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  1. Hyperlink bug: hyperlink format is spilling over to other paragraphs

    There is a bug with the Hyperlink format in my Incopy Version 16.4.1 running on Mac OS 12.6.3:
    1) I am inserting a Hyperlink in my Incopy document. It is then shown in blue, underlined, Times New Roman. See screenshot.
    2) Next I am formatting it as "ohne" Zeichenformat (German) in order to have it in the same format as the other text.
    3) I close the file (check in) and open it again (check out).
    4) Suddenly, the remainder of the the text is formatted in Hyperlink format. This is a bug.

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  2. Duplicated AllPageItems collection when nesting Table inside another Table

    1 create new blank document, 1 page, no primary textframe
    2 creatte empty TextFrame,
    3 insert Table [2x2],
    4 insert another Table [2x2] to the 1st table - into 1st cell,
    5 insert another Table [2x2] to the 2nd table - into 1st cell,
    6 now insert image into 3rd table - from step 5 - as InLine object after a space - so the cell is not converted into Graphics cell,
    7 run script:

    var items = app.activeDocument.allPageItems;
    for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++)
    $.writeln(items[i].toSpecifier());

    Expected result:

    /document[@id=1]//text-frame[@id=246]
    /document[@id=1]//rectangle[@id=286]
    /document[@id=1]//image[@id=282]

    Actual result:

    /document[@id=1]//text-frame[@id=246]
    /document[@id=1]//rectangle[@id=286]
    /document[@id=1]//image[@id=282]
    /document[@id=1]//rectangle[@id=286]…

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  3. How to Edit Adobe InDesign Documents Online?

    Are you looking for a way to collaborate with others on your Adobe InDesign documents online?

    While InDesign is primarily designed for desktop publishing and not for online editing, Adobe offers a cloud-based solution that allows you to collaborate with others on your InDesign documents online.

    But here the hassle free solution for you. Silicon Designer is an online editing platform based on Adobe InDesign Server:

    1- It offers the highest-quality output, at scale, and a fully customizable user interface.

    2- It is modular and extensible, easily integrated with shopping carts, DAMs, and other systems.

    1 vote

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  4. InDesign 18.2 crashes/fails during PDF export for documents containing placed indd containing Adobe Fonts

    Problem/Actual Result
    I have Indesign files that have .indd files linked as images. Each time I export an Indesign file that has an .indd links, I receive the attached messages saying that the file cannot be exported.

    Steps to reproduce the issue:
    - I have exported each page to find out which assets are causing Indesign not to export, it is always an .indd asset.
    - I have tried removing any transparency from each of the .indd linkages
    - I have removed any transparency or object style on any bounding box an .indd file sits in.
    - I have tried…

    7 votes

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    Fix for this issue is available in the latest release of InDesign - version 18.2.1

    Please update your copy of InDesign to this latest version to get the fix.


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    Adobe InDesign team

  5. create keyboard shortcuts to change conditional text

    it would be necessary to be able to include the conditional text in the style sheets

    2 votes

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  6. Adjust Layout Options - retain object adjustment but lock ruler guides in place

    When ruler guides are locked and the option to adjust locked content is deselected, the guides still move proportional to the margins. There needs to be an option to treat ruler guides as objects are treated, where it's possible to actually lock the ruler guides in place while still utilizing Adjust Layout.

    3 votes

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  7. Add transparency option to paragraph shading

    Paragraph shading is super nice, but a lot of people would like to have them a little transparent over images. I know there is a option for overprinting, but this also change the color and is not a real transparency. Without this option it has to be done manually on each element.

    So please add this additional feature to the settings. Thx

    2 votes

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  8. Issue with Right clicker users and selecting anything from any menu that requires them to scroll

    Hi

    We have 2 Indesign users who users the right click on their mouse as their primary button.

    Both have been having issues when going to swatches for example and they have to scroll to select a swatch, when the mouse cursor moves the selection moves with it.

    We have done these things to try to resolve the issue without any luck.
    - For the first user we gave her a brand new laptop with Windows 11, and installed a fresh install of Indesign 2023, but still has the same issue.
    - The second user is using Windows 10, we…

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  9. 18.1 tools greyed out except for type tool, cannot edit document

    Have searched all options on programme, checked other documents, then computer, finally shutdown and restarted. Still cannot access anything to do with any actions on the tool bar

    2 votes

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  10. I too am having a PROBLEM with hyphenate!! It is breaking words in absolutely wrong places:  examples:  so-mething, ge-nerations, Cz-echoslo

    I too am having a PROBLEM with hyphenate!! It is breaking words in absolutely wrong places:  examples:  so-mething, ge-nerations, Cz-echoslovakia - you get the idea. Have any of you had any resolution with your issues?

