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  1. Right to Left direction select opposite direction

    When we want to select a character or word by using cursor key in Arabic text, it select the opposite direction, i.e. Ctrl + Left arrow key, Shift + Left arrow key, Ctrl + Shift + Left arrow key, or Ctrl + Shift + Left arrow key, will select a character or word on the right of cursor, even if already set to "Visual" in preference for cursor movement.

    7 votes

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  2. Keyboard Shortcuts dont work often with InDesign

    Using windows 10 - InDesign 2020

    Keyboard shortcuts often will not work, forcing me to minimize or restart the program to get them to work again. Very annoying.

    shortcuts that I am using for example( W to enter workspace mode, Ctrl-Z for undoing and even Ctrl-S to save)

    Adobe, stop adding features until you fix the issues that are present. especially ones that have been around for years or months.

    3 votes

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  3. review

    Bis heute morgen hat die Funktion "erstellen eines Review" funktioniert.
    Heut Abend macht das Programm nichts mehr. Es kommt nur mehr eine "schwarze" Fläche.
    Warum funktioiert es nicht mehr?

    2 votes

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  4. IDS on Windows: Extreme slowness in ExtendScript execution via SOAP connection (with weird workaround)

    SETUP

    • IDS Server 14.0.3.433 running on Windows Server 2019 (build 17763.864)

    • Local connection using "sampleclient.exe"

    • Two test scripts (attached):
      Slow script: "adobe-ids-win-slow.js" (approx 275 KB in size)
      Fast script: "adobe-ids-win-fast.js" (approx 275 KB in size)

    PROBLEM

    There are two scripts to compare. They are both of identical size, does nothing but declare a variable and return a string value. However, while execution of one of the scripts take a fraction of a second, the other script typically runs for > 10 seconds before completing.

    TESTS AND OBSERVATIONS

    1) This takes excessive time to run (typically 13 seconds on my test…

    1 vote

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  5. Photoshop .psb files grayed out in InDesign Open window.

    Hi,
    Photoshop .psb files grayed out in InDesign Open window. You cannot place PSB images using the "Place" command. However, you can drag and drop the file from the desktop into a InDesign picture box.

    Photoshop version is 22.1.1
    InDesign version 16.0.2
    macOS Catalina v10.15.7

    In fact, graying out of legitimate files happens on Catalina with other software. Excel sometimes cannot access to .xls or .xlsx files via the Open window.

    Sometimes legitimate files appear grayed out when the Open window is first opened but may turn black after few seconds.

    1 vote

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  6. cannot create new document

    Adobe InDesign 2021 - When I click on "Create new document" I get a grey pop-up window where I cannot click on anything. Any suggestions?

    1 vote

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  7. Font issues

    You spend a few hours in InDesign working on font title layout... come in the next morning to work on the document and the fonts you selected were no longer available...
    back to illustrator.... because in InDesign, this is frustrating

    1 vote

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  8. Smart guides

    Snap to grid and smart guides or any function where cursor automatically snaps to edge, corner, or center point is not working. I am currently using version 16.0. I have restarted the program 5 times. All of these features are check marked and turned on despite the features not working at all.

    I will not work on my project because of this issue. I need to rely on the precise support of smart guides and snap to guides in order to do what I have to do. I'm very disappointed with this bug and upset I'm set back so much…

    2 votes

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  9. Smart guides

    Snap to grid and smart guides or any function where cursor automatically snaps to edge, corner, or center point is not working. I am currently using version 16.0. I have restarted the program 5 times. All of these features are check marked and turned on despite the features not working at all.

    I will not work on my project because of this issue. I need to rely on the precise support of smart guides and snap to guides in order to do what I have to do. I'm very disappointed with this bug and upset I'm set back so much…

    2 votes

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  10. revisions are not showing

    When my collaborators comment with a pin everything works but when they highlight a text, I see the comment but 1 time out of 2 the highlighted text is not highlighted. So I can't see where my collaborator wants me to make changes.

    1 vote

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  11. color profile problem

    what's happening?
    the same file, but on one page - one color profile,
    and on the second page - already a different color profile ??????

    1 vote

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  12. 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

    1 vote

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  13. alt drag

    Alt + drag doesn't copy anymore, it only moves objects.
    Indesign 16.0.1 / MacBook Pro (late 2009), MacOS 10.15.7 (19H114).

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  14. Gradient scaling breaks/does not work when copying from Illustrator

    OS: Mac OSX Catalina 10.15.5 (19F101)
    InDesign: 15.1.1
    Illustrator: 24.2.1

    I think InDesign has a bug. Steps to reproduce:
    1. Create a shape in Illustrator (RGB OR CMYK) and insert a color gradient.
    2. Copy it and paste in in InDesign Document
    3. Scale it (bigger) in InDesign and it breaks the vector apart (the part with the gradient)
    4. See Video attached

    4 votes

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  15. Links panel misreporting ICC profiles

    I would like the ICC column in the Links panel to actually show the ICC profile of the linked images. Right now it's misreporting image ICC profiles as "Document CMYK" when they are not, in fact, in that color space.

    I have an InDesign document that's using a CMYK profile of "U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2". It incorporates two copies of the same image, each with different CMYK profiles, "GRACoL 4c BW" and "CGATS21_CRPC1", respectively.

    Nevertheless, the ICC Profile column in the links tab reports that both of these images have the "Document CMYK" profile. As far as I can…

    9 votes

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  16. harfbuzz

    Compile Harfbuzz with Graphite support enabled.

    InDesign 2020 uses Harfbuzz for complex script rendering. Harfbuzz has the capability to use Graphite instructions for rendering complex scripts, but Adobe has compiled Harfbuzz without Graphite support.

    Graphite is needed for rendering some character combinations used in languages which are not supported by other font technologies.

    14 votes

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  17. BLUE LAYERS ON ALL THE PAGES

    Every document I open, new or Existing file -
    there are blue layers on all the pages at the window 'pages'.
    please help..

    1 vote

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  18. Adobe PDF presets / exports not working in InDesign CC 2021 (v16.0)

    This seems to be same or similar problem previously reported for CC2020 (v15.0) but reported as fixed in v15.1.3. -- Related bug report is here: https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs/suggestions/39026392-pdf-export-in-indesign-cc-2020-15-0-is-broken#{toggle_previous_statuses}

    Adobe PDF Presets initially worked in CC 2021 when first updated. (I don't know what version that was.) And they worked as recently as last week for me. Today however, none of the presets work, whether the original ones or custom presets I created. I went back to v15.1.3 and all the same presets work correctly.

    I don't know if InDesign has had an incremental update, but this started happening after the most recent…

    1 vote

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  19. sharing for review - review comments not getting saved

    I have had a couple different reviewers make some comments, pins, etc and then close out of the review and when they went back into the review their comments were not there.

    2 votes

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  20. Cmd-O or Cmd-N doesn't work after InDesign starts up.

    This has been an annoying bug for a while. If you open indesign, then use the command-O or command-N key to open/create a file, nothing happens. You just get an alert sound.

    17 votes

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