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  1. InDesign hangs when placing CJK tagged text with ruby

    I'm currently using ID 2024, but I have tested other versions of ID, back to CS6, and they all have the same problem. I'm currently running Windows 11, but the problem also occurs in Windows 10.

    Steps:

    1. Install the Adobe font family, Source Han Sans TW, on your computer.
    2. Download TaggedText.zip and unzip it
    3. Open InDesign in the CJK version
    4. Create a new document with these grid attributes: Direction = Vertical; Font = Source Han Sans TW, Normal; Size = 16 pt; Vertical = Horizontal = 100%; Char Aki = 0 pt; Line Aki = 10 pt; Characters = 40;…
    25 votes

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  2. InDesign 2025 / v20.0: »background task« tries to activate font all the time

    Working with the font Minion Pro InDesign 2025 wants to activate the font in the background (shown in the background tasks panel) although it IS activated.

    Closing the document does not bother InDesign. It still wants to activate the font (see screenshot 2).

    Quit & Restart helps, but it should work correctly without it.

    Mac
    Sonoma 14.7
    M3 processor

    4 votes

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  3. Replaced text (when using Track Changes) in a table will crash InDesign/InCopy 2024 when switching to text views

    To recreate (See attached images):

    1. Create a simple table in InDesign and add some content to one cell, then activate Track Changes.
    2. Select the content and replace it with new content, then select to switch to "Story Editor".

    What occurs:
    1. InDesign will completely freeze up and needs to be forced to quit.
    2. This will also happen (in the same set up) if you are using InCopy and switch to either "Story" or "Galley" view.

    Comments:
    It seems that this is triggered by the graphics that highlight the removed/new text. If you are not showing the colors in any…

    42 votes

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  4. 2025 InDesign (v20.0) Frequent Crashing on MacOS 15.0.1 Sequoia

    Ever since the 2025 version of InDesign released earlier this month, I have had constant crashing issues while working on multiple files. I have been using MacOS 15 Sequoia since it released in September. At first it seemed to crash at random every 5-30 minutes while going between open indd tabs. I think I can more consistently trigger it now by trying to open/navigate around a .indt file. I have a screen recording attached of me clicking around with a 2025 .indt file, a 2025 .indd file, and a 2024 .indd file. Within this minute long recording, InDesign crashes twice,…

    4 votes

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  5. crashing and quitting

    Adobe Indesign 2025 has now crashed on me twice and I've lost hours of work. Going back to 2024.

    3 votes

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  6. Version 18.5.1 freezes when closing a document

    When you close a document, the software freezes. It is not possible to exit, it is not possible to open a new document or click on any command in the menu. I downgraded to version 18.5 and it is fine.

    19 votes

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  7. table of contents

    Updating table of contents causes InDesign 2024 [19.4.0.63] to crash. Over & over.

    3 votes

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  8. InDesign 20.0. Randomly crashes (haven't had this problem before). Could be a few minutes after opening the program or working on a file

    InDesign 20.0 on iMac. Randomly crashes (haven't had this problem with any previous versions). Could be a few minutes after opening the program or while working on a file. Very random but too often. I reset preferences, ran disk utility, et al.

    2 votes

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  9. On waking Mac from sleep, open documents are grayed out on external monitor.

    If I put my MacBook Pro to sleep with work on an external monitor, when I turn it on at another place with an external monitor, all open documents are grayed out and do not display any object. The objects are selectable, but I can't see what's in them. Switching display modes, minimizing or dragging between displays doesn't help either.
    Apple M1 Max, Sonoma 14.0, InDesign 19.0

    12 votes

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  10. Indesign crashing repeatedly when printing

    Crashes intermittently when printing to Epson printer. Stops printing part way thorough page & epson dialogue box shows print levels all greyed out, not in colour. Windows log from control panel below.

