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  1. Share for review comments moved after file update

    Comments are no longer in the correct position after update to INDD file.... I entered a few line returns and replaced a space with a non-breaking space after a few words, going manually through the search and replace. Going backwards with the edits doesn't help.

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  2. Page Links not working – Can't assign a page as a link – Crashes InDesign when attempting to select a page from Hyperlink settings

    Page Links not working – Can't assign a page as a link – Crashes InDesign when attempting to select a page from Hyperlink settings

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  3. InDesign crashes when restoring a spread/page that contains a selected table with an xml tag

    Version of Adobe InDesign, InCopy or InDesign Server:
    InDesign 2023/2024

    Steps to reproduce the issues

    1. Create a 2nd page
    2. Create a table on that page
    3. Tag the table with an xml tag
    4. Select the table
    5. Delete that spread/page
    6. Try to undo that delete spread/page

    Expected result

    InDesign does not crash

    Actual result

    InDesign crashes

    5 votes

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  4. InDesign do not read EXIF metadata on captions from jpeg exported from PS

    Tested on Adobe InDesign 19.0.1 on macOS Ventura

    Steps:

    I save an image on PS as JPEG and preserve the metadata
    I place that image on InDesign.
    The file info panel is showing the metadata
    I configure and generate the caption with the ISO speed
    The caption do not show any info about the ISO speed

    When working with psd or pdf it works fine. When working with JPEG not created from PS or Lightroom works fine.

    I attached an example and screenshots the jpeg

    1 vote

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  5. Incorrect reading order for anchored objects

    InDesign is placing text and objects in the incorrect reading order when exporting to accessible PDF when an anchored object is anywhere but at the bottom of the page. Instead of placing the anchored object/group of objects in the correct order, it is placing them at the end of the reading order. An example would be an anchored group of a placed Illustrator graph and it's title text box.

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  6. Reading order of footnotes is incorrect for multi-column layouts

    InDesign is not placing footnotes correctly in the reading order when generating accessible PDFs for layouts with more than one column. Instead of placing the footnotes at the bottom of the page's reading order, InDesign is placing them at the end of the first column, interrupting the reading order.

    Also, after correcting the reading order by placing the footnote(s) at end, Acrobat reports a 'Tagged Annotations - Failed' error for the footnote or the first footnote in a block of footnotes when it is a hyperlink.

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  7. Incorrect coding of ligatures in placed Illustrator files

    InDesign is not encoding ligatures in placed Illustrator files correctly when generating accessible PDFs via the Export/Adobe PDF (Interactive) command. Accessibility Check in Acrobat reports all ligatures in Illustrator files as 'Character Encoding - Failed'.

    macOS 14, all CC apps up to date.

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  8. End nested style here character appears in bookmarks as empty rectangle

    When I use End nested style character in headings, these are exported into bookmarks as empty characters. They have no meaning in bookmarks.

    InDesign 19.0.1 on Windows

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  9. InDesign links panel not working since 12/8/2023 update

    Since updating Classic InDesign yesterday, I cannot create links at all, not in the menu and not in the links panel. Win11, InDesign 18.5.1x64. Lost all linkage functioning within InDesign files.

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  10. Export - Jpg - Page Size - Suffix

    Love the new update where you can change the export options to include a specific Suffix, however could you remove the spaces between the sizes in the Page Size Suffix export? For example, 700 x 200 would be 700x200. This will help speed up the process in file naming as we can not have spaces in files names in any graphics for our websites.

    2 votes

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  11. first keystroke is missing after pasting text

    The Show Paste Options setting eats the first keystroke after pasting text. Turn this setting OFF and the problem disappears. Turn it on and you will think you're going crazy.

    1. InDesign CC 19.0.1 on macOS Ventura 13.6.1 (22G313) on Apple Silicon M2 Pro

    2. Create a new document with a text field. Make sure Show Paste Options is checked (in Preferences » Clipboard Handling... » Show Paste Options)

    3. In this example (see attached video), after pasting text, I typed "5" twice. I should see two "5"s following the pasted text.

    4. The first "5" does not register. Only the second "5" appears…

    1 vote

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  12. ID Arabic-Enabled incorrect full stop position with "soft return"

    ID Arabic-Enabled incorrect full stop position with "soft return"
    1. ID version: 2024 Arabic enabled.

    Description:
    Text error when a soft return is used at the end of one sentence, the following text will place the full stop at the wrong end of the text.
    See attached videos which indicate the correct behavior on ID 2023, and the incorrect behavior on ID 2024.
    Downloas sample file "ID2024OKon2023ERRORon2024.indd" at https://vocaza-my.sharepoint.com/:u:/p/n_el-abed/EbOQxQlxUMZJk7OHeTSL39cBsXBBMVLgJx8oqkcjfTgsJw?e=oZTGQZ

    1. Steps to reproduce the issues:
      Open file "ID2024OKon2023ERRORon2024.indd" on ID 2023, apply a soft return as indicated in video "ID2023.mov", all is OK.
      Open same file on…

    4 votes

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  13. New document

    When I want to create a new document via the "File" > "New" dialog box, a document setting appears to create a document. The entire program remains stuck. I can then force close In-Design and restart it. As a result, open files are lost. To create a new document I can only open an existing document and save it again as "save as",

    2 votes

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  14. Apple text replacement does not work in indesign

    Mac M2
    Sonoma 14.2
    Indesign 19.0.1

    Mac text replacement does not work in Indesign nor Illustrator.

    How can I change this? What is blocking this in the Adobe programs?

    (EXAMPLE: on every other program on the Mac when I type wf, it replaces it with the word wayfinding)

    1 vote

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  15. Variable Font Italic Slider Not Working Correctly

    Adobe InDesign ver.19.0.1

    The variable weight for CC Regeneration (distributed through Adobe Fonts) is not working correctly in InDesign. The italic slider is not adjusting all data points correctly and the capital "I" glyph is not affected at all.
    The variable font works correctly in Illustrator.

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  16. table indent

    19.0.1 - The default table loads with an 8 pica left indent. Creating a table from text also loads an 8 pica indent but I could not find a way to alter that. In the styling it showed 0 indent. I was able to adjust the default table but not the one I created from text. I deleted preferences and there was no change. Please fix.

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  17. Scrolling issues

    Scrolling up and down in a document and in the pages widow etc stopped working after v 19.0.1 was installed. Same with alt + scroll to zoom in and out. (PC/Windows).

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  18. Indesign Crashes when scrolling

    When I scroll pages using the keyboard, Indesign keeps crashing. The document has photos, but not excessively high resolution and I'm viewing on typical display mode.

    MacOS. Indesign 19.0.1.205

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  19. document window turns white while scoping within text box

    after upgrade to sonoma 14.1.2 (running INDD 19.0.1), while scoping text - everything inside the document window goes away to white only and, reappears when releasing input device. this makes it impossible to select exact sections of text. it does not occur while double clicking to select an entire line. It did not occur until this morning after upgrading OS.

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  20. Please Support Folder Tags for Mac OS

    Finder Tags in Mac OS are used to quickly filter documents and folders in Application dialog boxes, as well as in the finder itself. Folder tags have never worked with InDesign, despite the function being supported by other CC apps. I use folder tags all of the time to organize artwork, as well as documents. Please fix this.

    2 votes

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