Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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Bizarre issue: footnote appearing in middle of text frame
Never seen this one before! Changing some text to a style that uses split columns caused one of the footnotes in the text frame to jump to ABOVE the styled text. I can't even understand how this is possible given the logic of the software. See screenshot. I would like my footnotes to stay at the foot of the frame, please.
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Bracket issues
When copying a table from one indesign brochure to another new indesign document. The open and close brackets that were on the original table appears corrupted. The close bracket appears at the front of the word instead. Tried retyping it at the end of the word but keeps jumping to the front.
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Add pins from Indesign to be shared for review
While editing a file in InDesign, I have many ideas or questions to submit to the reviewers audience.
However, I need to wait for all my edition work to be completed and shared for review online before being able to add pins and other comments. This is cognitively quite expensive, and it's not efficient overall.
I wish I could add pins and comments right from InDesign (= new items in the Verify panel), to be published with the next "Share for Review" push.
That way, I would comment at the exact time a question pops up in my mind, without…1 vote -
Bug: Indesign completely hangs when it cannot save file to network drive
Windows 11, Indesign 20.2
Problem summary: when saving a file to a network to which the connection is lost during that save action, ID completely hangs and might also block the entire system.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Open any bigger INDD from a network drive, so the saving action takes some seconds.
2. Change something and click save, then simulate a broken network connection by pulling the LAN cable
Reaction: there might or might not be that "Save document" overlay with progress bar being at 0%. At this point, ID has two problems:
a) There is no timeout. It would…1 vote -
Restore Command + Resize and Command + Space Zoom Behavior in InDesign
In recent versions of InDesign, two essential shortcuts have been broken or changed:
Command + Drag on a frame no longer resizes the content inside the frame as it used to — or it behaves inconsistently.
Command + Space no longer reliably brings up the zoom tool that allows click-dragging to zoom into a selected area.
These shortcuts were core to efficient, professional workflows for years. Removing or altering them without an option to restore the original behavior is disruptive. Designers rely on muscle memory and speed — this feels like a step backward.Please restore the legacy behaviors or…
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Interaction between Text Wrap, Optical Margin Alignment and Numbered List
When a text frame with activated Optical Margin Alignment containing numbered list wraps around another text frame the numbering is incorrectly aligned. The affected numbers noticeably stick outside of the text frame and thus create unpleasant left margin. Only numbering on wrapped lines is affected, numbering below the wrap behaves as expected.
Similarly, if the text frame is modified so as its border lays entirely outside of the area affected by wrapping offset, the optical alignment of the numbering behaves as expected. This at least provides some workaround.
I am attaching a screenshot of the behaviour as well as a…
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"Feedback Menu" is Blocking
The Feedback Menu appears to be programmed to be thread blocking - while it is active, users are unable to drag and drop images into their canvas. On closing the feedback menu "how likely are you to recommend indesign...", the images that the user has attempted to drag and drop into the canvas are populated. This can be confusing if the feedback menu is minimized or not apparently open to the user.
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Tab Leader for a solid line has spaces between underscore leader
Line should be solid. Indesgn 2025.
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Title Case Is Not Actually Title Case
I'm editing book with over 1,000 pages. I am selecting copy, changing case to Title Case, but it just capitalizes first letter in all words. There needs to be another case option. Title case needs to be setup so it makes a "title" of a book so words like "of" are not capitalized. New option can be called First Letter Caps, and Title case can be fixed to address words that should not be capitalized in a title of a book or headline.
The Old Man and the Sea (Actual Title Case) The Old Man And The Sea(Not Title Case)
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page layout panel not scolling
Pages Panel does not scroll to all pages in document, whether in horizontal or layout view. If panel is enlarged and the pages all fit, you can see them. If you shrink the pages to a smaller size (from jumbo to extra large) and they fit in the view panel, you can see them. But if it is a large document (more than 25 or so pages) you cannot scroll far enough to view pages past about 25 in extra large view.
Fully updated version InDesign 20.3.1. on Mac.
Every file I open is like this. Most files were created…1 vote -
text won't appear over a pdf or imported image
when i import an image or a pdf, any text that i try to have over it (such as putting a page number in the corner of the page) disappears. it's not that the text doesn't appear when the imported file isn't there, just that it is disappearing as it goes "beneath" the image or pdf. sending the imported file to back or the text to front does nothing.
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transparency .ai
I work with the latest illustrator (29.5. 1) and InDesign (20.3. 1). Since the last updates an .ai imported in InDesign is no longer transparent. If I save it as .eps in Ai, then yes. Please solve otherwise I would have to convert all my previously made .ai files.
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image box not working
When drawing image frame, the option to link an image no longer appears. Can only insert images in the document by using Place option from menu drop down. There should be a button that shows when I draw an image box that gives me option to link in a image from files- a new image or relink an image. Neither of these is available.
Version Adobe InDesign 19.5.1x641 vote -
Footnotes display spanning columns correctly, don't print across both columns
First time I've had to use the footnote options in InDesign. I have several pages with footnotes which occur at the bottom of each page in each associated text block. Span across columns is checked in both the Footnote Style I created, as well as in the Layout options. The footnotes display correctly on screen as intended. (See second screenshot)
When I print spreads from InDesign to an Epson P5000, the footnotes only print the text that is under the lefthand column. All of the footnote text on the right disappears. (See first screenshot)
Exporting the pages to a PDF…
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Changing Description in Buttons Does Not Stick
A description is needed in buttons for accessibility. This works fine if you add the description when you first create the button but if you try to edit the description it does not not stick. The only workaround is to recreate the button from scratch.
MacStudio 2022, Sequoia 15.5, InDesign 20.3.1.
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Buttons on Parent Pages Create Form Field Errors in Acrobat
Using buttons on parent pages, e.g. for navigation, throws up 'Tagged form fields' errors in Acrobat. These have to be manually tagged as links, which is a nightmare in a large document with multiple buttons per page.
It's not clear whether all parent pages create this error or whether it's confined to parent pages based on another parent page.
MacStudio 2022, Sequoia 15.5, InDesign 20.3.1.
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Indesign is freezes when a window opens.
Using Indesign Version 20.3.1, Whenever I open any pop up menu (e.g. paragraph styles, text frame options, Export window), Indesign will freeze and I get the spinning wheel on my Mac running macOS 15.4.1.
It happens maybe 1 in 3 times and I have to force quit indesign and reopen.
I have tried Resetting settings and preferences
Uninstalled and re-installed Indesign (this helped for about a week) then it started again.I've never had this happen before and now it is driving me insane.
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glyphs
InDesign V20.3.1. (Windows) crashes when opening (or attempting to open) the Glyphs panel. The crash is consistently reproducible and definitely impacting production. The panel opens but remains blank (nothing displayed), then a few seconds later, InDesign crashes.
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Bug Report – PDF Export from Book Produces Low-Resolution Images (InDesign 20.x+)
Product Version:
Adobe InDesign 2025 (version 20.x and later)
Operating System:macOS 15.4
Summary:Exporting a PDF directly from a book (.indb) using book.exportFile() produces a PDF with low-resolution images, even though the source links are updated and the documents contain high-resolution images. This issue started occurring in version 20.x and was not present in earlier versions.
Steps to Reproduce:Create a book (.indb) containing multiple documents with high-resolution images. Update links in the individual documents. Use book.exportFile(ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, ...) to export the entire book as a PDF. The output PDF contains low-resolution images, noticeable especially when printing or zooming in.…
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