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1. Can't edit page elements when updated from 2024 to 2026 versions of inDesign

   My book that is roughly 200+ pages was created in 2023 and was editable in all versions until I got to 2026. My computer's processing power is not in question, but I can no longer edit elements that were created on previous versions. If I make new pics, text blocks, or anything, those are editable, but nothing else. If I try and revert the file, it warns me that I may LOSE my material if trying to go back.. This is unacceptable. In ever instance I don't want to open the file in the newest version and each time it is updated on my computer "Stealthily" and pushes through the conversion.

   Maybe I'm missing something, is there a setting I need to have ON or OFF in order to edit all aspects of a page?

   If it's not this, then you have a bug that needs to be addressed.

   pic below, you notice the edit border on the text to the left; if I click on the right page text options, nothing happens, it can't be manipulated, selected or changed in any way.

   My book that is roughly 200+ pages was created in 2023 and was editable in all versions until I got to 2026. My computer's processing power is not in question, but I can no longer edit elements that were created on previous versions. If I make new pics, text blocks, or anything, those are editable, but nothing else. If I try and revert the file, it warns me that I may LOSE my material if trying to go back.. This is unacceptable. In ever instance I don't want to open the file in the newest version and each time it… more

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2. Share for Review Comment Emails Render Raw HTML Instead of Formatted Text

   Share for Review email notifications contain raw HTML code in the message body. Comment text is wrapped in visible <pre style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space:pre-line;"> tags that render as code rather than formatted text, making the emails difficult to read. The HTML should be rendered, not displayed as raw markup.

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3. Font family names containing "&" display incorrectly in font menu

   Adobe InDesign v21.3

   Steps to reproduce the issue

   1. Install two test fonts with the following family names:
      • “A & B - Test 1”
      • “A&B - Test 2”
   2. Launch InDesign.
   3. Open the Character panel.
   4. Type “A & B”
   5. Observe the displayed family names in the dropdown results.

   Expected result

   Both family names should display exactly as defined in the font name table:

   • “A & B”
   • “A&B”

   Actual result

   The family name containing spaces around the ampersand displays correctly:

   • “A & B”

   The family name with the ampersand between adjacent characters does not display correctly in the dropdown:

   • “AB”

   The ampersand is removed from the dropdown display only when positioned between non-space characters.

   Additional notes

   • The full family name displays correctly elsewhere in the UI after selection.
   • This appears to be specific to ampersands between adjacent characters, though it could potentially affect other special characters as well.
   • The OpenType name table values are spec-compliant. Please see name ID 6 in the OpenType name table specification.
   • Name IDs 1, 4, 6, and 16 all preserve the ampersand correctly.

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   • Screenshot showing the font search results and incorrect dropdown rendering.
   • Two minimal test fonts demonstrating the issue.

   Dropbox link to test fonts: test_fonts.zip

   Adobe InDesign v21.3

   Steps to reproduce the issue

   1. Install two test fonts with the following family names:
      • “A & B - Test 1”
      • “A&B - Test 2”
   2. Launch InDesign.
   3. Open the Character panel.
   4. Type “A & B”
   5. Observe the displayed family names in the dropdown results.

   Expected result

   Both family names should display exactly as defined in the font name table:

   • “A & B”
   • “A&B”

   Actual result

   The family name containing spaces around the ampersand displays correctly:

   • “A & B”

   The family name with the ampersand between adjacent characters does not display correctly in the dropdown:

   • “AB”

   The ampersand is… more

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4. 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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5. Keep setting of PDF export when cancalling the export

   Please make InDesign remember file name and other settings when user interrupts process of exporting PDF.

   Typical scenario: you start exporting PDF, you select the right folder, file name. InDesign the displays warning, some files are missing. So I cancel the export, fix the links. Unfortunately the time I spend looking for right folder, setting the right file name is not respected, I have to start the whole process again. It is annoying if you have a complex structure of folders located on a server share.

