Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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Share link is buggy in 2026 version
>>>I recently updated to Adobe InDesign 21.1 and have had several issues with the Share for Review link.
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>InDesign periodically just drops the link and I have to create a new one to share so I loose what comments people have made already.
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- >When I click on SHARE button on the top left of my screen that says “Share for Review - create link to capture feedback” in order to update the link it gives me an error code that says “There was an error updating the artifact.” It won't update. >
- >Items that were “pinned” switch to “unmapped” when I update the link so it makes it difficult to find where I need to make a correction. >
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>>I recently updated to Adobe InDesign 21.1 and have had several issues with the Share for Review link.
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>InDesign periodically just drops the link and I have to create a new one to share so I loose what comments people have made already.
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- >When I click on SHARE button on the top left of my screen that says “Share for Review - create link to capture feedback” in order to update the link it gives me an error code that says “There was an error updating the artifact.” It won't update. >
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Continuous issues with 21.1 on Windows 11 - Won't Open/Crashing
>>>Since updating to 21.1 (2026), I have to repair the Visual C++ Redistributables, restart, and then reset preferences with Shift+Ctrl+Alt just to get InDesign to open. Error OXC0000142. I have done this numerous times, and each week, I have to do it again.
>>It also has crashed my (and others on our team) computers which makes them boot into the BIOS to a Support Repair screen.
>>21.1 is near unusable at this point.
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Cannot place text in columns or flow text
>>>I try to place my manuscript from a Google doc and tried Word doc, but it does not put the text in the columns or flow it. It has created more pages but it put the text only at left pages or not at all. I DO WANT the text like in my A-master with two columns to flow in these columns. The shift-click does not work. I do not get a snake arrow... The settings for flow text is on. I have chosen primary text frames...I am a newby but I can´t get any support.
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Links panel
>>>Hi Support Team,
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> I’ve been using Adobe InDesign for the last few years, and after the latest update it looks like the option to copy the missing file name from the Links panel has been removed.
> This feature was extremely useful, because you could quickly copy the file name and search for it across available storage locations (local drive / external drives / server).
> Now, instead, there are only two options to copy the full file path to the missing file. I don’t really understand why there are two versions of essentially the same action, and more importantly — the full path is not very helpful when the file is missing in the first place.
> At the moment, to extract the missing file name I have to do extra steps (such as modifying/removing the original path and letting the system prompt a relink search), which is time-consuming and unnecessary.
> Could you please restore the “Copy File Name” option in this menu?
> System: macOS (Intel Core i9, Tahoe 26.2 (25C56))
> App: Adobe InDesign 2026, version 21.1
> Thank you!>>Hi Support Team,
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> I’ve been using Adobe InDesign for the last few years, and after the latest update it looks like the option to copy the missing file name from the Links panel has been removed.
> This feature was extremely useful, because you could quickly copy the file name and search for it across available storage locations (local drive / external drives / server).
> Now, instead, there are only two options to copy the full file path to the missing file. I don’t really understand why there are two versions of essentially the same action, and1 vote -
unable to open any version of indesign, illustrator, photoshop or lightroom
>>>When attempting to open lightroom, indesign, illustrator, or photoshop on versions after 20.2 I am unable to without it either crashing or attempting to open. I was told by a service agent to just keep the old version till they fix it but it has been three months since this problem arose, and it is still not fixed. On top of this the older versions are running slower, and "help" pop ups have been popping up on my indesign and I am not able to close them.
>>I have used adobe creative cloud suite for almost 8 years and have never had problems till now. I am very disappointed and hope they are able to fix this soon.
>>>When attempting to open lightroom, indesign, illustrator, or photoshop on versions after 20.2 I am unable to without it either crashing or attempting to open. I was told by a service agent to just keep the old version till they fix it but it has been three months since this problem arose, and it is still not fixed. On top of this the older versions are running slower, and "help" pop ups have been popping up on my indesign and I am not able to close them.
>>I have used adobe creative cloud suite for almost 8
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Workspace
>>>In the latest version of InDesign (2026 / 21.1), my custom workspaces do not work properly.
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> I have always manually created 2 workspaces based on my most used tools in all previous versions of ID. However in the latest relaese, whenever I start the program or when I reset my workspace it loads certain panels which are not open when I save the workspace. Most notibly the History, Gradient and CC Libraries panels keep coming back.1 vote -
Slow
>>>Please fix bugs in the latest update. The INDD has become so slow, and became pretty much unusable.
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> This is affecting my work productivity (on Windows) big time.1 vote -
Use of Paragraph Rules results in untagged PDF path elements
>>>InDesign 21.1
>>Action: Apply Paragraph Rule
>>Expected Result: Rules are tagged as artifacts when exporting to PDF
>>Actual Result: The resulting path gets included in tagging, but is not tagged as an artifact. This results in errors when auditing for WCAG 2.1 compliance.
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graphic frame anchor proxy not visible
>>>Graphic frame does not include an anchor proxy symbol (unanchored) or a small blue dot (anchored). Screen mode is normal, show hidden characters is enabled, frame is not on a master page.
