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  1. Black horizontal lines appear on screen when scrolling

    When I expand the Indesign window to fill 90% of my 27" screen, I get numerous black horizontal lines appearing when scrolling. Other editing functions typical when handling type on a layout also produce random broken lines. If I click a page forward or back arrow, the lines disappear. I was first using v16.2 and just upgraded to 16.3.2 today with same results. Just discovered I have to reduce the widow size to about 75% of my screen size for the lines to not appear at all. Never had this happen on previous versions and need almost full screen width…

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  2. Black horizontal lines appear on screen when scrolling

    When I expand the Indesign window to fill 90% of my 27" screen, I get numerous black horizontal lines appearing when scrolling. Other editing functions typical when handling type on a layout also produce random broken lines. If I click a page forward or back arrow, the lines disappear. I was first using v16.2 and just upgraded to 16.3.2 today with same results. Just discovered I have to reduce the widow size to about 75% of my screen size for the lines to not appear at all. Never had this happen on previous versions and need almost full screen width…

    6 votes

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  3. ID 2021 share feature often stalls indesign spinning wheel slows down program

    ID 2021 share feature often stalls indesign spinning wheel slows down program
    OS X catalina 10.15.7 (19H1217)

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  4. missing text and images

    I have a multiple facing page doc that is missing text boxes and images. seems like a rendering issue but I cant fix the bug. any ideas? things I have tried are: preference reset, exporting the doc as an IDML file, moving pages to a new doc. nothing is fixing the bug.

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  5. Problem with *.wmf files in InDesign 16.3

    I've got a file with many equations created in MathType, exported as *.wmf files and placed in Adobe In Design. Until today everything was fine. But after a new update to version 16.3 all my equations were destroyed. In the attachment I'm sending the same page exported to PDF before and after update. Please help me.

    7 votes

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  6. 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.

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    It 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.


    Adobe InDesign team

  7. Export Jpeg to nas, finder crash

    I have a MacbookPro under macOs BigSur version 11.4 with an Apple M1 chip, the version of Indesign is 16.3.2, when I export one of my files either locally or on the network nas, in the JPEG format to the NAS and I want to open the Finder to see if the file is saved, as soon as I click on it without opening it, the Finder no longer responds and the same for Indesign, which forces me to close Indesign so that the Finder will work again, is there a compatibility problem since there is still no version of…

    3 votes

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  8. magnification copy

    Indesign 16.2.1 x64
    If I select some text to copy, then change the magnification, then Ctrl+C, move the curser to a new point in the text and Ctrl+V, it pastes the magnification, not the text.
    Not a major problem, but one has to ask "why?". I expected it to copy the text, not the workspace.

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  9. footnotes bug

    How do I get footnote #1 in my screenshot to show up with footnotes #2 and #3 at the bottom of the page. For the life of me, I cannot find a setting that makes this possible. Thank you in advance.

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  10. footnotes bug

    How do I get footnote #1 in my screenshot to show up with footnotes #2 and #3 at the bottom of the page. For the life of me, I cannot find a setting that makes this possible. Thank you in advance.

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  11. footnotes show up at the bottom of text box rather than bottom of page when "span footnotes" is selected

    How do I get footnote #1 in my screenshot to show up with footnotes #2 and #3 at the bottom of the page. For the life of me, I cannot find a setting that makes this possible. Thank you in advance.

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  12. footnotes show up at the bottom of text box rather than bottom of page when "span footnotes" is selected

    How do I get footnote #1 in my screenshot to show up with footnotes #2 and #3 at the bottom of the page. For the life of me, I cannot find a setting that makes this possible. Thank you in advance.

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  13. footnotes show up at the bottom of text box rather than bottom of page when "span footnotes" is selected

    How do I get footnote #1 in my screenshot to show up with footnotes #2 and #3 at the bottom of the page. For the life of me, I cannot find a setting that makes this possible. Thank you in advance.

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  14. Koreans have to press the spacebar twice when using InDesign

    When typing Korean in InDesign, you need to press the spacebar twice.If you've ever used InDesign in Korean, you'll find this kind of work is very annoying. This issue did not appear in CS6 and earlier versions of CC. So, for Koreans who use InDesign, the InDesign CC version is a disaster.

    This problem cannot be solved by using any option in InDesign, and Koreans are using unverified sub software to solve this problem. And many Koreans are wondering why InDesign is a step backwards from the previous version and doesn't solve even these basic problems.

    It seems it's been…

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  15. Alt text of vector graphics not showing in Acrobat

    Alt text of vector graphics not showing in Acrobat (mouse over)

    When exporting documents with placed .ai or .eps the alt text on mouse over isn't showing in Acrobat.
    The alt text does show up when inspecting Tags, though.

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  16. Layer hidden by top layer

    I have a layer with text and images and then a layer below it will squares of solid colors. Whenever the text layer is visible and on top, the colors cannot be seen despite there being areas where they should be completely visible. The text box is set to transparent as well. When I move the colored squares to the text layer they can be seen. How can this be fixed without having the squares be moved to the text layer?

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  17. Index not listed correctly after converting IDML file to INDD

    When I convert INDD files to IDML, and then I convert those again in INDD the index file disassembles completely the layers.

    It seems to happen from the third level like in this example:

    Chapter 5

    5.9
    1.1.1
    1.1.1
    1.1.2
    1.1.2.1
    1.1.2.2

    How can I avoid that, and let the Index keep the right list from the first conversion?

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  18. Index not listed correctly after converting IDML file to INDD

    When I convert INDD files to IDML, and then I convert those again in INDD the index file disassembles completely the layers.

    It seems to happen from the third level like in this example and the PNG file attached:

    Chapter 5

    5.9
    1.1.1
    1.1.1
    1.1.2
    1.1.2.1
    1.1.2.2

    How can I avoid that, and let the Index keep the right list from the first conversion?

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  19. Index not listed correctly after converting IDML file to INDD

    When I convert INDD files to IDML, and then I convert those again in INDD the index file disassembles completely the layers.

    It seems to happen from the third level like in this example and the PNG file attached:

    Chapter 5

    5.9
    1.1.1
    1.1.1
    1.1.2
    1.1.2.1
    1.1.2.2

    How can I avoid that, and let the Index keep the right list from the first conversion?

    1 vote

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  20. Index not listed correctly after converting IDML file to INDD

    When I convert INDD files to IDML, and then I convert those again in INDD the index file disassembles completely the layers.

    It seems to happen from the third level like in this example and the PNG file attached:

    Chapter 5

    5.9
    1.1.1
    1.1.1
    1.1.2
    1.1.2.1
    1.1.2.2

    How can I avoid that, and let the Index keep the right list from the first conversion?

    1 vote

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