages create this error or whether it's confined to parent pages based on another parent page.

   MacStudio 2022, Sequoia 15.5, InDesign 20.3.1.

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4. Some glyphs in ai files appear as other glyphs in PDFs (created from InDesign)

   DE: Einige Glyphen in ai-Dateien kommen in (aus InDesign erzeugten) PDFs als andere Glyphen an.

   InDesign 19.5.1.114 | Windows 11

   The ohm sign Ω - U+02126 is placed several times in an InDesign document:
   2x in an Illustrator graphic
   1x in another Illustrator graphic created additionally for test purposes
   1x placed directly in InDesign

   If a PDF is created from the InDesign document, only the Ohm characters present in both Illustrator graphics are written to the PDF as different Unicode characters - and also as different other Unicode characters: U+0001F and U+00016.
   (See AI-Glyph-Test.pdf)

   The problem was noticed by checking the PDF with 'PDF Accessibility Checker' from axes4: The error ‘Text object with characters without Unicode mapping’ is reported for the Ohm characters in the Illustrator graphics.
   (See PAC-Report_AI-Glyph-Test.png)

   The PAC error is not reported for the Ohm character set directly in the InDesign document. But: the glyph Ω - U+02126 set in the InDesign document was replaced by the glyph Ω - U+003A9 during PDF export.

   DE: Einige Glyphen in ai-Dateien kommen in (aus InDesign erzeugten) PDFs als andere Glyphen an.

   InDesign 19.5.1.114 | Windows 11

   The ohm sign Ω - U+02126 is placed several times in an InDesign document:
   2x in an Illustrator graphic
   1x in another Illustrator graphic created additionally for test purposes
   1x placed directly in InDesign

   If a PDF is created from the InDesign document, only the Ohm characters present in both Illustrator graphics are written to the PDF as different Unicode characters - and also as different other Unicode characters: U+0001F and U+00016.
   (See AI-Glyph-Test.pdf)

   The problem was noticed by checking… more

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5. InDesign stops at "Fetching Service Registry" on launch every time — only resolves when disabling fonts

   Hello Adobe team,

   I have been using InDesign regularly, but for the past year, I have been encountering a very annoying and recurring issue.
   Every time I try to launch InDesign, it gets stuck on the screen saying "Fetching Service Registry" and never completes the startup process.

   After troubleshooting, I found out that temporarily disabling some OS fonts allows InDesign to launch properly.
   However, this is extremely inconvenient as I have to do this every single time before starting my work.

   This issue is highly reproducible and happens almost every launch.

   I would kindly request that the team look into this issue and address it in a future update.

   【Environment】

   OS: Windows 10

   InDesign version: 20.3.1 ×64 (example: InDesign 2025)

   Creative Cloud: Always up to date

   Thank you very much for your attention and support.

   Hello Adobe team,

   I have been using InDesign regularly, but for the past year, I have been encountering a very annoying and recurring issue.
   Every time I try to launch InDesign, it gets stuck on the screen saying "Fetching Service Registry" and never completes the startup process.

   After troubleshooting, I found out that temporarily disabling some OS fonts allows InDesign to launch properly.
   However, this is extremely inconvenient as I have to do this every single time before starting my work.

   This issue is highly reproducible and happens almost every launch.

   I would kindly request that the team look into… more

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6. InDesign 2025 can't read metadata from multiple images

   macOS 15.2, InDesign 20.0.1

   Problem: Metadata inside an image not being recognized by InDesign 2025.

   Details:

   Multiple images from different sources containing metadata that InDesign doesn't recognize
   Presence of metadata in XMP Description field verified in Bridge and via InDesign's Links panel XMP File Info command.
   Generating a Live Caption or Static Caption when using the Description field returns "<No data from link>".
   Setting Object Export Options > Alt Text Source to From XMP: Description results in "metadata property is not present on some selected content".
   When a PDF is generated using the images in question, the metadata is not passed through to the PDF, resulting in missing alt text accessibility errors.
   Manually writing (or copying and pasting) the metadata to the Alt Text Source as Custom works, but as does manually creating a caption, but automation is the point.

   macOS 15.2, InDesign 20.0.1

   Problem: Metadata inside an image not being recognized by InDesign 2025.