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Change language
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> I have installed InDesign version 21.1 x64 for Windows with norwegian menus. I try to change menus from norwegian to english, but it does not work. I uninstalled InDesign and went to Creative Cloud Desktop -Apps. - Preferences - and changed the language to english and reinstalled InDesign. The menus are still in Norwegian. Why does that happen? Will you please give me an answer.
> Sincerly Gunnar Eggen, mailaddress: >gunnar.eggen@gmail.com>1 vote -
Lenteur extrême indesign 2026
>>>Bonjour,
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> depuis environ 1 semaine (dernière mise à jour 21.1 x64 d'InDesign sur PC), chaque lettre ajoutée à un document dans InDesign 2026 met presque 10 secondes avant d'apparaître et que je puisse agir de nouveau sur mon document. Même chose pour sélectionner un mot ou pour effectuer la moindre action dans un texte en cours d'édition. seule le curseur bouge normalement, mais il disparaît tant que l'action en cours n'a pas été réalisée.
> J'ai désinstallé et réinstallé InDesign en supprimant les préférences. rien n'a changé.
> J'ai réinitialisé les préférences et rien n'a changé.
> Mon système est très récent :
> - Processeur : AMD Ryzen 7 7700 8-Core Processor (3.80 GHz)
> - Mémoire RAM installée : 32,0 Go (31,1 Go utilisable)
> - Système d’exploitation 64 bits, processeur x64
> - Windows 11 Famille - Version 25H2 - Installé le 11/07/2025
> Build du système d’exploitation 26200.7623
> Carte graphique : NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050>C'est une panne critique pour moi car en tant qu'éditeur, je ne peux plus travailler correctement ni rapidement sur les livres en cours alors que tout allait bien avec ces mêmes dossiers il n'y a que quelques jours.
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> Merci de me donner une solution qui rétablisse le fonctionnement normal d'InDesign.
> bien cordialement,
> Jean-Louis KERVAHUT.>>Bonjour,
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> depuis environ 1 semaine (dernière mise à jour 21.1 x64 d'InDesign sur PC), chaque lettre ajoutée à un document dans InDesign 2026 met presque 10 secondes avant d'apparaître et que je puisse agir de nouveau sur mon document. Même chose pour sélectionner un mot ou pour effectuer la moindre action dans un texte en cours d'édition. seule le curseur bouge normalement, mais il disparaît tant que l'action en cours n'a pas été réalisée.
> J'ai désinstallé et réinstallé InDesign en supprimant les préférences. rien n'a changé.
> J'ai réinitialisé les préférences et rien n'a changé.
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Table of Contents running heads
>>>The Table of Contents should have an option to include just the running head portion of a paragraph, often in a bold style in my documents. Otherwise one has to manually strip out all the text that follows after a running head in the Table of Contents.
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BUG: InDesign 2025–2026 forces pasted Illustrator vectors to embedded EPS
>>>Description:
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> InDesign 2025–2026 frequently forces pasted Illustrator vector artwork to be placed as embedded EPS, even when the artwork is extremely simple (few paths, no effects, no transparency).>When pasting from Illustrator, the following warning appears:
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> “This command would create a large number of page items and would severely degrade performance. Data will be placed as embedded EPS.”>After confirming the warning, the pasted object is no longer editable:
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> - Ungroup is unavailable
> - Individual vector paths cannot be selected
> - Fill and stroke cannot be edited
> - The object cannot be used as an image frame>Steps to Reproduce:
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> 1. Create a simple vector object in Adobe Illustrator (2–3 shapes, no effects).
> 2. Copy the object.
> 3. Paste into InDesign 2025 or 2026.
> 4. The performance warning appears and the object is embedded as EPS.>Expected Result:
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> The pasted artwork should be converted into native, editable InDesign vector paths, as in earlier InDesign versions.>Actual Result:
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> InDesign forces the artwork to be placed as embedded EPS, making it non-editable.>Additional Notes:
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> - Occurs even when “Prefer PDF When Pasting” is disabled.
> - Occurs even when “Copy PDF to Clipboard” is enabled.
> - Clipboard settings are correctly configured.
> - The same artwork pastes correctly as editable vectors in earlier InDesign versions.>This behavior worked correctly in earlier versions of InDesign and appears to be a regression.
>>>Description:
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> InDesign 2025–2026 frequently forces pasted Illustrator vector artwork to be placed as embedded EPS, even when the artwork is extremely simple (few paths, no effects, no transparency).>When pasting from Illustrator, the following warning appears:
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> “This command would create a large number of page items and would severely degrade performance. Data will be placed as embedded EPS.”>After confirming the warning, the pasted object is no longer editable:
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> - Ungroup is unavailable
> - Individual vector paths cannot be selected
> - Fill and stroke cannot be edited
> - The object cannot1 vote -
Assets disappear when dragging off the page onto the artboard.
>>>Version 21.1 x64
>>Assets disappear when dragging them off the page and onto the artboard. This also causes the the preview to ignore everything outside of the bleed effectively eliminating the artboard entirely. See attached.
