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  1. Critical workflow break: period in filename makes Save As unusable after Tahoe upgrade — no workaround

    Area: macOS 26 Tahoe – Save / Export Dialog with Indesign

    Summary:
    In macOS 26 Tahoe, the Save As filename field does not pre-populate when opening a Save As or Export dialog in Adobe InDesign. When manually retyping the filename, if the name contains a period followed by a space, the entire field is cleared the moment the space is typed. This does not happen with filenames that contain no period. No known workaround resolves this.

    Steps to reproduce:
    1. Open a document in Adobe InDesign whose filename contains a period (e.g. "April 12.26Quarter Page HorSN.indd")
    2. Go…

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  2. Pages panel not scrolling to allow all pages to be accessible

    InDesign v21.3 (Updated last week, no issues until today. Daily use)

    This morning when I opened InDesign, I discovered I was unable to scroll and select the last page of the document. The top half of the last page is visible through the bottom bar of the panel where the number of pages is displayed but unclickable. This prevents a change of parent page style, addition of pages in the correct parent style or the selection to override the parent page style.

    I have tried resetting my workspace, restarting Indesign and changing panel views. The bottom row remains elusive.

    2 votes

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  3. Wheel of death when placing images

    Lately, the spinning wheel has been appearing, especially when I place a photo via drag-and-drop, but also when I use the "Place" command from the menu. When the spinning wheel appears (and stays there), I can close or save the document, but the undo/redo functions no longer work, other functions work limited. After closing all documents, I have to force-quit the application; otherwise, InDesign won’t close. When I reopen it, sometimes it loads previously closed documents with recovery, even though I closed them myself. The "CPU Preview / Preflight Off" mode doesn’t work. I work with local documents (I don’t…

    3 votes

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  4. Bloqueo congelamiento.

    Indesing es una porquería de app, se para colgando, no permite que se grabe y cuando se reinicia se han borrado todos los trabajos. Aprendan a hacer bien un programa ¡Inútiles!

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  5. **Title:** Grayscale TIFF colorization exports low-resolution unless transparency is forced (InDesign 21.3 / macOS 26.4) **Environment:*

    Grayscale TIFF colorization exports as low-resolution unless transparency is forced (InDesign 21.3 / macOS 26.4)

    Environment:

    • InDesign version: 21.3
    • macOS version: 26.4 (build 25E246)
    • Hardware: Mac (Apple Silicon, exact model available on request)
    • PDF export presets tested: High Quality Print, custom (no compression), PDF 1.3–1.8
    • GPU on/off tested

    Description of the issue:

    Grayscale TIFF images placed in InDesign and colorized using the InDesign color tools export as visibly pixelated (low-resolution) in PDF.

    • The source images are high-resolution and correctly linked
    • The display in InDesign (high quality preview) is perfectly sharp
    • The issue appears only after PDF export
    • RGB/JPEG images do…
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  6. In InDesign 2025 (version 20.5.2) and InDesign 2026 (version 21.3), when packaging a document, composite fonts and Japanese-language fonts a

    OS: macOS 15.7.4
    Version: InDesign 2025 (20.5.2) and InDesign 2026 (21.3)

    In all versions up to and including InDesign 2024, only Latin (Western) fonts were subject to collection during packaging. However, from InDesign 2025 onwards through the current version, Japanese-language fonts and composite fonts are also being collected during the packaging process. This requires us to manually remove the relevant files from the package folder each time, resulting in a significant and recurring burden on our workflow.
    Furthermore, because composite fonts are being collected as font files, an alert indicating that the fonts cannot be found is displayed every time…

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  7. CC Library window appears distorted and stretched

    I noticed that the CC Library window is sometimes stretched or distorted up to a point where it's not readable. Especially when combined with other tools or re-arranged in own workspace this happens.

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  8. paragraph shading where inline table is used #2

    As a way to attract focus to a bug-story that is almost 6 year old and unsolved but to me and a few other professionals very important bug.

    https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs/suggestions/41942455-paragraph-shading-where-inline-table-is-used

    I added some screenshots there

    1 vote

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  9. outer glow moved

    Objects with outer glow or drop shadow display the effect in the wrong location.

    You can see the expected out come and then the glow effects in the completely wrong locations in the other image.

    Indesign 21.3 x64.

