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  1. Handle sizes

    The connection point sizes for Single field selection and Double field selection are different.

    The dimensions also differ between the Black arrow selection and the White arrow selection.

    Occurred after applying "User Interface Scaling".

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  2. não consigo mover a caixa de diálogo LOCALIZAR/ALTERAR

    deixar movimentar a caixa de diálogo LOCALIZAR/ALTERAR segurando em qualquer local da caixa

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  3. I cannot adjust the tracking by increments of one when clicking on the the arrows.

    In Adobe InDesign's Character Pallet, I cannot adjust the tracking by increments of one when clicking on the the arrows. I use to be able to just yesterday and now I can't today. How could that be? Did I click something or accidentally press a hot key?

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  4. Multi-Lingual Data Handling

    This is a suggestion for a new feature for people using InDesign for multilingual purposes.

    In India, we may need to use 3 languages ​​at the same time, for example, in addition to English, we may need to use the national language Hindi and the regional language Malayalam, Tamil or some other language. In other countries, sometimes even more.

    When we try to make changes to a paragraph or chapter using different fonts in different languages, we often have to select and change even one letter to change the font in each language. This greatly reduces the joy of using…

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  5. Error en la herramienta Cuentagotas

    No funciona bien la herramienta, cada vez que intento cargar algún objeto o texto para aplicar color, trazo o fuente, no aplica lo seleccionado, sino un trazo, tamaño y color diferente (siempre el mismo)
    InDesign 2025 20.1
    Mac Studio Mac OS 15.3 (24D60)

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  6. Creative clouds library syncing issues

    Indesign 20.1

    When you try to create a snippet from a groupped objects it shows up in cclibrary side panel but stays inactive. You can see the name artwor1 and can be renamed but it will not be uploaded to the cloud.
    CC desktop app says something went wrong...
    Restarting the PC solves the problem. After that you can upload twenty-something snippet again. Then restart the PC....

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  7. damaged file after 'Update table of contents'

    damaged Indesign file after 'Update table of contents'

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  8. Crash/Error Reporting & (non)Solutions

    I have been using Adobe products since the beginning. After a crash, I have not ever once had the Error Report that 'searches for a solution or workaround' come back with any solution—working or not. Has anyone ever had a useful solution or workaround come back? Just me?? I am guessing it is still valuable to send the reports, although not sure about that either.

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  9. When moving files from one folder to another a message says "Preparing to move"

    Indesign 20.1, MacOS 15.3, M4 Pro.
    The message persists for about 1 minute and then the file successfully moves. This only happens with Indesign files. I've tested with files from version 20.1 and version 19.5. Both of these produce the issue. My older files created in version 18 work fine. I can move them with no problem.

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  10. "recent" files date modified

    It's January 2 and all my recent files (updated within the last couple weeks or month, meaning December) are showing up as being from "1 year ago" which is not quite true.

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  11. Cursor clicking and dragging when only clicking.

    When just clicking somewhere on-screen (e.g. clicking a different swatch colour or clicking on a text box), sometimes the cursor will click and drag the item as well. I have tried multiple mice (3) and still have the same issue with each one, making me assume it may be a software issue.

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  12. provide tool to manage external cross-references

    I am responsible for maintaining and updating a long manual with many cross-references. Most of these cross-references are internal to the book collection, but a significant minority reference specific sections in other books that make up the manual or specific sections in other reference documents external to my organization. The ability to use the cross-reference tools to manage internal cross-references is a godsend. Manually tracking external cross-references, however, is extremely tedious and mistake-prone. Obviously it would not be possible to provide hyperlinks or automatic updating for external cross-references. However, I would still like a way to keep track of them…

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  13. data merge images

    InDesign 20.0.1 on MaxOS 15.1.1 (24B91), the Data merge for images does not work. There are no errors or warmings, but upon previewing, exporting or merging the images to not populate. The same data file and downsaved indd file (ver 19) works.

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  14. Index type range bugs

    I specifically have my problems with "To Next Use Of Style" and "For Next # Of Paragraphs"

    1. To Next Use Of Style
      The adobe guide specifically says that the range is until the NEXT use of the specific para style but if the paragraph that contains the index marker is the same as the intended end of range, it only recognizes the first page. It counts the current para style aswell.
      So if I want to i.e. make an index marker on a bridgehead with a range until the next bridgehead, I have to put the marker to the beginning…

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  15. Indesign 2024 keeps opening!

    I use both Indesign 2023 and Indesign 2024 on MacOS Monterey. I already changed the Indesign files option to "open with Indesign 2023". But whenever I try to open an Indesign file both Indesign 2023 and 2024 open. I want to open the file with Indesign 2023. Even if 2023 is already opened it still opens Indesign cc2024 too. How do I stop 2024 doing that?

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  16. Alert is shown on opening documents in InDesign(v20.0.1) - "This file is already open by another user or another application."

    Yesterday I edited a file in Indesign V19.5.1. Now I can no longer open this and many of my previous design files. I get the error message: ‘This file is already open by another user or application. This file may be stored on a network server and cannot be opened until the other user closes it.

    I have updated to V20.0.1 and reinstalled V19.0. Both did not help. This bug has been around for a long time in different versions and it occurs regularly.

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  17. Opentype Superscript not displaying properly in 2025 on Mac M1

    Footnote references set to Opentype: Superior dont display properly in 2025 on OSx

    File displays fine in 2022

    This is using ID footnote references, so the footnote number (123) is ONE character

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  18. Les chiffres monétaire en millier d'Excel sont réduit sur InDesign

    Lorsque j'importe une base de donnée (xlsx) sur InDesign(v20.0.1), les chiffres monétaire en millier sont réduit à leur unité de millier.

    Par exemple, si j'importe 1000€ depuis Excel, ca devient 1 sur InDesign. Pour 2000€, 2.

    Sur les versions précédente de 2020 je n'avais pas ce bug.

    J'utilise la version 20.0.1 d'InDesign et le version d'Excel 16.91

    J'ai également essayé de changer les paramètres de séparateur de millier d'Excel, sans succès.

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  19. Grep function for deleting trailing whitespace deletes a paragraph mark before a table

    A paragraph mark before a table should not be considered trailing whitespace. Not sure what else to say. Maybe it's an easy fix?

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  20. Data Merge to PDF ignoring text variables in tag line

    First encountered issue: https://community.adobe.com/t5/InDesign/Data-Merge-to-PDF-ignoring-text-variables-in-tag-line/td-p/10606867

    Data Merge to PDF ignoring text variables in tag line

    I posted the previous in Communities over 5 years ago on Sep 13, 2019 and it still hasn't been addressed.

    Is there any reason that a file merged directly to a PDF (rather than to an Indesign file, then saved as a PDF) would refuse to parse text variables set in InDesign?

    Document has text variables selected so that final will have a tag line with date and page count.

    When I merge my data to an InDesign file, then save as PDF, the tag line…

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