Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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1463 results found
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PDF comments UI bug
In the panel for "pdf comments" you can set a filter to show only some types of comments. If you open this panel, all "comment type fields" are unselected – although they can all be seen in the document (screenshot 1). This is a mistake. All the fields should be selected at this point.
If you click on one or more types, only these types will be displayed in the InDesign document. Correct behavior now. (Screenshot 2)
Tested with InDesign 2026 21.1 and 2026 Prerelease 21.2
5 votes -
Stuff missing when writing pdf
When I try to write a PDF using 2021, I often get a failure, or the PDF writes, but a load of detail is missing from it. The only workaround seems to be to write the PDF from the desktop.
What's going on?
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Share for Review
Share for Review and PDF export have been consistently not working. Below is a screen share of my attempting to export a PDF and share for review. I recently got a new computer. I don't know if it's an issue with syncing but it's happening with every document I open. I get notifications from time to time saying PDF won't export because of a PNG file that is misplaced but it doesn't mention what file. Imagine trying to locate the needle in a haystack.
I've closed the files, restarted inDesign, verified that it was up to date, scoured the forums,…
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Exporting a PDF from Indesign is creating Form Xobject containers for everything.
This is happening to me now and is messing everything up for 508 accessibility remediation. Copied this from another user. "The latest version of InDesign exports PDF's in which most all the tagged content is in an Xobject container, making accessibility remediation MUCH MORE DIFFICULT. This is a huge step backwards. Attached are two examples, from the same client, annual reports- last year's was fine, this year's has all the xobject issues. Please advise, help, fix, something!!!"
5 votes -
PDF comment zoom changes
Steps to reproduce: .When clicking through the list of PDF comments and a new entry is called there is a chance that the zoom level of the Indesign view is being changed from its original setting. Expected result: the zoom level should be kept in line with the users setting. The focus should jump to the position even when a marked area might not be visible in full in that zoom level. Actual result: Zoom level changes, sometimes even when only a full stop has been marked in the PDF comment to e.g. full page view zoom which is time…
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InDesign and PDF comments: extremely slow
- Version of Adobe InDesign V 18.0
- Importing the PDF comments to indesign, some tags when selected, makes the program extremely slow, taking several minutes to release the indesign again.
- The expected result would be that it was a matter of seconds and not minutes.
- The basic ones work very well, but markings like geometric figures and annotations make the indesign very slow.
- And here's a link to a video to see how you need to switch from one appointment to another: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jzxsh7t9ci0a8y1/teste.mp4?dl=0
11 votes -
pdf
Schneidpfad aus InDesign als Pfad exportieren.
Eine Kontur in Volltonfarbe angelegt, soll als Schneidpfad verwendet werden. Bei der PDF Generierung wird diese Linie als Kontur interpretiert ( 2 Linien beidseitig der Kontur) und in Folge doppelt geschnitten. Wie läßt sich das ändern?
InDesign 20.2.x641 vote -
Applescript export and save commands not working
InDesign 2025 - Applescript export and save commands not working.
Tested on muliple mac OS versions4 votes -
Certain images appear as grey boxes after PDF has been exported
Adobe InDesign Version: 17.0.1
Laptop Used: https://www.msi.com/Laptop/GF75-Thin-9SX-GTX/SpecificationAll images in In Design document appear fully rendered however when exported to PDF some with the PNG file type appear as a grey box.
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InDesign steals focus in Windows 10
Whenever InDesign launches or performs a task such as PDF export, if the user switches to another application, InDesign will steal the focus back.
This annoyance has been around for quite some time as outlined in this thread: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2001514
6 votesNo activity on this thread for the past 3 years.
Closing the thread.—
Adobe InDesign team -
data merge to PDF: page numbers (generated with current page number marker) don't increase
To recreate this bug:
1) Make a new print document 8 pages long (doesn't matter if pages are facing or not) A4 or letter size (this doesn't matter either)
2) Go to the master page and somewhere on the master page, add a new text frame and within that frame, add an auto page number.