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6. Undo ocassionally not available

   Please fix undo. Version 21.3.0.60 on Mac, Undo functionality is disabled from time to time when working on larger and very complex document. No warning, just grayed out Undo in the menu. As far as I remember, it is not possible to quit the app without crash after this happens (twice or three times a month in my case). It is extremely frustrating and annoying bug.

   It is perhaps the same bug reported as “[ID-4274243] InDesign clearing Undo stack frequently” and falsely claimed as FIXED.

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7. Export to JPG generates yellow horizontal lines yellow lines in all my image exports (PNG / JPG)... When giving it more pixels/inch the line

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8. Drag/Drop Link Causes Loading (Spinny) Wheel - Must Force Quit InDesign and Restart on Windows

   Occasionally, mostly when placing photos of PDF's via drag/drop, and at other random times, InDesign will be stuck, and the mouse cursor will be stuck on the loading/spinning wheel. I will have to open the Task Manager, force quit InDesign, and re-open. When I re-open, it will typically load the document exactly where I left off. Sometimes it's saved my work and other times it had not.

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9. Overprint Preview does not work until cursor is moved

   When switching between Normal Mode and Overprint Preview, Overprint Preview does not immediately switch/preview until I move my cursor. My Display Performance is set to Typical Display.

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10. InDesign fails to open .indd files from Finder when full path is long on APFS external drive

    Environment:
    - macOS: 26.4.1
    - InDesign version: 21.3
    - Drive format: APFS external SSD
    - File location: /Volumes/nollueP41/작업드라이브/01프로젝트별/국립환경인재개발원/01_폐기물처리 및 자원순환의 이해 2기/작업/폐기물처리 및 자원순환의 이해 2기.indd

    Steps to reproduce:
    1. Place an .indd file in a deep folder path on an APFS external drive.
    2. Double-click the .indd file in Finder.
    3. InDesign launches or becomes active, but shows the error:
    “Missing required parameter 'from' for method 'open'.”
    4. Move the same file to the root level or a shorter path on the same external drive.
    5. Double-click again.

    Expected result:
    The .indd file should open normally from Finder regardless of full path length, as long as the path is valid in macOS.

    Actual result:
    The file fails to open from Finder when the full path is long. The same file opens normally via File > Open inside InDesign, and also opens when dragged into the InDesign window. Other file types such as PDF open normally from the same folder path.

    Additional notes:
    This appears to be an InDesign-specific issue handling long full paths passed from Finder, not a macOS file system issue.

    Environment:
    - macOS: 26.4.1
    - InDesign version: 21.3
    - Drive format: APFS external SSD
    - File location: /Volumes/nollueP41/작업드라이브/01프로젝트별/국립환경인재개발원/01_폐기물처리 및 자원순환의 이해 2기/작업/폐기물처리 및 자원순환의 이해 2기.indd

    Steps to reproduce:
    1. Place an .indd file in a deep folder path on an APFS external drive.
    2. Double-click the .indd file in Finder.
    3. InDesign launches or becomes active, but shows the error:
    “Missing required parameter 'from' for method 'open'.”
    4. Move the same file to the root level or a shorter path on the same external drive.
    5. Double-click again.

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    The .indd file should open normally from… more

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11. file name in save dialog disappears, space bar deletes the text

    Typing in the file name dialog box makes the text disappear or the field will be blank to start with (not retaining the original name), see screen recording

    MacBook Pro M1
    26.4.1
    InDesign 21.3

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12. InDesign 21.3 (2026) Share for Review Comments Unmapped on Desktop

    This is an ongoing, years-long problem. When people comment via an Indesign Share for review link, the list of comments appears on the desktop app as unmapped/no pins. However, if you view the link online, you can see the same comments with pins where the commenters dropped them. It's a much more cumbersome workflow having to go to a different window to see all of the feedback. I don't know why this continues to be a problem.

    InDesign 21.3
    macOS Tahoe 26.3.1
    Apple M4 Max

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13. Colour swatch in Effects panel previews as RGB instead of CMYK

    My working document is CMYK. When I open my Effects panel to change a swatch colour in the Blending section, it previews the colour as RGB, not CMYK. When you click on the swatch to bring up the Effect Colour panel, the swatch shows as the CMYK breakdown. The initial Blending option panel is incorrectly previewing as RGB and the swatches do not correlate. This occurs on all colours and all FX.