    2 votes

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  10. Linked Illustrator Files Not Displaying Correctly in InDesign

    We are experiencing an issue where Illustrator (.ai) files with linked assets are not displayed correctly when placed in InDesign.

    InDesign does not properly render or recognize the linked content inside the Illustrator file, which affects preview and output accuracy. Currently, the only workaround is to embed all links in Illustrator before placing the file, which increases file size and slows down the workflow.

    Please advise if there is a fix or recommended workflow for handling linked assets between Illustrator and InDesign.

    1 vote

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  11. In v 21.3, shift and control shift don't work with arrow keys to nudge in larger or smaller increments

    In InDesign v 21.3, my arrow keys work to nudge elements in 1 px increments, but I'm not able to nudge in larger or smaller increments. When I hold the shift key and press the arrow to nudge 10px, nothing happens. When I hold the shift and control keys and press the arrows to nudge .01 px, nothing happens. This feature works fine in InDesign v 20 and Illustrator v 30.3. I'm surrently running v 20 to avoid this issue.

    1 vote

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  12. [ID-4279268][Support Ending for Intel Based Apps] Rosetta 2 is planned to be mostly discontinued by late 2027

    Mac OS gives error alert on launch Indesign, also Photoshop

    Reported bug to Apple:

     Adobe 2026 InDesign & Photoshop2026 are both Universal’ apps. (per Get Info window on each app).
     When I launch either of these, I get a Notification saying it will no longer be supported on a future OS release. 
    
     Please get your act together.
    
    2 votes

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  13. links

    In InDesign 2026 21.2, when opening an .indd document in a package folder, the links cannot be found in the Links folder, even though it is in the correct location.
    Opening the .idml file in InDesign 2026 21.2 works.
    Opening the .idml file in InDesign 2025 20.5.2 works normaly, and saving the document as .indd from InDesign 2025 and then opening it in InDesign 2026 works again.
    This is therefore a serious bug in InDesign 2026.

    1 vote

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  14. Multiframe – incorrect resizing when view is rotated

    Create frame: 20 × 20 mm.
    Use “Step and Repeat” to duplicate them 5 times horizontally.
    Rotate the view by 90 degrees.
    Select all frames (in rotate view: width: 20 mm, height: 100 mm)
    Try to change their width to 30 mm
    3. Expected width: 30 mm, height: 100 mm
    4. Result: width: 20 mm, height: 30 mm

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  15. In Indesign v. 21.3 bug in the Flex Layout feature are cut letters with overhanging elements

    In InDesign v. 21.3, there's a bug in the Flex Layout feature. Letters with overhanging elements are cut off when printed and in the preview

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  16. Unresponsive Panel Icons & Graphical Overlap when Importing Illustrator Files

    1. Panel UI Issue:

    Issue: Double-clicking icons in the collapsed right panel does not activate them. Shortcuts also fail to open the panels.

    Current Workaround: Panels only open when clicking the small '<<' (Expand) icon at the top of the dock.

    1. Illustrator Import/Update Issue:

    Issue: When importing or updating an .ai file, InDesign occasionally displays a "ghost" image where the previous version and the updated version overlap.

    Current Workaround: I have to delete the link and re-import the file from scratch to fix the display.

    Environment:

    OS: Windows 11 (또는 사용 중인 OS)

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  17. Find Change

    Find and change no longer offers just to find and change something within a story (text box) - if shows either Search: Document or Search: All Documents, whereas previously it would additionally show Search: Selected text, and Search: Story.
    This is a major problem.

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  18. colore del testo

    il nuovo testo che si inserisce non è in colore nero ma in colore registro

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  19. FRONTE E RETRO

    IN FASE DI STAMPA FRONTE E RETRO IL RETRO LO CAPOVOLGE

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  20. 21.2 Acting Strange

    I updated to 21.2 and ever since then, I have had these things happen:
    1. Freezes (beach ball spinning)
    2. Unable to "undo" (the undo is greyed out and Indesign seems to have no memory of the last event
    3. Icons get stuck. When I change tools, it still is showing the magnifying glass tool not the selection or type tool. But I acts like that tool is active (so can type text, but shows magnifying glass icon)
    4. Is crashing A LOT! And it has been years since I have had any issues with Indeisgn crashing.

    Anyone know what…

    3 votes

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