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  1. BUG Keypress doesn´t respond

    With updating to 13.1 March 2018 Update: When you type to a text frame you have to do it twice before the character appears in the frame. I have this problem on two Windows 10 machines...

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      76 comments  ·  Text/Story/Table  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →

      Hello everyone,

      Apart form the workaround that was suggested earlier of changing the preference to fix the issue:
      1. Go to Edit→Preferences→Advanced Type and uncheck the “ Show Adornment on Text Selection/Text Frame …..” preference. Click Ok.

      we have also provided the fix via a KBDoc which list the steps:
      https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/first-character-skipped-typing.html

      This KBDoc provides a plugin update script which will update the affected plugin for ID 13.1 release and fix the issue without going through the workaround of changing the preference as mentioned above.

      Regards,
      -Pradeep.

    • Based-on Master Pages don't inherit Primary Text Frame

      When we create new documents with facing pages and Primary Text Frames on, new master pages are then created based on that original master page.

      I would expect them to inherit the same threading and Primary Text Frame designation as the original, but they don't. Only the text frame on the right hand master page is designated as part of the primary text flow, and the frames are no longer threaded. Designers have to check every based-on master, re-designate the primary text flow, and re-thread the frames.

      The steps to reproduce are:
      1. Create a new document with Facing Pages…

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        0 comments  ·  Document/Pages  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
      • InDesign CC Server 2018.1 crashes when applying masterSpread to a page

        InDesign CC Server 2018.1 crashes when applying masterSpread to a page.
        The code attached in file "Script.txt" crashes when executing "item.appliedMaster = masterSpread;".
        The file "File.indd" is on which I execute the script.
        I works properly in InDesign CS6 and InDesign CC 2018.1.
        I've been searching on Internet and I couldn't find any issue similar to mine.
        I think it is a bug but maybe I'm missing something prior to execute that sentence.
        Thanks.

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        • Can't Open JPEG file

          Hi there

          I am having trouble opening up .jpeg files from Indesign. It is installed as a part of my Creative Cloud subscription. Please see attached for the error that pops up. Your help will be appreciated.

          Thanks
          G

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            2 comments  ·  Others  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →

            JPEG files cannot be opened directly in InDesign. They can only be placed.
            Create a new document and from the File menu, select the Place option. Select a JPEG file and click Open.

            Hope this helps.

            Thanks,
            Adobe InDesign team

          • ICML export doesn't include <HyperlinkPageDestination> elements

            (Affects all versions of InDesign that support ICML export)

            Export the story in the attached document to ICML. Delete the story in InDesign and then re-import the ICML. The Hyperlinks panel shows "The referenced paragraph or text anchor is missing".

            This is only a problem for the ICML export of internal links. Hyperlinks to pages in external documents are exported correctly. The information is also correctly stored when saved to IDML.

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              0 comments  ·  Idml Export  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
            • links labeled as "modified" when actually "OK"

              ID= v13.1
              MacOS= 10.13.4

              Problem: Open any ID file and links that should be "OK" are labeled as "modified". I do not get any error window that pops up notifying me this. Without taking any action, I close the ID file and reopen it and links are now labeled as "OK". Open it up a third time and links are "OK". I QUIT out of ID and open that same file and see links as "OK" and now they are labeled as "modified". This process repeats. Attached video to show. All links in these ID files are not modified or…

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                7 comments  ·  Graphics/Images/Assets  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
              • Image color settings get lost when duplicating image or when data merging

                If a placed image has an icc-profile different from the documents' profile, that profile assigment will get lost when the image is being duplicated. The same thing is going to happen if the document is being data merged for variable data printing. The image will have a wrong profile assignment in the additional records when creating the merged document. Only the first record will be properly printed, the duplicates won't. Test files attached.

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                  0 comments  ·  Print/Packaging  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                • InDesign is unusable after the latest update (13.1) with spell checking and hyphenation is set to Hungarian / Winsoft.

                  InDesign is unusable after the latest update (13.1) if spell checking and hyphenation is set to Hungarian / Winsoft. All words are underlined as incorrectly spelled, hyphenation dosen't work, InDesign hangs. If I open a documents saved before the update InDesign displays the document, than hangs.

                  OS Sierra 10.26.6

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                    0 comments  ·  Crash  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                  • Bug in Merge paragraph borders

                    There is a bug in merge paragraph borders of CC 13.1. In thread text frames, the border is displayed immediately after end of paragraph.

                    37 votes
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                      5 comments  ·  Text/Story/Table  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →

                      Hi,
                      Thanks for mentioning this issue. The current implementation of the feature is done in a way wherein the borders between paragraph one and two will not merge if:
                      1. Paragraph one completely fits in one frame and paragraph two starts from the beginning of the second text frame in a threaded text frame.
                      2.Paragraph one completely fits in one column and paragraph two starts from the beginning of the second column in a two column text frame.
                      It would be great if you can let us know some important use-cases wherein merging of borders in case 1 and case 2 can be useful.
                      Also see my screenshot attached in this issue as “merge_borders.png”.

