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  1. InDesign 2022 - Arrows are not showing up when selected in the Stroke dialogue box. Also can't change stroke type.

    InDesign 2022 - Arrows are not showing up when selected in the Stroke dialogue box. Also can't change stroke type.

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  2. Actual Size is not Actual Size

    I was trying to view art at "Actual Size" under "View" and using the shortcut. The art is 9" and it is showing 11.0625" instead in InDesign 2022 (v17.2). I would really appreciate this being fixed as soon as possible. Or a solution as to why this is happening to be forthcoming. Thanks!

    3 votes

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  3. Rulers exceeding text boundaries, only paragraph shading or offsets seem to be able to limit them

    The issue is described in this thread (sample .INDD file link included in the thread to reproduce the issue):

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/can-all-column-rules-height-be-re-adjusted-at-once-after-changing-the-copy-text-font-size/m-p/13139262#M488618

    The excess rulers that go beyond the text boundary can only be removed (or masked, not sure which is actually happening) with paragraph shading.

    As a rule, rulers should not go beyond the text boundary, and they should adapt to the text boundary (if font size have been changed, or if other changes have been made that affect the layout).

    But the green arrows show that in some cases the boundary is correct.

    It shouldn't be necessary to add both…

    1 vote

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  4. find/change

    My Find/Change box is not working. Need help with this. It's worked previously.

    4 votes

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  5. scroll bar disappears

    My scroll bars are CONSTANTLY disappearing when working in InDesign and using key commands to zoom in and out. This is SO annoying, and I am always having to reset my workspace. Literally fix your buggy software or I'm leaving. This is ridiculous.

    3 votes

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  6. 17.4 x64 Popup Survey Spam

    17.4 x64 When using InDesign, popup: "thnk u 4 using share 4 review; take a survey." Not sharing, advised by Manan Joshi: is bug, file bug accordingly, Now More surveys. Please stop.

    1 vote

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  7. Table border selector problem

    Table border selector lines are extremely thin at minimal UI scaling, hard to select and see. In previous Indesign versions versions it was much thicker. Screenshot attached.

    MacOS 12.5..1, iMac 27" 5K, InDesign 17.4.0.51

    1 vote

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  8. Option Type > Fill with Placeholder Text doesn't work

    Nothing happens when I click on the menu option "Type > Fill with Placeholder Text". Version: Indesign 17.3 x64, System: Windows 10 Pro.

    2 votes

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  9. avoid incorrect sentence breaks

    Hello, on your next in design update, I suggest an improvement that would be very useful for correct typographic formatting! For the formatting of a flagged text, it would be nice to be able to prevent line breaks before a two/three letter word, to avoid that the pronoun is separated from the subject (ex: "the" (line break) "house", to have "the house" on one line. I hope you will be able to add this feature, which I think is essential. Thanking you for your help

    1 vote

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  10. Convert PDF to editable InDesign document

    Why does acrobat not enable you to export an editable document to InDesign? We know it is possible as there is 3rd party software to do it. I understand you would need to relink pictures, but it is crazy that you cannot export an editable PDF - Indesign. I also know I am not the first person to request this.

    3 votes

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  11. Conditional text paste problem

    I use conditional text quite a bit… it’s a really useful feature.
    However, if you have to edit the text there is an issue (for me anyway). If you “type” new/replacement text everything is fine. But more often than not I am pasting text from a marked UP PDF or an email or Word file… when you paste, it automatically defaults to unconditional, even though what it is replacing is all a specific condition. Is that a bug? Or is it just me?
    Latest InDesign, late 2015 27″ iMac Retina 40GB RAM, latest MacOS Monterey

    1 vote

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  12. Share for review comments disappear when updating link

    I am currently working with a 102 page document that is shared with several customers. Once I make edits and I update the link, all comments from myself and the customers disappear. Even after restarting my computer, updating InDesign, signing out and signing in of Creative Cloud, the problem still persists. I am working on a MAC and InDesign version 17.2.1. This problem is only happening with one project file, and I've also tried moving all of the pages to a new document with no luck. I appreciate any help.

    2 votes

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  13. "Missing font" dialog design error

    In the "Missing Fonts" dialog box, the "Skip" button (B: Überspringen) is clearly highlighted. So you might think that you activate this button with "Enter". Instead, pressing "Enter" opens the "Replace Fonts" (A: Schriften ersetzen…) dialog, which has a slightly bold border.
    This is visually completely nonsensical and confusing.

    1 vote

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  14. Text wrap around anchored objects needs to work according to settings. It is inconsistent and erratic.

    Text wrap refuses to wrap properly around my anchored objects regardless of anchor placement in the paragraph or text wrap offset settings.

    This causes the object to overlap the text and/or have inconsistent margin offset around the object. It's erratic and inconsistent among the various objects, even though they all have the exact same object style applied.

    Some of the objects wrap a little better than others - at least they're not overlapping on top of text - but the wrap margins are still inconsistent. Not a single object wraps how I believe it should based on the style attributes…

    2 votes

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  15. 2nd print job doesn't print completely

    IN Design 10.4.2. Every time I print a booklet the 2nd time, the left page of the middle spread leaves gaps or doesn't print at all. I have to Reprint the range that includes that page. I am not able to upload the file here. I get the message the file Transformation8.indd is not supported.

    1 vote

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  16. .TTF and .OTF font display/loading BUG InDesign 17.2

    Fonts that used to load fine in InDesign appear missing even though they are installed and work in other apps like Illustrator or even Word.

    Specifically this is occurring with a font that has unique glyphs: Noto Sans - Canadian Aboriginal Regular.TTF this has also been tested with a conversion to .OTF with the same result and this error has been confirmed across multiple devices.

    4 votes

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  17. 17.4 hangs opening files

    Updated to 17.4 to benefit from purported improvement on ID hang on files with missing fonts. Now opening any file causes a hang.

    ID 17.4
    OS 12.5.1

    Console posts "nwsockethandlesocketevent <private> Socket SO_ERROR [61: Connection refused]" message for ID (where it joins the steady stream of error messages for Illustrator)

    1 vote

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  18. open file message damaged

    when opening files via IndeSign, every files is mentionned as damaged and IndeSign try to repair it and the last version of the files is not saved. But when opening the same file via the finder (mac os) the file is OK.
    Mac book pro M1 2021
    Mac OS Monterey 12.3.1
    Indesign : last version 17.2.1

    3 votes

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  19. Nav bar size change ruins my web app layout

    Adobe have recently made the Nav bar at the bottom of the Publish Online interface fatter, unfortunately for my company, this means a carefully crafted web-app now has the Nav bar covering the lower part of my menu. It also on some PO documents, stays popped-up for much longer than 5 seconds, sometimes on single page documents, up to 15 seconds.
    Adobe say this is because they wanted to improve accessibility, but really they're messing with a space that shouldn't keep changing, as per the margin around PO documents they added earlier in the year. Improve the products - yes,…

    1 vote

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  20. snippet not retaining font

    As per the Adobe forum post here (https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/font-not-embedding-into-snippet/m-p/13153510#M489639) , I've added a form/text field into a snippet, but when placed the font used is replaced by Myriad... the font I want is a custom TTF. Is there a recognised issue here?

    If I place the *.idms file with that TextBox formfield to the same document where I exported it from all is working good. But if I do a new document and place it there the font family definition reverts to Minion Pro. The style's name will remain. E.g. Semibold if I do this with your supplied font…

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