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  1. Persistent Spinning Beachball

    I am using InDesign 2022 v. 17.1. I get a spinning beachball that lasts for six seconds each time I click. Opening a file or switching between InDesign and another program results in a much longer beachball. Several minutes after the document is open, the beachball becomes permanent and the program becomes unresponsive.

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  2. Fixing images and text wrap

    Since a longer time there is a bug, that makes it impossible to let the text flow around beside an image, while this image is fixed with a anchor mark. The line, where the anchor mark is set doesn’t flow around. That makes an unhappy compronise necessary: Either you don’t set the anchor mark and the image doesn’t flow with the text or you set an manual word wrap.

    This should be fixed because in other programs it also works.

    2 votes

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  3. indesign cc 2021 16.0.1 STILL does not preserve styles text formatting

    Indesign cc 2021 16.0.1 STILL does not preserve styles text formatting DESPITE being checked in preferences whether being placed from word OR copy pasted from a document that has the formatting and styles (in this case, Apple's Pages having opened a word doc.)

    No matter what, it does NOT keep formatting of text being imported/pasted/placed into an open indesign document.

    what gives?

    iMac using 10.14.6 mojave

    3 votes

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  4. On Export - "Save As" name field not consistently highlighted by default

    1. 15.1.3 version
    2. Open InDesign, open file, click on a page, CMD E to export.
    3. Expect "SAVE AS" field highlighted to be able to change export name, as with previous versions.
    4. Sometimes nothing appears to be highlighted, taking hitting TAB several times to get to the "SAVE AS" field. However, sometimes it is highlighted - so this is not a consistant problem - as sometimes it does come up highlighted. It does seem that when I first open a file / export - that it is not highlighted, but after that, it does come up correctly highlighted.

    This is not a…

    25 votes

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  5. 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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  6. Backgroundtask keep spinning while not active

    For several versions, the blue backgroundtask circle keeps spinning forever, even when no tasks are running.

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  7. 2021 variable font repeatedly unavailable causing InDesign to freeze

    In InDesign (version 17.0.1), I am using Acumin Variable, which initially shows up with no issues. However, InDesign begins freezing and minutes later, a pop up notification says the variable font is unavailable. This has been on-going and other designers I collaborate with are experiencing the same problem with this font.

    3 votes

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  8. inDesign creates an invalid href for an Archive.org link

    When InDesign creates the href for a link from Archive.org it does not href to archive.org, but to the dead link.

    example:
    https://web.archive.org/web/20220320173121/https://freewheelingeasy.com/
    creates the href for "https://freewheelingeasy.com/"
    rather than the correct href of "https://web.archive.org/web/20220320173121/https://freewheelingeasy.com/"

    1 vote

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  9. User Interface got large

    The User interface got large and many commands in the control bar have been hidden even if I set it on Small in the preferences!
    I can't get the small interface that was in the previous version.

    2 votes

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  10. Slow opening documents with links to a network drive letter that is not present

    InDesign 2022 – version 17.1 x64 running on Windows 10.

    1. Steps to reproduce the issues
      Prepare a document in this way:
      1a Create a new document.
      1b Place an image from a network letter, that you can disconnect (VPN).
      1c Save the document locally (the linked file should just be on the network).
      1d Close the document, and close the VPN connection.
      1e Open the document.

    2. I would expect the document to open within 5 seconds or so.

    3. It takes 18 to 20 seconds before the message about a missing link appears, and the document can open.

    (With the VPN…

    2 votes

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  11. Maintain vertical alignment textframe when using Text Wrap

    When a text frame with vertical alignment 'Bottom' is partially over a frame which uses Text Wrap, the alignment isn't locked to the bottom of the frame anymore. Is it possible to maintain the set vertical alignment when using the Text Wrap option (see screenshot). (MacOS 10.15.7, INDD 16.4 + 17.1)

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  12. Dictionary: Added words using context-menu are only in lowercase, but should be with uppercase letter

    ID 17.1
    Language: German
    Using User-dictionary

    If I'll add a word from text (wich contains an uppercase letter at first position) to the user-dictionary using context-menu (right click on mouse), I get the option to add. After this, the word is added, but only in lowercase, although the checkbox "upper/lowercase active" is enabled.
    Workaround: Adding the word with uppercase letter by using the menu-bar: "Bearbeiten -> Rechtschreibprüfung -> Benutzerwörterbuch" inserts the word in uppercase.
    Please have a look and change it.

    2 votes

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  13. Section addition applescript splits last spread (applescript only)

    1. Version
      InDesign 16.4.1 CC2021 (macOS 10.16 Mojave)
      Only in applescript, not in javascript.

    2. Steps to reproduce the issues
      step1. prepare a spreads document. Total number of pages must be an odd number.
      step2. Use AppleScript to set the new section at even-numbered page.

    3. Expected result
      The state of the spread is not changed.

    4. actual result
      The spread at the end is split into two spreads.

    5. --code

    main()

    on main()
    mySetup() of me

    tell application "Adobe InDesign 2021"
    
        set mydoc to document 1
        set mypage2 to page 2 of mydoc
    
        tell mydoc
            set newsection to make section with properties {continue numbering:false,
    1 vote

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  14. Share for Review

    After sending out a "Share for Review" in InDesign, I went back to the file after people made comments and when I go to the review, the only option is to create a new review. But if i go to my email notification and click on the link, I can see the review that way. I did not "save as" to the file.

    3 votes

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    Open the Review panel (Window>Comments>Review) to see the comments made by the people with whom you had shared the document for review.

    Please let us know if this solves the issue for you.


    InDesign team

  15. Major System Font Issue!

    WHAT THE FONT!?!

    Our publishing company recently ran the InDesign update (to 15.0.2) and have discovered some major font issues. I have narrowed it down to InDesign 15.0.2, macOS Catalina 10.15.3, and Suitcase Fusion 21.0.0. I actually don't think Suitcase has too much to do with this, because the problem occurred after the InDesign update, but it's our font management software so I'm including it. Basically it appears system fonts have become problematic with InDesign. Packaged files are suddenly showing up with lots of the dreaded pink. I have tested about everything I can. I even created some very simple…

    168 votes

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    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.


    Adobe InDesign team

  16. enorme problème d'affichage dès que je scrolle ou zoome

    J'ai un énorme problème d'affichage depuis quelques temps, lorsque je scrolle mes pages sont illisibles, comme si il manquait des morceaux comme si elles s'auto-aspiraient par leur centre... ça se décale par le bord et le milieu.
    ca m'est devenu très difficile de travailler, je ne sais pas comment faire.
    Régulièrement ma barre d'outils disparait également.

    1 vote

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  17. windows are bigger in 17.2. resizing documents behaving badly!

    please fix this problem.
    I've just installed 17.2. All my windows and pallets are suddenly bigger and when I want to grab a document in the bottom right corner to resize, the document becomes even bigger at first!

    is there a way to go back to my previous version? PLEASE?

    1 vote

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  18. 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.

    1 vote

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  19. Arabic exported to EPUB (Fixed Layout) doesn't show properly

    • InDesign 15.1.2 / Mac OS 10.15.6

    • Create an InDesign document with Arabic content. Apply any Arabic font.

    • When exporting to EPUB (Fixed Layout) we should see the Arabic text appear in the epub viewer in similar manner as it shows in InDesign document.

    • The exported epub document is viewed in Apple's Books application, and Adobes Digital Editions 4.5 with similar problems in both epub viewers, where all Arabic text is either invisible or messed up and shifted from its location.

    • Attached images from InDesign document, and epub file which was exported from InDesign.

    • Links from…

    67 votes

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  20. 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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