Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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2757 results found
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Thaana text properly composed in 14.0.3 messed after converting to 15.0
>>>Weird changes in the text after converting file to 15.0. (Upon opening a file with Thaana text) see attached images.
>>Diacritics completely messed up AFTER recomposing (change alignment or reapply World-Ready composer) See attached images.
>>Cannot use double/triple-clicking to select text composed in the new composer. (can select paragraphs already composed in the previous version, if no changes are made to that paragraph.)
>>To see it in a new document: create a new document, copy and paste Thaana text (ex: Dhivehi Wikipedia), apply World-Ready composer.
>>Sample indd: >https://www.dropbox.com/s/imh6najk6nlv39m/Cooperative%20Learning%20Poster.indd?dl=0>
>>Font used: >http://www.hassanhameed.com/?page_id=154>
>3 votesThe fix for this issue is now available in the latest update of InDesign – that is, InDesign 15.0.2.
Please update your InDesign application to get this fix.
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[Windows] InDesign/InCopy CC2018 is crashing on document close (icml file with anchored pdf file)
>>InDesign/InCopy CC2018 have an issue with PDF (and probably AI) files used as anchors in text frames when the Display Performance/Vector Graphics option is set to High Resolution.
>>Steps to reproduce:
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> As I'm unable to attach a zip file in here (why?) here's the link to the example:
> >https://adobe.ly/2Uc2pcN>- >
- >Start InDesign/InCopy (with settings/cache cleared) >
- >Menu: Edit -> Preferences -> Display Performance -> Adjust View Settings -> Vector Graphics [set to: High Resolution] >
- >Open "crash-example.idml" file. >
- >Select "Update Links" in the dialog (if asked) >
- >Replace crash-example.icml
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Windows 10 / InDesign 19.5 x64 - Text Frame and Zoom Window Problems
>>When attempting to use the Text Tool to creat a text frame by using the click / drag / release method either nothing happens (99% of the time), the text frame is invisble (I confirmed a text frame was created by viewing 'Undo Create Text Frame'), the release of the mouse pointer occurs on its own.
>>Expected result: create a text frame in a single movement: left click the mouse on a location, drag while the mouse button is held down, release the button to create a text frame
>>Actual result: 99% of the time nothing
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Resizing table cell causes InDesign to crash
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- >Adobe InDesign 17.0 x64 (2022). >
- >Resize the single-cell table so that the content overflows. >
- >Content should disappear and overflow symbol should appear. >
- >InDesign crashes. >
- >Uservoice doesn't allow .idml attachments, so the document is available here: >https://www.dropbox.com/s/8ui8zrhk5ibm1kt/overflowCrash.idml?dl=0> >
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InDesign 2022 crashing when pasting or importing MS Word text.
>>>Running Windows 11, I can't import text from Microsoft Word. Even by copying the texto on Word and pasting onto InDesign, the app crashes over and over and over again. I just can't work.
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Justifying frame or change leading causes text to change
>>>This is happening from time to time. The hyphenation of the word inside the red stroke is removed simply by setting the text frame vertical justfication to 'Justify' or by changing the leading of the paragraph. These modifications should not mess with the text and hyphenation. When this happens, in certain circumstances, it changes the number of lines of the paragraph (see prints), causing the whole story to reflow.
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Text frame rules dialog
>>>To Adobe:
>>do you find the color drop-down in the insert column rules dialog wide enough?
>>The whole contour group box is not perfectly arranged...
>5 votesThe issue has been fixed in the recently released update to InDesign version 15.0.3.
Please update to this version to get the fix.
— Adobe InDesign team
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anchored text boxes move unexpectedly when resized
>>For some time, when you anchor a text box within a table cell or another text box and resize it, it does not appear to have a fixed point that it is resizing from so dragging from any point causes the anchored text box to jump up or move in an unexpected direction. Thus, to make a tiny tweak to the size of the anchored box requires a lot of effort (multiple nudges in various directions) to get it to where it should be instead of just one click and drag and it staying put as you resize.
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Justifying frame or change leading causes text to change
>>>This is happening from time to time. The hyphenation of the word inside the red stroke is removed simply by setting the text frame vertical justfication to 'Justify' or by changing the leading of the paragraph. These modifications should not mess with the text and hyphenation. When this happens, in certain circumstances, it changes the number of lines of the paragraph (see prints), causing the whole story to reflow.
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Changing default language causes InDesign to crash and language remains unchanged
>>InDesign v 16.4 & InDesign v 17.0 on macOS Catalina
>>InDesign keeps crashing when you’re trying to change the default language. Received a large file with French as default and we need to localize it for US market.
