centered graphics are left aligned after epub export

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August 4, 2026
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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-aligned.
I’ve copied one of the print versions and pasted it into a fresh template. Same problem.
I’ve created a fresh document and inserted placeholder text and various graphics, including and omitting the original graphics in my file. Graphics are still left aligned.
I’ve exported the digital file to PDF, and the problem DOES NOT HAPPEN. Graphics are centered in pdf.
This may have no bearing on the issue, but I did uninstall the beta version of Photoshop just before this started happening. Other than that, I cannot figure out what’s causing this.

Kelli Jae BaeliAuthor

Inspiring

Is there a way to contact Adobe directly for InDesign help?
Until this gets solved, I will have to remove all images from my digital/ebook/epub files.

Joel Cherney

Community Expert

If you go to helpx.adobe.com, and ask your question of the virtual assistant, and assiduously try everything it suggests, and continually request a human support person, you’ll eventually get one. Usually, when it’s a hard question, they’ll send you back here. Since this seems like a brand-new bug, probably they won’t have a fix on hand. I imagine it’s worth a shot.

But, assuming that this is a bug, you should also go back to the Uservoice - where you’ve already posted on that bug report - and click on the “Vote” button. The devs use the vote count on bug reports to prioritize, we’re told, so adding your vote seems useful.

Additionally, you might try appending some custom CSS in the “HTML & CSS” tab in the EPUB Export dialog? Seems like a fair bit of work to maybe work around this potential bug, but on the other hand it might allow you to include images in your epub output while you’re waiting for the next dot release to (hopefully) include a fix. If you can post a sample epub that displays your left-aligned image, I’d be happy to see if I could figure out what CSS to apply at export to force them back to the center.

Kelli Jae BaeliAuthor

Inspiring

It occurred to me that it might have something to do with the export settings about overrides…
If I use the default basic graphics style, and change it, it gets a plus sign, indicating an override….
If I create a new one with the tweaks, there ARE NO overrides. Then on export, when I leave the checkbox empty to save all the overrides, it doesn’t save overrides, but my tweaks will be maintained, because I use a newly created graphic style.
Alternatively, I guess I could select to keep all overrides, but that would include text….and yet, I don’t think I use overrides…everything has an applied specific style…
The only exception may be when I alter the settings for leading and kerning and such, to format particular bits of the text to look better in places where there are rivers, etc (but this is, of course, only in paperback formatting). BUT…are THOSE format tweaks considered overrides?
I tested this, and exported the reflowable epub with the preserve local overrides left UNCHECKED in the export panel.

Still left aligned.
Tried again, and CHECKED the “preserve local overrides”, and... STILL LEFT ALIGNED.
It’s got to be something with export settings, as it shows properly in my indd file.

I closed out and updated ID again, since I rolled it back according to suggestions, and that didn’t help.

I reloaded the file and selected each graphic and applied a newly created style to all of them, exported, but the same left aligned graphics appeared. I tried it with the “preserve local overrides” left checked and UNCHECKED on two exports. STILL LEFT ALIGNED. sigh.

I’ve been doing this for decades, and I've never come across this issue in a digital/ebook file (or any other format). I’m not sure where to go from here.

Kelli Jae BaeliAuthor

Inspiring

The only thing that seeme dto fix it was to assign “NONE” in the object styles. I don’t know why.

Joel Cherney

Community Expert

I assume you’ve already carefully examined the object styles you had applied? The fact that you’ve rolled back and are still experiencing the issue (unlike the person who reported it to the Uservoice) indicates that, whatever is broken, it’s still broken in your file. So, I wonder… if you made a brand-new object style that has all the features you had set up in whatever object style had been previously applied, would that still trigger the bug?

Kelli Jae BaeliAuthor

Inspiring

Yes I’ve checked all settings. And yes, I’ve already tried making new object styles. Same issue. I’ve never had this problem before, in all these decades.

Scott Falkner

Community Expert

I suggest not saying just “current version” but actually say what version, for the following reasons:

People viewing the post in the future will have a different version so knowing specifically what version you used will help them follow you steps and reach the solution if there is one.
Sometimes updates are rolled out regionally. A user in Germany might not have the same version as a user in Canada, even if both are using the same currently available version.
We don’t know who most users are of their level of familiarity with the program of the Creative Suite in general. You say you have the current version but without a version number I just have to take your word for it.

Kelli Jae BaeliAuthor

Inspiring

I’ve already seen all those links. Nothing solves it.

Kelli Jae BaeliAuthor

Inspiring

I’ve seen all of those, and they were not helpful. My problem still exists.
I’ve even tried to import/load object styles from previous files that worked, and that made no difference, either.

leo.r

Community Expert

If you revert to InDesign 21.3 like one user suggested, does it solve the issue? Because if it does, then it’s a bug in the recent InDesign versions and not much can be done until it’s fixed.