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  1. [ID-4260604] InDesign with Typeface app is going in Protective Shutdown on document close

    Customer Scenario1

    Brand new Indesign 20.2: open any document, change nothing in it and close it. Indesign gives a warning and then crashes.
    MacOS 15.3.1 (24D70), Macstudio M2, I have reset all personal prefs, I am using Typeface app. This didn't happen with 20.1

    Customer Scenario2

    Doing a data merging of a .CSV file.

    Result

    InDesign is going in Protective Shutdown for few scenarios

    Workaround

    • Deactivate the Typeface app and continue to work with InDesign v20.2.0.36
    • Rolling back to InDesign 20.1.0.71 to continue to work with the Typeface app
    26 votes

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    The fix of the issue is now available in the latest InDesign 2025(v20.3.0.060). 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

  2. Wheel of death when placing images

    Lately, the spinning wheel has been appearing, especially when I place a photo via drag-and-drop, but also when I use the "Place" command from the menu. When the spinning wheel appears (and stays there), I can close or save the document, but the undo/redo functions no longer work, other functions work limited. After closing all documents, I have to force-quit the application; otherwise, InDesign won’t close. When I reopen it, sometimes it loads previously closed documents with recovery, even though I closed them myself. The "CPU Preview / Preflight Off" mode doesn’t work. I work with local documents (I don’t…

    3 votes

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  3. Indesign 2025 and 2026 hang for long periods during functions such as edting searches, editing paragraph styles, and other things

    Indesign 2025 and 2026 hang for long periods during functions such as editing searches, editing paragraph styles, using the find/replace font function and other things as well.

    3 votes

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  4. Fix file performance lag caused by GREP styles

    I love GREP styles, but the tend to slow down file performance. Sometimes significantly.
    Please fix.

    1 vote

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  5. InDesign (21.4.1) freezes trying to link (bind) a picture (pdf, jpg, png) in a document

    InDesign (21.4.1) freezes trying to link (bind) a picture (pdf, jpg, png) in a document
    InDesign (21.4.1) freezes trying to link (bind) a picture (pdf, jpg, png) in a document and then crashes. It is impossible to work with the program to edit anything for printing.

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  6. 2 votes

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  7. outer glow moved

    Objects with outer glow or drop shadow display the effect in the wrong location.

    You can see the expected out come and then the glow effects in the completely wrong locations in the other image.

    Indesign 21.3 x64.

    2 votes

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  8. PDF comments UI bug

    In the panel for "pdf comments" you can set a filter to show only some types of comments. If you open this panel, all "comment type fields" are unselected – although they can all be seen in the document (screenshot 1). This is a mistake. All the fields should be selected at this point.

    If you click on one or more types, only these types will be displayed in the InDesign document. Correct behavior now. (Screenshot 2)

    Tested with InDesign 2026 21.1 and 2026 Prerelease 21.2

    5 votes

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  9. InDesign Save, Save As and Close become disabled on macOS 27 beta while document remains modified; false background-task lock and data-loss

    Product information

    • Product: Adobe InDesign
    • Primary affected version: InDesign 2026 21.4.1
    • Other affected versions: [add versions tested]
    • Operating system: macOS 27 beta [exact version/build]
    • Platform: Apple silicon
    • Severity: Critical / potential data loss
    • Reproducibility: Frequent but intermittent

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    Problem description

    InDesign repeatedly enters a save-locked state during ordinary editing on the macOS 27 beta.

    After several successful saves, an open and modified .indd document suddenly can no longer be saved. The document tab continues to display the modified-document asterisk, but the following commands are disabled:

    • Save
    • Save As
    • Save a Copy
    • Revert

    Closing the document is also unavailable or…

    1 vote

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    Hello Alberto,


    Thank you for the detailed report of the issue you are facing. We would like to investigate this further.


    To help us do that, please put all the test files, screenshots, etc. in a folder and put it in a shareable location (like Dropbox, WeTransfer, etc.) and share the link with us.


    Looking forward to hearing back from you soon.


