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June 16, 2025

🔔 Adobe InDesign June Release: What’s New in InDesign 20.4 🔔

  • June 16, 2025
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Hello Everyone,

We're excited to share what's new in the June 2025 release of Adobe InDesign (v20.4)! This update includes powerful performance improvements and helpful enhancements designed to make your workflow smoother and more efficient. 

 

Update the App

Try out the latest Features and Enhancements in InDesign

GPU Support on Windows

Unlock faster performance and smoother interactions when displaying images at full quality, thanks to support for your system's GPU in InDesign.

Accessibility Enhancements

InDesign 20.4 brings powerful accessibility updates:

  • Tables now support column headers for better navigation by screen readers.

  • Figures and figcaptions are grouped, enabling captions to be read upon entry.

  • Live Captions are now supported.

  • Drop Caps use improved styling for better screen reader compatibility.

  • SVGs can retain vector quality and accessibility metadata during export.

  • Nested lists are now properly exported to EPUB.

More enhancements coming soon!

  

Align to Bleed

Now align and distribute objects relative to the bleed area for precise edge-to-edge layouts—ideal for print-ready designs.

Lowercase Icon in Properties and Control Panel

Easily apply lowercase styling right from the Properties or Control panel—no need to navigate menus or convert text manually.

Windows IPP Class Driver Update

InDesign 20.4 adds support for IPP PDF Passthrough Printing on Windows 11 24H2, aligning with Microsoft’s new Protected Print Mode. This modern workflow replaces legacy PostScript/PCL drivers with secure IPP Class Drivers for supported printers.

Bug Fixes and Improvements

We’ve also squashed several bugs and made behind-the-scenes improvements to keep your creative process running smoothly.

For more information, please click on the links mentioned below:
What's New
Fixed Issues

 

To update InDesign to 20.4, click "Update" in the Creative Cloud desktop app next to InDesign. More detailed instructions for updating.


We’d love to hear from you!

Try out the new InDesign version 20.4, and let us know your thoughts. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or need more tips!

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      libbya57362650
      Participant
      July 20, 2025

      Hello- I have CS5 installed on my desktop but really only use Indesign, Photoshop and acrobat occasionally. I'm looking to get a new laptop and not sure what to get relative to using those three programs. Is there an updated version I can get online? How do I get a reasonable price without buying a whole new suite? Any advice? I'm getting too old and technology is outpacing me! 

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      Community Manager
      Anubhav MCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      July 25, 2025

      Hello @libbya57362650,

      Thanks for reaching out. You can learn more about the system requirements for the latest InDesign here (https://adobe.ly/4kUSDGA).

      Feel free to reach out if you have more questions or need assistance. We'd be happy to help.

      Anubhav

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      MartinaLotter
      Participant
      July 11, 2025

      Latest update crashes and InDesign won't open, help urgently please. I am on MacBook Pro

      Thanks

      Martina

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        karen poon
        Participant
        July 15, 2025

        It's not opening for me either. I've tried to install and uninstall. I'm on Sequoia 15.5. I'm not sure what's happening. Is it working for you now?

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        Community Manager
        Anubhav MCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        July 17, 2025

        Hello @karen poon,

        I'm sorry to hear about your experience. Could you share more details, like the version of InDesign currently installed on your device? Also, kindly try the suggestions shared in this help article (https://adobe.ly/46BDgPI) and let us know if they help. If the problem persists, please submit the crash report using your Adobe email address and share it here for quick tracking. The steps are shared here: (https://adobe.ly/44p2CPs).

         

        Looking forward to hearing from you.
        Anubhav

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        Sylvie32668149nsqr
        Participant
        July 10, 2025

        Pas moyen de travailler sur la version 20.4 ou 20.4.1 ! Au bout de 5 mn le logiciel se fige et je suis obligée de quitter via le gestionnaire de tâches. D'ailleurs j'ai remarqué exactement le même probléme avec la mise à jour d'Illustrator 29.6 et 29.6.1

        Une idée de ce qu'il faut faire pour pouvoir mettre à jour et travailler normalement ?

