The Release Notes for Studio for InDesign and InCopy 20 for Adobe 2025 contain information about the new features, changes, fixed issues, known issues, and upgrade instructions for Studio for InDesign and InCopy 20 for Adobe 2025.
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Studio for InDesign and InCopy 20.0.3 build 16 Quick Patch
Version: 20.0.3 build 16 for Adobe 2025
Release date: 2 February 2026
Downloads
The download files for this version of Studio for InDesign and InCopy can be found in the Release announcement.
Changes
No changes have been made in this release of Studio for InDesign and InCopy.
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in this release of Studio for InDesign and InCopy:
EN-96849 Improve robustness when handling messages coming from RabbitMQ.
EN-96825 Allow background processing of messages from RabbitMQ in InDesign.
EN-96815 [Windows] InDesign crashes when logging out from the server and selecting File > Exit.
EN-96805 [Windows] The status drop-down in the Sticky Notes panel is not displaying all statuses.
EN-96804 [Windows] InDesign crashes when opening a newly created library after aborting checkout.
EN-96794 After switching the focus back to InDesign, the application stalls because messages coming from RabbitMQ are handled first.
EN-96723 After editing an image in Photoshop and returning to InDesign, occasionally the Check-In dialog for the image does not show up.
Installation
For information about installing Studio for InDesign and InCopy, see:
- Performing a full installation of Studio for InDesign and InCopy
- Upgrading an existing installation of Studio for InDesign and InCopy
Studio for InDesign and InCopy 20.0.3
Version: 20.0.3 build 14 for Adobe 2025
Release date: 10 December 2025
Downloads
The download files for this version of Studio for InDesign and InCopy can be found in the Release announcement.
New features
No features have been added in this release of Studio for InDesign and InCopy.
Changes
No changes have been made in this release of Studio for InDesign and InCopy.
Known issues
The following known issues exist in this release of Studio for InDesign and InCopy:
EN-96394 A layout created from a template cannot be closed after placing an article by dragging it from a Library.
EN-96495 It is not possible to create an article on a layout created from an untitled document after recovering the untitled document.
EN-96496 After recovery of an instance of a Layout Template, the Check In option is disabled.
Documentation
No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Studio for InDesign and InCopy.
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in this release of Studio for InDesign and InCopy:
EN-96540 Reordering the components of an article in the Elements panel is not possible if the article contains more than 100 components.
EN-96624 Smart Jump: jump and continuation elements run into overset when the 'Indented (standard)' preference is selected.
EN-96654 'Send To Next' from the context menu in the Studio panel does not work for locked items.
EN-96660 InCopy: 'Send Article To Next' option is disabled in the Studio toolbar for a new stand-alone article.
EN-96662 PerformOfflineQuery should return an error code.
EN-96711 Setting a boolean property in scripting to false or true without quotes causes a crash.
EN-96718 Studio for InDesign moves files to the User folder instead of the Trash Can when the 'scent:recycleall' setting in WWSettings.xml is enabled.
EN-96719 NamedSearch crashes InDesign when called via scripting with obsolete parameters.
EN-96751 The preview in the Studio panel is sometimes not displayed in secondary Studio panels if multiple instances or versions of InDesign are involved.
EN-96756 Items on a non-printing InDesign layer appear in the Studio panel spread preview.
Installation
For information about installing Studio for InDesign and InCopy, see:
- Performing a full installation of Studio for InDesign and InCopy
- Upgrading an existing installation of Studio for InDesign and InCopy
Studio for InDesign and InCopy 20.0.2
Version: 20.0.2 build 13 for Adobe 2025
Release date: 24 September 2025
Downloads
The download files for this version of Studio for InDesign and InCopy can be found in the Release announcement.
New features
No features have been added in this release of Studio for InDesign and InCopy.
Changes
No changes have been made in this release of Studio for InDesign and InCopy.
Known issues
The following known issues exist in this release of Studio for InDesign and InCopy:
EN-96394 A layout created from a template cannot be closed after placing an article by dragging it from a Library.
EN-96495 It is not possible to create an article on a layout created from an untitled document after recovering the untitled document.
