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1. tracking

   Having lots of issues since the latest update (17.2) with the character box.

   When I highlight my text it won't allow me to click the dropdown to change the font or the tracking.

   If I click on the 'tracking' field, I can type the number in manually but I can't see it. I also cannot click the up and down buttons to change it that way.

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2. line break marks turned into strange block marks after latest update of 17.2 of indesign

   line break marks turned into strange block marks after latest update of 17.2 of indesign, this is very upsetting. see attached pic

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3. Spell Check does not work after installing InDesign 15.0.2

   Dear Adobe Team,
   in our office we use In Design from several years without nothing problems.

   Yesterday we had updated the version 15.0.2. After that, the spell-check (we use the Italian language) don’t work if we import text in a existing document.

   But if we import text in a new document, the spell-check work without problems.

   Please can you help us?

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   FIXED  ·  AdminRavi Kiran (Senior Lead Quality Engineer, Adobe InDesign) responded

   The fix for this issue is now available in the latest update of InDesign – that is, InDesign 15.0.3.

   Please update your InDesign application to get the fix.

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4. Important message about pasting text with endnotes appears at wrong time

   Pasting text with endnote(s) does not show a message. You instead get that message the NEXT time you paste an object, even if that object is not a text box containing endnote(s).

   There is also a grammar error in the message, where the word "and" should be ", which" — and there is no period at the end of the sentence.

   This has been in many versions of InDesign. I am using 17.1 now.

   Reproduce:
   - Copy text with endnote(s) to the clipboard
   - Paste text into a new thread
   - Text pastes properly; a new page is added for the endnote(s) (I am not commenting on THAT behavior)
   - No message appears
   - Copy a text box or other object(s)
   - Paste
   - Message appears: The text that you have pasted has endnotes and have been placed at the end of this story

   Pasting text with endnote(s) does not show a message. You instead get that message the NEXT time you paste an object, even if that object is not a text box containing endnote(s).

   There is also a grammar error in the message, where the word "and" should be ", which" — and there is no period at the end of the sentence.

   This has been in many versions of InDesign. I am using 17.1 now.

   Reproduce:
   - Copy text with endnote(s) to the clipboard
   - Paste text into a new thread
   - Text pastes properly; a new page is added for… more

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5. Pasting forced line breaks instead of end paragraphs (InDesign)

   When pasting data from Excel, each row comes in with a Forced Line Break marker at the end, instead of an End Paragraph marker. This is a recent change within Indesign, as you used to be able to paste from excel into a table in Indesign, maintaining the proper rows and columns. Now when you paste in the same information, it doesn't recognize the end paragraph, and tries to put all the data in one row.

   The same issue has been found when pasting text from Microsoft Word into Indesign - instead of End Paragraph markers, you get forced line breaks. This is a nightmare when trying to manage intricate text and utilize various style features.

   When pasting data from Excel, each row comes in with a Forced Line Break marker at the end, instead of an End Paragraph marker. This is a recent change within Indesign, as you used to be able to paste from excel into a table in Indesign, maintaining the proper rows and columns. Now when you paste in the same information, it doesn't recognize the end paragraph, and tries to put all the data in one row.

   The same issue has been found when pasting text from Microsoft Word into Indesign - instead of End Paragraph markers, you get forced line… more

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6. Opening Text Wrap panel crashes application

   1. Indesign 2021
   2. Place image, open text wrap panel, does not open panel and crashes.
      Happens with any image and any document. Panel opens fine if pic box empty.

   OsX Mojave.

   Gone back to 2020.

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   FIXED  ·  AdminRavi Kiran (Senior Lead Quality Engineer, Adobe InDesign) responded

   The fix for this issue is now available in the latest update of InDesign – version 16.1
   Please update to this version to get the fix.

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7. Some text in tables is shifted to the right after the PDF export

   After the PDF export, some texts in the table cells were shifted to the right in the PDF file. The texts are not correctly positioned one below the other. The values of the deviations from the correct position are up to 0.5 point, but different.
   I tested it in InDesign CC 2018, 2020 and 2021.
   The problem occurs if "Create Tagged PDF" is not activated in the PDF export options and metric kerning is selected. I've tried different fonts.
   The PDF file with the suffix "High Quality Print" was created with the job options "High Quality Print" ("Create Tagged PDF" is active here), everything fits here.
   The PDF file with the suffix "Press Quality" was created with the job options "Press Quality" ("Create Tagged PDF" is not active here), texts have been shifted here.

