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1. Open PDF in InDesign not properly working when a vector image is present (.ai or .eps)

   When we export a PDF from InDesign with the box "Preserve InDesign Editing Capabilities" checked, if we open the resulting PDF in InDesign, it is perfect, styles are preserved, guidelines, tables, Layers, Parent Pages... All is ok. (just as if a idml was included in the PDF)

   However, as soon as we include a .ai or .eps anywhere in the InDesign file, the exported PDF can no longer be imported back in InDesign with all format. Styles are lost or are named "Paragraph1", "Paragraph2", no more guidelines, no more Parent Pages, tables are not like before...

   We're trying again every time a new version of InDesign is out. This morning, it was InDesign 21.6 (Windows). Still the same problem.

   When we export a PDF from InDesign with the box "Preserve InDesign Editing Capabilities" checked, if we open the resulting PDF in InDesign, it is perfect, styles are preserved, guidelines, tables, Layers, Parent Pages... All is ok. (just as if a idml was included in the PDF)

   However, as soon as we include a .ai or .eps anywhere in the InDesign file, the exported PDF can no longer be imported back in InDesign with all format. Styles are lost or are named "Paragraph1", "Paragraph2", no more guidelines, no more Parent Pages, tables are not like before...

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2. PDF preset: color output settings aren't being applied V21.0.2

   My company has been using the same PDF preset for a couple of years now. Since updating to V21.0.2, the color output settings specified in the preset are not being applied. I tried creating a new preset and the color output settings are still the default, instead of the very specific color settings I need applied for the print vendor we send files to.

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   Need More Info  ·  AdminRavi Kiran (Admin, Adobe InDesign) responded

   Hi Todd,

   Could you share more details about the PDF Preset? What were the Color Output settings that are no longer getting applied in 21.0.2, can you show us some screengrabs?

   If possible, share the .joboptions file.

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3. Variable fonts are clipped during instancing

   When exporting a document containing a variable font to a PDF, larger styles are clipped in some environments, and by some printers.

   Version: Adobe InDesign 21.2 v64
   Operating system: Windows 11 Pro 25H2
   Example PDF environment: Canon iR-ADV C5860 printer, UFRII_v10.19.21 driver

   Reproducing:
   1. Create an empty document
   2. Select a variable font (e.g. the OFL Noto Sans VF, https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Sans)
   3. Select a heavier or wider style than the default (clipping.indd)
   4. Export to PDF, with default settings (clipping.pdf)

   Expected: Text is as seen prior to exporting (expected.png)
   Actual: Text is clipped and illegible in some environments (simulated in actual.png)

   Root cause:
   This happens because the instanced fonts contained in the PDF do not have updated bounds in their glyf table glyph headers (bounds.png). To be OpenType specification compliant, these must instead cover the new outlines with variations applied in full. Without this, some rasterizers will clip to the prior bounds, making text illegible.
   https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/glyf#glyph-headers

   When exporting a document containing a variable font to a PDF, larger styles are clipped in some environments, and by some printers.

   Version: Adobe InDesign 21.2 v64
   Operating system: Windows 11 Pro 25H2
   Example PDF environment: Canon iR-ADV C5860 printer, UFRII_v10.19.21 driver

   Reproducing:
   1. Create an empty document
   2. Select a variable font (e.g. the OFL Noto Sans VF, https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Sans)
   3. Select a heavier or wider style than the default (clipping.indd)
   4. Export to PDF, with default settings (clipping.pdf)

   Expected: Text is as seen prior to exporting (expected.png)
   Actual: Text is clipped and illegible in some environments (simulated in… more

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4. PDF security permissions password

   With the new macOS Golden Gate 27.0 (and via the most up to date ID 21.6) when exporting to PDF from InDesign, there appears to be a bug which prevents you keying in a Permissions Password. The cursor is present in the box, but you are unable to type.

   This is imperative in our industry, when generating printing proofs. Please fix :-)

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5. Bug: PDF export, replacing text with blank pages mid-document

   This bug has been around for many years now, over many versions of InDesign, at least since 2020, and I think best detailed in the link below, but it seems others have reported issues of the same nature too, to which there are just no replies from Adobe.