EN-96496 After recovery of an instance of a Layout Template, the Check In option is disabled.
Documentation
No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Studio for InDesign and InCopy.
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in this release of Studio for InDesign and InCopy:
EN-85856 [InDesign Server scripting] The API call app.openObject() does not throw an exception in case of a failure.
EN-96375 [InCopy] 'Error storing the document to the server' message and article does not automatically close when trying to send an article to the next status.
EN-96399 [InCopy] Word, line, and character count is doubled when creating a new article using Save Article As.
EN-96466 [InCopy] An error occurs when choosing Save Article As after force quitting InCopy.
EN-96519 The HasChildren method of the IWWXMLElement interface returns the incorrect value.
EN-96613 Images with effects are not shown in the Thumbnail view of Studio.
EN-96628 Due to a change in version 20.0.1, the Content-Type header returned by app.jsonRequest was changed to application/json.
EN-96630 Due to a change in the return headers by app.jsonRequest in version 20.0.1, an error occurs in a customization with InDesign Server 2025.
EN-96646 A custom property of type Boolean is reset when updating a property for multiple objects having different values.
EN-96656 [Smart Jump] The 'Indented (Standard)' preference is not working as expected.
Installation
For information about installing Studio for InDesign and InCopy, see:
- Performing a full installation of Studio for InDesign and InCopy
- Upgrading an existing installation of Studio for InDesign and InCopy
Studio for InDesign and InCopy 20.0.1 build 11 Quick Patch
Version: 20.0.1 build 11 for Adobe 2025
Release date: 7 August 2025
Downloads
The download files for this version of Studio for InDesign and InCopy can be found in the Release announcement.
Changes
No changes have been made in this release of Studio for InDesign and InCopy.
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in this release of Studio for InDesign and InCopy:
EN-96622 [Windows] User is not able to log on to a specific SSO enabled Studio Server and a specific non-SSO server using Studio for InDesign/InCopy 20.0.1 build 10.
Installation
For information about installing Studio for InDesign and InCopy, see:
- Performing a full installation of Studio for InDesign and InCopy
- Upgrading an existing installation of Studio for InDesign and InCopy
Studio for InDesign and InCopy 20.0.1
Version: 20.0.1 build 10 for Adobe 2025
Release date: 2 July 2025
Downloads
The download files for this version of Studio for InDesign and InCopy can be found in the Release announcement.
New features
No features have been added in this release of Studio for InDesign and InCopy.
Changes
No changes have been made in this release of Studio for InDesign and InCopy.
Known issues
The following known issues exist in this release of Studio for InDesign and InCopy:
EN-96394 A layout created from a template cannot be closed after placing an article by dragging it from a Library.
EN-96495 It is not possible to create an article on a layout created from an untitled document after recovering the untitled document.
EN-96496 After recovery of an instance of a Layout Template, the Check In option is disabled.
Documentation
No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Studio for InDesign and InCopy.
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in this release of Studio for InDesign and InCopy:
EN-96333 Remove option of activation from e-mail (off-line activation) in the plug-in.
EN-96405 After renaming the Plug-ins/WoodWing folder in macOS, InDesign does not launch any longer.
EN-96492 [macOS] Studio panel auto-switches from Search Mode to Browse Mode when a new document is opened.
EN-96517 After replacing a Studio image by an AI-generated image, the image adornment should indicate a local image instead of a Studio image.
EN-96535 Studio for InDesign and InCopy 2025 'forgets' the Browse/Search mode of the Studio Panel after log-out.
EN-96561 Adobe InCopy 20.3.1 with Studio for InDesign 20.0.0 build 8: Intel Mac crashes at calling app.jsonRequest().
EN-96569 Use static LibCurl across plug-ins and remove dynamic library.
EN-96596 Installation of Studio for InDesign and InCopy very problematic due to Windows Defender SmartScreen.
EN-96599 Add robustness to the logic to update adverts after opening a layout.
EN-96600 When placing a local image on a new document without being logged on to Studio, the user is requested to save the document to Studio.
