Adobe InDesign Creative Cloud 2025 recommended for Windows OS

Adobe released InDesign Creative Cloud 2025 on Oct. 14, 2024. The BLOX Digital BLOX Total CMS team has been testing the new version against both Windows and Mac OS. 

Learn what's new in the latest release of InDesign

• You can now automate complex edits by extending images beyond borders. Generative Expand fills in the missing areas based on the surrounding pixels while resizing an image and adding background elements, to achieve the desired composite.

• Images can be generated with simple text prompts. Generate images using simple text prompts with Text to Image. Access sample prompts, add reference images, and apply style effects from the Advanced dialog box.

• InDesign documents can be exported to Adobe Express.Export and open InDesign documents in Adobe Express with one click. You can edit or lock elements for brand consistency before sharing with collaborators.

• Export to HTML5 package. Export InDesign documents to HTML5 and host them on your website or server to improve SEO and accessibility. You can choose to export your text as HTML text or SVG tags.

Core features and workflow

• Variable Font widget disappears when you change the value of axes.
• Stability and Performance
• [macOS only] InDesign crashes while saving an edited Creative Cloud (CC) library.

Initial Release Date:

October 14, 2024 (version 20.0)

Current Version Number: 

20.4.1 (CC 2025)

Adobe System requirements 

For the latest system requirements, see InDesign system requirements.

For a list of the latest system requirements for other Creative Cloud products, see Creative Cloud system requirements.

Updating InDesign with BLOX Total CMS

Before installing the latest version of Creative Cloud InDesign, we recommend sites DO NOT HAVE "Import previous settings and preferences" checked in the Creative Cloud application. Having it checked (and it is, unfortunately, the default) can/will cause the updated InDesign to get a copy of the client code rather than a copy of the shortcut/alias to the client code. The end result is that some things (all the add-ons) will fail (no automatic folios for example) and worse you could have crashing if you manage to get two copies of the client code running. ​

We recommend updating the newsroom before ad layout (the staff that uses BLOX Total CMS > Documents > Advertising > Create Edition from Edition file...) so that the pages can be worked on because once a newer version of Adobe InDesign opens the document, you aren't going to be able to open it with an older version.

Then, once you have each workstation updated please use the client's

BLOX Total CMS > Development > Spawn Template...

feature to update the InDesign templates to the current version of Adobe InDesign.

Known Issues:

• Older MacOS users may still have the issue with the menus being hard to use unless the OS opens a file first. The BLOX Total CMS Client began automating that with Adobe InDesign Creative Cloud 2022. We have extended that support with Creative Cloud 2025, including InCopy.