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  1. Text to image missing from Menu Customisation

    I wanted to colour the Text to Image Menu item.
    But it is missing from the choices in the Menu Customisation panel.
    Can you please add it?

    1 vote

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  2. When importing tables through tagged text, formatting inexplicably and erratically lost; extra hard returns inserted

    1. Adobe InDesign 20.5
    2. Flow the attached .txt files (tagged text) into an InDesign file. you'll need paragraph styles "TABC", "TABH1", "TABTX", and "TAB" (the paragraph for the table). You'll also need table style "TAB" and a cell style "tabtx".
    3. The last cell in table 19.2 should be empty—no hard return. The the text in row 2, column 3 of table 19.4, "katab" should be italic.
    4. There's a hard return in the last cell of table 19.2; any text in cell R2C3 in table 19.4 is not ital (but note that the text in table 19.2 at…
    2 votes

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  3. Error message is seen while opening InDesign after Photoshop 26.5 update

    Problem Description

    After the PhotoShop 26.5 update this morning, when opening InDesign, I got an error popup regarding a missing startup script in PhotoShop. The same thing does not happen in other CC apps.

    Workaround 1:

    1. Uninstall Photoshop 26.5 (make sure to remove preferences).
    2. Reinstall Photoshop 26.5. This will install the correct “photoshop_v2025.jsx”.

    Workaround 2:

    1. Open jsx, which is available at "/Library/application support/Adobe/Startup Scripts CC/Adobe Photoshop/" mentioned in the alert in the Text Editor
    2. Add } in the last line
    3 votes

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    Hi,

    As confirmed by the user, the issue is due to the latest Photoshop update, and the workaround below would resolve the issue.

    Workaround 1:

    1. Uninstall Photoshop 26.5 (make sure to remove preferences).

    2. Reinstall Photoshop 26.5. This will install the correct “photoshop_v2025.jsx”.

    Workaround 2:

    1. Open jsx, which is available at "/Library/application support/Adobe/Startup Scripts CC/Adobe Photoshop/" mentioned in the alert in the Text Editor 

    2. Add } in the last line

    Adobe InDesign Team

  4. [ExtendScript] app.languagesWithVendors.itemByName fails.

    Adobe Indesign 20.5 on MacOS 15.6.1

    To reproduce:

    1. run the following script:
    (function () {
    
        var targetLanguageName = 'Dutch: 2005 Reform';
    
        // try to get the language the normal way
        var targetLanguage = app.languagesWithVendors.itemByName(targetLanguageName);
    
        if (!targetLanguage.isValid)
            alert('Language "' + targetLanguageName + '" is invalid when accessed via `itemByName`.');
        else
            return;
    
        // now loop over the languages checking the name each time
        for (var i = 0; i < app.languagesWithVendors.length; i++)
            if (app.languagesWithVendors[i].name === targetLanguageName)
                targetLanguage = app.languagesWithVendors[i];
    
        if (targetLanguage.isValid)
            alert('Language "' + targetLanguageName + '" is valid when accessed by index.');
    
    })();
    
    1. Expected result: that app.languagesWithVendors.itemByName returns a valid language…

    2 votes

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  5. Window Explorer made unusable by opening InDesign

    Windows 11
    InDesign Ver. 20.5

    Here's an odd one. InDesign doesn't appear to be crashing or freezing, itself, but it is instead making my Windows explorer taskbar unusable. I can't select any icon pinned to it--they won't even highlight when I cursor over them--and only opening and closing the task manager will make them selectable again. I've tried to replicate this happening with other programs, but it's only happening when InDesign is made active.

    Can't seem to figure out what's triggering it, but it tends to happen on start-up of the program and at random intervals while using InDesign. Suddenly…

    2 votes

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  6. Margins and guides don't work regardless of preview mode or not

    The margins and guides disappeared and don't show when i click show and fix up the margin size. The feature just stopped working and doesn't want to even after computer restart and reinstallation of Indesign.

    2 votes

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  7. Save As, Export and import file locations not behaving after Mac OS Tahoe update

    Previously for many older versions of Indesign, Indesign will remember your document, PDF export and import locations.

    Save As would always take you to where your current document is, PDF export would take you to your last PDF export location for that particular document, and Import would take you to your last import location.

    Since upgrading to Mac OS Tahoe - all of this has gone haywire. Save As will sometimes take me to the last location of the PDF export, PDF export will sometimes take me to where the document is located. And import is the same. I am…

    2 votes

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  8. Moves with arrow keys do not apply to objects if cursor is hovering over a link

    1. Place an image or a PDF in an InDesign file
    2. Create a text frame/shape/any object
    3. Select the object you just created with direct select tool (keep it selected)
    4. Move your mouse to hover over the link so that the center circle link highlight shows. Do not select the linked image, just hover over it.
    5. Press and hold an arrow key to try and move object.

    In CC2024 19.3: If I hover over a link with my mouse, the selected object moves as expected with the arrow keys.

