Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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Change language
Hi
I have installed InDesign version 21.1 x64 for Windows with norwegian menus. I try to change menus from norwegian to english, but it does not work. I uninstalled InDesign and went to Creative Cloud Desktop -Apps. - Preferences - and changed the language to english and reinstalled InDesign. The menus are still in Norwegian. Why does that happen? Will you please give me an answer.
Sincerly Gunnar Eggen, mailaddress: gunnar.eggen@gmail.com1 vote -
Lenteur extrême indesign 2026
Bonjour,
depuis environ 1 semaine (dernière mise à jour 21.1 x64 d'InDesign sur PC), chaque lettre ajoutée à un document dans InDesign 2026 met presque 10 secondes avant d'apparaître et que je puisse agir de nouveau sur mon document. Même chose pour sélectionner un mot ou pour effectuer la moindre action dans un texte en cours d'édition. seule le curseur bouge normalement, mais il disparaît tant que l'action en cours n'a pas été réalisée.
J'ai désinstallé et réinstallé InDesign en supprimant les préférences. rien n'a changé.
J'ai réinitialisé les préférences et rien n'a changé.
Mon système est très récent :…1 vote -
Table of Contents running heads
The Table of Contents should have an option to include just the running head portion of a paragraph, often in a bold style in my documents. Otherwise one has to manually strip out all the text that follows after a running head in the Table of Contents.
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text dissapere when editing
The documents text dissapeares when I'm editing text - why - and I have the latest version 21.1
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BUG: InDesign 2025–2026 forces pasted Illustrator vectors to embedded EPS
Description:
InDesign 2025–2026 frequently forces pasted Illustrator vector artwork to be placed as embedded EPS, even when the artwork is extremely simple (few paths, no effects, no transparency).When pasting from Illustrator, the following warning appears:
“This command would create a large number of page items and would severely degrade performance. Data will be placed as embedded EPS.”After confirming the warning, the pasted object is no longer editable:
- Ungroup is unavailable
- Individual vector paths cannot be selected
- Fill and stroke cannot be edited
- The object cannot be used as an image frameSteps to Reproduce:…
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Tables and text randomly disappear in Adobe InDesign document
While working in Adobe InDesign, tables and text frames intermittently disappear from the document, even though their frames and guides are still visible. As shown in the attached image, content that should be displayed (tables and text) is no longer visible on the page layout.
This issue occurs during normal editing and navigation of the document and does not appear to be related to hidden layers or visibility settings. The problem affects document review and editing, making it difficult to verify content accuracy.
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ePub synthetic spread export not including xml / html language tags
Version 21.0
When exporting a Fixed Layout EPUB with the <Enable Synthetic Spreads> option, the language tags are not exporting in the HTML, which is an issue for accessibility. The language tags ARE exported properly when the <Convert Spread to Landscape Page> option is chosen, so this clearly seems to be a glitch with this particular export option.
I would expect the following code to be at the top of each of the HTML files <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns:epub="http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops">, and this at the top of the OPF file: <package xmlns="http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf" version="3.0" unique-identifier="bookid" prefix="ibooks: http://vocabulary.itunes.apple.com/rdf/ibooks/vocabulary-extensions-1.0/" xml:lang="en">
However, the exported files…
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Linked images are not loading after Mac OS upgrade to Tahoe 26.2
Linked images are coming up distorted/warped after upgrading my Mac's OS to Tahoe 26.2. Can be corrected by manually relinking all the images, but what a pain. Screenshot example included.
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Assets disappear when dragging off the page onto the artboard.
Version 21.1 x64
Assets disappear when dragging them off the page and onto the artboard. This also causes the the preview to ignore everything outside of the bleed effectively eliminating the artboard entirely. See attached.
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Show Import Options no longer remains enabled
The “Show Import Options” checkbox does not remain enabled in the “Place” dialog. In some cases, it stays checked for one or two items, but when importing more than that, the option is automatically deselected.
Previously, this setting remained enabled. While this may appear to be a minor issue, it causes significant inconvenience and seriously disrupts the workflow.
Version: 21.1.x64
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Error in batch conversion from InDesign 21.0 to PDF
Doing a batch conversion of InDesign files to PDF is not working.
InDesign version 21.0
Steps:
1. Go to https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/acrobat/createpdf/
2. Select Convert to PDF
3. “Add a file from your device” selected
4. Selected InDesign files created in version 21.0
5. Acrobat will show converting and then conversion fail
6. Tested files created in version 20.5 following the same steps and conversion successful1 vote -
[ID-4275284][Windows][KB5074109][KB5073724]InDesign encounters Error 2 while saving files or crashes during the save process
Abruptly files that have been edited on a Mac are corrupting when opened on PC and a save is attempted - often crashing InDesign repeatedly. Can normally eventually save a copy to 'Downloads' - rather than the shared Dropbox folder and then overwrite but tends to take several restarts and recovery attemps / saving as idml. Gives a variety of error messages - sometimes error 2, sometimes unable to do this process, some times tried to save but couldn't... any ideas?!
