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  1. 23 votes

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  2. InDesign publish online broken links and missing objects

    Have major problem with publish online, missing objects and links with question marks showing. This comes after 8 months working on this document with no issues at all. Really need this sorting by Adobe as I have to deliver project at end of this month latest.
    Here's how it appears
    https://indd.adobe.com/view/b91790d7-6683-449b-b86c-0b72ed80a746
    If you look at attached image, that's how it appears within InDesign

    33 votes

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  3. publish online failure

    When publishing online, objects appear missing, indesign drawn objects, text, placed svgs, etc. Shows a question mark where the object should be
    I'm using latest InDesign CC, have scanned computer for virus/malware, reinstalled Indesign, with no resolution of problem which started on 3rd March. Previous to this I've been using for 8 months with no problems Publishing Online whatsoever, been totally rock-steady.

    See this link from Uwe Launder:
    https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs

    See this Publish Online with missing InDesign drawn elements:
    https://indd.adobe.com/view/b91790d7-6683-449b-b86c-0b72ed80a746

    Here's how it should look (see attached):

    7 votes

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  4. 1 vote

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  5. Stripped down workspace when opening document

    1. Using 17.1 x64 on a Windows 10 machine
    2. When InDesign is closed, if I double click on a file to open it, the program opens with a minimal workspace; no panels, no toolbar at the top of the screen, nothing. If I open the program first, and then open a file (either through the file menu, or by doubleclicking on the icon in File Explorer, the program opens with my correct workspace.
    3. Opening the program, no matter how I access it, should open with my selected workspace.
    4. It opens without any panels, toolbars or the option to change to a…
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  6. popups

    ISSUE: More than once, when I open InDesign, or access it for the first time that day, it'll come up with a popup spread across my workspace, inviting my feedback about something or alerting me to something. AND it will NOT go away.

    Previous time it was alerting me to the coming end of support for Type 1 fonts. Today (03/03/22) it's asking me to share feedback on Copy Editor (Beta) (screenshot attached).

    At this moment I need to work on my document, and I am not using Copy Editor, nor have I. But the popup can't be Escaped out…

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  7. Paragraph borders and shading

    Corner size and shape arrows don't work. You have to manually type in a value. I thought that in doing so it would activate the arrows but no.

    IND 2022 17.1

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  8. Drop Shadow is Very Buggy Within the App for Text

    The drop shadow effect is very buggy in the editor and has been for quite some time. I just dealt with it for the longest time but it seriously slows down production when I'm constantly having to "fix" it by making a change to the text then Undoing it (i.e. delete a character, then press Command+Z). The bug happens when Drop Shadow is applied to text and you scroll down the page a bit. The attached images show the before and after. If I scroll down the page after "fixing" it, it just re-bugs out. I work with white text…

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  10. Home Welcome Screen Blank After Update on all Apps

    After the recent set of updates, Indesign does not show the welcome screen. When i try to create a new document (CNTRL+N, File>New>Document) the app hangs and i have to restart the app. I am able to open existing files, but not create new ones. Worked around the problem by selecting "Use Legacy New Document Dialog", but i would like to get my home/Welcome screen back.

    OS: Windows 10
    Indesign Version: 17.1

    PS: having the same issue on Ilustrator and Photoshop, although those two apps dont hang

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  11. HSB color not behaving correctly when applied to image

    HSB colors do not display correctly qhen applied to a (flat) grayscale image.

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  12. Cannot open file up. You may not have permission or the document may already be open.

    I wish Adobe would fix the issue cannot openn file up. You may not have permission or the document may already be open so people like me don't have to rename the file that wouldn't open up or change the location where the file is saved at all.

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  13. Indesign 2022 text kerning distorted suddenly

    Suddenly my text is previewing all jumbled/kerning completely out while creating a layout that was previously absolutely fine.

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  14. won't save

    InDesign 2021 randomly looses the ability to export or save. The dialog box won't even come up, even though the menu option isn't greyed out. This makes me loose all progress.

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  15. Document Information disappearing InDesign on macOS Monterey

    1. InDesign 2022 v17.1
    2. Reproduce the issue: Create a text block and start typing.
    3. Expected result: you to see what you're typing / what has been placed on the page - all the information
    4. Actual result: the information I have put on the page disappears. I have to scroll away and back in order for the information to reappear.
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  16. Swatch Tint becomes black in stead of white

    When adding a swatch color to a flat grayscale image, setting the tint makes the color darker in stead of lighter.
    See how the color preview behaves the right way, but the image does not.

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  17. Curseurs de sélection intervertis

    Les curseurs de "sélection directe" et "sélection" sont intervertis dans la fenêtre d'outils depuis InDesign 2022.

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  18. InDesign v.17.1: Crashes while pasting.

    InDesign v.17.1: Crashes while pasting. Elements disappearing. Working on an InDesign 2020 file, 2nd edition of a book. It's a 496-page book, full of tables and images. For some unknown reason, a lot of elements have just disappeared from a few pages and when I try to paste anything into the file, InDesign just shuts down. Please help.

    PS: After a couple of hours of searching, I found this text frame containing the text that has disappeared. It has a chapter name that had gone missing. This has happened only in one section of the book. This particular style 'Chapter…

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  19. There does not seem to be a way to activate the Japanese Paragraph composer in the English version of InDesign

    I am an native English speaker and use InDesign primarily in English. I sometimes have projects in other languages; i actually read a fair bit of Japanese and noticed that the lines were breaking even wtih World-ready paragraph composer turned on. I then learned that InDesign has both Japanese paragraph and single-line composers, whhich appear to be accessible in PREFERENCES under Advanced Type, but this does not seem to do anything I need done with the text.

    i was told I must install the Japanese language version of InDesign to apply this feature. It would be wonderful if that would…

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  20. adobefnt

    OMG I cannot export to a PDF because of this STUPID adobefnt bug. Which seems to be a major issue with many (I am in version 17.1, on a mac) FIX THISl But, in the meantime, does anyone have any hints for how I can get this to work?!

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