Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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Windows 10 / InDesign 19.5 x64 - Text Frame and Zoom Window Problems
When attempting to use the Text Tool to creat a text frame by using the click / drag / release method either nothing happens (99% of the time), the text frame is invisble (I confirmed a text frame was created by viewing 'Undo Create Text Frame'), the release of the mouse pointer occurs on its own.
Expected result: create a text frame in a single movement: left click the mouse on a location, drag while the mouse button is held down, release the button to create a text frame
Actual result: 99% of the time nothing
When using the click…
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InDesign crashes/freezes when closing the application
InDesign freezes when you try to Quit the application. InDesign cannot be quit, it has to Forced Kill.
13 votesMany internal as well as external factors can cause the InDesign application to crash/freeze/hang. A few workarounds are listed at Fix crash issues with InDesign.
We completed the investigation and came up with the following: Either the issue has been resolved in the most recent release of InDesign (Refer to InDesign Release notes), the issue was intermittent at the time of reporting and is no longer reproducible, or the InDesign version mentioned in the report is no longer covered by Creative Cloud Support Policy.
We would recommend you upgrade to the latest version as it is more robust. If you are still facing this issue even after updating it, either submit the crash report(Refer to Submitting crash reports) to us or Contact Adobe support.
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html footnote
I have the problem that the export of HTML from InDesign CC24 spits out a completely different structure for the footnotes, now the footnotes are a ordered list, even if the lists are output in text during export.
Please find attached screenshots of CC23 and CC24.2 votes -
Character style based running header text variable does not pick up character styles applied by GREP
Problem described in more detail here:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/text-variable-running-header-pulled-from-grep-d-style/td-p/12820794
Fixing that bug would make the feature actually useful.3 votes -
Damaged capitals
In Design 19.3 x64
After pouring in an editable file (MS Word 2010), where the capitals were in the footnotes in the names of the author(s) and editor(s) the capitals did not include the last letter of the last name or the last two letters.
Earlier versions (3-4 updates) worked fine.
Selecting the author's name and including capitals does not help. Further the last letter (or two) are not capitals. You have to mark the name and a comma (sometimes even a space) to make the full name capitals.
It takes more time, more attention to correct all the footnotes.…2 votes -
gradient color fill of many highlighted individual table cells can not performed
There must be more controls of the filling methods of table cells:
1. We must be able to select multiple many cells at once
2. We must able to apply gradients to selected cells individually
3. The whole table style including type of filling of individual cells, vertical and horizontal strokes, border, etc. must be saved in table styles and be applied totally to other tables
4. each table cell must have individual path and 4 corner controls
5. you must provide some elegant shapes of the table header1 vote -
TEXT WRAP
TEXT WRAP do not show correct. How to correct. Use InDesign 25.19
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text color not showed in track change
In the Story Editor, when Track Changes is activated, there are 3 types of visual indicators for change: text color, background color, and marking. In practice only the marking and the background color work, while the text color is always displayed in black. Attached is a screenshot.
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"Insufficient data for an image" error is shown on opening PDF in Acrobat
We are experiencing issues with exporting to PDF. Hi res PDF Compatibility Acrobat 7 (PDF 1.6).
The PDF is created normally, but when opening the PDF, it sometimes happens that the image is not displayed on one or more pages. The error message for this specific page is: ERROR: Insufficient data for an image.
We tried to solve this problem within our team. Eventually, we discovered that the issue did not occur for one of our colleagues. Further investigation revealed that this colleague was still using an older version of InDesign (18.3). The colleagues experiencing problems had automatic updates enabled…17 votesThis issue has been fixed in the latest release of InDesign - version 18.5 that has just been made available publicly.
Please download this update from Creative Cloud Desktop app to get the fix.
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Adobe InDesign team
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InDesign Window Keeps Moving
I keep running into issues with my InDesign application window moving around. The window continually resizes itself slightly or moves to the side of the monitor (cutting off access to some of the tools) when I haven't tried to resize it. This isn't a 'once in a while' issue; it's happening consistently, multiple times a session.
I'm running Indesign 2024 on a MacBook Pro with Apple M2 Pro Chip and macOS Ventura 13.5.1.
The issue also persists on my laptop monitor and when connected to external monitors (I run one 4K colour-accurate monitor and one standard 1080p monitor).
It would…
4 votesHi Stephanie,
We're investigating this issue. Could you share a screen recording of the issue? If yes, please put it in a shared drive and share the link with us so that we can understand the issue better.
