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  1. InDesign 2022 does not open as the default program if you have more than one version of InDesign installed. I'm on Windows 10.

    InDesign 2022 does not open as the default program if you have more than one version of InDesign installed. I'm on Windows 10.

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  2. Regenerate QR-code upon opening IDML

    Third party tools are able to edit the content of a QR-code. However, when opening the edited IDML, the QR-code image itself is not being regenerated until the user manually edit's the QR-code en saves it.

    I would expect InDesign to regenerate every QR-code upon opening an IDML file.

    Use case: translating IDML files using CAT software, where the content of QR-codes needs to be translated (another URL destination per language)

    InDesign Version: 17.0.1

    Steps to reproduce the issues:
    1. Create QR-code in InDesign.
    2. Export document as IDML.
    3. Edit QR-value directly in the IDML (value for UrlLink attribute…

    2 votes

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  3. cms not working correctly in InDesign 17.01

    Images with different RGB colorprofiles look completely different when mounted in Indesign 17 compared to how it works (correctly) in Indesign 16.4.
    if not Adobe RGB the conversion doesnt seem to work. See images below from ID 16 & 17 with apple RGB colorprofile (same problem with Colormatch profile)

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  4. pages breaking and vertical lines on screen

    When i am working in any document since updating to Indesign 17 including the recent 17.0.1 the pages start to get vertical lines and horizontal lines, and the design elements start overlapping or having duplicates, tables will not display as aligned, trying to select text and my curser is really clicking 2 lines above. If i click "W" to toggle between Presentation view and back sometimes that will fix some of it and other times it will make it worse. I have attached a few screen shots to show how it will display different pages. When i go to export…

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  5. inputfield filename

    In previous versions of indesign (using 17.0.1 now) when saving a new file, the inputfield of the filename was already selected. But now it isn't anymore. I'm using OS Monterey (Mac) and this problems occurs on two different systems (home computer and work computer). How to fix this?

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  6. Unable to delete PDF comments

    In Indesign 17.0.1, I have a few book files in which once I import PDF comments and apply them, I cannot delete them. Also if I choose to filter the comments by "unresolved" once I resolve or apply a comment, it does not disappear as it should. File now has multiple rounds of comments that need to be deleted to make way future rounds of revision. Also finding that applying the comments is VERY slow and buggy (this book is ~300 pages).

    3 votes

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  7. Macbook Pro Notch Cuts Into Fullscreen View

    1. InDesign version 17.0.1 on MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021)
    2. Previewing a document in Full Screen (Shift + W) and returning to normal view (Shift + W or ESC).
    3. Document should be displayed below the notch, like other full screen applications do. When returning to normal view, the InDesign window should be the same size as before full screen view.
    4. The notch of the new MacBook Pro (2021) cuts into the preview. When returning to non-full screen view, the InDesign window is pushed down / resized so that the status bar is not visible.
    8 votes

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  8. InDesign version 17.0.1: Captions generated in InDesign do not export with accessible tagging structure.

    I'm trying to get my captions to tag properly when exporting to a PDF (for accessibility purposes). I used the caption functions in InDesign (Caption Setup and Generate Static Caption) to create captions for my images. I watched a tutorial that showed this process and the end result was text tagged as "Caption" and nested underneath the Figure/Image.

    Unfortunately, when I export, the caption is tagged as regular paragraph text (<P>), and it is not nested with its associated image. Any tips on how to fix this? I'm trying to do things correctly on the InDesign side, so I won't…

    2 votes

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  9. Big Bug?With the same page size and margins, there is an offset after A is moved to B?

    A file and B file have the same page size and margins.
    I moved pages 1-8 of A to page 2 of B. As a result, starting from page 3, the horizontal position would shift.
    They should all be right in the version, but they don't.

    However, if you move all the pages (pages 1-17) of file A to the second page of B at one time.
    If it is correct.

    why is that?
    The reason for the coordinates? I didn't find the reason
    I tried: it has something to do with the chapter

    File is here
    http://www.fileconvoy.com/dfl.php?id=g3be56bc354f938dc1000398357f35f9b72b8e3d549

    You can…

    1 vote

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  10. problems with pdf comments

    Me and my colleagues have problems with pdf comments: some comments (mostly punctuation marks like points, commas, spaces). Indesign can't find it in the document.

