Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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Error Number: 30619
When opening InDesign GA 21.0 I am now getting this pop message. I do not get the same thing in Beta version
1 voteHi,
As confirmed by the user, the issue is resolved by removing second scrollframe folder
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Adobe InDesign Team
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Unable to select multiple objects
Yesterday InDesign 21.0 was forced upon me and it is nothing but issues.
This very annoying issue is that I can't select multiple objects. I click one, I hold shift to select another one - and it deselects the first one. I have tried every possible combination of keys, and multiple restarts. I can only select multiple objects by dragging across them, which does not work for all layouts, or by using CMD-A.1 voteHi,
As confirmed by the user, the issue is resolved with the latest InDesign 2026(v21.0.0.192).
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Adobe InDesign Team
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Recurring connectivity issue with InDesign
Hi Support Team,
We are experiencing a recurring connectivity issue with Adobe InDesign. The same error message has appeared again, and I’m unable to open the program. My internet connection seems to be working properly, so I don’t believe that’s the cause of the problem.
My Adobe membership/subscription is still active, and all other Adobe applications are functioning normally. This suggests that the issue isn’t related to the license itself.
Could you please advise on what might be causing this and how to resolve it?
1 voteFirst logout from your creative cloud client, reboot your computer (cold boot) and then login with your Adobe ID again.
If this doesn't help try to reset the CC app by following the steps below:
Bring the CC app in the foreground the press:
- Win: Ctrl + Alt + R
- Mac: Cmd + Opt + R
If this doeswn't help try the steps below:
- Sign out from the Adobe Creative Cloud desktop application (Sign in and sign out to activate Creative Cloud apps)
- Browse to the location: [System Drive]:\ProgramData\Adobe
- Rename the 'SLStore' folder to 'SLStore_old'
- Browse to the location: [System Drive]:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe
- Rename the 'SLCache' folder to 'SLCache_old'
- Sign in to the Adobe CC desktop app
You may also try below steps:
Close all Adobe apps and make sure no Adobe processes are running in Task Manager.
- Make sure that Hosts file does not contains Adobe…
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InDesign. 20.4.1 x64 . PNG Not Transparent
PNG's created on up to date PSD or historical PSD versions, not showing up as Transparent for InDesign version in subject.
Still works in 2024 version of InDesign.
Tried reset in 2025 version; along with 3 hours of assistance with chat team. Lost reference number as chat window closed before I could copy transcript.
Please note, not a PSD problem; tied directly to the version of ID quoted.
Chat occuRred with Adobe team from approximately 5pm-7pm, Friday July 25, 2025, PST.
I'm removing the 2025 version for the older version.
John
1 voteHi,
As confirmed by the user, the issue is resolved with the latest InDesign 2025(v20.5.0.048).
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Adobe InDesign Team
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Error message is seen while opening InDesign after Photoshop 26.5 update
Problem Description
After the PhotoShop 26.5 update this morning, when opening InDesign, I got an error popup regarding a missing startup script in PhotoShop. The same thing does not happen in other CC apps.
Workaround 1:
- Uninstall Photoshop 26.5 (make sure to remove preferences).
- Reinstall Photoshop 26.5. This will install the correct “photoshop_v2025.jsx”.
Workaround 2:
- Open jsx, which is available at "/Library/application support/Adobe/Startup Scripts CC/Adobe Photoshop/" mentioned in the alert in the Text Editor
- Add } in the last line
3 votesHi,
As confirmed by the user, the issue is due to the latest Photoshop update, and the workaround below would resolve the issue.
Workaround 1:
1. Uninstall Photoshop 26.5 (make sure to remove preferences).
2. Reinstall Photoshop 26.5. This will install the correct “photoshop_v2025.jsx”.
Workaround 2:
1. Open jsx, which is available at "/Library/application support/Adobe/Startup Scripts CC/Adobe Photoshop/" mentioned in the alert in the Text Editor
2. Add } in the last line
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Adobe InDesign Team
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[ID-4261037] JavaScript is not working in InDesign 20.2.0
allow me to get a version of 20.1 from the cloud until you fix the problem
1 voteWe tried executing the script shared by you at our end and found that the extension you are using for the script should be ".scpt"(applescript) and not".jsx"(javascript). Please try changing the extension of your script to ".scpt".
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Adobe InDesign Team
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Workspace dissapears when selecting objects
When selecting objects with the mouse cursor or selecting text, the workspace disappears and everything becomes white. Once the process is finished, everything appears normal again.
I use Adobe Indesign 19.1, macOS14.2.1, Apple M1 Max 32GB.1 voteThis issue is fixed in the latest update of Sonoma 14.3 released a few days back.
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Adobe InDesign team
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Style Packs
i have adobe indesign 19.0.1
i don't have "Style Packs" in windows menu under styles
why?1 voteThe Style Packs feature is currently available only in English (International), English (North America), and German locales of InDesign.
If you are using InDesign on any other locale than the ones mentioned above, you will not see this feature.
Hope this helps.
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Adobe InDesign team
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Redefine style changes Grep Style
When redefining a style based on changes to an existing style (and that existing style has a GREP style in use), the style parameters of the style or grep style are changed. Whereas, if you edit a style directly and apply the same changes, the grep style is unaffected. See video.
1 voteIn the 1st case in your video, you have applied a local override to the Style by changing. That's why you see a + in the name of the Style. When you Redefine that Style, the overrides go away and the Style gets redefined with the new attributes.
However, in the 2nd case, you are Editing the Style directly by opening the Style dialog. So any changes you make in the dialog automatically becomes part of the Style itself and there is no need to Redefine it from the panel menu.
It is working correctly.
