Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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Adobe PDF presets / exports not working in InDesign CC 2021 (v16.0)
This seems to be same or similar problem previously reported for CC2020 (v15.0) but reported as fixed in v15.1.3. -- Related bug report is here: https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs/suggestions/39026392-pdf-export-in-indesign-cc-2020-15-0-is-broken#{toggle_previous_statuses}
Adobe PDF Presets initially worked in CC 2021 when first updated. (I don't know what version that was.) And they worked as recently as last week for me. Today however, none of the presets work, whether the original ones or custom presets I created. I went back to v15.1.3 and all the same presets work correctly.
I don't know if InDesign has had an incremental update, but this started happening after the most recent…
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Tags not Exporting Correctly and other Accessibility Issues
The latest versions of InDesign often does not export tags to PDF correctly. Other accessibility issues also tend to occur from time to time, but the most common is tagged artifacts lose their tags when exported to PDF. I backsave to InDesign 2019 and re export. All is consistently correct from that version. Would love for Adobe to look into this issue and correct. Our sight-impaired populations require software that makes accessibility easier with each upgrade, not harder. (Reinventing the process every few upgrades doesn't help either.) Thanks!
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Quick export as pdf assume the last used options
When I use quick export I end up having all the same questions and options as going to file > Adobe pdf presets. So it is not much quicker.
I feel that the quick export should be a function that uses last setings and export immediatelly without further questions rather than the file location.1 vote -
Background Task Seems Stuck
When I create a PDF using InDesign presets, the background task indicator keeps spinning and spinning. When I click on the indicator, I get a dialog box that tells me the name of the file that I exported with the status "Complete. See Alert." However, the alert area is empty. The only way to get it to stop, is to quit InDesign and restart.
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Problems in exporting cropped PDF ( Changed frame size )
Whenever I'm exporting a cropped PDF in InDesign, I am not able to see the cropped area (Outside the frame) , but I am able to select the text and words of the cropped area (Outside the frame). This is very annoying.
Whenever I'm exporting a PDF I want to export only the content inside the frame not outside the frame.
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Endnotes are tagged incorrectly when exporting to Accessible PDF from InDesign 2021
In InDesign 2021, endnotes are not nested inside of a <Note> tag like they should be. Now only the Endnote number is in a <Note> tag and everything else is in a <P> tag. Normal behavior is to put each Endnote in its entirety within a <Note> tag. In addition, for several versions Endnotes and Footnotes are in a <Note> tag but then there's a <P> tag within the <Note> tag. The <P> tag is unnecessary and causes an error when trying to validate Accessible PDF. Please remove the <P> tag within <Note> tags when exporting to tagged PDF.
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After PDF Export: moved frames
I've got an InDesign-file (InDesign 2020) with moved frames (texts) after PDF Export.
Attached are Screenshots with Guides:
– Screenshot-InDesign (View)
– Screenshot-Export (Window-View) > see “Druck-PDF-1.5.joboptions”
– Screenshot-PDF (View)
– Screenshot-PDF-Distiller-PS (generated PDF with PS-Export from InDesign and Acrobat Distiller using the same joboptions “Druck-PDF-1.5.joboptions” >>> this result is correct !!!)I tried the workaround with idml-file (no other result) –
I made a new file and copied the frames in (no other result) –
I tried the PDF Export from InDesign CS6 (no other result)
I tried the PDF Export from InDesign 2020 with several settings (no other…1 vote -
Trouble Exporting pdf from InDesign
Trying to export via PDF presents (Like I have done many many times before) Made a few minor changes to the document and now Indesign refuses to export and brings up the following error message (see image.) This is with latest version.
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Print/Export booklet to directly PDF on MAC
I'd like save my document as a PDF booklet on my Mac. I've gone to file > print booklet and I only have to ability to print it as a postscript fiel or directly to my physical printer. I'd like to be able to print/export a booklet directly to PDF.
I appreciate your help with this.
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Drop shadow in exported PDF is a different size
Certain drop shadows have a different size when they appear in an exported PDF.
In the attached example, the black shapes each have a drop shadow effect in yellow. When exported, the shadows appear shorter and narrower. The difference is approximately 20 pt narrower and 1 pt shorter. (Note the difference in proportion of the yellow drop shadow and black shape in the screenshots.) I've also included the drop shadow effect attributes.
This occurs with multiple PDF export settings including the default [High Quality Print]. I am able to reproduce this behavior in both InDesign versions 15.1.2 and 16.0.
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Stuff missing when writing pdf
When I try to write a PDF using 2021, I often get a failure, or the PDF writes, but a load of detail is missing from it. The only workaround seems to be to write the PDF from the desktop.
What's going on?
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InDeisign 16.0 is not exporting .pdf
I updated to the newest version on InDesign. Now I am trying to export my magazine for print - the blue circle in the upper right just keeps spinning and the background tasks menu just stays at 0%
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impresion de pdf termina inesperadamente
busco una solucion al problema.
tras imprimir un libro de indesign en pdf, este se manda a imprenta, despues de imprimir un numero de paginas la impresion acaba sin imprimir el resto1 vote -
Indesign Saving Files
In Indesign, the Interactive PDF save option needs to specify the file size before saving, how many MB will be. Just like when we save a JPEG file in Photoshop, it will tell you how many MB of the file will be before saving.
I would appreciate it if you take this suggestion into consideration.
Thanks.
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PDF EXPORT FEHLER
Beim PDF Export von Indesign Seiten kam es bei vereinzelten Seiten ohne Fehlermeldung dazu das einige z.B. Überschriften und Textelemente einfach nicht mit exportiert wurden. Schriften sind in Ordnung - keine Fehler auch im Preflight!!!!
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Bug: Ligatures cause inconsistent font weight in exported PDFs
PDFs exported from InDesign and viewed in Chrome display inconsistent font weights, and the issue appears to be linked in some way to ligatures.
In my own testing, I have found the following, but I am not entirely confident that this is a complete picture of the problem:
- Ligatures turned on everywhere = lighter text
- Ligatures turned off everywhere = bolder text
- Ligatures turned on in some places = inconsistent font weight line by line. Not certain if there is a regular pattern to these inconsistencies.
Issue seems to present only when exported PDFs are viewed in Chrome, but I…
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Change of indesign behaviour regarding form elements - problems of non printing elements
Indesign Version 15.12x64 Windows
I opened an old document (paper registration/order form) and suddenly became aware that something has happened.
A lot of input fields was visible - in the old version i did never see tham in this view.
But this was not the problem.
The problem was, that if I converted the cocument to PDF with the STANDARD PRINT preset , all boxes were gone.
After some investigation i found out, that those have been converted to intaractive elements also without my knowledge.
Only after i changed the option "INTERACTIVE ELEMENTS" the very last option on the PDF…
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Using non-breaking spaces and export interactive PDF creates small boxes in PDF
Using non-breaking spaces and exporting PDF using interactive PDF setting creates small boxes in PDF. Using Adobe InDesign 15.1.2 and macOS Catalina. I have tried multiple fonts in case it was a font issue. This just started happening last week when I did an update.
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