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  1. After typing values in dialogue boxes, InDesign list panels unusable + Mouse click outside InDesign window not working

    Hi all,
    I have a persistent issue with scrolling some InDesign panel lists such as swatches, font list, font weight.
    After I type any set value on a dialogue box (like font size, transparency, color tone, font spacing etc), some fundamental InDesign panels become unusable: list elements (swatches, fonts etc) slip away from mouse selection like they were anchored to cursor.
    Mouse click outside InDesign window to desktop or other apps also doesn't work.
    Functionality can be restored only by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Canc and then Esc.

    I attach a sample video of the issue:
    1. two panels working correctly…

    1 vote
    0 comments  ·  Performance/Usability  ·  Admin →
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  2. app window resize from maximize

    indesign v. 18.0
    when app launches in max window and resized. it resizes off my 4k monitor

    3 votes
    0 comments  ·  Performance/Usability  ·  Admin →
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  3. Font window

    Font window frozen in center of screen, won't go away. Using Indesign 18.0 for MacOS.

    1 vote
    1 comment  ·  Crash/Freeze/Hang  ·  Admin →
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    Need More Info  ·  AdminSanyam Talwar (Senior Lead Software Engineer, Adobe InDesign) responded

    We have released InDesign 2025(v20.2.0.036) with many stability fixes. We recommend you upgrade to the latest version (if you’re not already using it) as it is more robust.

    If you are still facing this issue even after updating it, please send the following information to santalwa@adobe.com :

    • Reproducible Steps – What were you doing when InDesign froze?
    • Video recording of the issue
    • Is(Are) the issue related to a specific document(s)/asset(s)? If yes, could you provide us with the document(s)/asset(s)? Please package the entire document (To package the document, choose File → Package…)

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    Adobe InDesign Team

  4. Application Window Bug

    Please fix this annoying bug, Adobe! Ever since I updated to the latest version 18.4 the application window has broken. I have uploaded a screen recording to demonstrate what is happening. I use Shift + W a LOT to view my work in presentation mode. everytime I exit this view the entire application shrinks!! And I have to keep manually resizing the application window. But it doesn't happen when I uncheck 'Application Window' from the window menu. Please fix this. I have never had this issue before.

    1 vote
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  5. windows 10 - paste number from clipboard history into X/Y-object coordinates

    How to repeat the issue:

    1. Activate Clipboard history in windows settings (win 10)
    2. Copy a random number to your clipboard (my testnumber "-2,375")
    3. Create a new document and place a rectangle (or random object) on your page
    4. Select the object and click (focus) in the field for the y-coordinates
    5. hit "windows+V" to open your clipboard history (must be activated in the settings)
    6. Click on your previous copied number.

    6-Bug. The number has been pasted two times in the y-coordinates field.

    Test system:
    - Win 10 pro (1809)
    - current Indesign CC version (how to check the actual…

    2 votes
    1 comment  ·  UI/UI Scaling  ·  Admin →
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    Under Review  ·  amaarora responded

    Thanks for reporting the issue.
    We are reviewing it

    -InDesign Team

  6. InDesign opens with tiny window

    For several recent versions of InDesign, and Windows, including the most recent of both (just updated InD yesterday, and this happened shortly after), I have on rare occasions had InD open as only a tiny box showing only the basic minimize/maximize/close buttons, and a window edge, positioned in the upper left corner. If I click on the maximize button, it goes to maximized, but then cannot grab outer edges to resize the box, and minimizes just goes back to almost nothing. If I then quit InD, USING FILE/QUIT, OR COMMAND-Q, then it will reopen OK. I think, maybe, this…

    11 votes
    6 comments  ·  UI/UI Scaling  ·  Admin →
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  7. Table cells tagged as form fields do not get tagged when using the Articles panel in an accessible PDF file.

    If you convert a table cell to a graphic cell and then make it an interactive form field, if you use the Articles panel to control the order, the form fields do not get tagged.

    1.) Create a table
    2.) Select a cell and choose Table > Convert to Graphic Cell
    3.) Open the articles panel and drag the frame containing the table to the Articles panel to create a new article.
    4.) Enable "Use for Reading order in tagged PDF" from the Articles panel menu.
    5.) Export to interactive PDF with tags enabled.

    Result: If you open the PDF…

    5 votes
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  8. [ID-4251249] Exiting Presentation Mode changes Application's Window size at higher UI Scaling when connected to external monitor.

    InDesign's Window size set by user prior to entering Presentation mode is not retained upon exiting from Presentation mode when connected to external monitor and with the UI Scaling set to other than Small setting.
    InDesign's window becomes fullscreen.
    It would be great to get back to same size and position.

    28 votes
    18 comments  ·  UI/UI Scaling  ·  Admin →
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    FIXED  ·  AdminRavi Kiran (Admin, Adobe InDesign) responded

    Fix for this issue is now available in the latest InDesign Release version ID20.2. Please update your InDesign to this latest version to get the fix.


