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[ID-4274638]Text disappears intermittently while Typing
>>>I am using InDesign 2026 on a PC and text disappears intermittently as I'm typing. I don't know exactly what triggers it. It reappears of if scroll up or down but it annoying all the same. Can it be fixed?
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- >This may be specific to Windows Platform only. >
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- >Change the presentation mode. >
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229 votesFix for this issue is available in the latest InDesign 2026 release (21.2.0.30) and InDesign 2025 LTS release (20.5.2.078), please update to this release from CCD app.
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Adobe InDesign team
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Handling error sizing with frame with contour (centered/outside).New bug!? Frames with contour: Are now shifted into each other after simult
>>Scaling with undesirable erroneous result:
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> Affects frames whose outline is either:
> A. centered or
> B. aligned to the outside of the frame
> (Frames where the contour is aligned on the inside of the frame are not affected by this error. There the scaling still works correctly as desired).>Recently, such frames (with a contour A/B) shift into each other undesirably after simultaneous resizing (see screenshot) and lose their original arrangement to each other!
>>I don't know with which version this new bug appeared,
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> but it is annoying and makes work slower again.2 votes -
Indesign CC 2019 14.0.1 xmp-information for images cannot be copied
>>>1: Indesign 14.0.1
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> 2: open any link details for any placed image/XMP-information
> 3: I want to copy text from this window to clipboard (like credit-information). This was possible in Indesign 2015.
> 4: it is not possible to copy text.15 votesHello All,
Thank you for reporting the issue to us.
We have fixed the issue in the latest version of InDesign, Id 14.0.3Please upgrade your InDesign application to the latest version to try out the fix.
If you are unable to see the update yet, go to Creative Cloud desktop application, open the menu (three dots) from the top-right corner and click on ‘Check For App Updates’.
If you face any problems with the new update, do let us know in the comments.
You may also follow the below given link for the list of all fixed issues in Id 14.0.3
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Adobe crash processor doesn't close
>>>Adobe Crash Processor prevents files from being moved or deleted even after InDesign or Photoshop applications are closed. User is force to manually "end process" to effect release.
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Pasting Chinese text from illustrator to Indesign changes the content of the text. Help!
>>I have text in Illustrator that are in Chinese, using 苹方-简 typeface. When I copy and paste the same text into Indesign, the text changes into new characters.
>>I know you need to expand the characters to use as vectors, but sometimes we need to change the text and go back and forth before finalizing. The question is why does it not do that for english text? I copy and paste between illustrator and indesign all the time, but this is the first time I've come across changing the text content completely.
>>Running CC 2019 for all.
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RTL Text Bugs Despite "Fixed" Notification
>>InDesign 20.3.1.073
>>Dear Adobe InDesign Development Team,
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> We appreciate your efforts in addressing the RTL text issues introduced with the HarfBuzz engine in InDesign 19 (2024) and the improvements made through version 20.3.1.073.
> However, we must bring to your urgent attention that, contrary to your recent "Fixed" notification, several critical bugs remain unresolved, several critical bugs remain unresolved, impacting right-to-left (RTL) workflows (Hebrew & Arabic).>Critical Bug:
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- > >#1: Disappearing Punctuation/Text in PDF Export with Drop Cap and Line Break> When a drop cap is applied )in justified RTL text( followed by
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Copying anchored object from one ID doc to another crashes ID 15.0 on WIN 10
>>>An anchored object text frame, with content and formatting copied from one ID Doc to another, will crash ID (15.0 x64 WIN 10). Same action in ID (14.03) works perfectly.
>2 votesTo identify the cause of this issue, we had started our investigation with the aim to resolve it. You might have also received email from us seeking more details to help in our investigation.
We’ve concluded our investigation and came up with the finding : Either the issue is fixed in the latest release of InDesign or the issue was intermittent in nature at the time of its reporting and is not reproducible now.
We recommend you to upgrade to the latest version of InDesign 2020 (if you’re not already on it). It contains a lot of stability fixes.
If you still face this issue even after updating to the latest version of InDesign, please submit the crash report to us. (The guidelines to submit crash are available at (https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/submit-crash-reports.html)
We seek your support in our continual effort to improve InDesign.—
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Indesign (Beta) only opens a copy and not the exact inddc, thus resulting to multiple inddc files instead of updating the original file.
>>>Indesign (Beta) only opens a copy and not the exact inddc, thus resulting to multiple inddc files instead of updating the original file.
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text or outline in anchored object disappears in print file version
>>>Just upgraded to Windows 11 and I'm having an issue when exporting documents with interactive elements that have been anchored. Frames for buttons or fillable text that should be appearing are not.
