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  1. Layer selection window size in import options

    When importing a .psd or .ai file, the layers selection window is ridiculously small (you can only view 4 layers at a time), making it a real pain to select layers on a big file. Please, at least make it resizeable.

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  2. Cannot order Parent Pages

    In InDesign 2023 (v18.0) on an Intel Apple (macOS Monterey 12.6.1) it is impossible to reorder Parent Pages. This is possible in earlier versions. Please fix.

    5 votes

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  3. InDesign 18.0, textformat with bullet/numbering in tables/Textformatierung mit Nummerierung in Tabellen

    1. InDesign 18.0
    2. In table cells we put the € sign with an eighth-fourth as numbering in a paragraph format, so we don't need to type in the € sign every time. Since InDesign 18.0 the text disapears (column 1) when inserting a new text (price), as if the column seems to be too narrow. When converting the numbering into text (column 2) the text appears again. With the numbering function in it you cannot make the column smaller. There ist always a big space before the text (or after when left-aligned) (column 3).
    3. We would like to to continue using…
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  4. InDesign 2023 crashing when using links panel

    Though it rights itself occasionally, this happens only when I use the links panel. I am having to cmd-D to import, but that is adding lots of time I don't have.

    Restarts of both InDesign and my latest model MacBook Pro are not fixing this.

    What can I do?

    3 votes

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  5. workspace issues with 2023

    Every time I open (or create) a new document in Indesign 18.0 x64, I get automatically taken to the touch worksapce (which is never what I want). Then, when I click on the correct workspace, it also opens this weird "structure" thing. Even if I close it and resave the workspace, it'll open it again the next time I open a document. This is extremely frustrating.

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  7. Issues with epub quality on the new 2023 update

    I'm a book publisher. I downloaded the latest InDesign update last week. I created the files and saved them like in the previous software. However, the vendors are all rejecting the epub files stating they're not validating in their epub software. I had to go redownload the prior version of InDesign, and it works like a charm. The glitch seems to be in the new version of the InDesign software.

    12 votes

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  8. day 62

    DAY 63 - Slow Publish Online document loading - Case ADB-25741223-T9S3

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  9. delete text crash

    Opened and made a copy (Save As) of an existing doc in ID 17.4, moved to ID 18 when it became available. Replaced about 2/3 of the existing material with new text or images. Found one specific text box that crashed when I tried to delete it. Tried deleting the text in the box, another crash. Tried deleting text in chunks, and got down to just one letter that was causing the crash.

    Fix not required. This is a result of regularly importing Word docs from other people. (The proof is the document recovery notice: the recovery called for links…

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  10. optical margin alignment

    Optical Margin Alignment does not work in a tabbed hanging indent, but it should. In the examples provided I want the copy quotes to be offset by the optical margin alignment, but they are counted as a character and disrupt the look of the hanging indent (example 01). If I move the hanging indent to the right side of the quotes it fixes the problem for the current paragraph, but the next paragraph aligns with the tab and quote, not with the above hanging paragraph (example 02).

    2 votes

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  11. DAY 62 - Slow Publish Online document loading - Case ADB-25741223-T9S3

    I'm getting very tired with this - Publish Online still slow loading, feel it's like knocking your head against. a brick wall!!!!
    Since I first reported this major slow-down 62 days ago, it's speeded up a little, but now today, back to the slow stuff. Please, please, please Adobe - listen to what I'm saying, you have a problem with your Publish Online server setup. It used to be incredibly fast loading, now it's sloooooooow!

    I keep getting told it will be resolved in the latest Indesign update - of course it isn't, it's the servers where the documents are…

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  12. InDesign '23 interface is not dual-monitor friendly! I am running macOS Monterey 12.4 on a MacBook M1 Pro.

    Please update Adobe InDesign to be a more self-contained, movable workspace instead of anchoring the app to a single monitor (namely, my small laptop monitor). I am able to move tool windows and a file window over to my larger screen, but everything opens back on my laptop screen and I have to adjust all over again, unlike with Illustrator or Photoshop. It also maintains a dark gray 'background' over my laptop screen so it's VERY difficult to multitask. I noticed that this became an issue with a recent update PRIOR to the release of InDesign 2023. I am running…

    2 votes

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  13. Error encountered while reading TIFF image

    Adobe Indesign 2023 (v18).
    When render TIFF images from Blender using the Deflate (ZIP) option.
    All other compression options gives images with black background and no transparency.
    Up to v17 Indesign 2022 these images imported just fine.
    When doing a resave in Photoshop with no changes, the images imports fine.

    1 vote

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  14. 17.3からルビが振れない

    17.2.1まではテキストボックスに流したテキストに問題なくルビがふれてましたが17.3以降新規作成したテキストボックに対してルビ情報が反映されません。

    17.2.1で使っていた書類を17.3と18で開いたところルビは問題なく表示出来ていてます。
    しかし、その書類に新たにテキストボックスを作るとそのボックスにはルビが打てません。

    17.3で新規書類を作りそこに17.2.1でルビが表示されてるテキストボックスをコピーして新規書類にペーストするとルビが振れます。
    18でも同様のようです。

    改善を望みます。

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  15. InDesign 2023 (18.0)

    When attempting to switch the font family, the font menu jumps all the way to the top of the list instead of moving up to the previous font family in the list.

    Hack solution: If you choose a different weight and then attempt to change the font family, the font menu works correctly and doesn't jump to the top.

    This makes 2023 unusable, downgrading until fixed.

    5 votes

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  16. Cannot select or move anything around

    Can only 'select all' with keyboard shortcut, mouse / trackpad won't work, and then can't move or delete or do anything with selected items since last update. I'm on Mac OS Monterey 12.6

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  17. Co-Authoring

    Time to address the co-authoring issue, especially if you are pushing to the cloud.

    12 votes

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  18. Footnote references not fully displaying all digits

    InDesign 18.0

    After updating the file type for the new InDesign 2023, I noticed that my footnote reference markers were not displaying correctly in the footnotes themselves: the second digit is always missing. So for example, if the footnote number is 35, only the 3 is displayed. If the number is 128, only the 1 and 8 are displayed (with a blank in the middle). This is taking place even after converting to .idml.

    My colleague with 17.4 opened the same .idml and it is displaying correctly. The first screenshot is from him showing what it is supposed to look…

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  19. export with spread option ignores page range

    Export with spread option ignores page range

    I've got an InDesign document with a 6 page spread.
    When I export to pdf and select the spread option with a page-range of page 3-6, page 1 and 2 are also included.

    This happens in InDesign 17.4 en 18. Not sure about older versions.

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  20. 書式-タブ フローティングパネルの▶が小さすぎる

    タブパネルの▶が小さすぎて、困っています。もう少し大きくしてもらえればマウスで操作しやすいのですが・・

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