    --

    Adobe InDesign team

  10. non funziona lo strumento contagocce

    lo strumento contagocce non funziona quando devo copiare le caratterisce di un testo,

    con gli ultimi aggiornamenti ha smesso di funzionare, l'ho usato molto ed è molto comodo.

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  11. There was an error updating the artifact

    Adobe Indesign 2026 V21.1

    i was trying to update a filed shared for review but it keep saying "There was an error updating the artifact" i've tried to update the indesign but as same.

    5 votes

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  12. Indesign freezes and Crashes when attempting to delete a row

    I am having an issue where InDesign is freezing and crashing after I try to delete a table row.

    I am unable to attach a DMP file even though your documentation asks for it.

    Only thing that seems to mitigate it is copying the INDD file, but the issue comes back after I work for a while.

    Using 21.4.1 x64 on Windows 11

    1 vote

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  13. InDesign illogically selects guideline instead of a line drawn on it

    We use the line tool to draw change bars along a guideline in page margins. I just needed to copy one, but found that InDesign was selecting the guideline instead of the line drawn on it, which I was clicking on.

    Nothing was locked, and nothing was on separate layers, etc.

    Please fix this defect.

    1 vote

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  14. Error 18 - Publish Online Failure

    When publishing online, InDesign (latest version) is consistently giving error 18 and failing to publish. I've viewed the help center recommendations and have logged out and back in of the Creative Cloud and have changed networks with no success.

    In addition, viewing pages through EPUB Interactivity Preview is met with a blank pages.

    The ability to publish online is necessary to complete work tasks - a quick resolution would be very appreciated. Thank you.

    1 vote

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  15. Crash InDesign

    Hello,
    I have MacBook Pro M5 Pro with 48GB RAM, when I use InDesign, every time crash changing the icone of mouse, exampel import a photo che mouse is change and if I'm cancelling and going back don't work, Finally I quit InDesign, don't close, is blocked. I have force of close app and apper a error.

    1 vote

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  16. shift + arrow not working

    Adobe Indesign version 21.3 x64
    Suddenly my shift + arrow movement is not working. the normal arrow movement is still working but I want to increase the increment without going into the settings because I use both the small single pixel movement and the larger one I used to get out o the shift key. Please help

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  17. Exporting interactive PDF from Adobe Cloud creates button failure

    Errors when exporting to Adobe PDF (Interactive)
    InDesign 21.4.1/2026
    Windows 11, version 24H2

    We decided to move all our files from a SharePoint environment to Adobe's Creative Cloud storage. To align with accessibility regulation in many states, we've created buttons that navigate within the document to easily jump back and forth the pages. As a trial, we uploaded one file to run our process.

    Upon exporting, a security warning pops up stating that the document is trying to access a link (which is a link to the document itself). Then, an information box has popped up stating that "the plug-in…

    1 vote

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  18. Invisible characters left behind after applying imported PDF comments

    Description:
    When importing PDF comments into InDesign and applying text corrections, unwanted invisible characters are frequently left behind in the text flow.

    These hidden characters cause significant disruptions in our typesetting and scripting workflows:

    Find/Change Failures: Because these characters are invisible, they break text strings without the user noticing. This causes standard text and GREP Find/Change queries to fail and return no results for seemingly identical text.

    Sorting Script Errors: When using scripts to sort paragraphs alphabetically, if one of these invisible characters ends up at the beginning of a paragraph, the sorting algorithm misinterprets it. This usually results in…

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  19. InDesign deletes alt text when updating images - STOP IT

    Please stop removing alt text every time an image is updated. I worked for hours on that alt text and it has been completely deleted. More work for me now.

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  20. spinning wheel forever...

    Observed behavior :

    • Switching between tools is very slow (it takes several seconds before the selected tool becomes active).
    • The application continuously displays the loading indicator (spinning wheel).
    • The slowdowns occur consistently, even during simple actions such as switching tools.
    • The application appears to be constantly running a background process and never returns to normal, responsive performance.
    1 vote

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    0 comments  ·  Accessibility  ·  Admin →
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