Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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Fuck You Adobe
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The lists of entries for a cross reference is not ordered
Some panels with items (e.g. links) can be ordered by clicking the column header. Others cannot. Among these are the lists of references to choose from when inserting a cross-reference. These seem to be totally unordered. As a result, it is a pain to look for the right one (e.g. choose from a few hundred in a large document). I consider this a bug because other panels do have this ordering
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Colour picker turns everything to blank with strokes, applies stroke
Colour picker is broken. Everything is checked, but when I use it, it turns the object picked from into blank with black stroke. When applied, it adds a black stroke. This is true of text, objects, and links. Deleting local settings changed nothing.
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Profiles equal to the Output-Intend get lost on PDF-Export
When exporting a PDF all profiles equal to the Output-Intend (which in my case is the Document-Colorspace PSO Coated V3) get lost when exporting.
I have created a small test-file with an PSO Coated V3 Image and an ISO Coated V2 Image.
When Exporting as PDF X4 with Output-Intend Set to PSO Coated V3 the Image that IS PSO Coated V3 looses its profile and the same for the ISO Coated V2 when the Output-Intend is set to that.
This is horrible for Colormanagement. I've been in contact with "Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG" and they suggested to report this to Adobe…
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Missing color in PDF from InDesign
I have an InDesign file with a placed PSD file in it, which contains two spot colors. When I save the file as a PDF out of InDesign, only one of the two spot channels is visible.
I'm running the latest versions of InDesign, Photoshop, and Acrobat. To reproduce, open the attached InDesign file and save as a PDF. The resulting PDF should show a yellow and blue spot, but only the blue is visible. (The PDF generated during packaging also exhibits the problem.)
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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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palettes position in full screen
when in full screen mode, in my particular workspace (which I like, hence why I use it) certain fly out menus don't know that I am in this mode and try to fly up without considering that they are 'off the screen'. So I tend to temporarily change the view mode, do my edit, and then put things back to full screen. Is this a bug? Shouldn't anything the pops open or 'flies out' know where the edge of my screen is, especially in full screen mode?
I have attached a screenshot of this particular issue, when trying to adjust…
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Help > Search Crashes InDesign Every Time
I am using InDesign 2025 on a 2023 MBP with M3 Pro chip on the latest macOS. Whenever I try to use the search function within InDesign, as soon as I click on the search bar, InDesign crashes every single time.
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Bolding missed/changed while importing Word doc
I'm using ID 20.2 on Mac 15.4.1.
I am producing a book with an index that has bolding to indicate photos, but the bolding was missed or changed in a random manner when imported. It was accurate until it reached E, then there were about 200 errors that had to be manually fixed. Here were my steps:
• Imported file word doc with Preserve Styles checked
• Search/repace for bold and italic with bold and italics Character Style
This should have caught all bold and italics and changed them to my style sheet – but, as mentioned, many were missed,…
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InDesign Buttons in Interactive PDF Not Receiving Visible Focus When Tabbing
Product and Version: Adobe InDesign 20.3 (2025) & Acrobat Pro 2025.001
Steps to reproduce:
- Create a Button in InDesign using Buttons and Forms panel.
- Assign an action like "Go to Next Page" with event "On Release or Tap."
- Export as Interactive PDF with "Create Tagged PDF" and "Use Structure for Tab Order" enabled.
- Open in Acrobat.
- Tab through the document.
Expected result: Button should show visible focus indicator when selected by keyboard tabbing, to meet WCAG 2.4.7 Focus Visible.
Actual result: Button can be activated by Enter but shows no visible focus indicator. Rollover and Click states do not activate…
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InDesign 20.3 creates target attributes to every link in EPUB
The latest InDesign version (20.3) creates target="_blank" attributes to every link when exported as EPUB. Doesn't matter if the link contains URL or it's a link from a text anchor. The latest EPUB Check version (5.2.1) gives an error with every link that doesn't have href attribute which means every text anchor is invalid.
For example:
<h1 id="_idParaDest-1" class="Header-1"><a id="_idTextAnchor000" target="_blank"></a>Foreword</h1>In EPUB Check this is an error:
ERROR(RSC-005): Error while parsing file: element "a" missing required attribute "href"1 vote -
No me permite ver la previsualizacion al crear un nuevo lienzo.
Quiero crear un nuevo proyecto y al configurar tamaños, márgenes, etc, acepto ver la previsualización y no me la muestra.
Además, al terminar de crear la configuración del proyecto, me quedo esperando a que aparezca el lienzo para trabajar, y nunca aparece. No entiendo que pasa.1 vote -
change/find resets
When using change/find option, the behavior is typically that the search will cycle to the next instance of the found text, however, in 19.3 on a MAC running Ventura 13.7.2 (22H313), the search will find one instance, then grey out the change/find button and not continue to the next instance -- even though other instances of the text exist.
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Can't open or place files from Windows Explorer
Updated to most recent version of InDesign (Beta) and Photoshop (Beta), and still can't open files by double-clicking in Windows Explorer. I also cannot drag-and-drop files from Explorer to either Adobe program. If I have a document open in InDesign, I can't drag-and-drop to place. The ONLY way I can open files in either InDesign or Photoshop is to use Open from the file menu. This is VERY annoying and time consuming.
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Text box disappears when text converted to outlines
Many sign printers require that all text is converted to outlines. When I do, any text box that has a colour defined disappears. I need to duplicate the box first and delete the text in the underlying box, then convert the above text to outlines. A bit of an arduous process.
This shouldn't happen – it's been an issue for years.
Can you please change it so that converting text to outlines doesn't alter the graphics – that is, the coloured and/or stroked text box remains?
Thanks!
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In InDesign 2020, we were able to disable this default setting successfully — the checkbox remained unchecked even after relaunching the app
In InDesign 2020, we were able to disable this default setting successfully — the checkbox remained unchecked even after relaunching the application.
However, in InDesign 2024, the checkbox automatically re-enables itself after each relaunch, even if we manually uncheck it.
We would like this checkbox to remain unchecked by default, even after restarting the software
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Unter „Datei – Zuletzt verwendete Dateien öffnen“ fehlt die Funktion, dass man geöffnet gewesene Dateien aus der Vorschau löschen kann.
Unter „Datei – Zuletzt verwendete Dateien öffnen“ fehlt die Funktion, dass man
geöffnet gewesene Dateien aus der Vorschau löschen kann: und das
seit gefühlten einhundert Jahren. Im Ps kann man das unter dem Befehl namens
„Liste der letzten Dateien löschen“ tun, in Ai dann wieder nicht.Am besten wäre es, wenn man diese Vorschauen auch einzeln löschen könnte
und nicht immer nur alle gleichzeitig: Weil man manchmal etwas weg
haben will und anderes zum erneuten Öffnen in der Vorschau behalten möchte.1 vote -
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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Bug: Size of pages in INDD changes when placing the INDD in another INDD
Indesign 20.2, Windows 11
Not sure if this can be reproduced, but here is what I did:
1. Created an INDD with two pages with size 180x264, no margins
2. At the bottom of the second page placed a text frame with some text, so its bottom-left corner is at X=0 and Y=264
3. Saved the INDD and placed it another INDD
4. When applying "Fit frame to content" on the placed object, the displayed size changed to 180 mm x 260.2 mmIt turns out that the text frame at the bottom of the second page has a different…
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Share for Review: Invitation links are no longer file name
Updated to InDesign V 20.2
Share for Review invitation emails used to include the file name, but now show in the subject and body text as a string of characters. I have multiple files being shared to review daily, and its become difficult and time consuming to find previously shared projects since my email inbox is no longer displaying the names of the files being shared.
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