                      However, since this is the first release of InDesign having “Merge” capability of borders, we are open to incorporate any suggestion or feedback our customers provide.
                      I have therefore currently marked this issue as “Under Review”.

                    • InDesign 2018 13.1 crashing when saving back to Studio Server

                      We've just updated our studio with new macs, running High Sierra Version 10.13.4 and the most recent InDesign Version 13.1.

                      When we open a .indb document and edit one of the individual .indd files within it and attempt to save back to our Studio NAS drive/Server on our ethernet network the program crashes, corrupts the entire file and makes no effort to restore the file.

                      We are also running our old Macs, on Yosemite 10.10.5 with Indesign 2017 and have not experienced this issue at all for the 7 years we have used these machines.

                      We’ve looked on various forums…

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                      • When creating a EPUB with jpeg images there is always a .PNG file

                        When creating a EPUB with jpg images there is always a large .png file in the EPUB (it this is not an image). Publish Drive is refusing my EPUB because of this .PNG file.
                        Please help

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                          1 comment  ·  PNG/JPEG/EPS Export  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                        • Character and paragraph don't show options

                          Hi guys,

                          It's been a month since my InDesign doesn't open character and paragraph tool at work, can anyone help me ? Screen attached

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                            0 comments  ·  Performance/Usability  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                          • Paragraph Return is changed into Paragraph Separator (U+2029)

                            Version: Indesign CC 2018 and Incopy CC 2018

                            The bug as described on https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2344905 still exists in the latest version.

                            During the exporting INDD into IDML, the error below occurs.
                            Certain Paragraph Return (\r) is changed into 'PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR'(U+2029) and the first sentence’s paragraph style is changed into the paragraph style of the second sentence which makes two sentences into one.
                            Every time this bug occurs, we have to open the INDD file and change “U+2029” into another character such as “space” and export it again.
                            Finally we found out that this error occurs when 8000th character is “Paragraph Return…

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                              0 comments  ·  Idml Export  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                            • text underlined outlined

                              When an underlined text is outlined, the underline disapear.

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                              • idml does not support different page sizes within a single document

                                When exporting from InDesign, idml does not support different page sizes within a single document. The is a HUGE problem that Adobe needs to solve. It also means you cannot get rid of the missing plugin Alert if you have a document with different sizes, or package those documents.

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                                • Can't save or open files

                                  Indesign 13.1 Error 4, stops me from saving or opening files. I have to quit Indesign 13.1 before I can proceed. Then it seems to work. I have deleted the cache as suggested countless times, it still happens. I have a feeling it's something to do with Illustrator 22.1, when I open that to work on a file and then quit it. It is then that I seem to get the error code 4 in indesign. Can you please advise.

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                                  • new

                                    when I put the mouse in Archive and try to go to new, the system go to help. so to cant creat a new document or insert a image, except using the keyboard

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                                    • Exporting to PNG file on network drive doesn't work

                                      There appears to be a bug when exporting PNG files to network mapped drives in Mac OS X 10.13.4 (Darwin) Adobe InDesign 2018 (latest version).

                                      This is in a domain environment using domain credentials. You export the file as PNG and it doesn't appear in the folder as expected. If I export to desktop it works fine, if I copy it from desktop to the share it copies fine. Just cannot export directly.

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                                        3 comments  ·  PNG/JPEG/EPS Export  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →

                                        Hello,
                                        Can you confirm the InDesign version you are using? Is it 2018.1 or 2018?
                                        I assume the path to which you are trying to export the PNG is /Volumes/Shares/011 Changed Information/002 Changed Information/00617 Changed Information/Changed/ ?

                                        Is this drive mounted via SMB?
                                        Is it a NAS server?

                                      • Redefine Paragraph Style

                                        »Redefine InDesign Style« does not work for »Ruby Point Size« and »Kenten Size« after scaling.

                                        This results in paragraph style overrides.

                                        InDesign 2018 13.1 and before, German Version, Mac OS 10.12.6

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                                        • Vector graphics randomly vanish upon transformation in high quality display mode

                                          If I have a simple InDesign document with a placed .ai or .pdf graphic, and set display quality to "high quality", then proceed to transform the frame using ctrl+shift+drag, the content of the frame will randomly disappear. To get it to display again I have to zoom in or out, or toggle between preview mode. Where multiple objects are on the page sometimes just the one I'm transforming will go, and sometimes others will vanish as well. See the attached video for a demonstration.

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                                            2 comments  ·  Performance/Usability  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
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