Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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Crash on launch in 19.0.1
>>>Crash on launch immediately after splash screen appears. New to 19.0.1.
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> Using macOS Sonoma 14.1 on a 27" iMac (Intel).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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Crash when copy/paste table cells in InDesign (15.1)
>>>Application crashes when copying/pasting table cell attributes.
>1 voteHi
Can you please send a sample InDesign document in which you are facing the crash?Thanks
amaarora@adobe.com -
Trying to copy any item or group of items crashes InDesign
>>>Attempting to copy any item or group of items to the pasteboard in InDesign crashes the application.
>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 -
Adding anchored frame to the text corrupts the text
>>>Hello there,
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> We have noticed this problem while dealing with Arabic/Persian/Urdu text (regardless of the fonts used). English text works just fine.
> When anchored framed is inserted, the vowels in the Arabic/Persian/Urdu text and sometimes evens the characters in the text shift. The foreign text is typically perfectly fine prior to inserting the anchored object however changes. See before and after examples:1 vote -
Object Style defined to ignore Nonprinting changes Nonprinting status when applied to grouped frames
>>Object Style defined to ignore Text Wrap & Other, when applied to a group of two frames where one has Nonprinting applied and the other does not, changes the Nonprinting status.
>>Expected result: attributes in a category that is greyed out will be ignored, including Nonprinting.
>>Actual result: Nonprinting turned off and frame prints and is visible in Overprint Preview.
>>Pictured: The only intended purpose of the object style is to change position of frame. 1: The two frames are grouped. Large frame is live, small frame is note for designer. 2: The object style as
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InCopy Assignments Updates Crash InDesign
>>>I have an InDesign book file housing several InDesign files that are news page documents with InCopy assignments. When I open the .indd files from the .indb file and a story has been updated (update links dialogue) when I click on "update links" InDesign crashes. I've clicked "don't update links" and it doesn't crash. However, when I go to the page that needs updating and I click update in the assignments panel, InDesign crashes.
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> This all happened before and after I reset my InDesign preferences.5 votesHi,
As confirmed by the user, The issue is resolved with the latest InDesign CC 2018(13.1.0.76).Regards
InDesign Team -
Crash on Launch
>>>When launching InDesign and Illustrator 2018, I get the attached alert. Illustrator will always show this alert but does function. InDesign will always show this alert and it opens once. Thereafter it will crash on launch every time until I reinstall it and then I get one launch again and repeated crashes on launch until I reistall. This is on two separate Macs running HIgh Sierra
>2 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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Adobe InDesign Team -
custom text frame justification bug
>>>Hebrew text *but duplicated with english text)
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> When using a custom text frame there is a variable sized gap between the right margin and the start of the text line>CC 17.4 ME
>>Expected result: text goes from right to left margins
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> Actual result: There is a gap on the right side>I can send a packaged sample file that demonstrates the bug
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spellchecker causes InDesign to crash
>>>I've had this occur across multiple files; some new, some old.
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> I cannot stop the behaviour from happening despite cache and com. dumps, prefernence resets, etc. - whenever I run Spellchecker InDesign disappears/crashes. I'm losing money constantly as I'm a designer who outputs a lot of multi page brochures, books, magazines, etc. and my efficiency has ground to a halt.8 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.—
Adobe InDesign team -
Better Text Box Controls
>>>Could the in port and out port boxes be shifted slightly away from the bounding box corners? They’re currently positioned very close to the resize handles, which makes it harder to resize text frames — a much more frequent action than linking text.
>>While you're at it, please expand the interactive area around bounding box handles so the cursor stays in Scale mode slightly farther from the corners, reducing accidental switches to the Rotate tool when resizing objects.
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InDesign crashes when mounting/updating another InDesign document with overset text
>>InDesign Version: Adobe InDesign CC 13.0.1
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> Operating System: macOS High Sierra version 10.13.2
> Computer: MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)>Steps to reproduce the issue:
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> 1. Create a new document in InDesign with at least 3 pages.
