Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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- Version of Adobe InDesign, InCopy or InDesign Server
- Steps to reproduce the issues
- Expected result
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Unable to copy/past script label text
With this post I would like to report another bug.
In Indesign CC2026, it's not possible to copy/past a script label text.
Please fix this.
I'm using Os X.
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Drop shadow changing position and shape on rotated objects and exporting incorrectly to PNG
Drop shadows move unexpectedly on rotated objects. It creates a visual glitch that can be seen toggling Overprint Preview On/Off.
Incorrect drop shadow can be seen in PNG export.
Correct drop shadow can be seen in PDF.To recreate the bug:
1) Draw a shape or a create a text frame
2) Apply a drop shadow to the object (any setting, video is with Adobe default)
3) Rotate the object
4) Move the object around the live page until the drop shadow starts moving unexpectedly (offset varies).
5) Export to PNG.InDesign 21.2
Sequoia 15.7.3
Macbook Pro M4 MaxThis…
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BOM in CSV
for more than 7 years this problem is known to Adobe. Excel, Open source office suits etc. export CSV with BOM. it's against standard. one can import to textedit and save. Why is adobe not able to clean out that BOM?? I mean 25 years ago I was able to do a data merge. InDesign these days can not handle an excel exported CSV file. Really? Please guys. make the stuff work, that have worked 30 years ago. yes, shame on microsoft. shame on you both. users have to do a research to solve a problem, that has not existed…
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Installing InDesign 20.5.2 caused the system to make it the default version, replacing 21.2.0 as the default app for opening InDesign files
When I double-click the file I have been working on, I get an error message that says it couldn't be opened because it was created by a newer version of InDesign. It calls out 21.2 as the offender. If I look at the recent updates for Creative Cloud, it looks like 21.2 was updated 19 days ago, and 20.5.2 was updated 13 days ago. It looks like the association for which app to open .indd files was changed with the 20.5.2 update, and it no longer opens the latest version of the product. I can open 21.2 manually, but I…
1 voteWorkaround1: Set Default Version to 21.2.0
- Right-click any .indd file
- Select Open with → Choose another app
- Click More apps
- Select Adobe InDesign 21.2.0
- Check “Always use this app to open .indd files”
- Click OK
Workaround2: Uninstall 21.2.0 and reinstall it to correct the default application.
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Adobe InDesign Team
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InDesign 2026 (21.2.0.30) crashes every time on quit on macOS 26.2 (Abort trap: 6)
Version of Adobe InDesign, InCopy or InDesign Server
Adobe InDesign 2026, Version 21.2.0.30 (Build 21200)
Running on macOS 26.2 (25C56) on Apple Silicon (Mac14,2, 16 GB RAM)
Steps to reproduce the issue
1. Launch Adobe InDesign 2026.
2. Open any document (or create a new blank document).
3. Work normally for a while, or even do nothing.
4. Choose “InDesign > Quit InDesign” or press Cmd+Q.
5. Confirm quitting if prompted.
Expected result
InDesign quits cleanly without any error message and returns to the macOS desktop.
Actual result
• InDesign crashes on quit every time.
• macOS shows a crash…1 votePlease submit the crash report to us. (Guidelines to submit a crash are available at (https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/submit-crash-reports.html )
Also, please send the following information to sharewithID@adobe.com :
- Reproducible Steps – What were you doing when InDesign crashed?
- Video recording of the crash
- Is(Are) the issue related to a specific document(s)/asset(s)? If yes, could you provide the document(s)/asset(s) to us? Please package the entire document (To package the document, choose File → Package…)
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FlexObject Items Invisible in Preview Mode (possible culprit: IDML Roundtrip)
Bug Report: FlexObject Items Invisible in Preview Mode (probably bugged after IDML Roundtrip)
Product: Adobe InDesign 2025 (v20.x)
Feature: Flex Layout / FlexObject (new in InDesign 2025)
Severity: Major — affects preview mode of the new flex objects
Date: February 20, 2026
Summary
FlexObject containers and their child items become invisible in Preview screen mode (but remain visible in Normal mode and Overprint Preview) after a document has undergone an IDML export/import roundtrip. The issue also propagates to any copies made from affected objects — even copies placed outside the FlexObject container.
The root cause was identified as a missing…
1 votePlease send the following information to sharewithID@adobe.com :
- Reproducible Steps – What were you doing when the issue occurred?
- Video recording of the issue
- Is(Are) the issue related to a specific document(s)/asset(s)? If yes, could you provide us with the document(s)/asset(s)? Please package the entire document (To package the document, choose File → Package…)
Also provide answers to follow queries
1. During IDML workflow , are you opening the indd containing flex in version 20.0-20.5 or you are opening the IDML in version 21.0 onwards?
2. What type of objects / images you are using?
3. are you grouping the items or creating nested flex frames?
4. You are only using object style to flex items or through any other menu?
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InDesign 21.1 x64 on PC: panels not expanding when clicking on the icon
Panels sometimes do not expand when clicking on an icon in the right-hand column of panels. It seems random. Sometimes the panel you choose expands when you click on the icon (as it should), but sometimes you have to click the two little chevrons pointing leftward at the top of the column of icons, which makes them all expand and it's a mess to work with. Only the one you click on should expand, but sometimes it doesn't.
This isn't a new bug. There were previous submissions about this and the issue was supposedly resolved, but it is NOT. The…
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pdf
Many occasions over the last couple of weeks when I try to export a PDF, it just blocks, wheel turning in the top right corner, and nothing happens until I forcibly close the program through Task Manager. On may occasions the completed PDF then appears in the folder.