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  11. Error when exporting to Rich Text Format (*.rtf)

    Adobe InDesign 17.0.1 x64

    When exporting a Story's text to Rich Text Format (*.rtf), if there are Endnotes in this Story, the notes will not be exported.
    To export notes you need to convert Endnotes to Footnotes, however there is also an error when converting Endnotes to Footnotes.
    When converting Endnotes to Footnotes all text attributes (bold, italic, etc) that exist in the notes will be lost.
    If the attribute is placed in the note via a character style, for example a character style that only puts italics, the italic will be preserved but as text exported to .rtf will…

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  12. Bug in the "Table of contents" in the "Book" function

    Hello everyone,
    I am currently working on a manual in InDesign (version: 17.0.1) created in the "Book" function.
    I created a first "Table of Contents" that I can edit without problem.
    For the purpose of the book, I have to create a second "Table of Contents".
    But as soon as I want to edit this second Table of Contents, the InDesign application quits on its own.
    I work on Mac. First, I "saved as" and, secondly, I did the same thing, after resetting the InDesign preferences.
    I still cannot create 2 "Tables of contents" in the "Book" function.
    I would…

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  13. recent files

    Recently opened files are not shown on the home page after opening InDesign. The item in menu is also gone, so I cannot access them from the menu anymore. I tried to change the settings in Preferences > File handling, but the option to changed the number of files I would like to see in recent files is greyed out, so I can't change it.

    Version: 17.0.1 x64

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  14. place window preview

    When placing picture there is no preview for placed picture, in previous versions there were on the bottom of placing dialog window... very annoying

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  15. selection

    I cannot use the selection button to change the size of an image or a text. Before I used to take that tool and by clicking on alt and maj i could change the size of image and text
    Now, I can only change the size of my image or text with the manual transformation tool.

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  16. Can not save Indesign file to network server

    1. Version of Adobe InDesign: AdobeIndesign 17.0.1
    2. Steps to reproduce the issues: Save InDesign Document to Network Server
    3. Expected result: Save file
    4. Actual result: Error message Can't save file/damaged file, InDesign crashes
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  17. Cannot create the link resource from the given URI

    On a brand new Mac running OS 12.0.1 (Monterey). Restored from a Time Machine backup and didn't have this issue before. I use Bridge to select and insert images into InDesign picture boxes by selecting the image, right-clicking and selecting "Place" then "In InDesign" and the image has always been properly placed. However, since upgrading to the new OS, when I select and try to place, I get this error:
    "Cannot create the link resource from the given URI." The Mac switches to InDesign, but no image is placed. Workarounds are very cumbersome as I'm often working with lots of…

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  18. Hyperlink panel "go to destination" not linking to html with # to a specific id="anchor-1"

    ID version 17.0

    Hyperlink is to a url containing a # to anchor-1 in an html document. (Fig. 1)

    When clicking the go to destination it should open to that particular id location in the html.

    In the browser the # becomes %23 and the html document does not open, in fact it opens a pdf with a similar url. (Fig. 3)

    Fortunately when creating a pdf the link does work correctly in the browser.

    In v 14.0.1 it would open to the correct place in the html.

    3 votes

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  19. De-Stick Alt Key After Zoom

    When I press and hold the ALT key (Windows) to zoom with the mouse wheel, it doesn't release the way a sticky key should - once finished with mouse wheel zooming, I have to tap the Alt key a -second- time to release it. Not doing this results in the menu bar becoming active. Example: Press and hold Alt and zoom with the wheel. Finish zooming and release the sticky alt key. Now Tap the letter W to enter Preview mode ... but instead of Preview Mode, InDesign will drop down the --W--indow Menu, tapping W again then drops down…

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  20. Type 1 font warning for no reason

    I am getting a warning that my document contains type 1 fonts (10 of them) when they do not (contains 4 OTF fonts).

    As far as I know, I have never used a type one font in any document on my current computer which is only a few weeks old ... Mac mini with t1 chip.

    InDesign version 17.0.1

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    The fix of the issue is now available in the latest InDesign 2023(v18.2.1.455). 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 and click on the context menu on the top right and click on Check for App Updates.

    Adobe InDesign Team

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