Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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- Version of Adobe InDesign, InCopy or InDesign Server
- Steps to reproduce the issues
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Save "share for review" comments in an offline pdf
I would love the ability to save these comments in an offline pdf.
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Layers Panel Active Layer not active and not scrolled to in the panel when switching back to a document
In Adobe InDesign, when switching between open documents, the Layers Panel Active Layer is not active (highlighted) and not on screen (due to the layers list scrolling all the way to the top) for my document which has many layers.
Every time I switch back to the document (with many layers) I have to use the Layers Panel scroll bar to try and find the active layer again. This is very tedious.1 vote -
V 20.0 Bugs
Text box content disappearing. Only will reappear after box is moved or typed in. Some content may appear and some will not be visible until box is moved again. This happens often when typing or deleting text.
Also, now I only have 2 undos. History only shows two items.
Just updated to 20.0 and these issues occurred right after. Please fix!2 votesWe will need more info on this, is this happening with all documents or with some specfic documents.
Does this happen after creating or opening documents or both?
What are the steps you have performed which are not there in History?
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1 vote
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Improvement suggestion
When we insert the date in a text, there is no way to specify that that part is a date and when we use the screen reader, it reads the date numbers one by one, taking away the meaning of the date, for example: cycle 2020-2025. It would be interesting if we could mark the section as a date.
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Mauvais format de page
Quand le format de page sera respecté ?
Lorsque tu crées une page, le format n'est pas respecté.
Par exemple :
Si je créée une page au format 480 x 60 (par exemple…c'est la même chose avec un autre format), Indesign affiche une page au format A4.
C'est à chaque fois la même chose lorsque l'on crée un format spécifique !!!1 vote -
Paragraph style not applying when selecting the wanted style
Indesign version 20.0.1
When highlighting the desired text that I wish to apply the paragraph style to and clicking on the preferred paragraph style. The click animation attempts to very briefly 'grab' the style rather than select it. This works on any paragraph style I try.
I have a similar issue when selecting a colour swatch to apply, the only option is to grab and drag the desired swatch to where it is needed.
I also cannot change the font when selecting the text I wish to change and selecting a font from the drop down.
This is only a…
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color menu at the top of the window doesn't stick
When I try and click the colour selector at the top of the screen it doesn't do anything, or the palette flashes for a second and then disappears. InDesign version 20.1, MacOS Sonoma 14.7.2. Sometimes when I click it the computer jumps to a different app. Once or twice the app has crashed.
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hairlines randomly appearing and lines in gradient
Having hairlines randomly appearing as well, and whenever I use a gradient I get these lines in the fade area - same thing with drop shadows. If I look at a PDF of the same art in Acrobat they are not there
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Crashing on Windows 11 when putting laptop into Tablet Mode
When InDesign is open with the laptop in desktop mode it works fine. As I have a 2 in 1, I put it into tablet mode but this leads to InDesign to crash, this works vice versa if you boot it up in tablet mode and go to desktop mode.. This is really easy to replicate and all that is required is a 2in1 laptop on Windows 11.
- Open InDesign
- Flip the Screen over to force laptop into tablet mode
- Crash box appears
1 voteWe 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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Alignment Options Removed from Floating Panel in Latest InDesign
Is it possible that the latest version of InDesign removed the option to choose whether to align to objects or to the page from the floating Alignment panel? It was great that we could align via the top toolbar with page alignment selected while keeping object alignment in the floating panel, so we didn’t have to constantly switch between the two modes.
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InDesign crashes when you Command + P on a file in the Finder on Mac (when you already have a file open in InDesign)
The file will open but then immediately crash InDesign.
Version. 19.5.2
1 voteWe 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 black screen after I disconnect from the external monitor
Black screen in InDesign after disconnecting from external monitor. If I close InDesign and restart it, it works again. But that's very annoying for my colleagues and me.
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Page Tool buggy with Alternate Layouts
Create a new document,
in Pages-panel insert some pages,
in Pages-panel create alternate Layout from Pages.To see bug, select the Page Tool and try to select pages with the Page Tool in the document window. Or scroll around the document and select pages. The problem: it will always jump to first page of the none-alternate layout.
Indesign: latest Version (19.5), Windows, German
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Bug: blank lines between footnotes when aligned to baseline grid
Found a serious bug in which aligning footnotes to the baseline grid adds blank lines between footnotes, even if the paragraph style has no space before/after, the leading is smaller than the baseline grid increment, and the footnote options specify no space before or between notes. This is breaking my workflow and I can't find a way around it without deselecting "align to baseline grid," which causes other problems.
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Diacritic Positioning on English Fonts
We currently need to use Diacritic positioning on english fonts and in the 2025 version this isn't supported. So you could technically set the Diacritic position, but it's not showing the result on the document. However, this still works only on middle eastern fonts like Hebrew.
This worked perfectly fine in the 2020 version for english fonts as well as middle eastern fonts. After the update to the 2025 version, the Diacritic positioning support for english fonts isn't working.
We attached two pictures from the 2020 version where this is working, and the same document from the 2025 version where…
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cc library save does not retain edits
CC Library items: Before I could open a CC library item, make edits, and save. The edits would be retained. Lately when trying to do this the edits have not been retained. When reopening in the CC library it opens the reverted document. Was this potentially fixed in the recent upgrade to 20.1?
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adobe communicating across screen withs images
For some reason whnever indesign opens it opens super huge (I have 3 screens) and across all the screens and I always try and make it smaller but I cant even reach the bottom and its super frustrating because for some reason it communicates across my screens so when I move an image IN INDESIGN it moves it onto the desktop of the screen over? I think its got something to do with how big indesign always opens but like how does it even do that??
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20.1 won't open some files.. just spins.
20.1 InDesign won't open some files. Also slow beachballs. v19.5.2 won't show images. I need to go back to 19.5.1 and stay there forever I guess.
Edit: Update: Downgraded back to 19.5.1. Everything is working perfectly. Thanks Adobe for allowing very easy downgrades. EXCELLENT.
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No funciona Desplegable párrafo / carácter
Cuando abro el desplegable de Párrafo o caracter, salen en blanco
2 votes
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