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  1. Publish Online Image Scaling Issues

    I'm running into an issue where images don't render at the correct scaling for Publish Online. See screenshots.

    The image types affected appear to be PNG and SVG images. I can fix this by re-exporting the image as a JPG but that is a massive waste of time – we use SVG images heavily to keep file sizes down. If they don't scale correctly in Publish Online, it makes the feature basically useless for us.

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  2. Outlined text

    I'm using InDesign v 16.1 for a Mac. I just encountered an issue with outlining text. As you can see in the "Display in Preview" png, all of the text is visible and matches what I actually see in InDesign. All of this text is outlined by pressing command + O. When you look at the "Display in Acrobat" png, the yellow outlined text appears to be transparent. Again, all of the text in the png files are outlined. This issue is also visible at our print shop. The workaround I found is just to keep the text live, but…

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  3. Outlined text

    I'm using InDesign v 16.1 for a Mac. I just encountered an issue with outlining text. As you can see in the "Display in Preview" png, all of the text is visible and matches what I actually see in InDesign. All of this text is outlined by pressing command + O. When you look at the "Display in Acrobat" png, the yellow outlined text appears to be transparent. Again, all of the text in the png files are outlined. This issue is also visible at our print shop. The workaround I found is just to keep the text live, but…

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  4. Share for Review - strikethrough text or highlight option aren't visible - InDesign V. 16.1

    Share for Review:

    Me (on OS X) and reviewers (on windows) don't see the strikethrough text or highlight option in :

    • safari v14.03
    • chrome v89
    • firefox v86.01
    • my indesign document V16.1

    It's a very high problem for me and my clients, please help us fast.

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  5. fonte embaralhada

    In the current version of InDesign (16.1), there is often a font error that shuffles the entire content. It usually occurs in the font "Frutiger 77 Black condensed".

    My system: Dell Optiplex 3060, Core i5 3.20Ghz, Ram 16GB, NVIDIA GT 730 graphics card.

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  6. fonte embaralhada

    In the current version of InDesign (16.1), there is often a font error that shuffles the entire content. It usually occurs in the font "Frutiger 77 Black condensed".

    My system: Dell Optiplex 3060, Core i5 3.20Ghz, Ram 16GB, NVIDIA GT 730 graphics card.

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  7. conditional text leaves a bullet with blank line when using a bullet list

    Indesign v16

    We use conditional text and have noticed that using bullets with this would leave a lone bullet when swtiching the conditional text off. There's a work around to and a line break and switch the bullets off which allows the condition to work as expected.

    Would expect bullets to work with conditional text without the need for an extra line, this is flagging as overset text in some cases as well.

    To reproduce the issue:

    Set a few lines of text to bullet style
    apply conditional text to the lines
    Switch view of conditional text off
    You're left…

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  8. Multi-state objects not working correctly

    I'm having problems with multi state object not working as they should.
    Sometimes its fine others not.
    I've attached a video of the problem.

    It happens when you use buttons to change the state. It works for a while and gradually deteriorates. The state can show then you roll off the button and it reverts. As if a r'roll-off' state is in play. Eventually the multi-state target disappears altogether.

    Its happening in different documents and in Indesign 2020 and 2021.

    Colleagues don't seem to have problem so could need to reinstall. But wondered if you could shed any light on…

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  9. copy

    Holding down "option" on the keyboard and then dragging a graphic or text box to copy and paste where you'd like it to go no longer works. The cursor changes as if it's going to copy/paste, however, it will just drag the original graphic/text box without copying it. I have to physically hit cmd + c and cmd + v and then it will paste wherever it wants to go in the document to get something to copy and paste. This is really frustrating when trying to design documents with a lot of the same elements in different formats. This…

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  10. Bugs paragraph styles border overlaps the text

    I'm using Indesign CC2021 on Mac 10.14.6

    Paragraph styles are adjust with borders but the borders overlaps the text, while the borders are merged in paragraph style.

    When I export the PDF, the problem seems to disappear.

