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  1. Add transparency option to paragraph shading

    Paragraph shading is super nice, but a lot of people would like to have them a little transparent over images. I know there is a option for overprinting, but this also change the color and is not a real transparency. Without this option it has to be done manually on each element.

    So please add this additional feature to the settings. Thx

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  2. Missing info in text panel

    Suddenly all information in the text panel is gone. I had it working a couple of minutes ago but cannot get it back. The information is up in the head of the workplace but not on the panel. Pls look at the screen shot to what is missing.
    InDesign Version 18.2.1

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  3. Pasteboard flashes in sync cursor with GPU performance enabled

    In my experience, this is a new issue arising with InDesign 2023. Anytime the cursor is active in a text frame, the pasteboard flashes in sync with the cursor. If I click another application so the cursor stops flashing, the pasteboard also stops flashing. If I select the frame or something else in InDesign so the cursor disappears, it stops flashing. But anytime the cursor is active and flashing, the pasteboard also flashes. It's very annoying and distracting, and assuming it's a graphics issue, I deactivated GPU Performance. This fixed the issue. I'm on iOS 11.6.7 (with Apple M1 chip…

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  4. InDesign should apply variating substitutions from rclt

    Variable fonts may contain location-dependent substitutions, but the rvrn feature runs too early for many real-world substitutions. The solution in font-making land has been to use the rclt or rlig features instead, but at least the former is not supported by InDesign. This is a major headache for e.g. Arabic.

    Technical discussion about this at

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  5. Hello^^ My downloaded ID program, I think, is missing some features or functions.

    Actually I think ID in my notebook is downloaded with a incomplete one. I'm a beginner of ID. But while I'm learning it through Youtube lecture, some functions are not active. The lecturer explains a certain function and that item on his ID is active. But on my ID that functions is displayed inactive, so that fucncition can not be selected. Please let me have a normal, complete ID in my notebook.

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  6. 18.1 tools greyed out except for type tool, cannot edit document

    Have searched all options on programme, checked other documents, then computer, finally shutdown and restarted. Still cannot access anything to do with any actions on the tool bar

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  7. adjust layout not resizing all pages in file

    Why would Adjust Layout only resize the first 2 (out of 128) pages in my INDD doc? It's only happening on one file. all others resize all 128 pages...as far as I know, the file structures are all identical (they were copied from a master template)...

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  8. Match pasteboard to screen color fails with dark theme under normal/preview

    I have the pasteboard (Interface/Appearance/Color Theme) set to the darkest of dark, and I have Dark Mode on. (Ventura 13.3.3, InDesign 18.2.1). In Normal (w) file, it's the darkest color I selected, but when I switch to Preview, Bleed or Slug (w) the pasteboard turns a light gray. I don't see anything under preferences to correct this.

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  9. Tools Screen Mode buttons vanish

    In the tools menu panel, the screen mode button vanishes.... I turn off the tools and then turn it back on and things are happy... for awhile..... it's not a major pain but rather a nuisance... LOL.....

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  10. Red stripes in InDesign document

    Why do I get red stripes in the indesign document when I have more than two files open?

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    FIXED  ·  AdminRavi Kiran (Senior Lead Quality Engineer, Adobe InDesign) responded

    We're happy to announce that the fix for this issue is now available in the latest update of InDesign - version 17.2 that is available from Creative Cloud Desktop application.

    Please update to this latest InDesign version to get the fix.

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    Adobe InDesign team

  11. I too am having a PROBLEM with hyphenate!! It is breaking words in absolutely wrong places:  examples:  so-mething, ge-nerations, Cz-echoslo

    I too am having a PROBLEM with hyphenate!! It is breaking words in absolutely wrong places:  examples:  so-mething, ge-nerations, Cz-echoslovakia - you get the idea. Have any of you had any resolution with your issues?

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  12. File preview bug

    I've upgraded from InDesign v2022 to v2023 (18.0). When I'm saving files after converting them, the preview image disappears where it was saved with the previous version.

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  13. InDesign Application Frame cannot be moved between desktops on macOS Monterey, via Mission Control

    The InDesign application frame cannot be moved between desktops on macOS Monterey via dragging the top edge of the window to the top of Mac desktop and then selecting a different desktop to drop it into in Mission Control. This is contrary to behavior in other programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom Classic. InDesign can be moved to a different desktop by dragging it to the left or right edge of the screen but it is preferable to have the functionality using the top of edge of the current desktop so the desired window can be chosen. I am…

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  14. Indesign deletes text after crash

    InDesign would occasionally crash and delete all text I have in linked text boxes. what is the root of this problem. I can't undo it and have to keep redesigning those text boxes. why is this happening

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  15. black glitch

    while I move a photo or any text, a black rectangle is created along the entire screen that prevents me from seeing what I'm doing, and it disappears as soon as I stop doing what I was doing

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  16. Don't provide the GPU Performance menu for Windows

    It's outrageous that a giant corporation doesn't have support to GPU Performance for windows, when we sign the creative cloud plan doesn't shows that works differently in each operational system. Please, develop this functionality as soon as possible!!

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  17. Opening a menu item such as preferences sets of the "error" sound in windows until the item is closed

    When I open a menu item such as Print or Preferences or Export, windows begins making the "error" sound as if you clicked in an inappropriate spot. The sound continues until I close whatever menu item I opened. This only started with the update to InDesign 2023.

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  18. DAY 41 - Slow Publish Online document loading - Case ADB-25741223-T9S3

    This issue is now in it's 41st day since I reported. Also I've recently noticed that when I go to publish online, even that is slow now. Can adobe please sort this out as Publish Online is an important part of my business and slow document speed means poor delivery for clients
    @Derek Cross @Rishabh_Tiwari @Manan Joshi

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  19. Embedded image not included in fixed-layout EPUB export

    InDesign 16.4
    Embed an image, then export FXL EPUB
    Expected result: The image is included in export
    Actual result: The image is not included in export

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  20. Entire note is backlinked in ePub export

    In InDesign 18.2.1 when I create endnotes via Type/Insert Endnote and paste in the text I want in the note, the entire note becomes the backlink. Can't have external URLs in the note as the backlink overrides them.

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