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  1. Adobe Paragraph Composer interferes with spans and table

    My system: MacOS 15.3.1, Indesign 20.1

    I have found a combination of column spanning paragraphs, a normal paragraph with Adobe Multi-line composer, and a table, causes a very disruptive recompose fault.

    Using my demo Indesign document, type characters in the magenta paragraph where indicated.

    Expected result:
    The character is added, with no dramatic text reflow.

    Actual result:
    On the first character typed, the text reflows, breaking the spanning so that all the text appears only in the left column and no balancing occurs. On the second character typed, it goes back to normal. See attached "demo.gif" and also the forum…

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  2. Feature request: Link text in body and footnote Please add a function to link a word or phrase in the main text to a word or phrase in a fo

    Dear Adobe InDesign team, I would like to request a new feature for Adobe InDesign: the ability to link a word or phrase in the main (body) text with a corresponding word or phrase in a footnote (or another text frame), so that if the main text moves to another page, the linked text in the footnote will also automatically move together. This feature is very important for professional publishing workflows, especially for complex academic, multilingual, and religious books. For example, in Islamic or scholarly works, it is critical that a term in the main text and its explanation in…

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  4. InDesign 2025 (v20.3.1) freezes when interacting with modal dialog panels on macOS 15.5 (Sequoia)

    Hi Adobe team,

    I’m experiencing repeated, non-reproducible hangs in InDesign 2025 (v20.3.1) when interacting with certain modal dialog panels — such as Panel Options, Color Panel settings, and similar. This occurs on macOS 15.5 (Sequoia). After clicking inside one of these dialogs, InDesign sporadically becomes unresponsive (beachball), requiring a force quit via “Force Quit Applications.”

    The issue existed before a complete clean install of macOS and continues to occur even after the fresh system setup with no migration or prior settings carried over.

    Here are the key system details:
    • macOS version: 15.5 (24F74) – Developer Beta (Sequoia)
    • Mac…

    1 vote

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  5. InDesign spacebar hand/zoom doesn't work when Brave browser is open on Mac

    I couldn't get the spacebar toggle to hand to work in InDesign - rebooted a few times and realized that it works fine as long as Brave browser is not open. Adobe updated a few days ago, and up until now it was working fine with the browser open. Any chance of a fix?

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  6. 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…

    15 votes

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  7. vertical alignment within a text box is ignoring the space taken up by a wrap object

    I'm on Adobe InDesign 20.3.1 on an M1 Max MacBook Pro currently running Sequoia 15.5, but I always keep my system and apps up to date within a day or two of an update being released.

    The text wrap isn't affecting the vertical centering of text box content in the way it should. The vertical alignment within the text box seems to be ignoring the space taken up by the wrapped object, leading to the content being centered within the entire text box rather than just the available space above the wrapped object.
    In the screenshot, you can see that…

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  8. pdf

    Schneidpfad aus InDesign als Pfad exportieren.
    Eine Kontur in Volltonfarbe angelegt, soll als Schneidpfad verwendet werden. Bei der PDF Generierung wird diese Linie als Kontur interpretiert ( 2 Linien beidseitig der Kontur) und in Folge doppelt geschnitten. Wie läßt sich das ändern?
    InDesign 20.2.x64

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  9. MathML: Fehler der Bedienung sowie weitere Schrecklichkeiten

    MathML hat das Problem, dass, wenn man die Grundformel eingefügt hat, beim nächsten Mal im Editor keine mehr zur Verfügung steht. Problematisch ist das, wenn man den ersten Eintrag im Dokument gelöscht hat. Man sollte immer an die Grundformel kommen, auch wenn man tausendmal klickt, um es im übertragenen Sinn zu sagen. Außerdem ist die verwendete Schriftart des MathML fürchterlich ausgeführt: verschobene Ankerpunkte, ungenaue Kurven etc. Dazu kommt noch, dass die Zeichen am Rand teilweise beschnitten werden. All das ist im typografischen Sinn – unangemessen.

    Bezüglich der Kurvenführung sehen Sie sich als Beispielglyphe das y an! Ich habe einige fürchterliche…

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  10. Typing letter in Paragraph/Character style Shortcut field results in invisible shortcut being assigned

    How to reproduce this serious bug:

    -Double-click a Paragraph or Character Style to edit
    -Type a letter in the Shortcut field
    -Witness the field remanining blank
    -Click OK.

    Typing this letter in the document will now assign this style, while the letter remains invisible in the Shortcut field.

    A solution (provided the user will ever figure out what's going on) is to select all (Cmd-A) in the shortcut field and press delete (or maybe just delete is enough).

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  11. [ID-4257734]When you place an object with ‘Corner Options’ and ‘Text Wrap (Wrap around object shape)’ on a frame, the text moves.

