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I am using the latest version of Indesign 21.4.I have created a graphic frame and have linked an SVG graphic within it.Normally, double clicking allows me to resize the content (brown grabbers show)This is no longer working properly and it’s driving me nuts because I work with a lot of SVG logos.I’ve tried rolling back to older version 21.3 and it did not fix.I tried resetting preferences and it did not fix.What gives? I need to be able to do this for my job.

After updating to InDesign 21.4 (including the latest 21.4.x update), our existing TIFF files with transparency are no longer imported correctly.These are production files from our publishing workflow that have been used successfully for months.Expected behaviorWhen placing a legacy TIFF with transparency into InDesign, the transparent background should be preserved.Actual behaviorThe TIFF is imported with a white background instead of transparency.Steps to reproduce Open the attached legacy TIFF in Photoshop. Photoshop correctly displays the transparent background. Place the TIFF in InDesign 21.4 using File > Place (with or without "Show Import Options"). The transparency is not recognized. The import dialog only offers: Alpha Channel: None The image is placed with a white background. Comparison with previous versionsThe exact same TIFF file works correctly in the previous InDesign version.When using Show Import Options, the previous version offers: Alpha Channel: Trans

Hello All,I am iterating text in each frame and where ever I find kTextChar_FrameBoxBreak character I need to delete that character and replace with paragraph return.But when I get the text from a frame in WideString and get the last character, it gives me carriage return (kTextChar_CR) instead of frame box break character.Has anyone tried to read this character through C++ plugin,Thanks in advance.Farzana.

I can’t believe this is happening again. We really should get some sort of discount or refund for all the time we’re wasting lately with this issue.After being solved, this problem shows up again with the last update. I suddenly lose all UNDO steps, past the last four or five, just like what happened a few months ago.If the problem is related with the History panel, JUST DISABLE THE HISTORY PANEL. We didn’t have this issue before the panel, so I guess it has something to do with it. 

How to make a script that changes one font to another in all styles (over 100 styles) in large catalogue file. Has anyone made such a script and would be so kind to share it?

Aujourd'hui 2025/11/12 Indesign n'arrête pas de planter. Quelqu'un rencontre le même problème ?

I use a EVEIntPopupSliderComboBoxWidget in my InDesign C++ plug-in and want to programmatically set the MinValue and MaxValue in the dialog controller. fr file:EVEIntPopupSliderComboBoxWidget // Opacity percentage slider( kPollingSliderWidgetID, // The Identifier for this Widget kSysSliderPMRsrcId, // kPMRsrcID_None, kBindNone, // Frame binding Frame(0,0,60,25) // Frame(l,t,r,b) kTrue, // Is this visible kTrue, // Is this enabled 0, // The WidgetID for the nudge button 1, // small nudge amount 10, // large nudge amount 3, // The maximum number of characters kFalse, // integer readOnly value kFalse, // Notify on key stroke kTrue, // Enable range checking kFalse, // Allow blank entry 300, // The upper limit 5, // The lower limit "100",

I have downgrade to 20.4.2. from 20.5 and I have lost all my new scripts!!! (Mac OS 15.7.4)Where are they???? Any help?They are not at Users/User/Library/Preferences/Adobe Indesign/

Screenshot attached. The text is threading into a small point in the middle of the page instead of the full text box. Anyone have any clue why this is happening or how to fix it? Thanks in advance! 

Today, 27 May 2026, I updated to InDesign 21.4 and, sure enough, the Times New Roman issue has been resolved. Unfortunately, Univers Bold is now missing.I reported the problem in November 2025. Since then, I’ve had to keep updating my files converting OTF to TTF. Following a new InDesign update sometime early this year, Calibri and Wingdings 2 were also missing. An hour after this InDesign 24.1 update, Windows also released an update: KB 5089573, and now none of the fonts – TNR, Calibri and Univers – could be found. I uninstalled the Windows version and upon restarting, OS builds 26200.8524 and 26100.8524 were installed.Everything was working normally again (except for Univers). An hour later, a new Windows update with the same issue appeared, and all the fonts were missing again."This cumulative update for Windows 11, versions 25H2 and 24H2 (KB5089573), includes production-quality improvements." That certainly doesn’t apply to me.Once again, InDesign is altering the custom paragraph s

