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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 -
Copying/cutting a table causes InDesign 2026 to crash
>>>Cutting and pasting tables causes InDesign to crash. This is especially true if there are any interactive elements in the table. You will receive crash reports every single time it crashes while I finish my work.
>1 votePlease submit the crash report to us. (Guidelines to submit a crash are available at (https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/submit-crash-reports.html )
Also, please send the following information to sharewithID@adobe.com :
- Reproducible Steps – What were you doing when InDesign crashed?
- Video recording of the crash
- 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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crash on create merged document
>>Indesign 2018 cc on mac os 10.12.6, crash on "create merged document" in data merge menu if more than approx 100 records in data file . "export to pdf" works. We have some files that need editing after merge so need this to work. Worked before 2018 update on same files that are causing crashes now. Seems to crash at point its going from a temp file to creating the finished file after the merge has happened. Tries unsucessfully to "recover" a temp file on startup after crash. Is entirely repeatable. System and user usage together never
…3 votesHello All,
Thank you for reporting the issue to us.
We have fixed the issue in the latest version of InDesign, Id 15.0Please upgrade your InDesign application to the latest version to try out the fix.
If you face any problems with the new update, do let us know in the comments.
You may also follow the below given link for the list of all fixed issues in Id 15.0
https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/fixed-issues.html-InDesign Team
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Text frame indented
>>>When I move a text frame to the top left corner of a page, the first line of the text is automatically indented. How can I solve this problem? Thanks
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Flashing screen on selecting text
>>>Adobe InDesign 2024
>>When highlighting text with text tool or selecting multiple items with the selection tool and dragging with the mouse held down, the screen flashes rapidly between the document and plain white - this makes the ID document contents not visible on the screen so you can't actually see what you are doing - eg can't see what text is being highlighted
>>Please fix asap - it is making ID virtually unusable!
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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.
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Text formatting is lost when copy and paste a text box on the same page or to another page in the same document
>>>Copy an paste text box, the text formatting is lost in the pasted text box. Reverts to Forte font. Also, cannot change the font in the pasted text box. The font reader will say it is the new chosen font, but the visual of the text is not reflecting the actual font chosen. Have to redraw and rewrite text every time to have the font and formatting desired.
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Tables and text randomly disappear in Adobe InDesign document
>>>While working in Adobe InDesign, tables and text frames intermittently disappear from the document, even though their frames and guides are still visible. As shown in the attached image, content that should be displayed (tables and text) is no longer visible on the page layout.
>>This issue occurs during normal editing and navigation of the document and does not appear to be related to hidden layers or visibility settings. The problem affects document review and editing, making it difficult to verify content accuracy.
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Copy & paste within a numbered list can cause wrong numbering
>>>If you create a numbered list which runs over 2 or more columns and copy some text within the list from one paragraph to another the numbering changes. In my example you have 2 times 1 in the list.
>>To make it even more crazy this only happens when you use the Adobe Single-line composer. If you work with the Adobe ParagraphComposer there's no problem at all.
>>If you change the text frame from 2 columns to 1 column and back the error disappears as well.
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object export options crash
>>>InDesign CC 2024, version 19.5: Trying to open Object Export Options causes program to crash. Tried resetting preferences (edit->preferences->general->reset preferences on quit) and no change.
>2 votesWe 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 on it) as it is more robust.
If you still face this issue even after updating, please submit the crash report to us. (Guidelines to submit crash are available at (https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/submit-crash-reports.html )
Also, please send the following information to santalwa@adobe.com :
- Reproducible Steps – What were you doing when InDesign crashed?
- Video recording of the crash
- 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
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Copy/paste creates <unknown> objects
>>>InDesign CC 13.1
>>When copying text frames from Illustrator to InDesign, type gets outlined, which is fine. For some reason, it is not recognized by InDesign as a compound path, but rather as a group of <unknown> objects. Having many of those in a document slows down InDesign greatly.
>>A fix is more than welcome. Thanks.
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Crashing when entering text in paragraph style name field
>>>To get this crash...
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> Duplicate an existing Paragraph Style via Panel drop down menu.>Select text in name field.
>>Type... crashes within the first couple of characters.