   We work on hundreds of books a year, mostly straight text - novels etc - and have found that for no discernible reason, perhaps one time in a thousand, a book will be exported containing blank pages where there should be text, though retaining the book's cropmarks, just deleting the actual text itself. I can share files with any Adobe people who contact me but can't post them publicly for copyright reasons. It's not reproducible, and seems to fix itself even if the file is totally unaltered just by doing a second export. The problem is that it's hard to spot and extremely dangerous to have software that randomly blanks out a few pages for no reason whatsoever. I would expect either a warning or a failure to export if this was the case, but it's just silently generated, with the text blanked out here and there, which makes it completely unreliable and a critical and very expensive failure. Currently running on MacOS Tahoe 26.6.2, InDesign 20.5.2, but this is a bug going back at least 6 years and multiple OSs.

   For earlier details on this supposedly fixed issue see this, marked as closed:
   https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs/suggestions/47012170-18-4-and-18-5-exported-pdf-corrupted?page=4&per_page=20

   This bug has been around for many years now, over many versions of InDesign, at least since 2020, and I think best detailed in the link below, but it seems others have reported issues of the same nature too, to which there are just no replies from Adobe.

   We work on hundreds of books a year, mostly straight text - novels etc - and have found that for no discernible reason, perhaps one time in a thousand, a book will be exported containing blank pages where there should be text, though retaining the book's cropmarks, just deleting the actual text… more

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6. Double-clicking one document in a Book can open every selected document and leave InDesign trapped in recovery

   InDesign version: 21.5.1 x64
   Operating system: Windows 11

   Steps to reproduce

   Open an InDesign Book containing many documents — in my case, approximately 80.
   Select all documents in the Book panel in order to export the complete book to PDF.
   After the export is finished, double-click one particular document in the Book panel because you want to open only that document.
   InDesign begins opening every document that remained selected after the PDF export.

   Expected result

   Double-clicking a particular document should open only the document that was double-clicked.

   If opening every selected document is considered intentional behaviour, InDesign should at least:

   warn the user that a large number of documents are about to be opened;
   ask for confirmation;
   provide a clear way to cancel the entire operation after it has started.

   Actual result

   InDesign starts opening every previously selected document without warning or confirmation. There is no practical way to cancel the overall operation.

   In my case, every document also displays a modal dialog asking whether the document’s hyphenation exceptions or the current user-dictionary settings should be used. However, this dialog is not a cancellation mechanism: both Yes and No continue opening the documents, and there is no Cancel button for the overall operation. The only apparent way to stop the process is to force-terminate InDesign.

   Paradoxically, without these dictionary-conflict dialogs, InDesign would silently open all approximately 80 documents without asking anything at all.

   Force-terminating InDesign can make the situation considerably worse. On the next launch, InDesign may attempt to recover or reopen the large number of documents that were open when the application was terminated. The application can therefore become trapped in another long and effectively uncontrollable sequence during startup. Restarting InDesign no longer provides an obvious way out.

   An experienced user may know that deleting or moving the contents of the InDesign Recovery folder can interrupt this cycle. An ordinary user cannot reasonably be expected to know where this hidden recovery data is stored or that it must be removed manually. From the user’s perspective, InDesign may appear permanently broken, leaving reinstallation as the only apparent remedy.

   The retained multiple selection is particularly easy to overlook because the row that was double-clicked is highlighted differently from the other selected rows. A user can therefore reasonably believe that the double-click applies only to that document.

   I use and pay for Adobe InDesign on behalf of the Szent Jeromos Katolikus Bibliatársulat (St Jerome Catholic Bible Society) for professional Bible publishing. This occurred immediately after successfully generating the complete PDF of a 1,504-page Bible. A professional publishing application should not allow one accidental double-click to launch an application-blocking operation involving approximately 80 documents, offer no usable cancellation mechanism, and then potentially prevent the application from starting normally after forced termination.

   InDesign version: 21.5.1 x64
   Operating system: Windows 11

   Steps to reproduce

   Open an InDesign Book containing many documents — in my case, approximately 80.
   Select all documents in the Book panel in order to export the complete book to PDF.
   After the export is finished, double-click one particular document in the Book panel because you want to open only that document.
   InDesign begins opening every document that remained selected after the PDF export.

