Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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571 results found
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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 -
InDesign CC 2018 crashes when copying textbox with anchored object into Photoshop CC 2018 document
InDesign crashes when I copy a textbox with an anchored object from Indesign document into Photoshop document
2 votesIssue is fixed with InDesign’s latest 13.1 update.
Please upgrade your InDesign for the resolution of the issue.Thanks,
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InDesign 12.1.0.56 Mac crashes when launching files from Box.com
Cannot click on file on Box.com or without crashing InDesign. DO not have problem on other computers with older versions of InDesign.
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 -
Indesign Crashes when updating any document which uses SkyFonts fonts.(Provided that SkyFont is exited)
Steps:
SFC Build: 5.9.2.0(Prod build- also from long time before that) 5.9.2.118
Indesign Build: 2017.1 Release (12.1.0.56 x64 Build)Steps:
Launch SkyFonts and Indesign.
Create a new document in indesign and use some trial fonts which are available in skyfonts.
Exit the SkyFont client.
Try to update the document.
See that Indesign crashes.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 -
ドキュメントを開こうとしたらアラートが出て開かない
macOS Sequoia Ver15.6 です。
CC2022を起動してドキュメントを開こうとしたらアラートが出て開けません。
アラートは「モーダルダイアログまたは警告がアクティブなために、要求された操作を処理できません」です。
複数マシンがあるのですが、全て同じ結果でした。
Yahoo知恵袋に「ネットを切ったら起動した」という記述があったので試したところ、起動はしました。
InDesinの作業はできるのですが、ネットワークが使えないと、さまざまな支障が出てくるので、
ネットを切らずに起動できるようにしたいのです。
InDesignのバージョンは2022、2023、2024、2025を試しましたが、全て同じでした。
マシンの再起動も試しました。
OSの設定（セキュリティなど）諸々試しましたが、変化なしでした。
恐らく、起動時のAdobeの認証他の動作に問題がある気がします。
検証と改善を求めます。1 vote -
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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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 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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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 -
InDesign v 21.0 packaging bug hung up on idml file
I created a document in the previous version of InDesign (v 20.5.1) and recently converted it to the new version to test things out. I was unable to package the design files from this file, it always seemed to get stuck on creating pdf and idml file and would completely freeze the program. It's definitely creating the files because the folder is there, but the idml file is only 1kb in size, so it's not being created properly. I converted the file back to the previous version and packaged and it did it with zero issues. Something different is happening…
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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Effects not working
InDesign 20.5
Inserted an image
Trying to apply effect - soft light to the image and the image disappears
The only effects working are Multiply, High Light, Darken, Difference, and Luminosity1 vote -
windows explorer crash after closing Indesign
all our machne have same symtoms, everytime we do copy and paste between pages on indesign, our windows explorer crash or after we close our indesign.
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CRASH
I downloaded the last version of adobe indesign. I also updated my Mac software. when I open indesign it opens normally, I can see the home page and even try opening a new file, choosing sizes and stuff. Once I click on create a little bar appears (its a floating bar that's always there when a file is open) but the rest of the page looks like the menu still. Im 100 sure its only indesign because illustrator works well
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reload button on library
With all of the bugs that the library has right now, can we get an obvious refresh for the window, specifically for when the window crashes or when new assets are added elsewhere to the active library.
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段落スタイルと文字スタイル編集でのいつも発生する1分ほどのフリーズ
I'm using [InDesign] 2025 in a Japanese environment. I mainly use it for book [DTP] and [Epub3] export.
I'm experiencing a very frustrating issue.
When editing paragraph styles and character styles, the program freezes for about a minute with each edit. When editing styles, I make changes in several places, which takes several minutes, making it extremely inefficient. In [InDesign] CS6, this process was instantaneous.
Please fix this as soon as possible.
Note that this editing freeze does not seem to be related to the size of the open document. It occurs even with small documents.
Thank you in advance.1 vote -
1 vote
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Pasting from Illustrator hang
Pasting from Illustrator into Indesign results in a forever-spinning beach ball...
InDesign 20.4
Illustrator 29.6
MacOS 15.51 vote -
InDesign 2025 (v20.3.1) freezes when interacting with modal dialog panels on macOS 15.5 (Sequoia)
Hi Adobe team,
I’m experiencing repeated, non-reproducible hangs in InDesign 2025 (v20.3.1) when interacting with certain modal dialog panels — such as Panel Options, Color Panel settings, and similar. This occurs on macOS 15.5 (Sequoia). After clicking inside one of these dialogs, InDesign sporadically becomes unresponsive (beachball), requiring a force quit via “Force Quit Applications.”
The issue existed before a complete clean install of macOS and continues to occur even after the fresh system setup with no migration or prior settings carried over.
Here are the key system details:
• macOS version: 15.5 (24F74) – Developer Beta (Sequoia)
• Mac…1 vote -
Bug: Indesign completely hangs when it cannot save file to network drive
Windows 11, Indesign 20.2
Problem summary: when saving a file to a network to which the connection is lost during that save action, ID completely hangs and might also block the entire system.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Open any bigger INDD from a network drive, so the saving action takes some seconds.
2. Change something and click save, then simulate a broken network connection by pulling the LAN cable
Reaction: there might or might not be that "Save document" overlay with progress bar being at 0%. At this point, ID has two problems:
a) There is no timeout. It would…1 vote -
glyphs
InDesign V20.3.1. (Windows) crashes when opening (or attempting to open) the Glyphs panel. The crash is consistently reproducible and definitely impacting production. The panel opens but remains blank (nothing displayed), then a few seconds later, InDesign crashes.
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Auto Style not working
For the last week or so the auto style feature hasn't been working for me. I keep getting error messages.
1 vote
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