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  1. Screen tearing while scrolling

    I'm having issues with screen tearing in InDesign 2023 and 2024. I've tried resizing UI, testing an earlier version of InDesign (hence 2023), making sure my computer was set to best performance over battery saver, etc. Inevitably when I scroll around, lines of text will jump around or break. I'm operating a brand new windows 11 computer with 16gb of RAM, and this is a two page InDesign document with one image, so...

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  2. object export options crash

    InDesign CC 2024, version 19.5: Trying to open Object Export Options causes program to crash. Tried resetting preferences (edit->preferences->general->reset preferences on quit) and no change.

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  3. Footnate Adds Extra Space Above Span Columns

    Adding a footnote to the first line of a story adds extra space beneath the second line of a story if line 3 is set to split columns.

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  4. Preferences: Type: Use of Typographer’s Quote reset to off

    1. Adobe InDesign 14.0.3
    2. Create or open a document with Use of Typographer’s Quote checkbox ticked. Copy/Paste text from a document (Word, TextEdit) into the InDesign document. Note that the resetting of the Preferences doesn't happen all the time, only sometimes and I haven't been able to narrow it down to a certain context.
    3. The pasted text should use Typographer’s Quote according to the Preferences.
    4. The quotes from that pasted text use straight quotes instead, and when opening the Preferences, the checkbox is now unticked.

    Note: I've encountered this bug in previous versions of InDesign from CS5 up to the current…

    2 votes

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  5. OpenType mark positioning messed up when using bidi text with Thaana font

    The font uses ccmp feature to build dotted glyph from base glyphs.

    When a LTR character comes into question, these glyphs are rendered incorrectly.

    See the screenshot.

    2 votes

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  6. Error with InDesign (Beta): "Some files required for color management are missing"

    Hi, when I start the just-released InDesign (Beta) on Windows ARM, I get the error "Some files required for color management are missing. Please re-install the application to ensure proper functioning".

    I've uninstalled and reinstalled, and have used the Creative Cloud Cleaner, but it doesn't resolve the issue. InDesign seems to be running OK even after getting the error, so it's more of a nuisance than anything. I may run into some issues in future with color management though.

    1. Adobe InDesign (Beta) 19.5 x64 (Mainline CI #09013C9)
    2. Launch InDesign
    3. InDesign should start without any errors.
    4. The error message in the…
    2 votes

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    InDesign Beta 19.5.0.91 is made live on Win Arm machines for English users. Users having their language as EN, can now install and use InDesign Beta on Windows Arm based machines.

    Please share your AdobeID with us at sharewithid@adobe.com so that we can help you gain exclusive access to the InDesign beta version on a Windows ARM machine if you are unable to access the beta app.

    Refer to the following articles for more information:

    • https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/kb/arm-processors.html
    • https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/windows-arm-support.html

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    Sanyam Talwar (he/him)

  7. Character style based running header text variable does not pick up character styles applied by nested line styles

    As with Grep styles the text variable character style is not found when it is created using Nested Line Styles. This means I have to use normal nested styles and add end nested style markers into the text. Not ideal or as fully automatic as I would like.

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  8. The new Text Wrap is missing all the adjustment options

    There are no adjustment options available in the 2024 version of Indesign. There are only preset options that can't be adjusted up or down in size or amount of wrapping.

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  9. Library thumbnail not showing

    When modifying or creating an object in library, the existing or new thumbnail is not showing. Instead, it is showing only the CC icon.

    I am using 19.5 x64 on Windows 10 Enterprise OS.

    2 votes

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  10. button value

    Broken in 18.3 and 19.5: Non-ASCII text in the "Button Value" field in the "Buttons and Forms" panel fails to export to interactive PDF.

    To reproduce this issue:
    1) Create a radio button
    2) Add non-ASCII text to the "Button Value" field
    3) Export to Interactive PDF
    4) Look at the mouseover tooltip and see that the Button Value has lost any glyphs beyond U+00FF.

    I've attached a PDF file demonstrating the issue.

