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  1. Hyphenation settings see note references as a character

    Hypenation settings consider a note reference as a character, so if you have a footnote callout at the end of a word and hyphenation settings are set to "before last 3" it will make 2-letter hyphenation.

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  2. GREP

    Indesign 21.4. and 21.4.1 x64 | Win 11 Pro 25H2 | Build 26200.8655 | Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.315.0:
    Issue: Certain GREPs no longer working: Example:
    Find what:
    ^Question\h\d+\K.+(?=\r)

    Find Format:
    A Paragraph Style

    No matches are found (there were matching elements in all our test documents).

    The GREP works when Find Format is empty (at least regarding Paragraph Styles, Character Styles or Character Colors).
    The GREP works with a PS, CS or CC only if either the "^" at the beginning or the \K is omitted.

    This issue persist for several days by now.
    Its an issue with every…

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  3. Lenteur extrême indesign 2026

    Bonjour,
    depuis environ 1 semaine (dernière mise à jour 21.1 x64 d'InDesign sur PC), chaque lettre ajoutée à un document dans InDesign 2026 met presque 10 secondes avant d'apparaître et que je puisse agir de nouveau sur mon document. Même chose pour sélectionner un mot ou pour effectuer la moindre action dans un texte en cours d'édition. seule le curseur bouge normalement, mais il disparaît tant que l'action en cours n'a pas été réalisée.
    J'ai désinstallé et réinstallé InDesign en supprimant les préférences. rien n'a changé.
    J'ai réinitialisé les préférences et rien n'a changé.
    Mon système est très récent :…

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  4. text dissapere when editing

    The documents text dissapeares when I'm editing text - why - and I have the latest version 21.1

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  5. 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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  6. Exported Interactive PDF Does Not Match Reading Order

    I've spend days establishing reading order in InDesign (reverse order in layers panel) but, when exported to interactive PDF, Acrobat is NOT matching this order.

    I have a 200-page document with nine text-based buttons in addition to other content, all carefully arranged in order on multiple parent pages, then overridden on each page of the document (to avoid the form field error in Acrobat's accessibility tests). Now I have to go through each of the 200 pages in Acrobat and fix the order.

    Despite this being report 'fixed' in InDesign 2020, it is most definitely not. When on earth are…

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  7. incopy browser (Editing on the Indesign Web) is slow - takes alot of time to load sometimes even 10-15mins for loading and very slow while

    The "Share for editing" feature is extremely slow as the loading of the page lags. When a user is typing or editing too it take a lot of time to reflect and there is a lot of lagging

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  8. Incopy(Indesign on web) changes to reflect in Indesign takes inconsistent time...it does not reflect even after closing the Web version

    The indesign feature of "Share for editing" (Beta feature) is very slow. Even after making changes in Incopy web version it does not reflect on Indesign many times...it takes almost 1 hour at times after closing the web version

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  9. Images are distorted when I open up a document.

    When I open a document, the images have to be relinked. I am working Adobe Indesign 21.4, Ventura

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  10. Color Theme Tool Unable to Change Text Color 1. InDesign 21.4 Windows 2. Write text, Copy it with Alt+Shift more than once, maybe use the a

    Color Theme Tool Unable to Change Text Color

    1. InDesign 21.4 Windows
    2. Write text, Copy it with Alt+Shift more than once, maybe use the auto spacer. Then select the Color Theme tool (Ctrl+Shift+I), select a color and try to apply it to the TEXT.
    3. Well, here, it says it will change the text color (via icon over cursor) but it (4.) instead changes the color of the Text BOX. It is not possible to change text color with Color Theme tool even by zooming in. The Color Theme tool is unable to change text color in this context and the icon…
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  11. Color Theme

    Color Theme Tool Unable to Change Text Color

    1. InDesign 21.4 Windows
    2. Write text, Copy it with Alt+Shift more than once, maybe use the auto spacer. Then select the Color Theme tool (Ctrl+Shift+I), select a color and try to apply it to the TEXT.
    3. Well, here, it says it will change the text color (via icon over cursor) but it (4.) instead changes the color of the Text BOX. It is not possible to change text color with Color Theme tool even by zooming in. The Color Theme tool is unable to change text color in this context and the icon…
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  12. Images cannot be used as align to key object

    Images cannot be used as align to key object

    I am working on Windows 11. Adobe Indesign 21.4

    I am trying to use align to key object the old fashioned way by selecting multiple objects and with a single click choose my Key object. This used to work no problem at all.