Thanks,
Adobe InDesign team
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Scripting bug with Book files and the new EPUB Page Navigation option
In InDesign 19.4 on macOS 14.4.1, the document.epubExportPreferences.epubCreatePageNavigation and book.epubExportPreferences.epubCreatePageNavigation properties are supposed to allow scripts to toggle the reflowable EPUB "page navigation" option on and off. However, only the document.epubExportPreferences.epubCreatePageNavigation property functions properly. The book.epubExportPreferences.epubCreatePageNavigation doesn't do anything. Regardless of whether it is "true" or "false", the output always includes the page break markers when outputting reflowable ePub from a book file via scripting.
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Overridden page items are still linked to master pages
Overridden items from parent pages are not really overridden, and may be silently deleted. Here is how:
- Make new spread document
- Go to Parent Page "A-Parent"
- Make a red box on left master page. Make a green box on right master page
- Add two pages to the document, page 2 and 3 is now a spread with a red and a green box
- Select the two pages in the pages panel. Right-click and choose "Override all parent page items"
- Move the green box from page 3 to page 2 by dragging it. Move the red box from page 2 to…
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Trouble having more than 1 INDD file open
I can't open more than 1 INDD file at a time. I need to copy and paste from sections of one INDD into another. It will lock. You have to force it to quit. I lose time and my changes. My IT department at work said to contact Adobe. What should I do?
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Window jumps to maximum size in 19.2
Since version 19.2, InDesign's window behavior has been weird and wrong. With each mouse click it jumps to the maximum window size. If I resize the window, the next mouse click will maximize it again. Very annoying. This is only in 19.2. I have a Mac Studio M1 and a 49-inch Dell U4919DW monitor (size 5120 x 1440 pixels), so I don't want to work at the full size of the screen.
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Variable Font Custom Weights Not Available
InDesign 19.1. I recently installed a new variable font from Monotype (https://www.myfonts.com/collections/unitext-variable-font-monotype-imaging). When using the slider to adjust the weight variable, the font breaks and defaults to the regular weight.
The same font works fine on Illustrator. Other variable fonts on InDesign (e.g. Acumin Variable) also work fine, so the issue seems to be tied to this specific font and InDesign only.
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published web version does not display all photos
Published book online, some photos do not show in browser, although they show in thumbnails.
Inspected Images to show relevant html code:
The following format common to all images which display properly:
<img class="_idGenObjectAttribute-1 _idGenObjectAttribute-2" src="https://cdn-sharing.adobecc.com/content/storage/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:9d90fa1a-a13c-4094-bf40-f65b20dcb184?access_token=1718904573_urn:aaid:sc:US:76569b79-0070-4915-b49c-936fe1076ec6;public;1718859538964_ecff2d98f49c3699beae3c9a1454c43e28d1f217&api_key=InDesignLastMile9" alt="">
The following format common to all images which don’t display on page (but do display on thumbnail)
<img class="_idGenObjectAttribute-1 _idGenObjectAttribute-2" src="bassian_thrush_%284%29.jpg" alt="">
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Items Dirty the Document When No Change To Doc Was Made
InDesign File Dirties On Open With No Changes
STEPS:
1) Open the provided file called Dirty File.inddRESULT:
The title bar shows an * in front of the name, indicating a change has been made to the file (it's "dirty") although no change was made. This is a problem,, as I wonder if my file is leaking memory or will become unstable if more items or pages are added to it.OTHER TEST #1:
1. Open the file Dirty File.indd
2. Open a new untitled InDesign document and save it as Doc2.indd
3. Choose Window>Arrange>Tile All Vertically
4. In Dirty…1 vote -
Every possible action on notes freeze or crash InDesign 2024
I had this issue in a very simple one A4 page document that has a single text area filled with text and some not complicated header elements (including a placed image) in InDesign 2024 (v. 19.5) file.
I created 4 notes with 1-2 words each.
Anything I did with notes after that, the app freezes or crashes each time. Is that a known bug?
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 using it) as it is more robust.
If you are still facing this issue even after updating it, 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 froze?
- Video recording of the issue
- 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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Pages of my 300-page file disappear
Hello,
I recently took over the creation of my company's general catalog (300 pages), which I had previously entrusted to another graphic designer, who transferred the file to me. Since I've taken over the design of the catalog, I've run into a lot of different problems:
Sometimes, entire pages disappear. Sometimes, text and images are preserved and visible when I'm in “W”, but the background of the blank page is no longer visible. As a result, when I'm no longer in “W”, the page disappears completely.
Also, sometimes images disappear, for no reason at all, or strange shapes appear next…
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