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1. Serious Glitch Issues with InDesign 2025 1/16/2025

   Dear Adobe Support Team,

   I’m writing to report ongoing and severe glitches with InDesign 2025. Despite having sufficient space on my computer, closing/reopening the program, deleting old versions, and troubleshooting everything I can think of, the application remains incredibly unstable.

   I frequently encounter the spinning wheel or loading bar even when performing basic actions, making the program nearly unusable. This isn’t just my experience—over 10 colleagues I know who upgraded to InDesign 2025 are facing the exact same issues.

   Please address this issue urgently. Let me know if there’s a patch or solution in progress.

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2. Bug: Cannot cancel or requeue background tasks, ID keeps activating fonts for good

   Indesign 2024, Windows 10.
   Problem 1: even with Adobe Fonts being activated, ID 2024 starts to activate fonts it finds in \Fonts folder, doing that for good and the tasks cannot be canceled.
   Problem 2: other tasks, like PDF export, are then queued and cannot be processed at all unless you could move them up the queue, which doesn't work.

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3. Bug: Background tasks cannot be canceled or requeued, Indesign keeps activating fonts for good

   Indesign 2024, Windows 10.
   Problem 1: even with Adobe Fonts being activated, ID 2024 starts to activate fonts it finds in \Fonts folder, doing that for good and the tasks cannot be canceled.
   Problem 2: other tasks, like PDF export, are then queued and cannot be processed at all unless you could move them up the queue, which doesn't work.

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4. Space after paragraph does not work consistently
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5. Document dissapearing from view after screenlock

   Every time my screen goes to sleep or autolocks, when I open it back up the document I am working on disappears from view. I can see it is still there as there are a few frame outlines visible, and I am able to save it close it and reopen, then all is fine again but it is a very annoying issue as I have to do this multiple times per day.

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6. ID 20.0.1 locks up when resizing a table cell, either expanding the column or expanding the row width downward.

   Mac Sonoma, M2 silicon.

   I have an academic text chapter with numerous tables; Hebrew is scattered through the text, and some tables have Hebrew columns. Many times working on the file, the slightest change to resize a table cell, or resize a column, or who knows what, ID will go into rainbow wheel of death mode and must be killed.

   I just now found a repeatable lockup. A table had no header row, but crosses pages, so I created a header row to be present on each page for that table.

   Copying the single line text from a cell into that column's header cell works. Copying a four text line table cell into the one line table header cell for that column expands the header cell (and row) downward, and then ID locks up and must be killed. That has happened twice on one table..

   I now recognize that the same lockup has happened on other similar tables on exactly that same column; when copying a four line text from a cell into a one line header cell that must expand downward, ID locks up.

   For what it is worth, the tables are on pages that are rotated 90º CCW, as the table is too wide for a 6x9 horizontal page.

   In this instance the header row and the row below it are the last elements on a page; when pasting the text into the header cell the header row expands and pushes the first table cell to the next page.

   Other tables have locked up ID when pasting into a header cell that was the first row on a page, but it may have pushed a lower row to the next page; I am not sure of that.

   In another instance, in the top-of-page table panel for that same problematic column, I could click the column width box one point at a time to widen it to its desired width, roughly 66pt to 108pt, but if I entered 108pt in the column width and tabbed out to expand it at once, ID locked up and had to be killed.

   I tried falling back to 19.5.1, but it also locks up and must be killed.

   If you want the file to duplicate the problems, you must provide a private way to transfer it to you.

   Why do you use a fixed size text box on the bug report page, when that makes it difficult to provide sufficiently long problem descriptions?

   If you want more information I will try to provide it. Thank you.

   Mac Sonoma, M2 silicon.

   I have an academic text chapter with numerous tables; Hebrew is scattered through the text, and some tables have Hebrew columns. Many times working on the file, the slightest change to resize a table cell, or resize a column, or who knows what, ID will go into rainbow wheel of death mode and must be killed.

   I just now found a repeatable lockup. A table had no header row, but crosses pages, so I created a header row to be present on each page for that table.

   Copying the single line text from a cell into… more

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7. Indesign 20.0.01 freezes when updating fonts

   It happens erratically, however, when Indesign needs to update or scan fonts, it freezes -- even if the document uses fonts that are open and available. Only work around is to click on any other app and then click back on Indesign document. This happens on just about any type of Indesign file (blank pages, or pages with lots of texts and font usage).

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8. command s

   When I use Command + S to save, InDesign freezes, and I’m forced to force quit the program. Saving normally works fine. I have the Swedish version and a MacBook Pro M3.

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9. InDesign crashes/freezes when closing the document

   InDesign freezes when you close a document. We cannot open any documents, no action can be performed in InDesign. InDesign cannot be quit, it has to Forced Kill.

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   CLOSED  ·  AdminSanyam Talwar (Senior Lead Software Engineer, Adobe InDesign) responded

   Many internal as well as external factors can cause the InDesign application to crash/freeze/hang. A few workarounds are listed at Fix crash issues with InDesign.

