Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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Color Theme Tool Unable to Change Text Color 1. InDesign 21.4 Windows 2. Write text, Copy it with Alt+Shift more than once, maybe use the a
Color Theme Tool Unable to Change Text Color
- InDesign 21.4 Windows
- Write text, Copy it with Alt+Shift more than once, maybe use the auto spacer. Then select the Color Theme tool (Ctrl+Shift+I), select a color and try to apply it to the TEXT.
- Well, here, it says it will change the text color (via icon over cursor) but it (4.) instead changes the color of the Text BOX. It is not possible to change text color with Color Theme tool even by zooming in. The Color Theme tool is unable to change text color in this context and the icon…
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Color Theme
Color Theme Tool Unable to Change Text Color
- InDesign 21.4 Windows
- Write text, Copy it with Alt+Shift more than once, maybe use the auto spacer. Then select the Color Theme tool (Ctrl+Shift+I), select a color and try to apply it to the TEXT.
- Well, here, it says it will change the text color (via icon over cursor) but it (4.) instead changes the color of the Text BOX. It is not possible to change text color with Color Theme tool even by zooming in. The Color Theme tool is unable to change text color in this context and the icon…
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Images cannot be used as align to key object
Images cannot be used as align to key object
I am working on Windows 11. Adobe Indesign 21.4
I am trying to use align to key object the old fashioned way by selecting multiple objects and with a single click choose my Key object. This used to work no problem at all.
I select multiple Text boxes and I can align them using one of them as a key object.
I select multiple images and I cannot align them using one of them as key object.
I select different image objects and text objects and I can align them using…
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Canvas disappears on monitor setup change
When I'm on my macbook Pro (16" M1 Max 2021), and have a document open, then connect my computer to an external monitor/workstation and make indesign full screen on that monitor, the canvas disappears, and I can only see the grey background until I close the document and reopen it again. This also happens when I disconnect the monitor and scale the indesign app to the macbook monitor size. I'm using indesign 21.4 on Sequoia 15.0
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Przesuwanie kilku obiektów nie działa.
Zaznaczam minimum dwa importowane obiekty i nie mogę ich wszystkich przesunąć. Przesuwa mi się tylko jeden - pozostałe zostają na swoich miejscach. W poprzedniej wersji to działało. Nie da się tak pracować.
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All my coments vanished
I am experiencing a serious issue with InDesign Share for Review and need assistance recovering review comments.
I created an InDesign document and shared it using Share for Review. Around 10 collaborators participated and left more than 200 comments. More than a week later, I reopened the file to apply the feedback, and all comments were loading and working normally.
While working on the document, my internet connection was temporarily interrupted for a few minutes. After the connection was restored, the review stopped working. The comments no longer appear in InDesign, the review seems to have disappeared from my account,…
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Endnote hyperlinks fail to work in exported PDF (InDesign 2025 & 2026)
Version of Adobe InDesign:
Affects both Adobe InDesign 2025 and InDesign 2026 (latest updates).Steps to reproduce the issues:
Create or open a document containing dynamic Endnotes in InDesign 2025 or 2026.
Verify that endnote hyperlinks appear normal, updated, and active inside the InDesign application workspace.
Export the document to PDF using either "Adobe PDF (Interactive)" or "Adobe PDF (Print)" with the "Hyperlinks" checkbox explicitly checked under the General export settings.
Open the generated PDF file in Adobe Acrobat Pro or any browser.
Attempt to click on the endnote numbers in the text to jump to the endnote text.
Expected…
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Grafics .svg in print PDF highlighted in blue
When exporting a print PDF from InDesign 21.2, several graphics were highlighted in blue. The graphics were available in .svg format. In InDesign and in the web PDF, the blue areas are not visible. Other graphics in the same document and also in .svg format were rendered correctly
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bugs with version 21.4
Since version 21.4, there have been a lot of bugs and slowdowns while working.
The process freezes very quickly, and I am forced to force-quit the application to close the software.3 votes -
swatch expected, but swatch gotten
The following code on a tables cell…
cell.leftEdgeStrokeColor = app.swatches[0];
cell.rightEdgeStrokeColor = app.swatches[0];results in the error "Swatch erwartet aber swatch erhalten" (translation “Swatch expected, but swatch gotten”). That is probably not a helpful error message.
