Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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Export to PDF function crash in InDesign 15.1
>>Today I have updated to InDesign 15.1 and when I try to export to PDF the application immediately crash.
>>This happen even I change the type of export (small dimension, print, etc.).
>>I'm using windows 10 pro ver. 1909 build 18363.836, and Indesign 15.1 x64.
>>The system start to work but the application crash at 16% of the export.
>>The problem seems connected with something on the file, because I try to export another project and it work perfectly.
>>The file was all "green" in the preliminary checks panel.
>>And I notice
…36 votesThe fix for this is now publicly available in the latest InDesign update, 15.1.1
Please update to the latest version to get the fix.
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Adobe 2020 Crashes with copy & paste
>>>Whenever I try to copy/paste small elements from adobe illustrator onto Adobe InDesign, indesign will automatically quit. If I try to recover the file after it has crashed, it crashes again...
>>What is happening here? This is an ongoing issue since the update.
>13 votesWe have been able to reproduce the issue and it is currently under investigation.
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Text Frame Lag when Window > Control (Panel) is enabled.
>>>When Control Panel is enabled (Window > Control), double clicking into a text frame has a lag for about a second. Turning off the Control Panel helps but this is not a solution.
>>I think this lag is related to loading fonts in background for the select field – doesn’t matter how much or how less fonts are installed/loaded on Mac.
>>As this is a long existing performance issue yet (available since 2018), could you please consider to optimize the lag for text frames within a future update, finally?
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magnification copy
>>>Indesign 16.2.1 x64
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> If I select some text to copy, then change the magnification, then Ctrl+C, move the curser to a new point in the text and Ctrl+V, it pastes the magnification, not the text.
> Not a major problem, but one has to ask "why?". I expected it to copy the text, not the workspace.1 vote -
Text wrap - select subject - cancelling progress causes crash
>>>Clicking an image/object, choosing wrap around object shape and then type: Select subject will bring up the progress bar whilst it thinks about it. If you choose to cancel the progress then indesign crashes without an error code or crash dialogue.
>>Have tried on 2024/2025 windows 10 and 11 and bug persists.
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text outside of text frame
>>Text suddenly appears outside of frame. This happened on two different pages. In one instance, the number (which is the result of a numbered list) did not appear at all, but it had been previously there, and in other instances, the number appeared outside of the text frame. There were no overrides on the style. This suddenly happened. If i placed my cursor and started typing where the number should have been (and was with all other numbered bullets), then the disappearing number reappeared in the one case, and, in the others, the number moved back into the text
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text frame anchored causes ID to hang
>>I have a text frame (with text wrap, and also an inline image) anchored to a line of text in the main story.
>>When I adjust this frame while it is still anchored, it causes ID 16.0.1 to hang. This is the same behaviour as in versions before. No crash report because of ID 'just hanging'. The fix is force quitting.
>>macOS 11.0.1. This was also happening with earlier versions of macOS.
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> The remedy is: 'Free' anchored object, make adjustments, and re-anchore the frame.>Added info:
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> possible connection: this happens when anchored to text1 vote -
Text formatting is lost when copy/pasting a text box to another document.
>>>When Copying a text box from one document to another, the formatting is lost and is highlighted red (indicating missing font?). The font changes to from Arial to Helvetica as substitution.
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> Both documents are updated to the current file format.
> The box copies and pastes as a basic text frame.>I'm able to reformat everything to match the other document, but I don't know why it's losing the formatting.
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> I'm using Windows 10 Pro version 1909.2 votes -
Library text frame auto-size error
>>Product: Adobe InDesign
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> Version: 20.2
> Platform: macOS
> Issue type: Bug
> Severity: Moderate
> Reproducible: Always>Steps to reproduce:
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> 1. Create a text frame with a single character (e.g. “X”).
> 2. Enable Auto-Size (Height only).
> 3. Save the text frame to the Library.
