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1. Any Indesign version after 20.5.1 will not export .pngs properly (grey boxes)

   When I create a file which has images linked in it (such as a .png file) and then export the file as a .png file as I need, the placed image files export as grey boxes. This has been an ongoing issue every since the version 21 update. The only solution for me has been to go back to version 20.5.1. I keep hoping this will be fixed in the updates that have come out since, but it has not.

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2. [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 for "Dutch: 2005 Reform" and the script exits quietly.

   2. It returns an invalid object. But note that we can get the valid language directly by looping over each language.

   See also this forum thread.

   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.');
   
   })();
   

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3. I'm able to select objects and edit them even though they're on hidden layers

   The latest InDesign is very glitchy and unreliable, this is one of the main visible problems

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4. Lots of problems with fonts on InDesign (21.0.1)

   InDesign is not recognizing the fonts we previously used in version 20.5. When opening documents in version 21.0.1, InDesign prompts us to replace the fonts, even though those fonts are already installed on our computers.

   Additionally, when copying and pasting text from a template created in InDesign 20.5 into a new InDesign 21.0.1 document, the pasted text becomes unreadable.

   Steps to reproduce:

   Open a document created in InDesign 20.5 and add some text. Then open the same document in InDesign 21.0.1. Create a new text frame, copy the text from the original frame, and paste it into the new one.

   Expected result:

   • InDesign 21.1 should not prompt to replace fonts that are already installed.

   • Copying and pasting text should preserve the original characters without corrupting them or displaying random symbols or numbers.

   InDesign is not recognizing the fonts we previously used in version 20.5. When opening documents in version 21.0.1, InDesign prompts us to replace the fonts, even though those fonts are already installed on our computers.

   Additionally, when copying and pasting text from a template created in InDesign 20.5 into a new InDesign 21.0.1 document, the pasted text becomes unreadable.

   Steps to reproduce:

   Open a document created in InDesign 20.5 and add some text. Then open the same document in InDesign 21.0.1. Create a new text frame, copy the text from the original frame, and paste it into the new one.

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5. Cloud Service - not finding files

   New ID release is buggy as all getout. More things than I have time to catalog. However, #1 most critical... I've upload jpg files to the cloud server from Photoshop. I can see the file using my browser. Trying to find the image file and place it in an ID document it is nowhere to be found. Tried this dozens of times, same result. Other times try to fetch an ID document form the server and I just get he spinning wheel of death. Creating a new ID document and push it to the server and get the spinning wheel of death. Close ID, restart ID, sometime I can create and save just fine. Other times, spinning wheel of death. There is simply no way I can work with this. I am now resorting to saving all work on my local drive till you guys figure out what is going on.

   New ID release is buggy as all getout. More things than I have time to catalog. However, #1 most critical... I've upload jpg files to the cloud server from Photoshop. I can see the file using my browser. Trying to find the image file and place it in an ID document it is nowhere to be found. Tried this dozens of times, same result. Other times try to fetch an ID document form the server and I just get he spinning wheel of death. Creating a new ID document and push it to the server and get the spinning wheel… more

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6. Moving objects from one layer to another one

   I group some objects, move them from layer 1 to layer 2. I cut them out to set it on the master and ungroup them. They jump back to layer 1.

   Version: InDesign 20.5 on Mac OS Sequoia 15.6.1

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7. Shadow in exported PNG

   Shadow in Indesign are fine, but when I export as PNG it looks like the shadow has been moved. I've already tried to delete and re-create the object or copying everything into a new document but nothing works.

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8. Automatic page number chapters don't work

   I have an issue that I believe is common, and looks like a bug in InDesign. But automatic page numbering over chapters in a book doesn't work. I've tried all tips and tricks, until I found out that it is already logged by more people as a bug in the program. I just wonder if Adobe can fix this problem on short notice, as it appears to be there already for quite a while.
   What appears to be the problem is that the next document page numbering just looks at the page range of the previous one, and page ranges reflect only the number of pages in the chapters. They do not reflect any page numbering.

   I have an issue that I believe is common, and looks like a bug in InDesign. But automatic page numbering over chapters in a book doesn't work. I've tried all tips and tricks, until I found out that it is already logged by more people as a bug in the program. I just wonder if Adobe can fix this problem on short notice, as it appears to be there already for quite a while.
   What appears to be the problem is that the next document page numbering just looks at the page range of the previous one, and page ranges… more

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9. text box resizing causes document to shift in window

   I have an issue now that has never come up before I updated to 20.5.1. When I try to resize a text box or image box, the document shifts down and the content box is shifted up. The video shows it better. I then discovered that if I create a new text box, delete it, then create another new text box and delete that one, the issue goes away. I closed and re-opened the document, and the issue was still gone. Have not had it happen enough to know if it will recur at a later time.

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10. InDesign 2026 (v 21.01) Won't lock "Constrain Proportions"

    When resizing an object, Indesign 2026 won't retain the selection 'Constrain proportions for width and height' when clicked from the properties window.

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11. Make it possible to anchor a graphic to the beginning of a paragraph without five or six tries and two or three zooms

    It'll go AFTER the first letter…it'll go some random place in the first FEW letters, but before the first one? Especially if the first one is a sans-serif letter "I"? HAHAHAHAHAH! No. Not without cajoling, retrying, zooming, threatening, and telling it what a good little cursor it is.

