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The oldest version customer service can offer is 2023, but I need 2022.  Is that possible Adobe decide what can I downoload or not, and for how long? I'm a long term user and I'm really upset... What can I do? Of course I need it now.   <Title renamed by moderator>

According to thisSolved: Re: InDesign 2026 typing text in text box makes so... - Adobe Product Community - 15607922There is an inDesign 21.2Since I am having this issue of text disappearing, how do I get the newer version. I have 21.1, and that is all that is available. 

I have the latest update 21.1 and ever since I have been having issues converting pages to PDF from a file I am creating using InDesign. When I try to convert certain pages to PDF, it either will create the PDF but it it is corrupt and when I try to create the PDF again, it says there is a background task running and that task is preventing me from doing anything else. Ultimately, I have to End Task and restart the program. It will work for a bit then I will have the same issue again. This is happening daily. I have not been able to pinpoint which background task is causing the problem. Next time it happens, I will take screenshots of the messages. Running on PC, Windows 11 v23H2

What do I do if InDesign hangs constantly on a certain document, whenever I touch anything in it? Just spinning wheel forever (mac, latest everything)?

For several months now, InDesign has botten increasingly non-sponsive when navigating between pages or zooming in. This is occuring in both InDesign 2024 and 2025.   When I page down, the next page gets highlighted in the Pages panel, but the page displayed in the main window does not change.   GPU Performance is currently turned off. But even when it is on, this behavior persists.   This is occuring across all my documents. I've been using these same documents for years, without issue. The documents are not large, all less than 10 MB.   Has anyone else experienced InDesign lagging? What can be done to resolve this?

I am running the latest version (21.1 reinstalled today) of Adobe ID on windows 11   So a few days ago all of my templates and adobe ID files started failing to save and then crashing loosing my work. I googled and some suggested to do a "save as" instead. This usually works, but is this something "adobe" or is it because im working on sverla computers and saving stuff in my drop box?  Today I even tried to create a new document, nothing special, same thing happened as soon as i tried to do a save     [Moved by moderator from the CC Desktop Bugs forum]    

I have never seen this happen before, and I'm at a loss. Perhaps it's a bug in the new 2026 version? A handful of pages within my 240-page document turned gray about a month into working on this project, and their page numbers now say PB instead of the page number. They don't look gray when looking at the Pages panel, only when scrolling through the document. When I export to a PDF, those gray pages are white and completely blank -- the text does not show at all, though it is still showing on the document in Normal and Preview modes. I have turned off InDesign and re-opened the app and the file, but those pages are still gray. I have included three screen shots (two of InDesign and one of the view in Acrobat) in the hope that someone can help solve this mystery!

Admittedly, it has been some time since I have used data merge, many years ago for a particuarl client, lately not so much. To get up to speed again, searched online for a few answers... most notably answers coming from people struggling to get it to work properly. And finding answers on non-Adobe pages with tips on how things break and what to do. Frustrating. I have a book prohect that has lists at the back of items that are formatted in a table format with about a dozen cells. The cells are not just columns, that would have been easy, can't do it that way. I have two wider cells that are split horizontally to place content - see attached. I got the data merge set up to work - placing the tags from the .csv headers is the easy part. Where things exploded is when I actually merge the document. If I have one table set up and merge the .csv file, even with "multiple records per page" selected as the option to import, I get 495 pages with just one table per page.&nbsp

Any guidance appreciated on how to enter numbers in squares without constructing the square? All the responses seem to be for squared number superscripts, which is not the same. Also any idea how to search fonts for these characters? There are no repertoire lists any more as far as I can tell.

Keep on getting this message:I click ok, and then: I've tried re-installing three times... Help?(21.1 x64 on Win 11, all requirements fulfilled)Thanks,Heather

I’d like to request a built‑in Dictation button in Adobe InDesign.Currently, macOS Voice Control and system dictation do not reliably work inside InDesign’s text frames. Dictation works in other macOS apps (Notes, TextEdit, Mail, etc.), but InDesign does not consistently expose text fields in a way that Voice Control can recognize. This creates a major accessibility barrier for users who rely on voice input for typing or navigation. A simple Dictation button in the Control bar or Properties panel — similar to what many native macOS apps offer — would provide:A guaranteed, app‑level way to trigger dictationBetter compatibility with macOS accessibility toolsA more inclusive workflow for users with motor disabilitiesA fallback when system‑level dictation fails to activate inside text framesThis would make InDesign significantly more accessible and usable for voice‑only users.Thank you for considering this accessibility improvement.

As of 2026, I'm no longer able to duplicate my documents from the home screen using the 3 dots beside the name of the document. The dots just aren't there anymore. The "Save a Copy" ability is still there in File, but it's permanently greyed out. Searching in the Help bar Restarting the app doesn't change anything. I duplicate files all the time and it's a pain to not have this feature. Anything I can do?

I'm so tired of of constantly having to clear paragraph styles. I'll clear them but then when I export the file, the same spots are highlighted again as overridden.  When I highlight the offending text, it doesn't even flag (+) it as having an override. I have to select an entirely different paragraph style and reapply the correct one to clear it. Only to have it reappear once I export the file. 