> 4. Place the frame into a layout from the Library.>Expected result:
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> Text frame should retain Auto-Size setting and adjust to the content’s height.>Actual result:
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> Auto-Size is disabled, and the frame stretches from the insertion point to the bottom of the text frame1 vote -
Fit frame to content creates duplicate text boxes
>>>Indesign 16.4 on Mac 10.15.3
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> Selecting multiple text boxes and hitting "fit frame to content" causes all text boxes to duplicate.1 vote -
Can not paste text in inDesign
>>>I am running InDesign CC 13.1 on osMac High Sierra, and am unable to COPY text from any web browser (Chrome, Safari, Firefox) and PASTE it into inDesign. It crashes every time. I AM able to paste the text into a Pages document and THEN copy/paste into inDesign — but all character information is gone (formatting, alignment, spacing, etc.)
>5 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 2020.0.1 (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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Using Text Wrap around objects causes InDesign to crash!
>>>When I apply a text wrap but only around an object, the program crashes and closes. The other text wrapping tools work fine.
>>I noticed a blue cercle on the icon of text wrap around an object (see the screenshot joined). I'm not sure this is normal... maybe it would help you solve the problem...
>>When I click on this tool, a windows opens (see second screenshot) and then Indesign crashes and closes.
>>You can note that I am using the latest version of Indesign (16.4).
>>Thank you very much for your help.
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Crash once PDF export complete
>>>InDesign 15.0 seems to crash once a PDF export has completed.
>>Running Windows 7.
>4 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.—
Adobe InDesign Team -
Crash when smart reflowing a document with many anchored text boxes
>>>Indesign is freezing/crashing when smart text reflow is used to reflow the attached document. Other documents are fine. This document is unique in that it contains many anchored text boxes and decimal tabs.
>>I am using InDesign 15.0.2
>>To witness the bug, 1) open the attached document, 2) click the red text marked with a note, 3) apply the "bug illustration" paragraph style.
>2 votesHi,
Please can you share a sample document with which the crash is happening at amaarora@adobe.com?Thanks
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Lost scaling info when copy-paste
>>>When I select many objects and texts in Indesing and want to copy-paste it in another document, all objects lost their scale and position info and paste in total mess.
>>those ale: simple objects from Illustrator, tables, texts, frames with photos.
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New frame created when pasting text in InDesign
>>>Pasting single or multiple words into a table creates a brand new frame which floats on top of the existing one. This bug affects text copied from another section of the InDesign document as well as many text elements (single words or sentences) copied from MSWord.
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Using Text Wrap around objects causes InDesign to crash!
>>>When I apply a text wrap but only around an object, the program crashes and closes. The other text wrapping tools work fine.
>>I noticed a blue cercle on the icon of text wrap around an object (see the screenshot joined). I'm not sure this is normal... maybe it would help you solve the problem...
>>When I click on this tool, a windows opens (see second screenshot) and then Indesign crashes and closes.
>>You can note that I am using the latest version of Indesign (16.4).
>>Thank you very much for your help.
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After PDF Export: moved frames
>>I've got an InDesign-file (InDesign 2020) with moved frames (texts) after PDF Export.
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> Attached are Screenshots with Guides:
> – Screenshot-InDesign (View)
> – Screenshot-Export (Window-View) > see “Druck-PDF-1.5.joboptions”
> – Screenshot-PDF (View)
> – Screenshot-PDF-Distiller-PS (generated PDF with PS-Export from InDesign and Acrobat Distiller using the same joboptions “Druck-PDF-1.5.joboptions” >>> this result is correct !!!)>I tried the workaround with idml-file (no other result) –
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> I made a new file and copied the frames in (no other result) –
> I tried the PDF Export from InDesign CS6 (no other result)
> I tried the1 vote -
PDF Export & Text field crash
>>I have also downloaded Indesign CC 2019 and encounter a lot of bugs. I can't select a color profile for the PDF export and every time I click into a text field while layouting the complete program hangs. Unfortunately, you can't work with the program like this at the moment!
>>Solution for the problem with the PDF export: Preset PDF export profiles and then select them. So you can bypass the problem a bit. For the second problem I can't find a solution and am very annoyed, because there are also the same probleme with the other programs
…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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Copy and Paste from Share for Review Comments panel not working
>>>You used to be able to copy/paste directly from the REVIEW panel COMMENT when you receive feedback. Now it won't allow you to copy what someone has reviewed and suggested as replacement text. This is very important as it makes it much more efficient to copy it from within InDesign rather than swapping between screens to do it from the browser. Please can you fix this! Thank you!
>18 votesThis issue has got fixed in InDesign 2024 19.2 Release.
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Adobe InDesign team
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