Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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Gray box replaces images
Adobe InDesign 13.0.1
Mac OS 10.11.6Today for first time, I had three similar 8-page newspaper documents open and one of them displayed only a gray box where the front page photo (full page image) had displayed before. I tried checking all display settings and could not bring the image back. Meanwhile, other full page ads got gray boxes also. The other two documents displayed similar content with no problem.
I quit InDesign, and re-opend problem document. It then displayed all of the images properly.
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InDesign hangs/crashes while publishing InDesign documents via Publish Online
Unable to create a URL from the Publish Online button. Does not complete task. Freezes at 98%. I have tried restarting (app and computer both) using a different file extension, etc.
- Indesign CC 2018 13.1.0 x64 Windows
- Click "publish online" from INDD or IDML file
- URL from the "publish online" command.
- Hangs out at 98% and doesn't produce a URL, but doesn't totally freeze the program. I can still use the program while this happens.
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IDML custom page sizes
When using an INDD file with custom page sizes, IDML export does not keep Master Page and Document Pages aligned properly, because it registers them as different sizes.
Even if the pages are the same.
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InDesign CC 2018 crashes when copying a text box
I just downloaded ID CC 2018 and every time I copy and paste a text box, whether inside the same document or a different one, the entire program crashes.
7 votesHello All,
We have fixed a number of crashes with InDesign’s latest Nov’17 update.
Please download the latest InDesign version (InDesign CC 13.0.1) for the fix.List of crashes and other issues that have been fixed with the update can be found at the below provided link:
https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/release-note/indesign-cc-13-0-1.htmlIf you are unable to see the update yet, go to Creative Cloud application, click on the context menu on the top right and click on Check for App Updates.
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Guides/Gridlines too thin/difficult to see on Retina display
Not sure if really a 'bug', but since upgrading to Apple Retina iMacs, everyone in my office is having trouble seeing gridlines, margins, and guides in the interface. The lines are just extremely thin on Retina displays. I have excellent vision and I find them difficult to see. Other employees with glasses are really struggling. We could really use something in the preferences to slightly increase the thickness of guides.
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Changing color space won't change swatches
BUG NOT IDEA
convert cmyk document to rgb. Swatches won't change. Can change custom but black stays CMYK which is different than RGB 000.7 votes -
Links from CC Library suddely missing and can't be relinked
I sometimes have a problem with links from the CC Libraries, the links work fine when I save and close the file. But then sometimes when I open the INDD-file the day after it says that the links are missing, and when I try to relink it just say that "Either the file doesn't excist, you do not have read permissions to it or the file is used in another application".
But none of the options in the dialog box are correct, the files in the library still works fine in other documents. I have no idea how to fix…
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Spanning columns crashes program
Working with span columns with large documents creates a bug invested document. I'm working on a document now that crashes everytime I make any change to it. So much for professional program.
7 votesHello All,
Thank you for reporting the issue to us.
We have fixed the issue in the latest version of InDesign, Id 15.0Please upgrade your InDesign application to the latest version to try out the fix.
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 15.0
https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/fixed-issues.html-InDesign Team
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Anchored frame looses the XML tag information as soon as anchor is released/anchor point is moved forward.
Steps to reproduce
Create an anchored text/graphic frame with some inline text/image. Tag the frame with some XML Tag (say 'tag1').
Now release the anchor.
Expected output
- On releasing the anchor, there should be no changes in the XML tag on frame.Actual output
- On releasing the anchor, the frame gets untagged.Additional note: Similar thing happens when anchor is moved forward to another position in inline text. In this case also, frames gets untagged
7 votesHi
Thanks for reporting the issue. It is currently under review.
Regards
Anasuiya Gupta -
CC'15-'17 All hyperlinks missing/removed after round trip with InCopy editors
I am a designer and build corporate white papers anywhere from 35-100+ pages in length. We use the layout InCopy workflow with one assignment and all stories exported under that. After I import and design/format all content including hyperlinks, I then save for the editors for use in InCopy. They then do their work, and save for me, standard. Upon opening, all the hyperlinks are missing with a "red flag" denoting the ref. is missing . Oddly enough, for the past two documents we made, you could still export to PDF with the links functioning, this despite all the missing…
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Bad preview in colours palette
12.1.0.56 build. Indesign shows a bad preview of the colours, shows jumbled text, also crashes the application if trying to change the colour in the palette.
