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  1. Layout options for multiple records from data merge

    I have recently discovered Data Merge and it works great for most things. However I need to output multiple records per page set out head-to-head. This is so the output can be printed and folder in half with the text on both side the right way up. More detailed controls would be big help.
    Unless I have missed something.

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  2. overprint

    Overprint in my currently installed versions of INDD (17.2.1) and AI (262.1) is unpredictable. I have ust received feedback from a client, that the date on a recently printed flyer is illegible. It is overprinting on a dark background, but in INDD the element is not set to overprinting. A screen PDF from the same INDD-file is completely normal. I've had this happeining in a couple of INDD-documents since the last update. I have had the same issue with an AI document this week as well.

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  3. overprint is unpredictable in INDD and AI

    In the latest versions of INDD (17.2.1) and AI (26.2.1) i find that the overprint settings have become unpredictable. I have just received feedback from a client, that the date on a flyer i designed for him is illegible. In the attached print-file the date actually is overprinting. In INDD though the element is not set to overprinting. I have had the same issue with another document this week in AI.

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  4. Frame Fitting options missing

    Recently, Frame fitting options are not showing in full, i have tried InDesign 'reset' multiples , the issues is not solved.
    This happens irrespective of documents .

    Have attached screen shots from my system and the same from different system.

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  5. Find/Replace: Doesn't find the text size format after a transformation

    InDesign 17.2 Win10 x64

    1. Type text with size 7pt
    2. Transform the text frame to 80%
    3. Textsize is now 5,6 pt
    4. Try to find the Text with find/replace and "find format" - size 5,6 pt - it doesn't work

    But it works with a text size of 8 pt (transform to 6,4pt)

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  6. Control Panel missing fields for Type

    Updated to InDesign 17.2 and noticed that some of the fields to the right in the Control Panel are missing for type. Using 27-inch monitor in full screen mode. If take out of full screen mode and move my window way over to the left off screen, and pull the Control panel out, then I see the fields. They used to fit.

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  7. Bug fenêtres d'outils

    Avec cette version InDesign 17.2 (Mac OS Monterey 12.2.1) les fenêtres « Alignement » et « Caractère » restent désespérément vides, leurs outils ont disparu !

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  8. Quickbooks Wont Open Issue - Best Ways To Solve

    The QuickBooks won't open error is the one common error that can occur unknowingly, leading to users getting infuriated because most of the important tasks are pending. QuickBooks Help can be accessed by users as soon as this problem is resolved so they can open their company files or data hassle-free. Likewise, if you try to open a QuickBooks Company file or data but are not able to, it's not the end of the world! It is here that you will find the complete troubleshooting procedure.

    read- https://bit.ly/3JozdaE

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  9. Save as is greyed out, cannot save to computer

    When app is opened, document can be saved to the computer just once, after that 'save as' is greyed out.
    Using Indesign22 with Monterey. Am having the same issues with Illustrator 22 and Photoshop 22.

    Tried these already -

    1. Reset preferences.
    2. Removed Suitcase fusion and font doctor.
    3. Performed font cache and restarted computer.
    4. Validated fonts in font book.
    5. Installed 25.4.1 version of A but same issue. (Illustrator)
    6. Current Ai version is 26.1. (Illustrator)
    7. Issue is with creating new files. But same happens with old files.
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  10. Bug: overwriting embedded objects with not embedded ones keeps them imbedded

    Indesign CC 2022, v17.
    Steps to reproduce :
    1. open two documents which have the same linked file (image) embedded
    2. edit the image outside of ID.
    3. relink the file in one of two documents, so it becomes unembedded
    4. copy the unembedded file to the other document, overwriting the same, but still embedded object/image.

    Exprect result: the object in the target document should not be embedded anymore and it should be up-to-date.

    What happens: depending on how the files is placed (inside a table cell or not) ID will only mark it as "it has been changed" by…

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  11. The word Allah's discritics move when anchoring anything to it.

    The word Allah's discritics move when anchoring anything to it.

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  12. Stripped down workspace when opening document

    1. Using 17.1 x64 on a Windows 10 machine
    2. When InDesign is closed, if I double click on a file to open it, the program opens with a minimal workspace; no panels, no toolbar at the top of the screen, nothing. If I open the program first, and then open a file (either through the file menu, or by doubleclicking on the icon in File Explorer, the program opens with my correct workspace.
    3. Opening the program, no matter how I access it, should open with my selected workspace.
    4. It opens without any panels, toolbars or the option to change to a…
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  13. popups

    ISSUE: More than once, when I open InDesign, or access it for the first time that day, it'll come up with a popup spread across my workspace, inviting my feedback about something or alerting me to something. AND it will NOT go away.

    Previous time it was alerting me to the coming end of support for Type 1 fonts. Today (03/03/22) it's asking me to share feedback on Copy Editor (Beta) (screenshot attached).

    At this moment I need to work on my document, and I am not using Copy Editor, nor have I. But the popup can't be Escaped out…

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  15. test file

    it is not possible to upload .indd or .idml files.
    very good idea....

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  16. Shared CC Library

    The WHOLE purpose of a "SHARED CC LIBRARY" is to be able to keep a single and universal source of truth for EVERY element within the library across all uses of the element – on all files.

    There is an issue achieving this.

    When I add an illustrator file to the CC Shared Library from within Indesign, and I go to edit that element, it:

    Opens a new InDesign file, where you can make the change,
    save the change, and the change is displayed on the thumbnail of the shared element, and does in fact update the shared element.

    HOWEVER....

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  17. Uservoice page bug

    The uservoice page, when posting or updating an idea/bug report would not accept attachments where the extension is in capital letters, such as the Windows Snipping tool would save them when creating screenshots. Means, a file with appendix *.PNG is not accepted, but one with *.png is.

    That's stupid programming!

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  18. Quickbooks update error 15106

    Quickbooks update error 15106 occurs when the update program cannot be opened or when the update program is damaged when updating QuickBooks Desktop.
    https://takeactionnyc.com/quickbooks-error-15106/

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  19. imported excel number spaces are replaced with an 'Ê' on Mac

    I'm on a Macbook pro M1, working on an InDesign file. I get some XLSX files with tables containing numbers in them, and when I place them into my document, all spaces between numbers are replaced with an 'Ê'.

    e.g. 123 456 789 will be placed as 123Ê456Ê789.

    I've asked someone to test it out on windows and it does not happen. I belive it is a IOS issue only....?

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  20. animation

    I have a big problem with the animations in Indesign. I inserted two new pages in my document and Indesign changed the complete order of the animations for me. Does anyone know the problem and can give help

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