Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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InDesign is removing caps from file names
InDesign 17.1 x64 Often (most of the time, but not always) when I overwrite (File Save As) or Export to a PDF that already exists and overwrite the current file, the new file name becomes all small letters (removes my caps). It only happens with InDesign. I can overwrite PDFs from Word, Access, etc and it never happens. This is very frustrating. Just started happening with version 17.
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cells selection
Bug 1:
See "Table 1" in the provided screenshot.
Make a table with 3 columns and 3 rows.
Merge the first 2 cells of the first row.
Now you have 2 cells in the first row. (A and B).
Set the contents of other cells to C, D, E, F, G, H.
Now select cells B, D and E.
If you click on the Edit menu, InDesign crash.
If you choose File -> Export, InDesign crash.
On the scripting side, calling document.selection throw an exception and it is not possible to get the current selection.Bug 2:
See "Table 2"…1 vote -
dropbox links
Indesign use to be smart enough to know that links are from dropbox and looks for the my dropbox folder and not the link path that goes all the way to the drive name.
But lately every time I open a file from a team member, I have to relink ever file manually.
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Quranic annotation signs not working in Indesign
Hi. Standard Pakistani Quranic text is not rendered properly in Indesign because it is unable to handle a Unicode block correctly (see attachments)
Version of Adobe InDesign:
2021 16.3.2Steps to reproduce the issues:
To recreate this problem, download the font 'PakType Naskh Basic' from link below:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/paktype/files/latest/downloadFor Quranic text sample, use text from link below:
https://svn.code.sf.net/p/paktype/code/Fonts/Deployment/Sura-Fatiha.htmlI hope this bug is fixed as soon as possible because we Pakistanis need to compose standardized Quran in Indesign. Thank you.
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PDF's Exporting at Large File Sizes
I've been running into an issue with PDF's exporting at large file sizes. This became apparent to me after the 2022 update. Here is an example of how this occurs and disrupts my workflow.
I recently sent a exported a PDF from an indd project that linked to 13 PSD's. The exported PDF file size came to relatively manageable 10 MBs.
I later updated the same project, now including 20 linked PSD's. This PDF export came to 184 MBs!
When I've run into this in the past, I've had to either convert the PSD's to JPG's, or run some kind…
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Stop adding the word "Folder" to packaged file names.
Stop adding the word "Folder" to packaged files. My folder names are already long enough and I can tell by the icon that my end product is a folder without it ending in the word "Folder." Would be thrilled if you removed this automatic addition from InDesign.
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Color Settings change to Emulate InDesign 2.0
Color Mode changes from whatever is set in InDesign when switching app from Adobe Photoshop to InDesign (latest versions) ... I am getting the same problem when switching from Photoshop to the latest Illustrator as well.
Problem Occurs even when InDesign (and Illustrator) are both shut down. After launching Photoshop and then shutting Photoshop down, Color Settings in InDesign and Illustrator are both changed to "Emulate".
PLEASE FIX IMMEDIATELY!!!! THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM and impacts my workflow horribly as I am back-and-forth between these applications regularly.
I have checked Bridge as well... and default is set to North American…
13 votesThis issue is no longer happening with the latest updates of Ps, Ai, and Id.
Closing it.—
Adobe InDesign team -
InDesign Server removes locks from locked layers during opening the document
Hi,
We ran into to the following issue on InDesign Server: after opening, saving and closing a document that contains layers that are locked, these layers become unlocked.
The issue is reproducible on InDesign Server 16.4.0, 16.4.1, 17.0.0.
The issue is not reproducible with version 15.x and 16.0.0, so it must have been introduced in InDesign Server 16.2.1 or 16.4.0.
Scenario (on IDS 16.4.1):
InDesign: create a document ‘~/Desktop/local2021.indd’
Create 3 layers
Lock all layers
Save and close the document
Run the script below on InDesign Server 2021 (16.4.1),
targetengine "session"
function main()
{
try {
var docFile = new…1 vote -
Switch off UI scaling feature in ID v17
@Adobe programming team:
Please add a switch that let the user decide to turn on or switch off the UI feature invented in ID v17. Please see attached screenshot (german version).
Reason: Users with a Windows scaling factor above 100% can no longer display all panels because they overlap and are way to big. No lower scaling possible, only higher.
ID misinterprets that the user has high-DPI monitors when using a scaling factor of e.g. 125%.
