Indesign CC 2019 14.0.1 xmp-information for images cannot be copied
1: Indesign 14.0.1
2: open any link details for any placed image/XMP-information
3: I want to copy text from this window to clipboard (like credit-information). This was possible in Indesign 2015.
4: it is not possible to copy text.
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Hello All,
Thank you for reporting the issue to us.
We have fixed the issue in the latest version of InDesign, Id 14.0.3
Please upgrade your InDesign application to the latest version to try out the fix.
If you are unable to see the update yet, go to Creative Cloud desktop application, open the menu (three dots) from the top-right corner and click on ‘Check For App Updates’.
If you face any problems with the new update, do let us know in the comments.
You may also follow the below given link for the list of all fixed issues in Id 14.0.3
https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/fixed-issues.html
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Mhast commented
Thank you, new version 14.0.3 works a treat!
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Susan Bauer Lee commented
I'm having this same problem. I realize that I could generate captions, but that's only if the artist has put their information/credit in the correct place, if at all. Either way, I still have to open the XMP panel to see if the info is there, what box it's actually in, then set up captions (or image credit), then generate caption, then put it where I'd actually like for it to go. There's also "Reveal in Bridge" workaround, but that takes me out of my workflow. Either way, it's a giant pain **********, when previously it was so much simpler to open the XMP panel and copy/paste. Please bring that back to InDesign. Please.
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Karen Ruud commented
I have this problem too, as mentioned below it is helpful when placing ©'s and credits
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Thomas Happ commented
@Mhast:
I have another work around: I think it´s called "add description" in English (I have a German version).
Select an image, go to object menu, look for something like "customise description". You can select from the xmp information here. After customizing I added a short key (ctrl-B) for "add static description".
This works fine for me and is much faster than copy paste. -
Anonymous commented
Same problem here. And it's a serious problem when you have to place credits for hundreds of photos in a book. Why you did this?
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Thomas Happ commented
Hi Mhast - the problem is: everything is locked in that window except the RAW-DATA.
It does not matter if the fields are gey or white. -
Mhast commented
So since 14.0.1 the behaviour seems to have changed. You're now not able to use the XMP File Information command from the Links panel for any file type that I've tested... (It's now also hidden away under the hamburger menu rather than right click, and under a subfolder called 'Utilities' - but sits permanently greyed out so far as I can tell). Tested out on Windows and Mac.
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Mhast commented
Hi Thomas - your screenshot illustrates the problem. If people haven't used the copyright field - and usually they won't, they'll use the author field - then you're stuck, as the greyed out fields are impervious to copying data from them.
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Mhast commented
Have exactly this issue - we use it loads for grabbing copyright information when laying out our magazines. There'a (much slower) work around - in that you can reveal in bridge and then open the XMP info from there, but it's impeded by having to wait for Bridge to switch to the folder and build the thumbnail cache.
Was working right up until InDesign CC 2018.