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  1. '단락'의 '보조 메뉴' 일부가 나오지 않음.

    '단락'의 '보조 메뉴'의 반(半) 정도가 나오지 않습니다. 아래 반만 나옵니다. 'Adobe World-ready 싱글라인 컴포저' 이하 메뉴만 나옵니다. 구체적으로 '격자 정렬' 기능을 기준에 따라 수행할 수 없습니다. 끝.

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  2. Accessible PDF exports paragraph lines in individual content containers

    Steps:
    1. Create a simple InDesign file, and type in a paragraph on several lines, apply any paragraph style
    2. Export to a tagged PDF and examine the <P> tag in the Tags pane

    Expected result: The entire paragraph is in one content container

    Actual result: Each line of text is in its own content container. The paragraph is really hard to read in the PDF when pressing Down Arrow with NVDA or JAWS. This causes each line to be read separately, e.g. with NVDA the default is to have "Use screen layout" as Off.

    In InDesign lines can be…

    3 votes

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  3. Alt-text and field descriptions/tooltips do not export correctly

    When updating Alt-text on images or the form field descriptions in InDesign 2025 20.0.1 on Mac and exporting to PDF, the Alt-text/descriptions do not reflect the updated text. This requires manual updating of every single image or form field in the PDF or saving as IDML, opening in 2024 and exporting.

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  4. Multi-level lists

    1. VERSION: 19.4

    2. ISSUE: If you create a multi-level list (1, 1.1, 1.2.3, etc) and export as an accessible PDF the list structure is not correct and presents the incorrect "List level" to the reader when using any assistive technology.

    EXPECTED RESULTS: When a new level of a list is created the sublist's <L> goes INSIDE the <LBody> tag to properly indicate the list is sublevel.

    ACTUAL RESULTS: In the most recent build of InDesign, the <L> is just a sibling of the <LBody>. This is not only incorrect an a violation of PDF/UA-1, it also requires fixing EVERY TIME you…

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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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…

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  8. 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…

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  9. 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…

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  10. 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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  11. 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…

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  12. 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…

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  13. 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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  14. 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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  15. 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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  16. 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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  17. 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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  18. 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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  19. 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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  20. 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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