   Details:

   Multiple images from different sources containing metadata that InDesign doesn't recognize
   Presence of metadata in XMP Description field verified in Bridge and via InDesign's Links panel XMP File Info command.
   Generating a Live Caption or Static Caption when using the Description field returns "<No data from link>".
   Setting Object Export Options > Alt Text Source to From XMP: Description results in "metadata property is not present on some selected content".
   When a PDF is generated using the images in question, the metadata is not… more

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7. Before tag and after untag frame with different behavior

   If you tag a frame object (XML), this object does not behave the same after untagging as before tagging. In other words: tagging is not fully reversible. You can see a difference in the layer panel and in the exported PDF tag structure (Tagged PDF)

   How can this behavior be reproduced?

   1. Create a new InDesign document.
   2. Draw a placeholder (empty) graphic frame
   3. Assign any XML tag to the frame
   4. Remove the XML tag
   5. Export a tagged PDF
      

   What is the difference between the object before tagging and after untagging?

   The layer panel shows a different status.

   The frame before tagging is not assigned a tag in the tag structure of the PDF during PDF export. A tag is assigned to the object in the PDF structure after tagging and untagging. (see attached screenshots)

   What should be the correct behavior?

   Both states of the frames - i.e. without tagging and after untagging - should result in the same result in the layer panel and in the tag export for PDF.

   Why is this relevant?

   This causes a problem if these objects appear in the tag structure of the exported PDF. They are (empty) graphic frames, but InDesign assigns a Figure tag to them and they also have no alternative text. When checking the PDF for accessibility, an error is reported.

   These two states of the same object cannot be distinguished via ExtendScript. If an InDesign document is saved using IDML, these objects are converted back into “normal” graphic frames.

   InDesign, Platform

   InDesign 2024, 2025
   macOS Monteray

   Discussion

   https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/rectangle-vs-graphic-frame/td-p/15039102

   If you tag a frame object (XML), this object does not behave the same after untagging as before tagging. In other words: tagging is not fully reversible. You can see a difference in the layer panel and in the exported PDF tag structure (Tagged PDF)

   How can this behavior be reproduced?

   1. Create a new InDesign document.
   2. Draw a placeholder (empty) graphic frame
   3. Assign any XML tag to the frame
   4. Remove the XML tag
   5. Export a tagged PDF
      

   What is the difference between the object before tagging and after untagging?

   The layer panel shows a different status.

   The frame before tagging… more

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8. Improvement suggestion

   When we insert the date in a text, there is no way to specify that that part is a date and when we use the screen reader, it reads the date numbers one by one, taking away the meaning of the date, for example: cycle 2020-2025. It would be interesting if we could mark the section as a date.

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9. Punjabi / Gurmukhi character encoding errors after exporting to interactive PDF

   InDesign 2025 and 2024:

   Punjabi / Gurmukhi documents exported to interactive PDF have character encoding issues. Some glyphs cannot be read by screen readers or output to braille.

   After many hours of research and testing, it was discovered that exporting from InDesign 2023 does not create this issue.

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10. button value

    Broken in 18.3 and 19.5: Non-ASCII text in the "Button Value" field in the "Buttons and Forms" panel fails to export to interactive PDF.

    To reproduce this issue:
    1) Create a radio button
    2) Add non-ASCII text to the "Button Value" field
    3) Export to Interactive PDF
    4) Look at the mouseover tooltip and see that the Button Value has lost any glyphs beyond U+00FF.

    I've attached a PDF file demonstrating the issue.

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11. Sur la version Mac 2025 (20,0) de indesign Je suis obligé pour voir les boites de sélection de faire une manœuvre pour les voir.

    les boites sont affichées en arrière de la fenêtre principale. elles n'apparaissent devant que lorsque j'ai fait une manœuvre (voir toutes les fenêtres de l'écran). C'est gênant.

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12. Ouvrir un fichier en glissant l'icône dans la fenêtre ne fonctionne plus

    Depuis la version 20.0 x64 sur PC, je ne peux plus ouvrir un fichier InDesign en glissant l'icône sur la fenêtre de l'application. Cela m'est très utile vu qu'à cause d'un CMS installé, mon PC ne reconnaît plus l'icône du programme et que le double-clique ne fonctionne pas non plus.

