Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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Non Breaking Space is smaller than regular space when text is full justified with Adobe World ready Paragraph Composer
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>Non Breaking Space is smaller than regular space when text is full justified with Adobe World ready Paragraph Composer
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>Steps to reproduce the issues
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> 2.1 Create a paragraph with some lines
> 2.2. Define it with: Paragraph pannel>Justification>Composer>Adobe World Ready Paragraph Composer
> 2.3 Full justify the Paragraph and change one space to non breaking space. >
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>Expected result
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> Non breaking space should be the same width like all the spaces in the same line. >
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>Actual result
> Non Breaking
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Bug - Crop image data exceeding frame
>>>Objects outside of the frame are still showing as hidden objects in a PDF. During export I made sure the Crop image data exceeding frame box was checked. However objects are still seen as ghost text.
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Paste/ paste in place doesn't paste properly
>>>when I try to copy, either one or several objects at one page in indesign. Either paste or paste in place, won't paste the whole text or image as their original format. When I paste it will paste and combine everything as one Image. which I couldn't edit anymore. also paste in place doesnt work.
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"O" button popup is blocking use of small text box anchorpoint.
>>This problem happens when attempting to resize small rectangle text boxes (smaller than .9") with the bottom/center anchorpoint. When clicking directly on the anchorpoint, instead of being able to drag it up or down to resize, a small pop-up box appears by the "O" symbol that has a check box for "All Small Caps." this disallows me to resize. I'm not clicking the "O." I'm clicking directly on the bottom/center anchorpoint.
>>This problem affects my workflow every time I use Indesign. I have to instead use the top anchorpoint and reposition. Please reconfigure where the "O" button appears
…1 voteIn Preferences dialog > Advanced Type, there is an option at the bottom called 'Show Adornment...'
Uncheck this option to stop showing "O" on selected Text Frame.
Hope you'll find it useful.
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InDesign team
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Highlighting text and trying to change font or color of font is not working.
>>>Highlighting text and trying to change font or color of font is not working.
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Indesign 2021 keeps crashing & closing for no reason
>>>I have been working on the same document for a few days, and ever since the update of Indesign, it crashes at random instances.
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> It has crashed when I'm doing the following:
> - Highlighting text
> - Resizing text
> - Moving an image
> - Drawing a shape
> - Just opening the document with inactivity for about 3 mins>These are small things & it is very time-consuming having to redo things several times.
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Absatzlinie im Text sichtbar, im Absatzformat nicht
>>>Beim Anlegen des Dokuments habe ich Absatzformate erstellt. Das Absatzformat für Überschriften wurde mit einer grünen Absatzlinie eingerichtet.
>>Nach Speichern und erneuten Öffnen des Dokuments haben die Überschriften immer noch die grüne Absatzlinie. Will ich das Absatzformat aber bearbeiten, um die Absatzlinie zu verändern, sieht es im Pannel so aus als wäre gar keine Absatzlinie gesetzt.
>>Wenn ich die Absatzlinie nun erneut einrichte, haben die Überschriften im Text zwei Absatzlinien. Die grüne alte und die 'neue'.
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Lots of problems with fonts on InDesign (21.0.1)
>>InDesign is not recognizing the fonts we previously used in version 20.5. When opening documents in version 21.0.1, InDesign prompts us to replace the fonts, even though those fonts are already installed on our computers.
>>Additionally, when copying and pasting text from a template created in InDesign 20.5 into a new InDesign 21.0.1 document, the pasted text becomes unreadable.
>>Steps to reproduce:
>>Open a document created in InDesign 20.5 and add some text. Then open the same document in InDesign 21.0.1. Create a new text frame, copy the text from the original frame, and paste
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Text
>>>Wenn man verschiedenen Worten in einem Textblock (die eben nicht direkt hintereinander liegen) - zum Beispiel eine andere Schriftart oder Farbe zuweisen möchte, so muss man jedes Wort einzel mit dem Inhaltswerkzeug anwählen und dann das gewünschte Format vergeben. Toll wäre, wenn man (zum Beispiel mit der Shift-Taste) gleich mehrere Wörter oder Bereiche anwählen kann - das würde die Arbeit sehr erleichtern.
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Keyboard Shortcut Doesn't Work
>>>When assigning alternate shortcut keys to Edit/Copy (CTRL+INSERT) and Edit/Cut (SHIFT+DELETE), these keys don't function as expected. These keys were assigned in Default, Text, and Table contexts. CTRL+INSERT does nothing and SHIFT+DELETE removes text but does not put it in clipboard. This last one can cause data loss; I have do UNDO the removed text and then cut it using CTRL+X instead.
