Paste in Place Misaligns Text Frames When Copying Between Documents in InDesign 21.2

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April 22, 2026
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Hi folks

I’ve come across this odd copy/paste bug in InDesign 21.2. Text fields are not located correctly when pasting a group of obejcts. Same thing happens with Paste and Paste in Place.

I am pasting from the right window (A5) into the left window (A5) hence the size difference.

Is this a known bug?

Thanks
Richard

bug

Peter Spier

Community Expert

Any possibility that the y-axis zero point is different b between the two files?

BobLevine

Community Expert

Current version is 21.3. Take care of that first. But in the meantime make sure you’re using paste in place.

C

craftycurateAuthor

Inspiring

Unfortunately this is not possible, as I have a couple of major projects in production using 21.2 and I never update to latest version mid-project.

I have tried to update to 21.3 while keeping 21.2 installed, but I am not given the option to maintain existing versions, so this is not possible I’m afraid. Recent major or point releases in InDesign have introduced too many major bugs for me to take this risk.

Unless these is a way to force the update to maintain 21.2 as a separate installation?

Also, as mentioned in my original post, this error also occurs with Paste in Place.

BobLevine

Community Expert

No and have you tried paste in place? Have you grouped those items first and then copied / pasted them?

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