Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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2008 results found
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Find/Replace: Doesn't find the text size format after a transformation
InDesign 17.2 Win10 x64
- Type text with size 7pt
- Transform the text frame to 80%
- Textsize is now 5,6 pt
- Try to find the Text with find/replace and "find format" - size 5,6 pt - it doesn't work
But it works with a text size of 8 pt (transform to 6,4pt)
1 vote -
Alt-text and field descriptions/tooltips do not export correctly
When updating Alt-text on images or the form field descriptions in InDesign 2025 20.0.1 on Mac and exporting to PDF, the Alt-text/descriptions do not reflect the updated text. This requires manual updating of every single image or form field in the PDF or saving as IDML, opening in 2024 and exporting.
1 vote -
Text margins don't change when master pages are applied (still unfixed InDesign 2020)
The same issue from InDesign 2019 remains unfixed in 2020.
3 votes -
Increasing the number of columns in a text box crashes InDesign repeatedly.
Increasing the number of columns in a text box via the text box dialogue crashes InDesign repeatedly.
1 voteHi,
Please send the sample file and video at amaarora@adobe.com
Am closing this issue for now-Aman
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InDesign 18.3 Bugs related to Outlining JPtext
When outlining JPtext, the following problems occur
(1) JPcharacters to which lines are added are greatly deformed.
(1-1 Before outlining) (1-2 After outlining)(2) The processing added by the effect disappears from the outlined text.
(2-1 Before outlining) (2-2 After outlining)Thank you for your response.
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Important message about pasting text with endnotes appears at wrong time
Pasting text with endnote(s) does not show a message. You instead get that message the NEXT time you paste an object, even if that object is not a text box containing endnote(s).
There is also a grammar error in the message, where the word "and" should be ", which" — and there is no period at the end of the sentence.
This has been in many versions of InDesign. I am using 17.1 now.
Reproduce:
- Copy text with endnote(s) to the clipboard
- Paste text into a new thread
- Text pastes properly; a new page is added for…1 vote -
Indd-generated QR code disappears in Print-PDF
When exporting a print pdf, a qr code that has been generated within inDesign does not appear in the pdf. There is not even an empty box. It seems the pdf export is somehow inaccurate when it comes to qr codes that have been generated in Indd.
Indd 15.1.2. x642 votes -
copy
Allow normal use of copy and paste with system-wide shortcuts from PDF comments. Most of the time I try to copy text from a PDF comment to paste into a document, the selection disappears and no "copy" option appears. I need to be able to copy and paste text from comments as easily as any other text. This issue is seen in 17.2.1 on an M1 iMac running Monterey 12.3.1.
2 votes -
InDesign should warn users when text size limit is reached
InDesign should warn users when text size limit is reached. This is especially important when resizing existing documents. If you have a huge billboard covered in lockups/text elements that you're resizing, you have no way of knowing whether the text limit is reached unless you notice it. A warning dialogue box would be nice.
1 vote -
Dots below Arabic yeh out of alignment in text variable
InDesign version is 17.4, Font is Myriad Arabic. MacOS 12.4.
a. Set up a text variable to pick up a head from a page and insert it into a running head.
b. Add a running head to a page that includes the text variable.
c. Key Arabic text on a page including a yeh characterSee attached image "Yeh as text - Correct alignment.jpg." Note that two dots are centered below the base of the yeh glyph.
See attached image "Yeh as variable text - Incorrect alignment.jpg." Note that the two dots below the base of the yeh glyph are…
1 vote -
Bugs with GPU, Bugs without GPU (zoom, moving objects, create text)
(Working on Adobe InDesign 14.0.2.)
Hi there,
so for a couple of weeks, my Indesign behaves quite badly.
