Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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Page Jumps When Deleting Items
When I delete an object, the page jumps. See examples...
This happens on my work PC and home PC; both separate accounts.
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Text disappears.
Entire page of text disappears randomly. InDesign provided a temporary fix and then a more permanent one in the most recent update. Worked for awhile. Has started happening again. Have to use revert key to get back text and start over.
Using version 21.2 in Windows 11 format on a PC
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AI alt text sould NOT be on by default
Gross decision to have this "feature" on by default. Good thing I didn't miss the popup on startup, I NEVER want any AI features at all ever, let alone to have to OPT OUT? Madness. Also ridiculous is the option to turn off the the "AI generated content" tag on this "feature" at all. Why would you allow that? I guess it's in line with all of the untagged AI on Adobe Stock lol.
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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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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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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 não consegue importar determinados objetos de um arquivo do Illustrator ou em PDF.
Ao importamos com link ativado um arquivo do Illustrator, algumas camadas somem. Percebo que o erro ocorre de forma mais consistente com fotografias. Às vezes, alguns objetos coloridos mais complexos, como shapes com gradiente ou marcas muito coloridas, são importadas com erro ou simplesmente não aparecem.
Exportei em PDF e o erro persiste. O que me faz acreditar que o erro esteja no módulo de importação com compatibilidade PDF.Ao importar em .jpg, vem normalmente, mas isso gera mais tempo de trabalho e tenho que importar todas as paginas novamente.
Indesign: v21.1
Illustrator: beta v30.3 (same occurs on 30.1 normal…1 vote -
Lenteur extrême indesign 2026
Bonjour,
depuis environ 1 semaine (dernière mise à jour 21.1 x64 d'InDesign sur PC), chaque lettre ajoutée à un document dans InDesign 2026 met presque 10 secondes avant d'apparaître et que je puisse agir de nouveau sur mon document. Même chose pour sélectionner un mot ou pour effectuer la moindre action dans un texte en cours d'édition. seule le curseur bouge normalement, mais il disparaît tant que l'action en cours n'a pas été réalisée.
J'ai désinstallé et réinstallé InDesign en supprimant les préférences. rien n'a changé.
J'ai réinitialisé les préférences et rien n'a changé.
Mon système est très récent :…1 vote -
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Preflight not showing all results
I have a custom profile set up for preflight checks and although 614 problems are reported, in 2 categories, I can only see about the first 100 of each category. For example, the color space issues are shown only up to page 15, while my document has 180 pages. I am using InDesign 21.0.2.
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My InDesign is 'behaving'
My Indesign is "behaving." I don't know if some kind of AI has been installed, but it keeps trying to anticipate what I want it to do rather than doing what I want it to do. And it defaults to other functions when I use a different function (i.e. defaulting to text when I am using move to move a text box). Or it'll expand or contract a box when I select it to manipulate it. How do I make it stop? Or, at the very least, how do I turn off the AI?
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Unable to Place Illustrator Files from Adobe Projects
When using Adobe Projects with Illustrator and Indesign 2026, Indesign does not recognize .AIC files as "compatible" files when attempting to place in an Indesign document. Indesign Version - 21.0.2, Illustrator Version - 30.1.
Steps to reproduce:
Create Illustrator document, save as Adobe Cloud Document, or in Adobe Project Folder
Attempt to place document by Navigating to "File", "Place" or by pressing CMD+D
Illustrator files will not be listed as available
Selecting "On Your Computer" and navigating to an Illustrator file will allow it to be placedExpected Result:
Being able to place a file from Adobe Project.Actual Result:…
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Deformation under proportional scaling
We have a "round box" object. The dimensions along the x and y axes are the same. The page is in "rotated by 90°" mode. I move this circle to a corner so that it partially extends beyond the dimensions of the page. Then we scale it while holding down the shift key. At the same time, smart guides are turned on. The edges of the circle begin to deform, trying to stick to some reference line. As a result, the dimensions of the circle along the axes become unequal. The difference is only after the decimal point, but it…
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Not loading cloud links > files don't work!!
I'm sorry for this words, but I'm really ****** with the new update on indesign:
I'm sorry but the new Update for Indesign is total ****. It's not loading my links from cloud servers and also I cannot update it via the program. So I have to start searching EACH document in the file (are you totally crazy???) to find out which link is missing because it's on a cloud server. I don't know what you did there. But everybody right now is working with cloud servers and it cannot just me going crazy right now because the files aren't…
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convert to profile
In Version 21.0.2 problem with "Convert to profile": it works insane, as you see in the screenshots, blue color becomes green
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resizing
I'm unfortunately using InDesign 2026.0.2. One of my coworkers had the brilliant idea to update on day 1 ...
I'm on Apple Silicon M1, with 2 monitors. Now, when I open up any document (I don't use application frame) it opens normal, as in any version before, size of 1 monitor, between upper task bar and macOS (26.1) dock. But as soon as you do anything, including opening a second file, the canvas expands way beyond the lower end and the right side of the monitor, making it impossible to work on the lower part of the last page of…2 votes -
Adobe InDesign 20.5 - InDesignEPS Import: UnmatchedMark error.
Has anyone found a fix for this error "EPS Import: UnmatchedMark error" when placing a vector into InDesign? This has been a feature between programs for as long as I can remember and it is really frustrating that so many comments tell you "not" to do this as it is bad practice. It is definitely part of my workflow and helps create smaller, cleaner files, and streamlined, accurate colour palettes.
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InDesign 21.0 black dot in red close button missing on macOS
- InDesign 21.0, macOS 15.7
- Open InDesign file, make a change.
- Black dot should appear in the title bar red "close" button along with asterisk by filename in document tab.
- Red "close" button remains "clean" without black dot.
InDesign 2025 (v.20.5) exhibits correct behavior. InDesign 2026 (v.21.0) does not.
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PDF files being sent to the wrong print tray despite the correct print information being selected.
Adobe products are sending PDF files to the wrong tray in the printer despite the settings being correct this is mostly happening in both InDesign 2024 and 2026, but it is also happening with Adobe Reader 2020 as well.
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[ID-4273456] Press the opt/alt key after dragging, it duplicated to the incorrect layer
InDesign 2026 （and earlier, too）I was found out in CS6.
Issue:
When drag and duplicate any object, the duplicate destination will be the previous active layer under certain conditions.Reproduction procedure:
1 Layer panel "Paste Remembers Layers" check off
2 Unselect, and duplicate the object Activate layers other than the layers of the object
3 Start dragging and add the option/alt key in the middle of dragging
4 After dragging, the object is duplicated to the layer that was active in step 2Ideal result:
The uplication by dragging will be duplicated to the same layer as the original regardless…17 votesHi,
Thank you for reporting the issue. We have been able to reproduce the issue, and it is currently under investigation.
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