   Expected result

   Double-clicking a particular document should open only the document that was double-clicked.

   If opening every selected document is considered intentional behaviour, InDesign should at least:

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7. PDF export do not work with big documents

   Indesign 21.4.1
   Mac mini M4 24 GB
   Tahoe 26.5.2 (25F84)

   Document 1834 pages
   3 colums
   It contains only running text—no images—using paragraph and character styles. It is entirely in Times New Roman. The document is simple, though it is quite long.

   It creates a 0 KB PDF file and just keeps spinning without ever finishing. There are no error messages. The "Force Quit" menu shows nothing unusual.

   It is impossible to print using any of the "Adobe PDF Settings" options—such as "Press Quality," "High Quality Print," etc.

   A friend tried printing the file from an older version of InDesign on a PC, and the document printed correctly and quickly using any of the PDF output settings.

   Indesign 21.4.1
   Mac mini M4 24 GB
   Tahoe 26.5.2 (25F84)

   Document 1834 pages
   3 colums
   It contains only running text—no images—using paragraph and character styles. It is entirely in Times New Roman. The document is simple, though it is quite long.

   It creates a 0 KB PDF file and just keeps spinning without ever finishing. There are no error messages. The "Force Quit" menu shows nothing unusual.

   It is impossible to print using any of the "Adobe PDF Settings" options—such as "Press Quality," "High Quality Print," etc.

   A friend tried printing the file from an older version of InDesign on a… more

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8. Exporting interactive PDF from Adobe Cloud creates button failure

   Errors when exporting to Adobe PDF (Interactive)
   InDesign 21.4.1/2026
   Windows 11, version 24H2

   We decided to move all our files from a SharePoint environment to Adobe's Creative Cloud storage. To align with accessibility regulation in many states, we've created buttons that navigate within the document to easily jump back and forth the pages. As a trial, we uploaded one file to run our process.

   Upon exporting, a security warning pops up stating that the document is trying to access a link (which is a link to the document itself). Then, an information box has popped up stating that "the plug-in required by this 'GoToR' action is not available." Screenshots attached.

   The action is mistakenly throwing a "GoToR" action when a "GoTo" should be the correct action as how the button has been programmed for internal navigation only.

   We have recreated this in other places and do not have this issue.

   Errors when exporting to Adobe PDF (Interactive)
   InDesign 21.4.1/2026
   Windows 11, version 24H2

   We decided to move all our files from a SharePoint environment to Adobe's Creative Cloud storage. To align with accessibility regulation in many states, we've created buttons that navigate within the document to easily jump back and forth the pages. As a trial, we uploaded one file to run our process.

   Upon exporting, a security warning pops up stating that the document is trying to access a link (which is a link to the document itself). Then, an information box has popped up stating that "the plug-in… more

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9. PDF export bug – Unicode character "ł" (U+0142) corrupts text encoding of the entire PDF

   I have found a reproducible issue in Adobe InDesign affecting PDF export.

   Environment
   Adobe InDesign 2026
   Mac OS Tahoe 26.1
   Font: Univers Next Pro Condensed (locally installed, licensed version)

   Description
   When exporting a PDF from InDesign, the presence of a single Polish lowercase letter ł (Unicode U+0142) causes the text encoding of the entire PDF to become corrupted.

   The document displays and prints correctly, but copying text from the exported PDF no longer works correctly:

   accented characters such as é, è, à, ê, ç, etc. are copied as periods (".") or incorrect characters;
   the problem affects the entire PDF, not only the word containing ł.

   Steps to reproduce
   Create a new InDesign document.
   Use Univers Next Pro Condensed.
   Type the following text:
   Libellułe
   aeiéàè
   Export the document as a PDF using the standard PDF export settings.
   Open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat Reader.
   Copy and paste the text into a text editor.

   Expected result
   The copied text should exactly match the original text, including all accented characters and the Polish character ł.

   Actual result
   The presence of the single character ł causes the PDF text encoding to become corrupted. Accented characters throughout the PDF are no longer copied correctly and are replaced by periods or incorrect characters.

