Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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GPU preview malformed
Graphics displayed with GPU are malformed. Please refer to the attached screenshots – the same view with and without GPU enabled.
MacBook Pro w/Apple M1 Pro, macOS Ventura 13.3.
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Text formatting can break backlinking endnote texts to endnote refs when exported to PDF (Print)
Hi together,
to explain the issue:Sometimes backling from endnote text to endnote reference number will not work.
To make it work at all I found the following minimum requirements for PDF export:
PDF Export (Print)
Compatibility: Acrobat 5 (PDF 1.4)
[x] Create Tagged PDF
[x] Hyperlinks enabled
Even with that sometimes only linking from the endnote reference number to the endnote text will work, but not backlinking from the endnote number in the endnote text to the reference in the main text.
What I found:
If you want linking back from the endnote number at the start of…
13 votesThanks for reporting the issue of backlinking not working for Endnotes with WR Composers.
We’re going to review this shortly.—
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Error Code 4 / Fehler Code 4: for not damaged documents
- Adobe Indesin CC 13.01 After the last Update of Indesign time by time suddenly Indesign report a damaged file if you try to open any InDesign-Document.
Everytime after restarting the Mac everything is good and I'm fortunally able to open all o these documents.
Sometimes restarting Indesign helps, but not always.
The last 3 days it happens much to often und it nervs.
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57 votesThis issue has been fixed.
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high CPU usage version 17.2
as referred in these posts there is a performance problem with indesign that coming from version 17.0 and still exist(version 17.2):
No answer from Adobe , No fix , nothing unfortunately. It uses about 20 % of CPU when you open Indesign , it does not matter there is a document that is opened or not , it uses 20% of CPU all the time. non of other Adobe's 2022 apps have this weird problem.
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installed font missing InDesign 17.2 macOS 12.3 (Monterey) and macOS Catalina
Different clients have the same problem. Installed fonts on the system are not recognised by InDesign 17.2. Other Adobe applications recognise the font and it can be used in those applications. I can recreate the problem, my colleague not. After downgrading InDesign to version 17.01 everything works fine.
135 votesWe've just released InDesign 17.2.1 version which addresses this issue.
Please update to this latest version using Creative Cloud Desktop application.
In case the fix does not work immediately for you, please try the following:
1) Quit InDesign.
2) Delete the following:
on Mac:
/Users/[yourname]/Library/Caches/Adobe InDesign
/Users/[yourname]/Library/Preferences/Adobe InDesign
on Win:
C:\Users\[yourname]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\InDesign
C:\Users\[yourname]\AppData\Local\Adobe\InDesign
Relaunch InDesign & see if it works properly now.
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InDesign team
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Endnotes don't export to ePub
EPUB Export Endnotes with Hyperlinks
Version: InDesign CC 2019 – 14.0.3
Steps to Reproduce:
Use the endnote feature and in one of the endnotes (preferably after the first one), add a hyperlink.
Export the InDesign document to EPUB
Expected Result: All endnote references are hyperlinked and the numbers for each endnote are backlinked back to the reference.
Actual Result:
Endnote number is missing for all endnotes after the hyperlink that was added to the endnote and no linking occurs after the manual hyperlink. Indesign crashes.9 votes -
Can't delete InDesign color swatch
Documents inherit a swatch from a picked-up file and the swatch can not be deleted.
1) This problem has existed for us since at least InDesign CS4 and persists through the current CC 2018 build (13.1).
2) In the attached file, "Select All Unused" in the Swatches panel. There is no content at all in the file. All objects have been deleted, as have all text and object styles. Try to delete the unused process color swatch, "C=80 M=76 Y=70 K=73."
3) We expect the unused swatch to be deleted.
4)…
17 votesUpdate:
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Following upon the comments from the users who had mentioned that the issue is still not resolved for them, we contacted them on email to gather more information.
It was found that the issue is no longer reproducible for them, hence we are closing the thread.
If you still have any concern over the fix of the issue, you may directly reach out to sakverma@adobe.com===========
Hello All,
Thank you for reporting the issue to us.
We have fixed the issue in the latest version of InDesign, Id 14.0.3Please upgrade your InDesign application to the latest version to try out the fix.
If you are unable to see the update yet, go to Creative Cloud desktop application, open the menu (three dots) from the top-right corner and click on ‘Check For App Updates’.
