Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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dictionary
Your dictionary is woefully inadequate. Does not know what "demonization" or "plethoric" means?
Pathetic.
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InDesign 20.5 nonresponsive in paragraph/character styles after Windows update KB5065789
After a Windows 11 update to "September 29, 2025—KB5065789 (OS Builds 26200.6725 and 26100.6725) Preview" InDesign is nonresponsive hanging for minutes at a time trying to navigate menu options in Paragraph Styles and Character Styles.
The same happens with prior versions of InDesign with this Windows Update.
Confirmed the problem occurred on two different users/machines, with a new blank document.1 vote -
notes tool deactivates midway through typing note
Every time I try to add a new note, the window to type the note briefly activates, but midway through typing my note it deactivates and greys out, deselecting both the note and the whole text thread it is part of. To continue typing the note, I need to click back into the text frame and use the arrows to get to the previous or next note to reactivate it. Then it deactivates again a second or two later. Why is it doing this? I am using 20.4.1 x64.
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Documents appear blank after waking computer from sleep
Anytime I leave documents open, and my computer goes to sleep (even display sleep), nothing is viewable until I close the file and reopen it. I had this problem previously, and in typical Adobe fashion it stopped and has recently come back. Incredibly annoying, and happens every time when documents are left open and the laptop goes to sleep. Seems to mostly happen when connected to a 2nd monitor.
Indesign 20.5, Apple M1 Max, MacBook Pro, Sequoia 15.6.1
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Restore “Next/Previous Window” shortcut functionality when Stage Manager is enabled
When using InDesign 2025 on macOS Tahoe with Stage Manager enabled, the Next Window (⌘`
) and **Previous Window** (⇧⌘`) shortcuts do not work. Even if the shortcuts are reassigned in Preferences, InDesign cannot cycle through open documents.What’s happening:
Stage Manager collapses all InDesign document windows into a single OS-level container. macOS then reports that InDesign has only one window, so InDesign’s “Next/Previous Window” commands never cycle.Why this is critical:
• Multi-document workflows are core to professional design.
• Losing the ability to quickly flip between open documents slows production work significantly.
• Competing macOS apps (Safari,…1 vote -
Data Merge panel doesn't import UTF-8 data when selecting "UTF-8" encoding option
I’m using Adobe InDesign v. 20.5.0.48 on the macOS v. 15.6.1. I have a “merge.csv” data file encoded in UTF-8 that imports into the Data Merge panel when I select “ASCII” as the encoding but, unsurprisingly, doesn’t display some special characters correctly. When I select “UTF-8” as the encoding option, which should remedy this problem, the file fails to import!
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When waking from sleep, screen turns black or magenta
InDesign 20.5 (and previous versions). Apple Mac mini M1 2020, 16GB, Sequoia 15.6 (and previous iterations of the OS). Samsung UJ590 UHD Monitor.
Not the first time this has happened but as I’m on the latest version of ID now it’s becoming increasingly frustrating.
When waking from sleep, in GPU Preview, my entire screen is either black or magenta and I cannot see the components of my file. If I turn on Overprint Preview the assets can be seen. If I then switch back to GPU Preview, the screen changes back to black or magenta.
I have to quit and…
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Objekte markieren und verschieben Sichtbarkeit
Das Verschieben eines markierten Objektes wird erst angezeigt, wenn ich den Cursor aus dem Objekt herausbewege bzw. nach der Aktion wieder hineinbewege. (The moving of a marked object is only displayed when I move the cursor out of the object. The same backwards: I have to move the cursor back into the object and just then the movement is visible). Please help!
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Nothing appears when i open up indesign
When i boot up indesign. It starts up but there is nothing there. Just a blank screen. When I got to create a new document it doesn't work at all.
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InDesign Beta (ARM64) The application was unable to start correctly(0xc0000142).
I'm using the new Surface Pro 11 (Snapdragon X Elite – ARM64). I installed Creative Cloud ARM64 and InDesign Beta via official channels.
When I try to launch it, I get this error:
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The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142)
I’ve tried:Adobe Cleaner Tool
ARM64 Creative Cloud installer
Visual C++ redistributables (x64 and ARM64)
DISM & SFC
Compatibility mode + Admin rights
Please help resolve this — it seems to be a bug in the current InDesign Beta ARM64 build.
1 voteHi,
Update your Windows 11 to the latest version as the minimum supported version for 20.0 and above beta builds on Windows 11 is 24H2 (26100.1882).
Refer to InDesign (Beta) support for Windows ARM-based machines for more details.
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Adobe InDesign Team
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Title: Restore Immediate Visibility of Resize Handles on Frame Selection Post
In the latest InDesign updates, the resize handles (bounding box corners and sides) no longer appear immediately when selecting a text or graphic frame. They only show up after moving the cursor. This is a serious usability issue.
Without visible handles, there's no clear feedback that the correct object has been selected—especially problematic when working with layered or overlapping elements. This change breaks long-standing workflow habits and slows down production.
Please restore the previous behavior or at least add a preference toggle to always show resize handles immediately upon selection.
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Text formatting is lost when copy and paste a text box on the same page or to another page in the same document
Copy an paste text box, the text formatting is lost in the pasted text box. Reverts to Forte font. Also, cannot change the font in the pasted text box. The font reader will say it is the new chosen font, but the visual of the text is not reflecting the actual font chosen. Have to redraw and rewrite text every time to have the font and formatting desired.
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Keyboard shortcuts not working
My keyboard shortcuts frequently quit working. InDesign 2025. If I close the document and re-open it they start working again. Seems like a bug to me.
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InDesign changes my page size
Whenever I set up a new document, say 11" X 8.5", auto-select landscape of course applies itself, and I move past that point in the New Document dialog box, InDesign changes my set document specs to whatever was previously selected for the last document size. Why?
I then have to go back into the page size settings after opening the new document and correct it.
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Although the ruler units are in pixels, the layer height and Y position still appear in millimeters.
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"Open Recent" broken in 20.4
EDIT 2:
I updated this post to say it was resolved after I removed some dell software which also fixed an issue I had with the Separations Preview panel. However, I forgot that I had reverted to 20.3 - after updating again to 20.4 this is still an issue.
Original post:
The Open Recent menu is not opening the file I click on but is opening a random file from the list.
I thought this might be something to do with the new GPU performance feature but it happens with it disabled.
ID 20.4 Win 11
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[ID-4265137] Can't override the keyboard shortcut (shift-e) for GPU preview
Go to Keyboard Shortcuts, to View > GPU Preview toggle and delete the Default context shift-e shortcut (as it's already used in my set for Reveal in Bridge). Save, works fine for that session, forgets next restart.
1 voteHi,
Thank you for reporting the issue. We have been able to reproduce the issue and it is currently under investigation.
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Adobe InDesign Team
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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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"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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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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