I am having a problem with a file I received from another designer. Specifically, she used the Barlow font family from Adobe Fonts for some of the text treatments, however, even when I activate all the available font families she linked to on Adobe Fonts, some of the font variations are being found but two of the font variations are not being found. See below image. Given that these fonts should be the same ones from Adobe Fonts, how do I resolve the issue? Is it possible that this issue is related to the operating system (I am on a Windows PC)? 

 When launching InDesign, the process appears in Task Manager with CPU and memory usage, but no window appears on screenOS: Windows 11 23H2 InDesign Version: 2026 v21.4.1 Tried: Reinstallation, deleting AppData folder, compatibility mode, running as administrator — none worked

Mac Indesign 21.4.1 Undo/Redo does not work. Plus stability issues. Never had stability and lagging issues with Indesign until last couple updates. Very frustrating and complicates my workflow. Need to force quite often as well. Bad update. I am thinking about reinstalling earlier versions.

For the last hour or two, I have been unable to access InDesign as well as other Adobe software; every time I try to open InDesign it comes up saying it cannot access the servers to verify the licence (it is an Educational licence that expires in October), and when I click on Try Again is just says there has been an error (referral code 109). I have tried the Limited Access Repair Tool to reset the host file, but it says it didn’t fix anything (I guess because there was nothing to fix). I have confirmed with a colleague who also uses the suite and they are experiencing the same thing. I use InDesign 19.0.1, as my PC is not compatible with the newer version; could this be the issue or is there an issue with the servers (I checked the status page and there is nothing showing with issues).

Hi. When inserting a table within a text frame, is there any way to ensure that the para style that the table is inserted into is always a particular style?For example, I have two para styles – Style A and Style B. Is there a way that I can ensure that an inserted table is always inserted into a Style B para, automatically? So the “container” para style, if you will, will always be Style B?Hope that makes sense!Thanks in advance.

Hi,I am using Indesign, and I have a gradient rainbow textbox. It was all fine but I then realised I needed to change my background colour to black because I had the paper colour changed to black and it wasnt exporting to a pdf properly. I fixed that issue and change the background to black but now my gradient rainbow textbox has turned brown. I dont know what happened and no one seems to have had this problem before. I have tried remaking the box and nothing is working. I also have a gradient rainbow text (just letters, no background text box) and that is fine. What do I do?Thanks,Greer

It started back in March and has persisted ever since. I have the latest, updated version of InDesign and Windows 11. I did not make any changes prior to the issue, and I have a newer desktop computer. I have been working with InDesign since it was the Pagemaker program, so knowledge is not an issue here. And, I have never had this problem in my 33 years of using Adobe programs. That being said, here is the issue:Randomly, when I edit an existing paragraph or character style, it can take 30 seconds to over a minute to be able to make that change. It happens when I choose a different setting, and also when I hit okay.  If I close ID and restart, it helps a bit, but not completely, and the issue continues to worsen as I make style changes.I have deactivated all fonts, and that did not help.I have installed and reinstalled ID, and that did not help.I have rebooted  SO MANY timesI have tried to delete my font cache, but I get a message that it is in use even after

Let’s say I have two page items in my document: a circle and a square. I move the square so its top left corner is in the centre of the circle. I cut (cmd-X) the square. It’s gone. I select the circle and I “Paste Into” (cmd-alt-V).The square is now clipped by the circle frame:So, I want to do that via the scripting API. With the above example, I can select the circle and do:$.writeln(app.activeDocument.selection[0].rectangles.length)and the result is 1, which is correct. There is one rectangle IN that circle. What I want to know is… how do I put the square in the circle via ExtendScript or UXP? It must be easy, but I can’t quite get it. I want `myPageItem.rectangles.add` to do it, but it only seems to want a Layer, which makes no sense.– Mark