EN-96601 After canceling the Show Import Options dialog for Excel sheets, an empty error dialog appears.
EN-96602 Local image is not replacing Studio image after placing a local image onto a Studio image using drag and drop if the layout does not contain a local image.
Installation
For information about installing Studio for InDesign and InCopy, see:
- Performing a full installation of Studio for InDesign and InCopy
- Upgrading an existing installation of Studio for InDesign and InCopy
Studio for InDesign and InCopy 20.0.0
Version: 20.0.0 build 8 for Adobe 2025
Release date: 27 March 2025
Downloads
The download files for this version of Studio for InDesign and InCopy can be found in the Release announcement.
New features
The following has been added in this release of Studio for InDesign and InCopy:
- Support for Adobe 2025. Studio for InDesign, InCopy, and InDesign Server version 20 can be used with the following Adobe applications:
- InDesign 2025 version 20.2.0 or higher
- InCopy 2025 version 20.2.0 or higher
- InDesign Server 2025 version 20.0.0 or higher
Changes
The following changes have been made in this release of Studio for InDesign and InCopy:
- The default location in which temporary files are stored has changed. In previous versions of Studio for InDesign and InCopy, layouts, articles, images, and certificates were locally stored in the user's Documents (macOS) or My Documents (Windows) folder:
- macOS: Users/<username>/Documents/WoodWingStudio.noindex
- Windows: C:\Users\<username>\My Documents\WoodWingStudio.noindex
In practice, this location is not ideal. For example, when automatically synchronizing the Documents folder with a cloud service such as iCloud, OneDrive, or Google Drive, it can cause unnecessary network traffic and potentially functional issues.
The default location has therefore been changed to the following:
- macOS: Users/<user name>/Library/Application Support/WoodWingStudio.noindex
- Windows: C:\Users\<username>\appdata\local\WoodWingStudio.noindex
Note: This location can be customized by using the UseCustomBaseFolder setting.
- Support for UXP has been added to the scripting event logic. UXP is a JavaScript ES6 (ECMA2015) based extensibility platform, and has been supported in InDesign and InDesign Server since version 18 (2022).
Studio for InDesign version 20 for Adobe 2025 and Studio for InDesign Server version 20 for Adobe 2025 now also support scripting events written in UXP scripts. Event script files with the .idjs extension are executed as UXP scripts.
Next to UXP, Extendscript remains fully supported for InDesign, InCopy, and InDesign Server.
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Known issues
The following known issues exist in this release of Studio for InDesign and InCopy:
EN-96394 A layout created from a template cannot be closed after placing an article by dragging it from a Library.
EN-96495 It is not possible to create an article on a layout created from an untitled document after recovering the untitled document.
EN-96496 After recovery of an instance of a Layout Template, the Check In option is disabled.
Documentation
The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Studio for InDesign and InCopy:
- Compatibility of Studio for InDesign and InCopy 2025 - new
- Taking layouts or articles offline in Studio for InDesign and InCopy - updated
- Recycling locally stored files after closing in Studio for InDesign and InCopy - updated
- Replacing a database image for a file in a different format using Studio for InDesign and InCopy - updated
- Using SSL to secure the connection between Studio Server and Studio for InDesign and InCopy - updated
Fixed issues
This release contains all fixed issues until versions 18.0.7 and 19.0.3 of the Studio for InDesign and InCopy plug-ins.
EN-96403 Incorrect results for User Query are displayed after creating a User Query and canceling the Search dialog.
EN-96275 Layout from template cannot be saved after placing a complex item from a library
EN-96276 After expanding the hierarchy of an article template in the Dossier panel, the components of the article template are not displayed.
EN-96280 It is not possible to open a library object using scripting in InDesign Server.
EN-96315 Add support for UXP to the scripting event logic.
EN-96376 After clicking Browse in the Save As dialog, the document type is 'InDesign CC document' instead of 'InDesign 2025 document'.
EN-96384 Change the default location for local temporary storage from Documents/My Documents to a folder that is designed for temporary storage of files.
Installation
For information about installing Studio for InDesign and InCopy, see:
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