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1. Data Merge - Can't preview without errors

   The apparently long-running Data Merge previewing error!
   Occasionally previewing a data merge will permanently ruin exports. The only solution is to create a new document. Happened to me on almost every project I tried - wasted hours and hours.
   See this thread and video for more information:
   https://forums.adobe.com/message/10337647#10337647

   (Also colons in csv titles makes file unusable??)

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2. Preview bug, always scrambled

   Preview is always messed up. Images attached, text is often spliced like this until I zoom in and out. Sometimes overprint preview helps but it's happening frequently and I can't see what my work looks like...

   Indesign CC 2017

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3. InDesign CC UI scaling problem on multiple monitors with different resolutions

   InDesign Version: Adobe InDesign CC 13.1 x64
   Operating System: Windows 10 Pro build 1709.
   Monitors: Portrait orientated Dell U2415 24 inch (1200x1920) with 100% windows scale option and Landscape orientated Dell UP3216Q (3840x2160) with 150% (Recommended) scale.

   Steps to reproduce the issue:
   1. Open InDesign CC on the 32 inch monitor
   2. Move all or some of the panels to the 24 inch monitor

   Expected result:
   Panels in the 24 inch monitor should adapt to the resolution of the monitor the same way Photoshop CC and Illustrator CC does – crisp and nice.

   Actual result:
   Panels don't adapt to monitor's resolution. If UI Scaling in InDesign preferences is turned ON and option scale to higher (or lower) supported scale factor is turned on, panels are slightly blurry. If UI scaling is turned OFF, then panels are way too small. All of this is due to improper scaling.

   Extra notes:
   Please see my thread on forum with image previews –
   https://forums.adobe.com/message/10305558#

   InDesign Version: Adobe InDesign CC 13.1 x64
   Operating System: Windows 10 Pro build 1709.
   Monitors: Portrait orientated Dell U2415 24 inch (1200x1920) with 100% windows scale option and Landscape orientated Dell UP3216Q (3840x2160) with 150% (Recommended) scale.

   Steps to reproduce the issue:
   1. Open InDesign CC on the 32 inch monitor
   2. Move all or some of the panels to the 24 inch monitor

   Expected result:
   Panels in the 24 inch monitor should adapt to the resolution of the monitor the same way Photoshop CC and Illustrator CC does – crisp and nice.

   Actual result:
   Panels don't adapt to monitor's… more

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4. [ID-4261148] Character style "Include Html Class" check box removes the whole tag

   The "Include Classes in HTML" checkbox doesn't work for Character Styles. Whereas paragraph styles and object style export without the class, character styles actually export without the tag at all—losing any formatting for that style. This is the case both in HTML and EPUB export.

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   Under Review  ·  AdminSanyam Talwar (Senior Lead Software Engineer, Adobe InDesign) responded

   Hi,

   Thank you for reporting the issue. We have been able to reproduce the issue and it is currently under investigation. 

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5. arabic

   Cursor Direction when typing Arabic or other RTL languages. in Middle Eastern version ONLY.

   1. All Middle Eastern versions (English يدعم العربية)

   2. Type Arabic text. Place the cursor within text. Hold "Shift" key and click on right arrow key on the keyboard to select/highlight text. Cursor moves left and select next character on the left while clicking on right arrow.

   3. To select a character to the left of the cursor, we should hold (Shift+left arrow) To select a character to the right of the cursor, we should hold (Shift+right arrow)

   4. What actually is happening now and for over 20 years when we had Adobe PageMaker ME and Adobe Illustrator ME is the opposite cursor behavior to the what we're trying to select. We hold (Shift+right arrow) cursor will move and select text to the left, we hold (Shift+left arrow) cursor will move and select text to the right.

   5. see animated GIF on InDesign forums here… https://forums.adobe.com/message/10174226#10174226

   Cursor Direction when typing Arabic or other RTL languages. in Middle Eastern version ONLY.

   1. All Middle Eastern versions (English يدعم العربية)

   2. Type Arabic text. Place the cursor within text. Hold "Shift" key and click on right arrow key on the keyboard to select/highlight text. Cursor moves left and select next character on the left while clicking on right arrow.

   3. To select a character to the left of the cursor, we should hold (Shift+left arrow) To select a character to the right of the cursor, we should hold (Shift+right arrow)

   4. What actually is happening now and for over 20 years when… more

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   Under Review  ·  Abhinav Kaushik responded

   Issue is currently under review.

   -InDesign Team

6. Hyperlink

   Hyperlinks are not working when exporting to PDF from InDesign.Please fix this bug.

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7. "View PDF after exporting" previously opened acrobat, now my computer switches between opening Illustrator, Mircosoft Word, rarely Acrobat

   I've set my computer to use Acrobat as default, yet perhaps you could add an Application of choice to use when view exported PDF.