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Justification Alternates (jalt) ignored by the HarfBuzz World-Ready shaping workflow
In the recent InDesign versions Adobe has introduced HarfBuzz as the default text shaping engine but the Justification alternates feature is now not working in OpenType fonts at all, we have confirmed it by testing with several Arabic fonts. For Adobe legacy text rendering engine this feature still works seamlessly but not for Harfbuzz
It has disturbed all the Arabic users past documents.I have attached a test Arabic document with Adobe Naskh font, as this font has justification alternates feature.
Apply the World-Ready Paragraph Composer.
Justify the Arabic paragraph.
In Arabic Enabled InDesign set the Insert Kashidas to: None…2 votes -
InDesign 2026 cursor scaling problem
Subject: Cursor remains extremely small on 27-inch 4K monitor despite all available scaling settings
I would like to report a HiDPI scaling issue in Adobe InDesign 2026 that affects usability on professional 4K monitors.
My setup consists of two displays connected to the same Windows PC:
- ASUS ProArt PA279CRV – 27-inch, 3840 × 2160 (4K)
- KOORUI 27-inch – 1920 × 1080 (Full HD)
When InDesign is displayed on the KOORUI Full HD monitor, the text cursor (insertion point) appears at a normal and comfortable size. However, when I move the exact same InDesign window to the ASUS ProArt PA279CRV 4K…
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Generative AI Alt Text generated on first image place when turned off in preferences
M4 Mac on Sequoia 15.7.7
When Generative AI Alt Text is turned off in preferences, after a complete preferences reset, alt text will be generated and applied to the first placed image or modified image despite the preference being turned off. This happens on a complete replacement of the folder "en_US" in the user library preferences.
To recreate:
1) Have someone else on another machine set their preference to have Generative AI Alt Text turned off. Send you their copy of the folder "en_US" (/Users/[user]/Library/Preferences/Adobe InDesign/Version 21.0)
2) Replace your folder with the shared folder
3) Open InDesign
4) Place…15 votes -
Screen does not refresh in all cases
Every now and then, InDesign shows things in a previous state, which is very confusing.
E..g. when adding a page break, the break is added, but the text remains, until the document is scrolled. The screen does not seem to refresh after this action.I am on a Mac Studio M3 Ultra, InDesign 21.4
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Cursore cambia in clessidra
Versone 21.4 x 64
Il cursore si trasforma in clessidra e resta così per tutto il tempo rendendo impossibile comprendere ad esempio i punti di input del testo.
Ho provato ad installare nuovamente il software ma il problema è sempre lì.
Credo anche che sia correlato alla presenza di immagini nel documento poichè mi pare che a volte inizi da quando si inseriscono immagini.Per favore aiuto perché non si riesce a lavorare così.
Grazie
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HEIC file usability
I just embedded twenty HEIC files in an INDD file and the file rapidly became extremely sluggish. The color wheel of death spun regularly for almost every 5th action step. Even simple adjustments into the file, caused the color wheel to spin. Its time to get this bug fixed from Indesign.
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[BUG] Generative AI Alt Text setting will turn itself on when importing user settings
Hello,
This is my 2nd day this week posting a very frustrating bug on InDesign and I consider this one far worse. In trying to figure out a bug with workspaces on Monday, I exported my current settings, reset InDesign preferences, and imported my settings back in.
I did not check the settings. I should have. The generate AI Alt-text box had been rechecked, and I had NEVER manually done that. I have recreated this issue more than 5+ in a row by:
- Resetting my InDesign preferences to the default and restarting.
- Reopening InDesign, checking off…
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FX Blending Modes not working
I'm running InDesign on an Intel iMac Pro OS X 15.7.7. It has just updated to 21.4 and the FX pane doesn't appear to be working. I select the frame I want to apply the FX blending mode to (multiply in this case) and nothing happens. I can only get it to work if I assign the blending mode by going to the main menu Object > Effects > Transparency,
Is anyone else having this issue?
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Alt+drag duplicates only one object
When two or more placed/linked files are selected and duplicated using Alt+drag, only one of the objects is duplicated.
(Workaround: Grouping the linked objects before Alt+drag works as expected
Indesign 21.4
macOS Tahoe Version 26.5.14 votes -
Upon migration to a version 21.4 pasteboard size is not carried on
Upon migration to a version 21.4 pasteboard size is not carried on. I always set my defaults to 256 x 128 or 512 x 128 mm but upon migration of my preferences to a new InDesign these has been reset to defaults.
1 vote
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