Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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Turning on [Remove Blank Lines For Empty Fields] in Data Merge causes anomalies in the preview display
InDesign 2022 v17.3
Procedure
1. Download and extract DataMerge-sample.zip.
2. Open DataMerge-sample-Id2022.indd in InDesign v17.3.
3. Make sure Remove Blank Lines For Empty Fields in the Content Placement Options in Data Merge panel is ON.
4. Click Preview at the bottom of the Data Merge panel, or choose Preview from the Data Merge panel menu.
5. Click on the navigation buttons in the preview to cycle through the data in the record.Expected Results
Only the content changes. Each line retains its formatting.Actual Results
If the content changes, the formatting of some lines will also change.DataMerge-sample.zip
https://app.box.com/s/r2bovwm8xy2qrbj2ldlrepme48atnh92
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44 votesFix for this issue is now available in the latest release of InDesign 2022 - that is, InDesign 17.4 version.
Please update to this version of InDesign to get the fix.
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Adobe InDesign team
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Selecting text in table inside Story Editor
InDesign 19.0
When I try to select text in a table using Story Editor, the mouse selects text starting one character to the right from where I click. This starts in the 2nd row of text. For each row below that, the selection starts one additional character to the right.
For example, I have a table with 5 rows and each row has the text 'ABCDEFG'. If I try and select the letter 'A' on row 2 by clicking at the start of the text and dragging to the right, the selected text will skip the letter 'A' and start…
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Optical margin
Optical margin behaves oddly in InDesign 19.0. I've attached a screen recording showing this behavior:
This is a file that had been created in a previous version of ID—probably 13 or so—and has handled migration to subsequent versions gracefully. However, when I opened it in 19 and attempted to edit some text, the optical margin in that paragraph behaves strangely, turning itself off on certain lines.
Deactivating and reactivating optical margin does not correct it. Some adjustment is made, but not enough.
I haven't been able to reproduce this behavior in text blocks created in 19, so it appears to…
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Paragraph Keep Options to "Start on next Odd Page" confused by Text Wrap
Noticed a strange behaviour with keep options. If Keep Options says to start on next odd page, and there is Text Wrap that makes the upcoming odd page unavailable the Paragraph may start will start on the next available text frame, even if this is on an even page. I would have assumed that the Paragraph would start on the next available odd page.
(How do we post a test file if we cannot attatch indesign file ot zip ? )
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Nonbreaking Space shortcut doesn't work on mac
The shortcut for the "Nonbreaking Space" (option+command+X) doesn't work anymore in Indesign 2023 (and 2022). Clearing cache and preferences didn't fix it.
System: MacOS Ventura 13.2.1
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Issue with Word Breaks in Dictionaries on InDesign (last version)
Dear Technical Support Team,
I am writing to inform you about an issue I am experiencing with word breaks in dictionaries, primarily in UK English (the Canadian one has fewer problems), German (2006 reform with Duden activated), and Danish, which are the languages I use the most. This problem has also arisen in other languages. I always switch the dictionary according to the language of the text I am working on. I have mainly encountered these errors using InDesign, but it has also happened to me in Illustrator. Clearly, the word break functionality is not working correctly, and syllabication is…
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Hanging drop cap has wrong indents in 2023 v18
In v18 (2023), when a paragraph has both a drop cap and a hanging indent (negative first line indent), the indent gets messed up on subsequent lines.
This came from a bug report by Lut Van Nooten on the InDesign Secrets LinkedIn group:
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7006264075831648258/The solution is to disable the new Composition Preference: "Honor Text Indents in addition to Text Wrap"
However, in this case, this is clearly a bug because there is no text wrap!
11 votesThis issue was fixed in one of the recent updates (18.2) of ID2023 release.
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Adobe InDesign team
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V18.4-18.5 Text boxes shrinking fractional and hiding last line of text PLUS then 'over-set text' error message not flagging this problem up
I sent a job to print and after it came back 3 text boxes had shrunk fractionally to hide the last line of text. When I then went to make a press-ready pdf, it didn't flag up this error by warning me of "over-set text", so I did not catch this problem in time.
Please see attached files -
My stage 5 of the document, and then the final artwork file for it, with the boxes highlighted.
I didn't get any warning messages for 'over-set text' to flag this missing text up.
