Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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[ID-4258210][MAC]Screen flickering occurs while moving objects in InDesign 2025(v20.X), no issues with InDesign 2024(v19.X)
Impact
Screen flickering occurs while moving objects in InDesign 2025(v20.X)
Steps to Reproduce the issue:
- Launch InDesign on MAC.
- Create a new file and add some objects.
- Attempt to move the objects.
Workaround
- Turn ON GPU Performance
- Downgrade to InDesign 2024
9 votesHi,
Thank you for reporting the issue. We have been able to reproduce the issue and it is currently under investigation.
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Adobe InDesign Team
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Mouse very slow during mail merge
When exporting to a PDF using Indesign Mail Merge, the mouse is very slow, even if in other programs. That makes the computer unusable during export of large PDF's.
I found that only when the Windows Task Manager is on the front, the mouse acts normal again, but when I the Task Manager loses focus, the mouse is slow again.
We have this problem on our Windows PC's. On my Mac it works fine.
We use the latest Indesign (15.0.1)
9 votesThanks for reporting. We will review the issue
-InDesign Team
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arabic harakats moving
Hi!
There is interesting bug with arabic letters. When we have aleef-lyam-aleef with harakats + footnote references with more than one symbol (from 1 to 9, no problem, 10+ or (1), problems starts) on the line, harakats swap together. Have tried with multiple fonts, most of them (adobe font too) got this error.
Tested this in 2014 and 2018 ME versions of Indesign.
Hope you can easily fix it, cause it's a real problem for book publishing.
Thank you!9 votesThank you for reporting the issue.
We are currently reviewing it.-InDesign Team
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InDesign opens destination folder when exporting.
My InDesign opens the destination folder when exporting PDF-files. In my work I export files daily and I have to export them separately. So when I do this, after the export has completed successfully, the destination folder opens up automatically, which is very annoying. I can't seem to find any place, where I can turn this off. I can only turn it ON, if I don't export separately.
- brand new update CC 2019
- Create a document with more than 2 pages. Export all the pages separately.
- That it exports the pages separately into the destination folder without having the need…
9 votesHi,
Thanks for reporting the issue. We will look into this-Aman
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Object Style Options: XY Offset < 1440
MacOS High Sierra
InDesignCC 2018 13.1When setting up Object Style Options > Size and position options > Position > Adjust X OR Y,
it’s impossible to manually enter any value bigger than 1440 px (pt), regardless of page size.9 votesThanks for reporting this issue. We’re reviewing it.
Adobe InDesign team
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arabic
Cursor Direction when typing Arabic or other RTL languages. in Middle Eastern version ONLY.
All Middle Eastern versions (English يدعم العربية)
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.
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)
What actually is happening now and for over 20 years when…
9 votesIssue is currently under review.
-InDesign Team
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"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!
9 votesThank you for reporting the issue.
We are currently reviewing it.-inDesign Team
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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:
On High Sierra and InDesign CC, add a Hunspell dictionary, as detailed here: https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/add_cs_dictionaries.html
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…
9 votesThanks for reporting this issue. We are currently reviewing it.
-Adobe InDesign team
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GREP Beginning of STORY not Working in InDesign 2020 15.0.3
GREP (Beginning of STORY) not Working in InDesign 2020 15.0.3
8 votesThanks for reporting. We are reviewing the issue
-InDesign Team
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ID 2020 bug - checkbox not shown.
in ID2019 everything is Ok - the checkbox is visible. But in 2020 - not!
var w = new Window("dialog");
var list = w.add ("listbox", undefined, ["One", "Two", "Three", "Four"]);
list.items[1].checked = true;
w.show();8 votesThanks for reporting the issue
We are reviewing it-InDesign Team
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Warnhinweis "Dokument wurde außerhalb des Buches bearbeitet"
Wird eine Buchdatei bearbeitet und geschlossen ohne das das Fenster Buch geöffnet ist, wird das Dokument mit dem Warnhinweis "Dokument wurde außerhalb des Buches bearbeitet" markiert.