    2 votes

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  11. Hebrew Font Issue in inDesign 2024

    I'm having an Issue with inDesign 2024, every single release of this version.
    The issue is a font that I have, squeezing together some letters, this issue doesn't appear in inDesign 2023, as a result I i'm stuck in that version:
    Here's an example of it the first image shows the 2024 version and the second one the 2023

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  12. html footnote

    I have the problem that the export of HTML from InDesign CC24 spits out a completely different structure for the footnotes, now the footnotes are a ordered list, even if the lists are output in text during export.
    Please find attached screenshots of CC23 and CC24.

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  13. program freezes after Save As

    InDesign v.19.4 freezes after Save As is used. The program is inaccessible and has to be force quit and restarted. It will reopen the document when it starts up again with no data lost. An annoyance, but at least no work is forfeited.

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  14. Page navigation counter resets for each chapter

    When exporting a reflowable EPUB from InDesign (19.4), the "Page Navigation" checkbox in Export Options → General generates accessible and usable doc-pagebreak markers and corresponding page link entries in a TOC.

    The minor issue I'd love to see resolved is that the ID counter of page numbers resets back to 1 with every chapter/file when exporting a .indb Book file, making all page numbers mismatched from Chapter 2 and forward.

    Technically, the page links "work" from the TOC because they link to both a unique file and a unique marker within the EPUB. But the page ID#s don't match the…

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  15. InDesign 2024 19.4 crashes if you apply a Style Pack to multiple selected unthreaded text frames. In previous versions this worked just fine

    InDesign 2024 19.4 (Mac M2 Max chip, macOS Ventura 13.6.7) crashes if you apply a Style Pack to multiple selected unthreaded text frames. In previous versions this worked just fine.

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    The fix of the issue is now available in the latest InDesign 2024(v19.5.0.084). 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

  16. Publish Online

    When creating a document using Publish Online, there are several pages with graphical issues / glitches that aren't reflected in the original working file. We would like a fix for this please! I've got the published link below so you can A-B it against some of the attached screenshots from the original working file.

    Indesign v: 19.4 x64

    Here is the online published doc: https://indd.adobe.com/view/c2dd71db-83fc-48e7-a917-86440f6ed2cf

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  17. links don't work on exported PDFs when opened in Microsoft Edge

    Hi there, so in my work I regularly have to make PDF's that have links and tables of contents. They also need to be printable.

    To do this I build them in InDesign and Export as 'Adobe PDF (Print)'. This results in a file that navigates with the view I want with working links and the right colours etc.

    BUT not on Microsoft Edge. Its taken quite a while to realise that that links don't work there. They will work in Firefox, Chrome and Acrobat with no trouble. PDF's made in other programs (I only tested Microsoft Word) work fine…

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  18. Diagonal Lines no border

    Having an issue with using diagonal lines in cell options. I'm wanting to split a cell diagonally with two different colours. The fill works fine as intended but the border isn't working at all. When you zoom right in on the cell it looks fine but when zoomed out it disappears. It also doesn't show up when exported as a PDF as you can see in the screenshot. My workaround has been to duplicate the table on top and then remove the diagonal lines fill, set the fill to none and then the border shows just fine. Not ideal having…

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  19. Issue Not Resolved: Cannot Implement and/or Copy Any Review Comments

    This was previously mentioned with multiple votes and then marked as resolved by admin. However, multiple comments show that this bug is CRITICAL and NOT FIXED with the latest update.

    Share for Review is essentially useless at the moment since there's no way to either A) download the PDF with edits, B) implement a change from the comment, or C) copy and paste the comment from the review panel.

    Please fix, these features all work when sharing an exported PDF for review and then importing comments. Absolutely zero excuse that this expensive of a software cannot solve this and then…

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  20. When duplicating page(s) the layout breaks

    I'm on windows 11.
    Since updating to 19.4 i noticed that everytime i duplicate a page it moves my whole layout around. It happens not only if i alt drag the page, also if i right click duplicate and when i made an alternate layout in the page panel. It also doesn't matter if i lock a layer. Everything gets moved a little bit to the right or the left, to the top or bottom. Sometimes it also slightly scales an image i believe. The only thing i can do against it, is copy the whole spread and paste it…

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