   Not sure if it's just a bug, but any fix would be welcome. Thank you!

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   Under Review  ·  Abhinav Kaushik responded

   Thank you for reporting the issue.
   We are currently reviewing it.

   -inDesign Team

8. No window appears when I open the app, not even when opening a previous document. Mac 10.13.2

   No window appears when I open the app, not even when opening a previous document. Running Mac 10.13.2 on MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012. I tried using the 2017 version and no window appears there either! I need to do my work today!!!!

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   Closed: Fixed  ·  Abhinav Kaushik responded

   Update:
   This is regarding the comments where our users are still facing the issue.
   Please note that this particular fix caters to the scenario where the UI of InDesign won’t show up even if the app has been launched successfully.

   In case you are still facing the issue, please create a new thread with the specifics related to the issue.
   We are closing this particular thread for now.
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   Hello All,

   Thank you for reporting the issue to us.
   We have fixed the issue in the latest version of InDesign, Id 14.0.3

   Please 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

   Update:
   This is regarding the comments where our users are still facing the issue.
   Please note that this particular fix caters to the scenario where the UI of InDesign won’t show up even if the app has been launched successfully.

   In case you are still facing the issue, please create a new thread with the specifics related to the issue.
   We are closing this particular thread for now.
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   Hello All,

   Thank you for reporting the issue to us.
   We have fixed the issue in the latest version of InDesign, Id 14.0.3

   Please 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… more

9. Hunspell dictionaries cannot be added in Sierra or High Sierra

   Adding Hunspell dictionaries breaks code-signing, and results in the whole of InDesign's spelling system being sand-boxed by OSX.

   Steps to reproduce:

   1. On High Sierra and InDesign CC, add a Hunspell dictionary, as detailed here: https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/add_cs_dictionaries.html

   2. Spell-check any InDesign document using the new dictionary and spell-checking then becomes unusable, until InDesign is uninstalled then re-installed.

   The following types of errors are produced in the console, showing that it's a code-signing issue, caused by dictionaries being installed within the Hunspell plugin bundle.

   Can I suggest that there should be another place to install additional languages, outside the InDesign application.

   The only way I can work with Latin and Ancient Greek languages currently is to use an El Capitan Mac, which does not have the sandboxing.

   AMFI: Check-fix enabled for binary '/Applications/Adobe InDesign CC 2018/Resources/Dictionaries/LILO/Linguistics/Providers/Plugins2/AdobeHunspellPlugin.bundl e/Contents/MacOS/AdobeHunspellPlugin' with TeamID 'JQ525L2MZD', identifier 'com.adobe.adobehunspellplugin2': broken signature treated as unsigned without privileges. This workaround will not work for software built on or after 10.12.

   Adding Hunspell dictionaries breaks code-signing, and results in the whole of InDesign's spelling system being sand-boxed by OSX.

   Steps to reproduce:

   1. On High Sierra and InDesign CC, add a Hunspell dictionary, as detailed here: https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/add_cs_dictionaries.html

   2. Spell-check any InDesign document using the new dictionary and spell-checking then becomes unusable, until InDesign is uninstalled then re-installed.

   The following types of errors are produced in the console, showing that it's a code-signing issue, caused by dictionaries being installed within the Hunspell plugin bundle.

   Can I suggest that there should be another place to install additional languages, outside the InDesign application.

   The only way… more

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   Thanks for reporting this issue. We are currently reviewing it.

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10. Cursor spins and text display lags while typing

    ISSUE: While typing, text display will freeze/lag, and the cursor will change to a loading icon for about 2 seconds, then the text will finally appear all at once after the loading icon changes back to a regular cursor. This happens while typing in a regular text box.

    EXPECTED RESULT: I expect text to appear on screen immediately as I press the key on the keyboard, not after a 2 second lag.

    Version: InDesign CC 13.0 x64

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    Need More Info  ·  amaarora responded

    Hi,
    Please share a sample document and a small video demonstrating the issue at amaarora@adobe.com
    We can then reproduce the issue in house

    Thanks

11. File rename

    InDesign 13.0 running Mac OX 10.12.6

    If and INDD file is renamed in the Finder when it's open in InDesign, saving the file will cause an error dialog to appear saying "Changes cannot be save as InDesign can no longer access the '[filepath:newfilename]' file. Place the file in the original location and try again." This error message appears whether trying to do a simple save or even Save As.

    This error appears even though both the window header and the file name in the error message both reflect the changed (not the original) file name.

    Unless file is restored to original file name, there is no way to save changes.

    Being able to rename files from the Finder while the files are still open in InDesign is a feature that InDesign has supported for years.

