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  1. Relink missing image - InDesign shows wrong file name

    If an image (a link) is missing in the InDesign document, then there is a red circle with a white question mark on the image in the document and on the link in the Links panel. When I double click on the red circle in the Links panel, a file explorer window opens, and that window shows the right image file name in the "File name" text field. But if I double click the red circle that is on the image inside the InDesign document, then the file explorer shows the wrong file name. It shows the name of the…

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  2. Place multi-page PDF pages: Place Gun will be unloaded after first page is placed to a frame

    New bug with InDesign 17.2 that I cannot see with InDesign 17.1.

    [1] Load multiple PDF pages from a multi-page PDF to the place gun.
    [2] Hover the loaded cursor over a graphic frame to place the first page in that frame
    [3] Click to place the first page.

    Result:
    The first page is placed to the frame

    BUG: The rest of the loaded PDF pages in the place gun are unloaded. The place gun is empty after you placed the first of several pages to a frame.

    WHAT WORKS:
    [1] Load multiple PDF pages from a multi-page PDF to…

    83 votes

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  3. InDesign 19: 'Search for missing links in this folder' not working

    InDesign is not finding other missing links in a folder after reorganisation. All links have to be linked individually – which is much slower than version 18.

    This happened to me after all links were reorganised after packaging, that is, they were moved from the Links folder into other folders.

    When I reverted to using the Links folder, all links were marked as Modified. 'Update all links' command did not work. Links had to be selected in the panel and updated by using the Update links button.

    1 vote

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  4. Page tool causes layout shifts on parent pages

    When the Page Tool is used to resize parent (master) pages, unwanted shifts of page items may occur. These can occur directly in the document or also after an IDML export. Whereby with the IDML export the order of the sample pages plays a role

    Concrete example: When the right bottom corner of the Page Tool is selected and the page size is changed, a position mismatch occurs on the inherited master page.

    It is expected that on master pages of the same size the position of objects and inherited object is the same.

    This does not occur if the…

    2 votes

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  5. Display error shows outdated editing status of text and text frames

    1. Version of InDesign:
      18.0 / 18.5 with macOS Monterey / Ventura

    2. Steps to reproduce the issues:
      Not possible, error occurs unpredictable. It seems that the error occurs when using documents with many text frames that are linked across several pages. CPU or GPU does not make a difference.

    3. Expected result:
      Display of the same editing status when toggling between guideline view and preview

    4. Actual result (when error occurs):
      One of the two view variants shows outdated editing status of text and text frames, sometimes guideline view, sometimes preview.

    1 vote

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  6. Unlink word document from Links - it used to work in Id2023

    I am missing the "UNLINK" button (right click on word document in Links). I just checked the same documents in both versions 2023 and 2024. In new version the button is missing.

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  7. Keine Darstellung der Seite (Seite verschwindet beim Text!!!!)

    Indesign 18.5 und 19.0 Bei der Texteingabe verschwindet die ganze Grafik (Seite) Auch beim verschieben vom Nullpunkt verschwindet die ganze Seite.
    Das alles ist unmöglich, ich kann mit diesen Versionen nicht arbeiten.
    Indesign 17.4.2 funktioniert.
    Ich benutze einen Mac mini M1 (Sonoma 14.1)

    1 vote

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  8. Pick an other page in a link

    It would be great, when importing a file with several pages, to be able to quickly choose another page of the linked file in the links panel, without having to re-import the file.

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  9. Edited links do not visually update in InDesign 2024 19.0

    When I edit links (mostly PSD files) and then update the modified links in InDesign the application seems to be updating them as usual, the graphics reload and the update warning symbol disappears and all seems fine - except graphically they have not changed. Graphically they are still their old version.

    I've tried rebooting InDesign several times, and making more changes to the links to force another update, printing the document, etc. There is no preflight issues with the document, all links are up to date, but what I'm seeing is older versions.

    The only thing that seems to work…

    1 vote

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  10. Black Backgrounds When Copying PNG from Web to Indesign (Return of Bug)

    This is a recurring bug that was solved in a few past updates, but, it's back in InDesign V. 18.5.

    When you copy a transparent background PNG from Google Images (or any website) and paste it into InDesign, it will display a black box as the background.

    If you paste the same image into Photoshop, copy that, paste it into InDesign, it will not show the black background.