    I select multiple Text boxes and I can align them using one of them as a key object.

    I select multiple images and I cannot align them using one of them as key object.

    I select different image objects and text objects and I can align them using…

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  13. Canvas disappears on monitor setup change

    When I'm on my macbook Pro (16" M1 Max 2021), and have a document open, then connect my computer to an external monitor/workstation and make indesign full screen on that monitor, the canvas disappears, and I can only see the grey background until I close the document and reopen it again. This also happens when I disconnect the monitor and scale the indesign app to the macbook monitor size. I'm using indesign 21.4 on Sequoia 15.0

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  14. Przesuwanie kilku obiektów nie działa.

    Zaznaczam minimum dwa importowane obiekty i nie mogę ich wszystkich przesunąć. Przesuwa mi się tylko jeden - pozostałe zostają na swoich miejscach. W poprzedniej wersji to działało. Nie da się tak pracować.

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  15. Find/Change saved queries lose numeric precision for indent values

    Version:
    Adobe InDesign 21.0.2
    macOS 26.2
    Issue also observed in much earlier versions (since CS5.5).
    Steps to reproduce:
    Create a document with paragraph units set to millimeters.
    Create a paragraph with a left indent of exactly 5 mm.
    Open Find/Change.
    In Find Text, set Left Indent to 5 mm by typing it manually.
    Run Find – the paragraph is found.
    Save this Find/Change query.
    Reload the saved query.
    Run Find again.
    Expected result:
    The saved query should find the same paragraphs as when the value is entered manually.
    Actual result:
    After reloading the saved query, the paragraph is not found.…

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  16. Critical workflow break: period in filename makes Save As unusable after Tahoe upgrade — no workaround

    Area: macOS 26 Tahoe – Save / Export Dialog with Indesign

    Summary:
    In macOS 26 Tahoe, the Save As filename field does not pre-populate when opening a Save As or Export dialog in Adobe InDesign. When manually retyping the filename, if the name contains a period followed by a space, the entire field is cleared the moment the space is typed. This does not happen with filenames that contain no period. No known workaround resolves this.

    Steps to reproduce:
    1. Open a document in Adobe InDesign whose filename contains a period (e.g. "April 12.26Quarter Page HorSN.indd")
    2. Go…

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  17. Pages panel not scrolling to allow all pages to be accessible

    InDesign v21.3 (Updated last week, no issues until today. Daily use)

    This morning when I opened InDesign, I discovered I was unable to scroll and select the last page of the document. The top half of the last page is visible through the bottom bar of the panel where the number of pages is displayed but unclickable. This prevents a change of parent page style, addition of pages in the correct parent style or the selection to override the parent page style.

    I have tried resetting my workspace, restarting Indesign and changing panel views. The bottom row remains elusive.

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  18. Bloqueo congelamiento.

    Indesing es una porquería de app, se para colgando, no permite que se grabe y cuando se reinicia se han borrado todos los trabajos. Aprendan a hacer bien un programa ¡Inútiles!

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  19. All my coments vanished

    I am experiencing a serious issue with InDesign Share for Review and need assistance recovering review comments.

    I created an InDesign document and shared it using Share for Review. Around 10 collaborators participated and left more than 200 comments. More than a week later, I reopened the file to apply the feedback, and all comments were loading and working normally.

    While working on the document, my internet connection was temporarily interrupted for a few minutes. After the connection was restored, the review stopped working. The comments no longer appear in InDesign, the review seems to have disappeared from my account,…

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  20. 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…

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