    I realize this isn't an exciting problem, but it's been literally decades of this feature being…what's the technical term…bad.

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12. Text whites out and becomes invisible while writing

    I have 2 issues. 1. Since the newest update the program takes an extra long time to load when opening, and 2. the whole body of text turns invisible while writing, frequently and repeatedly. It's very disruptive and frustrating, as there is no sure way to get the text to become visible again. It does return to visibility after either typing, or using the space bar a number of times, but it just turns invisible nearly right away if not right away again. It's not unusable, but it is very unpleasant to use.

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13. Corrections only show when display is set to high quality

    We have encountered this problem some times but were now able to do a screen-grab of that:
    We have made some text corrections in a document. We usually work with the display set to "normal quality". But somehow those corrections were gone. Just by chance we changed the display setting to "high quality". Having changed that setting the corrections suddenly had shown right.
    Before making the attached video we had corrected the word "Colours" into "Colors". In the video you can see that this is only shown right after changing the display setting. When we save that file, restart InDesign, everything is fine also in normal quality mode.
    Once again I guess it is some kind of caching problem.

    Apple M1
    MacOS 14.8.3
    InDesign 21.2

    We have encountered this problem some times but were now able to do a screen-grab of that:
    We have made some text corrections in a document. We usually work with the display set to "normal quality". But somehow those corrections were gone. Just by chance we changed the display setting to "high quality". Having changed that setting the corrections suddenly had shown right.
    Before making the attached video we had corrected the word "Colours" into "Colors". In the video you can see that this is only shown right after changing the display setting. When we save that file, restart InDesign,… more

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14. Applying Parent Pages

    I would like to suggest a feature that allows parent pages to be applied to even/odd number pages or by multiples of a number, rather than manually typing which pages to apply the parents. It is time consuming to do this for PDFs with a lot of pages. For example, I proof spiral bound books and would like to show where the holes will punch, but if the book is 2-sided, I need the holes to alternate throughout the pages.

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15. Problem: user-specific overprinting

    Hello,

    since version 2026, user-defined overprinting no longer works.

    The following error message appears when printing: Printing error: The Adobe print engine could not output its data due to an unknown problem.

    It works perfectly fine from InDesign 2025 (on the same computer/operating system).

    What can be done?

    Thank you
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16. Share link is buggy in 2026 version

    I recently updated to Adobe InDesign 21.1 and have had several issues with the Share for Review link.

    • InDesign periodically just drops the link and I have to create a new one to share so I loose what comments people have made already.

      • When I click on SHARE button on the top left of my screen that says “Share for Review - create link to capture feedback” in order to update the link it gives me an error code that says “There was an error updating the artifact.” It won't update.
      • Items that were “pinned” switch to “unmapped” when I update the link so it makes it difficult to find where I need to make a correction.

    I recently updated to Adobe InDesign 21.1 and have had several issues with the Share for Review link.

    • InDesign periodically just drops the link and I have to create a new one to share so I loose what comments people have made already.

      • When I click on SHARE button on the top left of my screen that says “Share for Review - create link to capture feedback” in order to update the link it gives me an error code that says “There was an error updating the artifact.” It won't update.
      • Items that were “pinned” switch to “unmapped” when I… more
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17. Drop Cap kerning and tweaking

    Can the team look at users being able to kern and make further edits to Drop Caps, to fit better with body text rather than having to manually paste in an anchored object to get it to look the way we want?

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18. share for review completely broken in ID and online

    Share for review is completely useless and does not work in the latest release on osX Tahoe. I can see the comments from clients listed in the panel, however they are not marked in the document and when clicked on them it does not show you where. So i have to open the comments in a browser (and its buggy even there!!!) and locate the reviews manuall.y. Also, when i update documents (also in AI), i always get a red popup saying that the file update has failed (although it does not fail and the changes are updated). Anyway, a horribly broken feature right now and im losing my mind over it.

    Share for review is completely useless and does not work in the latest release on osX Tahoe. I can see the comments from clients listed in the panel, however they are not marked in the document and when clicked on them it does not show you where. So i have to open the comments in a browser (and its buggy even there!!!) and locate the reviews manuall.y. Also, when i update documents (also in AI), i always get a red popup saying that the file update has failed (although it does not fail and the changes are updated). Anyway, a… more

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19. Continuous issues with 21.1 on Windows 11 - Won't Open/Crashing

    Since updating to 21.1 (2026), I have to repair the Visual C++ Redistributables, restart, and then reset preferences with Shift+Ctrl+Alt just to get InDesign to open. Error OXC0000142. I have done this numerous times, and each week, I have to do it again.

    It also has crashed my (and others on our team) computers which makes them boot into the BIOS to a Support Repair screen.

    21.1 is near unusable at this point.

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20. Cannot place text in columns or flow text

    I try to place my manuscript from a Google doc and tried Word doc, but it does not put the text in the columns or flow it. It has created more pages but it put the text only at left pages or not at all. I DO WANT the text like in my A-master with two columns to flow in these columns. The shift-click does not work. I do not get a snake arrow... The settings for flow text is on. I have chosen primary text frames...I am a newby but I can´t get any support.

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