    This was working 100% flawlessly over the last year, but, is now broken in this new version on multiple Macs. Tried different browsers. Reset preferences, same issue.

    This was a bug that…

    2 votes

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  11. ink limit not displaying correctly with 'flat' psd files, Indesign 18.5

    Indesign doesn't correctly display zero ink levels when inspecting psd files with the ink limit inspector when the .psd file has the default 'background' bottom layer present.

    first image uploaded shows two files with same colour profiles, from same scanner etc previewed in Indesign —top one still has a 'background' base layer and the white area around it shows red when there isnt any ink/colour — this is incorrect!

    If I double click the background layer so it is no longer 'flat' and resave the top photoshop file, then Indesign is able to read the ink levels correctly!

    See second…

    1 vote

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  12. frame background showing behind polygon that's been pasted into it

    Indesign v18.4

    Steps:
    - make a rectangular frame, give it a background color
    - make a polygon the same color as the page background, that intersects the edge of the frame
    - cut and paste-into the polygon into the frame

    Expected
    the combination perfectly simulates the appearance of subtracting the polygon from the rectangular frame, but in a way that preserves editability.

    Actual
    works imperfectly: a tiny sliver of the background is visible on the edge of the rectangular frame. this very thin line gets thickened by the "enhance thin lines" function on adobe reader (but is still visible without…

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  13. Metadata, text variables in Indesign

    Indesign don't insert Metadata (XMP) from the orioginal images downloaded from stock.adobe.com (as text variable); the downloaded image has to open in Photoshop and to »Save as«. Then the XMP-Metadata could be read by Indesign (as text variable).
    Indesign 18.5, Mac OS 12.6.6

    1 vote

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  14. Align panel issues

    I'm using v 18.3 on mac.

    My align panel isn't completely viewable and looks different that it ever has before. The normal options are gone. Also, in the top toolbar, the align tools only show up when I try to align objects. The tools don't appear when I attempt to align text boxes.

    I've attached a screenshot showing how the toolbar has always looked when I've selected assets to align, one showing how those options are gone unless I'm aligning objects, and a final one of the align panel. This has been very frustrating.

    2 votes

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  15. shortcuts

    non of my short cuts are working. I cannot resize an object and its frame at the same time, I cannot resize an image holding shift to keep it the same shape. Spacebar to move, option to duplicate, everything. none of it working. this is a brand new computer, installed InDesign, and the shortcuts have not worked at all. I've tried all of the solutions on the internet and none have worked. Please help.

    1 vote

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  16. Links panel does not sort sublinks logically

    I have linked a file with some 120 pages to document. When I sort links panel by name, "sublinks" are sorted in mess:
    doc:1, doc:10, doc:101, doc:2, doc:21
    instead of normal number order
    doc:1, doc:2, doc:10, doc:21, doc.101.

    Indesign 18.4
    Latest Windows 11

    1 vote

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  17. Display glitch when Placing multiple images

    Adobe Indesign 2023 and prior.

    When several large images are selected in the 'place' dialog box to place one after another, the first image often does not display the green guide arrows for matching existing object sizes. Subsequent images in that set do, but these often display the preview for the image just placed rather than the image currently loaded.

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  18. GPU preview malformed

    Graphics displayed with GPU are malformed. Please refer to the attached screenshots – the same view with and without GPU enabled.

    MacBook Pro w/Apple M1 Pro, macOS Ventura 13.3.

    3 votes

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  19. Nach jedem update gehen Verknüpfungen verloren

    Es ist ein Graus! Seit ewigen Zeiten gehen nach jedem Update (aktuell 18.4) in jedem Dokument jegliche Verknüpfungen verloren. Gerade bei umfangreichen Dokumenten, die Verknüpfungen aus vielen verschiedenen Ordnern enthalten, ist das schier untragbar! Dieser Arbeitsaufwand ist nicht nur zeitintensive, sondern auch nervenaufreibend, und müsste in meinen Augen auch programmiertechnisch behoben werden.

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  20. Gros bug d'affichage

    Bonjour, j'ai un bug d'affichage intermittent sous InDesign que je constate depuis plusieurs versions (depuis au moins fin 2021) : lorsque j'appuie sur "w" pour passer du mode de l'écran "Normal" au mode de l'écran "Aperçu", j'ai parfois des aberrations graphiques qui m'empêchent de voir correctement la double-page et qui persistent jusqu'à ce que je revienne en mode "Normal". (voir captures)

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