Adobe InDesign: Bugs
When filing a new bug, please provide:
- Version of Adobe InDesign, InCopy or InDesign Server
- Steps to reproduce the issues
- Expected result
- Actual result
- Test file, screenshot, video or GIF capturing the issue (optional)
- or
2911 results found
-
Align the Arabic text dots
>>>In Arabic
>
> When more than one line of dots
> The text is not aligned correctly>Previous versions do not have this problem
>1 vote -
Want to be able to anchor an object to the text it belongs with AND have the text wrap around it
>>>Because of the way text anchors work in Indesign, I always have to anchor objects that require text wrap to something ABOVE the actual text I want the image to stay with. Why does Indesign work this way - i.e., not allowing text to wrap before the anchor? This is a problem the image will now be separated from it's text when the text breaks a page, defeating the whole purpose of anchoring. Is this really so hard to fix?
>1 vote -
Pictures placed via copy-paste are not shown in link panel
>>>When inserting a picture via copy+paste, it is not shown in the link panel - neither as missing nor as "embedded".
>
> Is this a bug?1 vote -
[ID-4256404]InDesign crashes consistently on book pdf export
>>>InDesign 20, Mac Ventura 13.7. iMac 27in, 2017.
>
> Every time I try to export a Book to PDF InDesign crashes. Crash occurs even with just one idd doc in the book (with nothing in the doc besides a single page with one rectangle shape).5 votesThe fix of the issue is now available in the latest InDesign 2025(v20.0.1.032). We recommend you upgrade to the latest version for the fix.
If you are unable to see the update, go to the Creative Cloud application click on the context menu on the top right, and click on Check for App Updates.
—
Adobe InDesign Team
-
Unable to select multiple objects
>>>Yesterday InDesign 21.0 was forced upon me and it is nothing but issues.
>
> This very annoying issue is that I can't select multiple objects. I click one, I hold shift to select another one - and it deselects the first one. I have tried every possible combination of keys, and multiple restarts. I can only select multiple objects by dragging across them, which does not work for all layouts, or by using CMD-A.1 voteHi,
As confirmed by the user, the issue is resolved with the latest InDesign 2026(v21.0.0.192).
—
Adobe InDesign Team
-
Is this a text wrap problem or something else??
>>I use InDesign 2022. My Text wrap is set to 'none'.
>>When I open a new text box it’s automatically applying a 1" a white space top and bottom that is the width of the text box. Also a 1/4" white space to each side of the box, that is the height of the text box. These 'white panels' (I hesitate to call them text wraps) blank out other text boxes and photos, but sometimes the text from the underlying text box shows through. Bringing the photo to the front can help where a photo is concerned.
> …1 vote -
be able to right click on a text and modify the style directly
>>>be able to right click on a text and modify the paragraph style directly and on the image content blocks modify the object styles directly
>4 votes -
23.0.3 Adobe PDF Preset / Transparency Flattener Preset "Convert Text To Outlines" Not Working
>>In all previous versions of Illustrator and InDesign, when saving a PDF, I have been able to set my PDF settings to convert all text to outlines by checking "Convert All Text To Outlines" in my Adobe PDF preset. Since my recent update to 23.0.3, this feature is no longer working properly. The setting is still an option, however, upon save/export of the PDF, text is not converted to outlines as it previously was.
>>I have reached out to customer support for this issue and have been informed that this issue is "expected behavior of the software".
> …4 votes -
text color not selected in swatches
>>>In both these images the text selected is black fill (100% K) with no stroke, but the text color is displaying both fill and stroke as NONE. in one instance the paragraph style is overridden, but the other example the paragraph style of 100% K fill is NOT overridden.
>1 vote -
Preferences won't fully show text
>>>Preference menu truncates the preferences option so it can not be read. Unable to resize window to see the text.
>1 vote -
IOS picking up URL in plain Text
>>>Creating a QR using the "Plain Text" option, to generate a note when scanned. There are a few URL's within the plain text. Android phones are picking up the QR code as intended, opening a note on their phone. However, iPhones are picking up the first URL in the plain text, despite it being 1/3 of the way down the text. It doesn't matter what the URL is. Third party cameras and Android cameras work fine, iOS cameras don't.
>1 vote -
Multiple line hyperlinks tab out of order when exported to PDF.
