Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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Copying from Illustrator pastes with strange colors
>>>I used to be able to do this with no problem: copy a vector from Illustrator into InDesign and it look the same. Now, when I paste a logo, say, a teal and yellow one, into InDesign, the teal turns red! I have color swatches created in the Illustrator file, but even when I haven't done that, I've never seen this happen before. I now have to import many vector images instead, which is a huge inconvenience.
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Page icons not displayed in vertical and horizontal configuration.
>>>There seems to be a bug with the pages palette, the icons do not display correctly in vertical and horizontal configurations with some dissapearing off the side or below.
>2 votesWe have released an update for InDesign CC2019 (v 14.0.1) which contains fixes for some key issues. If you are not already on 14.0.1 (build 209), then we recommend you to update to latest version.
If you still face this issue even after updating, please send the following information to santalwa@adobe.com :
Reproducible Steps –
• Is the issue related to a specific document(s)/asset(s)? If yes, can you please share the document(s)/asset(s) with us? Please package the entire document(To package the document, Go to File → Package)
• Does trashing InDesign Preferences and Cache help resolve the issue? Please take a backup of the same before trashing them.Adobe InDesign team
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Datamerge
>>>Version: Indesign CC 2017.1. Same behaviour in both Windows 7 and El Capitan 10.11.6.
>>Steps to reproduce: Create a layout file and a tab delimited text file like the ones seen on the info images.
>>Expected result: A pdf with the same data as the text file and preview.
>>Actual result: A pdf with its first record correct, but the following two incorrect. See description image.
>>Solutions/workarounds
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>Decrease the column names number of characters and/or make sure no placeholder has overset text (used solution).
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>Create a merged document. The values seem to work as expected then (this solution was not possible in my case).
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>Misc info
>>Although making sure there are no overset text frames seems to fix the problem there were many text frames like that in the actual layout, and all except one of them worked as expected. The data itself fit the frames without any problem and no overset warning is shown after the export.
>>Provided are the actual test files as well. Se file ”data>merge>bug_files.zip”.
>>A really nasty bug since the preview should definitely not differ from the actual output.
>>>Version: Indesign CC 2017.1. Same behaviour in both Windows 7 and El Capitan 10.11.6.
>>Steps to reproduce: Create a layout file and a tab delimited text file like the ones seen on the info images.
>>Expected result: A pdf with the same data as the text file and preview.
>>Actual result: A pdf with its first record correct, but the following two incorrect. See description image.
>>Solutions/workarounds
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>Decrease the column names number of characters and/or make sure no placeholder has overset text (used solution).
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>Create a merged document. The
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Folio overlays
>>>Abode indesign CC 2017 - 08/30 - Windows
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> My colleague and I are trying to make a folder with Publish online, and sometimes we need 'Folio Overlays' tool - but it doesn't work. For me it's too big to see on the screen, makes everything slow - and for her, it doesn't work at all, it doesn't show anything at all.2 votes -
Can't change page after selecting an XML node, until setting focus to the main page area
>>>Summary: After selecting a node in the XML tree, double-clicking any of the page thumbnails or master page thumbnails has no effect. The page won't change until I click on the main page area.
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> Steps to reproduce (in Windows):
> 1. With a document open in Indesign CC, open the XML Structure pane.
> 2. Double click on any of the page thumnails in the "Pages" palette.
> Expected result: I exepct the page to load, that I double clicked.
> Actual result: Nothing happens.2 votes -
Persistent startup screen
>>>When opening old ID documents frequently the startup screen hangs on the main screen. This happens specially after missing images, plug-ins an fonts warnings. Have to quit and relaunch ID...
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AGLFN: ZWJ, ZWNJ, ZWS in PDF
>>>Indesign is not written ZWJ (U+200D), ZWNJ (U+200C), ZWS (U+200B) with its glyph name uni200D, uni200C, uni200B respectively.
>>This is not helping in copying the text with ZWJ (U+200D), ZWNJ (U+200C), ZWS (U+200B) from PDF.
>>These non-printing characters are copied has "space" instead.
>>These non-printing characters in Indic scripts are part of text. With and without these characters, text can changes its meaning.
>>Please support these characters with AGLFN glyph names in fonts in Indesign, PDF export feature.
>>More info
>>>https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/agl-aglfn/issues/1#issuecomment-323822117>
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Surface Pro 4 And Gestures
>>>I have a new Surface Pro 4. When using Adobe applications, gestures on the touch pad (for example pinching or scrolling) either don't work or are really bugy with little control. I was told by Adobe that this is due to the detachable keyboard on the Surface Pro.