   I have found a reproducible issue in Adobe InDesign affecting PDF export.

   Environment
   Adobe InDesign 2026
   Mac OS Tahoe 26.1
   Font: Univers Next Pro Condensed (locally installed, licensed version)

   Description
   When exporting a PDF from InDesign, the presence of a single Polish lowercase letter ł (Unicode U+0142) causes the text encoding of the entire PDF to become corrupted.

   The document displays and prints correctly, but copying text from the exported PDF no longer works correctly:

   accented characters such as é, è, à, ê, ç, etc. are copied as periods (".") or incorrect characters;
   the problem affects the entire PDF, not… more

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10. [ID-4272075] Interactive PDF Buttons: Button bounding area expands after file conversion from older version to 21.0

    1. InDesign 2026 v21.0.1

    2. I've just verified and reproduced this interactive PDF button display bug by first confirming that several archived versions of the interactive PDF (created from archived InDesign Source files), all function perfectly and as expected. It is ONLY by opening one of those older, archived InDesign source file in the current 2026 v21.0.1 and exporting a new copy of that same Interactive PDF that the buttons all appear differently when clicked.

    3. The expected result is to have interactive buttons that look clean and functional when clicked.

    4. The actual result (only when exporting the Interactive PDF from the current version of InDesign, never before from previous versions), is that all the interactive buttons now show a black bounding box that surrounds and extends up above and beyond the boundaries of the buttons themselves. It's visual display bug specifically on buttons. This remains true even when the buttons DO NOT have any hover or click states assigned. It's a button element issue, not a visual state issue. (Although the Hover state has always been glitchy or "sticky" which is annoying, but not as bad as the black bounding box described here.

    5. Screenshot examples from the exported interactive PDF have been provided.

    Workaround:
    1. Export the test document to IDML and use the IDML to export to Interactive PDF
    2. Recreating the button entirely in InDesign 21.0 restores the correct clickable area. However, this is not ideal for users working with older templates containing many pre-existing buttons.

    1. InDesign 2026 v21.0.1

    2. I've just verified and reproduced this interactive PDF button display bug by first confirming that several archived versions of the interactive PDF (created from archived InDesign Source files), all function perfectly and as expected. It is ONLY by opening one of those older, archived InDesign source file in the current 2026 v21.0.1 and exporting a new copy of that same Interactive PDF that the buttons all appear differently when clicked.

    3. The expected result is to have interactive buttons that look clean and functional when clicked.

    4. The actual result (only when exporting the Interactive PDF from the current… more

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

    Hi,

    Thank you for reporting the issue. We have been able to reproduce the issue, and it is currently under investigation.

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11. Export to interactive pdf option to view pdf greyed out in mac

    I noticed yesterday 7/8/26 that the menu for export to interactive pdf has "view pdf after export" greyed out. It does work when I switch to the print pdf menu, so it's not a problem with acrobat or my Finder trying to use preview instead of acrobat.

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12. Data Merge randomly exports identical vector document 10x larger (Content Streams duplicated)

    I believe I have found a reproducible bug in the InDesign PDF export engine.

    Environment

    InDesign 21.4.1
    PDF Compatibility: Acrobat 5 (PDF 1.4)
    Data Merge document
    Approximately 200 records (400 pages)

    Expected behaviour

    Exporting the same document repeatedly should always generate a PDF of approximately the same size.

    Actual behaviour

    The same document, exported multiple times using exactly the same PDF preset, randomly produces either:

    a normal PDF (around 3–5 MB), or
    a much larger PDF (30–50 MB).

    No document changes are made between exports.

    Important observations

    Both PDFs are fully vector.
    No images are rasterized.
    Acrobat PDF Optimizer reports that almost all additional size comes from Content Streams.
    Fonts contribute almost nothing.
    Images contribute almost nothing.
    Metadata is negligible.

    Already tested

    Linked Illustrator artwork replaced with linked PDF.
    Artwork simplified.
    No transparency.
    No text stroke.
    No appearance effects.
    Saved as IDML and rebuilt.
    New document created from IDML.
    Same Data Merge source.
    Same PDF preset.

