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  1. I’ve been hunting for something that really test

    I’ve been hunting for something that really tests reasoning instead of just memory. A mix of puzzles and logic seems like the perfect challenge.

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  2. Bullets, Nested Style through End Nested Style Marker Causes Visible Shift

    Indesign 2025, Mac OS Ventura 13.7.2

    I've created a bullet style with a nested style that applies a character style to the type up through the first ":".

    I duplicated that style and changed the nested style setting to apply the same character style up through the first "end nested style marker".

    When I set a paragraph to the second style, the type shifts position. No other change was made to the second style other than changing the parameters of the nested style.

    I have no idea why this is happening. I cannot find a baseline shift or other setting…

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  3. Feature Requests: Table Cell Intersection Styling and Multi-Page Table Cell Support for Merged Cells

    Request 1: Multi-Page Table Cell Support for Merged Cells
    Current Problem:
    InDesign cannot break merged table cells across pages, creating significant limitations for complex hierarchical tables. When a merged cell spans more rows than can fit on a single page, the entire table becomes unviewable or requires manual workarounds.
    Real-World Scenario:
    • Level 1: A main category (e.g., "Strategic Goal") spans 30 rows
    • Level 2: 30 detailed items, each in individual rows
    • Current Issue: The merged cell cannot break across pages, making the table unusable
    Proposed Solution:
    Implement automatic cell threading for merged cells across page breaks, similar…

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  4. When waking from sleep, screen turns black or magenta

    InDesign 20.5 (and previous versions). Apple Mac mini M1 2020, 16GB, Sequoia 15.6 (and previous iterations of the OS). Samsung UJ590 UHD Monitor.

    Not the first time this has happened but as I’m on the latest version of ID now it’s becoming increasingly frustrating.

    When waking from sleep, in GPU Preview, my entire screen is either black or magenta and I cannot see the components of my file. If I turn on Overprint Preview the assets can be seen. If I then switch back to GPU Preview, the screen changes back to black or magenta.

    I have to quit and…

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  5. When duplicating groups in Cell Styles, new styles are not appended with " copy", two styles with same namae

    When duplicating a group of cell styles, the resulting duplicate group's name is appended with " copy" but the style names contained within that group folder are not appended with " copy" and therefore you have duplicate style names in the Cell Styles. Additionally, when duplicating more than one style within a group, sometimes multiple "copy" styles are created, and other times, they are not, rather, the edit style dialog box appears...but on save, no style is saved into the group. Seems a bit kluge.

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  6. Change Format selection for "Change Case" disappears after altering Find Format

    Indesign 2025
    When searching for a style for which I want to perform a change case operation, it works fine. If I then want to change the style that I'm searching for, when I confirm that change and return to the main window of find/replace, the parameters for the "change format" window get wiped out...I believe this only happens with change case. I tested this by changing the case in the Basic formats to "all caps". I found that if I used any other parameter, or any other parameter in conjunction with the new "change case"...the "Change Format" parameters remained...but…

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  7. Alternate Layouts lost, names missing and out of order

    I've had a reoccuring issue of InDesign documents with multiple alternate layouts 'losing' their layout names and placements.

    I've attached a screenshot of what my alternate layouts should look like, and then again what they now look like.
    InDesign no longer sees it as an alternate layout.

    This seems to happen some time after working in a file, or re-opening a file.
    No updates have been made to InDesign between closing and re-opening these files.

    I'm on MacOS Sequoia 15.6
    Adobe InDesign 20.5

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  8. Alternate Layouts lost, names missing and out of order

    I've had a reoccuring issue of InDesign documents with multiple alternate layouts 'losing' their layout names and placements.

    I've attached a screenshot of what my alternate layouts should look like, and then again what they now look like.
    InDesign no longer sees it as an alternate layout.

    This seems to happen some time after working in a file, or re-opening a file.
    No updates have been made to InDesign between closing and re-opening these files.

    I'm on MacOS Sequoia 15.6
    Adobe InDesign 20.5

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  9. Game

    En cherchant un nouveau site de jeux en ligne à tester, je suis tombé sur plinko app et j’ai découvert qu’ils offrent des bonus exclusifs pour les joueurs venant de France. J’ai commencé par la roulette, juste pour voir, et après quelques tours tendus, j’ai décroché un joli gain. Depuis, c’est devenu mon petit moment de détente quotidien, parfait pour mêler frisson et relaxation après le travail.

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  10. Outer Edge Bleed Option for Facing Pages

    Description:
    InDesign currently applies identical bleed settings to all four edges of each page, even in facing-page layouts.
    For publications such as magazines, catalogs, and books, the inner (spine) edge bleed between facing pages is unnecessary and can cause issues in visualization, export, and imposition.

