Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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Magnify keyboard shortcut not working?
When I try to use the magnify keyboard shortcut (space + command), it doesn;t work. Tried restarting ID and Mac but had no effect.
Mac mini
2024Chip: Apple M4 Pro
Memory: 64 GB
macOS Sequoia 15.2Adobe InDesign
20.0.11 vote -
1 vote
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Working color profile vs Color settings
In new InDesign 2025 v20.0 (on Mac, Sonoma 14.7.1), i have Fogra39 set in Color settings, still new documents are created with US Web coated v2 profile... It should work as in previous version: use Fogra39 for new documents, as is set in color settings.
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Hebrew export to PDF
InDesign 20.0.1 x64
Some Hebrew vowels shift or disappear when exported to PDF when they have a different color. Some Hebrew consonants disappear in the PDF when they are on the FIRST line of a drop cap paragraph.1 vote -
Copy text in Indesign
Good morning
I have a problem, every time I copy over a text, no matter if I do it with ctrl+c or with the right mouse button, the program gets stuck for a few seconds. That supposedly copied text cannot be pasted in another application.
Can you help me?1 vote -
Application Frame Sticks to One External Monitor and Fails to Move Between Monitors (Windows 11)
I am experiencing an issue with a user where the application frame is stuck on a specific external monitor. When I attempt to drag the window to another external monitor, it automatically reverts to its original position on the main monitor. I can minimize and drag the corners to adjust size of window but cannot move it over to other monitors. This behavior occurs across multiple workstations, and I have already attempted the following troubleshooting steps:
Ensured that all software is fully updated.
Restarted the device multiple times.
Adjusted the resolution settings and reinstalled display drivers.
Removed and reconnected external…1 vote -
Dropshadow > Size is limited to 0-144 points within scripting but you can enter higher numbers manually 0-1000 points
My understanding is indesign dropshadow effect needs to be updated for the option: size within the dropshadow panel to be able to accept 0 - 1000 points for scripts. You can input higher numbers within the size by doing it manually but not with scripts for whatever reason. It will only accepts 0-144 point or 2 inches within the code.
- Indesign CC 2025
- Run the attached script a 100 in height image and you'll get the error.
- On the dropshadow applied to have the distance 5.0 in and size 5.0
- Distance: 5.0 in and Size: 0.0694 in
- Script attached.
I…
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Elements disappear when two different templates are opposite each other on a double page (indesign 2024 - 19.5.1)
When you apply two different templates on a double page, some elements of the template disappear. This bug is not systematic, but has come back regularly for years.
This happens when a parent template and a child template are on a facing page (see screenshot).Lorsqu'on applique deux gabarits différents sur une double page certains éléments du gabarit disparaissent. Ce bug n'est pas systématique, mais revient régulièrement depuis des années.
Cela se produit lorsqu'un gabarit mère et un gabarit enfant se trouvent sur une page en vis à vis (voir capture d'écran).1 vote -
BUG character style small caps at end of line
text at the end of of line, the whole word in small caps: the last letter has small caps applied (and shows that in the character styleing palette), but does not show it (cf. img. 1 and 2), if I change the character style of this one letter to normal, now there are three letters which do not show sc (img. 3)
ID 20.0.1 Win 64 (reinstalled just now)
Workaround: empty space after the word. Still a severe bug: please do something Adobe!
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BUG Style loss after copy
ID 20.0.1 (Win 64)
when copying a frame or text from one document to another, some style info is partly lost: in this example the font for the text.
Copying text within the document does not produce this error.the example shows replacment of chosen font by default font (Minion)
when copyying the defualt format for paragraphs is copied as well, even though it is alreay here (see img 2)
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Variable font sliders are laggy
Variable font sliders are much less smooth in InDesign, compared to Illustrator. They are much laggier.
Attached is a screen recording of the Acumin variable font being used in Illustrator (top) and InDesign (bottom).
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.svg library assets are not supported anymore at version 19.3
Elements from the library with the .svg file format are no longer supported in version 19.3. In Illustrator the assates still works.
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screen redraw
InDesign 18.x through 19.5. Mac, Apple Silicon, M1 Max w/ 96 GB RAM and at least 1 TB free storage, M3 Max w/128 GB Ram and at least 1 TB free storage.
Basically, sometimes the screen becomes “corrupted” and weirdly glitched. Closing the file and reopening fixes it, but that is not acceptable when it is super frequent. Which it is.
This has been a problem for over a year, across multiple full InDesign versions. It happened on my M1 MacBook Pro, and still happening on my M3.
Typically these documents involved a placed PDF page that itself is a scanned…
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Certain dialogue boxes appear partially off screen and can't be moved back on screen
Certain dialogue boxes appear partially off screen and can't be moved back on screen. For example, the Find/Change dialogue box and the Export dialogue box [specifically export to PDF (Print)] have both become almost unusable for me because important sections of those two boxes are located off screen. See attached screenshots. Dialogue boxes that allow you to expand them by clicking and dragging the edges/corners of the box are less of an issue - they often appear partially off screen, but once they're expanded at all, the whole dialogue box pops back into view. The Find/Change and Export dialogues do…
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Arabic shadda and out of position when it comes between ain and lam, and it prevents the ain and lam from connecting
Using the Google font Cairo Variable, in this sequence, "فَعَّل," the medial ain will not connect to the lam. The shade (0651 + 0643) intervenes and sets in the wrong position.
To Reproduce
In InDesign (perhaps other programs as well), key or copy/paste the sequence with Cairo variable loaded and applied. Then Unload Cairo variable and load Cairo Regular static to see what the corrected sequence.Expected behavior
The shadda should be centered above the ain.I have contacted the font manufacturer, and the font behaves as expected in their tests. I also tested the font myself in Illustrator, and…
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2025 out of memory
When I am exporting an interactive pdf from indesign 2025, i get an out of memory error. Closing and reopening indesign helps this problem. I have made this kind of pdf many times and this has never happened as often as it does now, maybe a handful of times over the past few years.
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table of contents
Updating table of contents causes InDesign 2024 [19.4.0.63] to crash. Over & over.
3 votesWe have released InDesign 2025(v20.2.0.036) with many stability fixes. We recommend you upgrade to the latest version (if you’re not already on it) as it is more robust.
If you still face this issue even after updating, please submit the crash report to us. (Guidelines to submit crash are available at (https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/submit-crash-reports.html )
Also, please send the following information to santalwa@adobe.com :
- Reproducible Steps – What were you doing when InDesign crashed?
- Video recording of the crash
- Is(Are) the issue related to a specific document(s)/asset(s)? If yes, could you provide us with the document(s)/asset(s)? Please package the entire document (To package the document, choose File → Package…)
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Adobe InDesign Team
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InDesign 2025 / v20.0: Glyphs panel is empty
Working with InDesign 2025 (v20.0) the Glyphs panel is not showing anything at all.
Mac
Sonoma 14.7
M3 chip2 votes -
TOC Generation or Update Crashes InDesign 2025
macOS 15.2, InDesign 20.0.1
When I generate or update a TOC there is a roughly 7 in 10 chance InDesign 2025 will crash. This happens with multiple documents and has been happening consistently with every document since the release of 20.0 in October.
- I initially thought it was because I was using ID '25 on macOS Ventura, but it's still happening with existing and new documents since updating my Mac to Sequoia.
- Additionally, the same files moved to other computers (Windows 10, for example) also crash there when generating, updating TOCs.
- Happens whether the documents in question are standalone or…
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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…1 vote
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