   After the PDF export, some texts in the table cells were shifted to the right in the PDF file. The texts are not correctly positioned one below the other. The values of the deviations from the correct position are up to 0.5 point, but different.
   I tested it in InDesign CC 2018, 2020 and 2021.
   The problem occurs if "Create Tagged PDF" is not activated in the PDF export options and metric kerning is selected. I've tried different fonts.
   The PDF file with the suffix "High Quality Print" was created with the job options "High Quality Print" ("Create Tagged PDF"… more

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8. Quranic annotation signs not working in Indesign

   Hi. Standard Pakistani Quranic text is not rendered properly in Indesign because it is unable to handle a Unicode block correctly (see attachments)

   Version of Adobe InDesign:
   2021 16.3.2

   Steps to reproduce the issues:
   To recreate this problem, download the font 'PakType Naskh Basic' from link below:
   https://sourceforge.net/projects/paktype/files/latest/download

   For Quranic text sample, use text from link below:
   https://svn.code.sf.net/p/paktype/code/Fonts/Deployment/Sura-Fatiha.html

   I hope this bug is fixed as soon as possible because we Pakistanis need to compose standardized Quran in Indesign. Thank you.

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9. cells selection

   Bug 1:

   See "Table 1" in the provided screenshot.
   Make a table with 3 columns and 3 rows.
   Merge the first 2 cells of the first row.
   Now you have 2 cells in the first row. (A and B).
   Set the contents of other cells to C, D, E, F, G, H.
   Now select cells B, D and E.
   If you click on the Edit menu, InDesign crash.
   If you choose File -> Export, InDesign crash.
   On the scripting side, calling document.selection throw an exception and it is not possible to get the current selection.

   Bug 2:
   See "Table 2" in the provided screenshot.
   Make a table with 2 columns and 4 rows.
   Split the second cells of the first row.
   Now you have 3 cells on the first row.
   Set the contents of the cells to numbers from 1 to 9.
   Now select cells 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (skip cell 3).
   Run this code:

   var doc = app.activeDocument;
   var selectedCells = doc.selection[0].cells;

   var i, ilen, contents = [];

   for (i = 0, ilen = selectedCells.length; i < ilen; i++) {
   contents.push(selectedCells[i].contents);
   }

   alert(contents.join('-'));

   expected result: 1-2-4-5-6-7-8-9
   current result: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 (cell 3 is not part of the selection, cell 9 is missing).

   Applescript and VBscript don't have this problem, only ExtendScript.
   This happens with all versions of InDesign.

   This bug was already reported over a year ago (https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs/suggestions/41451565-script-selection-on-merged-row-makes-indesign-cr)

   Please fix as soon as possible!!!!

   why is it not possible to upload .indd files? You are talking about InDesign bugs and it is not possible to provide a .indd file???? Why???

   Bug 1:

   See "Table 1" in the provided screenshot.
   Make a table with 3 columns and 3 rows.
   Merge the first 2 cells of the first row.
   Now you have 2 cells in the first row. (A and B).
   Set the contents of other cells to C, D, E, F, G, H.
   Now select cells B, D and E.
   If you click on the Edit menu, InDesign crash.
   If you choose File -> Export, InDesign crash.
   On the scripting side, calling document.selection throw an exception and it is not possible to get the current selection.

   Bug 2:
   See "Table 2"… more

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10. Creating a new Cross Reference - Automatic select [All Paragraphs]

    When creating a new Cross Reference entry, the windows that pop automatically pick [All Paragraphs] and in document with many table or lots of text frame, this can take very, very.... long time before the window popup.

    This was introduced with CC 18.1 and is still the case up to now with CC22 (17.1).

    It was ok with CC20017.

    I have been reporting this behavior since April 2019 and for each release.

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11. Type 1 Fonts

    Preflight has the ability to flag Type 1 fonts. This is a great way to see if you are using fonts in a document that will not be supported in the future. The problem is there are OpenType Type 1 fonts and PostScript Type 1 fonts. In Preflight, when you click on Type 1 fonts not allowed, it also flags OpenType Type 1 fonts.

    Would be very important to identify exactly what fonts will not be supported in the future.

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    FIXED  ·  AdminRavi Kiran (Senior Lead Quality Engineer, Adobe InDesign) responded

    This issue has been fixed in the latest version of InDesign - 18.2 and later.