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    Adobe InDesign team

  9. Crash: book-panel shows unopened file as opened, when saving Indesign crashes

    I noticed an issue with the book panel.
    For some reason sometimes it shows the icon for "file is open" on some files even though they're not opened in Indesign.

    When I open and want to save them, Indesign want me to define a filelocation again. It seems that Indesign lost the connection to the original file then.

    When saving the file (I usually overwrite the existing one) Indesign crashes.

    See attached screenshot for the "opened file"-icon in the book panel.

    3 votes
    0 comments  ·  Book/TOC  ·  Admin →
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  10. Overlapping type in "Recents" window

    The "recents" window that shows after all Indesign documents are closed often displays overlapping text under the images making it unreadable.

    Indesign 16.1

    4 votes
    2 comments  ·  Performance/Usability  ·  Admin →
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  11. Indesign freezes and/or crashes when opening hyperlinks panel

    Indesign freezes and/or crashes when opening hyperlinks panel. It does usually eventually unfreeze but this can take up to 20+ minutes. I'm running Indesign 2021 Creative Cloud on a Mac, release 16.1.

    1. Open a document with existing links
    2. Click on the hyperlinks panel
    3. Freezes
    4. Either I force quit or it unfreezes, depending on how long it's been frozen.
    1 vote
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  12. InDesign Window Keeps Moving

    I keep running into issues with my InDesign application window moving around. The window continually resizes itself slightly or moves to the side of the monitor (cutting off access to some of the tools) when I haven't tried to resize it. This isn't a 'once in a while' issue; it's happening consistently, multiple times a session.

    I'm running Indesign 2024 on a MacBook Pro with Apple M2 Pro Chip and macOS Ventura 13.5.1.

    The issue also persists on my laptop monitor and when connected to external monitors (I run one 4K colour-accurate monitor and one standard 1080p monitor).

    It would…

    4 votes
    1 comment  ·  Performance/Usability  ·  Admin →
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    Need More Info  ·  AdminRavi Kiran (Admin, Adobe InDesign) responded

    Hi Stephanie,


    We're investigating this issue. Could you share a screen recording of the issue? If yes, please put it in a shared drive and share the link with us so that we can understand the issue better.


    Thanks,

    Adobe InDesign team

  13. Pages panel doesn't show scroll wheel

    The scroll wheel on the pages panel is not showing up and my pages are all off to the right side. Restarting indesign does not fix this issue and restarting the computer also does not fix this issue.

    1 vote
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  14. "Select all unused" triggers "Small panel rows" in Styles palette

    Version: 14.0.0.130

    STR: Select "Select all unused" in Paragraph or Character Styles pallet

    ER: Should select all styles not used in current document

    AR: Triggers "Small panel rows" instead

    2 votes
    Resolved For User  ·  2 comments  ·  Styles  ·  Admin →
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  15. Cell styles are not selected in the panel when applied through a Table style

    InDesign CC 2018
    Set up a table style and apply it to a table.
    In the Table style, define a Cell style to be used.
    In the CELL style, define a Paragraph style to be used. In the same Cell style also set a Text inset (to be sure you see that the cell style is in effect).

    Now put the text cursor inside a table cell, and notice how the currect Table style is selected in the Table styles panel, and also the correct paragraph Style in the Paragraph Panel.
    But in the Cell Style panel,…

    3 votes
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  16. When I try to switch between blending modes in the panel - I do not see the changes in real time in the file. I have to click outside the wi

    When I try to switch between blending modes in the effects panel - I do not see the changes in real time in the file.
    I have to click outside the window every time to see what it looks like

    2 votes
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  17. CC Libraries panel gets stuck a lot!

    When I reboot Indesign it comes back to life but after a short time gets stuck again. Sometimes it just stops responding and sometimes the panel is also enlarged and cropped like the screenshot attached.

    1 vote
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  18. right to left direction missing from my paragraph panel

    I'm working with CC 2019 and my paragraph panel doesn't have the text direction options, only world-composer options which helps somewhat but isn't enough for my layout needs, any ideas why it's missing? I'm attaching a screenshot of what I see.

    2 votes
    15 comments  ·  Text/Story/Table  ·  Admin →
    Declined  ·  amaarora responded

    Hi,
    This feature is not available in the English (Roman) version of the application.
    Please confirm the locale set in which you are running the application

    -Aman

  19. InDesign 2018 still crashing when updating in links panel after 13.0.1 update

    InDesign 2018 still crashing when updating in links panel after 13.0.1 update. Running Mac OS High Sierra. It's one thing after another since updating to 2018.

    3 votes
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  20. CC Library panel freezes and is unusable until InDesign is re-launched

    In the last update or perhaps the one prior, the CC Library panel freezes and is unusable. You can't select anything, search for anything, or change libraries.

    Closing the panel and opening it again has no affect.

    The only workaround is to quit and re-launch InDesign. The panel will then work for a time but will freeze again at some point.

    This horrendous bug is in addition to a new annoying one where you can't drag and drop a graphic from the document INTO the CC Library panel to add it. You have to select the graphic, then click the…

    1 vote
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