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14. Split Screen and Multi Window Screen Redraw Issues (diagonal slash)

    I have the same error occurring on two machines (different Adobe accounts) - both fresh (a month old) installations of InDesign 2026 (V21.3)

    Whenever viewing in Multi-Window (two documents side by side) or Split Screen (same document with two viewports side by side). Making minor edits often causes the top portion of one window or the other to go blank diagonally across the screen(see images). It gets filled in either white or the pasteboard color.

    Scrolling up/down will correctly redraw content that comes into view, but whatever was already in the frame buffer stays and the blank area just scrolls up/down until you completely scroll to all new content.

    This seems to happen whether either window is in "NORMAL" or "PREVIEW" mode and often when switching focus between windows, typically in the window losing focus. If the window receiving focus already has the blank diagonal area it briefly shows the full page then the diagonal comes back. In some cases both windows can have the diagonal slash across them.

    Please remove whatever moronic new AI tool got shoved into the software and broke this basic function that has worked fine for 20 years - I have actual work I need to do!

    I have the same error occurring on two machines (different Adobe accounts) - both fresh (a month old) installations of InDesign 2026 (V21.3)

    Whenever viewing in Multi-Window (two documents side by side) or Split Screen (same document with two viewports side by side). Making minor edits often causes the top portion of one window or the other to go blank diagonally across the screen(see images). It gets filled in either white or the pasteboard color.

    Scrolling up/down will correctly redraw content that comes into view, but whatever was already in the frame buffer stays and the blank area just scrolls… more

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15. eyedropper tool no longer copies text formatting

    The eyedropper tool no longer copies text formatting from a selected source and applying to new text. At best, it changes the color, but not the typeface, weight, character attributes. When highlighting the source text, the eyedropper properly changes to loaded with the "T" - but still doesn't apply the text formatting correctly.

    No character or paragraph styles have been applied.
    Eyedropper settings are set correctly to copy the formatting.

    Problem persists despite resetting Indesign preferences, rebooting, manually deleting indesign preferences, rebooting, updating to latest version, rebooting.

    Very annoying bug that clearly slows down work.

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16. Use Typographers Quotes preference keeps being deselected

    I’m using InDesign 21.1. This isn’t a new bug – it has been around for a while. I often discover that the Use Typographers Quotes is deselected, and I never deslect it. I don’t believe there’s a keyboard command that I inadvertently press that does it, so I have no idea why this happens.

    Has anyone else encountered it? A minor irritant, but I finally got around to reporting it. Thanks!

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17. home

    Home Welcome Screen Blank After Update on all Apps
    After the recent set of updates, Indesign does not show the welcome screen. When i try to create a new document (CNTRL+N, File>New>Document) the app hangs and i have to restart the app. I am able to open existing files, but not create new ones. Worked around the problem by selecting "Use Legacy New Document Dialog", but i would like to get my home/Welcome screen back.

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18. If “Proportional-width half-width” is set as the automatic numbering format for “Bulleted and numbered lists,” the indent values will be mis

    Note: This issue occurs only in CJK environments.

    1 Create a character style that uses only “Proportional-width half-width”.
    2 In “Bullets and Numbering,” apply automatic numbering, use a tab to advance the text after the number, and set the character style to “Proportional-width half-width”.
    3 The indent value shifts backward, causing it to no longer align with the start of the second line.
    Workaround: Move the indent position slightly forward and align it visually; then use the “Indent to Here” feature to align the second line.

    注意：この現象はCJK環境下でのみ発生する。
    1 「等幅半角字形」のみを設定した文字スタイルを作る。
    2 「箇条書きと段落番号」で、自動番号を与え、自動番号の後はタブで送り、文字スタイルで半角等幅を設定する。自動番号の前後には全角丸カッコを与える。
    3 インデント値が後方へずれ、2行目の先頭と合わなくなる。
    回避策：インデント位置を少し前方に来るようにして目視で位置を合わせ、2行目は「ここまでインデント」で合わせる。

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19. InDesign does not respect the selected color space

    InDesign does not respect the selected color space.

