Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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Crashes while editing cross-references
- InDesign 21.0
- Select cross-reference in text (see screenshot)
- Double-click name of cross-reference in the panel to edit
- Entire program freezes and has to be force quit (waited for about 20 min.)
This happens with a couple of cross-references again and again. Some other cross-references work as they should.
Document uses >500 Cross-references on several layers1 vote -
Selecting placed file no longer selects that file in the Links window.
In InDesign 2025 and earlier, selecting a placed file (such as a placed Photoshop background) used to select and highlight that file in the Links window. In ID 2026, it no longer does that. This was an invaluable feature for those of us that have hundreds of linked files and need to use the Edit In function. Can you please bring back the feature.
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MathML Rendering Error
In InDesign v21.0, the updated Maths Expressions Panel automatically inserts mathvariant="normal" into the root <math> element after I edit an equation using the new panel. This behaviour does not occur until the equation is edited in version 21.0, but once it happens, the MathML rendering is altered incorrectly.
Issue Details
When I open and edit an existing MathML equation in the new Maths Expressions Panel (v21.0), InDesign injects mathvariant="normal" into the <math> tag upon saving.
This overrides the default MathML behaviour and forces all <mi> elements to render upright (normal) instead of italic.• Manually deleting the attribute does not…
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InDesign 21.0 black dot in red close button missing on macOS
- InDesign 21.0, macOS 15.7
- Open InDesign file, make a change.
- Black dot should appear in the title bar red "close" button along with asterisk by filename in document tab.
- Red "close" button remains "clean" without black dot.
InDesign 2025 (v.20.5) exhibits correct behavior. InDesign 2026 (v.21.0) does not.
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When viewing an exported PDF images do not appear correctly
I'm using InDesign 2026 version 21.0. These bugs are new after the latest update. We create primary 36+ page booklets with lots of text and linked files: Illustrator files (linked as .AI), JPG/PNG images, and PDFs. When creating a PDF using Adobe PDF preset for smallest file size some pages do not appear correctly. One example is a linked InDesign file with text and graphics where some of the text is missing (text missing bug.PDF). Another example images that appear fine in InDesign and in print but render incorrectly on the PDF, this is also a linked InDesign file (images…
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Alert: "Incompatible file detected. Please choose a valid file to proceed" for scenarios when User Settings can not be imported
When I try to export user settings from GA, Beta or Pre-release and import into any of the others I get the error
'Incompatible file detected. Please choose a valid file to proceed.’
The current pre-release cannot even import a settings file from 6 months ago
1 voteThis is expected behavior and document on https://helpx.adobe.com/in/indesign/using/export-import-user-settings-indesign.html
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pdf exports to new indd file
When exporting (interactif or print) to pdf and selecting the option "view pdf after exporting", a new Indd file is created with an editable pdf in it. We can delete the file, but not the pdf (because in use by INDD??) On win 10 and in indesign 2026
1 votePlease send the following information to sharewithID@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 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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GPU Accelerated Preview Issues on Windows 11
InDesign 2025 & 2026 (v21.0 & v20.5.1)
PC running Windows 11 Pro
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D 16-Core Processor
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
Display: ASUS ProArt PA279CRV @3840x2160
RAM: 64GB DDR5 @6000 MT/s
Storage: Samsung SSD 9100 PRO 2TBThere are mainly 3 issues, that have not improved with the new version:
Animated zoom is broken; it's laggy, and does not zoom in on the actual point of focus where you click with your cursor, making it worse and slower to use than CPU Preview's regular zoom, and in many cases it literally zooms you in on a…
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InDesign CC 2026 - Arrange windows does not use full screen area
When using InDesign without the application frame ("Anwendungsrahmen" in the german version we use) active, opening multiple documents and trying to arrange them with any of the options in Windows > Arrange ("Fenster" > "Anordnen") the windows are arranged according to the deactivated/invisible application frame and not the full screen as in previous versions. Also, when the application frame is scaled to the full screen and then deactivated, the arranged windows keep a thin row on the bottom of the screen free (and overlap in the vertical center by this amount). Please see attached screens for visualization.
