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  1. Use Typographers Quotes preference keeps being deselected

    I’m using InDesign 21.1. This isn’t a new bug – it has been around for a while. I often discover that the Use Typographers Quotes is deselected, and I never deslect it. I don’t believe there’s a keyboard command that I inadvertently press that does it, so I have no idea why this happens.

    Has anyone else encountered it? A minor irritant, but I finally got around to reporting it. Thanks!

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  2. paragraph shading where inline table is used #2

    As a way to attract focus to a bug-story that is almost 6 year old and unsolved but to me and a few other professionals very important bug.

    https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs/suggestions/41942455-paragraph-shading-where-inline-table-is-used

    I added some screenshots there

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  3. In Indesign v. 21.3 bug in the Flex Layout feature are cut letters with overhanging elements

    In InDesign v. 21.3, there's a bug in the Flex Layout feature. Letters with overhanging elements are cut off when printed and in the preview

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  4. Find Change

    Find and change no longer offers just to find and change something within a story (text box) - if shows either Search: Document or Search: All Documents, whereas previously it would additionally show Search: Selected text, and Search: Story.
    This is a major problem.

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  5. Myriad VF has a taller Ascent Baseline than Myriad Pro

    Myriad VF is supposed to be a variable version of Myriad Pro, so I was trying to use it in tandem/to replace Myriad Pro in the document I am working on. The huge problem is, for some reason the Ascent Baseline on Myriad VF is much taller than it should be, which then when I try to replace the font, it completely messes up everything. 

    I also have Myriad Variable Concept on my computer, (which is apparently supposed to only show up in Illustrator, or something? But it shows up in InDesign for me.) And it properly matches the Ascent…

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  6. Place and Link

    To the InDesign Product Team,

    I am writing to provide feedback on the Place and Link (Content Collector) workflow. While the ability to sync text content across a document is invaluable, the current implementation of the "Parent-Child" relationship is overly restrictive and creates significant manual rework for designers.

    The Problem: Currently, when a Parent object is updated, the Child object frequently reverts its font size, frame dimensions, and character treatment to match the Parent—even when "Preserve Local Overrides" is enabled. While "Style Mapping" exists as a workaround, it is an overly complex solution for a simple design need: keeping the…

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  7. Deleted text reappears when another object is selected

    I copied a set of blocks and replaced the text in them. However, when I select other objects with the cursor, the deleted text reappears in the window where I replaced the text, and disappears when I release the mouse button.

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  8. Arabic Diacritic Stacking Broken in v21.2 – Kasra Always Attaches Under Shadda When Ligatures Enabled

    Severity: Critical
    InDesign Version: 21.2 x64
    Language: Arabic (RTL)

    Bug Summary

    Incorrect positioning of Arabic diacritics (Kasra + Shadda) when ligatures are enabled.
    Input order of combining marks is ignored, breaking previous behavior (pre-v17).

    Environment

    Text Direction: RTL

    Language: Arabic

    Font: KFGQPC Uthman Taha Naskh

    Composer: World-Ready Composer

    Ligatures: Enabled

    Diacritic Positioning panel tested (no effect)

    Description

    In versions up to 17, manual input order of Arabic diacritics controlled stacking:

    Kasra (U+0650) then Shadda (U+0651) → Kasra under base letter

    Shadda then Kasra → Kasra under Shadda

    In version 21.2 x64, InDesign enforces mark-to-mark positioning strictly.
    Kasra always attaches under…

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  9. Text outside of text frame (top of frame)

    Version 21.2

    I saw this error in earlier versions of InDesign, but it was later fixed. Now it appears to have returned. I copied text into a text frame and the intelligent text flow created additional pages and frames to fit the text. While scrolling through the document, I noticed that the text in some frames (fewer than 5%) is partially positioned above the top of the frame (see image). To fix this, I open the Text Frame Options, change the vertical justification, and then change it back to the original setting (Top). The frame then fits the text correctly.

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  10. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OJRbaztUsQm_L05_QGI4I6efQZlmuIng/view?usp=sharing

    Thank you for the video.

    The Align/Paragraph alignment action only forces a screen redraw.
    It does not solve the root problem.

    The issue is that text randomly disappears from the layout view while still existing in the Story Editor.

    Forcing redraw via Align, Preview toggle, zoom or Story Editor proves this is a rendering bug, not a workflow issue.