   We completed the investigation and came up with the following: Either the issue has been resolved in the most recent release of InDesign (Refer to InDesign Release notes), the issue was intermittent at the time of reporting and is no longer reproducible, or the InDesign version mentioned in the report is no longer covered by Creative Cloud Support Policy.

   We would recommend you upgrade to the latest version as it is more robust. If you are still facing this issue even after updating it, either submit the crash report(Refer to Submitting crash reports) to us or Contact Adobe support.

10. Persistent Cursor and Functionality Issues in Adobe InDesign After macOS Sequoia 15.1.1 Update

    Description of the Issue:

    I’m experiencing multiple issues with Adobe InDesign across different versions (including the latest and earlier releases) after updating to macOS Sequoia 15.1.1. These problems occur consistently across various files and significantly disrupt workflow.

    Issues encountered:

    Unable to apply colors from the swatch palette – clicking on a swatch does not work for either text or objects.
    Styles (both text and object) cannot be applied by clicking; I must use right-click and "Apply Style" instead.
    Frames on the page shift a few millimeters upon clicking, seemingly on their own.
    Stroke color for objects cannot be selected or modified.
    The selection tool lags and causes objects to move slightly to the left when selected.
    Fonts cannot be changed from the toolbar – clicking the dropdown does nothing.
    These issues are highly disruptive and make it impossible to work efficiently. No other changes have been made to my system aside from the macOS update, so I suspect it is the root cause of the problems.

    I would appreciate guidance on resolving these issues as soon as possible.

    Description of the Issue:

    I’m experiencing multiple issues with Adobe InDesign across different versions (including the latest and earlier releases) after updating to macOS Sequoia 15.1.1. These problems occur consistently across various files and significantly disrupt workflow.

    Issues encountered:

    Unable to apply colors from the swatch palette – clicking on a swatch does not work for either text or objects.
    Styles (both text and object) cannot be applied by clicking; I must use right-click and "Apply Style" instead.
    Frames on the page shift a few millimeters upon clicking, seemingly on their own.
    Stroke color for objects cannot be selected or… more

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11. Mouse click doesn't register properly

    On MacOS IdDesign 20.0.1 and 19.5.1 improperly register mouse clicks.

    As this misbehaviour started recently I suspect that some Apple patch broken something.
    But I do not experience any issues in other applications! Everything seems to work normally but InDesign.

    If you click a frame, InD registers a click-and-hold while I just clicked it with trackpad and lifted the finder up (see video).

    Second, if I put editing mark into the text and go to Paragraph style to apply it, the palette doesn’t register the click properly—it seems it registers a drag, not a click! I can only try to click multiple times in a row, very quickly, and then there’s a chance the click will be registered (as on the second video).

    Clicks with Wacom tablet seem to register properly in first case, while paragraph / text style are broken in both cases.

    I encountered that issue using macOS Sonoma, so I decided to upgrade to MacOS Sequoia, but with no effect. I’m working on MacBookPro18,3 with Apple M1 Pro.

    Work is almost impossible now…

    On MacOS IdDesign 20.0.1 and 19.5.1 improperly register mouse clicks.

    As this misbehaviour started recently I suspect that some Apple patch broken something.
    But I do not experience any issues in other applications! Everything seems to work normally but InDesign.

    If you click a frame, InD registers a click-and-hold while I just clicked it with trackpad and lifted the finder up (see video).

    Second, if I put editing mark into the text and go to Paragraph style to apply it, the palette doesn’t register the click properly—it seems it registers a drag, not a click! I can only try to… more

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12. Share for review fails

    Share for review fails and says the error is on page 18, but my document only has 17 pages.

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13. InDesign 2025 / v20.0: »background task« tries to activate font all the time

    Working with the font Minion Pro InDesign 2025 wants to activate the font in the background (shown in the background tasks panel) although it IS activated.

    Closing the document does not bother InDesign. It still wants to activate the font (see screenshot 2).

    Quit & Restart helps, but it should work correctly without it.

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14. 2025 InDesign (v20.0) Frequent Crashing on MacOS 15.0.1 Sequoia

    Ever since the 2025 version of InDesign released earlier this month, I have had constant crashing issues while working on multiple files. I have been using MacOS 15 Sequoia since it released in September. At first it seemed to crash at random every 5-30 minutes while going between open indd tabs. I think I can more consistently trigger it now by trying to open/navigate around a .indt file. I have a screen recording attached of me clicking around with a 2025 .indt file, a 2025 .indd file, and a 2024 .indd file. Within this minute long recording, InDesign crashes twice, both times when going between/opening the .indt file to the regular 2025 .indd file.

    Ever since the 2025 version of InDesign released earlier this month, I have had constant crashing issues while working on multiple files. I have been using MacOS 15 Sequoia since it released in September. At first it seemed to crash at random every 5-30 minutes while going between open indd tabs. I think I can more consistently trigger it now by trying to open/navigate around a .indt file. I have a screen recording attached of me clicking around with a 2025 .indt file, a 2025 .indd file, and a 2024 .indd file. Within this minute long recording, InDesign crashes twice,… more

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15. InDesign 20.0. Randomly crashes (haven't had this problem before). Could be a few minutes after opening the program or working on a file

    InDesign 20.0 on iMac. Randomly crashes (haven't had this problem with any previous versions). Could be a few minutes after opening the program or while working on a file. Very random but too often. I reset preferences, ran disk utility, et al.