>>Hi there. For whatever reason, when I have hyperlinks that wrap to a new line in InDesign, Acrobat tabs through them in the reverse order when exported as a PDF. Here is an example:
>>[Let's say this sentence is a hyperlink that
>
> has wrapped to a new line.]>When exported to a PDF, the tab order starts at [has wrapped to a new line.] then tabs to [Let's say this sentence is a hyperlink that]. And it continues that method throughout the piece. This is with tabbing set to document structure. If I set the tabbing
…1 vote -
Indesign crashes every time opening in Mojave 10.14.4.
>>>Indesign crashes every time opening in Mojave 10.14.4.
>>I tried uninstalling and re-installing, nothing works. Is there a fix?
>>This problem is causing work deadlines to fail.
>>Is there a way to completely erase all traces of Indesign CC 2019 from my Mac and start fresh?
>>Here is the crash report attached as a text file.
>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 (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.—
Adobe InDesign Team -
Crash on save, all work lost
>>Version 16.0.1 x64
…
> Working on an existing document. Nothing out the the norm. Just basic single-user InDesign. Upon save, it said the "document needed to be repaired and some unsaved changes might be lost". Well it lost everything and I lost 2 hours of work. I think InDesign is becoming like the old Quark XPress where you had to hit Ctrl-S like a rabid monkey to save your work from loss.
> It might be just like this forum "Post Idea" it says you're not logged in, and then you lose everything you typed.
> The other thing2 votes -
Crash on save, all work lost
>>Version 16.0.1 x64
…
> Working on an existing document. Nothing out the the norm. Just basic single-user InDesign. Upon save, it said the "document needed to be repaired and some unsaved changes might be lost". Well it lost everything and I lost 2 hours of work. I think InDesign is becoming like the old Quark XPress where you had to hit Ctrl-S like a rabid monkey to save your work from loss.
> It might be just like this forum "Post Idea" it says you're not logged in, and then you lose everything you typed.
> The other thing2 votes -
[ID-3806494] Text Wrap Woes: v20.2 Update Fails to Resolve Text Wrapped Object Error Spacing Issue in Adobe InDesign
>>This is a follow-up on the original bug report [ID-4257733], which addresses the issue of the "Text Wrapped Object" spacing error. The problem remains unresolved in Adobe InDesign version 2025 v20.2. Please find attached a PNG image illustrating the persisting issue
>>Version of Adobe InDesign: 2025 v20.2, Mac OS 15.3.1
>>Steps to Reproduce the Issue:
>- >
- >Insert an image or free-flowing table into the text. >
- >Anchor the image or table in-line or custom to maintain spatial proximity with other images on the same page and ensure it remains adjacent to specific text . >
1 voteHi,
Thank you for reporting the issue. It is currently under investigation.
—
Adobe InDesign Team
-
Missing Fonts modal screen, text not visible
>>>Text is out of visible area.
>1 vote -
Direct PDF-Export in Data merge copies "page-1-text" to all other pages
>>>In the linked video you can see a bug in Indesign 17.1 x64 on Windows 10.
> >
> Data Merge offers two ways to output pages. You can generate a merged Indesign-Document (works) and you can directly export to PDF.
> The direct PDF-export doesn't work for me, because texts from page 1 get copied to all other pages instead of using each pages text.
> The video shows the comparison between both methods and i just don't see a reason for what is happening.2 votes -
Text disappears after hitting 'Accept' in PDF comments
>>ID 15.0.3
>>Just started getting our client to use PDF Comments (instead of printing, writing on, then B&W scanning, then emailing back), I've imported the comments, then hit 'Accept' over the text amends he's made, the text then deletes/disappears. There's no styling or rules or anything else applied, it's just straight text.
>>Screen shot had 4 price points on, but after hitting accept, it's gone. If I change the price manually and leave any original text (to see what happens) such as the $ symbol, then hit 'Accept', the manually altered text stays, but the $ disappears.
…1 voteThe right tool to be used in Acrobat to achieve the desired result has been suggested to the user.
—
Adobe InDesign team -
Hebrew that is conditioinal text does not export properly to PDF.
>- >
- >This is the case in InDesign 19.0, 19.0.1, 19.1, current beta version. 2-4. Hebrew text with diacriticals (vowels and others) that is marked as conditional text exports to PDF incorrectly. Diacritical marks are missing or misplaced. Sometimes an unexpected box appears. The same file, with conditions removed exports correctly to PDF. (Other exports, e.g., JPG) are correct. The same file exports properly in 18.5 >
- >Attached files: a. Hebrew text with condition applied and same text without condition applied. This is the pdf export. I would provide the indd file but this webpage does not accept indd files.
2 votes
- Don't see your idea?