    In CC2025 20.2: If I hover over a link with my mouse, the…

    9 votes

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  9. Selecting object defining box appears only after leaving area

    Since 2025 installed and object or text box, once selected, does not show selected until mouse is moved away from selected area.

    This is not the case in 2024 application.

    10 votes

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  10. InDesign 20.5 nonresponsive in paragraph/character styles after Windows update KB5065789

    After a Windows 11 update to "September 29, 2025—KB5065789 (OS Builds 26200.6725 and 26100.6725) Preview" InDesign is nonresponsive hanging for minutes at a time trying to navigate menu options in Paragraph Styles and Character Styles.
    The same happens with prior versions of InDesign with this Windows Update.
    Confirmed the problem occurred on two different users/machines, with a new blank document.

    2 votes

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  11. [ID-4264967] ExternalObject("lib:PlugPlugExternalObject") now throw an “I/O Error”

    IOError: I/O error occurs when calling new ExternalObject("lib:\PlugPlugExternalObject") after updating to InDesign 20.4 on macOS 15.

    3 votes

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    The fix of the issue is now available in the latest InDesign 2025(v20.4.1.004). 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.

    Adobe InDesign Team

  12. InDesign process dies after 3 minutes

    I'm facing the following problem. I'm on a new Windows 11 (24H2) and have Creative Cloud and various apps like Photoshop (26,11), Illustrator (29.8.2) or InDesign (20.5) installed. Every app works fine except InDesign. No matter what INDD file I work on, what menu I'm in or if I just leave the app open showing the start page, after 3 minutes the InDesign.exe dies. I've checked that I have the latest updates, reinstalled it, removed all presettings of previous versions, tried to run as admin and in compatibilty mode. Nothing changes. It runs 3 minutes and then suddenly dies. In…

    2 votes

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  13. The first letter typed in is English even when my system is set to Hebrew

    I'm using Indesign 20.5 on an Intel Mac Pro running Mac OS Sequoia 15.6.
    Here are the steps to reproduce the issue:
    1. Insert a new text box and enter some English text.
    2. Select the text
    3. Change the keyboard input to Hebrew.
    4. Start typing in Hebrew.

    The resulting text will be an English letter (corresponding to the Hebrew letter typed in) followed by the correct Hebrew letters typed.
    Two things to note:
    1. You must select all the text in the text box for this issue to take place.
    2. For some reason Adobe fonts are immune…

    2 votes

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  14. ".pdf" added to packaged files

    Since InDesign 2025 launch, when packaging files InDesign adds ".pdf" file name to created packaged folders. It is annoying and incorrect.

    2 votes

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  15. Copy & pasting text into Indesign 20.5 from photoshop does not preserve styles text formatting DESPITE being checked i

    Copy & pasting text into Indesign 20.5 from Photoshop does not preserve styles in text formatting DESPITE being checked in ClipBoard Handling. Please make this work!

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  16. When copying text between InDesign documents, the Word order changes

    When copying text between InDesign documents, the Word order changes

    I have a textlbox with this content:

     "22. DEZ - 03. JAN Weihnachtsferien Ende"
    

    I copy this block of text to the clipboard. Then I switch to another InDesign document and paste the text from the clipboard into it. In the target document, however, InDesign changes the order of the text components into a completely meaningless sequence

     "JAN Weihnachtsferien Ende .03 - DEZ .22"
    

    I made another attempt with this text:

     "Eins 6 Zwei 5 Drei 4 Vier 3 Fünf 2 Sechs 1"
    

    In the target document, InDesign turns it…

    2 votes

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  17. Display misalignment when dragging left and right.

    When using Adobe InDesign, I encounter a display glitch whenever I pan left and right by holding down the spacebar, resulting in visual artifacts as shown in the screenshot. The display returns to normal after zooming with the Alt key, but the issue consistently reappears upon panning again.

    I am running InDesign v20.5 (64-bit) on Windows 11.

    1 vote

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  18. [ID-4256546]Bug when setting an even number as the start page number in a new document.

    Bug when setting an even number for the start page number when creating a new document

    1. Version of Adobe InDesign
      CC2025 (ver. 20.0) JP

    2. Steps to reproduce the issues
      Set any even number for the start page number on the Create New Document screen.

    3. Expected result
      An even page number will be displayed in Current Page Number as set.

    4. Actual resul
      The value set in the New Document screen will not be reflected, and “Current Page Number” will display “1”.

    As shown in the attached figure, when “Current Page Number” is inserted into a new document with the starting page…

    20 votes

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    Fix for this issue is now available in the latest InDesign Release version 20.1 (Build 20.1.0.71), available via Creative Cloud Desktop application.


    Please update your InDesign application to this latest version to get the fix.


    --

    Adobe InDesign team

  19. 14 votes

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  20. pdf comments

    Some pdf comments are not correctly imported in indesign. Mostly small remarks like punctuation marks, small text inserts,....

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