InDesign

For the past few months, I’ve been able to work around this issue, but it has now reached a point where I can’t. When exporting PNG files in Adobe InDesign, the drop shadows shift position during export. The shadows appear correctly within InDesign, but once the PNG is exported, the shadows are visibly displaced from their original placement. I am currently using Adobe InDesign version 21.3.Here’s a longer forum:This forum has been marked as “answered” but it is only suggested workarounds from the community.Here’s an example:Inside Indesign, the shadows are where they’re supposed to be.Flattened .png files placed as assets in Animate.  The shadows moved.I’ve gone back into InDesign multiple times to correct the shadow placement and re-export the files, but the shadows continue to export incorrectly, which has become a major issue in my workflow.I’ve been dealing with this bug daily for months, often having to resize assets in InDesign just to temporarily work around the problem. I’m ho

I have a half-page postcard with small images embedding. I’m trying to save it to my CC files so I can share with a collaborator, but it either never saves or takes 20-30 minutes to save. Is that normal?

Since updating to InDesign 21.5, exporting/saving a story as InCopy (ICML) can omit a table's column width dataEnvironment: InDesign 21.5, Windows.Is this a known/tracked bug, and is a fix scheduled? Is there a recommended workaround in the meantime?

Ever since I updated to Indesign 2026, anytime I place an illustrator file, there is a fairly high chance that one or more of the layers refuses to display or the file will be in a rolled back state. Its not just a visual glitch, when I export to PDF, the placed file will still not show what its supposed to. It seems to happen more frequently when the illustrator file is larger, but I’ve also had it happen on tiny files. The ONLY fix I’ve found so far is to save the illustrator file as a PDF and import that.  

Direct RAW File Integration in Adobe InDesignI would like to request native support for placing and linking RAW image formats directly in Adobe InDesign, including DNG, NEF, CRW, CR2, CR3, ARW, RAF, and other Camera Raw compatible formats.

Ich wünsche mir eine Aufgabenliste, die man ggf. sogar abhaken kann.Damit kann ich in jedem Dokument sehen, welche Aufgabennoch offen sind.  

Does the new AI-powered InDesign have the option to change a linked color photo to a black and white or duotone version? Before, there was a very good plugin called Color2Gray to do that. Thanks a lot.     <Title renamed by MOD>

Hi, experiencing this problem for a while:When i import an image into InDesign and open it in Photoshop, make some changes, and change the canvas size to a larger state; even after applying all the changes, the InDesign frame still displays the image’s canvas size at its old size. Other changes appear as it is but canvas size change remains unchanged. When I open it again in Photoshop for check, the canvas size appears at its true size, but the InDesign image remains unchanged, stuck in its old state. No matter what I do, InDesign doesn't forget the image's original canvas size and stubbornly remains in that size in the frame and looks like cropped.Has anyone experienced this problem or knows how to solve it?Thanks and regards to the community...

I just know somehow that if this was a real thing I could save a week's worth of time every month.  I produce a 40 page newsletter 12 times a year and it always takes about 5 days to complete a new issue.  The format is generally consistent from month to month, but bringing in new stories is such a brutally manual process!

Hi team and fellow developers,I am currently tasked with maintaining a legacy project that requires building C++ plugins specifically for InDesign CC 2014 (v10.0).Since the Adobe Developer Portal currently only provides SDKs for 2017 and newer versions, I cannot find the official download link for CC 2014 anywhere.Could anyone please share a working link, or if an Adobe staff member could kindly provide access to the archived CC 2014 SDK zip package?Thanks in advance for your help!

Hello, how do I get rid of this message? It has been appearing since 21.2.“Adobe InDesign 2026” wants to access data from other apps.Thank you for your help and feedback.