    
    

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12. language quote typographer

    I create epubs which contain different languages so need the language correctly attributed on xhtml files after exporting –

    selecting different languages in different paragraph styles affects typographer's (curly) quotes/straight quotes – I'd expect the to follow the app preferences setting –

    Advanced Character Formats > Language > [No Language] = gives straight quotes

    Advanced Character Formats > Language > English: UK = gives typographer's quotes (curly)

    Advanced Character Formats > Language > cy_GB = Welsh = gives straight quotes

    InDesign 17.1 – Mac OS 12.1 – iMac (Retina 4k, 2019)

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13. Pressing letter "2" changes text layout / format, but only in one document

    Pressing letter "2" changes text layout / format, but only in one document

    Hi, I've had this issue with one InDesign file. Whenever I press letter "2", text formatting in that paragraph changes, and the letter "2" won't appear. Copy+paste works, but that should not be the answer. This problem occurs only in this one document (and been here over several version updates), so I assume it might be some sort of quick key setting, and I don't know how or where to fix it (already searched through quick key listing). Please help?

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14. Bug: wrong row/paragraph counting in tables

    Version 17.1: if you have a table, for example 20 rows and 2 columns and you select 10 entire rows, i. e. 20 cells, ID would "Rows: 20" in the information window. If every cell has no more than one paragraph and two cells of the selected rows are empty, the paragraph count should be 18, but it's 21.

    When selecting 4 rows, it counts 8 rows and 8 paragraphs, which is correct because it counts cells. When selecting 10 rows, it would could

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15. Random missing text which does not affect the PDF output

    Greetings,
    Please compare the two screenshots that I've posted. One is a shot from InDesign, and the other is a screenshot from the PDF output of the same text. As you can see there are some missing lines in when I look at the text in InDesign.
    Some notes:
    1) It always happens with list items (bullet lists, numbered lists)
    2) The random missing text parts changes as I change the magnification (zoom) level
    3) It happens on all my documents
    4) I haven’t changed anything recently. No InDesign updates, etc.
    5) The font used is Minion Pro and supplied by Creative Cloud
    6) When the problematic list is a large one, it takes significant processing power to scroll or zoom over it and InDesign becomes unresponsive.

    Version 16.4 x86

    Thanks,
    Kasra

    Greetings,
    Please compare the two screenshots that I've posted. One is a shot from InDesign, and the other is a screenshot from the PDF output of the same text. As you can see there are some missing lines in when I look at the text in InDesign.
    Some notes:
    1) It always happens with list items (bullet lists, numbered lists)
    2) The random missing text parts changes as I change the magnification (zoom) level
    3) It happens on all my documents
    4) I haven’t changed anything recently. No InDesign updates, etc.
    5) The font used is Minion Pro and supplied… more

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16. Link Your Canon Printer to Wifi Wirelessly

    The first step in connecting a Canon printer to WiFi is to locate the Wifi button on the printer. You can double-check the button by consulting the handbook that came with your printer. Now press and hold the Wifi button until you see the Wifi lamp begin to flash blue. Release the Wifi button when the Wifi lamp flashes two times. Go to your access point and hit the WPS push button to continue with the Canon printer wireless setup. The printer will then begin to display the Connecting status, indicating that it is looking for your router. The Wifi and power lamps continue to blink while you search. The Connected status will appear on the printer screen once the WPS router has been recognised. In addition, both the power and the Wifi lamp will light up and remain stable. https://bestprintersetup.com/cannon-printer-setup

    The first step in connecting a Canon printer to WiFi is to locate the Wifi button on the printer. You can double-check the button by consulting the handbook that came with your printer. Now press and hold the Wifi button until you see the Wifi lamp begin to flash blue. Release the Wifi button when the Wifi lamp flashes two times. Go to your access point and hit the WPS push button to continue with the Canon printer wireless setup. The printer will then begin to display the Connecting status, indicating that it is looking for your router. The Wifi… more

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17. excel import options failure

    Indesign 17.0.1: Using File>Place to locate an Excel File to place. Select to show Import Options. The import options dialog box will not let me select a Sheet, View, or Cell Ranges. Blank drop downs are not clickable nor can I type in them.

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18. Font baseline grid

    The baseline grid start value for Open Sans is different if the font is used from Adobe than if it's used from Google.
    This results in changes in layout which is very annoying. Also, when telling indesign to fit the box to text, the box is unnecessary larger at the top.
    Before the 17.0 InDesign update that wasn't the case.

    Someone else complained about this in November - https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/text-boxes-need-to-be-enlarged-after-update/m-p/... - the issue there is marked as solved, but it wasn't solved actually.

    The issue started with 17.0, actually i was really hoping it would have been addresses in this recent 17.1, update, but unfortunately it wasn't fixed.

    Someone voiced this earlier as well, it's not only about one font, it's about different google fonts, which I was using. We have a lot of documents which we share inbetween us and from the beginning we used the google font and we never had a problem. only after a recent update it started and it's quite a hassle to change all fonts in all documents now... also, some people experience it the other way on PC's - the adobe font version triggers the baseline shift, so that is not an option either.

    could you please fix this?

    thank you!