Je confirme que j'ai un manuel où j'avais une coquille (orthographe). J'ai fait une révision hier, j'ai pu exporter en PDF sans soucis. Ce matin, je corrige ma coquille et j'exporte. Ça exporte mais aucun lien ne fonctionne pourtant ça fonctionnait hier.Pour ce manuel, je dois utiliser Indesign 2024 (19) puisque les boutons, ne sont pas fonctionnels en 2025 (20) et ni 2026 (21). Ceci me confirme que ce n'est pas moi le problème mais ID qui n'est pas stable même dans les anciennes versions. Je suis de tout coeur avec toi. J'ai du corrigé ma coquille avec Acrobat Pro sur la version d'hier.Je vous mets les 2 versions soit celle d'hier où les boutons fonctionnent et celle d'aujourd'hui (nom de fichier avec VF) qui ne fonctionne pas.

I am using Windows 11 Enterprise v24h2 on a 13th Gen intel core with 128MB graphics card and 32 GB RAM running InDesign v21.0. I have a document that suddenly starting swiching to the French dictionary, but only within 3 sections/objects. I have checked all the paragraph, character and object styles and all are set to USA English. The preferences are set to USA English. But when I run a Spell Check, it defaults to the French dictionary. I have tried restarting the program and resetting the workspace. Neither worked. I tried restarting the computer and that did not work. Even when I change the dictionary within the Spell Check modal it still reverts to French. So far this is only happening in this one document and I need to go to press today!

I'm having this issue where when I copy a text box from a document and paste it into a new document, or even within the same document, and the text shifts its position down within the text box and usually gives me the red dot that means there is cutoff text. This happens within the same indd document as well as between documents. This only happens on my mac mini that I have at my office. It does not happen on my macbook pro or other mac mini that I use at home. The operating systems are the same and both are running the same version of InDesign. It also doesn't matter which file I'm working in. I have looked at the settings for text frame options (baseline) and that isn't the solution. I have reset my InDesign preferences and that hasn't fixed it. Is this a bug that has a fix for it? It's driving me a bit insane.

Since InDesign version 21.0, the following problem occurs with linked WMF files:Text that is “bold” in the WMF file is displayed and printed as “regular” in InDesign.This error did not occur in InDesign versions up to 20.5.1. This behavior can be easily reproduced on both Windows 11 and Windows 10. You can use different fonts for the test, e.g., Minion Pro, Myriad Pro, Times New Roman, Arial, etc. Test instructions:1. Use Illustrator to create a file that contains text in regular, italic, bold, and bold italic.2. Export this file as a WMF file.3. Place the WMF file in InDesign 20.5.1 and InDesign 21.x. Result:In InDesign 20.5.1, all font styles appear correctly (see attachment: TEST InDesign 20.5.1 + Illustrator 30.1.pdf).In InDesign 21.x, bold styles appear incorrectly as regular (see attachment: TEST InDesign 21.1 + Illustrator 30.1.pdf). Has anyone else encountered this problem?

Bonjour,Je vais travailler pour une boîte qui me demande d'utiliser la version 19.5.5 d'InDesign et qui m'a envoyé le dossier d'installation correspondant, en précisant bien que je dois utiliser cette version et aucune autre (j'avais la plus récente).J'ai donc désinstallé la nouvelle version d'ID, mais suis dans l'impossibilité d'exploiter l'ancienne version.- Le problème semble venir du fichier d'installation, lequel est en .msi, au lieu d'être en setup.exe. Je ne peux pas ouvrir ce fichier. J'ai l'impression de l'ouvrir, mais il ne se passe rien d'effectif.- Creative cloud ne me permet pas de remonter jusqu'à la version souhaitée.- Toutes les solutions proposées par chat GPT (cmd, windows power shell) ne donnent rien.Je ne sais plus quoi faire...Si quelqu'un a déjà rencontré le même problème et peut m'aider, merci d'avance ^^

I installed Adobe Create Cloud this week. In navigating to Adobe Fonts I came across Fairplay Display family so I installed it. However, I'm getting both display and printing variances with regular and italic in InDesign where it almost appears there's a bold override. But when I view the font on adobe fonts web browser library and ms word, it looks like the perfect weight. I've tried uninstalling the font, checking for software updates, but can't seem to get InDesign to render the font properly. Any ideas?

Bonjour,Je peux sans problème Créer un lien de partage pour révision dans InDesign. Par contre, il semblerait qu'il y ait une limite de poids de fichier ou de nombre de pages (quelques tests réalisés...) lors de la mise à jour du fichier partager. J'ai en effet un message d'erreur.Avez-vous des infos à ce sujet ?Merci

Hi everyone. I downloaded the latest North American English version to get the "Share for Text Editing" feature, but when I open a new file and click "SHARE," I only see "Share for Review or Comment." Does anyone know why I don't have the "Share for Text Editing" feature?Thanks everyone for your help!

hi, i created a qr in indesign and i want to change the color. i see there are few color options but i need a specific swach.    <Title renamed by moderator>

My laptop uses a Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42100) processor, so I had to install the beta versions of Adobe applications. I recently installed InDesign (beta) 20.6, but it neither opens nor displays an error message.Is there any way to solve this issue? Note: I also installed Illustrator (beta), which works.

why is the text aligned to bottom when i chose 'center'?? 

When a file is open in InDesign and computer goes to sleep, upon waking from sleep, file does not apppear but the tab for file is there and I can highlight text and graphic boxes but file does not appear. I must close file tab and reopen file for it to appear.InDesign 2026 running on MAC Pro with 192G Ram, Apple M2 Ultra chip, Sequoia 15.7.3