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Multiple Share for Review Issues
>>I work with a team of 6 designers and we are all experiencing regular and multiple different issues with Share for Review – we are all using the latest version 2021 and are needing to try multiple things each time with varied results to get Share for Review to work – these include:
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> 1. Restarting Indesign
> 2. Logging and in about of Adobe CC
> 3. Trashing preferences
> 4. Saving a file Copy>Ths is extremely frustrating, wasting a lot of time and energy and money – I am sincerely hoping you are aware of
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Cursor vanishes when over frames
>>>My cursor is vanishing in InDesign when I move it over a frame (or object inside a frame). It is almost like it is underneath or behind the frame/object.
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SmartStream crash
>>We are experiencing an issue where InDesign v21 will crash while we are using HP SmartStream Designer. This occurs when we start creating an imposed job, and will fail at different times with our templates. We notice this occurs predominately with the 6x9 postcard template.
>>This happens often enough to where we are hesitant to upgrade to the latest version of InDesign, as we are not having this issue with v19. We have tried remaking the template file, which did not fix the issue. Is this a known bug? What steps would be best for us to try
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Copy paste not working
>>>I was designing a book by copying the text from word and pasting in indesign it was working fine. But now when I am trying to paste it, it is not working. At first I thought it is the systems problem and I tried troubleshooting but still the problem persists. I am able to paste the copied text in other docs but it is not working in indesign. Please provide a solution as soon as possible.
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Anchored frame looses the XML tag information as soon as anchor is released/anchor point is moved forward.
>>>Steps to reproduce
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>Create an anchored text/graphic frame with some inline text/image. Tag the frame with some XML Tag (say 'tag1').
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>Now release the anchor.
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>Expected output
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> - On releasing the anchor, there should be no changes in the XML tag on frame.>Actual output
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> - On releasing the anchor, the frame gets untagged.>Additional note: Similar thing happens when anchor is moved forward to another position in inline text. In this case also, frames gets untagged
>7 votesHi
Thanks for reporting the issue. It is currently under review.
Regards
Anasuiya Gupta - >
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[ID-4199810]Cross reference takes more space than its text
>>>A cross reference sometimes takes up more space than its actual text.
>>In the attached shows a frame with text with the right side of the text frame visible and the word "with" (above) extending well beyond the 2nd to last line in the frame. The "112" in the picture is a cross reference. When that cross reference is removed and "regular" text is typed in the 112 fits on the line.
>>Question first posted and confirmed by another here: >https://forums.adobe.com/message/10908454#10908454>.
>>This happens in CS6 and in CC2019, 14.0.1 x64.
>13 votesHi,
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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Be able to anchor already created text box
>>Use Case Scenario: Create text box, use text box. Realize it'd be nice to anchor already created text box to another text box/object/???.
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> Current workflow: copy text, delete text box, find anchor point, insert anchor point, adjust anchor point, create anchored text box, copy text box, further adjust text box.
> Desired workflow: right click on text box/text -> select "anchor to [text/object/???]", anchor to [text/object/???], adjust anchor point settings. No need to redo entire content.>Why can't this be done? It's always an option for non-text box content boxes/objects, correct? So why can't text box boxes
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undesired text reflow
>>>When anchoring an object to which text wrap has been applied, the text in the paragraph receiving the anchor reflows in an undesired manner, affecting layout in minute but important ways. Trying to fit book copy around an image without creating spaciness within the shortened lines is hard enough without having all one's adjustments made null when the text shifts due to an anchor that has nowhere else it can be placed.
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auto sized frame cuts off text descenders
>>>When a text frame is set to auto resize by height, the descenders are cut off the last line of text.
>>Indesign 13.1 running on late 2015 iMac, High sierra 10.13.6
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Script | Selection on merged row makes indesign crash
>>Hi everyone,
>>I'm facing a new problem with a script I was working on, it is supposed to read every cells I selected and let me apply a cell and paragraph style. It works fine unless my first selection is a merge row and the second one a row without any merge.
>>so selecting this two rows with this code makes indesign crash (see: rows.png):
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> var mySelection = app.selection[0];
> alert(app.selection[0].contents)
> } catch (e) {
> alert("error\n" + e.number + ": " + e.message)
> }>Thanks for your help,
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How do you disable the new "Alt Text" icon that shows in the lower-left corner of image frames?
>>>It's like the AI feature that was added in Illustrator. I can't find an option to disable it and it's very distracting. It looks like a mistake in the artwork and will stay the same size regardless of zoom level. Disabling the two Alt Text features in Generative AI preferences did NOT fix this.
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