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  1. Multiple Issues

    I've noticed three glitches very recently in Adobe InDesign 2025. #1 - Seems like every other time I open the print dialog box to select the printer I want to use, the printers are in a different order in the list. #2 - Often times, when I open a document, my keyboard shortcuts won't work. I have to close the document and then re-open it to get them to work. #3 - Most frustrating is, I start to create a new document. I enter the document size into the New Document window and when I hit the Create button and…

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  2. Library text frame auto-size error

    Product: Adobe InDesign
    Version: 20.2
    Platform: macOS
    Issue type: Bug
    Severity: Moderate
    Reproducible: Always

    Steps to reproduce:
    1. Create a text frame with a single character (e.g. “X”).
    2. Enable Auto-Size (Height only).
    3. Save the text frame to the Library.
    4. Place the frame into a layout from the Library.

    Expected result:
    Text frame should retain Auto-Size setting and adjust to the content’s height.

    Actual result:
    Auto-Size is disabled, and the frame stretches from the insertion point to the bottom of the text frame area / margin, even though there’s only one character inside.

    Workaround:
    If the text frame…

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  3. Modifications on PDF export profile are incoherent

    Windows 11, Indesign 20.1
    Steps to reproduce:
    1. With at least one PDF export profile present, export an INDD to PDF
    2. In the export dialog, change something on the settings, like checkmarking "Create Acrobat layers", given it's not marked already. The export profile would then become marked as "(modified)".
    3. Select the unmodified profile again, to remove the previously set checkmark.
    4. Now change the settings "Pages" from "All" to "Range". The export profile is now NOT marked as modified.

    Conclusion: if you want to reset the export from Range to All, you cannot do that by simply selecting…

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  4. indesign crashed

    I am currently using Zoho's virtual space.
    For the past two weeks, I have been experiencing a problem where Adobe InDesign crashes whenever I attempt to use the "Save As" function. This issue did not occur previously, but it has become a persistent problem. I kindly request assistance in resolving this matter.

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  5. 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.x64

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  6. Adding pages before 1st page move placed images

    Versions 20.1 and 20.2 if you try to insert pages before 1st page, it moves already placed images to another page.

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  7. Table controls are missing from Properties pane, and selection control lacks ToolTip

    I had mysterious, unselectable text in my document with multiple columns. It turned out to be a table, but this was not indicated anywhere in the UI. Not in the layer list or the Properties pane when the text frame was selected. Table properties are missing from the Properties pane even when you have the text-insertion point sitting in a table cell.

    A major contributor to the problem is that the tiny table-selection icon that appears on the left side of a table has no ToolTip, and does nothing when clicked or dragged. Only by guessing that you have to…

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  8. PNG export affected by "Display Performance" Settings

    Affected InDesign versions:

    I could reproduce it with InDesign 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and Prerelease 2025. From what I've found here so far, however, the problem has existed since at least 2020.


    Reproduce:

    • "Display Performance" set to "Typical"
    • place a PNG or PSD with semi-transparent areas in InDesign (image for testing: semitransparent.png)
    • export to PNG

    This also happens if the PNG export is triggered before the document has been fully rendered and the "Display Performance" settings are set to ‘High Quality’. This therefore also affects automated processes, e.g. on InDesign Server.


    Expected result:

    • high quality output with correctly rendered transparencies…
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  9. Converting a text URL to a hyperlink removes the instances of the text variables!!!

    1. All InDesign versions
    2. Create a URL that includes Text Variable instance
    3. URL looks and prints correctly,
    4. but hyperlink is wrong: there are no text variables values in it.

    It is obvious that URLs are convenient to generate from text variables. Especially if there are thousands of them!
    This would be a phenomenal solution not only to our problem, but...

    Instead of substituting the values ​​of text variable instances, nothing is replaced (empty strings instead of text variable instances), and the hyperlink (which looks and prints correctly in the text) is generated as invalid!
    We need to create and maintain a…

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  10. Preview on GPU disappears; restarting only resolution

    Problem: Workspace turns into a blank outline in Preview on GPU.

    Occurrence: When switching between windows or after returning to an open InDesign file after having a pause.

    Solutions: Restarting InDesign.

    Toggling between CPU and GPU does not work. Selecting and de-selecting GPU in preferences does not work.

    Apple M2 Max
    OS 15.3.2
    InDesign CC 20.2.0.36

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  11. Portuguese from Portugal

    The Portuguese language originated in Portugal.
    That being said, the Portuguese Dictionary from Portugal implemented in InDesign should align with the native language. In fact, there are numerous supposed errors detected by Dynamic Spelling.
    InDesign insists on not accepting words like "Económico" or "prémios," as it considers them to be mistakes, given that in Brazilian Portuguese, which is a variant of the Portuguese language, they are not written this way. It's about time they fix this issue.
    Thank you.

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  12. Vector graphics distorted and broken - Cause unkown

    I don't know what prior action or command let to this bug but almost all my Vector graphics were suddenly distorted and broken. Some Small circles changed size and I couldn't scale in down anymore. See pictures. Exportet pdf files show the same distorted graphics.

    Adobe Indesign 2025 on a MacBook Pro 2021, Apple M1 Pro, 16 GB macOS Sonoma 14.1.2.

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  13. Paragraph shading randomly disappears in some places when working in Indesign

    Expected result: the shading is always displayed as it is applied in the settings.

    Actual result: after making an adjustment, the shading disappears in some places and the shading edges that are displayed are not the actual edges, which makes it impossible to make accurate changes in the shading. When a pdf is made, the shading looks how it should look, so no issues there. It is merely when working in Indesign that the display of the shading is faulty. At first, when opening the Indesign file, the shading is displayed correctly, but when a change is made in the…

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  14. Historique limité, se remet à zéro tout seul

    Mon historique a un problème : il se remet à zéro aléatoirement et tout seul. Je suis du coup extrêmement limité dans mes annulation (ctrl Z)...

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  15. Inset spacing no longer working after re-installing InDesign 2025

    I re-installed InDesign 2025 because some windows were blank ('Text Wrap', 'Paragraph' & 'Colour'). It solved that issue but developed a new issue - it wouldn't save. So I re-installed again without keeping any settings/preferences, this time it developed a new issue - Inset spacing no longer works.
    What is going on?

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  16. Text wrap - select subject - cancelling progress causes crash

    Clicking an image/object, choosing wrap around object shape and then type: Select subject will bring up the progress bar whilst it thinks about it. If you choose to cancel the progress then indesign crashes without an error code or crash dialogue.

    Have tried on 2024/2025 windows 10 and 11 and bug persists.

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  17. Po zaimportowaniu komentarza pdf progra

    Po zaimportowaniu komentarzy z pliku pdf, program zancząco zwalnia, praca staje się praktycznie niemożliwa. Co zrobić by przyspieszyć pracę

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  18. I got error while working on my project of business plan!

    Hey there in design community, I faced an issue of glitching related when I arranged all my work for the project business plan consultant service you can check the link but when tried to post the unknown glitch occur!

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  19. Missing character in CentSchbook CE font in InDesign2025

    Yesterday, while working in Indesign 2025, white spaces appeared in the imported text where the letter "r" should be - one character suddenly disappeared! Even in the font set there is a white space instead (see picture). I tried this set in Word and it continues to appear there. It also appears when I try it in the old version of Indesign CS4. Not here in ID2025. However, about two days ago I was already creating documents in ID2025 with this font set and there was no problem. This is a current problem that I need to resolve immediately. Thanks…

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