        Abhishek Rao
        Community Manager
        Abhishek RaoCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        July 10, 2025

        Hi @Sylvie32668149nsqr,

         

        I'm really sorry to hear about the constant freezes. I know how frustrating that can be. Could you please confirm which operating system version you're using and if this is happening with all files or only certain ones? Also, let me know if InDesign freezes right after launching or only after specific actions.

        In the meantime, please try resetting InDesign preferences (you can check the steps here: https://adobe.ly/4nVuHpo). Make sure to back up your preferences before resetting.

        It would also be helpful to test the issue in Safe Mode and in a new admin local user account to see if it is system-specific or user-account-specific. You can find steps here:
        https://adobe.ly/44TDi49
        https://adobe.ly/3In18wz

        If possible, please share your observations and a quick screen recording showing what happens.

         

        Looking forward to your update!

        Abhishek 

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        Sylvie32668149nsqr
        Participant
        July 11, 2025

        Bonjour Abhishek,

        Nous sommes une équipe de 3 graphistes dans une même entreprise. Nous avons les mêmes ordi, les mêmes configurations et avons tous les 3 les mêmes soucis. Le logiciel se fige au bout de 5 mn quelque soit le document ouvert. Parfois même le document est simplement ouvert, on ne fait aucune action et cela se fige au bout de quelques minutes ! 

        Nous avons consulté les forum et réinitialisé les préférences d'InDesign mais aucun changement. De plus nous sommes administrateurs de nos postes donc pas de souci entre compte admin ou utilisateur.

        On va essayer le mode sans échec... Je vous tiens au courant.

         

        Notre configuration :

        Édition Windows 11 Professionnel / Version 23H2 / Installé le ‎24/‎02/‎2025
        Build du système d’exploitation 22631.4169 / Expérience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22700.1034.0

        Processor : AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U w/ Radeon 780M Graphics 3.30 GHz

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        Stephan Moebius
        Inspiring
        July 8, 2025

        I'd like to report that Indesign will always start in CPU-preview-mode. Its a bit annoying to have to swich to GPU-preview-mode each time. (20.4, Windows, German, Geforce-GTX4080 with latest official NVIDIA Driver)

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        Thomas_Calvin
        Inspiring
        June 23, 2025

        We still can't sync parent pages across books, because doing so breaks all the "primary" text frames (it de-flags them as primary). How about fixing that? This defect means that any changes to parent pages in a book must be made manually in every file.

         

        Another bug: Book-syncing does not correctly handle style-renaming. If you rename a style in the "style source" document and then sync your book, it adds new (redundant) styles to every book instead of applying the rename. Then you have to manually open every file, one at a time, and delete the un-renamed styles.

         

        The fact is that there should be an option to store styles and parent pages at the book level, not in individual chapter files. Maintaining consistent styles and layouts is one of the primary reasons to create a "book" in the first place. So why is it a fussy, defect-prone afterthought in InDesign?

         

        Also, the UXP Developer Tools are broken and unusable, because the editor doesn't save your code. It pretends to do so, but when you look at it on disk you see that your changes are not saved. Your work is also lost when you close the tool or ID crashes. Come on, guys.

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          RorohikoKris
          Inspiring
          June 16, 2025

          Note to all: InDesign 20.4 apparently is breaking a lot of CEP extensions. This includes CEP extensions from third parties and Adobe's own standard CEP extensions. The only known workaround at the moment is to downgrade to 20.0.

            Abhishek Rao
            Community Manager
            Abhishek RaoCommunity Manager
            Community Manager
            June 26, 2025

            Hi @RorohikoKris,

             

            Thanks for flagging this. Our product team has addressed the issue in the latest InDesign 20.4.1 update. When you get a chance, please give it a try and let us know if you're still running into any problems.

             

            Appreciate your patience!

            Abhishek

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            MartinaLotter
            Participant
            July 11, 2025

            I just updated but Indesign won't even open and if it does it crashes, help please

            Martina

             

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