3) In a text editor, create the following file for test purposes and save it with the name "test.txt" - (cut and paste the next five lines of text):
name
Colin
David
Jose
Max
4) Return to InDesign, go to the data merge palette and…4 votes -
InDesign Export Issue
Creative Cloud InDesign shifts the colors of spot colors when generating pdf files. Only solution is to backsave as an idml file and then generate a pdf through pre-Creative Cloud InDesign application.
1 vote -
Merging Border not apply correctly on different paragraphs of the same style
Indesign CC 2019 (14.0.3)
The borders don't merge on different paragraphs of the same style , although "merge borders" is checked in the paragraph style. The borders leave a line in the center of the text.
It's not happen everytime but the bug remains on the PDF export.
8 votes -
Import PDF Comments - New Bugs identified - Part 3
We're also facing below issues in the new feature, called 'Import PDF Comments':
(1) [CRITICAL ERROR] When any insertion is happening at the end of paragraph, InDesign is swapping the last character after the new insertion
(2) When any PDF comments appeared within the tinted panel, it's not replacing properly
Please let me know for any clarifications on the above given feedback.
4 votes -
table header image not showing PDF
https://indd.adobe.com/view/029f4fe9-1108-4554-ba34-c8e4c510750c
Use the link to see the document all correct however when exporting to PDF the images in the header for pages 2 & 3 disappear. You can test this using the link or by using the attached file. Both get the same result. But looks perfect in inDesign.2 votes -
Import specific pdf page with Data merge
It could be interesting to include a specific page from a pdf into a data merge link and not only the page 1.
It could be useful when we have a lot of pages in the pdf and only one image by page.3 votes -
Placed PNG in InDesign, than export as PNG ... unfortunately the placed PNG displays as grey box.
Placed PNG in InDesign, than exported as PNG ... unfortunately the placed PNG displays as grey box. I tested the same file and exported it as a PDF and as a JPG the placed PNG is visible. Hardware and software is up-to-date.
7 votes -
Stuck on adding font, other background task get stuck in queue that never clears
Occasionally I open a document that tries to add fronts in background, it fails then the task is added to Background Tasks and hangs indefinitely. Then if I try to export a PDF, it is added to background tasks but will not progress until the fonts are added, which they never finish loading.
5 votes -
PDF Comments Unmapped / Adobe Indesign 2020, 15.0.1 (latest issue)
- Adobe Indesign 2020, 15.0.1 (latest issue, updated)
- Several files opened and attempted to edit with PDF markups. Have checked the PDF file in acrobat and correct.
- Comments should be mapped to identical document but are not.
- Most, if not all comments are unmapped (latest document completely unmapped - 50!!).
5 votesPlease elaborate on the issue you are experiencing, giving concrete steps and examples to help us understand this better.
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Adobe InDesign team -
[ID-4228495]Export Tagging: ‘i’ character in class name exports as blank space
I just did the 2018 update, so I think it's the most recent version: 13.0 x64
I have a document template that contains many character and paragraph styles with export CSS tags that contain the lowercase ‘i’ in them. This character is being exported as a blank space, which completely breaks the CSS, like this:
should be: <p class="bright"></p>
getting: <p class="br ght"></p>This problem was easily replicated in a fresh new document, so it’s something with InDesign, rather than my template file.
This workflow involves complex style mapping through to CSS classes. Because so many of the classes…
109 votesClosed: Not Reproducible ·
AdminSanyam Talwar
(Senior Lead Software Engineer, Adobe InDesign)
responded
To identify the cause of this issue, we started our investigation to resolve it. You might have also received an email from us seeking more details to help in our investigation.
We’ve concluded our investigation and came up with the following: Either the issue is fixed in the latest release of InDesign or the issue was intermittent at the time of its reporting and is not reproducible now.
We recommend you upgrade to the latest version of InDesign 2026(v21.0.0.192) as it is more robust and contains a lot of bug fixes.
We seek your support in our continual effort to improve InDesign.
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Adobe InDesign Team
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