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Hyperlink messes up data merge in multiple record layout
>>>I've tested this in multiple documents, and it appears that if you add a hyperlink to a document, it messes with the data merge in a multiple record layout. The resulting merge is out of order, and every third record is duplicated, as you can see in the attached screenshots. My workaround right now is to add the hyperlink after the merge, but it would be nice if my templates could include links so I don't have to do this each time.
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eyedropper
>>>Eyedropper not working in CC2018 (ME enabled). When I click a blank square then use eyedropper tool to copy color values from an existing vector graphic, the vector graphic container changes color instead. And while testing just now, if I draw two squares, one black one white, then select one to copy the color of the other, the selected square disappears. Text blocks fail to copy too and all eyedropper options are selected. This wasn't an issue with CC17.
>2 votesHi
There are two different issues mentioned here, and let me address them separately:
1. Clicking a blank square then using eyedropper tool to copy color values from an existing vector graphic, the vector graphic container changes color instead.
>>> Are you facing this problem with a specific vector graphic or with any graphic as I am unable to reproduce this issue with InDesign CC (13.0.1)? If possible, please share your indd file as a package with anasgupt@adobe.com and a small video demonstrating the issue will be really helpful.2. If I draw two squares, one black one white, then select one to copy the color of the other, the selected square disappears.
>>> With InDesign CC (13.0) the transform options have been added to the Eyedropper settings, this includes size and position. It seems that these options for you are checked and when you click on the square to… -
repeatedly opening a template in a loop eventually crashes at app.open
>>>Repeatedly opening and closing a template via extendscript code (for means of batch production) causes InDesign to crash at and only at app.open(PATH).
>>attached file is a bare bones jsx that opens/closes the accompanying blank template either 100000 times or until it crashes (which it has done within an hour each time I have run it)
>>Seems to crash anywhere from 40 to 1500 iterations in.
>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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InDesign freezes and then crashes
>>Version: InDesign 15.0.1 x64
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> Issue(s): 1. One example is that when working in InDesign and go to save a file the application shows that the icon is spinning and never seems to stop spinning. Then an error message pops up on the screen indicating some sort of issue and then the application crashes to the desktop.
> 2. When opening up a file that I have been working on it takes a while to open and when it does open it opens a prior file that I was working on.
> Expected Results: 1. When saving a2 votesTo 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.—
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Changing the cursor to text AND changes it self to cursor
>>>Always when i'm going change to text but it changes it self back to cursor. really annoying bug. everytime when i do this.
>>My indesign is version 14.0.1
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When I flow text indesign inserts a bunch random pages and master page templates
>>>When I flow text indesign inserts a bunch random pages and master page templates
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The software window's focus jumps between multiple desktops.
>>>When I create multiple desktops on the same monitor, I drag the InDesign window to another desktop for work, and after a few operations within the software, the focus of the screen will immediately jump to the other desktop. System: macOS 26.2
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> Software version: 21.21 vote -
Indesign crashing repeatedly, mostly after editing photos in Photoshop
>>>Indesign 16.4, Mac mini (M1, 2020), Big Sur: Indesign crashes repeatedly every day, mostly when I open an image in Photoshop from Indesign, edit the image and save it. Two latest crash reports attached.
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Across platform seamless real-time collaboration
>>>I think this issues is raised with the co-auther note, but it's slightly ambigious what's meant. Therefor I'll just restate that an option to collaborate and work seamless across workstations in the same InDesign document would be very helpful. Something similar to the Office-package in this regard would be amazing, where you can see what and where the other collaborators are editing and in what sections. It's a hassle to have multiple copies and remember to copy every edit into a masterfile in the end.
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[ID-4222229]Exporting to ePub (reflowable) when document has endnotes containing hyperlinks causes InDesign to hang
>>>Version of Adobe InDesign: 15.1.2 / macOS 10.15.6
>>Steps to reproduce the issues: When exporting a document with endnotes containing hyperlinks to ePub (reflowable), InDesign hangs and needs to be force quit. Have tested removing all hyperlinks to tests, and document exports correctly. Have tested putting hyperlinks outside of endnotes and document exports correctly. The bug is specific to hyperlinks which are part of the endnote text.
>>Expected result: Successful export with endnotes reciprocally linked to text, and hyperlinks in endnote text active to respective URLs.
>>Actual result: InDesign hangs and needs to be force quit.
>21 votesThe fix of the issue is now available in the latest InDesign 2026(v21.0.1.006). 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.
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Adobe InDesign Team
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