If you face any problems with the new update, do let us know…
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Character style with one attribute "medium" not displaying properly in properties of the style
InDesign 17.4
Step 1: choose character style "none"
Step 2: create new character style
Step 3: open new character syle and change "Basic Character Formats → Font Style:" to "Medium"
Step 4: navigate to the "General" tab: the "Style Settings" area shows "[None]" but should display "[None] + Medium"1 vote -
Missing images on exporting to PDF a document with images in the header cell
Indesign 16.1
InDesign shows the document correctly. The images in the header are there (in the first and subsequent pages)
But the exported PDF lacks the images in the repeated header (see sample file)1 vote -
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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bug report normal view – preview
- InDesign 15.0.1 x64
- press »W« while document is opened
- text on page shoud be eaqual in preview and normal view
- text in preview and normal view are not eaqual. (Text and formats were not adjusted between the view changes.)
- see screenshots
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[ID-4257734]When you place an object with ‘Corner Options’ and ‘Text Wrap (Wrap around object shape)’ on a frame, the text moves.
Checked on Windows 10 Japanese version, InDesign CS5 to CC2024
1.Create a new document
2.Create a frame grid with the Horizontal Grid Tool
3.Insert a few line breaks at the beginning and assign sample text
4.Draw a rectangle with the Rectangle Tool
5.Set the shape in Corner Options to anything other than ‘None’
6.Set the text wrap to ‘Wrap around object shape’
7.When the drawn rectangle is placed on the frame, it is pushed out by one characterIt’s strange that the text moves even though the rectangle is not placed on top…
30 votesHi,
Thank you for reporting the issue. It is currently under investigation.
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Adobe InDesign Team
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BUG: Small Caps not applied correctly to Variable Text with World-ready Composer
Using Adobe Indesign 19.3 on MacOS 14.4, Apple M1.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Make new document.
2. Define a text variable "Test" with custom text "Handgloves".
3. Insert variable in text frame.
4. Set the composer for that paragraph to "World-ready..."
5. Set the paragraph in Small Caps
6. Try different fonts.Expected result: small caps.
Actual Result: only first two characters are changed to small caps. Typing characters after the variable placeholder changes how many characters are changed to small caps. See attached video.
Workaround is to change the paragraph to a non…
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Document.metadataPreferences and linkXMP entries only return first delimited value
Steps to reproduce:
1. Create new Indesign document
2. Choose File menu > File Info
3. In the Author field, enter "Jack; Jill" (excluding quotes)
4. Click OK
5. Run script "alert(app.activeDocument.metadataPreferences.author);"Result:
"Jack"Expected result:
Either "Jack; Jill" or ["Jack","Jill"]4 votes -
The Book panel disappears and can't be re-displayed.
The Book panel is essential while working, because (as far as I know) it's the only way to sync styles across your book's files. But once it disappears (which it does frequently), there is no apparent way to redisplay it. Attempting to re-open the indb file doesn't do anything, even if you've closed all other files.
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I've had to renter my pasword and code from text 6x in the last 2 1/2 hours. How is anybody supposed to get any work done when updating apps
Why is updating apps such a pain in the butt!!!!
Had to log into a different ID to get past supposed firewall issues and then had to keep using password and code sent to text on my phone every time I opened an app.
VERY UNPRODUCTIVE AFTERNOON. THANK YOU CREATIVE CLOUD!!!!!1 vote -
Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl+Shft+G (Ungroup) acts strange
In Windows 10, Indesign 14.0:
Ungrouping with keyboard shortcut only works when I:
hold Ctrl+LeftShift,
then touch RightShift (while holding Ctrl+LeftShift) (????)
press G (while still holding Ctrl+LeftShift)
3 votes -
Apply Overrides to style using option click not working
- InDesign CC2019
- option-clicking on a style sheet should apply it with clear overrides.
- it doesn’t. You have to right click on it to Apply ‘style’ clear overriders
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Omitted page ranges are affected by sections
Summary:
When describing a page range that omits the first/final page, if there is a starting section in the range, the output results will remain in the page range within the section.Verification:
Create an 8-page document (Figure 1).
Set the start section on page 5.
Export the PDF (and print as well) and enter “-6” in the page range (Figure 2).Result:
A PDF of pages 5-6 is exported.
When the PDF is exported again, the page range is set to “5-6” (Figure 3).Ideal result:
should not be affected by the presence or absence of sections.…13 votes -
[ID-4257737]InDesign 15.1.1 - Fonts not activating - stuck on spinning circle background tasks
I have a problem on InDesign 15.1.1 - My Creative Cloud fonts are not activating... How can I sort this out? It's stuck on the spinning blue circle of doom - the background task has been saying queued for hours now.
I need my fonts not sure what to do?? Help.
26 votesTry closing the document that shows the Background Tasks as queued. If the Auto-Activate Adobe Fonts option has been selected and you are connected to the internet, fonts in your document should get auto-activated.
Please try once again and let us know.—
Adobe InDesign team
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