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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, 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

I need an official installer for InDesign 2024 because of a plugin compatibility.

The "Copy Link(s) To" function in the Links window was broken in one of the recent updates. Now when you copy links, it *breaks* the existing links in your document, and redirects the paths to the location that you copied to. This pretty much makes the feature unusable. Was this an intentional change? Any workarounds or fixes for this? 

I'm not the best scripter but finding bits and cobbling them together seems to be working for me so far.I was using InDesign 2023 (moved to 2024/2025), but as newer files started coming in I had to install 2025 as well.   Opening a newer file in 2023 triggers the online conversion, but it regularly gets stuck at 33%, so I ended up having to open the file directly in 2025 (and soon, probably 2026). It worked, but it was a bit cumbersome.   So I cobbled together a small script that I now run from InDesign 2023. It asks for the file location, launches 2025, saves an IDML in the same folder, and that’s it — no fuss.   I did try to: automatically close 2025 afterwards (gave up on that), and open the resulting IDML automatically (I’ve associated IDMLs with 2023 at OS level), but I couldn’t get that working either.   Still, with a bit of BridgeTalk experimentation and some trial-and-error, this is where I landed, and I’m about 99% happy with it.   First things first:Run this small script

HiI am have some real issues when trying to save documents.  Error messages like "unable to save this file, but it appears to be damaged" to "error code 2". I'd tried:Saving to IDML files - with some success but not an ideal solutionCopying/Pasting content onto a new document (no success)Uninstalling Indesign and re-installing a previous version (no success) This is happening across multiple files so I am reluctant to think it is just one file gone corrupt.  Any any advice? Considering uninstalling the whole CC suite and starting again. Thanks

Ich versuche mit einer Excel-Tabelle einen Katalog mittels Datenzusammenführung zu erstellen.Beim Importieren der Tabelle (egal ob als .txt oder .xls) erkennt Indesign nicht, dass eine Spalte der Tabelle Pfade zu Bildern enthält. Es steht immer das (Text-)T vor der erkannten Spalte im Feld Datenzusammenführung. Auch das Umbenennen der Spalte in `@Fotos hat nicht geholfen.Was mache ich falsch? Die Bilder liegen alle im selben Ordner ab wie die Excel-Tabelle und auch die Pfade sind richtig eingetragen.

HiI'm using InDesign ver.  21 on Windows 11 laptopWe copy paste text from MS Word, which is formatted with 'Times New Roman'In Indesign file, we use 'Adobe Garamond Pro' for bodycopy.On rare intances, the single quote shows up as missing.We normally go for Find and Replace Any solutions for this, why it happens ?Thanks 

This is an odd one, I double click on an indesign file, indesign and the file opens up but indesign goes to the background on my Mac, and the finder to the foreground then the Mac doc appears and stays there, I have to then click on the indesign layout to bring it to the front, the doc still stays until I click on something else on the doc then it disappears. This started when an agency sent me a brochure to work on and now it is happening with every file I open. I have searched and not found anyone with the same problem. So far I have deleted the Indesign preferences and that didn't fix it, then updated to the latest indesign and that didn't work either. Both illustrator and photoshop are working great. I would be grateful for any advice. Thank you. My set up is: Mac Studio 2023, 64GB ram, Sequoia 15.7.1, Indesign 2026.

Comprei notebook snapdragon e fiquei sabendo que não é compatível com Adobe, tem algo alguma adaptação pra fazer ou já era?

Any news about when Indesign will be available for Copilot+ PC with the Snapdragon X chipset?Suddenly, I have trouble saving my files.

Hi everyone,I am facing a critical issue with a corrupted InDesign file that I cannot open.File details:Size: 1,712 KB (So data seems to be present).Issue: The file crashes InDesign immediately upon opening or hangs indefinitely.Troubleshooting steps I have already tried (without success):Resetting InDesign Preferences (Ctrl+Alt+Shift / Cmd+Opt+Ctrl+Shift).Trying to place the file into a new document.Running a "Blind Open" script to export to IDML (script fails or crashes).Changing the extension to .indt.Renaming the Links folder to force missing links.Since the file is not 0kb, I am hoping the internal database can still be salvaged.Could someone with Markzware tools or advanced recovery skills please take a look? I would be incredibly grateful if you could try to convert it to IDML for me.Here is the link to the file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NGUaocn1pbInkaMmvQzRksmjWTPFKBOt/viewThank you very much for your help!

I experienced this alert and crash of Indesign during the last days and I can't work with thos files again.I tried to open them in another computer with another Indesign version - but faced the same result: "unhide spread" followed Indesign crash