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  1. Styles

    To me it seems it would be logical to be able to apply a style across an entire piece of work in on action. Currently, if I set up a document and set the style from the jump and do not need to change it or anything it is fine. I had a situation where a publisher did not like some of the typesetting in the work and kicked it back. This was a 291 page document with 2-4 text boxes per page using multiple styles. I had to touch every box of text to update everything. Seems as if…

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  2. InDesign Mac not remembering window size on open, WITHOUT using Application Frame

    For the life of me of me PLEASE fix InDesign so it remembers the window size when opening a file, without having to use the annoying and PC-like application frame (I'm on a Mac). Thank you.

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  3. Data Merge to PDF ignoring text variables in tag line

    First encountered issue: https://community.adobe.com/t5/InDesign/Data-Merge-to-PDF-ignoring-text-variables-in-tag-line/td-p/10606867

    Data Merge to PDF ignoring text variables in tag line

    I posted the previous in Communities over 5 years ago on Sep 13, 2019 and it still hasn't been addressed.

    Is there any reason that a file merged directly to a PDF (rather than to an Indesign file, then saved as a PDF) would refuse to parse text variables set in InDesign?

    Document has text variables selected so that final will have a tag line with date and page count.

    When I merge my data to an InDesign file, then save as PDF, the tag line…

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  4. When Drawing Rectangles I Cannot Recolor Them In Any Manner

    InDesign 20.0.1 and 19.0, Mac OS Sequioa 15.1.1, M1 Mac

    When drawing a rectangle, I am unable to recolor it, edit its color, stroke, in any manner, etc. I am greeted with the "negative mac boop" noise when selecting a color.

    I have restarted my device, Fully un and re-installed the entire Creative Cloud Suite and all of its apps. Did a VRAM reset, all of the usual tricks.

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  5. Minor issues under 20.0.X

    Minor issues with Indesign 20.0
    Problems I am experiencing are linking two text frames, when clicking on a frame to select, it shifts position, it is very difficult to change the colors via the color swatches tab, read as if I do not want to select them, after repeated clicking it sometimes works. .
    When entering a new document, entering dimensions, they jump back before I have been able to confirm and everything has to be entered again, etc...
    Update to 20.0.1 does not help everything under iOS 15.1.1 on MacBook Pro, but also on 14.X on iMac, same problems…

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  6. Overset text on hidden spreads

    When you hide a spread I would prefer if preflight does not include that in the error reports.

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  7. Home Screen Displays Incorrect Last-Opened Dates

    1. v20.0
    2. During the beginning of a new month, navigate to the Home Screen where it will display thumbnail previews of recent projects with approximated last-opened dates.
    3. The approximated last-opened dates should match when the file was last accessed, regardless of the calendar date.
    4. That number is incorrectly showing all of my projects opened just days ago as showing "1 month ago," likely owing to it being a new month.

    This issue is also present in Photoshop and I suspect all other Adobe apps.

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  8. Roboto protected

    If you use a Preflight profile that enables the option for protected fonts, recent versions of Indesign report the version of Roboto loaded through CC fonts as being protected, which is surely incorrect. PDFs do seem to have the fonts embedded correctly though.

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  9. [InDesign 2025, 20.0.1][Win11 23H2]Installed ICC Color Profiles Sometimes Become Unavailable After System Shutdown

    My Win11 has fast boot disabled, so it gets completely shut down rather than just hibernated.

    Once I shut down the computer and start it again, sometimes all installed ICC profiles disappear from View > Proof Setup > Custom... > Device to Simulate

    They reappear after deleting the following files:

    1) C:\Users<username>\AppData\Local\Adobe\Color\ACECache11.lst

    2) C:\Users<username>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Color\ACEConfigCache2.lst

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  10. Page Tool buggy with Alternate Layouts

    Create a new document,
    in Pages-panel insert some pages,
    in Pages-panel create alternate Layout from Pages.

    To see bug, select the Page Tool and try to select pages with the Page Tool in the document window. Or scroll around the document and select pages. The problem: it will always jump to first page of the none-alternate layout.