Dieser Fehler tritt nicht auf, wenn das Fenster Buch beim Schließen oder Speichern geöffnet bzw. angezeigt wird.
Es ist kein Grund für dieses Verhalten zu erkennen. In den letzten ID Versionen trat dieser Effekt nicht auf.8 votesThanks for reporting the issue. We will review it.
-InDesign Team
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Text wraps when replacing a swatch
If I replace a swatch the text wraps at one place. It happens just with one color in the document... I doesn't matter which swatch I use for replacing... I never seen this before. I image how risky that is when you're replacing a swatch in a large project like a catalog and than somewhere in the document text is wraping...
8 votesThank you for reporting the issue.
We are currently reviewing the same.Regards,
Abhinav Kaushik
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Identical shapes on different layers end up different sizes when scaled together using the selection tool
1) This bug occurred on InDesign cc2017 and CS6. 2) Follow these steps to replicate the bug: create a shape, let's say a circle, and then copy this circle and paste it in a separate layer directly over the top of the first. To better see the effects of the bug, make the fill of the top circle red, and the bottom blue. At this point, the bottom blue circle is completely hidden by the red circle above it. Now put a 4pt stroke with an outside alignment on the bottom blue circle. The blue circle is still hidden, and…
8 votesThis thread has been marked Under Review.
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Underline with variable font
When the underline of a variable font is activated, the underline takes the whole height of the page. (Indesign 15.1.2)
7 votesThe issue has been fixed in the latest release of InDesign – InDesign 2021.
Please update to this new version of InDesign to get the fix.—
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"Update Library Item" option missing in context menu of Libraries
I am trying to update a library item. It's a previously created library item that I've made changes to. There used to be a contextual menu item called "Update Library Item" but it's gone.
When resetting the prefences with Shift+Option+Command+Control at the start of InDesign or (for me) uninstalling and reinstalling a certain plugin, that menu item appears again.
One user found out this:
Renamed Adobe Indesign folder in ~/Library/Caches. That did the trick for me !!
For the ultimate test, I put back the "old" Adobe Indesign folder and the issue was back again.Link to the old forum…
7 votesThanks for reporting the issue.
We will review the bug shortly-InDesign Team
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InDesign v15.1 slow to open and poor performance generally
Another decrease in performance between v15.0 (whcih was already very slow compared to v14) and v15.1 on Windows 10 x64 with a very high-spec workstation.
Particularly frustrating is when you click on the icon in the taskbar to launch the app it appears as though nothing has happened and takes 30 seconds or so before the splash screen appears and the app appears to have launched. By which time you usually tried launching it again a few times!
7 votesThanks for reporting. We are reviewing the issue.
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Extensions isn't working on the last Indesign versions
Using Indesign 2019 or 2020 on the MacOS, trying to install any extension, opening the menu Window > Extensions > Selecting an extension: nothing happens.
7 votesThanks for reporting the issue. We are reviewing it.
-InDesign Team
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objects do not snap to objects within a group
When scaling or repositioning objects contained within a group, the object should snap to other objects within that group (when smart guides are enabled)
7 votesThanks for reporting this issue.
We’re currently reviewing it.—
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Footnote marker is replaced with an unknown character if preceded by a character with a specific Unicode pattern
Footnote marker is replaced with an unknown character if preceded by a character with a specific Unicode pattern. Unicode pattern is U+##1a. Here are some of those characters:
U+011a
U+021a
U+031a
U+041a
U+051a
U+061a
U+071a
U+081aYou could try the attached test file for placement in to an InDesign document. Unicode of the character following the footnote marker is : U+011a
This happen when file format of the file is either RTF or DOC. Its not a issue with DOCX.
7 votesThanks for reporting the issue
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Shortcut for duplicate in InDesign doesn't work on MacBook Pro
The keyboard shortcut for Duplicate (option+command+shift+D) in Indesign 14.0.1 doesn't work on my MacBook Pro (OSX 10.14.3).
The work around is to either Alt+Drag or to select the item, select the Edit Menu and then hit the shortcut.7 votesThanks for reporting this issue. We’re currently reviewing this.
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Adobe InDesign team
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