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  1. Publish Online Cover Thumbnail does NOT work when posting to social

    Publish Online Cover Thumbnail does NOT work. No cover thumbnail appears when posted to social or sent via text message. I have tried using the first page of the publish online document as well as an independent image. Just a blank unappealing link appears for the post/text.

    This is disappointing and needs to be fixed.

    Indesign v 18.2.1

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  2. Underlining out of position when text in a table cell uses a World-Ready composer

    When the text in a table cell uses a World-Ready composer and is underlined, the underlining in the last line is out of position. The invisible end-of-cell mark is underlined, but the first character in the line is only partially underlined. The workaround I've been using is to add a nonjoiner character at the beginning of the line. Doing so shifts the underlining into the correct position.

    1. Adobe InDesign 18.2.1
    2. Type enought text in a table cell to fill at least two lines; justify it with either of the World-Ready composers; underline the last line of text.
    3. Underlining should begin…
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  3. Changing the transparency blend space between CMYK and RGB is not changing the Black swatch

    Changing the transparency blend space between CMYK and RGB is not changing the Black swatch to RGB, and vice versa

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  4. BUG: nothing shows when first opening a file until you click on the page

    Newer small bug but updates have not fixed this. When opening a file, especially a placed indd file inside a indd file, the page is blank until you click on the page. Not a huge issue but very strange as some may just sit there and wait without clicking.

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  5. Cannot place .xlsx spreasheet

    InDesign 18.2.1
    MacOS Ventura 13.2.1

    Attempting to place an .xlsx spreadsheet goes no where - freezes about 3/4 of the way through process.
    (left for longer than 10 minutes, nothing changed, still stuck at same point).

    If I export the .xlsx from Numbers it won't place at all (get the error 'Cannot place this file') (original file was made with Microsoft and supplied to me).

    I have 'Create Links When Placing Text and Spreadsheet Files' enabled, as well as 'Show import options'.
    I have tried disabling both - same thing happens.

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  6. Variable type not working correctly in EPUB Interactivity Preview

    Using Source Sans Pro, my type renders correctly in the EPUB Interactivity Preview panel. But using Source Sans Variable it does not render correctly (weight and spacing off).

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  7. Numeric pad Key "3" not working when specific char style is present

    I have the same issue with Num pad Key "3" and I have narrowed it down to one specific character style. When this style is present in a document, then Num pad 3 is not working. I have an indesign file with nothing else inside other than this character style but it is not accepted for upload.

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  8. 한글 입력 모드 인지, 영어 입력 모드인지, 알려주는 부분이 필요합니다.

    인디자인 프로그램 사용할 때,

    현재 한글 입력 모드인지, 영어 입력 모드

    알려주는 표시가 안보이는 것으로 보아서,

    이런 기능이 없는 것으로 생각하고 있습니다.

    인디자인에서 글자를 입력할 때,

    한글 모드 인지, 영어 모드 인지 표시가 항상 있어서,

    글자를 입력할 때,

    사전에

    어느 입력 모드 상태인지

    인식을 한 상태에서

    한글이나 영어를 정확하게 입력이 될 수 있도록

    이 기능이 보완이 되면 좋겠습니다.

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  9. Opening documents as tabs cannot be deactivated

    Always open documents as tabs even if you have not selected this in the settings under User interface -> Open documents as tabs. I need different window sizes and find tabs impractical.

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  10. Text mode always open in a tab

    Text mode CMD-Y always opens in a tab and thus reduces the size of all other open windows. Text mode becomes almost unusable.

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  11. Problema con tipografia al exportar a pdf

    Al exportar un documento de Indesign con la tipografía Chaparral Pro Light, se produce un fallo que hace que la letra "f" seguida de la "i", genere un carácter comilla " ´ ".
    Version de Indesign 18.2.1
    Sistema Operativo Mac OS Monterrey 12.6.1

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  12. Menu et fonctions invisibles

    Lorsque je clique sur les fonctions d'InDesign dans le menu, les panneaux sont invisibles. Je ne les vois pas mais quand je clique plus bas, ça clique sur les options du panneaux.
    Même problème pour le click droit, rien ne s'affiche mais quand je descend et clique là où devrait apparaitre le menu, ça clique sur les fonctions.

    C'est très handicapant, je ne peux pas travailler.

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  13. No ligature in Adode Devanagari font

    We wright sanskrit text in Adobe Devanagari font, but no ligatures appears in Indesign (last version at 21/03/2023 : 18.2.1).
    Do you have any solution ?

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  14. libraries

    I like working with libraries. which are anchored to the side. sometimes when i open indesign, the libraries are gone or messy on my screens.
    it is always difficult to find them again, to place them in the quietest. it is an unnecessary waste of time for me and I have to reorient myself again.
    i had this problem with all indesign versions so far i haven't complained.

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  15. SVG import misses images

    BUG REPORT
    Placing an SVG file into an InDesign document, if the SVG file contains an image, it doesn’t get placed into InDesign.

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  16. Book project list shows warning on recently-saved file

    When I open a layout that is part of a book - currently have 24 different chapters in a book format - I make changes and save and close that file. It is saved. The book project palette shows an error symbol. Why? That file was just saved. So I double-click that file, it opens, the warning symbol goes away, I close that file off without needing to save it. Annoying bug needs to go away. Immediately.

    Latest version - probably been a bug for a decade or more.

    Steps - open file, edit, save, close off, error flag shows…

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  17. 2023 | Indesign 14.00 (2019) was the last known version to successfully export interactive elements to PDF

    A bug with Traditon! Happy Birthday you are four years old.

    That since the end of 2019, interactive animated element can no longer output, I had unfortunately recently forgotten (Earlier I had done that more often)! So: Once again I have invested time, things pretty animated, only to realize that the bug still exists!

    Say: All these pretty functions are pointless and useless.
    They are purely for the optics still there, chic to look at .... but unfortunately not intended for use (something I know with Adobe Illustrator for a long time).

    The solution Support suggested at the time was…

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  18. paste without formatting obscure on March 15, 2023

    paste without formatting obscure on March 15, 2023

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  19. Glitches on Indesign version 18.2.1

    We have glitches with indesign 18.2.1 with graphics card Geforce RTX 3060 (newest driver) on Windows 10 (newest patches).
    See attached picture.
    Reproduction: Move and zoom the document. Sometimes it takes some time to reproduce.

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  20. Problem loading font blocks export

    It is common that when importing a text from Word or simply activating a new font (I use FontXplorer X Pro) InDesign stays in the activation process infinitely. This unfinished process blocks any export. The solution is to close InDesign.

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