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  1. Ungrouping deletes all items

    Using Adobe InDesign CC up-to-date on a PC running Windows 10.

    1. Ungrouped group of text boxes + image boxes.
    2. All text in boxes disappeared but outlines remained. However in the layers you could see that they were deleted.

    Strangely enough, by deleting a different hidden layer, I could ungroup the group and they would not be deleted.

    Definitely the weirdest InDesign bug I've seen to date.

    Any help would be appreciated!!

    8 votes

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  2. spell check in tables

    See attached document.
    The mis-spelled word "tiime" is addressed correctly in column 1 rows 1 and 2.
    The mis-spelled word "paarty" is addressed correctly in column 2, line 1.
    The mis-spelled word "partu" is is underlined correctly in column 2, line 2, but right-clicking on the word does not bring up spelling correction options.
    "partu" will, however, be treated correctly using Edit -- Spelling -- Check Spelling... .

    2 votes

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  3. Toc bad intraction with buttons

    Hi. I've been having quite a bad weeks because of this. A large catalogue with multiple "indexes" (I manage to made TOCs for differents styles, so I have some "indexes" done) . BUT, when I put them with some interaction buttons in other file of the book, the interactive buttons stop working.
    I try the new 15.1 update, but it was worst!

    1 vote

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    0 comments  ·  Book/TOC  ·  Admin →
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  4. Cross-Reference Character Width Incorrect

    When inserting a cross-reference, InDesign acts as if the character of the cross-reference are much wider than they are. In my example below, it forces the "8" to flow down to the next line, even though an 8 character clearly fits, and a line break is not necessary.

    2 votes

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  5. InDesign 15.0.3

    All imported text is shown on turquoise/cyan background, as "paragraph shading" is on.

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  6. Indesign crashes when clicking "Find next", searching for inline images (image frames selected in "object")

    When I try to find inline images in a large string of text (because I want to alter the object style of the images), ID crashes when clicking "Find next", when there is also a text overflow and most of the images are hidden in this overflow (red +-sign).
    After creating enough new pages to fill the master text frames with the overflow-text, and then click "Find next", Indesign won't crash anymore.

    Indesign 15.1.1 macOS Catalina 10.15.6 24 GB RAM iMac

    1 vote

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  7. CC Library

    I'm trying to add colours and paragraph styles to my cc library, however, when I try to rename anything or even type within the feature nothing types and the keyboard pretty much does not work at all.

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  8. Not able to scroll down beyond page 2-3 spread

    I have a 6-page document in spreads. I am unable to scroll down beyond pages 2-3 spread.

    InDesign 15.0.3 x64

    2 votes

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  9. Adobe Fonts Not Activating

    Seems like InDesign is having a hard time connecting to the Adobe Font Library, when I try to activate fonts it is never successful and shows an error, same happens when I go onto the web page to activate.

    InDesign 15.0.3
    Font: Eurostile
    macOS Mojave 10.14.6

    2 votes

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  10. BUG - Text wrap around image ok in 15.0.1, broken in >= 15.0.2 when changing text color

    1. InDesign 15.0.1 (ok), 15.0.2 and higher (broken)
    2. Change text color in document
    3. Expected result: change of text color
    4. Actual result: changed text color and broken layout
    5. see screenshots

    Additional info: the same document is working perfectly well in 15.0.1 but broken in 15.0.2 and higher, running on macOS 10.14.6.

    2 votes

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  11. installed 2020 and uninstalled 2019, no files not associating with the app

    After installing 2020 to edit files created in the latest version, all .indd files are not associated with Indesign at all. When I try to update default settings to associate .indd files with InDesign, the file type .indd is not listed.

    5 votes

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  12. bug report normal view – preview

    1. InDesign 15.0.1 x64
    2. press »W« while document is opened
    3. text on page shoud be eaqual in preview and normal view
    4. text in preview and normal view are not eaqual. (Text and formats were not adjusted between the view changes.)
    5. see screenshots
    4 votes

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  13. 14.0.3 Crashes and wipes all preferences (17th October 2019)

    On closing a document on a mac (using the red dot) inDesign suddenly crashes. When I re-open it, all my preferences have been reset to default - including the animated tool tips returning.

    4 votes

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    We have released InDesign 2021(v16.0.0.77) with a lot of stability fixes. We recommend you upgrade to the latest version (if you’re not already on it) as it is more robust.

    If you still face this issue even after updating, please send the following information to santalwa@adobe.com:

    • Quit InDesign and create a backup of Preference and cache. Relaunch InDesign to observe if the preferences have been reset.
    • Next time when you encounter a crash, create a backup of Preference and cache prior to InDesign launch. If the issue is encountered, send the back up of preference and cache to the above mail ID


    Adobe InDesign Team

  14. Objects can't be moved with the mouse cursor

    It's not possible to move objects with the mouse cursor, only by keyboard. (on windows 11pro) Thank you for helping soon.

    3 votes

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  15. Background colour is being adding to table when I go to edit

    Since Indesign 2020 installation in July when I go to edit in a table that has colored borders, this colour then appears in the background and it is hard to make changes as you can't read the text.

    How can I stop this happening?

    1 vote

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  16. Paragraph/character styles font menu bug. Multiple Monitors

    InDesign CC 2020 (15.0.2)
    Operating System: macOS Catalina (10.15.4)
    MacBook Pro 2019 16 inch built in monitor (default) 3072x1920
    Samsung LC27JG52QQXEN 2560x1440 144Hz

    If I have the screens stacked as per the screen shot attached the font menu with paragraph styles is stretched off the screen top and bottom. The only way around this is to position my other screen to the side and then it works fine. The images 3 and 4 show the issue that I am having. Images 1 and 2 show the only thing that I can do to workaround the issue.

    2 votes

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  17. Wrap around problem

    With Mac OS Catalina… What you get on screen is not what you can print !
    Any Wrap Around item only comes out as a black box surround…

    1 vote

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  18. ExtendScript Regular Expression Errors

    ExtendScript Source:

    target "InDesign-15"

    targetengine "bug-test"

    // Wrong result false (true expected)
    $.writeln(/^(,([^x,]+|x[^x](xx[^x])*x))+$/.test(",a,xax"));

    // InDesign hangs (one CPU thread 100% usage)

    $.writeln(/^(,([^x,]+|x[^x](xx[^x])*x))+$/.test(",xax,xax"));

    InDesign 2020 (15.1.1), German version

    1 vote

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  19. Selecting all and then deselecting some text in one go

    I have been using InDesign since forever. Since the very first versions. But something has changed in the update to version 15.0.3.

    When I select text, I often want to select an entire paragraph, except for the hidden character "paragraph return". I do that by holding Shift+Command+Arrow Down. That selects the entire paragraph including the hidden character. Then I would normally just let go of the command button and still hold Shift and then push the Arrow left button. That way I had selected the entire paragraph without the hidden character.
    But in the latest update, 15.0.3 I now suddenly…

    1 vote

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    Need More Info  ·  amaarora responded

    Hi,
    Are you still facing the issue?
    We tried internally, but are unable to reproduce the bug

    -InDesign Team

  20. Checkbox option to remove widows

    Add a checkbox feature like Paragraph>Hyphenate but one that removes widows (one word on their own line).

    2 votes

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