Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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Table header is missing after copy/paste
>>>When I copy/paste a table, the header line is missing. My workaround is to change the height of the next line, then the header line appears. Then I change the height back to the actual height.
>4 votesIssue has been fixed in InDesign 13.0 release. If you need a fix in 12.1 version, please follow kbdoc at https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/troubleshoot-issues-indesign-cc-2017_1.html
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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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»Create outlines« of text on a circle path is making weird things
>>>v 17.0.1
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> Intel Mac
> Big Sur>If you have a longer text written on a circle path and try to »Create Outlines« it fails at one area: The text gets smaller and is kind of turned around.
>>This only happens with longer text: Short text seems to work ok.
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Import PDF Comments - New Bugs identified
>>We're facing below issues in the new feature, called 'Import PDF Comments':
>>(1) If text frames are overlapped and grouped, PDF comments are not embedding correctly, also updating in wrong places (please refer the attachment 1>Error1.png)
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> (2) PDF comments are not embedding correctly for the grouped frames (please refer the attachment 2>Error2.png)
> (3) PDF comments are not embedding correctly for the sub-frames (please refer the attachment 3>Error3.png)
> (4) PDF comments are not embedding correctly inside table cells (please refer the attachment 4>Error4.png)
> (5) PDF comments are not embedding correctly when15 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
https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/fixed-issues.html -
Crash after sleep mode external drive OS X - lost network vonnection (Indesign only!)
>>>After getting awake from sleep mode Indesign will constantly (and only Indesign!) crash because of a lost network connection!
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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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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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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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Every possible action on notes freeze or crash InDesign 2024
>>>I had this issue in a very simple one A4 page document that has a single text area filled with text and some not complicated header elements (including a placed image) in InDesign 2024 (v. 19.5) file.
>>I created 4 notes with 1-2 words each.
>>Anything I did with notes after that, the app freezes or crashes each time. Is that a known bug?
>2 votesWe 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 using it) as it is more robust.
If you are still facing this issue even after updating it, 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 froze?
- Video recording of the issue
- 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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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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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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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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Unable to create text anchor from text with an apostrophe in it.
>>>Anytime I create a text anchor out of a piece of copy with an apostrophe in it (ex. What's New) and use it as the destination for a button or hyperlink, the interactive PDF does not redirect to the anchor. My workaround has been to select everything but the word with the apostrophe in it, but I would love to see this fixed in the next version.
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Indesign 16.0, Windows 10, Minion Pro Medium Caption. Text disappears.
>>>Make a text box. Type in any text. Select Minion Pro as typeface. Then select Medium Caption. Text disappears.
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Hyperlink causing InDesign to crash
>>>I have an issue in a file that I'm working with where if I scroll to a certain point in the hyperlink panel, my entire InDesign program crashes. I've tried deleting all of the hyperlinks one-by-one, and I noticed that it always crashes when I reach the same point (about 2/3rds down the list).
>>I think there's a hyperlink that's become an issue within the file, and whenever InDesign tries to show that specific one within the hyperlink panel, it crashes.
>4 votesWe have released InDesign 2021(v16.0.0.77) with a lot of 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 the document(s)/asset(s) to us? Please package the entire document (To package the document, choose File → Package…)—
Adobe InDesign Team -
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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Alt text is lost when content is edited in InCopy
>>When a file containing content which includes anchored objects (images or groups) which have alt text applied is edited in InCopy, alt text is destroyed.
>>InDesign/Incopy 2023 & 2022
>>Steps to reproduce:
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> 1) Create a new INDD file
> 2) Place an image
> 3) Add alt text to the image
> 4) Create a text frame with some placeholder text
> 5) Anchor the image into the text frame
> 6) Export the story for editing in InCopy
> 7) Open the file in InCopy
> 8) Edit the content3 votes -
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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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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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)
>1 vote
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