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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Smart Text Reflow next page - Add Pages Automatically
The Smart Text Reflow to the next page is not performed if there is an empty text frame on the page. Please use the sample file and perform the following steps:
- Assign ParagraphStyles 3 to the "paragraph 3" -> Paragraphs 3 and four go into the overset (undo action)
- Delete the text “paragraph 4,” not the text frame, assign ParagraphStyles 3 -> Paragraph three goes into the next page (undo action)
- Delete the text “paragraph 4” and also the text frame, assign ParagraphStyles 3 -> A new page is created, paragraph 3 begins on the new, next…1 vote -
items on parent page moving
Version of Adobe InDesign, InCopy or InDesign Server: 20.5 x64 on Windows 10
Steps to reproduce the issues: Right click in the pages panel, select "Insert Pages," and select one of three parent pages.
Expected result: Primary text frame should be in the same location on the newly created page as it is on the parent page.
Actual result: Primary text frame is in a different location on the newly created page. If I reapply the parent page to that newly created page, the text frame moves to the correct location. (I have an object style applied to the primary…1 vote -
Setting maximum limit above 2000 for "Always subset fonts with glyph counts greater than:" does not work
By default, the InDesign preference General > Always subset fonts with glyph counts greater than is set to 2000 characters. However, there are many popular fonts that have many thousands of glyphs beyond that and changing this number to a higher glyph count to accommodate those fonts does not work. The fonts are still subset even if the PDF export setting is set to "Subset fonts when percent of characters used is less than 0%."
Fonts to try:
Garamond Premier Pro
Arno ProThis is a major problem for files intended for print that require fonts to be fully embedded.
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[ID-4267886]InDesign cloud document doesn't display Tmeline icon when opened from the Save in Web menu
How to reproduce:
-In Creative Cloud desktop app, locate an InDesign cloud document
-Choose the Open in Web menu
In the resulting page of the file, the Timeline icon doesn't appear (see attached images).
The user will need to go to the file list (by clicking Files, for example), click the file, and then the Timeline icon will appear as expected (see attached images).
Additional discussion here:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/bug-indesign-cloud-document-doesn-t-display-tmeline-icon-when-opened-from-the-save-in-web-menu/td-p/155230621 voteHi,
Thank you for reporting the issue. We have been able to reproduce the issue and it is currently under investigation.
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Adobe InDesign Team
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Duplicated layers when placing Illustrator files
When an Illustrator file is placed in InDesign, the tab with Layer options shows multiple versions of the same layers. The number of layers is multiplied by the number of artboards.
I see this issue with newly created Illustrator files. The older .ai files are placed correctly.
InDesign 20.5
Illustrator 29.8.1
macOS10 votes -
High GPU usage by WindowServer on Mac mini M4 Pro (MacOS 26 Tahoe) when running the latest version Adobe InDesign 20.5
High GPU usage by WindowServer on Mac mini M4 Pro (MacOS 26 Tahoe) when running the latest version Adobe InDesign 20.5
WindowServer process consistently shows 60-80% GPU utilization in Activity Monitor when running Adobe InDesign
The problem began specifically after updating from macOS Sequoia to macOS Tahoe. WindowServer should maintain low GPU usage (3-5%) when applications are idle or performing basic tasks, as it did in macOS Sequoia 15.x..When InDesign is opened WindowServer consistently uses 60-80% GPU, leading to:
- Increased power consumption
- Potential thermal throttling
- Reduced performance for other applicationsThe problem occurs when:
- InDesign…1 vote -
Since MAC OS Tahoe 26.0 is installed impossible to work properly with Indesign
Since MAC OS Tahoe 26.0 is installed impossible to work properly with Indesign
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When copying text between InDesign documents, the Word order changes
When copying text between InDesign documents, the Word order changes
I have a textlbox with this content:
"22. DEZ - 03. JAN Weihnachtsferien Ende"I copy this block of text to the clipboard. Then I switch to another InDesign document and paste the text from the clipboard into it. In the target document, however, InDesign changes the order of the text components into a completely meaningless sequence
"JAN Weihnachtsferien Ende .03 - DEZ .22"I made another attempt with this text:
"Eins 6 Zwei 5 Drei 4 Vier 3 Fünf 2 Sechs 1"In the target document, InDesign turns it…
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Display misalignment when dragging left and right.
When using Adobe InDesign, I encounter a display glitch whenever I pan left and right by holding down the spacebar, resulting in visual artifacts as shown in the screenshot. The display returns to normal after zooming with the Alt key, but the issue consistently reappears upon panning again.
I am running InDesign v20.5 (64-bit) on Windows 11.
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GenAI Image location
GenAI Images are automatically saved to the User's iCloud Documents folder. This causes a major issue if projects are shared with other users in that the GenAI Images may not get copied across, resulting in broken links.