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Adobe InDesign team
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eyedropper + shift
Eyedropper tool bug, when I'm trying to use the optionnal command "Shift" (the eyedropper become a target), it supposed to grab only color, which is not the case on 19.0 on mac, it seems to work as a normal eyedropper :s
1 voteIn InDesign, pressing Shift with the Eyedropper Tool to grab a specific color from an Image (like JPG, etc.) works.
It will not work if you try to grab to use Shift with Eyedropper to grab a specific color from a Gradient filled object.
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Adobe InDesign team
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"O" button popup is blocking use of small text box anchorpoint.
This problem happens when attempting to resize small rectangle text boxes (smaller than .9") with the bottom/center anchorpoint. When clicking directly on the anchorpoint, instead of being able to drag it up or down to resize, a small pop-up box appears by the "O" symbol that has a check box for "All Small Caps." this disallows me to resize. I'm not clicking the "O." I'm clicking directly on the bottom/center anchorpoint.
This problem affects my workflow every time I use Indesign. I have to instead use the top anchorpoint and reposition. Please reconfigure where the "O" button appears on a…
1 voteIn Preferences dialog > Advanced Type, there is an option at the bottom called 'Show Adornment...'
Uncheck this option to stop showing "O" on selected Text Frame.
Hope you'll find it useful.
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InDesign team
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Missing ALT-Text in PDF
Since the latest update to InDesign 16.3.2 alternative text to hyperlinks and cross-references is not included in the <Link> tag of the exported PDF-document.
3 votesIt has been implemented this way as per Accessibility Requirements.
According to Accessibility Requirements, Alt Text should be placed under the /K Array in the Dictionary – please see attachment for more information.
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turn off Touch workspace!
Can Adobe PLEASE stop making the Touch workspace compulsory every time the app launches. Not all users want this. We didn't ask Adobe to turn off our usual interface and replace it with a Touch version.
When we have to go through the mandatory 'hey this is new examples' EVERY TIME just to get into the app, only to have to turn it off by choosing "essentials" (top right) EVERY TIME we launch the app, it becomes a major pain.
Who on earth at Adobe throught this would be a good idea? Surely this is just a bug? Why isn't…
4 votesTouch screen on Windows can be disabled by following the steps mentioned on this page by Microsoft:
Hope that is helpful.
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Adobe InDesign team
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Can't Rename Objects in Layers Panel on MacOS Big Sur
Adobe Indesign 16.1, macOS Big Sur 11.2.3
I cannot rename objects or layers in the layers panel. I've attached a video of the typical triple-click method and all you see is a quick flash of the editing mode but it is never actually able to be edited.
6 votesHello there,
The way to rename in the Layers panel is to click once to highlight, then click again to rename.
Please see the attachment on how it is to be done.
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indesign 16.0 - new bug - text-wrap with image not correct
If i place an image into a frame and set text-wrap on that frame, it works correct and text breaks fine. If however i set the same text-wrap on the image (double click image or select content) instead of the frame, it will not wrap the text at the correct width. See attached screenshot.
1 voteThe values that are shown in the Text Wrap panel & also the Frame Fitting Options dialog for Crop amounts relate to the inherent image size, not to the size it appears within InDesign – that is, they refer to the image as though it were placed at 100% scale. That means it’s based on the image resolution and the scaling at which it is placed.
To see how this works, when you place an image, just click on the document – it will come at its 100% scale. Now select the Image contents, open the Text Wrap panel, and input 30mm in one of the fields, the value will be correct. Now scale down the image contents to 50% of its size – now measure the text wrap – it will be roughly 15mm in size.Hope it helps.
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Missing strikethrough, replace text, and highlight options on share for review web link
We're using the public (with password) share for review option for our annual report because we didn't want one-time reviewers to have to make an account.
I thought that's why I was only seeing the draw and thumbtack options on the online review. But after updating InDesign the options appeared today. And then they disappeared again and I can't get them to come back.
I hope this feature can be fixed. It was so much easier to make the updates from the comments then emailed edits and scans of people markups that they PDF'd.
We had one other issue before,…
1 voteResetting browser settings has made all the Tools available.
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Share for review is not working for some files.
Ever since the update, share for review isn't working.
3 votesAfter following the steps, the issue stands resolved for users.
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Share For Review, only getting shape tool and pin tool.
In share for review, I only see the pin tool and the shape tool. All of the other reviewing tools that I should be seeing are missing. They appear briefly and then disappear.
2 votesIf the Share for Review was created using the previous version of InDesign – InDesign 2020 (v 15.1/v15.1.1/v15.1.2), then only 2 Tools are visible in the browser – Pin and Draw.
The new Text Tools in Share for Review – Highlight, Strikethrough, and Replace are available ONLY if :
1) Share for Review is initiated from InDesign 2021.
2) Opening a document that was created in an earlier version and initiating Share for Review from InDesign 2021.
3) For Share for Review created from InDesign 2020 (v 15.1/v15.1.1/v15.1.2), you click on the Update Link button in the Share for Review panel in InDesign 2021. (You may have to hit the Refresh button in the browser if the Review was already open there).—
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resize group is copying the group
With the new CC2021 I have a group of objects. Trying to resize them not only resizes them but copies the entire group leaving the old group in place!
1 voteHi,
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Indesign 2021 with Thai language: Some Thai characters are misplaced when not using World-ready composer
Some Thai characters are misplaced when not using World-ready composer
2 votesInDesign has started supporting SEA languages since ID 2020. Adobe WR composer needs to be selected to compose in SEA languages correctly. Since Thai is a SEA language, please use Adobe WR composer for the correct composition of the text.
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