Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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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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copy
>>Holding down "option" on the keyboard and then dragging a graphic or text box to copy and paste where you'd like it to go no longer works. The cursor changes as if it's going to copy/paste, however, it will just drag the original graphic/text box without copying it. I have to physically hit cmd + c and cmd + v and then it will paste wherever it wants to go in the document to get something to copy and paste. This is really frustrating when trying to design documents with a lot of the same elements in
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Crash: Dynamic spelling with special word
>>>There is a crazy bug: when the dynamic spellcheck is active (German, Duden) and you are typing in a text frame hintereinanderherschlichen (it’s a German word) indesign crashed immediately.
>>We don’t know why, but then, after the crash, and when the dynamic spell check is still active, InDesign crashes again when it tries to recover the document.
>>Systems: Apple OS Montery, InDesign 2022 German
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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!
>19 votesThis issue has got fixed in InDesign 2024 19.2 Release.
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Adobe InDesign team
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Column Rules fail if a Table is the first item in a Text Frame
>>(Hmm ... tried to attach an INDD file and I'm told they're not allowed. Really? OK ... will try a ZIP file with the INDD inside. Nope ... ZIP won't work either. Uploading a PNG screenshot)
>>Column Rules fail if a Table is the first item in a Text Frame
>>Please see the attached sample file.
>>On page 1 and 2 you will find a variety of 2-column frames with column rule applied.
>>In each case, the column rule will fail BECAUSE the first item in the frame is a Table. But, on page 2
…13 votesHi,
The feature is working as expected. As soon as you add some text below the table, the Column Rules work fine.—
Adobe InDesign Team
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Opening Text Wrap panel crashes application
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- >Indesign 2021 >
- >Place image, open text wrap panel, does not open panel and crashes.
> Happens with any image and any document. Panel opens fine if pic box empty. >
>OsX Mojave.
>>Gone back to 2020.
>19 votesThe fix for this issue is now available in the latest update of InDesign – version 16.1
Please update to this version to get the fix.—
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Copy or duplicated text box not longer editable
>>>Any text box which is copied or duplicated becomes uneditable.
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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 -
Parent Text Frame Offset when Autoflowing Text
>>>When autoflowing text, the parent page text frame is being offset on every new page that's automatically added.
>>In the attached screenshot, the top page was manually added and text autoflowed into it from the previous page. The parent text frame is positioned as per the top page.
>>InDesign versions 17 to 19 (2022 to 2024).
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> Expect parent page text frame to be in the position it is in on the parent page.
> Actual result: text frame is offset and has to be repositioned on every page manually.1 vote -
object anchored in text frame disappears after editing the original text file
>>>object anchored in text frame disappears after editing the original text file
>3 votesWe have released InDesign 2025(v20.2.0.036) with many bug 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 :
- Reproducible Steps – What were you doing when the issue occurred?
- Video recording of the issue?
- Is(Are) the issue related to a specific document(s)/asset(s)? If yes, could you provide the document(s)/asset(s) to us? Please package the entire document (To package the document, choose File → Package…)
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Adobe InDesign Team
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InDesign 13.1 Crash when show "Margins and Columns" Dialog and click "OK"
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>Version InDesign 13.1
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> Testing Windows 10(1709) and macos 10.13.4, same results >
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>Steps
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> 1 Execute InDesign 13.1
> 2 Show "Margins and Columns" Dialog (Application Default)
> 3 Click "OK" button >
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>Expected result
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> Crash InDesign >
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>Actual result
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> Don't crash >
15 votesHello All,
Thank you for your support. The issue is now fixed in the latest update of InDesign.
Please upgrade to the new InDesign 14.0 from your Creative Cloud Application.If you are unable to see the update yet, click on the menu (three dots) on the top right corner of Creative cloud app and click on “Check for App Updates”.
Let us know your feedback in the comment section.
Thanks,
Abhinav Kaushik
InDesign Team - >
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scrolling text frame
>>When publishing my file online, a gap appears in the text within the scrolling text frame. (see attachment) The gap seems to be aligned to the place where the text hits the bottom of the container frame. There are no extra characters causing this gap in the text. I had the same issue with a document a year ago, but it looks like this bug is still there.
>>Version: Indesign 2025
>>Steps to reproduce issues:
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> •Paste longer text box into container box.
> •Align content to top left.
> •Use overlays panel, choose "Scrollable frame," Scroll1 vote -
Paste without formatting crash !
>>>InDesign 15.1.3 crashes when using Paste Without Formatting.
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> I can reproduce the crash.
> Running macOS Catalina 10.15.7 in French language.2 votes -
Indesign crashes when i copy or cut (shortcut and menu). 'reopen' crashes immediately too.
>>>Indesign crashes when i copy or cut (shortcut and menu). 'reopen' crashes immediately too.
>7 votesTo identify the cause of this issue, we had started our investigation with the aim to resolve it. You might have also received an 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 2021(v16.0.0.77) as it is more robust and contains a lot of bug fixes.
We seek your support in our continual effort to improve InDesign.
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Deleting an odd number of pages causes the text frame derived from the primary text frame to double
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- >specify a primary text frame for both the left and right pages on the parent page. (figure1) >
- >Delete an odd number of pages. At this time, the parent page is reapplied. >
- >The text frame will be doubled. (figure2) >
>Deleting (or adding) an even number of pages will not result in this behavior.
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> Deletion/addition of an odd number of pages should not cause doubling.
> Specifically, we would like the text chain of the text frame for which the primary text frame is specified to be retained. (figure3)>Reference:
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> I believe the16 votes -
BUG: spell-checker not automatically applied after pasting text
>>>When pasting text into a new frame, the correct language (german 2006 in my case) for spellchecker is selected, but not applied to the new text. I need to select the the text and choose a different language for spell-check and then change back to the correct language, then it works.
>>A pain in the a**, if you have to copy-n-paste many snippets from different documents to single frames.
>>INDD 15.0.3 x64 on Win 10 x64 (1909)
>1 voteThanks for reporting. We are reviewing it
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Multiple text line links tab out of order
>>Not sure if InDesign or Acrobat issue: Using 13.1. InDesign - Recently noticed that if I have text that flows to 2 lines and that has a hyperlink behind it, in Acrobat, the tags show the link as having two Link-OBJR, but they are the reverse of reading order. So if you tab the page, you go from 2nd line of text to first. So,
>>'Go to
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> the store'>tabs as if it is 'the store' 'go to'. The underlying link is fine--no issue there--it's the tab order and tag order (tag order perhaps then impacting
…13 votesThanks for reporting this issue. We’ll review it shortly.
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pasting crash
>>>Indesign 15.0.3
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> OS X 10.15.5>Indesign crashes when pasting text from a text file into any existing document.
>1 voteClosed: Not Reproducible ·
AdminSanyam Talwar
(Senior Lead Software Engineer, Adobe InDesign)
responded
To identify the cause of this issue, we had started our investigation with the aim to resolve it. You might have also received an 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 2021(v16.0.0.77) as it is more robust and contains a lot of bug fixes.
We seek your support in our continual effort to improve InDesign.
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Adobe InDesign Team
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