Microsoft has acknowledged the issue, and we’re working closely with them to resolve it as quickly as possible.
Windows
…53 votesWe are closely monitoring the KB previously shared by Microsoft for Windows 10 | Windows 11, and we see that the issue status is marked as resolved (Resolved: 23 Jan 2026, 14:00 PT).
- Windows 11 - Resolution: This issue is resolved in the out-of-band (OOB) update released on January 24, 2026, (KB5078127), and updates released after this date.
- Windows 10 - Resolution: This issue is resolved in the out-of-band (OOB) update KB5078129, released on January 24, 2026, and available via the Microsoft Update Catalog, as well as in updates released after this date.
We have validated the fix on Windows 11 and are seeing the issue resolved. Kindly install the latest update and confirm whether it resolves the issue for you.
Thanks and Regards
Sanyam Talwar (he/him) | Adobe InDesign | Linkedin | Twitter
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Paragraph Shading does not include Bullets / Numbering
When Numbering is set for a Paragraph Style, Paragraph Shading (set to Text Width) it skips the numbers.
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New image replacement functionality
InDesign question. I work with placeholder images quite often in low resolution (LR). I then need to replace them with the high resolution (HR) versions once approved. This was always a simple task of replacing the LR image with the new HR image via the links panel. The new image would replace the old exactly, no resizing required. Since the latest update this is not the case. The new image comes in at completely the wrong size and I have to go through the document to rework EVERY image. As you can imagine this is very frustrating. Why has this…
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InDesign Crashes When Placing, Relinking, or Modifying Object Layer Options
I've been using this process for years with placing specific Layer Comps from Photoshop in InDesign, but lately it's been crashing when Placing, Relinking, or modifying Object Layer Options.
I don't know if this is a computer issue or InDesign bug. I'm running Windows 11 Enterprise, 32GB 8400 MT/s RAM, Core Ultra 7 265H, and 8GB RTX Pro 2000 Blackwell.
InDesign version is 21.1
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AdjustLayoutPreference Object Properties Not Working in InDesign 2025 & 2026 Scripts
Hi All,
I am using Indesign 2025 and 2026; I would like to enable the "Adjust Layout" option in my documents through the Indesign scripting by using "AdjustLayoutPreferences" object properties as in InDesign ExtendScript API Model, but Indesign throwed error is "Eval Error (#55): "Object does not support the property or method 'adjustLayoutPreferences'".
below is my code:
var myDocument = app.activeDocument;
try {
myDocument.layoutAdjustmentPreferences.enableLayoutAdjustment=true;
myDocument.layoutAdjustmentPreferences.allowGraphicsToResize=false;
myDocument.layoutAdjustmentPreferences.allowRulerGuidesToMove=false;
myDocument.layoutAdjustmentPreferences.ignoreObjectOrLayerLocks=true;
myDocument.layoutAdjustmentPreferences.ignoreRulerGuideAlignments=true;
myDocument.layoutAdjustmentPreferences.snapZone = 0;
} catch (error) {
myDocument.adjustLayoutPreferences.enableAutoAdjustMargins=true;
myDocument.adjustLayoutPreferences.enableAdjustLayout=true;
myDocument.adjustLayoutPreferences.allowLockedObjectsToAdjust=true;
myDocument.adjustLayoutPreferences.enableAdjustLayout=true;
}Could someone please check and suggest, how to resolve this issue?
Regards,
Mani1 vote -
Tint on frame export to *.pdf issue
InDesign 26.1 x64; Windows 11 25H2;
1. Create new document with two pages, add 20% of black on each text frame.
2. Export to pdf file (Standard PDF/X-3:202)
expected pdf file - two pages with 20% tint
actual: to white pages1 vote -
Have more Title Case formatting options
Please add more Title Case formatting options like AMA AP APA, Bluebook, Chicago, MLA;etc.
The default one people often have to edit, making words like "of", "and";etc not start with a capital letter2 votes -
Have ALL Case Options under Paragraph Styles
The text case options in the top menu should also be in paragraph styles, but instead we have limit options in paragraph styles.
If I want Title Case for a paragraph style, there should be an option for it2 votes -
CC Libraries freeze when closing and opening InDesign again
The CC Libraries windows works fine, until you close the project & the InDesign app with the red X in the left top corner. (MacOS) It doesn't fully close and that is okay. But when you try to open any project again or create a new one, the CC Libraries freeze. You can still take out things from the window, but cannot scroll. The only option to fix that is to restart the whole app.
Version of Adobe InDesign: 21.1
Steps to reproduce the issues:
1. Create new file
2. Use CC Libraries
3. Close the window with red X…2 votes
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