    The behaviour remains random.

    Additional information

    I have other Data Merge jobs with 1000 records that consistently export to 3–5 MB.

    This specific job, with only 200 records, randomly exports between 5 MB and 47 MB.

    I can provide:

    INDD
    IDML
    source artwork
    good PDF
    bad PDF

    generated from the same document.

    I believe I have found a reproducible bug in the InDesign PDF export engine.

    Environment

    InDesign 21.4.1
    PDF Compatibility: Acrobat 5 (PDF 1.4)
    Data Merge document
    Approximately 200 records (400 pages)

    Expected behaviour

    Exporting the same document repeatedly should always generate a PDF of approximately the same size.

    Actual behaviour

    The same document, exported multiple times using exactly the same PDF preset, randomly produces either:

    a normal PDF (around 3–5 MB), or
    a much larger PDF (30–50 MB).

    No document changes are made between exports.

    Important observations

    Both PDFs are fully vector.
    No images are rasterized.
    Acrobat PDF Optimizer reports… more

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13. Big size pictures

    The new versions of InDesign (21.3–21.4.1) cannot export files if a linked image is large (more than 1 GB). When exporting to PDF, only a gray square appears, and the JPG export is empty. The last working version is 21.2.

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14. Dotted lines are not exported correctly

    Dotted lines are not exported correctly. Corners on a path is ignored. End parts of straight lines are ignored too.

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15. 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 21.3

    Attached pdf, png and indd files.

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16. 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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17. Endnote hyperlinks fail to work in exported PDF (InDesign 2025 & 2026)

    1. Version of Adobe InDesign:
       Affects both Adobe InDesign 2025 and InDesign 2026 (latest updates).

    2. Steps to reproduce the issues:

    Create or open a document containing dynamic Endnotes in InDesign 2025 or 2026.

    Verify that endnote hyperlinks appear normal, updated, and active inside the InDesign application workspace.

    Export the document to PDF using either "Adobe PDF (Interactive)" or "Adobe PDF (Print)" with the "Hyperlinks" checkbox explicitly checked under the General export settings.

    Open the generated PDF file in Adobe Acrobat Pro or any browser.

    Attempt to click on the endnote numbers in the text to jump to the endnote text.

    1. Expected result:
       The endnote numbers should act as active, clickable hyperlinks that navigate directly to the corresponding endnote text at the end of the document/story (and vice versa), just like standard hyperlinks do.

    2. Actual result:
       All standard hyperlinks in the document work perfectly, but the endnote numbers/links are completely dead, flat, and unclickable in the exported PDF.

    (Note: Troubleshooting steps like updating/syncing links, exporting via IDML to clear corruption, and copying content into a brand-new blank document have all been attempted, but none resolved the issue.)

    1. Version of Adobe InDesign:
       Affects both Adobe InDesign 2025 and InDesign 2026 (latest updates).

    2. Steps to reproduce the issues:

    Create or open a document containing dynamic Endnotes in InDesign 2025 or 2026.

    Verify that endnote hyperlinks appear normal, updated, and active inside the InDesign application workspace.

    Export the document to PDF using either "Adobe PDF (Interactive)" or "Adobe PDF (Print)" with the "Hyperlinks" checkbox explicitly checked under the General export settings.

    Open the generated PDF file in Adobe Acrobat Pro or any browser.

    Attempt to click on the endnote numbers in the text to jump to the endnote text.

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18. Grafics .svg in print PDF highlighted in blue

    When exporting a print PDF from InDesign 21.2, several graphics were highlighted in blue. The graphics were available in .svg format. In InDesign and in the web PDF, the blue areas are not visible. Other graphics in the same document and also in .svg format were rendered correctly

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19. PDF Not updating on export

    Adobe InDesign 21.2
    I've been noticing when I export a pdf and override my last version that the changes do not update the new pdf version. I have to change the file name completely. I even deleted the file, re-exported, with the same name and it pulls the old PDF up!
    I've used this process for awhile and it's suddenly not working.

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20. export failed background task

    I've got an error message when I try to export a PDF. What can I do??

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