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1. Continuous issues with 21.1 on Windows 11 - Won't Open/Crashing

   Since updating to 21.1 (2026), I have to repair the Visual C++ Redistributables, restart, and then reset preferences with Shift+Ctrl+Alt just to get InDesign to open. Error OXC0000142. I have done this numerous times, and each week, I have to do it again.

   It also has crashed my (and others on our team) computers which makes them boot into the BIOS to a Support Repair screen.

   21.1 is near unusable at this point.

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2. Severe InDesign Performance Issues

   I’m reporting severe and ongoing performance problems with InDesign that are significantly affecting day-to-day work.

   The application has become consistently slow and laggy during normal use — including delays when clicking, saving, zooming, switching pages, placing assets, and general UI responsiveness. At times, even simple actions take several seconds and the software feels almost unusable.

   While performance is worse when working from Dropbox-synced folders, the same lag and delays also occur when working with files stored fully locally. This suggests the issue is not limited to cloud storage and may be a broader performance problem within InDesign itself.

   This behavior is happening across regular production files and is causing major productivity loss for our workflow.

   Please investigate and prioritize improvements to overall performance and stability. InDesign is currently much slower than other Adobe applications and has become difficult to use efficiently.

   Thank you for your assistance.
   Nechama

   I’m reporting severe and ongoing performance problems with InDesign that are significantly affecting day-to-day work.

   The application has become consistently slow and laggy during normal use — including delays when clicking, saving, zooming, switching pages, placing assets, and general UI responsiveness. At times, even simple actions take several seconds and the software feels almost unusable.

   While performance is worse when working from Dropbox-synced folders, the same lag and delays also occur when working with files stored fully locally. This suggests the issue is not limited to cloud storage and may be a broader performance problem within InDesign itself.

   This behavior… more

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3. Batch HTML Export Crashes InDesign 21.1

   Here is a (Gemini 3-assisted) report of an HTML export problem that is crashing InDesign consistently. It's somewhat urgent because crashing InDesign is not good for the nerves. Reverting to 21.0.1 permits the script to run to completion.

   Bug Report: Regression in HTML Export Automation (dvacore::xml / AXE8)
   Subject: InDesign 21.1 (and Prerelease) crashes with EXCEPTIONACCESSVIOLATION in dvacore::xml during iterative HTML Export scripting.
   Summary: Automated workflows that iterate through documents to export HTML (ExportFormat.HTML) fail consistently after processing 2–5 files. The crash occurs during the document closure or immediate post-processing phase of the export. This is a regression. The identical script logic functioning on the same hardware/OS was stable in previous InDesign builds (v21.0) but now crashes 100% of the time in v21.1.0.56.
   Environment:
   Application: InDesign 2026 (21.1.0.56) & Prerelease (21.2) Build
   OS: Windows 11 Pro (Build 26200)
   Hardware: Intel Core i7-12700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 (Driver 32.0.15.8157)
   RAM: 64GB
   Crash Signature: The crash consistently occurs in the dvacore module, specifically involving the Expat XML parser used during HTML generation.
   • Exception: 0xc0000005 (ACCESSVIOLATION)
   • Faulting Module: dvacore.dll
   • Key Stack Symbols:
   dvacore::xml::GetParser
   AXE8ExpatTerminate (in AXE8SharedExpat.dll)
   WCrashHandler::operator=
   Steps to Reproduce:
   Create a folder containing 5+ simple .indd documents of two to four pages in length.
   Run the following ExtendScript (.jsx) to batch export them to HTML:
   JavaScript

   target indesign

   var folder = Folder.selectDialog("Select folder");
   var files = folder.getFiles("*.indd");

   for (var i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
   var doc = app.open(files[i]);

   // Valid HTML export destination
   var htmlFile = new File(files[i].parent + "/" + files[i].name + ".html");
   
   // Export
   doc.exportFile(ExportFormat.HTML, htmlFile);
   
   // Close Document
   doc.close(SaveOptions.NO);
   

   }
   Observed Behavior:
   • File 1: Exports successfully.
   • File 2-3: InDesign crashes silently or throws the error report immediately upon calling doc.close() or starting the next app.open().
   • Attempted Workarounds (All Failed):
   Forcing Garbage Collection ($.gc()) between iterations.
   Purging Caches (app.purge(PurgeOptions.ALLCACHES)).
   Adding $.sleep(3000) delays to allow file locks to release.
   Running in UserInteractionLevels.NEVERINTERACT vs INTERACTWITHALL.
   Analysis: The stack trace showing AXE8_ExpatTerminate strongly suggests a race condition or resource leak in the HTML/XML subsystem. It appears the XML parser instance created for the first export is not being correctly destroyed or released by the time the script initiates the second export cycle. When the application attempts to re-engage dvacore::xml::GetParser, it hits invalid memory.
   Impact: Batch automation for HTML outputs is currently impossible in v21.1 without restarting the application instance for every single document.