    1 vote

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  11. tool panel/character panel disappears

    Since INDesign 2023 my tool bar and character panels occasionally disappear. When I click out of the app and then come back to it later. They aren't there. When I go to the Window menu, I can get them back, but this is happening a few times a day and is an annoyance.

    Never had that in 15 years of InDesign.

    p.s. It happened once in Photoshop too!

    1 vote

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  12. Wrong hyphenation Spanish

    Indesign 2023 Spanish hyphenation is wrong.

    Some words starting with "des-" are hyphenated after "des-" and should be hyphenated after "de-". Example of right hyphenation:

    • desempeño > de - sem - pe - ño
    • desagradecido> de - sa -gra - de - ci -do
    • destilar> des - ti - lar

    This problem has appeared in last versions of indesign.

    1 vote

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  13. [ID-4245419]Auto-Sizing of text frames results in abnormally long widths

    InDesign 2023 v18.1 (Probably occurs in all versions after CS6)
    Japanese Version
    English Version
    Mac snd Windows

    There is a terrible bug in Auto-Sizing for text frames that causes the width to become unusually long.

    Simple and reliable reproduction procedure

    1. Create a new document
    2. Set all units to points in Preferences
    3. Create a new text frame
    4. Set paragraph style to “Basic Paragraph” and clear overrides
    5. Set Auto-Sizing
      -->Change to “Height and Width” --> Click the upper left corner -->Turn on “No Line Breaks”
    6. Insert Spacing to 1 pt
    7. Corner Options to 1 pt and Round
    8. Enter “0 [Line Break]” repeatedly…
    51 votes

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    The fix of the issue is now available in InDesign 2024(v19.4.0.063) and above. We recommend you upgrade to the latest version for the fix.

    If you are unable to see the update, go to the Creative Cloud application click on the context menu on the top right, and click on Check for App Updates.

    Adobe InDesign Team

  14. Buttons do not work in Indesign

    Certain buttons aren't working in Indesign. E.g. I can't click into the preflight panel, or the pop-up comes up for a millisecond, too fast for me to click into it. This is happening with the Preflight panel, the 'align to' button in the Alignment panel, and other toggles like it. Incredibly frustrating. I've tried restarting but the issue persists.

    1 vote

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  15. Nonbreaking Space shortcut doesn't work on mac

    The shortcut for the "Nonbreaking Space" (option+command+X) doesn't work anymore in Indesign 2023 (and 2022). Clearing cache and preferences didn't fix it.

    System: MacOS Ventura 13.2.1

    5 votes

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  16. Using the Keyboard to pan (Space bar) has stopped working

    Using the Keyboard to pan (Space bar) has stopped working

    Using InDesign Version 8.1 and MacOS Monterey Version 12.6

    1 vote

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  17. PDFs Export to Google Drive as 0 Bytes, for Anyone on MacOS Ventura

    Sometime in approximately late January 2023, my workgroup began having difficulty exporting PDFs from InDesign to our Google Drive. The PDF files appear on the Drive but as 0 bytes and can't be opened/viewed from the Chrome side of the Drive. We have isolated the problem as specific to anyone who is on MacOS Ventura. We believe the problem stems from a late January/early February upgrade to either the Google Drive, InDesign or Ventura (or perhaps a perfect storm combo of all three). We have 8 InDesign users in our workgroup and only the three who upgraded to Ventura are…

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  18. Pages panel thumbnail resolution

    When InDesign 2022 (17.0) came out, the resolution of the thumbnails in the Pages panel was lowered, even with Display Performance set to High Quality Display. It's not just the greeking of the text. I can see the pixels themselves.

    This forces me to still have to use InDesign 2021 so that I can see the contents of the pages in the thumbnails.

    Screenshots posted for comparison.

    1 vote

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  19. エクセルから表のコピペ

    2021/22において、エクセルから表をコピーするとインデザイン上で改行が増えている。(1行ごとに改行)および(1行目に改行)。
    イラレではこの現象は起きていません。
    MacM1にて。

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  20. Copy and Paste error InDesign Mac

    If you start a line with a figure space and copy the paragraph and paste the paragraph the figure space is removed from the copied paragraph. The paragraph starts with the first character.

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