> 2. Make a textbox on one of the pages (e.g. page 1) and fill it with some text.
> 3. Resize the textbox so that some text overset and preflight shows 1 error - overflowing text.
> 4. Save and close the document
> 5. Create a new InDesign document
> 6. Place the InDesign file with4 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 if the issue is resolved for you in InDesign 14.0.
Thanks,
Abhinav Kaushik
InDesign Team -
Rounded corner photo frames do not publish correctly from adobe publish.
>>>Rounded corner photo frames do not publish correctly from adobe publish.
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Table Eyedropper crash
>>>Running High Sierra 10.13.2
>>InDesign version CC2018 13.1
>>Crashes when trying to select text within a table with the eyedropper tool, InDesign immediately crashes. This has been a problem for a couple of versions.
>2 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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Adobe InDesign Team -
Adding anchored frame to the text corrupts the text
>>>Hello there,
>
> We have noticed this problem while dealing with Arabic/Persian/Urdu text (regardless of the fonts used). English text works just fine.
> When anchored framed is inserted, the vowels in the Arabic/Persian/Urdu text and sometimes evens the characters in the text shift. The foreign text is typically perfectly fine prior to inserting the anchored object however changes. See before and after examples:1 vote -
Text Frame Issues
>>>Can't find this so hopefully this is new, but every time I nudge a text box with my arrow keys it ends up somehow shrinking the box or something because I get an arrow saying there's text outside the frame. It's fine... I nudge it once with the arrow key and I get the little red error box in the corner.
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Unable to place text in frame over an existing text frame
>>>When making a new frame on top of an existing text frame. It is not possible to make the new frame a text frame. It clicks right through it.
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> This has been a bug for many years now, and i have to explain almost every week to my students.>Also in the 2022 version of InDesign.
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> I hoped it to be solved. but no..>A little video explain >https://vimeo.com/641165029/2b8106b016>
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text shadow
>>I have a text box with Drop Shadow Effect on the text itself. When I edit the text, the shadow does not change. I discovered quite accidentally that Undo (CTRL+Z) then Redo (CTRL+SHIFT+Z) fixes the issue.
>>However, when I change the angle of the object (text box), the text moves but the shadow remains in place. I cannot fix it even by adjusting the Effect angle options.
>>I have another issue where I have two separate text boxes on the same page with the exact same font and supposed font size, but the text is quite obviously
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Copy
>>>The tool "copy" is crashing the Indesign. Inside the software and between softwares. This issue turns the workflow so slow...
>1 voteWe 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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Indesign cc 2018 crash mounted volume on "Save As..."
>>Environment:
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> - Adobe InDesign CC 2018 13.1 (13.1.0.76),
> - MacOS v 10.12.6.
> - Mounted SMB share (Windows Server 2012 R2 full share permissions).>When editing a document on the mounted SMB share, then doing a "Save As...", there's a delay, then pinwheels, then crashes.
>>Attached are the screen shots of the dialog boxes that occurs as it crashes, plus the Apple crash report.
>>It does NOT crash on "Save".
>>It does NOT crash on "Save A Copy..." UNLESS - sometimes you try to save over a pre-existing document. It
…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 -
Crash when placing DOCX with paragraphStyles
>>>Version: InDesign 14.0.1, macOS 10.14.3
>>Steps:
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> 1. Open attached InDesign document (please rename .jpg in .indd, there was a bug while uploading the file)
> 2. Place "ThisDocumentHasParagraphStyles.docx" in the document
> 3. InDesign crashes :-(>It seems it has something to do with the ParagraphStyles that are in the Word document. If I try to place the DOCX file named "ThisDocumentDOESNTHaveParagraphStyles.docx", then InDesign doesn't crash.
>>Attached is a screen video capture of the process (rename .jpg in .mp4 please)
>>Please help!
>4 votesThanks for reporting. We will look into the issue
-Aman
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