   Here is a (Gemini 3-assisted) report of an HTML export problem that is crashing InDesign consistently. It's somewhat urgent because crashing InDesign is not good for the nerves. Reverting to 21.0.1 permits the script to run to completion.

   Bug Report: Regression in HTML Export Automation (dvacore::xml / AXE8)
   Subject: InDesign 21.1 (and Prerelease) crashes with EXCEPTIONACCESSVIOLATION in dvacore::xml during iterative HTML Export scripting.
   Summary: Automated workflows that iterate through documents to export HTML (ExportFormat.HTML) fail consistently after processing 2–5 files. The crash occurs during the document closure or immediate post-processing phase of the export. This is a regression.… more

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4. Interactive Button

   Why not allow the “Create Button” option to navigate to a specific page and be exported as an interactive PDF?

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5. Text boxes with rounded or beveled edges should have square (or controllable padding edges)

   I want to add text to a text frame with beveled edges without have to worry about the text being pushed by the bevel. Can we fix this?

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6. Have more Title Case formatting options

   Please add more Title Case formatting options like AMA AP APA, Bluebook, Chicago, MLA;etc.
   The default one people often have to edit, making words like "of", "and";etc not start with a capital letter

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7. Have ALL Case Options under Paragraph Styles

   The text case options in the top menu should also be in paragraph styles, but instead we have limit options in paragraph styles.
   If I want Title Case for a paragraph style, there should be an option for it

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8. loads of bugs when scrolling

   how is one supposed to do any kind of precise work in these conditions?

   pc specs:
   indesign ver. 21.1

   Windows 11 Pro ver. 23H2

   12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700H 2.30 GHz

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9. There was an error updating the artifact

   Adobe Indesign 2026 V21.1

   i was trying to update a filed shared for review but it keep saying "There was an error updating the artifact" i've tried to update the indesign but as same.

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10. Please add a “Left and Right Spacing” measurement to the “Underline” box. CC 2026 21.1

    Please add a "Left and Right Spacing" measurement to the "Underline" box. There are issues with hyphens. With unhyphens, pressing the Enter key and spacebar takes a long time. The problem also occurs when making corrections to the text.

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11. I am unable to see any images I place unless I preview the file (Shift W). A grey box with an X occurs.

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12. Object Menu, Arrange for Text blocks not working

    InDesign version 21.0.2 x64

    I have used Adobe InDesign since 1997 (first introduced to me at school while I was learning Quark), more full-time since 2002 (worked at a newspaper). I have always been able to use the Object menu to either move objects in front of or in back of others. This still seems to work in 2025 with actual objects, i.e., rectangles, ovals, etc. It no longer works as of today with text blocks. In my remote conversation with Manoj, the only workaround is to either type my text into a color block and reposition it, or perhaps shorten my other color block and add text on top of it. This happened after a recent Windows 11 update, but, the program worked as expected until this morning. That leads me to believe this was a deliberate change by Adobe. That's ridiculous, in my opinion. WHY would Adobe remove a key feature from InDesign's page layout function? Please return this function - it's important for those who spend much of their time doing page layouts for clients. Thank you.

    InDesign version 21.0.2 x64

    I have used Adobe InDesign since 1997 (first introduced to me at school while I was learning Quark), more full-time since 2002 (worked at a newspaper). I have always been able to use the Object menu to either move objects in front of or in back of others. This still seems to work in 2025 with actual objects, i.e., rectangles, ovals, etc. It no longer works as of today with text blocks. In my remote conversation with Manoj, the only workaround is to either type my text into a color block and reposition it, or perhaps… more

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13. pannels

    sometimes panels like Links, Layer are not opening by command or clicking in Window menu, then I got a solution for this issue i.e. change the workspace to another and comeback to your old one, it will help you. But it'll be an issue for everyone else. So please solve this issue in next update.

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14. shut down

    I was finished with a project and after trying to download it, the app shut down and deleted all the work I had done in multiple projects. I hate you.

