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cvgraphics123
January 5, 2026
Question

Indesign issue: Text display is glitchy/disappears when editing paragraphs

  • January 5, 2026
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I am trying to edit my book, and every time I click in the text box, the paragraph or whole page disappears. The content is still there. It just isn't viewable. If I zoom in or out, it reappears. Similarly, when I scroll through the pages, the text display gets jagged within lines or offset in the middle of the paragraph. Again, if I zoom in or out, the display corrects itself. I am having to zoom in/out for every correction. This is very irritating and is severely hampering productivity. The following list of issues do not apply in my case:

  • I do not have overset text.
  • I do not have formatting conflicts caused by "Break text" or "Keep" options.
  • The text does not wrap any objects.
  • I am using Cambria font, which I have used for my last four books and never had a problem with. 
  • There are no hidden characters on master pages.
  • I have broken the book into chapters, with each chapter being a separate document. The chapters are less than twenty pages each, so I am not dealing with documents of excessive length.
  • My Indesign app is up to date.
  • I am running a high performance ASUS with a 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900H (2.60 GHz), 64-bit operating system, 16.0 GB (15.6 GB usable).

I have attached a screenshot of the problem. You can see that a portion of page 35 has blanked out, starting in mid-line. How do I fix this display bug?

2 replies

leo.r
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 5, 2026

It's currently a known widespread issue on Windows. It's discussed here (along with another problem that affects Windows users):

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/indesign-undo-history-clears-itself-without-user-action/m-p/15652505/page/11#M646118

 

There's no solution at this point, as far as I know.

kendrab50335386
January 5, 2026

I'm having the same issue and it's driving me crazy.  The whole paragraph of text will disappear if I'm trying to edit.  If I scroll up and down, it comes back but it's getting really annoying.

Anubhav M
Community Manager
Community Manager
January 5, 2026

Hello @kendrab50335386, @cvgraphics123,

I'm sorry to hear about your experience. Would you mind sharing more details, such as the exact version of the OS/InDesign installed, a link to a sample file, along with a small screen recording of your exact workflow and the problem, so we can investigate this further with the team?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Anubhav