Alternatively, the scaling range could be extended having additional lower "stops".It was no problem to display panels in the correct size in ID…
1 vote -
space bar and tab bugs
InDesign 17.1 is impossible to use with macOS 12.2.1 Monterey.
Using the space bar puts the document in the dock. Using the tab freezes the document.1 vote -
cells selection
Bug 1:
See "Table 1" in the provided screenshot.
Make a table with 3 columns and 3 rows.
Merge the first 2 cells of the first row.
Now you have 2 cells in the first row. (A and B).
Set the contents of other cells to C, D, E, F, G, H.
Now select cells B, D and E.
If you click on the Edit menu, InDesign crash.
If you choose File -> Export, InDesign crash.
On the scripting side, calling document.selection throw an exception and it is not possible to get the current selection.Bug 2:
See "Table 2"…1 vote -
test file
it is not possible to upload .indd or .idml files.
very good idea....1 vote -
Slow creation of PDF low-res
In addition to the problem I posted regarding a conflict between ID and Windows 11, I did resolve that by moving to an earlier release of ID. However, the creation of the low-res PDF now consumed the time it normally takes to produce a high-res print-ready export. Something is going on with ID 17.1.
1 vote -
Chinese character page number rule needs to following Chinese grammar
Chinese page number grammar after 10 is not following Chinese grammar.
For example, page 21 in Chinese is written as 第二十一页, instead of 第二一页.It's horrifying seeing Chinese is been butched likt this.
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ID 2021: New documents open in the background of home screen
Windows 10, ID 2021 (16.4)
Bug 1: new documents open in the background of the home screen. See video.
Bug 2: if the home screen isn't shown and you create a new file, the home screen will appear and lay over the new document.
Bug 3: if you change anything on the page, the home screen appears
Bug 4: if you create multiple new documents and close them, it will sometimes ask to save them and sometimes it won't.2 votes -
Missing ALT-Text in PDF
Since the latest update to InDesign 16.3.2 alternative text to hyperlinks and cross-references is not included in the <Link> tag of the exported PDF-document.
3 votesIt has been implemented this way as per Accessibility Requirements.
According to Accessibility Requirements, Alt Text should be placed under the /K Array in the Dictionary – please see attachment for more information.
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Adobe InDesign team -
Regenerate QR-code upon opening IDML
Third party tools are able to edit the content of a QR-code. However, when opening the edited IDML, the QR-code image itself is not being regenerated until the user manually edit's the QR-code en saves it.
I would expect InDesign to regenerate every QR-code upon opening an IDML file.
Use case: translating IDML files using CAT software, where the content of QR-codes needs to be translated (another URL destination per language)
InDesign Version: 17.0.1
Steps to reproduce the issues:
1. Create QR-code in InDesign.
2. Export document as IDML.
3. Edit QR-value directly in the IDML (value for UrlLink attribute…2 votes -
Restore video from URL media option
For some unexplained reason the Video from URL option has been removed from InDesign 2020. This needs to be restored ASAP as there are people using this feature.
Moveover, it needs a minor improvement to allow HTTPS links (https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs/suggestions/37474690-place-a-video-from-a-url-with-https).
It was a big mistake to not query the community before removing this and it should be a simple thing to restore.
281 votes“Place Video from URL” option has been restored in the latest InDesign update – version 15.1.
Please update InDesign to use the feature.
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Adobe InDesign team -
uneven / unlevel pages side by side in spread
2 uneven pages left right 16, 17 in a document of 64 pages in spread of same double master page spread.
only 2 in whole doc.
mac os x mojave 10.14.6 indesign cc 16.01 (adobe rep told me this is the only version that works w/mojave and my late 2015 imac 5k)
i finally resolved by adding 2 new blank pages ahead of those 2, (applied master), copy pasting the content to those 2 new pages (singe spread), then deleting the original wonky pages.I didn't want to take a chance the spread was transmitted wrong to the printer even…
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Vector Objects changing size when page layout is duplicated
While using InDesign v17 I've encountered a bug where some small rectangular vector objects will get larger when a page is duplicated using the "Create Alternate Layout" feature in the "Pages" tab. This has also occurred when a page or layout is dragged and dropped to the "Create New Page" icon to create a duplicate in the "Pages" tab. Design elements should not change when a layout is duplicated, and this did not happen in previous versions.
This first appeared in an .idml file that was created in 2019, and carries over to new files based on that .idml. It…
3 votes
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