    InDesign 13.0 running Mac OX 10.12.6

    If and INDD file is renamed in the Finder when it's open in InDesign, saving the file will cause an error dialog to appear saying "Changes cannot be save as InDesign can no longer access the '[filepath:newfilename]' file. Place the file in the original location and try again." This error message appears whether trying to do a simple save or even Save As.

    This error appears even though both the window header and the file name in the error message both reflect the changed (not the original) file name.

    Unless file is restored to… more

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    Closed: Fixed  ·  Abhinav Kaushik responded

    Hello All,

    Thank you for your support. The issue is now fixed in the latest update of InDesign.
    Please upgrade to the new InDesign 14.0 from your Creative Cloud Application.

    If you are unable to see the update yet, click on the menu (three dots) on the top right corner of Creative cloud app and click on “Check for App Updates”.

    Let us know your feedback in the comment section.

    Thanks,
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    InDesign Team

12. form field tag export

    Current version - InDesign CC 2018

    Form field tags are not created when exporting an interactive .pdf with tags.

    To recreate:
    1. Create a form with form fields.
    2. Add everything to Articles pane in order from top to bottom per page.
    3. Export to interactive .pdf, make sure to elect to create tags and set tabbing order by structure.

    Expected result - when the file runs through the Accessibility checker in Acrobat Pro - it passes.

    Actual result - all form fields are missing tags and does not pass the accessibility checker.

    Everything worked great before I updated InDesign on Friday 10.20.18.

    Current version - InDesign CC 2018

    Form field tags are not created when exporting an interactive .pdf with tags.

    To recreate:
    1. Create a form with form fields.
    2. Add everything to Articles pane in order from top to bottom per page.
    3. Export to interactive .pdf, make sure to elect to create tags and set tabbing order by structure.

    Expected result - when the file runs through the Accessibility checker in Acrobat Pro - it passes.

    Actual result - all form fields are missing tags and does not pass the accessibility checker.

    Everything worked great before I updated InDesign… more

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    Closed: Fixed  ·  Abhinav Kaushik responded

    Fix of the issue is now available in InDesign’s latest November’17 update.
    Please upgrade to the latest version InDesign CC 13.0.1 for the fix.
    If you are unable to see the update, go to Creative Cloud application and click on the context menu on the top right and click on Check for App Updates.
    Thanks,
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13. styles don't export to pdf tags

    All my paragraph styles are set to automatic for export options. When I export to pdf 99.9% comes over as 'span' in the reading order structure, not what it is supposed to be.

    There is the occasional H3 for some reason on some versions exported. Appears totally random. None on attached sample.

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14. Links Panel Overlapping Panel Options

    Links Panel Options Overlap with List of Links

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15. CC library tab won't select?

    When clicking on the dropdown menu to select a CC library, the tabs do not open unless I hold down the ^ button. When opened, I cannot select a CC library. Have refreshed several times but it still doesn't let me change the library! This is on InDesign for Mac.

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    Need More Info  ·  Anasuiya Gupta responded

    Hi

    Please provide the following information:
    1. Is InDesign installed on the default path?
    2. Do you have any special character in the path where InDesign is installed? Like username has special characters.

    Also, please provide a copy of you preferences, you can zip them and email to anasgupt@adobe.com.

    Regards
    Anasuiya Gupta

16. Glyphs panel scroll doesn't work in CC2017

    Fix scroll feature in Glyphs panel; it worked in CC 2015. Broken in CC2017 on both Mac and Windows.

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    Closed: Fixed  ·  Abhinav Kaushik responded

    Please update InDesign to the latest version, InDesign CC 2018 (13.0) for the fix of the issue.

17. [ID-4261359] Path ≠ line if you have a round arrow with an arrowhead as part of the path

    If you have a "round" arrow with the arrowhead as part of the path, the path (in my screenshot: blue) is no longer the same as the shown line of the arrow (black).
    This effect does not occur if the arrowhead is added to the path.

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    Hi,

    Thank you for reporting the issue. We have been able to reproduce the issue and it is currently under investigation. 

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18. [ID-4272869] InDesign adds Blank space to top during PNG export for converted documents

    I booted up 2026 (version 21.0) and opened a file that I was working on literally yesterday. I have a text box over a solid fill background shape. When I exported them both together yesterday, it worked as expected. Today, it exports with an obnoxious blank space (or filled space if I uncheck "Transparent Background") at the top.

    Absolutely nothing changed with the file, it's just happening in 2026 and not in 2025. Comparison attached.

    Workaround: Export the document to IDML

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    Thank you for reporting the issue. We have been able to reproduce the issue, and it is currently under investigation.