>>Message... Internal Error
>>Doesn't happen every time, but too often.
>>Adobe InDesign CC 2018
>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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Adobe InDesign Team -
[ID-4257734]When you place an object with ‘Corner Options’ and ‘Text Wrap (Wrap around object shape)’ on a frame, the text moves.
>>Checked on Windows 10 Japanese version, InDesign CS5 to CC2024
>>1.Create a new document
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> 2.Create a frame grid with the Horizontal Grid Tool
> 3.Insert a few line breaks at the beginning and assign sample text
> 4.Draw a rectangle with the Rectangle Tool
> 5.Set the shape in Corner Options to anything other than ‘None’
> 6.Set the text wrap to ‘Wrap around object shape’
> 7.When the drawn rectangle is placed on the frame, it is pushed out by one character>It’s strange that the text moves even though the rectangle is not placed
…30 votesHi,
Thank you for reporting the issue. It is currently under investigation.
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Adobe InDesign Team
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Bug Hyperlink character style applied
>>>When copy/pasting a text frame, and the text frame contains a hyperlink without a character style applied, in the new pasted frame the hyperlink has the Hyperlink character style applied. Do not change formatting when copy/pasting text frames.
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Linked text block loses link if replaced.
>>>InDesign Version 15.0.2
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> Steps to reproduce issue:
> a.) drag a formatted dummy text block to page from CC Library
> b.) select dummy text block, CMD + D, select copy file to place.
> c.) select same dummy text block, CMD + D, select any copy file and place again.
> Expected result: Copy file link should be shown in links panel.
> Actual result: Copy file link dissappears during step "C".
> *This issue doesn't happen when dummy text block is pulled from a local library.2 votes
amaarora
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Hi,
I tried to reproduce the issue, was not able to.
Can you please share a small video showing the issue?Thanks
amaarora@adobe.com -
Cannot place text in columns or flow text
>>>I try to place my manuscript from a Google doc and tried Word doc, but it does not put the text in the columns or flow it. It has created more pages but it put the text only at left pages or not at all. I DO WANT the text like in my A-master with two columns to flow in these columns. The shift-click does not work. I do not get a snake arrow... The settings for flow text is on. I have chosen primary text frames...I am a newby but I can´t get any support.
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Text frame options: Individual inset spacing when rounded corners are enabled
>>>Currently the text frame options do not allow different inset spacing on each side if a rounded corner is applied to the text frame.
>>We are trying to create a template that has a text box with a gradient background and a rounded corner that bleeds off the page. We need to set the inset to push the inset spacing on one side further than the rest to fit within the page margins, but with the rounded corner this is not possible.
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Text Variables using Running Headers don't show up in Table Header Rows when table is threaded across multiple pages
>>>I have a table running across multiple pages. In the Header row I want to have a Text Variable using Running Header to pull the text using a particular paragraph style. The text variable doesn't show up. If I unthread the table so it's just a single frame, it appears.
>>My workaround is to unthread to one frame, convert the text variable to text, then rethread. It works if I do this at the end, but defeats the purpose of using them if customer wants last minute edits.
>2 votes -
Indesign incredibly slow or crashes with more than one document open
>>InDesign (15.0.2) becomes almost unusable with more than (1) document open. Trying to copy text or images from one document to the next or just work in one of the documents while the other is open results in minutes-long wait times (or complete crash) to even select a text box, type a character, etc.
>>Steps to reproduce:
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> Open INDD doc (either on network or desktop)
> Open second INDD doc
> Attempt to edit text in either doc or copy over text from one document to the next>Set-up info:
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> InDesign 15.0.2
> Windows26 votesAs confirmed by a customer over the thread that the issue is fixed in InDesign 2020(v15.1.2.226).
We recommend you upgrade to either InDesign 2020(v15.1.2.226) or to the latest InDesign 2021(v16.0.0.77) for the fix.
If you are unable to see the update, go to the Creative Cloud application and click on the context menu on the top right and click on Check for App Updates.
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Font causing crash
>>>I used these Google icon ttf fonts in InDesign 2025, but they keep seeming to crash InDesign 2026
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> >https://github.com/google/material-design-icons/tree/master/variablefont>1 vote
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