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  1. 2 votes

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  2. Can't Rename Objects in Layers Panel on MacOS Big Sur

    Adobe Indesign 16.1, macOS Big Sur 11.2.3

    I cannot rename objects or layers in the layers panel. I've attached a video of the typical triple-click method and all you see is a quick flash of the editing mode but it is never actually able to be edited.

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  3. Using URL with Czech diacritics causes broken link

    When I copy URL from existing Czech Wikipedia page

    https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violka_vonná

    and assign it to text in a document, the indicator in Hyperlinks panel turns red, but when I check it’s value by double clicking the link I find the same text in the Edit hyperlink field (copy and pasting the text from hyperlinks panel to text editor proves it’s identical). When I export the to PDF, resulting the link doesn’t work and (in pop up text) shows another link’s value

    https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violka_vonn%C3%83%C2%A1

    When I click the link in PDF I end up on nonexisting web page with yet another address

    https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violka_vonná

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  4. Start von InDesign und Öffnen von Dateien dauert SEHR lange...

    Warum dauert der Start, das erste Öffnen und Schließen von Dateien so lange?
    Dauer "Tracker werden gestartet" bis zu 60 sekunden

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  5. Indesign 2021 'preflight in all documents' causes the application to freeze (not responding)

    preflight for all documents turned on causes the application Indesign 2021 to freeze, (not responding) each time it runs an automatic preflight, then 5 minutes later it finishes and the document unfreezes.
    Turning off the "Preflight in all documents fixes the problem

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  6. Issues in rendering some Assamese conjuncts

    The Assamese 'reph' and 'rakaar' are not properly rendered while using the Assamese font "Banikanta", a font released by Govt. of Assam in India. The font can be downloaded from http://www.publicationboardassam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Banikanta.zip

    The font works well in all the other tools and platforms including MS-Word, Libre office etc.

    Being associated with the development of this font, I have seen that the issue is seen due to the problem of the improper rendering of Adobe InDesign. In this font we have skipped the mapping of Bengali "Ra" (U+09B0) to construct the 'reph' and 'rakaar" as it is not used in Assamese and…

    3 votes

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  7. i cant creat a new project

    Every time i try to creat a new project, in design stop working, i can open and work on old ones but i cant creat a new one. the loading circle just stop at 75%

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  8. search/replace

    So you have extended the search/replace function with the colors in the update. What is still missing is the search/replace of hyperlinks. Example:
    https://www.xxxxx.com/de-de/product-information/?context=16128696
    Replace only it-it
    https://www.xxxxx.com/it-it/product-information/?context=16128696

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  9. Mac InDesig 16.1 opens files on Synology NAS as read-only

    Has anyone report any permission problems with Mac OS Big Sur 11.2.3? I am opening InDesign files and on my Mac and they open fine. On another Mac, same OS, they are opening READ-ONLY. The permissions on the Synology haven't changed since we bought it.
    I already contacted Synology. We have 4 Macs running the latest InDesign. This read-only problem is happening on 2 of them. We are connecting AFP.
    We did try on one Mac to reboot in recovery-mode and reinstall the OS. We also uninstalled and reinstalled InDesign. Neither fixed the problem.

    2 votes

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  10. Color Settings change to Emulate InDesign 2.0

    Color Mode changes from whatever is set in InDesign when switching app from Adobe Photoshop to InDesign (latest versions) ... I am getting the same problem when switching from Photoshop to the latest Illustrator as well.

    Problem Occurs even when InDesign (and Illustrator) are both shut down. After launching Photoshop and then shutting Photoshop down, Color Settings in InDesign and Illustrator are both changed to "Emulate".

    PLEASE FIX IMMEDIATELY!!!! THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM and impacts my workflow horribly as I am back-and-forth between these applications regularly.

    I have checked Bridge as well... and default is set to North American…

    13 votes

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  11. Indesign V16.1

    I cannot use the tool bar apart from the Text tool. All other options are greyed out and unavailable. I have had to switch to previous version.

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  12. Fusion des données (texte + IMAGES)

    Bonjour, J'aimerais réaliser une fusion de données avec images dans InDesign CS6. La fusion fonctionne avec le texte mais pas avec les images.

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  13. When switching from normal to preview, the type on a book page reflows and some type disappears.

    InDesign 2020: During work I often switch between normal and preview. Working on a long book, type has been disappearing on the Preview Page when I switch to that view from "normal". I quit InDesign, re-start, and things go ok for a while.

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  14. Object menu options not working/ not present/

    InDesign version 2017 CC

    Using plugins for work flow media news.

    Not updated InDesign since the plugins have not released newer supportive version to latest InDesign versions.

    I cannot use Object menu options like Fitting, Lock, Arrange..

    I have reset the preferences multiple times.

    Its just not solving this issue.

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  15. Object menu options not working/ not present/

    InDesign version 2017 CC

    Using plugins for work flow media news.

    Not updated InDesign since the plugins have not released newer supportive version to latest InDesign versions.

    I cannot use Object menu options like Fitting, Lock, Arrange..

    I have reset the preferences multiple times.

    Its just not solving this issue.

    1 vote

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  16. Search box when updating link

    When I want to update a link and press the link button, an "open/find file-window" is opened. I then often want to search or the file using the file name, but when I press the search box in the upper right hand corner this box is suddenly shrunk to a much smaller size which very small font which is thus illegible (this does not happen when I do the same maneuvre in e.g. Windows Explorer). I want the box to remain the same size so I can see the search term I type.
    I tried to attach screenshots in the…

    1 vote

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  17. CC Libraries panel gets stuck a lot!

    When I reboot Indesign it comes back to life but after a short time gets stuck again. Sometimes it just stops responding and sometimes the panel is also enlarged and cropped like the screenshot attached.

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  18. resetting preferences doesn't work

    I've tried the Shift-Command-Option-Control key combination when launching InDesign, making sure to hit those keys immediately after launching. I've tried deleting all the preferences and caches files I know about, according to the search results I see online about such files for InDesign. I've tried restarting my computer, and I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling InDesign.

    But the preferences just WILL NOT RESET no matter what I do. Whaaaaa? When using the key combination, I don't get the "reset preferences" dialog. When deleting the files, I restart and find the same setup I had before trying to reset, when the setup…

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  19. "go prevoius view" buttons action not works in pdf interactive and to publish on web https://indd.adobe.com/

    Button problem in pdf interactive
    "go prevoius view" buttons action do not works in pdf interactive and to publish on thi web pages https://indd.adobe.com/
    Only works adobe acrobat dont work any another browser as: ege, google chrome .itp.. web browesers?
    What problem is?

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  20. animated zoom

    The animated zoom isn't working in InDesign on external monitors. This happens across the board for all documents. Doesn't happen in Photoshop or Illustrator.

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