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13. Table Stroke adjusment panel

    On the Table Stroke adjustment panel, the thin blue lines are difficult to see for someone with color deficient vision or reduced visual acuity. I suggest increasing the width of the highlighted stroke to indicate which are selected.

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14. Scripting bug with Book files and the new EPUB Page Navigation option

    In InDesign 19.4 on macOS 14.4.1, the document.epubExportPreferences.epubCreatePageNavigation and book.epubExportPreferences.epubCreatePageNavigation properties are supposed to allow scripts to toggle the reflowable EPUB "page navigation" option on and off. However, only the document.epubExportPreferences.epubCreatePageNavigation property functions properly. The book.epubExportPreferences.epubCreatePageNavigation doesn't do anything. Regardless of whether it is "true" or "false", the output always includes the page break markers when outputting reflowable ePub from a book file via scripting.

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15. Trouble having more than 1 INDD file open

    I can't open more than 1 INDD file at a time. I need to copy and paste from sections of one INDD into another. It will lock. You have to force it to quit. I lose time and my changes. My IT department at work said to contact Adobe. What should I do?

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16. cursor stuck on hand

    My system has just updated InDesign to 19.1 (08/01/24) and I now have a grabber hand cursor appearing every time I try and click on anything in my file.

    This also happens if I have another tool selected such as text box. The tool icon appears but if I click on a text box the hand comes back. It's rendered doing anything in InDesign files useless. I can't find a setting for it and I have tried resetting preferences but it is still happening. My computer system is running Ventura 13.6.

    Does anyone have a work around?

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17. Wondering why indesign Character & Paragraph side panels don't work anymore and are blank.

    Why indesign Character & Paragraph side panels don't work anymore and are blank. This is very annoying and sometimes is fixed when you close out the program and reboot but that only works when the stars are aligned correctly.

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18. Reading order issue when a footnote is split over to next page or column

    When a footnote split over to next page or column, the accessible PDF generated from InDesign CC 2023 has notes reading order messed up. The first note reference on the page where the portion of a note comes in from the previous page/column reads the continued note text and likewise the second note reference reads the first note and so on. Eventually the last note is read at the end regardless it's note reference. It's a serious issue because not only the reading order needs to be fixed for the last note on the page that has splitting to the next column or page but also all the notes appearing on that page where the split portion has come in will also need to be fixed manually.

    To my mind It's a critical bug that is making InDesign unusable to create accessible content and needs to be addressed on highest priority.

    When a footnote split over to next page or column, the accessible PDF generated from InDesign CC 2023 has notes reading order messed up. The first note reference on the page where the portion of a note comes in from the previous page/column reads the continued note text and likewise the second note reference reads the first note and so on. Eventually the last note is read at the end regardless it's note reference. It's a serious issue because not only the reading order needs to be fixed for the last note on the page that has splitting to the… more

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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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    Adobe InDesign Team

19. InDesign Not Exporting Forms Correctly

    InDesign 18.5 is not exporting form fields correctly. The fields have a description, which corresponds to a tooltip in Acrobat. The fields fail the Acrobat accessibility checker, which states they do not have a description. They do, but InDesign is not exporting it correctly. The only way to correct this is to delete and rebuild the form fields over and over and over until the error clears.

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20. Apple's Spoken Content not functioning in InDesign 19.2

    I use Apple's Spoken Content to have my Mac read my documents back to me as a way of proof reading sections at a time for continuity and structure (something no spell check provides). When I highlight text I want read aloud and hit the keyboard commands for Spoken Content, the Mac reads the actual file name of the document! If I copy and paste the text into a .indd file for InDesign 18.5.1 and repeat the steps, it works correctly and reads my text out loud. It works if I open any .indd file that is not saved in 19.2.
    PLEASE FIX THIS - accessibility for Spoken Content is a necessity for ADA users.
    InDesign 19.2, macOS Sonoma 14.3

    I use Apple's Spoken Content to have my Mac read my documents back to me as a way of proof reading sections at a time for continuity and structure (something no spell check provides). When I highlight text I want read aloud and hit the keyboard commands for Spoken Content, the Mac reads the actual file name of the document! If I copy and paste the text into a .indd file for InDesign 18.5.1 and repeat the steps, it works correctly and reads my text out loud. It works if I open any .indd file that is not saved in… more

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