    Feature Request:
    Add an option in the Document Setup and Export Settings to enable Outer Edge Bleed mode.

    In this mode, bleed is applied only to the top, bottom, and outer edges of each spread.
    The inner edge between facing pages would have no bleed, resulting in a cleaner, more accurate PDF output that reflects…

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  11. Hyphenation zone settings override discretionary hyphen exclusivity

    Adobe InDesign Hyphenation Bug Report

    Summary

    Conflict between discretionary hyphen behavior and "After First / Before Last" hyphenation zone settings, where InDesign ignores discretionary hyphens that fall within the prohibited hyphenation zone.

    Product Information

    • Product: Adobe InDesign
    • Component: Text Composition / Hyphenation Engine
    • Feature Area: Automatic Hyphenation and Discretionary Hyphens

    Problem Description

    Expected Behavior

    According to Adobe's documentation, discretionary hyphens should have absolute priority over automatic hyphenation rules. Specifically:

    "Entering a discretionary hyphen in a word does guarantee that the word can be broken only where the discretionary hyphen appears."

    When a word contains a discretionary hyphen…

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  12. Preferences reset popup penalty

    When an existing user has been driven by degrading performance to the extreme step of resetting user preferences, please do not also make us undergo the maddening experience of dealing with the ENDLESS blue popups / tooltips / ads for the features we've already seen and considered. You could make an argument for forcing a user to deal with the blue boxes on a major upgrade. A preferences reset is not the same situation. Please consider reducing the burden of this type of visual pollution in our workspaces.

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  13. copying and pasting from 2024 to 2025

    When copying and pasting from 2024 files into a 2025 file the object come in as an image in one text frame, and 'paste remembers layer' does not work either to solve this problem because it brings them into on un-named layer. 2025 is not recognizing the individual items nor the individual layers they are on in 2024.

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  14. Accessible alt text for hyperlinks needs to be supported by scripting

    With InDesign scripting, it's possible to search for "searchTerms" from one column of a tab-delimited file, then set corresponding hyperlinks from another column. This means I can set hundreds of hyperlinks in just a few minutes. However, it remains impossible to set the hyperlink's alt text with a script — that function isn't scriptable. So either I ignore this important accessibility requirement (not an option), or I still have to manually edit each hyperlink, one at a time, wasting many hours and introducing the possibility of errors on each one.

    For example, a document contains hundreds of product numbers or…

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  15. Application Window resizes to bottom half of screen after waking Mac from sleep

    Despite this long-standing issue being declared "fixed" in InDesign 2024 19.2, it's still happening. It's also happening with Illustrator and Photoshop.

    MacStudio, macOS 15.5, all Adobe apps up to date as of date of posting.

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  17. We use a template for our papers with layout/margins & columns are changing

    We set up our pages then drag the parent page onto the actual page. The parent pages are all 3 or 4 columns. When the parent page is on the actual page, checking Layout/Margins & Columns, now has 5 columns instead of its 3 or 4.

    InDesign 2025, 20.5.0.48. Intel iMac 2019. Sequoia 15.5.

    I can replicate this on my Mac Studio M2, InDesign 2025, 20.5.0.48. Sequoia 15.5

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  18. 레이아웃 조정 버그

    레이아웃 조정 시 글꼴 크기 조정 옵션을 선택했는데도 불구하고 페이지 크기에 맞추어 글꼴 크기가 조정되지 않습니다.

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  19. URGENT: Add an "Empty Output" Option for Text Variables

    Currently, InDesign text variables (e.g., Running Headers) always display the last non-empty value when the source is empty. While this behavior can be useful in some workflows, it causes major problems in others. In publishing and educational workflows, having an “empty” variable output display the previous value is unacceptable.

    We urgently need a way to explicitly tell InDesign: “If the source is empty, display nothing (truly empty).”

    Proposed Solutions:
    - Introduce a new special character (e.g., “Null Variable Marker”) that, when placed in the source text, forces the variable to render as empty.
    - Alternatively, provide an option in the…

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  20. Critical Request: Disable Mandatory “Save As New Document” Behavior in Latest InDesign Versions

    Dear Adobe InDesign Team,

    Since the introduction of the most recent InDesign update (version 19.x and onward), our team has experienced a disruptive new behavior: InDesign frequently requires us to save working documents under a new name, even when opening files that have not changed location, permissions, or ownership.

    This behavior appears arbitrary and is not user-configurable. It breaks a long-standing professional workflow and creates significant confusion due to the unnecessary proliferation of duplicate file versions. As a result, our team faces increased risk of:
    • Publishing or sending incorrect versions of documents to clients
    • Compromising file version control…

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