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1. Indesign freezes and Crashes when attempting to delete a row

   I am having an issue where InDesign is freezing and crashing after I try to delete a table row.

   I am unable to attach a DMP file even though your documentation asks for it.

   Only thing that seems to mitigate it is copying the INDD file, but the issue comes back after I work for a while.

   Using 21.4.1 x64 on Windows 11

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2. Error 18 - Publish Online Failure

   When publishing online, InDesign (latest version) is consistently giving error 18 and failing to publish. I've viewed the help center recommendations and have logged out and back in of the Creative Cloud and have changed networks with no success.

   In addition, viewing pages through EPUB Interactivity Preview is met with a blank pages.

   The ability to publish online is necessary to complete work tasks - a quick resolution would be very appreciated. Thank you.

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3. Use of Paragraph Rules results in untagged PDF path elements

   InDesign 21.1

   Action: Apply Paragraph Rule

   Expected Result: Rules are tagged as artifacts when exporting to PDF

   Actual Result: The resulting path gets included in tagging, but is not tagged as an artifact. This results in errors when auditing for WCAG 2.1 compliance.

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4. Crash InDesign

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   I have MacBook Pro M5 Pro with 48GB RAM, when I use InDesign, every time crash changing the icone of mouse, exampel import a photo che mouse is change and if I'm cancelling and going back don't work, Finally I quit InDesign, don't close, is blocked. I have force of close app and apper a error.

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5. shift + arrow not working

   Adobe Indesign version 21.3 x64
   Suddenly my shift + arrow movement is not working. the normal arrow movement is still working but I want to increase the increment without going into the settings because I use both the small single pixel movement and the larger one I used to get out o the shift key. Please help

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6. 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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7. Invisible characters left behind after applying imported PDF comments

   Description:
   When importing PDF comments into InDesign and applying text corrections, unwanted invisible characters are frequently left behind in the text flow.

   These hidden characters cause significant disruptions in our typesetting and scripting workflows:

   Find/Change Failures: Because these characters are invisible, they break text strings without the user noticing. This causes standard text and GREP Find/Change queries to fail and return no results for seemingly identical text.

   Sorting Script Errors: When using scripts to sort paragraphs alphabetically, if one of these invisible characters ends up at the beginning of a paragraph, the sorting algorithm misinterprets it. This usually results in the affected paragraph being incorrectly pushed to the very end of the sorted list.

   Expected Behavior:
   Applying imported PDF text edits should only insert the intended characters and should not leave behind invisible artifacts that break text processing.

   Description:
   When importing PDF comments into InDesign and applying text corrections, unwanted invisible characters are frequently left behind in the text flow.

   These hidden characters cause significant disruptions in our typesetting and scripting workflows:

   Find/Change Failures: Because these characters are invisible, they break text strings without the user noticing. This causes standard text and GREP Find/Change queries to fail and return no results for seemingly identical text.

   Sorting Script Errors: When using scripts to sort paragraphs alphabetically, if one of these invisible characters ends up at the beginning of a paragraph, the sorting algorithm misinterprets it. This usually results in… more

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8. spinning wheel forever...

   Observed behavior :

   • Switching between tools is very slow (it takes several seconds before the selected tool becomes active).
   • The application continuously displays the loading indicator (spinning wheel).
   • The slowdowns occur consistently, even during simple actions such as switching tools.
   • The application appears to be constantly running a background process and never returns to normal, responsive performance.
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9. 21.2 Acting Strange

   I updated to 21.2 and ever since then, I have had these things happen:
   1. Freezes (beach ball spinning)
   2. Unable to "undo" (the undo is greyed out and Indesign seems to have no memory of the last event
   3. Icons get stuck. When I change tools, it still is showing the magnifying glass tool not the selection or type tool. But I acts like that tool is active (so can type text, but shows magnifying glass icon)
   4. Is crashing A LOT! And it has been years since I have had any issues with Indeisgn crashing.

   Anyone know what is goin on? I updated my OS and also tried numerous restarts and reboots. I am on a MacBook Pro running Taho 26.4

   I updated to 21.2 and ever since then, I have had these things happen:
   1. Freezes (beach ball spinning)
   2. Unable to "undo" (the undo is greyed out and Indesign seems to have no memory of the last event
   3. Icons get stuck. When I change tools, it still is showing the magnifying glass tool not the selection or type tool. But I acts like that tool is active (so can type text, but shows magnifying glass icon)
   4. Is crashing A LOT! And it has been years since I have had any issues with Indeisgn crashing.

