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  1. scroll arrows missing

    Here is a new bug in InDesign 2022
    This bug didn't exist in InDesign 2019
    Here isi it :
    In OBJECT menu > Object's layers options :
    The small window doesn't have scroll arrows anymore. They are very usefull to scroll the list screen per screen.
    Now, ther is only a vertical scroll cursor and it isn't precise at all : impossible to use with a list of 40, 50 layers.

    The window should be resizable too please.
    Thank you for reading

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  2. Punjabi / Gurmukhi character encoding errors after exporting to interactive PDF

    InDesign 2025 and 2024:

    Punjabi / Gurmukhi documents exported to interactive PDF have character encoding issues. Some glyphs cannot be read by screen readers or output to braille.

    After many hours of research and testing, it was discovered that exporting from InDesign 2023 does not create this issue.

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  3. Sur la version Mac 2025 (20,0) de indesign Je suis obligé pour voir les boites de sélection de faire une manœuvre pour les voir.

    les boites sont affichées en arrière de la fenêtre principale. elles n'apparaissent devant que lorsque j'ai fait une manœuvre (voir toutes les fenêtres de l'écran). C'est gênant.

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  4. Ouvrir un fichier en glissant l'icône dans la fenêtre ne fonctionne plus

    Depuis la version 20.0 x64 sur PC, je ne peux plus ouvrir un fichier InDesign en glissant l'icône sur la fenêtre de l'application. Cela m'est très utile vu qu'à cause d'un CMS installé, mon PC ne reconnaît plus l'icône du programme et que le double-clique ne fonctionne pas non plus.

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  5. Page pane icons not visible because of page info in Page pane

    When you make the page pane window narrower page info covers the icons like trash etc. This is super annoying. To see the icons I need to make the pane very wide. Not convenient at all, because it takes so much space on my screen. Please fix this!

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  6. Trouble having more than 1 INDD file open

    I can't open more than 1 INDD file at a time. I need to copy and paste from sections of one INDD into another. It will lock. You have to force it to quit. I lose time and my changes. My IT department at work said to contact Adobe. What should I do?

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  7. User Generated Templates that can be Accessed from the Home Screen

    It would be very helpful to be able to access user generated templates from the home screen, similar to presets. This will allow teams to quickly access documents and keep layouts consistent, instead of taking time to search for templates on the network.

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  8. Table Stroke adjusment panel

    On the Table Stroke adjustment panel, the thin blue lines are difficult to see for someone with color deficient vision or reduced visual acuity. I suggest increasing the width of the highlighted stroke to indicate which are selected.

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  9. Errors in file creation means that some devices cannot open epub file. ID Version 19.3

    E-Pub checker defines issues consistently
    "data-idGenAnimationEndState" is not a valid custom data attribute (it must have at least one character
    after the hyphen, be XML-compatible, and not contain ASCIl uppercase letters). The errors are always in reference to lines 17 and 20 in the code. When I attempted to load the file I received notice: The (ID created files) are 'not supported' and cannot be uploaded to this site. The publications with these errors contain gifs. They play ok on my mac and android devices though not on some similar devices.

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    Please send the following information to santalwa@adobe.com :

    • Reproducible Steps – What were you doing when the issue occurred?
    • Video recording of the issue
    • Is(Are) the issue related to a specific document(s)/asset(s)? If yes, could you provide the document(s)/asset(s) to us? Please package the entire document (To package the document, choose File → Package…)


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  10. Assign new shortcut for hiding panels while inside a text box don't work (Mac 12.7.4 ID2023)

    InDesign 18.5.2
    Mac 12.7.4

    Please read and try to create it in order to see the problem. some users reported it works for a few times, but later stopped.

    Hello,
    I have a need to hide/show panels except the toolbox which is here:

    Product area : Views, Navigation > Show/Hide all panels except toolbox --- Default: Shift+Tab

    Of course this shortcut will not work when my cursor is inside a text box so I added a shortcut when the "Text" context is selected so it will work in this way too: Text: Ctrl+Tab

    While doing so I made sure [unassigned]…

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  11. Actual text duplicated as Alt-text on images in a list

    When setting only actual text on images in a list, the images output with actual text but also Alt-text. This unnecessarily repeats information to assistive technology.

    When the same image with only actual text is inside a paragraph instead, the actual text (and no Alt-text) correctly outputs to the PDF.

    This happens in 19.0.1 (2024), and it happens in 2023.

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  12. Reading order of footnotes is incorrect for multi-column layouts

    InDesign is not placing footnotes correctly in the reading order when generating accessible PDFs for layouts with more than one column. Instead of placing the footnotes at the bottom of the page's reading order, InDesign is placing them at the end of the first column, interrupting the reading order.

    Also, after correcting the reading order by placing the footnote(s) at end, Acrobat reports a 'Tagged Annotations - Failed' error for the footnote or the first footnote in a block of footnotes when it is a hyperlink.

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  13. Incorrect coding of ligatures in placed Illustrator files

    InDesign is not encoding ligatures in placed Illustrator files correctly when generating accessible PDFs via the Export/Adobe PDF (Interactive) command. Accessibility Check in Acrobat reports all ligatures in Illustrator files as 'Character Encoding - Failed'.

    macOS 14, all CC apps up to date.

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  15. Article "Use for Tagging Order" not working

    ID 2024 19.0 The "Use for Tagging Order in Tagged PDF" no longer works. There are no tags present when I check the PDF. This is a huge accessibility issue!

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  16. Alt text is lost when content is edited in InCopy

    When a file containing content which includes anchored objects (images or groups) which have alt text applied is edited in InCopy, alt text is destroyed.

    InDesign/Incopy 2023 & 2022

    Steps to reproduce:
    1) Create a new INDD file
    2) Place an image
    3) Add alt text to the image
    4) Create a text frame with some placeholder text
    5) Anchor the image into the text frame
    6) Export the story for editing in InCopy
    7) Open the file in InCopy
    8) Edit the content (Don't touch the image)
    9) Check in the file
    10) Reopen the file in InDesign and…

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  18. InDesign Beta doesn't open my file

    When Indesign Beta is open and I want to open an additional file, Indesign doesn't open the new file, but seems to ignore tha prompt to open the additional file. If the program is closed, the files will open the program and pop up, but if the program is already open with or without a file, InDesign ignores the opening of the new file.

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  19. Error when trying to read an accessible PDF generated by Indesign with a screen reader.

    I'm using CC 2023, InDesign. I made a PDF accessible through InDesign, however, when opening it in Acrobat and trying to read it with assistive technology (NVDA) the PDF gives an error and closes.

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  20. couleur de l'onglet du fichier en cour

    Je souhaiterai pouvoir régler la couleur de l'onglet du fichier en cour. Car gis foncé sur gris plus foncé on peut chercher un moment de même pour les autres couleur de'interface. Pas assez de contraste.

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