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  1. connected frames

    Create text frame with paragraph attributes, the text changing alignment depending on the text box attributes

    Ideal for making annual calendars with connected frames from the left pages to the right and the text alignment changes depending on the style applied to the text frame, for example: (Left Page, text aligned to the left), (Page Right, text aligned to the right, if left page text change to right page the alignmento change.

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  2. Adding stroke on text box, set to outside, descenders of type are cut off

    Create a text box. Add stroke. Set stroke to outside. Descenders of font in box are cut off.
    OS Ventura 13.6
    Indesign 2023

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  3. Text Anchors For Hyperlinking Keep Changing To Different Anchors

    After manually changing every single text anchor back to the proper destination and saving, the text anchors have now changed to different locations or have been removed completely. This is a huge bug that has caused me to waste a week of time.

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  4. Logical bug: font weight change to bold and back

    System: ID version 17.4.2 on Windows 10.
    Problem: some fonts have weights like "Light", next to Regular and Bold. If a text is set to weight Light and you change to Bold by Ctrl+Shift+B, the text becomes bold. When changing it back, it doesn't become Light, but Regular. The logic would be to check if there is a paragraph style applied and what's its default weight and use this when "unbolding".

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  5. Keyboard Right and Left arrow same as Up and Down Arrow

    InDesign version 19.0 x64 English תומך עברית

    The Keyboard Right arrow is moving the curser one line up, and the Keyboard Left arrow is moving the curse on line down, instaed of moving the curser right or left.
    The keyboard shortcuts are showing the correct behavior, but in fact it's incorrect.

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  6. Indesing 2024: Opentype Superscript not working for Endnote Markers

    Indesign 2024:
    Opentype Superscripts don’t apply to endnote marker via character style

    When working with end- or footnotes, instead of using the default settings, I usually create specific character styles for the markers in the text.
    In these settings, I use the typeface’s native opentype settings to define a superscript number.

    In the latest version 19.0.1, I can define all these features in a character style and it works when applying to a number, but the character style can’t be applied to an endnote marker (it however works with a footnote marker).

    This is a very annoying bug. I can't…

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  7. first keystroke is missing after pasting text

    The Show Paste Options setting eats the first keystroke after pasting text. Turn this setting OFF and the problem disappears. Turn it on and you will think you're going crazy.

    1. InDesign CC 19.0.1 on macOS Ventura 13.6.1 (22G313) on Apple Silicon M2 Pro

    2. Create a new document with a text field. Make sure Show Paste Options is checked (in Preferences » Clipboard Handling... » Show Paste Options)

    3. In this example (see attached video), after pasting text, I typed "5" twice. I should see two "5"s following the pasted text.

    4. The first "5" does not register. Only the second "5" appears…

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  8. Apple text replacement does not work in indesign

    Mac M2
    Sonoma 14.2
    Indesign 19.0.1

    Mac text replacement does not work in Indesign nor Illustrator.

    How can I change this? What is blocking this in the Adobe programs?

    (EXAMPLE: on every other program on the Mac when I type wf, it replaces it with the word wayfinding)

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  9. Variable Font Italic Slider Not Working Correctly

    Adobe InDesign ver.19.0.1

    The variable weight for CC Regeneration (distributed through Adobe Fonts) is not working correctly in InDesign. The italic slider is not adjusting all data points correctly and the capital "I" glyph is not affected at all.
    The variable font works correctly in Illustrator.

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  10. table indent

    19.0.1 - The default table loads with an 8 pica left indent. Creating a table from text also loads an 8 pica indent but I could not find a way to alter that. In the styling it showed 0 indent. I was able to adjust the default table but not the one I created from text. I deleted preferences and there was no change. Please fix.

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  11. document window turns white while scoping within text box

    after upgrade to sonoma 14.1.2 (running INDD 19.0.1), while scoping text - everything inside the document window goes away to white only and, reappears when releasing input device. this makes it impossible to select exact sections of text. it does not occur while double clicking to select an entire line. It did not occur until this morning after upgrading OS.