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  11. 2021 variable font not printing

    InDesign 2021 v 16.0 when I use the Acumin Variable Concept font in any style it doesn't print. I have no errors on the document just blank boxes where the text would be.

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  12. table of contents very buggy

    i think i know how to use indesign cc's table of contents feature, but it doesn't seem to work as advertised, or demonstrated in numerous videos. i cannot get the revisions to the toc paragraph styles to effect changes in the toc itself. despite the revised and selected paragraph style showing the new redefined settings, the toc only changes what is highlighted (not the rest of the elements in that style) and then reverts back to the original display on update. will be faster to just design it as a text block, which i don't think is the point. anyone?

    3 votes

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  13. Start von InDesign und Öffnen von Dateien dauert SEHR lange...

    Warum dauert der Start, das erste Öffnen und Schließen von Dateien so lange?
    Dauer "Tracker werden gestartet" bis zu 60 sekunden

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  14. Indesign 16.1 keeps crashing

    Hi,

    My Indesign keeps crashing when I paste or modify the text (both inside Indesign or imported from Word) beyond very simple modifications: if I replace one word it still works, but it crashes when I replace a paragraph or a text box.

    It became impossible to work on Indesign and I really need to get my work done. Help!

    I'm working on a macbook pro (mid-2012, non-retina) + macOS Catalina (10.15.7).

    I also sent the crash report (I also saved it as a text file if needed).

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  15. Mouse does not move/work on pc not possible when rendering a PDF

    It would be great if I could keep working on the PC and InDesign keeps rendering the PDF. But this is not possible because the mouse can not moved as soon as inDesign saves a book as PDF.
    I sit in front of the PC for almost 5 minutes and can't do anything else on the PC.
    Fixt this now finally!!!

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  16. What if I could double click the application title bar to minimize a window into the dock?

    Dear Adobe,
    Double-clicking a title bar to minimize a window is Mac behavior that goes back to the first release of OS10 in 2001. It is based on an even older behavior from OS9 where double clicking a title bar would "windowshade" the window like a roller blind rolling up into itself.

    Apple and Adobe train us all the time to adapt to new technologies and interfaces. Some behaviors we learn are easy to shake off and adapt to the new ones, especially if we haven't done them for very long. As a creative professional who has obviously done this…

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  17. Effects affecting all elements instead of the selected

    Recently I've noticed that whenever I try to add an effect, it affects ALL elements as opposed to just the selected object.

    The first time I noticed, I thought it would go away when I restart the computer but it's still happening! In the screenshot below, the top left was indeed the only one that got the dropshadow treatment but as soon as I hit that add dropshadow button, all the box changed their colors (see the purple and blue box)

    Tried Googling for a solution but couldn't find any. Anybody experienced(ing) the same thing? How did you fix it?

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  18. Effects affecting all elements instead of the selected

    Recently I've noticed that whenever I try to add an effect, it affects ALL elements as opposed to just the selected object.

    The first time I noticed, I thought it would go away when I restart the computer but it's still happening! In the screenshot below, the top left was indeed the only one that got the dropshadow treatment but as soon as I hit that add dropshadow button, all the box changed their colors (see the purple and blue box)

    Tried Googling for a solution but couldn't find any. Anybody experienced(ing) the same thing? How did you fix it?

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  19. WorldReady settings go missing in [Basic Paragraph] style

    Adobe InDesign (ME) 2021, 2020, CC 2019, ..., CS6
    macOS and Windows

    InDesign's WorldReady settings (Paragraph Direction, Kashidas, etc.) are being stripped from a document's [No Paragraph Style] style when opened on a machine with a missing 3rd-party plug-in (like Em Software's InCatalog). This appears to happen with any 3rd-party plug-in that adds a text attribute with a prefix that's lower than the WorldReady plug-in's prefix. While the following steps use the Middle Eastern app (English Arabic), where there's a UI to see the style's empty/blank WorldReady entries, we've confirmed that this problem affects all app variants (including English (Roman)).

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  20. CC Libraries

    InDesign 16.1. CC Libraries gets stuck. I cannot select any pictures Editing is only possible again after a complete restart. After a while it gets stuck again.

    4 votes

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