    Checked on Windows 10 Japanese version, InDesign CS5 to CC2024

    1.Create a new document
    2.Create a frame grid with the Horizontal Grid Tool
    3.Insert a few line breaks at the beginning and assign sample text
    4.Draw a rectangle with the Rectangle Tool
    5.Set the shape in Corner Options to anything other than ‘None’
    6.Set the text wrap to ‘Wrap around object shape’
    7.When the drawn rectangle is placed on the frame, it is pushed out by one character

    It’s strange that the text moves even though the rectangle is not placed on top of the text.

    Conditions for the object…

    30 votes

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  12. Paragraph shading disappears randomly when working in Indesign

    Expected result: the shading is displayed as it is applied in the settings, also when making an adjustment.

    Actual result: When opening the Indesign file, the shading is displayed correctly. But when a change is made in the area with paragraph shading, the shading randomly disappears in some places and the edges of the shading are not displayed correctly, which makes it impossible to make accurate changes in the shading. In the pdf, the shading is displayed correctly, as it is applied in the settings. So no problem there. It is merely when working in Indesign that the display of…

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  13. Add pins from Indesign to be shared for review

    While editing a file in InDesign, I have many ideas or questions to submit to the reviewers audience.
    However, I need to wait for all my edition work to be completed and shared for review online before being able to add pins and other comments. This is cognitively quite expensive, and it's not efficient overall.
    I wish I could add pins and comments right from InDesign (= new items in the Verify panel), to be published with the next "Share for Review" push.
    That way, I would comment at the exact time a question pops up in my mind, without…

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  14. Unable to Move Objects

    After selecting and trying to move any object or text frame, the selected object will jump to the left and down from the cursor; making the usage of InDesign extremely difficult.

    3 votes

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  15. Bug: Indesign completely hangs when it cannot save file to network drive

    Windows 11, Indesign 20.2
    Problem summary: when saving a file to a network to which the connection is lost during that save action, ID completely hangs and might also block the entire system.
    Steps to reproduce:
    1. Open any bigger INDD from a network drive, so the saving action takes some seconds.
    2. Change something and click save, then simulate a broken network connection by pulling the LAN cable
    Reaction: there might or might not be that "Save document" overlay with progress bar being at 0%. At this point, ID has two problems:
    a) There is no timeout. It would…

    1 vote

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  16. Restore Command + Resize and Command + Space Zoom Behavior in InDesign

    In recent versions of InDesign, two essential shortcuts have been broken or changed:

    Command + Drag on a frame no longer resizes the content inside the frame as it used to — or it behaves inconsistently.
    Command + Space no longer reliably brings up the zoom tool that allows click-dragging to zoom into a selected area.
    These shortcuts were core to efficient, professional workflows for years. Removing or altering them without an option to restore the original behavior is disruptive. Designers rely on muscle memory and speed — this feels like a step backward.

    Please restore the legacy behaviors or…

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  17. Interaction between Text Wrap, Optical Margin Alignment and Numbered List

    When a text frame with activated Optical Margin Alignment containing numbered list wraps around another text frame the numbering is incorrectly aligned. The affected numbers noticeably stick outside of the text frame and thus create unpleasant left margin. Only numbering on wrapped lines is affected, numbering below the wrap behaves as expected.

    Similarly, if the text frame is modified so as its border lays entirely outside of the area affected by wrapping offset, the optical alignment of the numbering behaves as expected. This at least provides some workaround.

    I am attaching a screenshot of the behaviour as well as a…

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  18. "Feedback Menu" is Blocking

    The Feedback Menu appears to be programmed to be thread blocking - while it is active, users are unable to drag and drop images into their canvas. On closing the feedback menu "how likely are you to recommend indesign...", the images that the user has attempted to drag and drop into the canvas are populated. This can be confusing if the feedback menu is minimized or not apparently open to the user.

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  20. Searching for fonts by Japanese name in the context taskbar is not reflected.

    Windows 10/11
    InDesign Ver. 20.0

    This is a trouble when searching for a font by keyboard input of the font name on the context taskbar and selecting from those listed.
    When searching by Kanji, Japanese, etc., the search is not reflected as a search list and returns to the font before the search was entered.
    If the font name is alphanumeric, it is normal, but if the font name is not alphanumeric, it cannot be searched.

    Original text (Japanese):

    コンテキストタスクバーでフォント名をキーボード入力して検索し、リストアップされるものから選ぶ場合のトラブルです。
    漢字や日本語などで検索をかけると、検索一覧として反映できず、検索入力する前のフォントに戻ります。
    英数字名のフォントであれば正常ですが、英数字名以外のフォント名が検索できない、という状態になっています。

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