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  1. Problem with the display of the navigation bar on an Android smartphone and tablet of a document published by publish online

    Hi all,

    I have a strange situation with a document that I created in InDesign and then published online using "Publish Online". From there I got a link to share.

    On the desk, everything is fine. But the problem is with Android devices where the options tab with next page, previous page, download button and others disappears after a few seconds and there is no way to get it back.

    It is not possible to navigate between the pages of the document.

    This is the bar with the options I am talking about in the attachment.

    Is there something that…

    2 votes

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  2. Problem with the display of the navigation bar on an Android smartphone and tablet of a document published by publish online

    Hi all,

    I have a strange situation with a document that I created in InDesign and then published online using "Publish Online". From there I got a link to share.

    On the desk, everything is fine. But the problem is with Android devices where the options tab with next page, previous page, download button and others disappears after a few seconds and there is no way to get it back.

    It is not possible to navigate between the pages of the document.

    This is the bar with the options I am talking about in the attachment.

    Is there something that…

    0 votes

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  3. Problem

    I have a problem: Online Publish printing of the file does not work. All links are marked with an x

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  4. publish online

    When I try to view my published document, I just get arbitrary website information such as below. The same issue when I try to view my Published documents dashboard.

    {{pageDetails}}
    {{docInfo.map.documentName | limitTo: (isTouch ? 30 : 80)}}{{docInfo.map.documentName.length > (isTouch ? 30 : 80) ? '...' : ''}}

    {{pageDetails}}
    English
    ✓Deutsch
    ✓English
    ✓français
    ✓日本語

    Also, this bug report platform is not letting me upload jpegs or pngs.

    1 vote

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  5. Coruppt HTML Export in Indesign v16

    I have a document, which is created in an older Indesign-Version. It contains many HTML-Export Tags - no Problem in Indesign v14 (CC 2019) and v15 (2020). When I export a HTML-File from Indesign v16 (2021), all n-characters in the span-class-Attribute are replaced with blanks!

    1 vote

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  6. Can't change the names of Object States

    In InDesign 16.1, the entry box for changing the names of Object States flashes open and closed in a fraction of a second—too fast for entering a new name. This was not a problem in previous versions of InDesign.

    2 votes

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  7. Problème d'accès à Publish Online

    Je n'arrive pas a voir mon tableau de bord de mes document Publish Online. Lorsque je les publie à partir de InDesign, je suis capable de feuilleter mes documents, mais il m'est impossible de voir l'ensemble de mes documents publiés. Ça ne présente qu'une page blanche (voir image attachée).

    1 vote

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  8. Publish Online menu inactive after one use

    Indesign 16.0.2
    When you go to the menu File/publish online it's works the first time you use it. But, 5 minute later when you want to update your publish online document the menu File/Publish Online option is inactive (grey).
    I must quit Indesign, relaunch it and after that, the menu File/publish online is active.

    2 votes

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  9. epub preview - crops page view

    the ePub Previewer crops the page i am viewing in the preview, so i cannot see the entire page. please fix this issue as it makes it very difficult to preview my interactive elements without having to export the page to PDF.

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  10. Publish Online from Indesign. Deepetch issue

    Good day, all. I'm desperately trying to resolve an issue that I have tried for days to fix. The images are all fine in my InDesign document. They are PNGs with no background. I've tried EPS and TIFFs with clipping paths. And still, I get the same issue.

    Which is....when I publish the document and view it online. The backgrounds are white - as if all the deep etching disappeared.

    Please advise - I don't know what else to do.

    1 vote

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  11. No SEO capabilities when publishing online.

    If you could add SEO capabilities to Interactive PDFs when using the "publish online..." option in InDesign that would be wonderful.

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  12. Exporting Fixed Layout ePub files from InDesign has errors

    A document exported from InDesign with a fixed layout selected has errors included in the file. Actually, the fixed layout epub is not able to be opened even in Adobe Editions PC version. Can this error be addressed and fixed?

    2 votes

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  13. InDesign publish online is not working.

    I had been using it successfully all day, now it just says "document not found." Or it will partially load but certain frames will have a broken icon. Then as I click through it will suddenly stop working again and say "page not found."