   Anyone know what… more

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10. file name in save dialog disappears, space bar deletes the text

    Typing in the file name dialog box makes the text disappear or the field will be blank to start with (not retaining the original name), see screen recording

    MacBook Pro M1
    26.4.1
    InDesign 21.3

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11. Save As not working again

    InDesign Classic 2026 21.4.1 x64 / Win11 Home 24 H2. Good grief. It's happening again!!! ---> To successsfully use "Save As" I must save with slight file name change to get it to save with correct date/time stamp. And yes -- we just had an MS OS update. Why is this still occasionally happening!? When does this problem finally get corrected so that saving a file --- a most critical thing to do --- works properly?

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12. ID (& DW & AI) do not resize window when dragging top edge

    CS4 thru CS6 allowed you to resize the window dragging the top edge.
    Win 11 pro (but also earlier versions of Windows)
    ID 21.2
    When hovering over the window's top edge, the cursor does not change to a double arrow.

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13. There's no way to save or load custom workspaces from a file.

    I have three computers (two Windows and one Mac) that I work on. I've created a custom workspace and saved it, but there's no apparent way to save it to or load it from a drive. So copying the workspace to the other computers is a PITA that involves doing a Web search to find where InDesign squirrels the relevant file(s) away on each platform, finding it on one computer and copying it to a drive, and then dragging & dropping the file into the proper places on the other computers.

    How is this considered a production-ready feature? What is the point?

    And while we're on the topic, there's also no way to update an existing workspace even on your local computer. If you change the layout and want to save it, you have to pretend you're creating a new workspace, type the exact same name, and then overwrite it. Again... not production-ready. Not today. Not 20 years ago.

    I have three computers (two Windows and one Mac) that I work on. I've created a custom workspace and saved it, but there's no apparent way to save it to or load it from a drive. So copying the workspace to the other computers is a PITA that involves doing a Web search to find where InDesign squirrels the relevant file(s) away on each platform, finding it on one computer and copying it to a drive, and then dragging & dropping the file into the proper places on the other computers.

    How is this considered a production-ready feature? What is… more

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14. Bug Report: High Quality Display shows no improvement over Typical for large images (~45MP+)

    Placed raster images above roughly 45-48 megapixels show zero visible difference between Typical and High Quality Display Performance; both render a blocky, low-resolution proxy instead of the full-resolution source. The same content under ~38MP renders correctly with the expected difference.

    Steps to reproduce: place an RGB 8-bit image with total pixel count at or above ~45MP (e.g. 6000x8000px) at a large placed size (Effective PPI 700+). Switch between Typical and High Quality Display: no visible change. Reduce the same source to ~36-38MP (e.g. 6000px long side): renders correctly.

    Size pattern observed on the same source content: 8000px long side (~48MP), broken, no difference visible. 7500px (~42MP), partial improvement but still jagged. 6000px (~36-38MP), renders correctly. Orientation was tested and ruled out (wide/short vs narrow/tall at equal pixel count both broken), pointing to total pixel count or decoded buffer size rather than a single dimension.

    Environment: MacBook Pro M1, 64GB RAM, macOS 15.7.4. Reproduced identically on InDesign 21.4.1, 21.3, and 20.0.

    Already ruled out: single-version regression (broken on all three versions tested); corrupted preferences/cache (full reset, Cleaner Tool, reinstall); GPU vs CPU preview (Shift+E, no difference); external monitor (tested with internal display only); zoom level (tested up to 800%); object-level display override; file corruption (image rebuilt from scratch via copy-paste-flatten in Photoshop, same result); file format (PSD, TIFF, JPEG identical); color bit depth (8-bit and 16-bit identical); document-level cache (tested in fresh blank documents). Links panel shows no warnings and correct Effective PPI throughout.

    Likely area: since GPU and CPU preview modes behave identically, the limit appears to sit in the routine that decodes and caches full-resolution raster data for preview, not in the Metal/GPU renderer itself.

    Placed raster images above roughly 45-48 megapixels show zero visible difference between Typical and High Quality Display Performance; both render a blocky, low-resolution proxy instead of the full-resolution source. The same content under ~38MP renders correctly with the expected difference.

    Steps to reproduce: place an RGB 8-bit image with total pixel count at or above ~45MP (e.g. 6000x8000px) at a large placed size (Effective PPI 700+). Switch between Typical and High Quality Display: no visible change. Reduce the same source to ~36-38MP (e.g. 6000px long side): renders correctly.

    Size pattern observed on the same source content: 8000px long side (~48MP),… more

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15. Issues with Indesign

    I have experienced multiple stability issues with Adobe InDesign 2026.

    The most serious issue has happened twice. While working normally on a document, multiple pages suddenly appear completely blank, as though all of their contents have disappeared. The pages become entirely white inside InDesign.

