Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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Anchored textframe with auto-sizing/auto-adjusting "height" causes InDesign 2020 to freeze
Anchored textframe with auto-sizing/auto-adjusting "height", text aligned to baseline and anchored object settings "anchored position: custom", "anchorPoint: bottom left/center/right" causes InDesign 2020 (15.0.1) to freeze (on Mac and PC).
- create an new document (size doesn't matter)
- create an new textframe (dimensions doesn't matter)
- create a second textframe (dimensions doesn't matter)
- insert some text in second generated textframe
- select the text and apply the option "align to baseline".
- anchor second textframe into the first created textframe
- set anchored object settings of the anchored textframe to: "anchored position: custom" and "anchorPoint: bottom left or bottom…
105 votesFix is available in the latest update of InDesign – 16.3.2 on Mac and 16.3 on Win.
Please update your copy of InDesign to the latest available update via CCD app.—
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Text Form Fields do not export with inDesign CC 2018 14.0
Form Fields do not export at all in the PDF when exported in the current version of inDesign. I am using the same exact settings as I did before I updated, and links DO work. Form fields just do not appear.
To recreate:
1) Make boxes where fields are required (in this case, on its own layer, which is visible and active)
2) Using the Buttons and Forms panel, convert them to text boxes
3) Export to PDF, making sure that the boxes for exporting interactive elements are checked, and the dropdown says to include appearanceResulting PDF does not…
1 voteIt looks like you are exporting to a Print PDF.
For the Form Fields to work, you should choose Adobe PDF (Interactive) Format instead.Hope this helps.
InDesign team
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publish online navigation buttons disappear in browsers and don't come back
When I view a published document, the browser based navigation buttons and menu for downloading disappear after a couple seconds and don't come back without hitting F5. This is unworkable. Please change it so the nav arrows remain on the screen, even in full screen mode. I can't have my clients struggling to go to the next page. This happens in Chrome and Firefox. In Edge, they disappear, but will reappear if I move my mouse to the edge of the screen - also very frustrating because I just want to click through the document without struggling to find the…
60 votesThis issue has now been fixed for the browsers which were showing this anomalous behavior.
Please check to see if it is working fine now and let us know if the problem still occurs for you.
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Adobe InDesign team
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Table headers disappear when pasting
Several times now I've cut & pasted a table from one part of my document to another only to find the headers disappear. Inserting a row makes the headers reappear.
I'm usig 12.1.0.56 x64 build.
16 votesPlease update InDesign to the latest version, InDesign CC 2018 (13.0) for the fix of the issue.
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Custom story editor text color to does not change picture box icon color rendering invisible on black background
When changing the Story Editor Display text color to something other than black, the picture box icon color does not change to match. If the background is set to black (such as with the "Terminal" theme), picture boxes are no longer visible in the story editor. Only can be seen when highlighting the text.
Would like the picture box color to match the text color when using story editor.
InDesign CC 14.0.1 on Mac OS 10.13.6
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Foot note enters the main text body after dividing a paragraph into 2 columns
Foot note enters the main text body after dividing a paragraph into 2 columns… look at the video. It says everything.
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Grep expressions with ~F in a character class fail in endnotes
The inclusion of ~F in a character class invalidates grep expressions in endnotes.
InDesign version: 14.0.2.324 (with the GREP fix installed)
Steps to reproduce:
- Open the attached document. It contains a single page with text and an endnote.
- In the GREP tab of the Find/What window, enter the following GREP expression:
\d[^.,;~F]+
And target the document. The expression matches from a digit up to the next period, comma, semicolon, or footnote marker.
Expected result: The expression should match some text in the main text and in the endnote.
Actual Result: The expression does not match anything in the endnote.To…
15 votesHi,
Thanks for reporting the issue
We are looking into it-InDesign Team
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Selection Tool cursor disappear issue
Reposting this issue from Beta Version as it has not been resolved
I am using Indesign Prelease 16.3
Cursor disappears after period of inactivity.
Cursor will appear if hovering over an object, otherwise invisible.
A restart will resolve this which is not ideal1 vote -
BUG - Text boxes unresponsive after accepting a Comment - it's infuriating PLEASE FIX THIS
This has been going on for years, and I'm seriously at risk of smashing the Mac over this, IT'S DRIVING ME MAD!!
