Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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Palettes not docking in the sidebar
I seem to be having more trouble 'docking' palettes, or dragging them into a group on the sidebar on the right. Wondering if anyone else is experiencing this resistance?
When I drag a floating palette onto a closed group, it highlights blue, but I think it used to disappear and you could decide where in the group you wanted to put it, or even into another group or by itself. Currently, there is a light highlight on the group, but when released, it remains floating. When dragged to an open area, the floating palette dims, and will dock by itself.
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InDesign 2025 does not import settings from 2024 correctly
InDesign CC 2025 does not import Keyboard Shortcuts nor Workspaces. I had to install them manually. The new “Export setting” or “Import settings” features are obviously useless (as expected).
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Lists ignore alignment when story is subject to object wrapping
InDesign v20.1.
Steps to reproduce:
1. In a blank document, create a new story. Add a few blank lines, then a new paragraph with list settings (either bullets or numbers). Align it to center or right.
2. Create an ellipsis and set its wrapping options to contour wrapping.
3. Move the ellipsis so that it intersects the story above the actual list (the list doesn't have to be in range of the wrapping countour).Expected result:
Nothing should happen to the list, since it's far from the wrapping area.Actual result:
The numbers/bullets get aligned the left, no matter what…1 vote -
pasteboard color will not change at all
pasteboard color will not change -- it stays dark gray. I want it light gray but it will not change to any color, much less light gray.
Overprint preview is OFF.
this bug exists in both indesign 2022 and indesign 2025 on Mac OS Sonoma 14.7.5 / dark mode
5K intel iMac 24GB RAM.I don't use ID2025 because it is totally unusable on sonoma on intel iMac -- but tested it to see if the pasteboard color bug is there too and it is.
definitely exists since recent sonoma and ID updates late 2024/2025.
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Multiple Issues
I've noticed three glitches very recently in Adobe InDesign 2025. #1 - Seems like every other time I open the print dialog box to select the printer I want to use, the printers are in a different order in the list. #2 - Often times, when I open a document, my keyboard shortcuts won't work. I have to close the document and then re-open it to get them to work. #3 - Most frustrating is, I start to create a new document. I enter the document size into the New Document window and when I hit the Create button and…
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Crash/Error Reporting & (non)Solutions
I have been using Adobe products since the beginning. After a crash, I have not ever once had the Error Report that 'searches for a solution or workaround' come back with any solution—working or not. Has anyone ever had a useful solution or workaround come back? Just me?? I am guessing it is still valuable to send the reports, although not sure about that either.
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Library text frame auto-size error
Product: Adobe InDesign
Version: 20.2
Platform: macOS
Issue type: Bug
Severity: Moderate
Reproducible: AlwaysSteps to reproduce:
1. Create a text frame with a single character (e.g. “X”).
2. Enable Auto-Size (Height only).
3. Save the text frame to the Library.
4. Place the frame into a layout from the Library.Expected result:
Text frame should retain Auto-Size setting and adjust to the content’s height.Actual result:
Auto-Size is disabled, and the frame stretches from the insertion point to the bottom of the text frame area / margin, even though there’s only one character inside.Workaround:
If the text frame…1 vote -
data merge images
InDesign 20.0.1 on MaxOS 15.1.1 (24B91), the Data merge for images does not work. There are no errors or warmings, but upon previewing, exporting or merging the images to not populate. The same data file and downsaved indd file (ver 19) works.
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Icon Panels do not expand correctly when Application Frame is OFF.
Recurring issue from one InDesign upgrade to the next! Found 2- and 6-year old reports of the same bug. In-between updates fix it but reoccurs with every new upgrade...
ISSUE
When Application Frame is disabled, panels that are on the right side of the screen don't expand towards the left as they normally would but to the right.
The bigger the UI scaling size, the more to the right of the screen the panel expansion moves, soon disappearing altogether. Only smallest sizing allows to display properly.
Attaching screenshot for reference.
No problem when Application Frame is enabled.TECHNICAL INFO:
macOS…14 votesThis issue was fixed in InDesign 2025 version (20.1 update).
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Adobe InDesign team
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Modifications on PDF export profile are incoherent
Windows 11, Indesign 20.1
Steps to reproduce:
1. With at least one PDF export profile present, export an INDD to PDF
2. In the export dialog, change something on the settings, like checkmarking "Create Acrobat layers", given it's not marked already. The export profile would then become marked as "(modified)".