For demonstration purposes, I created a new blank file but these bugs also occur in existing work projects.Case 1: GPU switched on (Image: GPU on):
Zooming does not show any effect, only when I click in and change something. The rulers change, but my board/document is not zooming in (Video: Zooming with GPU). As soon as I found my page, the objects don't really move that well, more in a lagging, stocking way. (Video: Moving Objects with GPU).This leads to…
6 votes -
Hello. The keyboard shortcut for text incrementing (Ctrl + Shift +>) doesn't work. Someone something ?
Hello. The keyboard shortcut for text incrementing (Ctrl + Shift +>) doesn't work. Someone something ?
2 votes -
BUG: spell-checker not automatically applied after pasting text
When pasting text into a new frame, the correct language (german 2006 in my case) for spellchecker is selected, but not applied to the new text. I need to select the the text and choose a different language for spell-check and then change back to the correct language, then it works.
A pain in the a**, if you have to copy-n-paste many snippets from different documents to single frames.
INDD 15.0.3 x64 on Win 10 x64 (1909)
1 voteThanks for reporting. We are reviewing it
-InDesign Team
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Missing info in text panel
Suddenly all information in the text panel is gone. I had it working a couple of minutes ago but cannot get it back. The information is up in the head of the workplace but not on the panel. Pls look at the screen shot to what is missing.
InDesign Version 18.2.11 vote -
Paragraph style naming field typed text overwrites itself
- Double click style name
- Attempt to rename style
- Text field appears limited to 1-3 characters.
- As text is entered into the field, each character deletes and replaces the previous (ie overtype mode).
This occurs only randomly and only inside of InDesign. My keyboard or OS settings can be ruled out as a cause.
1 vote -
Indesign 2020 intolerable lag of up to 10 seconds when switching from selection to text tools
Since the latest update, InDesign has extensive trouble switching from selection to text tools. This appears to be exacerbated by having more than one layout file open. I'm running Windows 10 Pro, i9 system with 64GB of ram. I've reinstalled, deleted preferences, reduced fonts installed, deactivated preflight, deactivated opentext options bug on boxes. The problem is very repeatable and proving a major work disruption.
7 votes -
cut off the text After dash (place from clipboard)
At text insertion through a clipboard the text after a strange dash is cut off.
When placing through drag&drop everything is normal.Bug dush from Word's XML
- <w:r w:rsidRPr="00981F9F">
<w:sym w:font="Symbol" w:char="F02D" />
/w:r
- <w:r w:rsidRPr="00981F9F">
- <w:rPr>
<w:color w:val="000000" />
/w:rPr1 vote -
CC 2019 Repeated Crashing when switching to the text tool from the move tool
Experiencing repeated crashes when selecting the Text tool. Does not happen every time, but has happened at least 5 times in the last 10 minutes. Windows 10, newest version of CC2019.
3 votesHello All,
We have fixed a number of crashes with InDesign’s latest Nov’18 update.
Please download the latest InDesign version (InDesign CC 14.0.1) for the fix.List of crashes and other issues that have been fixed with the update can be found at the below provided link:
https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/fixed-issues.htmlIf you are unable to see the update yet, go to Creative Cloud application, click on the context menu on the top right and click on Check for App Updates.
Regards,
InDesign Team -
Text with multiple tabs set to glyph scaling 95% is warped
Version: InDesign 17.3
Steps to reproduce: create a text frame 101*15 mm
copy/paste the following text "ABCDEFG AT 00:00 | ABCEFG abcdefg of the ABCDEFGH" (note that there are multiple tabs and spaces)
set the paragraph style as shown in screen-shot "style"
expected result: text should not be warped
actual result: text is warped
note: if the glyph scaling is set to 100% then this issue does not happen1 vote -
ZWJ removed from text variable or TOC "Title"
Currently using InDesign CC 2021 [ same issue in previous version/s]
I am working on a SINHALA document and has running headers based on paragraph styles. The ZWJ in the "p-style text" gets omitted in the running header output:
ක්රියා -> ක්රියාb:
The same issue occurs when "ක්රියා" is placed TOC" Title block outputs "ක්රියා"2 votes
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