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Multiple Bugs in CC17
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> Random lines appeared on my screen. Baseline grid and guides were hidden as I was in Preview Mode, no explanation for these lines.>Display issue 2
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> Text doesn’t display correctly when I apply a different Paragraph Style Sheet. (It displays the text in both the original Paragraph Style and new paragraph style on top of one another, even though the new Paragraph Style is selected). I needed to deselect and reselect another paragraph of text to rectify the issue.>Dialogue box issues
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> Both videos show how I’m unable to select from the drop down menu in InDesign. In the first video I want to select the ‘Photoshop Path’ from the Clipping Path dialogue box, but am unable to do so.
> The second video show how I want to create a PDF (via File/Export) but I cannot change the PDF settings from the drop down menu.
> Needed to quit the program and restart to rectify the problem.>>Display issue 1
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> Random lines appeared on my screen. Baseline grid and guides were hidden as I was in Preview Mode, no explanation for these lines.>Display issue 2
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> Text doesn’t display correctly when I apply a different Paragraph Style Sheet. (It displays the text in both the original Paragraph Style and new paragraph style on top of one another, even though the new Paragraph Style is selected). I needed to deselect and reselect another paragraph of text to rectify the issue.>Dialogue box issues
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> Both videos show how I’m unable to select from2 votes -
window
>>>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 as a bug.
>>They way it is you can not differenciate between images that don't have a profile and images that already have the correct profile. As a result all images get converted again in prepress - even those that already are in the correct profile.
>>If you have any further questions feel free to ask and i'll help out as good as i can :)
>>Thanks!
>>>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
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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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Horizontal scrollbar in Adobe Preview is hard to find.
>>>My clients are complaining that when they enlarge the page view in Adobe Preview, they can't see half the page and don't see a way to scroll to it. The problem is the slider at the bottom of the browser window doesn't appear until you hover over it with the cursor - and once you do, it is very shallow and hard to click on, especially for older clients with less than perfect vision.
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> Could this not be made visible once the view is enlarged, and make it a bit thicker so less nimble hands can click on it?>>My clients are complaining that when they enlarge the page view in Adobe Preview, they can't see half the page and don't see a way to scroll to it. The problem is the slider at the bottom of the browser window doesn't appear until you hover over it with the cursor - and once you do, it is very shallow and hard to click on, especially for older clients with less than perfect vision.
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> Could this not be made visible once the view is enlarged, and make it a bit thicker so less nimble hands can click on1 vote -
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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InDesign. 20.4.1 x64 . PNG Not Transparent
>>>PNG's created on up to date PSD or historical PSD versions, not showing up as Transparent for InDesign version in subject.
>>Still works in 2024 version of InDesign.
>>Tried reset in 2025 version; along with 3 hours of assistance with chat team. Lost reference number as chat window closed before I could copy transcript.
>>Please note, not a PSD problem; tied directly to the version of ID quoted.
>>Chat occuRred with Adobe team from approximately 5pm-7pm, Friday July 25, 2025, PST.
>>I'm removing the 2025 version for the older version.
>>John
>1 voteCould you please share a sample PNG file with us at sharewithID@adobe.com with the same subject as this UserVoice title?
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Bug on page naming
>>>In Indesign 25.0, on Mac,
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> Despite having named the pages with a letter (here, "C" in the screenshot) the pages are not correctly named.
> Therefore, all my custom scripts that are using the special naming don't work anymore. Please, fix the bug.
> It used to work just fine before1 vote -
mass update of path for links in InDesign document
>>>If you need to update the link on an InDesign document you have to manually go into the folder system and find the link, so it is only ever effective when you have all the links in one folder. This is detrimental to saving space in a workplace where you may want to use the same asset in different types of publications. In the Maya application from AutoDesk you can instead manually edit the text for the filepath, or even, change it to absolutes like $user$ which makes it far easier for sharing projects. Please can you enable this feature?
>>>If you need to update the link on an InDesign document you have to manually go into the folder system and find the link, so it is only ever effective when you have all the links in one folder. This is detrimental to saving space in a workplace where you may want to use the same asset in different types of publications. In the Maya application from AutoDesk you can instead manually edit the text for the filepath, or even, change it to absolutes like $user$ which makes it far easier for sharing projects. Please can you enable this
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Aparece que acedi a ficheiros que não acedi
>>>Aparece que acedi a ficheiros que não acedi. Segue prints
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