3. Select the unmodified profile again, to remove the previously set checkmark.
4. Now change the settings "Pages" from "All" to "Range". The export profile is now NOT marked as modified.Conclusion: if you want to reset the export from Range to All, you cannot do that by simply selecting…
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indesign crashed
I am currently using Zoho's virtual space.
For the past two weeks, I have been experiencing a problem where Adobe InDesign crashes whenever I attempt to use the "Save As" function. This issue did not occur previously, but it has become a persistent problem. I kindly request assistance in resolving this matter.1 vote -
Bug when editing link text when changes are tracked
There it a bug which occurs when the following takes place.
- Track changes is activated for a text frame in InDesign.
- A user adds text that will include a hyperlink.
(See Image1.)
- A second user creates the hyperlink in the text.
- This user also then makes a change to the text that contains the hyperlink.
(See Image2)
- If the ICML file is exported for editing in InCopy and then placed again into the document the formatting will change in the places where the original content was added - which follow the change in the text which contains the hyperlink. Depending…
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Adding pages before 1st page move placed images
Versions 20.1 and 20.2 if you try to insert pages before 1st page, it moves already placed images to another page.
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Index type range bugs
I specifically have my problems with "To Next Use Of Style" and "For Next # Of Paragraphs"
To Next Use Of Style
The adobe guide specifically says that the range is until the NEXT use of the specific para style but if the paragraph that contains the index marker is the same as the intended end of range, it only recognizes the first page. It counts the current para style aswell.
So if I want to i.e. make an index marker on a bridgehead with a range until the next bridgehead, I have to put the marker to the beginning…
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Table controls are missing from Properties pane, and selection control lacks ToolTip
I had mysterious, unselectable text in my document with multiple columns. It turned out to be a table, but this was not indicated anywhere in the UI. Not in the layer list or the Properties pane when the text frame was selected. Table properties are missing from the Properties pane even when you have the text-insertion point sitting in a table cell.
A major contributor to the problem is that the tiny table-selection icon that appears on the left side of a table has no ToolTip, and does nothing when clicked or dragged. Only by guessing that you have to…
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[ID-4253057]Autonumbering in Hide Spreads is not working for Text Variables -> Insert Variable -> Last Page Number
Text variable "Last page number" does not update with Hide Spread.
With the newest update hiding spreads works automatically updates the pagination. This does not however change the "Last page number" variable. I often use this for screen presentations to display page X/X.
This seems like a simple oversight in the update, but would be nice to have fixed.
4 votesHi,
We have been able to reproduce the issue and it is currently under investigation.
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Adobe InDesign Team
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Latency issue on Mac since version 20.0.1
Every action, every time I switch back to InDesign after using another application, every event is preceded by a 1-2 second delay. When spending the whole day working on InDesign, this becomes unbearable. This is the first time I've experienced this, and it has been happening since the new version 20.
See video. The Mac "spinning wheel" appears multiple times in one minute. Imagine this over several hours or days.
Adobe, cold you please fix it asap?
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PNG export affected by "Display Performance" Settings
Affected InDesign versions:
I could reproduce it with InDesign 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and Prerelease 2025. From what I've found here so far, however, the problem has existed since at least 2020.
Reproduce:
- "Display Performance" set to "Typical"
- place a PNG or PSD with semi-transparent areas in InDesign (image for testing: semitransparent.png)
- export to PNG
This also happens if the PNG export is triggered before the document has been fully rendered and the "Display Performance" settings are set to ‘High Quality’. This therefore also affects automated processes, e.g. on InDesign Server.
Expected result:
- high quality output with correctly rendered transparencies…
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Converting a text URL to a hyperlink removes the instances of the text variables!!!
- All InDesign versions
- Create a URL that includes Text Variable instance
- URL looks and prints correctly,
- but hyperlink is wrong: there are no text variables values in it.
It is obvious that URLs are convenient to generate from text variables. Especially if there are thousands of them!
This would be a phenomenal solution not only to our problem, but...Instead of substituting the values of text variable instances, nothing is replaced (empty strings instead of text variable instances), and the hyperlink (which looks and prints correctly in the text) is generated as invalid!
We need to create and maintain a…1 vote -
Preview on GPU disappears; restarting only resolution
Problem: Workspace turns into a blank outline in Preview on GPU.
Occurrence: When switching between windows or after returning to an open InDesign file after having a pause.
Solutions: Restarting InDesign.
Toggling between CPU and GPU does not work. Selecting and de-selecting GPU in preferences does not work.
Apple M2 Max
OS 15.3.2
InDesign CC 20.2.0.361 vote
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