[ID-4274638] Text disappears intermittently while Typing
I am using InDesign 2026 on a PC and text disappears intermittently as I'm typing. I don't know exactly what triggers it. It reappears of if scroll up or down but it annoying all the same. Can it be fixed?
Analysis
- This may be specific to Windows Platform only.
Workaround
- Change the presentation mode.
- Add more text.
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Adobe InDesign Team
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Erica L
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This happens to me too, since the last update. Its very annoying and takes up a lot of time to scroll or wait. not to mentiont he annoyance of the whole thing.
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Debb Sanderson commented
A few of us at my work are having the same problem. CTRL Z restores the text - but it is annoying. We are using PCs
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Danique
commented
Same issue here. It's very frustrating, so please make sure to fix this asap. Thanks
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Tom M.
commented
Same issue. Text disappears when typing or editing. Reappears after scrolling away then scrolling back. Big detriment to document creation or revision. Hopefully, you can develop a fix soon. Thank you.
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Tiziana Gandalf commented
The same happens to me... it's annoyng and frustrating. I'm not able to write down or correct a text without interruptions (each 5 seconds!) please, do something...
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Jonathan Buss
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This happens to me, however I'm not on a gpu preview as my screen at work is only 1080 and wont support the gpu rendering. It does behave like a re-draw issue though.
Interestingly adding a transparent box over the block of text before editing it can reduce the problem. The text changes appearance instead - like looking at a non aliased preview. Screenshot with an opaque box to show how the text tries to disappear but instead is rendered on top of the red box, only on the paragraph I'm editing.
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Cwj
commented
I am having the same issue, and now InDesign has disappeared text and images on multiple pages. In addition to the history disappearing, this is making my job extremely difficult.
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Jill Jacques
commented
Same! So frustrating! It comes back if I toggle between Normal and Preview views.
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Romneya Robertson commented
I'm getting this in InDesign 21.1 x64 on Windows 11 Home too. Whole text frames of text appear empty when they are actually filled. It's not an overflow or an overlap issue - scrolling to another page and then returning usually makes the text reappear. Also the letter spacing sometimes appears wrong even though it's actually correct.
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Jeffery Howard commented
This never happened on the previous version of InDesign. I am using a windows unit.
Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 25H2
OS Build 26200.7462
Processor 12th Gen Intel(R) Core (TM) i3-1215U (1.20 GHz)
Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.7 GB usable)
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Graphic Card 128MBI hope this helps.
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Amandalynn Sawyer
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I am experiencing the disappearing text issues again - I havent seen much about them since 2017 - but as I am editing text entire paragraphs are disappearing - sometimes entire pages. It's a huge problem. I even moved my files to the cloud and opened them on two different devices (an additional laptop and my home desktop) to see if it was my computer failing; across the board, I saw the same text-disappearing issues. As this is the main program I use for creating my publications, I am very worried about it. Please see the photos below for context.
I am using InDesign 21.1 x64 on Windows 11 Home
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Donna Adair commented
This has been happening to me, too. While also intermittent, it seems to most happen when I insert a cursor to make a paragraph change or select copy to delete. When the latter, the copy prior to what I selected just disappears. All the disappeared copy does come back when I "undo" it. But it is annoying and time-consuing to have to keep doing that.
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Melissa
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This is happening with me as well and I have had colleagues at my office mention it.
I'm on a PC and am running InDesign v 21.1 - updated 9 days ago.
Annoying situation but not as annoying as the undo bug.
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Claudia Averbeck
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When will the fix be done? It is very, very frustrating to keep having to scroll up and down for the text to appear. Also happens when I highlight the text, it goes blank and then I have to scroll up or down or click out of the box.
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Claudia Averbeck
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this happens to me as well.
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Guyot
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On Indesign 2026 and from 2 or 3 weeks, each time I select part of the text to emend it, this part of the text disappears (in black: see picture attached) and other parts as well (in white) and only reappears when I change something in the rest of the text (not anywhere nvertheless: I have to test different places). Thanks.
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Carla
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Buongiorno, anche noi abbiamo lo stesso problema il testo scompare mentre digitiamo, riappare digitando sulla barra di spaziatura. E' molto fastidioso.
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Andrzej
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I think appeared after last update... Affects documents I had no problem with before. All text on the page disappears after editing or selecting it (a bit randomly, but frequently), sometimes after pressing Ctrl-S to save file or just clicking somewhere to move cursor... only blank page is displayed - text is not actually removed, after using W twice to change view or changing scale the text is displayed again. Very annoying.
Version 21.0.2 x64 on Windows
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צח מלול commented
i think its because of the GPU