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15. Updated version 21.0.2 features not working

    Version of Adobe InDesign, InCopy or InDesign Server: 21.0.2, updated 12.01.2025
    Steps to reproduce the issues: There are multiple issues occurring.
    1. Open existing file, last saved on 11.03.2025.
    2. App freezes when trying to use any function, e.g. copy/paste, duplicate page. Takes up a few minutes for any function to complete.
    3. When trying to save the file, I have to save as a new file.
    4. When exporting to PDF, does not Use InDesign Document Name as the Output File Name despite being selected. If selecting Range, only allows All Pages in dropdown. Does not export accessibility tags despite having both Create Tagged PDF and Use Structure for Tab Order are selected.

    Expected result: for the file to use the document name as the PDF file name, for it to be able to export only a range, and to have accessibility tags preserved in PDF.

    Actual result:
    1. Freeze and lag with each step of the process.
    2. File will not export to PDF. Sometimes getting a Failure pop up but cannot identify any issue.
    3. Have to choose option to open file with, but it does not save the file in the location I selected. I have to resave it in order to run Accessibility Checker.
    4. No tags export with file even though everything is properly mapped in InDesign and exports made 11.3.25 retained the tags.

    Test file, screenshot, video or GIF capturing the issue (optional)

    Version of Adobe InDesign, InCopy or InDesign Server: 21.0.2, updated 12.01.2025
    Steps to reproduce the issues: There are multiple issues occurring.
    1. Open existing file, last saved on 11.03.2025.
    2. App freezes when trying to use any function, e.g. copy/paste, duplicate page. Takes up a few minutes for any function to complete.
    3. When trying to save the file, I have to save as a new file.
    4. When exporting to PDF, does not Use InDesign Document Name as the Output File Name despite being selected. If selecting Range, only allows All Pages in dropdown. Does not export accessibility tags… more

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16. incorrect shadow from a group of objects

    If you add a shadow to a group consisting of several graphic objects and at least one text object, the shadow behaves unpredictably when you move the group. Despite the values ​​set in the corresponding settings window, it may change direction, density, blur distance, etc.

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17. resizing

    I'm unfortunately using InDesign 2026.0.2. One of my coworkers had the brilliant idea to update on day 1 ...
    I'm on Apple Silicon M1, with 2 monitors. Now, when I open up any document (I don't use application frame) it opens normal, as in any version before, size of 1 monitor, between upper task bar and macOS (26.1) dock. But as soon as you do anything, including opening a second file, the canvas expands way beyond the lower end and the right side of the monitor, making it impossible to work on the lower part of the last page of a document. The only way to avoid it, is to resize the canvas window as the first step after opening. Still opening a second file ruins that work around.
    It's annoying, as InDesign was actually for me the only Adobe program that was made with usability in mind. Using and loving it (mostly ;)) since version 1.5. And now I'm spending more time closing and opening files than actually working on them.
    Thanks for helping me with the problem.

    I'm unfortunately using InDesign 2026.0.2. One of my coworkers had the brilliant idea to update on day 1 ...
    I'm on Apple Silicon M1, with 2 monitors. Now, when I open up any document (I don't use application frame) it opens normal, as in any version before, size of 1 monitor, between upper task bar and macOS (26.1) dock. But as soon as you do anything, including opening a second file, the canvas expands way beyond the lower end and the right side of the monitor, making it impossible to work on the lower part of the last page of… more

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18. Drop Cap kerning and tweaking

    Can the team look at users being able to kern and make further edits to Drop Caps, to fit better with body text rather than having to manually paste in an anchored object to get it to look the way we want?

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19. share for review completely broken in ID and online

    Share for review is completely useless and does not work in the latest release on osX Tahoe. I can see the comments from clients listed in the panel, however they are not marked in the document and when clicked on them it does not show you where. So i have to open the comments in a browser (and its buggy even there!!!) and locate the reviews manuall.y. Also, when i update documents (also in AI), i always get a red popup saying that the file update has failed (although it does not fail and the changes are updated). Anyway, a horribly broken feature right now and im losing my mind over it.

    Share for review is completely useless and does not work in the latest release on osX Tahoe. I can see the comments from clients listed in the panel, however they are not marked in the document and when clicked on them it does not show you where. So i have to open the comments in a browser (and its buggy even there!!!) and locate the reviews manuall.y. Also, when i update documents (also in AI), i always get a red popup saying that the file update has failed (although it does not fail and the changes are updated). Anyway, a… more

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20. Display/performance issues

    InDesign version 21.0.1 parts of screen disappearing randomly for no reason mostly while scrolling at any display performance settings

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