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New cross reference dialog: search bug
May be this isn't a bug per se, but it's nasty. When having the "New cross reference" dialog open and with no particular paragraph being selected, you see lots of garbage in the list on the right side. If you search for a specific headline, you'll find it, but not being listed in its actual format, but with the page number attached. You might then think this is just for display, but no, if you add it that way, it adds the text of the cross-ref as shown in the list, with page number. Even if you selected a cross-ref…
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Word Import | BUG | Diacritic characters change language and formatting
Hi together,
if a Word docx or doc document contains text in italics that are not formatted using a character style diacritic characters will import to InDesign with:[1] Wrong language property. Instead of e.g. English (US) it will be Arabic
[2] Formatting is in "Regular" and not in "Italic"For more details see this thread at the Adobe InDesign Forum:
italics dropped for diacritic characters when importing Word docs
davescottpeattie, Jan 26, 2023
https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/italics-dropped-for-diacritic-characters-when-importing-word-docs/td-p/13531639Also see my reply in the same thread for some sample screenshots and attached documents:
Also note that the Word Import allows the creation…
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Hebrew drops out
Hebrew text in the middle of a sentence is dropping out when exported to PDF. There have been several occurrences in this project, but I've never seen this before. In the example PDF, I have a Hebrew word followed by a makeshift ellipsis [nonbreaking space + . + 1/6 em space + . + 1/6 em space + . + space] followed by two more Hebrew words. A GREP style changes the Hebrew words from the base font (Arno) to Taamey David CLM. As is, the first Hebrew word drops out.
If I move the first Hebrew word back to…
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Fonts Issues with InDesign Files (18.5), file sync in OneDrive laptop keep show missing fonts.
The same file was saved and synchronised in OneDrive. Laptop A can open it with no problem/no missing fonts, but laptop B have this missing font issue every single time it opens. Noted that 2 laptops are the same model, same spec and same version. Both has the same fonts installed as well.
Please help.
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Sinhala text render issue
When typing or copying texts in Sinhala unicode font, the output is rendered incorrectly. For instance, "ෙ + ට +ා" must be rendered as "ටො" but in indesign it is rendered as "ටො". It does not create any difference by changing the keystroke pattern. "ෙ + ට +ා", "ට + ෙ + ා", "ෙ + ා + ට" renders the same output. I tried changing renderer to "World-ready paragraph renderer" but nothing changed in rendering.
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Ao importar texto que contenham números ou caracteres automáticos do word ou RTF a numeração vem toda alterada
Ao importar texto que contenham números ou caracteres automáticos do word ou RTF a numeração vem toda alterada
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Using a decimal tab negatively affects line breaks
InDesign 18.5 on Mac
Providing the steps would involve too many specific formatting choices, so I'll just describe what I'm seeing instead. I have a two-column text box for endnotes (literal; not InDesign-generated. E.g., "[tab]1.[tab]Note text."). I want the descriptors to align on the decimal point. When I use a decimal tab, the following text breaks like this:[tab]6.[tab]Paul Renouard, Docteur Char-
cot, cover of...The width of the text frame, however, will clearly accommodate "cot, cover." If I change the decimal tab to a right tab (and adjust its placement slightly so that the period is in almost exactly…
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Text disappears when creating buttons if text wrap is on
I am using the lastest version of Adobe InDesign 18.5
Try to create a button including a more than one text box. Nothing overlaps. The text boxes have text wrapping applied. Group the elements and create button.
Create a "rollover" appearance state.
The text will disappear as if something is causing it to wrap and there is not room for the text even though there is nothing for the text to wrap around.
The text should not disappear when creating buttons using text boxes that include a text wrap.
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eye dropper not working
The eye dropper tool in InDesign, which I use constantly, is no longer working. I tried uninstalling/reinstalling the program, resetting my workspaces, etc. What gives?
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Alt + numeric keystrokes does not work
ASCII codes not working, that is keeping the LEFT ALT pressed, then typing ASCII codes on the nymeric typepad, finally releasing the LEFT ALT. For example Alt+0167 will give you the paragraph symbol.
Unfortunately, in the newest versions of In-Design, when the LEFT ALT is kept pressed, the program does not accept as input the whole string when Alt is released, but is considering each keystroke as a separate entry, even though Alt is still pressed, something that worked in Windows for 30 years.
So, since I had some shortcuts (eg. Alt+6 for a specific character style), when wanting to…
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Some text appearing bold where other text in same text box appears as it should
Identically formatted text showing up differently both in document and after pdf export. Likely connected to the neglected bug regarding transparent .png files causing bolding in text elsewhere in document.
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[EPV] Footnote references vanish in tables when the Adobe World-Ready Composer is applied
Hi together,
tested with InDesign 2020 and also with the current InDesign 2023 version 18.1.0.51 on Windows 10.
If I apply one of the two Adobe World-Ready Composers to text in a table the footnote references in the text will vanish.
The footnote texts themselves do not. It's just the rendering of the footnote reference numbers.See also this thread at Adobe InDesign Forum:
Footnotes reference number disappearing when aligning numbers in table
Gabriel23717186abix, 4 Hours ago
https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/footnotes-reference-number-disappearing-when-aligning-numbers-in-table/td-p/13533021Download sample documents from my Dropbox account:
230127-1-Footnote References disappear in Table.zipAlso see the discussion at Adobe Prerelease:
https://forums.adobeprerelease.com/indesign/discussion/2223/epv-footnote-references-vanish-in-tables-when-the-adobe-world-ready-composer-is-applied#latestRegards,…
5 votes
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