    Indesign: latest Version (19.5), Windows, German

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  11. do script bug in indesign 2025?

    I have a script (extend script) file that has worked flawlessly in every version of InDesign for the last 15 years or so. Bercause it is used in semi-automated workflow I trigger it from an AppleScript, using the "do script" command.

    InDesign 2025 suddenly incorrectly reports a syntax error "expecting ;"

    The javascript that gets called works as expected, without warnings when run from the script panel.

    This is highly problematic for me, since triggering the script from applescript is an essential part of my workflow.

    Adobe are welcome to contact me for more information

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  12. Bug - Overprint not working correctly

    I have noticed colours not displaying correctly when overprinting. It is happening on images, blocks of colour, everything.

    It seems that Cyan won't overprint Cyan. Magenta won't overprint Magenta. Yellow won't overprint yellow.

    I've tried all the colour profiles but that doesn't help. I have created a pdf from InDesign to illustrate the issue. The stars point to the incorrect overprints.

    I believe it is also happening in Illustrator.

    I updated my apps hoping that might help but I have the same problem on the latest versions.

    I've working in printing for a long time and this seems like it…

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  13. document stuck halfway below view after zooming

    this is a bit hard to describe but basically when i'm working on a square shaped document, when zooming in or out—i think mostly out?—the document will stick halfway visible (see screenshot) and the only way to see the full page again is to hit cmd-0 to have it centre itself back on the screen. this happens to me uncountable times an hour and it's a real pain.

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  14. share for review

    Last summer we encountered an issue working with the [Share InDesign documents for review] feature. After transferring Indesign documents between colleagues for holidays, it turned out that this function does not work when InDesign documents are processed on other devices. Not even within our license.

    Indesign claims (attachment transcribed from Dutch):
    No access for review. You cannot create or update a review share since you a not the owner of the review. Please save this as a new document to create your own review.

    Easy to write, but we do not want to bother our customers (stakeholders) by sending them…

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  15. Links Not Auto Updating when Modified in InDesign 2025

    My workflow typically involves opening links from the InDesign document to edit by selecting the link from the Links panel and choosing Edit Original. In InDesign 2025, however, I've noticed that links are no longer updating whether it's a PSD or AI file and I assume other file types. This has never been the case before.

    I tried a test with a new file and placed two assets to the file. One was a PSD and the other was an AI. I then opened the links from InDesign, made an edit to each (one at a time), saved, closed, and…

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  16. New Version will not recognize/open DOCX files. I do not even see them in the "all files" import tab. I had to resave as a *.doc file to use

    New Version will not recognize/open DOCX files. I do not even see them in the "all files" import tab. I had to resave as a *.doc file to use

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  17. Can't select a swatch color for text or table fills

    While in an InDesign document, I can't change the color of text or fills within a table. When I click to apply, it thinks for a second, then makes a beep (the sound you hear if you have an open dialog box and you click outside of it), and then reverts back to the previously assigned color. I've tried overriding the paragraph/table styles, but hasn't worked yet. Anyone else experiencing this? I'm on version 19.5.

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  18. Drag and Drop from MacOS Preview App

    I would love to be able to drag and drop images from the macOS Preview app instead of having to drag and drop images from finder. When the images imported aren't named properly it can be annoying to find the right one. Usually I have images opened in the Preview app and would love to just be able to drag and drop them from there.

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  19. Applying the Brush to the Arc Only

    When we apply a brush, it applies it to the entire angled circle. When we draw an angular circle, can we add the option to apply brushes only to the arc? The color of the straight lines should be "none" so that the circle is not distorted.

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  20. Print to PDF with trapping gives undefined error.

    How about Adobe fix this problem of printing to PDF with trapping. It had been giving this problem since v18. Every printer that images film or plates use the trapping feature for assistance in press registration. Adobe InDesign is useless in creating PDF files with trapping. I guess I will have to start using my Quark Xpress program to do this.

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