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Placing and Moving Images Changes Opacity
If I place an image and then try to move it within the bounding box, the opacity appears to change to around 50%. However, the opacity is still set to 100%. I can correct it by hitting Undo which reverts the image back to normal. From what I can tell, it is only a visual bug. Exporting the image doesn't show the change in opacity.
I haven't been able to reproduce this issue consistently but would say it happens around 80% of the time I try to move an image. Another interesting thing is that if the issue happens and…
7 votesHi ,
Thanks for reporting this issue. We are already aware about this issue inside “InDesign CC2017”.
Hence, we have fixed this issue inside our latest release “InDesign CC2018”. Please try it out.If you still face this issue inside our new release please do let us know.
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Command + option + drag no longer copies text box
Have used this feature for 20 years and now the double arrow indicating that a box is being copied shows up, but the text box is not actually copied--the box just moves.
7 votesThis is working as it should – that is, duplicating the selected object.
Please update to the latest available version of InDesign (13.1) via Creative Cloud application. Before launching InDesign, delete the Application Preferences and Caches to ensure that any corrupt preferences are not causing this issue to happen.
Please let us know if you still experience this issue.
Thanks,
Adobe InDesign team -
Locked text and image boxes
Text and image boxes are locked to the page and can't be moved with the mouse, only with the arrow tools
7 votesHi all,
Can you please provide some more information to help in reproducing the issue at our end:
- InDesign version
- OS
- Language
- If document specific, please share a document with me
- Starts happening after doing some particular steps, please let me know what all things you were performing before this issue happensAppreciate your help in reproducing this issue.
Thanks
-Anshul -
[BUG] Generative AI Alt Text setting will turn itself on when importing user settings
Hello,
This is my 2nd day this week posting a very frustrating bug on InDesign and I consider this one far worse. In trying to figure out a bug with workspaces on Monday, I exported my current settings, reset InDesign preferences, and imported my settings back in.
I did not check the settings. I should have. The generate AI Alt-text box had been rechecked, and I had NEVER manually done that. I have recreated this issue more than 5+ in a row by:
- Resetting my InDesign preferences to the default and restarting.
- Reopening InDesign, checking off…
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InDesign 21.1 x64 on PC: panels not expanding when clicking on the icon
Panels sometimes do not expand when clicking on an icon in the right-hand column of panels. It seems random. Sometimes the panel you choose expands when you click on the icon (as it should), but sometimes you have to click the two little chevrons pointing leftward at the top of the column of icons, which makes them all expand and it's a mess to work with. Only the one you click on should expand, but sometimes it doesn't.
This isn't a new bug. There were previous submissions about this and the issue was supposedly resolved, but it is NOT. The…
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Make it possible to anchor a graphic to the beginning of a paragraph without five or six tries and two or three zooms
It'll go AFTER the first letter…it'll go some random place in the first FEW letters, but before the first one? Especially if the first one is a sans-serif letter "I"? HAHAHAHAHAH! No. Not without cajoling, retrying, zooming, threatening, and telling it what a good little cursor it is.
I realize this isn't an exciting problem, but it's been literally decades of this feature being…what's the technical term…bad.
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Stuck on adding font, other background task get stuck in queue that never clears
Occasionally I open a document that tries to add fronts in background, it fails then the task is added to Background Tasks and hangs indefinitely. Then if I try to export a PDF, it is added to background tasks but will not progress until the fonts are added, which they never finish loading.
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Indesign 20.1 There is a delay in moving picture/text box
Clicking on a text box takes about 5/6 seconds before it selects it to move it.
6 votesWe have released InDesign 2025(v20.2.0.036) with performance and 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 send the following information to santalwa@adobe.com :
a. Please share your OS version and machine configuration
- To save your Mac's system configuration, open the "About This Mac" window, select "System Report," and then choose "File" > "Save" to export a detailed system information file that captures your current settings; you can name and save it to a location on your Mac for future reference.
b. Steps to Collect Windows System Information
- Type System Information in the search bar.
- Double-click the System Information app.
- Click File. Click Save.
- Name the file. Save the file to the Downloads folder. Click Save.
c. Reproducible Steps – What workflow are you experiencing performance issues in?
d. Video recording of…
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InDesign crashes when updating review link
InDesign Version: 20.1
OS: macOS Sequoia 15.3.1
Device: MacBook Pro (14in 2021)
Memory: 32G
Chip: Apple M1 MAXI regularly update a large file. Any time I try to update the Share for Review link, InDesign crashes. In smaller files, I receive an error message saying, "There was an error updating the artifact." The link will successfully update, but not without crashing or errors.
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