    Description
    Faulting Application Path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign 2024\InDesign.exe

    Problem signature
    Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
    Application Name: InDesign.exe
    Application Version: 19.5.0.84
    Application Timestamp: 6685c284
    Fault Module Name: Public.dll
    Fault Module Version: 19.5.0.84
    Fault Module Timestamp: 6685c1b3
    Exception Code: c0000005
    Exception Offset: 00000000005b2b83
    OS Version: 10.0.22631.2.0.0.768.101
    Locale ID: 2057
    Additional Information 1: 6a83
    Additional Information 2: 6a8366d7716f8035de44fc6246f9f16f
    Additional Information 3: 442b
    Additional Information 4: 442b62d8031d79e2f813c85f51507699

    Extra information about the problem…

    1 vote

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  11. InDesign 19.5 hangs on startup (ARM Mac, not sure about x86 and Windows)

    I've been experiencing this for some time on different Macs with different versions of InDesign. This time round I have a repeatable setup which makes the issue occur consistently. The issue occurs on 'real' machines as well as VMs - it's just that this time I've 'caught' the problem in one of my VMs.

    I am using a Mac OS X virtual machine (using Parallels) on an ARM processor (M2 Max, 64GB of memory). In the virtual machine, I've only installed Mac OS X Sequoia, Creative Cloud Desktop, and InDesign 19.5. Everything is as vanilla as it can be.

    When…

    1 vote

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  12. program freezes after Save As

    InDesign v.19.4 freezes after Save As is used. The program is inaccessible and has to be force quit and restarted. It will reopen the document when it starts up again with no data lost. An annoyance, but at least no work is forfeited.

    2 votes

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  13. Share for review fails

    Share for review fails and says the error is on page 18, but my document only has 17 pages.

    1 vote

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  14. object export options crash

    InDesign CC 2024, version 19.5: Trying to open Object Export Options causes program to crash. Tried resetting preferences (edit->preferences->general->reset preferences on quit) and no change.

    2 votes

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  15. search and replace

    1. InDesign (version 20.0)

    2. When using the Find and Replace function, InDesign (version 20.0) crashes. This occurs when a standard line break is to be changed to a frame break, and the linked text frames contain overset text. It happens also when there are a lot of line breaks to change.

    3. standard line break changes to frame break

    4. Indesign crashes

    1 vote

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  16. InDesign 2025 Javascript problem.

    We have simple scripts that operate on script labels to Find and Replace Text, adjust Text Size, things like that. We've been using them for three years with no problems prior to v2025. They crash and bring up the option to send an error report. We're rolling back to 2024 now, we can't operate efficiently without these scripts.

    1 vote

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  17. 2025 ID - Linked Files fail and just Spin

    Mac 14.7 - ID 2025 - Docs with Linked Files (simple PDFs and Jpgs) just produce spinners and never become workable. Display set to Typical. This happens AFTER a file is saved and re-opened. When it is made all is fine, until it is closed and reopened. Have reverted to 2024.

    1 vote

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  18. version 19.5.0.84 quits on open, OS ventura 13.1

    Indesign 2024 version 19.5.0.84, OS Ventura 13.1. It will open once, but after closing the app, and opening it the second time, it flashes the InDesign 'open screen' and then quits. The only workaround found is to uninstall and reinstall. I've been doing this for 6 mos, and it's getting old. We all pay for the software to work. I've been using Adobe products for decades and it seems it's worse now. What is the fix?

    1 vote

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  19. Adding a word starting with the Danish letter æ makes InDesign crash

    Add a word starting with the Danish letter æ to an index invariably crashes InDesign, both the small æ and the capital Æ, no matter which method we use. Words where this letter is not placed at the beginning, like “bæverfælde", are no problem, nor are the two other Danish characters ø and å.
    We also tried to add the words from a list, using a script which places index markers on every instance in the document; this did not make InDesign crash, but no entries were added either :-(
    Perhaps connected to the fact that it is no longer…

    1 vote

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  20. InDesign becomes non-responsive

    Since updating to 19.4, InDesign often becomes non-responsive during normal work. UI items become grayed out and I have to click on document tabs multiple times to switch documents. I cannot edit things – nothing happens when I click in a document. I have to save documents (thank goodness that still works) and restart InDesign to get it back to normal

    4 votes

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