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Text disappears when typing in text box

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June 17, 2021
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I'm getting this issue where when I make any changes to text within a text box, like typing within it, cutting/pasteing, editing, etc. the text disappears. Sometimes it'll come back if I click out of the text box. Sometimes it comes back if I switch between normal and preview mode.

It doesn't happen every time, but often enough to be incredibly annoying.

I'm running:

Mac OS 11.4
Macbook Air M1 2020
InDesign 16.2.1

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Correct answer Rocky5D5C

Hi Sarah, updating to 17.2 fixed the text issue for my wife. She hasn't had it happen once since then, so far.

Have you updated?

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johng2900620

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I was hoping the M1 version of InDesign would fix the issue but it does not. Very annoying. This happens on all versions of InDesign from 15.0.1 through today's M1 version release 16.3.2. Tech support had me uncheck GPU Performance in prefs and for awhile I couldn't replicate the issue. Now it's back.

- Mac OS 11.4

- MacBook Pro M1 2020

- InDesign 16.3.2

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johng2900620

Participating Frequently

I should add that I worked with Apple support on this issue today (and a month ago, and a month before that) as well. Their conclusion is that it is an Adobe issue. While it may be, I have text issues using Apple TextEdit as well, with odd spacing when pasting text requiring the window to be resized to get the spacing to disappear. No solution to that issue either.

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Patric5E0C

Participant

We just downgraded the Version to 16.2 and it works better... maybe they fix that some day but for the time its better then nothing...

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vichanna

Participant

Have just dowloaded ID 16.3.2 on an M1 Mac and guess what - the text still disappears. Have to bring it back in a variety of ways. "Oh don't worry," said some sarcastic response, "just wait until the new version comes out that runs natively on the M1" I waited, and now? Same thing. Hell, it's frustrating.

Scully20

Participating Frequently

I'm getting used to "hide guides, show guides" every 2 seconds, aren't you?? LOL

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jesseingham

Participating Frequently

Hi, I've just upgraded to a MacBook Air and reinstalled CC. Now I'm experiencing an issue with text editing, where the text disappears completely or partially, and only reappears when I zoom in or out via the shortcuts cmd- and cmd+

This isn't a text wrap issue, it's definitely a bug of some kind that I didn't have previously. Help!

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Emile Nowak

Participant

Hi there,

Hoping someone can help FAST please as I'm working on a deadline but when I'm typing, all the content keeps dissapearing as soon as I stop typing and only the cursor is left flashing then I have to zoom in and my type appears again. It is very annoying as I am constantly having to stop and start / zoom in and out,

to see the text I am formatting.
Any help would be AMAZING!!! 🙂
Thank you

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foxprintservices

Inspiring

Hi All,

Sorry to hear about your experience. We have launched Adobe InDesign 16.4 recently with multiple bug fixes and performance improvement.

Please update your app to the latest version. Let us know if you still have any issues. We'll be happy to help.

Regards,

Ashutosh

Hello,
I am having the same problem. Text dissapears while I'm typing and I have to zoom in and out to get it back. Supper annoying! I am on a brand new iMac with Apple M1 and 8GBs. I'm up to date on InDesign with 16.4 installed. What do I do to stop this? I'm working on a magazine and this is making my work day a nightmare.

Derek Cross

Community Expert

Which version of InDesign and OS?

Select the text box and under the Edit menu, select Edit in Story Editor so that you can see if the text is present on the page. If it is, check the size of the font, the leading and colour to see if one or more of these features is causing the text to not appear.

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Elaine5E3AAuthor

Participating Frequently

Hi Derek,

I'm using

Mac OS 11.4
Macbook Air M1 2020
InDesign 16.2.1

When I opened up story editor, the text is there, but everything is showing right to left, which is very puzzling! I'm wondering if these are related.

Srishti_Bali

Legend

Hi there,

Sorry about this trouble. InDesign 16.3 has already been released in a few countries and soon will be available to all. If it is not available for you right now, please install it from the pre-release tab in Creative Cloud and let us know if that helps resoving this issue.

Regards,

Srishti

BobLevine

Community Expert

16.2.1 is not M1 native. 16.3 which is rolling out now should help you here.

Keep an eye out for it.

SteveP56

Participating Frequently

I have ID 16.3.2 and I am seeing these problems. I am using a new M1 Mac Mini. Randomly when I add text to a text frame, or reformat text, the text box will show as being empty. Nudging left and right fixes it, but it is clearly an error which Adobe needs to face up to and address.

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