Another issue this creates is that if the User's iCloud storage is full, new images will not be created.
There needs to be an option, either in the Preferences or the Links panel, for users to select where GenAI Images are stored.
Please implement this.4 votes -
InDesign hangs constantly during normal editing with no CPU spike, on very fast win. 11 laptop with plenty of memory and drive space.
When using InDesign normally (editing text, copying, pasting, rearranging objects, etc.). I am not saving, exporting, or anything, CPU does not spike, there is plenty of memory and disk space, it is a new high end laptop, it is plugged in, there are no power save features on.
This didn't happen on my older win 10 machine and in older versions of InDesign.
This SEVERELY interrupts workflows as it happens at least once every 15 min or so if not more.
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Drag and drop of master pages between documents not working as expected
Indesign 20.5, Windows 11
Problem: it's possible to drag & drop a master page from one opened document to another opened document, but only if the documents are arranged side by side. For comparison: in Photoshop, if you want to copy a layer between documents, you can simply grab it, move the mouse pointer to the other document's tab, which would then switch to that document and then you drop. Not so with Indesign. In the same way of thinking it should be possible to drag & drop ID layers between documents, but this doesn't work at all.
Please align…1 vote -
Restore “Next/Previous Window” shortcut functionality when Stage Manager is enabled
When using InDesign 2025 on macOS Tahoe with Stage Manager enabled, the Next Window (⌘`
) and **Previous Window** (⇧⌘`) shortcuts do not work. Even if the shortcuts are reassigned in Preferences, InDesign cannot cycle through open documents.What’s happening:
Stage Manager collapses all InDesign document windows into a single OS-level container. macOS then reports that InDesign has only one window, so InDesign’s “Next/Previous Window” commands never cycle.Why this is critical:
• Multi-document workflows are core to professional design.
• Losing the ability to quickly flip between open documents slows production work significantly.
• Competing macOS apps (Safari,…1 vote -
"remove forced line breaks" gets unchecked any time I load table of contents styles
Bug report:
Version of Adobe InDesign: 20.4.1 x64
Steps to reproduce the issues: Create TOC style with the option "remove forced line breaks" checked and save file. Start a new file and load the TOC style from the earlier file.
Expected result: TOC style remains unchanged from original after loading.
Actual result: TOC style loads, but "remove forced line breaks" has been automatically unchecked.1 vote -
"remove forced line breaks" gets unchecked any time I load table of contents styles
Bug report:
Version of Adobe InDesign: 20.4.1 x64
Steps to reproduce the issues: Create TOC style with the option "remove forced line breaks" checked and save file. Start a new file and load the TOC style from the earlier file.
Expected result: TOC style remains unchanged from original after loading.
Actual result: TOC style loads, but "remove forced line breaks" has been automatically unchecked.1 vote -
placed .svg - can't double click to select the svg content
Indesign 20.5, Windows 11, german
settings, perhaps relevant to the bug:
- is disabled: "highlight objects with selection tool"
- Extras > "Content Selection Tool" disabled/enabled – makes no differenceContext: you can double click pageItems with places images and vector graphics to move or scale the content.
With a placed SVG i can NOT double click to get to the the transformable orange content borders.I am forced to use either the "direct selection tool" (white arrow), the content selection tool (focus ring), or the "select content" icon in the controlpanel.
Can somebody confirm, please?
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facing page bleed issue on pdf export
If I have facing pages setup with art that touches the inner page edge but does not go over that page border there is a tiny slice of that art that shows up when exporting a pdf. My client always notes it as an error. Example: left hand page has an image that fill the page and bleeds off the left but only touches the right hand side of the page. I use align to right of page so it is right on the edge. I export to pdf and a teeny tiny sliver of that image shows up on…
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pdf comments
Some pdf comments are not correctly imported in indesign. Mostly small remarks like punctuation marks, small text inserts,....
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2-9% CPU usage when application is in background/minimized - happens on multiple computers
2-9% CPU usage when application is in background/minimized. This happens on multiple computers. Older machines have seen up to 30% in IDLE. My newer PC runs 2-3% even with only one document open.
This is unsustainable both for PC resource use, energy efficiency, and usability.
There is no GOOD reason for this.
It has been an issue for multiple years now. Please fix!
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Find/Replace doesn't jump to parent pages
ID version 20.5, Windows 11
Problem: when using the Find/Replace dialog, there is a switch to also search in parent pages. Usually, the find action would jump to the text it finds, but not to a parent page, at least not if the found text is in a locked text frame. But that's illogical. It could at least jump to that parent page. Whether it would mark the found text or not in the locked text frame, is discussable, but even that is no magic. Just mark the text, even if I, as user, cannot change it for the moment.1 vote
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