Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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close
Freezes when I try to close the program. It will either not close at all, no matter how many force stops/close buttons I hit, or it will completely crash instead of closing safely.
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[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 20.1Customer 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 votesThe 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.
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Adobe InDesign Team
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Data Merge with CSV file not working
Using Indesign 21.5 trying to use Data Merge with a CSV file keeps giving me error that says "There is some error while parsing. Please check your data file."
The exact same CSV file using data merge works in Indesign version 20.5.4 with no issue - all links/images import.1 vote -
More robust solution for importing PDF comments
The current solution doesn't work on the long run.
InDesign crashes suddenly very often when trying to import PDF comments, with no warning whatsoever.Being caused by small changes in ID files, metadatas, auto-install updates of indesign etc. these PDF comments become impossible to use within InDesign after a couple of weeks or more.
With 300+ comments, it takes ages to apply the modifications. Importing PDF comments is so time saving that not being able to use it is frustrating.- It would be at least great to accept the import and synchronized across the pages, if not on the text…
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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…
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Slow even with RTX 4070.
I've used Adobe products for about 20 years, with all sorts of computers, good and bad, but it has always been a pleasant experience. But since 2-3 years ago, everything changed. I now really struggle on any app really even on top specs computers, in, photoshop, indesign, lightroom but especially Indesign. I have a Dell XPS with RTX 3070 desktop AND XPS RTX 4070 laptop. Both really amazing and new computers. Any other non-adobe software works flawlessly. Tried all the recommendation from Adobe, talked to technicians, still really laggy and worse with each updates...Unsubscribed after many thousand of dollars worth…
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Bug de l'outil de révision
Bonjour à tous.
Depuis ce jour, je rencontre un problème très pénible avec l'outil de révision. Un décalage s'est produit entre les marques de révisions qui avaient été créées et les pages auxquelles elles étaient attachées... De plus tout les révisions avec du texte sélectionné ou barré sont parties se logées en haut à gauche de la planche concernées... Un truc de fou qui me met bien dans l'embarras pour faire le gros travail de correction que j'ai à faire....1 vote -
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 votesPlease send the following information to sharewithID@adobe.com :
- Reproducible Steps – What were you doing when the issue occurred?
- 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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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 -
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.1 vote -
Severe InDesign Performance Issues
I’m reporting severe and ongoing performance problems with InDesign that are significantly affecting day-to-day work.
The application has become consistently slow and laggy during normal use — including delays when clicking, saving, zooming, switching pages, placing assets, and general UI responsiveness. At times, even simple actions take several seconds and the software feels almost unusable.
While performance is worse when working from Dropbox-synced folders, the same lag and delays also occur when working with files stored fully locally. This suggests the issue is not limited to cloud storage and may be a broader performance problem within InDesign itself.
This behavior…
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Indesign: In the "Align" window, Distribute Spacing disappears
Indesign: In the "Align" window, Distribute Spacing disappears
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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 -
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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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.
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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
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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.
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Use of Paragraph Rules results in untagged PDF path elements
InDesign 21.1
Action: Apply Paragraph Rule
Expected Result: Rules are tagged as artifacts when exporting to PDF
Actual Result: The resulting path gets included in tagging, but is not tagged as an artifact. This results in errors when auditing for WCAG 2.1 compliance.
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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 -
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 help2 votes
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