InDesign Version: 21.0
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PDF files being sent to the wrong print tray despite the correct print information being selected.
Adobe products are sending PDF files to the wrong tray in the printer despite the settings being correct this is mostly happening in both InDesign 2024 and 2026, but it is also happening with Adobe Reader 2020 as well.
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Pasteboard issues
Pasting things sometimes changes the size of the pasteboard drastically. Pasteboard margins changes to 10 mm and 10 mm when I paste into the document and it only happens on one page, even if I have multiple pages in the document. This is happening since I updated Indesign from 2025 to 2026 on Windows 11. This causes me to fix the pasteboard size many times throughout the day over and over again.
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Unable to get rid of history and style pack icons on my workspace
The History and Style pack icons keep appearing on my InDesign workspace panels. I have tried creating several new workspaces, each time without these icons. However, they reappear each time I open a new document.
InDesign v21.0 on Windows 111 vote -
Outlining Texts when grouped
For exporting print PDFs i often have to convert all texts into paths. That does not work if a Text is grouped with any objekt.
I hope for an option to convert all texts into paths, even if they are grouped with other objects.1 vote -
Holding Alt to zoom causes menu issues
I'm surprised this hasn't been fixed since it's been an issue for an incredibly long time on Windows machines. Please add an option to zoom when scrolling without the need to hold the alt key. It causes navigation issues with the InDesign menu making navigation extremely clunky.
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Unable to Stretch InDesign Across Two Monitors After Update
Environment:
OS: Windows (PC)
InDesign Version: 21.0 x64
Hardware: Dual-monitor setupIssue:
After the latest major update, InDesign no longer supports spanning the application window across two monitors. When attempting to resize the window to cover both screens, the UI automatically snaps back to a single-monitor configuration.
Expected Behavior:
The application should allow the window to extend across multiple monitors, as was possible in previous versions.
Observed Behavior:InDesign reverts to one monitor when stretched across two.
Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop continue to support multi-monitor spanning without issue.Question:
Has there been a change in multi-monitor support or window management…1 vote -
Font causing crash
I used these Google icon ttf fonts in InDesign 2025, but they keep seeming to crash InDesign 2026
https://github.com/google/material-design-icons/tree/master/variablefont1 vote -
Error message when trying to open InDesign file
I get an error message that InDesign cannot open a file because it was created in a newer version and I am told I need to update. My updates are automatic and InDesign is actually up to date. The problem occurs when I double click a file in a folder, expecting InDesign to automatically open, with the file visible. InDesign does, in fact, open automatically - but it opens an older version, which should not be there! I have tried changing the app in which *.indd files should open, but it makes no difference.
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Error message when trying to open InDesign file
I get an error message that InDesign cannot open a file because it was created in a newer version and I am told I need to update. My updates are automatic and InDesign is actually up to date. The problem occurs when I double click a file in a folder, expecting InDesign to automatically open, with the file visible. InDesign does, in fact, open automatically - but it opens an older version, which should not be there! I have tried changing the app in which *.indd files should open, but it makes no difference.
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Error Number: 30619
When opening InDesign GA 21.0 I am now getting this pop message. I do not get the same thing in Beta version
1 voteHi,
As confirmed by the user, the issue is resolved by removing second scrollframe folder
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Adobe InDesign Team
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Cannot see text
When using the Text tool, text is only visible when typing and disappears afterwards. I only know text is present through highlighting the text, however still the text is not visible (and I can only highlight text when it is off of the page). I checked layers and updated the application. All fonts are updated. I tried to change the font size, colour and checked through the effects.
Error states: Overset text (1), although I already tried to adjust the size of the box and text as well as create a new text box.
Edit: I can't see imported material…
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