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19. OR Operator with Anchors Behaves Incorrectly

    InDesign GREP Bug Report: OR Operator with Anchors Behaves Incorrectly

    Summary
    InDesign's GREP engine does not handle the OR operator (|) correctly when used with anchors (^ and $). This behavior differs significantly from standard regex engines and produces unexpected, inconsistent results.

    Problem Description
    When using the OR operator with anchors in InDesign GREP, the anchors are interpreted with incorrect precedence, causing the pattern to behave differently than expected. This issue has been confirmed as a bug by Peter Kahrel, author of "GREP in InDesign."

    Test Cases and Results

    Test Case 1: ^ab|c
    Text: ab ac bc Expected (standard regex): Matches "ab" at line start AND "c" anywhere Actual InDesign result: Only matches "ab" at line start Issue: InDesign interprets as ^(ab|c) instead of (^ab)|c

    Test Case 2: ^a|bc
    Text: ab ac bc Expected (standard regex): Matches "a" at line start AND "bc" anywhere Actual InDesign result: Only matches "a" at line start Issue: Same precedence problem as Test Case 1

    Test Case 3: (^a)|bc
    Text: ab ac bc Expected (standard regex): Matches "a" at line start AND "bc" anywhere Actual InDesign result: Still only matches "a" at line start Issue: Even explicit grouping doesn't resolve the problem

    Test Case 4: (a$)|bc
    Text: ab ac bca Expected (standard regex): Matches "a" at line end AND "bc" anywhere Actual InDesign result: Only matches "bc" ($ anchor completely ignored) Issue: End-of-line anchor is ignored entirely

    Test Case 5: bc|(a$)
    Text: ab ac bca Expected (standard regex): Matches "bc" anywhere AND "a" at line end Actual InDesign result: Only matches "bc" ($ anchor ignored) Issue: End-of-line anchor ignored regardless of position

    Test Case 6: bc|a$
    Text: ab ac bca ac ab bc a Expected (standard regex): Matches "bc" anywhere AND "a" at line end Actual InDesign result: No matches at all Issue: Pattern completely fails when $ anchor is second in OR expression

    Impact
    * Users cannot rely on standard regex behavior for OR operations with anchors
    * Complex workarounds are required for simple pattern matching
    * Documentation doesn't warn users about this non-standard behavior
    * Patterns that work in other regex engines fail unexpectedly in InDesign

    Technical Details
    * InDesign Version: 20.3.1 x64

    Requested Fix
    Please fix the OR operator precedence to match standard regex behavior:
    1. ^ab|c should match "ab" at line start OR "c" anywhere
    2. (a$)|bc should match "a" at line end OR "bc" anywhere
    3. Explicit grouping should work as expected
    4. End-of-line anchors should not be ignored in OR expressions

    InDesign GREP Bug Report: OR Operator with Anchors Behaves Incorrectly

    Summary
    InDesign's GREP engine does not handle the OR operator (|) correctly when used with anchors (^ and $). This behavior differs significantly from standard regex engines and produces unexpected, inconsistent results.

    Problem Description
    When using the OR operator with anchors in InDesign GREP, the anchors are interpreted with incorrect precedence, causing the pattern to behave differently than expected. This issue has been confirmed as a bug by Peter Kahrel, author of "GREP in InDesign."

    Test Cases and Results

    Test Case 1: ^ab|c
    Text: ab ac bc Expected (standard regex):… more

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20. Can't apply colour swatches in swatches pallette

    Indesign version 20.0.1
    Mac OS Sequoia 15.1.1

    Steps:
    1. Create or open a document
    2. Create or select any text box or picture box
    3. Select any colour in the Swatches panel
    4. The colour swatch will hilite for a second when clicked, but then deselects and the colour is NOT applied to the object
    5. Same is true for text: Cannot apply any colour to text using the Swatches panel.
    6. Using the "Color" panel however does allow you to apply colours using CMYK or other spaces.

    Additional Notes:
    - Already tried manually deleting caches and preference files from user library
    - Already tried command-option-control-shift while starting Indesign to delete preferences
    - Rebooted Mac several times and also zapped PRAM
    - Only started happening today (I think Indesign was auto-updated by CC)

    Indesign version 20.0.1
    Mac OS Sequoia 15.1.1

    Steps:
    1. Create or open a document
    2. Create or select any text box or picture box
    3. Select any colour in the Swatches panel
    4. The colour swatch will hilite for a second when clicked, but then deselects and the colour is NOT applied to the object
    5. Same is true for text: Cannot apply any colour to text using the Swatches panel.
    6. Using the "Color" panel however does allow you to apply colours using CMYK or other spaces.

    Additional Notes:
    - Already tried manually deleting caches and preference files from… more

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