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  1. pdf file exported from Indesign does not play video as it used to do in my PC before

    pdf (interactive) file exported from Indesing doesn't show video; it only plays the audio track and shows it as if it would be an .mp3 As published in the User Guide, a video should still play although the controls for play / stop will not be available. I am using Indesign version 16.4

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  2. Imported indesign file get pixelated in PDF

    When I create a pdf of an indesign file with imported indesign fils, the output get pixelated.

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  3. tagged annotations - failed!

    Indesign 15.1.3

    Right now InDesign is USELESS for creating accessible pdfs, and they are the one thing I MUST create these days! It's the same every time, however you tag objects, artefacts etc they come up as tagged annotations failed. This means that the document CAN'T BE PUBLISHED. InDesign is a useless waste of money. It is rubbish in this day and age.

    This needs fixing! The world wants accessible documents now!

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  4. Workfront Integration

    I'm having an impossible time exporting PDFs from InDesign and uploading directly to Workfront using the Adobe Workfront Plug-in. No matter what settings I use, when I export directly to WF, the PDF is corrupt (images/text drops out, text frames duplicate on top of each other, etc.)...but when I export a PDF to a local folder, then upload that existing PDF using the WF Plug-in, the PDF is fine. See the examples below - the item on the left is the PDF output directly to WF, and the item on the right is output using the exact same settings, output…

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  5. Problem with linked Mathtype *.EPS equations after last update in Indesign 16.3. Equations are destroyed in exported PDF for printing.

    I have finished book with 1.5k of equations and i am unable to export PDF for printing. (see attached files) HEEEELP! All Mathtype equations use system fonts (Times New Roman & Symbol) and they are EPS files linked in InDesign. If i open that equation file in MathType or Illustrator everything is OK. I can send whatever files you want.

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  6. InDesign 2020 won't overwrite PDF

    Since updating to Indesign 2020 I can't overwrite pdf files from the export menu it says 'file is still open' when it's not. Yet another thing broken on the yearly beta test.

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    FIXED  ·  amaarora responded

    Fix for this issue is now available in the latest update of InDesign 2020 – that is, InDesign 15.1.2

    In the Creative Cloud Desktop application, click on the Updates section on the left. You should be able to see the Update available for InDesign. Please update your InDesign application to this version to try out the fix.

    Let us know in the comments section if you still face this problem.


    Adobe InDesign Team

  7. Export PDF doesn't allow "Two-up (Cover Page)" view

    Using InDesign v16.1:
    Export PDF preset "High Quality Print" or "Press Quality" viewing option layout for "Two-up (Cover Page)" is grayed out and unavailable. Though if exporting using preset "Smallest File Size" all options available for the PDF layout.
    For book or brochure PDFs, "Two-up (Cover Page)" is the standard, and it used to be available for all export options.———a bug??

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  8. Make Crop Marks always outside the Bleed

    People who don't understand bleed (and they are out there) leave the Marks Offset setting on default, which causes problems when they send their files out for printing.

    There is absolutely no situation or circumstance in which it is a good idea to have the Crop Marks inside the Bleed. Not one. Not Ever.

    So why do we have to adjust the Marks Offset when we change the Bleed ? Why is it not even offered as an option in the Preferences to set this automatically ?

    It's not just when exporting a PDF, but also when Printing, from InDesign,…

    6 votes

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  9. Two-page paragraph border

    I have a picture and the caption on two differentes pages. I want to draw a line between them. So I use paragraph border. In InDesign, it is OK (see image Dans InDesign.jpg) but in the PDF, the line stops at the edge of the page (see Dans Acrobat.jpg). Somebody says me to generage the PDF with board option. It's a good idea but the printer refuses to use this file.

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  10. table summary

    please make a way to attribute a table summary for export to PDF when tagging for accessibility

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  11. hyphenation

    I'm Using InDesign 16.3.2 for mac.
    I made some settings für hyphenation but when I export the file to pdf all settings are gone. Please see attached Screenshots

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  12. hyphenation

    I'm Using InDesign 16.3.2 for mac.
    I made some settings für hyphenation but when I export the file to pdf all settings are gone. Please see attached Screenshots

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  14. PDF Exporting to the Artifact Folder

    Computer Info: MacBook Pro 13 inch, 2018, OS: Big Sur 11.5.2
    Indesign Info: CC 16.3.2

    Lately, InDesign defaults all my exports to the "artifact" Folder on my computer (see screenshot). I don't know why. It seems like a bug. Even if in a session, I have already exported from the same file elsewhere or exported from a different file elsewhere, every time export it always defaults to that folder.

    The only thing is because I run the files off the server. But, if that is the case it used to work and has recently stopped working. Please help.

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  15. Table PDF-tag

    Please fix the pdf-export-tags for tables in Indesign as it can only be fixed in Acrobat and not in InDesign.

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  16. InDesign not exporting chunks of tags

    Happening in multiple documents. Some of these documents were originally created by other people and some documents I have created from scratch.

    Set up indd file for accessibility. Everything done correctly: all text boxes linked, all tags applied, articles created, articles have "Use for Tagging Order in Tagged PDF" checked. And yet, whole pages of the document are not tagged at all in the pdf.

    I go over the said pages with a fine tooth comb and there is nothing I can see that would stop them from exporting tags. Only solution I've found is to recreate the text box…

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  17. PDF

    When I export a document as pdf then I miss some elements when I open the pdf in Illustrator. The missing elements are in my case some with color gradients. This should fixed in a next update. I use InDesign 2021 (16.3) and AI 2021 (25.4.1)

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  18. PDF

    When I export a document as pdf then I miss some elements when I open the pdf in Illustrator. The missing elements are in my case some with color gradients. This should fixed in a next update. I use InDesign 2021 (16.3) and AI 2021 (25.4.1)

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  19. PDF Save Overwrite Not Working - Says PDF is open

    InDesign 16.1 updtaed 05/05/21 Overwriting a PDF on a NAS says PDF is still open when it is not - have to quit Acrobat to overwrite a PDF or save to desktop. Seems the Read only / permissions issue of old is back.

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  20. Unknown character inserted before hyphen in PDF export

    InDesign v16.1

    We have an InDesign file where the word "papier" is hyphenised by InDesign in this way "pa-pier", but after exporting in PDF, an unknown character was inserted before the hyphen and is shown as the letter "u" overlapping a displaced hyphen. Copy/pasting the word from the PDF gives this: pa�-pier

    If the PDF is exported again, the problem is not reproduced.

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