[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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Elaine Collins
shared this idea
Fix for this issue is now available in the latest InDesign Prerelease build - 21.2.0.27
Please try out this Prerelease build and let us know if it resolves the issue.
If you are not already part of InDesign's Prerelease program and would like to join and try out the latest Prerelease build, please do the following:
* Go to https://www.adobeprerelease.com/
* Sign in with your Adobe ID (the Email ID associated with your Adobe account)
* Select ‘Available Programs’
* Find ‘InDesign Prerelease’ and click ‘Join’
* Once you’ve joined, go to the Creative Cloud Desktop Application on your machine, click on 'Apps' in the section on the left
* Select the 'Pre-release' tab – there you will find the InDesign (Prerelease) build
* To check the Build number of the Prerelease build, hover the cursor over the name – you will see the Build number 'v_________'
* Select ‘Install’
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Adobe InDesign team
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Riccardo Gabarrini
commented
This is not being addressed at all. It's now July and InDesign should work natively with an official release (16.3) on M1 Macs.
Why this is not a priority is beyond me, I'm considering sending back my iMac while I still can and go back to windows. I love the iMac, but I can't work like this. -
LC
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PLEASE make it stop! It's horrible to work like this.
I just updated to the latest Indesign and have a new MacBook Air M1 -
Avraham
commented
Indesign CC 16.2
The problem still there -
Natalie
commented
This driving me nuts too! Taking forever to do my work. I too have latest mac and os and latest version of InDesign. For such expensive subscription costs it would be nice if basic functions actually worked
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Byrn
commented
I have the same issue. Has this been fixed yet? I'm using the latest MacOS on the new iMac 2021.
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Oliver
commented
Exactly the same issue. Text keeps disappearing every time I type. Have to move the page up and down to make it visible again. I had hoped that updating to the latest version of InDesign built for Apple Silicon would fix the issue but unfortunately not.
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TJ
commented
This issue is driving me up a wall! Texts keep disappearing until I scroll but any edits whatsoever it disappears again. Taking me forever to do my work!
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Liam S
commented
Same here, another M1 Mac user on Big Sur and it's incredibly frustrating.
Adobe, please fix!
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Robert Carroll
commented
I am on Indesign pre-release version (Apple M1) and it is properly driving me up the wall.
Things are taking 3x longer and causing typos and formatting issues, WTF.
Unbelievable that Adobe did have not supported such a key piece of software on the new mac from the start.
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Kay van Rooyen
commented
Using InDesign 16.2.1 (subscription) on MacBook Air 2021 with the M1 processor and Big Sur, the same thing is happening to me for the first time. Extremely frustrating.
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Angela Brittain - MD
commented
TUESDAY JUNE 15 2021
HAS THIS BEEN FIXED?
Yes - I am screaming. Working on a new M1 iMac - subscription - this has never happened before.
IS THERE A FIX? -
Ronald Gabrielsen
commented
I have inDesign 16.2.1 ...and it is still happening very often ...and it is VERY fustrating!! Hope this can be fixed ASAP, since this is slowing down my work very much.
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KARYN GILMAN
commented
Has this been fixed yet? Not for me. So darn annoying and time consuming.
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Penart Visuals commented
<<ahh! My message was just erased>> what I SAID was that you can simply dupe your text box by dragging to pasteboard, then when visibility returns, delete the dupe.
It is utter PIA and I believe that it was built into this software to drive users to the more costly subscription.
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a quick fix is to duplicate your text box by dragging while holding down the option key. Visibility returns, then delete the dupe.
It's an utter PIA and I believe it was built in to the software to drive users to the more costly subscription version. -
Jess
commented
Still happening. I cannot create my document, so what do I do?
Update: My wireless keyboard caused the issue when I hit enter to start a new paragraph. When I use my laptop keyboard the text frame works as intended.
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Anonymous
commented
This is happening to me as well. And in Illustrator too. Very frustrating!!
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Anonymous
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Text disappearing while editing is still my biggest issue, even with new versions of the program.
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James Hance
commented
This issue is plaguing me now, and I will attempt to install a 2018 version of InDesign work from that. The same lame response from InDesign "Admin" appears several times in this thread. How can this issue go unaddressed for the large user base having problems with disappearing type, or will all of your development resources be diverted to the new Apple silicon versions of Adobe products?
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Christopher
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Same problem here, as of this evening. Help!!!! Please fix this!!! ID 16.0.1. Text is there, exports to pdf fine, I can edit it in editting window but disappears on page.