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  1. Placing Word-document imports wrong language for built-in style names

    Versions affected:
    InDesign CC2021 (and older).

    Steps:
    1. Use a non-english Word-version to make a Word-document.
    2. Use built-in styles to style text. For example "Overskrift 1" ("Heading 1" in Norwegian).
    3. Save as .docx
    4. Save as .doc
    4. In InDesign, Place the two Word-documents (including styles/formatting)

    Expected result:
    * Both documents import with the same style names they had in Word ("Overskrift 1").

    Result:
    * The docx places the text with the style name "Heading 1" (wrong)
    * The doc places the text with the style name "Overskrift 1" (correct)

    This makes round-trips via Word problematic. We are…

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  3. Table auto numbering in a book doesn't work

    I am using the latest in the cloud version of InDesign (Jan 28 2021). I am constructing a book. Some files have tables. The style for the caption is set to number continue from previous number. But it is not working within the book.

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  4. InDesign 16.0.2 exports improper TAGS for "lists" (bullets)

    The InDesign source file, which we use annually to produce a report, is now exporting all lists (bullets) with individual <P> tags and not as a grouped (nested) list of <L> tags.

    Prior to the upgrade to InDesign 2021 (v. 16.0.2), the source file exported proper <L> tags. The same file, now converted (saved) as InDesign 2021 (v.16.02) has bad tags for bullet/list formatted items.

    V. 16.0.2 gives LESS ADA 508 compliancy on the export than the prior 2020 version.

    3 votes

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  5. Command-N for "New Folder" within "Save" dialogue box doesn't work

    This is a bug – or at least, it doesn't adhere to the Mac standard for commands for "new folder." Such basic commands seem to fall by the wayside for flashy new features – but, why? It impedes workflow.

    It hasn't worked for a number of versions.

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  6. create new file / indesign 16.0.2

    I can't create a new document. I can open an existing document, but not create a new one...

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  7. Home screen does not keep record of last opened file

    In previous version the opening window with the Home button : does not accurately keep updating the last opened job.

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  8. Share for Review is showing files in low res very blurry

    I'm using PSD files linked in my InDesign, they look blurry like low res even the fonts used in the PSD https://assets.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:4e60c8e1-8ba1-46f0-af66-23ef2b71ac21?view=published

    Is there any option to share for review low res or high res please let us know, but I don't remember this happening to me before, they were shared always clear.

    6 votes

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  9. Submit form

    Hi, I don't know if this is a bug with InDesign or Acrobat, but when exporting an Interactive PDF, the "Submit Form" button crashes InDesign. The button appears set up correctly. It's supposed to email the results of the form to an email address, but instead it crashes Adobe Acrobat..

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  10. adobe fonts not syncing properly with typekit

    Having issue with fonts syncing with cloud version of fonts. I’ve downloaded the Oswald font but only 2 fonts show up as cloud version and the other version all show up as TrueType fonts and I don’t even have the font installed?

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  11. Bugs avec Windows 10 Pro

    De nombreux bugs d'utilisation des logiciels Adobe avec Windows 10 Pro (In Design / Illustrator et Photoshop).
    Dans InDesign : les fonds perdus sont ajoutés au PDF lorsqu'ils ne sont pas cochés dans les options d'export du PDF, ce n'est pas normal.
    Création de Nouveau document : les options de nouveau document ne répondent pas (dans l'interface de démarrage du logiciel et dans le logiciel par le menu), même constat dans Illustrator.
    La fenêtre "Format" n'apparaît pas toujours lorsque l'on veut l'afficher par Fichier > Format de documents... Je suis obligée de cliquer sur "Echap", car le logiciel ne répond…

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  12. Data Mergin

    InDesign 16.0.2

    Create Merge Document / Options/ Remove Blank Lines from Empty Field

    I have 2 Records in the same page, when I create the merged document with the specs above, InDesign removes the blank lines from one record but not the other one.

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  13. Publish Online menu inactive after one use

    Indesign 16.0.2
    When you go to the menu File/publish online it's works the first time you use it. But, 5 minute later when you want to update your publish online document the menu File/Publish Online option is inactive (grey).
    I must quit Indesign, relaunch it and after that, the menu File/publish online is active.

    2 votes

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  14. Cannot place Excel .xlsm files

    Adobe InDesign 2021's File > Place... dialog does not allow the selection of Excel .xlsm files even though it appears to be capable of importing them.

    On Windows, this can be worked around somewhat painfully by showing "All Files" in the Place dialog, but in macOS there is no similar workaround.

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  15. Autosave issues? More frequent spinning beach ball for 15-20 seconds - unable to do anything

    I assume this is related to Autosave because it only happens in Adobe products. I just upgraded to Big Sur (another buggy and annoying "upgrade") and the spinning beach ball happens twice as often now, and it lasts almost twice as long.

    It's so f*cking annoying because I'm unable to do anything. It just happened and lasted 20 grueling seconds.

    I bought a new MacBook Pro (late 2019) and I've never had more annoying bugs and intrusive, workflow-killing weirdness going on in the 15 years I've been using both. Apple blames Adobe and Adobe blames Apple.

    1 vote

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  16. epub preview - crops page view

    the ePub Previewer crops the page i am viewing in the preview, so i cannot see the entire page. please fix this issue as it makes it very difficult to preview my interactive elements without having to export the page to PDF.

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  18. Hyphenation at page break while option »Hyphenate Across Column« is not selected

    InDesign 16.0.2
    InDesign 13.1.1

    The option not to "Hyphenate Across Column" in hyphenation settings does not seem to work reliably. Not in InDesign CC 2018 and not in InDesign CC 2021.
    Sometimes it is ignored and sometimes it is taken into account. See the appended screenshots.
    With each recomposing of the text/stories, the behaviour can change: sometimes this way and sometimes that way.
    Please make the behaviour computable.

    Kind regards
    Martin Fischer

    5 votes

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  19. Rotated type in a linked indesign document crashes indesign when exporting a pdf

    1. Indesign 16.0.2
    2. rotate a text box in a layout by 90 degrees. place this document into another document, and this one into a third. as links. try to export as a pdf.
    3. a pdf
    4. Indesign crashes
    1 vote

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  20. windows moving out of sight

    I work with 2 screens. After a timeout (screen wakes up from afterdark), the floting tool windows jumped back to the main screen, partly out of sight. I can't use them anymore because the upper handle jumped above the workfield.
    The problem is not solved with returning to my saved workspace.
    I can only choose a standard wordspace, and have to order my tools again as prefered. (Quit anoying).
    I solution could be, that you can pick up a window also at its bottom. (Is now only at the top).

    3 votes

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