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Show Import Options no longer remains enabled
>>>The “Show Import Options” checkbox does not remain enabled in the “Place” dialog. In some cases, it stays checked for one or two items, but when importing more than that, the option is automatically deselected.
>>Previously, this setting remained enabled. While this may appear to be a minor issue, it causes significant inconvenience and seriously disrupts the workflow.
>>Version: 21.1.x64
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Error in batch conversion from InDesign 21.0 to PDF
>>>Doing a batch conversion of InDesign files to PDF is not working.
>>InDesign version 21.0
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> Steps:
> 1. Go to >https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/acrobat/createpdf/>
> 2. Select Convert to PDF
> 3. “Add a file from your device” selected
> 4. Selected InDesign files created in version 21.0
> 5. Acrobat will show converting and then conversion fail
> 6. Tested files created in version 20.5 following the same steps and conversion successful1 vote -
Paragraph Shading does not include Bullets / Numbering
>>>When Numbering is set for a Paragraph Style, Paragraph Shading (set to Text Width) it skips the numbers.
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New image replacement functionality
>>>InDesign question. I work with placeholder images quite often in low resolution (LR). I then need to replace them with the high resolution (HR) versions once approved. This was always a simple task of replacing the LR image with the new HR image via the links panel. The new image would replace the old exactly, no resizing required. Since the latest update this is not the case. The new image comes in at completely the wrong size and I have to go through the document to rework EVERY image. As you can imagine this is very frustrating. Why has this change happened. It is not useful.
>>On querying this with the chatbot I was given this work around but it's not useable when faced with bulk image replacement. This is something that was so streamlined and useful and is now a complete time sump. Very frustrated.
>>This change is related to how InDesign handles image frames and content scaling. When you replace an image, InDesign now respects the actual dimensions and resolution of the new image rather than automatically fitting it to the previous image's frame. This means the new HR image may have different pixel dimensions or aspect ratio, so it doesn't automatically scale to the old image's size.
>>To manage this and maintain consistent sizing when replacing images:
>>Use the Links panel to replace the image by selecting the low resolution image and clicking Relink.
>>After relinking, if the new image size is incorrect, select the image frame.
>>Hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac) while dragging a corner handle to scale both the frame and content proportionally.
>>Alternatively, use the Auto-Fit option on the frame to ensure the content scales with the frame.
>>For precise control, use the Transform panel to enter exact scale percentages or dimensions.
>>This behavior ensures that the image quality and resolution are preserved and that you have control over how the new image fits within your layout. To avoid unexpected resizing, always check the frame fitting options and scaling settings after replacing images.
>>Can we at least have a choice on import to honour original scaling please?
>>>InDesign question. I work with placeholder images quite often in low resolution (LR). I then need to replace them with the high resolution (HR) versions once approved. This was always a simple task of replacing the LR image with the new HR image via the links panel. The new image would replace the old exactly, no resizing required. Since the latest update this is not the case. The new image comes in at completely the wrong size and I have to go through the document to rework EVERY image. As you can imagine this is very frustrating. Why has
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InDesign Crashes When Placing, Relinking, or Modifying Object Layer Options
>>>I've been using this process for years with placing specific Layer Comps from Photoshop in InDesign, but lately it's been crashing when Placing, Relinking, or modifying Object Layer Options.
>>I don't know if this is a computer issue or InDesign bug. I'm running Windows 11 Enterprise, 32GB 8400 MT/s RAM, Core Ultra 7 265H, and 8GB RTX Pro 2000 Blackwell.
>>InDesign version is 21.1
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AdjustLayoutPreference Object Properties Not Working in InDesign 2025 & 2026 Scripts
>>>Hi All,
>>I am using Indesign 2025 and 2026; I would like to enable the "Adjust Layout" option in my documents through the Indesign scripting by using "AdjustLayoutPreferences" object properties as in InDesign ExtendScript API Model, but Indesign throwed error is "Eval Error (#55): "Object does not support the property or method 'adjustLayoutPreferences'".
>>below is my code:
>>var myDocument = app.activeDocument;
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> try {
> myDocument.layoutAdjustmentPreferences.enableLayoutAdjustment=true;
> myDocument.layoutAdjustmentPreferences.allowGraphicsToResize=false;
> myDocument.layoutAdjustmentPreferences.allowRulerGuidesToMove=false;
> myDocument.layoutAdjustmentPreferences.ignoreObjectOrLayerLocks=true;
> myDocument.layoutAdjustmentPreferences.ignoreRulerGuideAlignments=true;
> myDocument.layoutAdjustmentPreferences.snapZone = 0;
> } catch (error) {
> myDocument.adjustLayoutPreferences.enableAutoAdjustMargins=true;
> myDocument.adjustLayoutPreferences.enableAdjustLayout=true;
> myDocument.adjustLayoutPreferences.allowLockedObjectsToAdjust=true;
> myDocument.adjustLayoutPreferences.enableAdjustLayout=true;
> }>Could someone please check and suggest, how to resolve this issue?
>>Regards,
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> Mani1 vote
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