ich erstelle ein barrierefreies PDF gemäß PDF/UA-1.Dabei bin ich auf ein reproduzierbares Problem gestoßen.UmgebungAdobe InDesign 21.4.1 Acrobat Pro 2026.001.21691 macOS Tahoe 26.5.1 Export: Adobe PDF (Interaktiv) mit aktivierter Tag-Erzeugung Prüfung mit PAC 2026MinimalbeispielBereits ein neues InDesign-Dokument mit:einem einzelnen Textrahmen, einer Absatzschattierung (Absatzformat), alternativ einer Absatzlinie, ohne weitere grafische Elemente,führt nach dem Export zu einem PDF, das in PAC 2026 den Fehler„Nicht getaggtes Pfadobjekt“meldet.Dasselbe Verhalten tritt auch bei platzierten Illustrator-Grafiken (AI, PDF, EPS und PNG getestet) auf.Im Acrobat-Inhaltsfenster erscheint das Objekt als Pfad bzw. Form XObject innerhalb einer korrekt getaggten Figure.Die Objekte erscheinen jedoch nicht als Artefakte.Meine Frage lautet:Ist dieses Verhalten bekannt oder handelt es sich um einen Fehler im PDF/UA-Export von InDesign 21.4.1?Falls bekannt:Gibt es einen empfohlenen Workflow, um Absatzscha

After a recent update, my InDesign is now showing all these stupid pop-ups the whole time. Screenshot attached.  To be absolutely clear, I am talking about the entire dialogue box, not the tool-tip illustrateed in a section of the dialogue box shown.   How do I kill them off once and for all ?  I've looked through Preferences but canot spot anything obvious.       <Title renamed by MOD>

Following up on the previous question:If the font size and text box height remain constant, is there a simple formula for calculating line spacing and the number of lines? For example:A text box has a fixed height of 100 mm and a font size of 12 points. With 17 lines of text, the appropriate line spacing is 16.8 points.If the font size and text box height remain constant but one line is added (for a total of 18 lines), how to I calculate the new leading(15.8)?Is there a simple formula for this? 

Hi really hoping someone can help with the misery I’ve had all week. For the past few months I’ve been uploading portfolios from Indesign to Adobe Cloud. This week it’s suddenly stopped working. I’ve attached the error code I get and have searched all the other threads mentioning this specific error and nothing works :(There’s enough space in my account to upload the file (I deleted some files just in case that was the issue). I’ve tried uploading different files but anything more than a text doc gets the same error message. Logged out of everything and logged back in – no change. Used different wifi networks – no change, still the same error message.Can anyone provide any help before I go insane? Been trying for 3 days now and am completely out of ideas 

Some comments are not showing when I upload them to InDesign, it’s like they appear on the list, but you don’t know where exactly and can’t accept them, or can but it does nothing, so I have to keep the PDF opened in Acrobat and go checking where’s the correction, it’s not wrongly marked, because it’s not everything, just some, it happens from time to time, then when it seems they fixed it, suddenly it starts happening again, it’s really time consuming. Is there a workaround?

Hello, i n my C++ InDesign Plug-in i use EVEMultilineTextEditBoxWidget in a dialog.If i set the text in the dialog’s controller in InitializeDialogFields(), the text initially becomes unreadable. I have to click into the text field to make it readable:  This seems not to be the text-selection, selected texts look like this: EVEMultilineTextEditBoxWidget( kFileConfirmationDialogEditTextWidgetID, // Widget ID kSysEditBoxPMRsrcId, // RsrcID kBindNone, // Binding Frame(0,0,400,200) kTrue, kTrue, // Visible, Enabled 0, // widget id of nudge button 1, // small nudge amount 10, // large nudge amount 0, // max num chars(0 = no limit) kTrue, // is read only kFalse, // should notify each key stroke (NEW) kFalse, // range checking enabled kTrue, // blank entry allowed 0, 0, // upper/lower limit "", // initial text kEVEAlignCenter | kEVEJumboSpaceAfter,), void FileConfirmationDialogController::InitializeDia