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  12. Find and change transliterate

    The new feature that has been recently added is the transliterate tab in the find and change dialogue box. Instead of Hindi digits, farsi digits are there. Please correct this issue. Also it would be very useful to add and Bengali digits.

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  13. Space sign in footnote after the tab

    When I import Text with Footnotes from Word, in the Footnote after the Number there ist a Tab as separator. After the Tab there ist a Space singn before the Footnote text in every single footnote. This was in all recent Indesign Versions up to 2024

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  14. Browsing, Searching, and Activating fonts

    For the last long while I've been having trouble with fonts in indesign and I've heard that others have the same issues.

    Only the first time I open the fonts list after restarting indesign, can I scroll through it with my arrow keys. After that, it doesn't work and therefore, it's very difficult to go through my fonts.

    Additionally, when I try typing in to the fonts bar to search for a font, it often doesn't pull up the font, as though it's not installed, when I find it if I scroll through the list.

    Also, if I try to…

    2 votes

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  15. double clicking (to select a word) or triple clicking (to select a line) is not working properly in the newest update.

    double clicking (to select a word) or triple clicking (to select a line) is not working properly in the newest update. Double clicking may just insert the cursor in the middle of a word or worse is only selecting part of the word, triple clicking sometimes just selects the word and not the whole line. All preferences are properly set. It just started with 19.0.1

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  16. Auto-Size Frames create Overset Text when scaled or embedded

    Indd 2022 (German), v 17.4.2.77

    A recurring Bug: when auto-size text frames are embedded into each other and then placed from CC Libraries into a document and/or the included paragraph styles are updated, the frame collapses and creates overset Text.

    Similarily, the frames sometimes expland to ridiculous sizes. Usually, this can be "fixed" by typing in a new character and then deleting it, causing the frame to reevaluate its size. However it severely impacts the usability of our standard assets.

    Another issue: if a text frame is set to "auto-size" and there are borders set within the text frame, it…

    1 vote

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  17. Variable font changes to Italic when a custom axis value is set, without user input. Also, the Italic axis cannot be controlled.

    This may be related to a somewhat similar Illustrator bug:
    https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447-illustrator-desktop-bugs/suggestions/46249144-variable-font-changes

    Summary:
    1. Variable fonts that have separate but related roman/italic font files are handled badly by InDesign (and Illustrator). In InDesign, if you set a custom axis value such as Weight or Optical Size, the font changes to Italic immediately. This issue occurs in fonts such as Roboto Serif and Apple SF Pro, which are well-tested, popular, and important by many measures. It also occurs in fonts that have internal data that is known to be good, at least as far as FontBakery testing shows. It doesn’t occur in…

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  18. Adobe InDesign 18.5 missing Fonts

    Missing Fonts in Adobe InDesign 18.5.

    Hello,
    Our Corporate Font is always missing in Adobe Indesign 18.5. Our IT checked the Font istallation, Libraray Font Cache ... and we got the Info, it is only an Adobe InDesign problem. Cause the corporate Font is in Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop available.

    The complete Grafik Team has installed otf and ttf Fonts. (And no we don't use Postscript Typ 1 Fonts.) 😉

    Our Typedesigner tested the Font, everything is ok.
    We are using InDesign 18.5 on Mac Ventura 13.5. Deinstalling and install InDesign 18.5 new didn't solve the Problem. The complete Font-Family…

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  19. Fonts not previewing correctly when choosing different font from menu

    Running InDesign v19.0, but had exactly the same issue in previous versions -

    If I want to swap out an existing font for a new one in a text block in my project, the font does not preview instantaneously or correctly when I am scrolling through the Character menu. Sometimes, the font disappears completely, leaving only black blocks to preview. When I press return the text block does update to the new font but not being able to live preview is making it extremely hard to make design decisions and also see if the chosen font will fit the space…

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  20. ctrl+F function

    'Ctrl + F' Function is not available.
    Hot key is also ineffective.
    Plz address this problem ASAP.
    Thanks.

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