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Linked image within illustrator file not appearing when placed in indesign
Using:
InDesign 21.1
Link created in Illustrator 30.2.1I have a map created in Illustrator with a background (flattened) tiff which displays fine in Illustrator. Once placed into InDD, the tiff won't appear (layer is ON and printing) and doesn't get included in exports (thus eliminating a rendering issue of any kind).
This has happened on 2 separate files but is fine in others with the same set-up.
On occasion the tiff will reappear...
This is a recent 'development' in past 2 weeks.1 vote -
"continue on next odd page numbering" does not work
InDesign 2019-2026 latest version: Automatic book page numbering does not work when using "continue on next odd page numbering". It continue with even number unless a blank page inserted. It should continued with odd number without insert a blank page. PLEASE CHECK!!!
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Pages invisible
Pages are not visible. This started after Mac OS upgrade to 26.3 (25D125). I have to shut down InDesign to make pages visible, then if I zoom in or oiut pages disappear.
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Hyperlinks to internal pages in a document created with an older version of InDesign cause the current version (21.2) to crash
hyperlinks to an internal page in a document created by an older version of InDesign crashes the current version, 21.2.
1 votePlease submit the crash report to us. (Guidelines to submit a crash are available at (https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/submit-crash-reports.html )
Also, please send the following information to sharewithID@adobe.com :
- Reproducible Steps – What were you doing when InDesign crashed?
- Video recording of the crash
- Is(Are) the issue related to a specific document(s)/asset(s)? If yes, could you provide the document(s)/asset(s) to us? Please package the entire document (To package the document, choose File → Package…)
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Adobe InDesign Team
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Create Alternate Layout is buggy
I wanted to create one alternative Layout so that I can export my DIN A3 file also as DIN A4 sized file.
I created an alternate Layout as usual.
I expected having all 12 pages twice in 2 different Sizes, (one in A3 and one in A4)
What InDesign did was it created 4 different Alternate Layouts and distributed the 12 pages among the 4 layouts.
Meaning I have 2 Layout I did not create and I cannot move the pages back to the original layout.
Also it did not resize the design, styles and texts as usual, instead they…1 vote -
Bug: Object effects are rendered in wrong position in PNG output
In the attached document, the drop shadow behind the photo is rendered in the wrong place (about 30px lower) in the PNG output (compare to the PDF which is correct).
This also causes the gold background colour to render in the wrong place as well (also 30px lower) as it's applied as a transparency effect, so I guess the effect of the shadow is stacking with the colour and they are both being rendered lower down the image than intended.
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Deleted text reappears when another object is selected
I copied a set of blocks and replaced the text in them. However, when I select other objects with the cursor, the deleted text reappears in the window where I replaced the text, and disappears when I release the mouse button.
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PDF fails, no alert in Background Tasks
Indesign 21.2
Exporting a 30 page complex file, the sort which occasionally give us problems. The export ends with no crash, and no alert in Background Tasks, but a zero K PDF file.
In previous versions Indesign would crash. Which was only better in that you knew immediately there was a problem.
The complexity in our file is that it is a summary with many other indesign files placed into it.
Our workaround (exporting single pages then compiling) usually works if it is done in 2 or 3 chunks.1 votePlease send the following information to sharewithID@adobe.com :
- Reproducible Steps – What were you doing when the issue occurred?
- Video recording of the issue
- Is(Are) the issue related to a specific document(s)/asset(s)? If yes, could you provide us with the document(s)/asset(s)? Please package the entire document (To package the document, choose File → Package…)
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Indesign with overprint exporting as blank PDF
I've got a bunch of InDesign files from different artists that all have overprinted objects. I then place all of these into a master InDesign file and arrange them. However when exporting the PDF is blank.
If I place PDF's instead of InDesign files though, the final PDF will export fine. Any one know why this is?
1 votePlease send the following information to sharewithID@adobe.com :
- Reproducible Steps – What were you doing when the issue occurred?
- Video recording of the issue
- Is(Are) the issue related to a specific document(s)/asset(s)? If yes, could you provide us with the document(s)/asset(s)? Please package the entire document (To package the document, choose File → Package…)
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Arabic Diacritic Stacking Broken in v21.2 – Kasra Always Attaches Under Shadda When Ligatures Enabled
Severity: Critical
InDesign Version: 21.2 x64
Language: Arabic (RTL)Bug Summary
Incorrect positioning of Arabic diacritics (Kasra + Shadda) when ligatures are enabled.
Input order of combining marks is ignored, breaking previous behavior (pre-v17).Environment
Text Direction: RTL
Language: Arabic
Font: KFGQPC Uthman Taha Naskh
Composer: World-Ready Composer
Ligatures: Enabled
Diacritic Positioning panel tested (no effect)
Description
In versions up to 17, manual input order of Arabic diacritics controlled stacking:
Kasra (U+0650) then Shadda (U+0651) → Kasra under base letter
Shadda then Kasra → Kasra under Shadda
In version 21.2 x64, InDesign enforces mark-to-mark positioning strictly.
Kasra always attaches under…1 vote -
won't place images mac os tahoe
Mac OS Tahoe, INDD version 21.2 and can't place a jpg. That simple. Seems silly report. Files open, anc can't be modified, error here, error trying to close. But main problem, can't place a jpg.
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Sharing for review results in an error. InDesign 21.2
When sharing for review, when I modify content and it updates, it takes longer than usual and eventually throws an error. This has happened three times already. Then I have to create a new review link. The downside is that if the document already has comments or corrections marked, I have to open the previous link.
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