1 - Every version since Commenting started
2 - accept a comment and then try to type in the text box where the comment was placed
3 - to type as normal and respond as expected
4 - nothing. It is completely unresponsive, until you click in and out of the text box multiple times to clear whatever is stopping it from being able to type. I don't have time for this shiiiiiiii GAH!
5 - recording of…1 vote -
text skalierung
In InDesign ist es zum Teil nicht mehr möglich, Textfelder so zu skalieren, dass sich Zeilenumbrüche etc. verändern. Das ist ein übler Fehler!!!
Und wieso gibt es das Programm auf Deutsch, aber diese Webseite nicht???
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Text wrap select subject or user-modified path causes hang ID 16.1
Using ID v 16.1 on an iMac running Catalina.
To reproduce: I just have to touch any image that has select subject or user-modified path text wrap applied and attempt to move it or modify it in any way. One image just caused the hang by existing, I couldn't work on the file until I deleted it.
Expected result: For the text to wrap around the image without causing program to hang.
Actual result: endless beach ball spinning until I force quit and try again.I just spent the entire day trying to work on a large project (200 pages…
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Direct PDF-Export in Data merge copies "page-1-text" to all other pages
In the linked video you can see a bug in Indesign 17.1 x64 on Windows 10.
Data Merge offers two ways to output pages. You can generate a merged Indesign-Document (works) and you can directly export to PDF.
The direct PDF-export doesn't work for me, because texts from page 1 get copied to all other pages instead of using each pages text.
The video shows the comparison between both methods and i just don't see a reason for what is happening.2 votes -
conditional text leaves a bullet with blank line when using a bullet list
Indesign v16
We use conditional text and have noticed that using bullets with this would leave a lone bullet when swtiching the conditional text off. There's a work around to and a line break and switch the bullets off which allows the condition to work as expected.
Would expect bullets to work with conditional text without the need for an extra line, this is flagging as overset text in some cases as well.
To reproduce the issue:
Set a few lines of text to bullet style
apply conditional text to the lines
Switch view of conditional text off
You're left…1 vote -
Recent files panel is unreadable
InDesign Version: 16.1
Steps to reproduce the issues: Open InDesign
Expected result: Text of recent files would be readable and not stacking text on top of itself
Actual result: Text stacks on itself and is completely unreadable.
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Rulers exceeding text boundaries, only paragraph shading or offsets seem to be able to limit them
The issue is described in this thread (sample .INDD file link included in the thread to reproduce the issue):
The excess rulers that go beyond the text boundary can only be removed (or masked, not sure which is actually happening) with paragraph shading.
As a rule, rulers should not go beyond the text boundary, and they should adapt to the text boundary (if font size have been changed, or if other changes have been made that affect the layout).
But the green arrows show that in some cases the boundary is correct.
It shouldn't be necessary to…
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CC2020 Unreliable PDF export
The content of some pages disappears when exporting in pdf.
In the attached screenshot: on the left the indesign file and on the right the exported file. We can see that the double page should not be white.5 votes -
Bug: Text wrap above/below, left/right buttons reveresed
When I assign text wrap to an object and unlink above/below, left/right settings... if I click the arrow to increase top wrap disctance, it changes the right setting on the object, the bottom arrow changes the left. What should be the Left setting, changes the Top setting on the object, etc... since latest update (15.0.1 x64, Windows 10)... looks like the icons in the widget are on the wrong settings.
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Paste without formatting option disappeared, CTRL+Shift+V not working
There was previously an option to Paste with Formatting and Paste Without Formatting, and after recent updates, the options have disappeared and paste functioning is working incorrectly. I used both of these functions for various reasons, and would greatly appreciate it coming back! I could use CTRL+Shift+V to paste without formatting, or, if I clicked into a text box and right clicked, there were for options: Cut | Copy | Paste | Paste Without Formatting. Now, only the first three appear as options and I've lost the fourth function. There are times when I WANT to paste with formatting, though…
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text turns into Symbols
When I place a document from Word into InDesign and apply a paragraph style the fonts all change to Symbol font. This has been going on for years through multiple versions of the program. Can you please fix it? Or explain how to avoid it?
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table of contents bold italic
Use a style for a header that converts text to bold face.
Use that header style to have header text that includes some italics.
In the Table of Contents pane, associate that header style with a style that is Regular type face.
When updating the Table of Contents, the entry for that header will correctly have Bold text replaced with Regular text, but will leave Bold Italic text unchanged. It should replace Bold Italic text with Regular Italic text.
6 votes
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