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16. [ID-4256174]InDesign crashes while searching any font/word, etc., which is in overset text.

    We have simple scripts that operate on script labels to Find and Replace Text, adjust Text Size, things like that. We've been using them for three years with no problems prior to v2025. They crash and bring up the option to send an error report. We're rolling back to 2024 now, we can't operate efficiently without these scripts.

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    Closed: Fixed  ·  AdminSanyam Talwar (Senior Lead Software Engineer, Adobe InDesign) responded

    The fix of the issue is now available in the latest InDesign 2025(v20.0.1.032). 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

17. crashing and quitting

    Adobe Indesign 2025 has now crashed on me twice and I've lost hours of work. Going back to 2024.

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18. 2025 ID - Linked Files fail and just Spin

    Mac 14.7 - ID 2025 - Docs with Linked Files (simple PDFs and Jpgs) just produce spinners and never become workable. Display set to Typical. This happens AFTER a file is saved and re-opened. When it is made all is fine, until it is closed and reopened. Have reverted to 2024.

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19. Indesign crashing repeatedly when printing

    Crashes intermittently when printing to Epson printer. Stops printing part way thorough page & epson dialogue box shows print levels all greyed out, not in colour. Windows log from control panel below.

    Description
    Faulting Application Path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign 2024\InDesign.exe

    Problem signature
    Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
    Application Name: InDesign.exe
    Application Version: 19.5.0.84
    Application Timestamp: 6685c284
    Fault Module Name: Public.dll
    Fault Module Version: 19.5.0.84
    Fault Module Timestamp: 6685c1b3
    Exception Code: c0000005
    Exception Offset: 00000000005b2b83
    OS Version: 10.0.22631.2.0.0.768.101
    Locale ID: 2057
    Additional Information 1: 6a83
    Additional Information 2: 6a8366d7716f8035de44fc6246f9f16f
    Additional Information 3: 442b
    Additional Information 4: 442b62d8031d79e2f813c85f51507699

    Extra information about the problem
    Bucket ID: c9789aa40ebac34720d42e59e634b846 (1212645163318687814)

    Crashes intermittently when printing to Epson printer. Stops printing part way thorough page & epson dialogue box shows print levels all greyed out, not in colour. Windows log from control panel below.

    Description
    Faulting Application Path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign 2024\InDesign.exe

    Problem signature
    Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
    Application Name: InDesign.exe
    Application Version: 19.5.0.84
    Application Timestamp: 6685c284
    Fault Module Name: Public.dll
    Fault Module Version: 19.5.0.84
    Fault Module Timestamp: 6685c1b3
    Exception Code: c0000005
    Exception Offset: 00000000005b2b83
    OS Version: 10.0.22631.2.0.0.768.101
    Locale ID: 2057
    Additional Information 1: 6a83
    Additional Information 2: 6a8366d7716f8035de44fc6246f9f16f
    Additional Information 3: 442b
    Additional Information 4: 442b62d8031d79e2f813c85f51507699

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20. InDesign 19.5 hangs on startup (ARM Mac, not sure about x86 and Windows)

    I've been experiencing this for some time on different Macs with different versions of InDesign. This time round I have a repeatable setup which makes the issue occur consistently. The issue occurs on 'real' machines as well as VMs - it's just that this time I've 'caught' the problem in one of my VMs.

    I am using a Mac OS X virtual machine (using Parallels) on an ARM processor (M2 Max, 64GB of memory). In the virtual machine, I've only installed Mac OS X Sequoia, Creative Cloud Desktop, and InDesign 19.5. Everything is as vanilla as it can be.

    When I launch InDesign it hangs. I tried a preference reset. No change. I've created a few samples with Activity Monitor, and then did a force quit after about 4 mins, and captured the crash logs from Apple and Adobe.

    The issue is repeatable - each launch, InDesign hangs.

    When I downgrade to InDesign 19.0, everything works fine - the issue seems to have started somewhere between 19.0 and 19.5

    I believe it to be some kind of deadlock - cursory viewing of the crash log seems to have a lot of threads just waiting.

    My hunch is that the issue might be related to the activation logic - my internet connection is sometimes slow, and I have a feeling there might be some deadlock situation when the connection is too slow, and something internally gives up waiting.

    I've been experiencing this for some time on different Macs with different versions of InDesign. This time round I have a repeatable setup which makes the issue occur consistently. The issue occurs on 'real' machines as well as VMs - it's just that this time I've 'caught' the problem in one of my VMs.

    I am using a Mac OS X virtual machine (using Parallels) on an ARM processor (M2 Max, 64GB of memory). In the virtual machine, I've only installed Mac OS X Sequoia, Creative Cloud Desktop, and InDesign 19.5. Everything is as vanilla as it can be.

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