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  1. Rotated type in a linked indesign document crashes indesign when exporting a pdf

    1. Indesign 16.0.2
    2. rotate a text box in a layout by 90 degrees. place this document into another document, and this one into a third. as links. try to export as a pdf.
    3. a pdf
    4. Indesign crashes
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  2. HSB Swatch Displays incorrectly with Color Settings OFF

    On Mac, when using the setting "Emulate Adobe InDesign 2.0 CMS OFF" in Color Settings, HSB color swatches display incorrectly on the page. For example, a light pastel would display as royal blue. When using "North American Prepress 2" or "North American General Purpose 2" settings, the color is displayed correctly.

    Also, the automatic names InDesign provides when using "Add Unnamed Colors" in the Swatches panel show incorrect values. See attached.

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  3. paragraph

    customization of paragraph rules

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  4. Data merge and EXIF

    Presumably this is a bug. If you place a portrait photo from a camera in an InDesign document, InDesign will respect the EXIF information included with the file, and orientate the image accordingly.

    However, if you use Data Merge and import photos dynamically via an image field, those same photos will be imported with the incorrect orientation, i.e. it ignores the rotation specified in EXIF. This can be very laborious to correct if not all photos are taken with the same orientation.

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  5. Publish Online from Indesign. Deepetch issue

    Good day, all. I'm desperately trying to resolve an issue that I have tried for days to fix. The images are all fine in my InDesign document. They are PNGs with no background. I've tried EPS and TIFFs with clipping paths. And still, I get the same issue.

    Which is....when I publish the document and view it online. The backgrounds are white - as if all the deep etching disappeared.

    Please advise - I don't know what else to do.

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  6. Keyboard Shortcut for Type Tool

    Using the keyboard shortcut for Type Tool activates tool for a second then it switches to Selection Tool automatically making it very frustrating to layout and adjust text boxes.

    MacOS Catalina
    InDesign 16.0.2

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  7. share for review doesn't activate

    can't update my files anymore
    or create new update file,
    or create a review file with an other document...
    it's like broken...

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  8. unknown character

    1. Adobe InDesign 2021

    2.3.4.

    Hello,

    For several months now, when I place a .docx document in inDesign, it can happen that a character is misinterpreted by inDesign.
    It's as if it's invisible for the layout, but it actually cuts the word in half for spelling correction, for example.
    When I copy it to search for it with inDesign with or without GREP, it does paste something (a lowercase L or an uppercase i preceded by a ^ in normal or ~ in GREP) but it doesn't find it.
    When displaying hidden characters it appears as two vertical red dots (see…

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  9. InDesign 2021 will not open and can't uninstall

    After I installed the 2021 version of InDesign, it stopped functioning. It will not open and won't uninstall (all attempts through Creative Cloud and Windows have failed in errors).

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  10. Object Layer Options Causing Image to Glitch

    When Object Layer Options are used (top image over graphic, bottom image under graphic box, for example), the image will glitch and polarize. When moving around the document or toggling between regular view and preview mode etc, the image will sporadically go back to normal or alter its representation.

    Normal behaviour is for the image to show as expected.

    Running 16.0.2

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  11. No SEO capabilities when publishing online.

    If you could add SEO capabilities to Interactive PDFs when using the "publish online..." option in InDesign that would be wonderful.

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  13. A numbered list style don't the numbers but plain bullet

    16.02
    New style based in another one.
    In Viñetas y numeración I enter the following data (image)

    The output a list as show in second image (with no number but bullets).

    Expected result must be:

    A. xxxxxxxx
    B. xxxxxxxx
    C. xxxxxxxx

    When I'm creating a style of a numbered list. The style show me no numbres, but plain bullet instead.

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  14. New document dialogue box error

    there is no text or images shown on the "New document dialogue box".

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  15. fx text indesign missing

    Missing fx content for text InDesign, version 16.0.2, January 18, 2021. Imac late 2015 Retina 5k.

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  16. Font no longer recognized. FIX NOW......

    Prior to the InDesign 16.0.2 update, fonts worked fine. Now - fonts I've used for years (such as Futura Extra Bold) no longer work.

    This needs to be fixed. NOW..

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  17. when creating new document the bottom of that window doesn't appear

    I just downloaded Indesign but when creating new document the bottom of that window doesn't appear, so can't press "Create"

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  18. InDesign 2021: Application Frame

    Set the application to not separate and hide document window from the Application Frame.

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  19. Upside down graphics in CC library Indesign version 16.0.2

    I am trying to click and drag graphics from my document into a CC library and while the graphic is added, it is added upside down. When I double click on the graphic a new document opens up with just the graphic and it is once again upside down.

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  20. Photoshop .psb files grayed out in InDesign Open window.

    Hi,
    Photoshop .psb files grayed out in InDesign Open window. You cannot place PSB images using the "Place" command. However, you can drag and drop the file from the desktop into a InDesign picture box.

    Photoshop version is 22.1.1
    InDesign version 16.0.2
    macOS Catalina v10.15.7

    In fact, graying out of legitimate files happens on Catalina with other software. Excel sometimes cannot access to .xls or .xlsx files via the Open window.

    Sometimes legitimate files appear grayed out when the Open window is first opened but may turn black after few seconds.

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