    HELP PLEASE!! I am working on a deadline

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  14. Email Hyperlink Breaks

    In the Hyperlinks panel, Email hyperlinks that include a subject that includes an ampersand will change from an Email-type to a URL-type when you click OK. Status will then appear as a red dot in the Hyperlinks panel instead of an envelope. Opening it again from the Hyperlinks panel will show the subject gone and in a URL format.

    TO TEST - Highlight text in your document. Open the Hyperlinks Panel. Create a new hyperlink with the [+] button at the bottom of the panel, choose email as the type, type a valid email address, then enter a subject line…

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  15. Text originated from MS Word yields problematic results when exported to HTML (excessive <span> statements)

    I’ve stumbled upon a bug evident in text originated from MS-Word, which affects the HTML structure when exported from InDesign. Originally I encountered it with Hebrew text in heavily-style-driven paragraphs, however I re-created it in a completely “clean” style environment as well:

    (1) Create a new file in MS-Word. Type some text into it (as “Lorem Ipsum”).

    (2) Copy the text and Paste into InDesign.

    (3) Reset the Paragraph Style; then apply a Character style to the text (it could be a Character style with no attributes).

    (4) Paste the same text into Notepad, then Copy it again from Notepad…

    1 vote

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  16. hyperlink conflict when exporting epub

    Indesign 16.01
    manual back-linking of endnotes: since indesign does not generate back links from endnotes in exported pdfs (unlike in epub), I made a manual backlink by defining a text anchor on the endnote reference in the text and hyperlinking the number of the endnote to that anchor.
    After doing this however, if i then try to export as an epub it seems the manual hyperlink causes a conflict with the epub export, which results in the program freezing indefinitely requiring manual shutdown by ending task in Windows (10. 20H2)

    1 vote

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  17. Epub interactivity panel indesign

    epub interactivity panel preview doesn't show the exact size of text, and it changes the objects' places.

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  18. publish online

    When I try to publish online it comes up with an error#39. I believe it's a problem with the proxy settings and my IT team are trying to fix this but they need to know what the network requirements are for it to work properly

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  19. Publish online doesn't work properly in chrome browser on new mobile devices (android)

    Hi there,

    We have published an interactive document with Indesign "publish online" feature. It works flawlessly in every browser, except in Chrome on some new mobiles phones with Android (not possible to go back or forward through pages or zoom). On the contrary, Interactivity and videos work properly.

    We have the last indesign version (2021. Creative suite)

    What's the problem?
    Thanks in advance

    8 votes

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  20. When Attempt to publish a Document online it gives the Mac a panic error which cause an abrupt shutdown.

    Indesign 16.
    Mac Big Sur 11.0. 1

    panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff80126bfb71): assertion failed: (MBUFQEMPTY(&cfq->qmq) && cfq->qstart == cfq->qend) || (!MBUFQEMPTY(&cfq->qmq) && cfq->qstart != cfq->qend), file: /AppleInternal/BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/xnu/xnu-7195.50.7/bsd/net/content_filter.c, line: 1089
    Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
    0xffffffc1b5d536f0 : 0xffffff8011ebc66d
    0xffffffc1b5d53740 : 0xffffff8011fff073
    0xffffffc1b5d53780 : 0xffffff8011fef6aa
    0xffffffc1b5d537d0 : 0xffffff8011e61a2f
    0xffffffc1b5d537f0 : 0xffffff8011ebbf0d
    0xffffffc1b5d53910 : 0xffffff8011ebc1f8
    0xffffffc1b5d53980 : 0xffffff80126bee1a
    0xffffffc1b5d539f0 : 0xffffff80126bfb71
    0xffffffc1b5d53a00 : 0xffffff80122adcfe
    0xffffffc1b5d53a40 : 0xffffff80122ae008
    0xffffffc1b5d53bd0 : 0xffffff80122ac4ef
    0xffffffc1b5d53c20 : 0xffffff80122a921c
    0xffffffc1b5d53c90 : 0xffffff801242ecf9
    0xffffffc1b5d53ce0 : 0xffffff80124a8c20
    0xffffffc1b5d53e00 : 0xffffff801247d4c8
    0xffffffc1b5d53e30 : 0xffffff8012477e35
    0xffffffc1b5d53ee0 : 0xffffff8012477c47
    0xffffffc1b5d53f40 : 0xffffff8012569ceb
    0xffffffc1b5d53fa0 : 0xffffff8011e621f6

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