Hi everyone,I would like to ask a question not about a specific single Adobe application, but directly regarding Adobe and macOS Tahoe in general.Ever since I upgraded to Tahoe (since September 2025), using Adobe applications has turned into complete torture. First, I ran into InDesign place issues. Dreamweaver crashes constantly—it even crashed 22 times in half a day. Despite having an active Adobe CC subscription and Dreamweaver, I am on the verge of buying Panic Nova ($99). For a while now, I’ve also been considering buying QuarkXPress instead of InDesign (I used Quark back in the 1990s anyway).While Adobe apps used to launch quickly on my MacBook Pro, launch times started to drag out with new minor Tahoe updates, and it gets slower with every single update. Acrobat triggers the beachball without exception every single time, forcing me to wait for it to finish before I can do anything. There are many more issues, but these are enough to illustrate the situation. The MacBook Pro + Ta

It would be really helpful if InDesign had a simple option to prevent a Table of Contents from inheriting character-level formatting from the source headings.For example, if a word in a chapter heading is manually set to red, the TOC can sometimes bring that red formatting along with it. The same can happen with coloured page numbers or other local formatting.CHAPTER HEADINGTOCIdeally, the TOC should have an option such as “Ignore source character formatting” or “Use TOC formatting only”, so that the generated TOC follows its own Paragraph and Character Styles consistently.This becomes especially important in long documents where the TOC is updated frequently. Manually correcting inherited colours after every update is not practical.A dedicated setting to completely override source formatting would make TOC generation much more predictable and efficient.  

Hi there. I've installed the latest update of Indesign 2020. I'm now experiencing problems in that if I open a converted version of an Indesign docment, make changes then try to save, it says "Indesign is unable to save this file. We tried, but it appears to be damaged." (See Indesign 2020 Fig. 1). I have tried to save a copy of my document and it says the same thing. I have even tried to create a new document in Indesign 2020, save it as a test before putting anything in it and again the same message, "Indesign is unable to save this file. We tried but it appears to be damaged." (See Indesign 2020 Fig 2).  Is it a bug in the new Indesign update? Do I uninstall it and reinstall Indesign 2019? Could someone please help me?

No matter how I install the fonts, InDesign won’t make them available. I’ve used third-party font managers, Font Book, installed fonts directly into the system library and added them to the Fonts subfolder in the InDesign folder.The fonts appear I all my other applications including Illustrator and Photoshop.Interestingly, unavailable fonts become available in previously created documents that use a particular font. I can select the text and change the wight of the font, but it still doesn’t show up in the font list pull-down menu. I can also copy and paste the text into a new document to use a specific font. However, If I want to use a newly added font, there is no way to access it in InDesign.I have tried all the standard trouble-shooting methods including uninstalling and reinstalling InDesign.I am on a Mac with all the latest software updates.

Using Windows 11, current version of InDesign.Trying to complete the digital/ebook version of a book.First, I’m not new at this. Been writing and doing my own publishing for 37 years. I have never had this particular glitch before.No matter what I do, all my centered graphics are left-aligned when exported to epub. The exact same file does fine in both 8x10 and 6x9 print versions, using all the same graphics and settings.Object styles are used for all graphics.I’ve tried using other graphics I’ve used many times before with no problems, and graphics I’ve never used. Same result.I’ve tried resetting the default graphics style, even creating a new one.I’ve tried using a new template, both my own, and ones offered in ID panel.I’ve closed ID and reopened. I’ve rebooted my computer.I’ve checked for updates on PC and in Adobe CC.I’ve rolled back InDesign to previous version (as suggested repeatedly on various forums and help sites). This did not change the problem. Graphics are still left-al

I'm having a very frustrating problem where text inside my text boxes disappears or becomes overset text when I move them around on the page. Keep in mind that I'm not scaling the text boxes- I just move them up or down and they become overset. I'm also having a sister issue where the vertical margins on text boxes keep shifting when I move them to where I see double text. Regardless of the double text, the vertical margin keeps shifting when I move the text box. I believe that there must be something that I'm not accounting for on the page that is causing these things to shift.

Suddenly I can’t Find and Replace in InDesign. Most of the Edit menu is greyed out. I’ve ensured that either a text box or a paragraph is selected and this makes no difference. I’ve never had this problem before and it’s just happened suddenly. I haven’t changed any settings.