>>Paragraph Styles > [Basic Paragraph] > Advanced Character Formats > Language: French (Change to English: USA) > OK
>>CRASH
>>Edit > Find/Change > Find Format > Advanced Character Formats > Language: French > Change Format > Advanced Character Formats > Language: English: USA > Change All
>>CRASH
>>The language is suppose to
…1 votePlease submit the crash report to us. (Guidelines to submit crash are available at (https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/submit-crash-reports.html )
Also, please send the following information to santalwa@adobe.com :
• Reproducible Steps – What were you doing when InDesign crashed?
• Video recording of the crash
• 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…)—
Adobe InDesign Team -
Outlining text - Bulleted List is not working and text gets heavier
>>>InDesign 17.3.
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> Outlining text is not working:
> Bulleted List is not working when outlined. The bullets disappears and the text seems slightly heavier.2 votes -
Text wrap only affects text beneath not working
>>>Latest installed, 16.1. Text box is beneath other text, Text Wrap Only Affects Text Beneath is not checked, yet it's not wrapping. File is confidential, can send to developers if you want.
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BUG: Small Caps not applied correctly to Variable Text with World-ready Composer
>>Using Adobe Indesign 19.3 on MacOS 14.4, Apple M1.
>>Steps to reproduce:
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> 1. Make new document.
> 2. Define a text variable "Test" with custom text "Handgloves".
> 3. Insert variable in text frame.
> 4. Set the composer for that paragraph to "World-ready..."
> 5. Set the paragraph in Small Caps
> 6. Try different fonts.>Expected result: small caps.
>>Actual Result: only first two characters are changed to small caps. Typing characters after the variable placeholder changes how many characters are changed to small caps. See attached video.
>>Workaround is to change
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Outlined text
>>I'm using InDesign v 16.1 for a Mac. I just encountered an issue with outlining text. As you can see in the "Display in Preview" png, all of the text is visible and matches what I actually see in InDesign. All of this text is outlined by pressing command + O. When you look at the "Display in Acrobat" png, the yellow outlined text appears to be transparent. Again, all of the text in the png files are outlined. This issue is also visible at our print shop. The workaround I found is just to keep the text live,
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crash
>>>After the opening of the 5° files Indesign Crashes, i have to open a massive number of files. I make a fast check on my PC and the system works with half of the resources available. So i think the problem is not my pc but the program. I have an HPZ240 Tower Workstation. RAM 16GB. Processor Inte(R) Core(TM) i7-7700K CPU @4.20GHz and the Hard disk it's an SSD 500gb. The operative sistems it's a Windows 10 pro. The version of the program InDesign build 12.1.0.56 release 2017.1.
>1 voteTo 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 2020.0.1 (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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copy and paste removing spaces
>>>I have ahad a problem recently when copying text from word documents to indesign where it randomly removes and adds spaces to the text body. This is extremly time consuming to resolve. i believe it is an internal bug in the new update.
>>Indesign CC 15.0.2 (Windows 10 x64)
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Adding a word starting with the Danish letter æ makes InDesign crash
>>Add a word starting with the Danish letter æ to an index invariably crashes InDesign, both the small æ and the capital Æ, no matter which method we use. Words where this letter is not placed at the beginning, like “bæverfælde", are no problem, nor are the two other Danish characters ø and å.
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> We also tried to add the words from a list, using a script which places index markers on every instance in the document; this did not make InDesign crash, but no entries were added either :-(
> Perhaps connected to the fact1 voteWe have released InDesign 2025(v20.2.0.036) with many stability fixes. We recommend you upgrade to the latest version (if you’re not already on it) as it is more robust.
If you still face this issue even after updating, please submit the crash report to us. (Guidelines to submit crash are available at (https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/submit-crash-reports.html )
Also, please send the following information to santalwa@adobe.com :
- Reproducible Steps – What were you doing when InDesign crashed?
- Video recording of the crash
- Is(Are) the issue related to a specific document(s)/asset(s)? If yes, could you provide us with the document(s)/asset(s)? Please package the entire document (To package the document, choose File → Package…)
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Adobe InDesign Team
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text
>>>text contorn doesn't work, the box is empty. Any idea?
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Text Wrap on image container is applied to image bounds
>>When applying text wrap to an image container, indesign (v14.0.1 macOS) now applies the text wrap to the image inside the container - rather frustrating if you are cropping in on part of an image with the image from.
>>Steps to Reproduce - Place image inside container frame making sure that the image is scaled larger than the frame (cropped by frame). Place image container over text and apply text wrap.
>>Expected Result - text wrap applied to container should be based on container dimensions.
>>Actual result - text wrap applied to image inside the container
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Outlined text
>>I'm using InDesign v 16.1 for a Mac. I just encountered an issue with outlining text. As you can see in the "Display in Preview" png, all of the text is visible and matches what I actually see in InDesign. All of this text is outlined by pressing command + O. When you look at the "Display in Acrobat" png, the yellow outlined text appears to be transparent. Again, all of the text in the png files are outlined. This issue is also visible at our print shop. The workaround I found is just to keep the text live,
…1 vote
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