    Bad current state: I have the Fogra 39 profile selected in Color Settings, but InDesign still assigns the U.S. Web Coat (SWOP) v2 profile to all newly created documents. It continues to treat this unwanted profile as Working CMYK.

    Required fix: InDesign should assign the correct color profile set in Color Settings to newly created documents and also use this profile as Working CMYK in Proof Setup and Export dialog.

    This confusion with profiles regularly returns with each new major InDesign update. I have reported it here in the past.

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20. InCopy is creating "phantom hyperlinks" in InDesign

    Our InCopy editors are adding hyperlinks but they aren't showing up in InDesign. To make things worse, you can no longer add a hyperlink to the text. I discovered that InCopy is leaving phantom hyperlinks and it seems to be a bug, or at least has caused us considerable consternation. (I'm using InDesign 2026 v21.0.2 and InCopy 2026 v21.3).

    Okay, I’ve gone deep into the rabbit hole and I think I’ve figured out the problem with hyperlinks not showing up, or text you can’t add a hyperlink to. It’s a lengthy, complex explanation so I’ll start with the all too easy fix and then explain why. 

    THE FIX: When you create a link in InCopy, you have to click the “Shared Hyperlink Destination” button.

    This really only applies to multiple links that have the same destination, like how Supplemental Table 1 and Supplemental Table 2 both go to the same URL, but I don’t think it will hurt to click it for every link, just in case that URL gets repeated later on.

    If you don’t click Shared Hyperlink Destination, only the first hyperlink will show up in the Hyperlinks panel, and the rest become phantom links.

    And to make things worse, apparently this isn’t an issue when you make a link in InDesign. It only happens in InCopy. 

    If I’m right, this will fix the problem. At least, it worked when I tried it. We’ll have to see if it works all the time.

    THE EXPLANATION for us InDesign nerds.

    If there’s text that you can’t make into a hyperlink (the New Hyperlink option is greyed out) it’s because there’s already a link there, but for some reason it’s not showing up in the Hyperlinks panel. It’s a phantom link. However, you can still see the phantom link if you open it in Story Editor.  Story Editor shows where the link is, but you can’t edit it or add a new link to the text. 

    The only way to fix it is to retype the text outside of the link brackets, or copy and paste the text out of the brackets (except the link sticks to the first character so you can’t copy that, which is yet another pain). After you retype the text, you can highlight the link (everything in the brackets) and delete it, and then you are able to add a hyperlink to the retyped text.  You have to do this for each phantom link individually. This is an annoying and cumbersome fix, but we’ve known about it for a while.  

    If you want to get into the nitty gritty, I think this kind of explains what’s going on. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17490661/how-to-properly-remove-hyperlinks-from-indesign-document-using-extendscript

    I made a quick script to look for the phantom hyperlinks, but all it shows me are the hyperlinks in the Hyperlinks panel, so I can’t find the phantom links that show up in the Story Editor with a script. I may explore that some more in case the issue arises again.

    But in any case, it looks like the links are losing their destination URL in InCopy because the URL is already taken by another link, but the hyperlink still remains and won’t show up in the Hyperlinks panel because there’s no destination. InDesign sees an empty link and doesn’t show it on the panel. However, when you use the shared destination button, all the links just point to that one URL and share it, and it shows up in the Hyperlinks panel. I’m going to report this to InDesign as a bug.

    Whew!

    Our InCopy editors are adding hyperlinks but they aren't showing up in InDesign. To make things worse, you can no longer add a hyperlink to the text. I discovered that InCopy is leaving phantom hyperlinks and it seems to be a bug, or at least has caused us considerable consternation. (I'm using InDesign 2026 v21.0.2 and InCopy 2026 v21.3).

    Okay, I’ve gone deep into the rabbit hole and I think I’ve figured out the problem with hyperlinks not showing up, or text you can’t add a hyperlink to. It’s a lengthy, complex explanation so I’ll start with the all too… more

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