    This makes real-world editorial layout (magazines, multi-frame text) unreliable.

    Please escalate this to the InDesign engineering team as a rendering / text redraw defect on Windows 11.

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  11. InDesign "Dynamic Spelling" is no good in Turkish

    I've been using InDesign for like a decade. In all that time "Dynamic Spelling" function has always been terrible for Turkish language. It underlines some words which are correct in every way bu then again skips some words which are totally wrong. Besides, it makes horrible suggestions for underlined words.

    Take a look at the screenshot, for example. The word "kuruyemiş" is a combined word which is written without a space. However, it not only underlines the word but also suggest a list of variations which are ALL WRONG.

    It seems like all the misspelled versions of this word has…

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  12. Text Shifting

    Hello, our team has been having an issue of text randomly shifting within the text box. The entire baseline appears to shift down whenever I type in the text box, whenever I do find/ replace text, and when pasting within the text box. The Text frame options remain the same but the text appears to shift. Sometimes only half the text shifting down. This is mainly happening with a text box that is turned sideways in banners we have on the page. This seems to happen across all documents new and old. This is on version 21.0.2

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  13. Conversion Process

    I have ran into a bug twice now where InDesign is forcing me to run a conversion on my indd files and when it does it inserts a '/' symbol in a paragraph. Unfortunately this was not apparent and the typo went into 145 paperback copies.

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  14. Outlining Texts when grouped

    For exporting print PDFs i often have to convert all texts into paths. That does not work if a Text is grouped with any objekt.
    I hope for an option to convert all texts into paths, even if they are grouped with other objects.

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  15. Cannot see text

    When using the Text tool, text is only visible when typing and disappears afterwards. I only know text is present through highlighting the text, however still the text is not visible (and I can only highlight text when it is off of the page). I checked layers and updated the application. All fonts are updated. I tried to change the font size, colour and checked through the effects.

    Error states: Overset text (1), although I already tried to adjust the size of the box and text as well as create a new text box.

    Edit: I can't see imported material…

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  16. Critical Bug Report: InDesign 2024 ME ExtendScript Fails to Set RTL Properties

    We are experiencing a severe and persistent bug in Adobe InDesign 2024 Middle Eastern Edition (ME) where basic Right-to-Left (RTL) text properties cannot be set via ExtendScript, even though the same actions work manually through the UI.

    This issue effectively prevents any automation or workflow scripting for Farsi/Arabic content, despite using the designated ME version.

    1. Environment & Problem Summary Detail Value InDesign Version 2024 (Middle Eastern/ME Edition) Issue Scripting fails to set paragraphDirection, storyDirection, and justification to RTL values. Root Cause The ExtendScript Object Model exhibits a fundamental contradiction (a "Catch-22") when trying to set RTL properties.

    صادر کردن به…

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  17. unicode devnagiri font text error in hindi text in indesign 2025, the worst /buggy indesign version

    in the newer version of indesign devnagiri font glyps are showing 0 like thing before maatra, please check screenshot, in indesign 2023 it is showing ok, there are many such bugs in indesign 2025, I think no improvement is there in this version of indesign

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  18. BUG Track Changes

    Track changes leaving the cyan blue background even when switched off and greyed out for accepting changes.

    have tried switching track changes on

    oh yes i've switched it off and on again :)

    Version: ID (Beta) 20.6 x64 CI #60e4896

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  19. 検索と置換で置換文字列のテキストボックスに入力した文字が勝手に変わる

    「検索と置換」で正規表現の検索テキストボックスに入力し、置換テキストボックスに検索テキストボックスからコピーした文字をペーストして、置き換えたい文字に修正する。
    マウスをテキストボックス外でクリックすると修正前の文字列に戻てしまう。
    <行った操作操作>
    1.検索「Taro: 」と入力
    2.「Taro: 」をコピーして置換のテキストボックスにペースト
    3.置換で「Taro: 」を「taro:\t~(」に修正
    4.ポインターをテキストボックスから外し、クリックすると「Taro: 」に戻る。
    文字列が戻るだけで、実行結果は指定した通りになります。
    この現象が発生する確率は10%程度です。
    OS:Win11Pro
    Indesign:ver.20.5

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  20. Generating Index Problem v20.5

    Generating INDEX gives a blank text frame with only a title INDEX. What's going on?
    Never had this problem in previous versions.

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