저는 중학생이고 학교에서 지원받은 노트북이 RAM 4GB 입니다.현재 인디자인 설치 최소사양은 RAM 8GB인데 설치가 되지않아 사용을 못하고있습니다.2024버전에는 4GB 사양으로도 사용가능하다고 하던데 구버전은 어디에서 다운로드 받을수 있을까요?링크나 설치파일 공유 좀 부탁드리겠습니다ㅠㅠ

Ich habe ein PDF geschrieben, welches auch im Ordner angezeigt wird. Allerdings bleibt InDesign einfach hängen bei 98% und ich kann das Dokument nicht schließen.Liegt das an den verknüpften Bildern / eingebetteten Bildern?Bei uns gab es einen Serverwechsel und ich habe vorab alle Bilder eingebettet. Versucht InDesign trotzdem den alten Pfad im Hintergrund zu finden? Selbst wenn ich ein Bild anklicke, dann reagiert das Programm einfach nicht und bleibt ca. 60sek hängen.Wer kennt solch ein Problem?Zudem kann ich nun alte Dokumente (vor dem Serverwechsel) nicht mehr öffnen, da InDesign immer hängenbleibt und wahrscheinlich versucht die alten Bildverknüpfungen zu finden. Kann man das Problem der Aufgabe im Hintergrund umgehen, damit das Programm nicht immer versucht die Bildverknüpfungen zu finden? Bei großen Dateien ist das echt ein riesen Problem, wenn das Programm versucht XX Bilder zu überprüfen.Danke :-) InDesign bleibt einfach hängen… schließt nicht. 

It’s a 250-page document in InDesign 21.1 on Tahoe 26. on MacBook Pro. I’ve placed 150 or more links. Some link to anchors, some do not. I removed underlines manually but experimented on the same page without doing that, same problem. I created an IDML file. Same problem. What I don’t undestand is the inconsistency. It’s possible that it fails to work within paragraphs that have styles attached to them.  I’m lost. Gonna reboot my machine now. 

Hello,  This is my 2nd day this week posting a very frustrating bug on InDesign and I consider this one far worse. In trying to figure out a bug with workspaces on Monday, I exported my current settings, reset InDesign preferences, and imported my settings back in.  I did not check the settings. I should have. The generate AI Alt-text box had been rechecked, and I had NEVER manually done that. I have recreated this issue more than 5+ in a row by: Resetting my InDesign preferences to the default and restarting. Reopening InDesign, checking off both Generative AI boxes in preferences Export those settings, reset preferences back to default on reset, and reopen InDesign When you reopen InDesign and import your preferences (they should be default with both Gen-AI boxes UNCHECKED), the “Auto-generate Alt Text when placing images” WILL BE TURNED ON EVERY TIME WITHOUT FAIL.I have a screen recording of this process working and showing that the boxes WILL check themselves upon importing setting

MacBook Pro M2 Max Chip 64GB memory, Sonoma, INDD v20.4.1Packaging files stops. The status indicator keeps circling and packaging process does not seem to finish. This began yesterday and has happened when attempting to package different files. The “Saving the Document” status bar is at ~10%. When I look at the background tasks it indicates the exporting the file is at 90 or 95% and exporting the PDF is queued. When I go to “Force Quit” applications sometimes InDesign looks fine, other times it is “not responding. Cancelling doesn’t work. I get impatient after a few minutes and end up force quitting INDD.When I look to see where I put the packaged folder. It’s there and everything is in the folder with the exception of the IDML file, sometimes the PDF isn’t there either. I've tried many times in the last 18 hours.OK – so then I try packaging without the IDML file and INDD locks up. Package Document status bar at the ~20% – status indicator (blue circle thingy) not visible in tool bar.

Hi all - As noted, 100% black in ID turns into 91% in a PDF.This appears to be similar to this post - however, I haven’t found something that works, and am not sure what’s going on.Have there been any updates to the process here? Any troubleshooting tips?Maybe export to a different profile?[edit] Gray Gamma 2.2 seems to be ok - not sure why 100% black would be changing in other export profiles though… ?FWIW - we’re printing in black only. There’s an RGB image with an almost-black that’s converting properly. (I didn’t receive a profile...)thanks!

I have basic InDesign skills but nothing advanced. I'm creating a document and whenever I type an apostrophe (') InDesign displays it as a tiny greater than symbol. It does this no matter what font I'm using. I can type the same text in Illustrator and it looks fine. If I then paste it into InDesign it is correct. But if I type it directly into InDesign it never displays as an apostrophe. I've tried checking my character and paragraph settings and tried multiple fonts to no avail. Any guidance would be much appreciated!