Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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Open Sans
Open Sans not working in Indesign 13.0.1. Have cleared font cache, reinstalled clean font from google and still it doesn't recognise it.
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Missing item in startup screen should be removed
If I move a document on my hard drive, of course it’s gonna be missing in the recent items of inDesign. (normal)
At that moment, instead of « missing doc -> OK » i should have :
« missing doc -> remove from recent docs / Ok »
* OK would do the exact same thing, closing the message window and leaving the icon/item there.
* remove would remove it from the list so that I don’t see it again and mistakenly click it again.
Why keeping the « OK » item at all ? So that I can keep…3 votes -
GREP variables $1 (and so on) not working
GREP variables $1 (and so on) are not working. $0 brings the found text, $1 just replaces with $1.
Indesign CC 13.0 20183 votes -
Data Merge, Export To Pdf - Record Limit per Document
The "Record Limit per Document" feature, when doing as Export to PDF data merge, does not work. If I try to export a 6 record pdf, with the Record Limit per Document set to 1, instead of 6 files, I get one.
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English (UK) dictionary apparently not working
Why, when I have set things to PROPER English rather than American English, is the spellchecker still working in Mericanese?
The attached will show British spellings being highlighted as wrong, yet PROPER English selected in preferences.
Thank you!
3 votesYou can select the text frame and change the language in the Control panel
or you can select a specific portion of text, say a word, in a frame and change the language for that in the Control panel.If you want to change the application’s default language, in a no document state, edit the [Basic Paragraph] style in the Paragraph Styles panel (in Advanced Character Formats) category.
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Incompatible with Windows 10, won't even open
My Windows 10 laptop simply will not open InDesign.
3 votesPlease try out InDesign CC2018 and let me know if it solves your issue.
Please check if you meet the system requirements for latest InDesign – https://helpx.adobe.com/in/indesign/system-requirements.html -
3 votes
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Adobe inDesign is shutting down
Adobe in Design is shutting dow. A serious error was detected. Please restart InDesign to recover work in any unsaved InDesign documents. This happened when importing an image cmd D.
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Icon not showing in Windows File Explorer
InDesign v20.3 shows blank square in Windows File Explorer, instead of INDD Icon. Opens as expected in InDesign 2025.
I have already done icon cache rebuild, repair install, and reset file associations.
BTW The reason why it's important: InDesign icon isn't just cosmetic. It’s a visual anchor that helps you quickly pick .indd files out from folders full of images, PDFs, and links. Losing that icon seriously hurts workflow — especially in design-heavy environments with lots of asset types.
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damaged file after 'Update table of contents'
damaged Indesign file after 'Update table of contents'
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Crash/Error Reporting & (non)Solutions
I have been using Adobe products since the beginning. After a crash, I have not ever once had the Error Report that 'searches for a solution or workaround' come back with any solution—working or not. Has anyone ever had a useful solution or workaround come back? Just me?? I am guessing it is still valuable to send the reports, although not sure about that either.
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Bug: Cannot cancel or requeue background tasks, ID keeps activating fonts for good
Indesign 2024, Windows 10.
Problem 1: even with Adobe Fonts being activated, ID 2024 starts to activate fonts it finds in \Fonts folder, doing that for good and the tasks cannot be canceled.
Problem 2: other tasks, like PDF export, are then queued and cannot be processed at all unless you could move them up the queue, which doesn't work.2 votes -
"recent" files date modified
It's January 2 and all my recent files (updated within the last couple weeks or month, meaning December) are showing up as being from "1 year ago" which is not quite true.
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data merge images
InDesign 20.0.1 on MaxOS 15.1.1 (24B91), the Data merge for images does not work. There are no errors or warmings, but upon previewing, exporting or merging the images to not populate. The same data file and downsaved indd file (ver 19) works.
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Grep function for deleting trailing whitespace deletes a paragraph mark before a table
A paragraph mark before a table should not be considered trailing whitespace. Not sure what else to say. Maybe it's an easy fix?
2 votesThis issue is under review.
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Adobe InDesign team
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[ID-4230173]Custom Workspace is not retained.
InDesign 2025 workspace resets to basic/essentials every time i open the program or another document. I have a workspace saved and the program is not honoring that.
2 votesFix for this issue is now available in the latest InDesign Release version 20.1 (Build 20.1.0.71), available via Creative Cloud Desktop application.
Please update your InDesign application to this latest version to get the fix.
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Adobe InDesign team
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indesign reverting unit selection
Each time I set up a new document in InDesign (and only in indesign this happens), it defaults to Pica measurement (my preference is set to mm) and when I change it and begin to fill out the measurements, it reverts back to pica 2-3 times before it'll stay on mm.
I've tried:
-re installing
-changing/checking preferences
-resettting preferencesUnsure if a bug or something I've missed.
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Export to HTML5 - options cannot be accessed
In the new Indesign there is this HTML5 export advertised. So I gave a try. But it is quite unfinished. I attached a screenshot - a dialog appears on the top of the export options panel, due to this the export options cannot be accessed. Closing the top dialog automatically starts the export process. Clicking "Cancel" cancels the main dialog as well.
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Error with InDesign (Beta): "Some files required for color management are missing"
Hi, when I start the just-released InDesign (Beta) on Windows ARM, I get the error "Some files required for color management are missing. Please re-install the application to ensure proper functioning".
I've uninstalled and reinstalled, and have used the Creative Cloud Cleaner, but it doesn't resolve the issue. InDesign seems to be running OK even after getting the error, so it's more of a nuisance than anything. I may run into some issues in future with color management though.
- Adobe InDesign (Beta) 19.5 x64 (Mainline CI #09013C9)
- Launch InDesign
- InDesign should start without any errors.
- The error message in the…
2 votesInDesign Beta 19.5.0.91 is made live on Win Arm machines for English users. Users having their language as EN, can now install and use InDesign Beta on Windows Arm based machines.
Please share your AdobeID with us at sharewithid@adobe.com so that we can help you gain exclusive access to the InDesign beta version on a Windows ARM machine if you are unable to access the beta app.
Refer to the following articles for more information:
- https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/kb/arm-processors.html
- https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/windows-arm-support.html
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Sanyam Talwar (he/him)
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Hebrew Font Issue in inDesign 2024
I'm having an Issue with inDesign 2024, every single release of this version.
The issue is a font that I have, squeezing together some letters, this issue doesn't appear in inDesign 2023, as a result I i'm stuck in that version:
Here's an example of it the first image shows the 2024 version and the second one the 20232 votes
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