    I first noticed the issue while exporting the document to PDF because the exported PDF also contained these blank pages.

    I was not performing any unusual operations beforehand. I was simply editing the document, saving frequently, and exporting to PDF.

    The linked images and assets were stored locally on my computer and were never moved, renamed, or deleted. No missing-link warnings or other error messages were displayed.

    Interestingly, I was able to temporarily recover the document by using File > Save As and saving it as a new InDesign file. After doing this, all of the missing page contents reappeared. However, after continuing to work on the new file, the exact same issue occurred again.

    In addition to this problem, I have experienced repeated issues when exporting PDFs. Even exporting a single page or only a few pages can take an unusually long time. During these exports, InDesign sometimes becomes completely unresponsive, forcing me to restart my computer because the application freezes.

    At no point did InDesign display an error message explaining the problem.

    My biggest concern is that this issue has now happened twice without any apparent cause. It makes me feel that my documents are unstable and that I could lose many hours of work even though I am following a normal workflow and saving frequently.

    This has significantly affected my confidence in using InDesign for professional work. I would appreciate it if Adobe could investigate whether this is a document stability or PDF export bug.

    I have experienced multiple stability issues with Adobe InDesign 2026.

    The most serious issue has happened twice. While working normally on a document, multiple pages suddenly appear completely blank, as though all of their contents have disappeared. The pages become entirely white inside InDesign.

    I first noticed the issue while exporting the document to PDF because the exported PDF also contained these blank pages.

    I was not performing any unusual operations beforehand. I was simply editing the document, saving frequently, and exporting to PDF.

    The linked images and assets were stored locally on my computer and were never moved, renamed,… more

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16. Ctrl+D (replace photo) causes InDesign to get hung every time

    Using the simple Ctrl+D shortcut to replace a template photo causes my InDesign to get hung every single time. I have to use Task Manager to exit the program, losing all my previous work on the file. This is only ONE of MANY bugs that currently make InDesign unusable for me. Stop using AI code and fix this software!

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17. grab transparent frames

    Product: Adobe InDesign 21.4.1
    Platform: macOS

    Since updating to InDesign 21.4.1, transparent text frames are no longer draggable from their empty interior.
    Steps to reproduce:
    Create a new document.
    Draw a text frame.
    Set the stroke to any visible color and weight.
    Set the fill to None.
    Try to drag the text frame by clicking anywhere inside the empty area.
    Expected result:
    The text frame should be selectable and draggable from anywhere inside the frame, as in previous versions of InDesign.
    Actual result:
    Only the frame border is clickable/draggable. Clicking or dragging inside the transparent area does nothing.
    Additional observation:
    If a fill color is applied (any color), the frame immediately becomes draggable from anywhere inside the frame.
    If the frame contains text, it can only be dragged by clicking directly on the text, not on the empty transparent area.
    This behavior is reproducible in a brand-new document.
    At least two users in our company experience the same issue on macOS with InDesign 21.4.1.
    This appears to be a regression in the hit-testing or selection behavior of transparent text frames.

    Product: Adobe InDesign 21.4.1
    Platform: macOS

    Since updating to InDesign 21.4.1, transparent text frames are no longer draggable from their empty interior.
    Steps to reproduce:
    Create a new document.
    Draw a text frame.
    Set the stroke to any visible color and weight.
    Set the fill to None.
    Try to drag the text frame by clicking anywhere inside the empty area.
    Expected result:
    The text frame should be selectable and draggable from anywhere inside the frame, as in previous versions of InDesign.
    Actual result:
    Only the frame border is clickable/draggable. Clicking or dragging inside the transparent area does nothing.
    Additional observation:… more

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18. home

    Home Welcome Screen Blank After Update on all Apps
    After the recent set of updates, Indesign does not show the welcome screen. When i try to create a new document (CNTRL+N, File>New>Document) the app hangs and i have to restart the app. I am able to open existing files, but not create new ones. Worked around the problem by selecting "Use Legacy New Document Dialog", but i would like to get my home/Welcome screen back.

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19. [ID-4264855] Issue with Animated Zoom in GPU

    New PC GPU zoom doesn't seem to centre the zoom on the cursor leading to not super useful behaviour (you have to zoom and then drag with the hand tool to get back to what you were originally trying to zoom into). It's very disorientating.

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    Closed: Fixed  ·  AdminSanyam Talwar (Senior Lead Software Engineer, Adobe InDesign) responded

    The fix of the issue is now available in the latest InDesign 2025(v20.5.0.048). We recommend you upgrade to the latest version for the fix.

    If you are unable to see the update, go to the Creative Cloud application click on the context menu on the top right, and click on Check for App Updates.

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    Adobe InDesign Team

20. 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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