Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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no spellcheck
there is no spellcheck which really bothers me, I had to manually type in the right spelling, wasting my time because English is not my first language i forget how to spell some words, it takes hours for me to type something without spellcheck. Please add this function to InDesign it really is necessary
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View menu failing to load
When I roll over the Plug-Ins menu item, and then scoot over to the View menu item, the full View menu does not load. If I come off the menu header, and then hover directly over the View menu head, the full menu appears.
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text looks different in the same file from Mac to MacBook
The same file look very different while opened on my Mac as well my MacBook Pro, – both have the latest version installed and the same fonts, etc, as I work from/with both computers via an external SSD.
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Resizing item using control bar value defaults to unlinked every time
The resizing tool in the control bar will not stay with linked proportions - I go to resize an object to a specific width for example, I want it to be proportionally linked so I click the link button. It works, but immediately defaults to unlinked. Previously this stayed on what you had selected for the next time you used it. This is causing multiple errors when I am expecting it to stay linked. Using Indesign 2025 v20.01 on Sequoia
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[ID-4256388] New document size resetting to previous
Every time I go to set up a new document and put in a size in the preset details, the measurments snap back to the previous size, either immediately, when tabbing from width to height, or when adding margin or bleed details. Happens every time, repeatedly. Using Indesign 2025 v20.01, on iMac 2019 OS Sonoma 14.1, also happens using Sequoia
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InDesign Mac not remembering window size on open, WITHOUT using Application Frame
For the life of me of me PLEASE fix InDesign so it remembers the window size when opening a file, without having to use the annoying and PC-like application frame (I'm on a Mac). Thank you.
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document stuck halfway below view after zooming
this is a bit hard to describe but basically when i'm working on a square shaped document, when zooming in or out—i think mostly out?—the document will stick halfway visible (see screenshot) and the only way to see the full page again is to hit cmd-0 to have it centre itself back on the screen. this happens to me uncountable times an hour and it's a real pain.
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set default save location to original file folder
Please make a setting in preferences with two options for default file save locations:
a) Always save to last used folder (the folder you used in the last save to session)
b) Always save to doc uments original folder (the folder where each individual document currently is saved and opened from)Currently InDesign uses option a) which in my case is a total desaster since everytime I am in a hurry saving or exporting something the file lands in some other project folder where i can search / delete or move it afterwards which results in a bad workflow.
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incopy
I am using InCopy v. 20.0 with DropBox. When I open a document, changes that other teammates have made to items in the Assignments panel have not automatically updated like they used to. This is a new issue with the most recent update. Prior to the update, when I opened a file, any changes by myself or other people have updated automatically, but now I have to manually update each one in the Assignments panel. Is there a fix or a setting change that can address this?
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Hyperlink messes up data merge in multiple record layout
I've tested this in multiple documents, and it appears that if you add a hyperlink to a document, it messes with the data merge in a multiple record layout. The resulting merge is out of order, and every third record is duplicated, as you can see in the attached screenshots. My workaround right now is to add the hyperlink after the merge, but it would be nice if my templates could include links so I don't have to do this each time.
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Using Arrow Keys in Transform Panel/Control Panel no longer works properly - ID 20.0.
Using Arrow Keys in Transform Panel/Control Panel no longer works properly - ID 20.0.
Since upgrading to ID 2025 (20.0) using the arrow keys in Transform Panel or Control Panel no longer works properly. Previously I would scale something larger/smaller using the arrow (or Shift+Arrow): 110%, 120%, 130% ... .
Now with Shift+ArrowUp it will first scale 110%, then the cursor is no longer in the Scale Percentage Field. Second Shift+Arrow click and instead the Object will Flip Vertical. Third Shift+Arrow and it will start moving up the page.Now to scale up another 10% I have to replace the…
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Not working window tiling introduced in macOS 15
MacOS 15 Sequoia introduced window tiling, which lets you arrange windows on the screen in tiles.
This automatically works for any window of any app on my Mac. It also works for Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator windows, as long as «Application Frame» is activated in the window menu.
But window tiling does not work with windows of Adobe InDesign v20. Even with active «Window Frame».
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Data Merge Issue with Chinese Characters in Adobe InDesign 2025
Version of Adobe InDesign
Adobe InDesign 2017 (English version)
Adobe InDesign 2025 (20.0, Traditional Chinese version)
Steps to Reproduce the IssueOpen Adobe InDesign and create a new document.
Prepare a CSV file with Traditional Chinese text using UTF-8 encoding.
Use the Data Merge feature to import the CSV file into InDesign.
Place the merged data field into the document layout.
Preview or finalize the merge.
Expected ResultThe Chinese characters in the CSV file should be displayed correctly in the merged document without any distortion or encoding issues.
Actual ResultThe Chinese characters appear as garbled text (random symbols…
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InDesign 2025 IDML File cannot be placed into InDesign 2024
When saving a document created / edited in InDesign 2025 as an IDML, the resulting IDML file cannot be placed into an InDesign 2024 document.
The error dialog states "Cannot place this file. No filter found for requested operation."
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Little Black Lines and Delay When Dragging
When resizing a picture box in InDesign 20.0, little black lines appear along the box's edge (see attached). I've tried to lower the quality of the images in Preferences > Display Performance (see attached). I've also turned off animated zoom in Preferences > GPU Performance (see attached). I'm running an M3 Max 14-inch Nov 2023 MacBook Pro, Sequoia 15.1 (see attached Graphic/Displays details). These lines don't print, and they go away if I zoom in or out on the document. I believe this also only happens when the document view is at Fit to Page, but I'm not 100% sure.…
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Unable to move the ID app window to a different location on my screens.
After the 20.0 update, when I open the ID app, it snaps to my main laptop monitor and I am unable to move it to my secondary monitor. My work around is to stretch it to the secondary monitor and slowly ease it off of my laptop monitor. When I finally ********* my secondary monitor. I'm unable to move it out of the center of the monitor.
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How to Fix Panels Opening Half Off-Screen on the Right?
Adobe InDesign 2025 (v20.0) running on an Apple iMac, Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2019 with MacOS Sequoia 15.0.1
When I have my panels-window set close to the right side of my screen and I click for example on the links-panel, it will open on the left side of the panels-window.
When I have my panels-window set locked to the right side of my screen (or however it is called) and I click on the links-pnale, it will open on the right side of the panels-window and disapear by half.When I go to Scale of UsersInterface (see screenshot) and I slide…
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InDesign 2025 stealing focus
InDesign 2025 and 2024 steal focus from all other Windows apps on a mult-monitor Windows 11 system. Make. It. Stop. Now. Please.
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GPU performance and scrubby zoom missing
I'm using the most up to date version of InDesign and I cannot find my GPU performance anywhere. I wanted to use this to fix scrubby zoom, because my scrubby zoom is gone as well so I can't zoom in and out smoothly now. No matter where I look I can't find anything about GPU performance on any tab in InDesign and I'm starting to get really frustrated. Without GPU performance to fix the zoom, I can't use the program effectively without the scrubby zoom.
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Deleting spreads takes many minutes
The time it takes to delete spreads increases with the number of spreads being deleted. To delete 200 spreads in one go, it takes ten to twenty minutes. This operation should be instantaneous.
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