    The baseline grid start value for Open Sans is different if the font is used from Adobe than if it's used from Google.
    This results in changes in layout which is very annoying. Also, when telling indesign to fit the box to text, the box is unnecessary larger at the top.
    Before the 17.0 InDesign update that wasn't the case.

    Someone else complained about this in November - https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/text-boxes-need-to-be-enlarged-after-update/m-p/... - the issue there is marked as solved, but it wasn't solved actually.

    The issue started with 17.0, actually i was really hoping it would have been addresses in this… more

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19. cursor remains when moving on to the next letters to kern

    see screenshot. Using InDesign 16.4 on a mac

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20. WorldReady settings go missing in [Basic Paragraph] style

    Adobe InDesign (ME) 2021, 2020, CC 2019, ..., CS6
    macOS and Windows

    InDesign's WorldReady settings (Paragraph Direction, Kashidas, etc.) are being stripped from a document's [No Paragraph Style] style when opened on a machine with a missing 3rd-party plug-in (like Em Software's InCatalog). This appears to happen with any 3rd-party plug-in that adds a text attribute with a prefix that's lower than the WorldReady plug-in's prefix. While the following steps use the Middle Eastern app (English Arabic), where there's a UI to see the style's empty/blank WorldReady entries, we've confirmed that this problem affects all app variants (including English (Roman)).

    To reproduce:
    1. Install ME version of InDesign 2021 (English Arabic).
    2. Install Em Software's InCatalog plug-in (http://emsoftware.com/products/emcatalog/ ) or any plug-in that adds a text attribute with a prefix ID below that of WorldReady's 0x50f00. (The SDK's BasicTextAdornment sample will work if its kBscTAPrefixNumber is changed to something like 0x43a00.)
    3. Restart InDesign while holding down Shift-Control-Option/Alt (to ensure the session workspace's [Basic Paragraph] style is rebuilt to include the new plug-in's text attribute).
    4. Create a new document and add a text frame containing a few paragraphs using the [Basic Paragraph] style. This text should compose as right-to-left (the ME version's default direction, as specified by WorldReady's kParagraphDirAttrBoss). Create a numbered list, since that's a great way to see the problem.
    5. Save the document.
    6. Quit InDesign.
    7. Remove InCatalog (or whatever plug-in was installed in step 2).
    8. Restart InDesign.
    9. Open the document that was saved in step 5.

    Alternatively:
    1. Install ME version of InDesign 2021 (English Arabic).
    2. Restart InDesign while holding down Shift-Control-Option/Alt (to ensure a clean session workspace)
    3. Open the attached SavedWithInCat(2021ME).indd file. (Well, UserVoice won't let me upload it. Ask & I can send directly.)

    Notice that the text frame in the opened document incorrectly flows left-to-right and the numbered list's numbers wrongly show on the left rather than the right. Edit the [Basic Paragraph] style and note that the WorldReady settings in the Middle East Character Formats and Indents and Spacing panels are blank/empty. (See attached before-after screenshots.) One would expect a style to survive intact even when opened on a machine with a missing 3rd-party plug-in, but instead some of its settings may be at risk of being lost.

    We've used WorldReady as the victim here, but this problem affects any plug-in, Adobe or 3rd party, that adds a text attribute with a prefix that's higher than the missing plug-in's prefix (such as Em Software's InData).

    Details: We've isolated what looks like a long-standing problem (bug?) with the SDK's AttributeBossList::CopyInto(), where it stops the copy when it encounters an attribute whose plug-in is missing. Instead, the copy should continue after the missing plug-in's entry order to produce a complete list of non-missing attributes. Copies produced by AttributeBossList's Duplicate(), ApplyAttributes(), and its copy-constructor are all affected.

    Adobe InDesign (ME) 2021, 2020, CC 2019, ..., CS6
    macOS and Windows

    InDesign's WorldReady settings (Paragraph Direction, Kashidas, etc.) are being stripped from a document's [No Paragraph Style] style when opened on a machine with a missing 3rd-party plug-in (like Em Software's InCatalog). This appears to happen with any 3rd-party plug-in that adds a text attribute with a prefix that's lower than the WorldReady plug-in's prefix. While the following steps use the Middle Eastern app (English Arabic), where there's a UI to see the style's empty/blank WorldReady entries, we've confirmed that this problem affects all app variants (including English (Roman)).

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    Under Review  ·  AdminRavi Kiran (Senior Lead Quality Engineer, Adobe InDesign) responded

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