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  1. The shortcut for “Apply default fill and stroke color” doesn’t work as expected.

    InDesign 18.5
    MacOS 12.6.8

    To reproduce the issue:
    Change the definition of your [Basic Graphic Frame] Style (say Black Fill, No Stroke).
    Draw an object, then press the D keyboard shortcut (set to “Apply default fill and stroke color”).
    Expected result: [Basic Graphic Frame] style is applied to the object (Black Fill, No Stroke).
    Actual result: “No Fill, 1 pt Black Stroke” is applied instead. Impossible to change the definition of “Default Fill and Stroke” applied.

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  2. Shadow Style

    Would it be possible to create a shadow style? It would be really helpful to be able to create the shadow you need, and then to be able to quickly apply it across a document(s).

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  3. Character style changing while using grep

    Hi Support,

    I had a issue while using GREP, While replacing the manual bulleted paragraph to bullet styled paragraph,

    I have used the below:

    Find What:

    ^ ·\t(.+)$

    Change to:

    $1

    Change Format:

    Bullet_Txt (paragraph style)

    Required Action:

    Need to implement the paragraph style at the as-well-as eliminate the bullet with tab.

    When I replace by option "change" one by one all the instances change clearly

    While using "change All" option, the initial letter of roman word followed by italic word changes to italics vice versa.

    1. InDesign CC 2019 (Version 14.0)
    2. Grep Info given above
    3. Screenshot (Expected Result.png) as attachment
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  4. Automatic paragraph numbering resulting in different numbers in InDesign and InCopy

    I have a document with one assignment containing multiple linked textboxes. On one page I have two individual textboxes above each other. Both boxes start with a headline styled with the same paragraph style that has numbering turned on with the mode Continue from Previous …, both paragraphs are in the default list and both textboxes are linked to the same assignment.

    In InDesign everything is displayed as you would expect, the first textbox starts with I and the second with II. In InCopy, it is reversed even though the content is up-to-date, not checked in, etc.

    InDesign 18.3 and…

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  5. Clustered QR Code

    The QR codes are very clustered making them nearly impossible to scan. It would be helpful to have a QR Styles option or more options for editing the density of the QR code. It would also be great to have ability to add a Logo or image to the center of a QR code.

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  6. Arabic not aligning from right to left

    Arabic not aligning from RTL. All preferences have been switched on paragraphs and language settings. Version 18.1

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  7. paragraph style options "Bullet or Number position"

    Hello,
    I am contacting you regarding a problem with the new version of InDesigns’ (version 18.0).
    The problem is that using the "Bullet or Number position" in “Paragraph style options” to change the size of a column in a table, results in the text disappearing.

    Please check out the PDF and the video (in comment) below for further explanations.

    Looking forward to your comments/feedback.

    Best,
    Alexia

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  8. "Büyük/Küçük Harf Değiştir"

    Sayın Adobe Yetkilisi,

    ÖNERİ:

    "Karakter stilleri" ve Paragraf stilleri" ayarlarında, "Büyük/Küçük Harf Değiştir" seçenekleri olmalı. Stillere verebileceğimiz "Büyük/Küçük Harf Değiştir" ayarları ile işimiz daha da kolaylaşacak.

    Teşekkürler, iyi çalışmalar...

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  9. Bug with paragraph borders across multiple textboxes.

    1. Version of Adobe InDesign, InCopy or InDesign Server
      17.0.1 x64

    2. Steps to reproduce the issues
      Link some textboxes, fill boxes with text, and apply a paragraph border to all (or a large amount) of the text.

    3. Expected result
      If "Display Border if Paragraph Splits Across Frames/Columns" is unchecked, there should be no paragraph border from one column to the next regardless of whether or not a paragraph concludes at the bottom of the textbox.

    4. Actual result
      If a paragraph begins on one textbox and concludes on the next textbox, everything works as it should. However, if a paragraph finishes at…

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  10. GREP Tab Issue

    I created a GREP style to make Title Caps part of the style and I needed it to do this after a tab. That wouldn't work, but I got it work backwards.

    An unexpected side effect is that when you copy and paste from the PDF I created, it makes every letter next to "T" also capitalized. It's treating the shortcode for tab "\t" like it's trying to hone in on "T" and also like tab. It looks fine until you copy and paste.

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  11. Character style with one attribute "medium" not displaying properly in properties of the style

    InDesign 17.4

    Step 1: choose character style "none"
    Step 2: create new character style
    Step 3: open new character syle and change "Basic Character Formats → Font Style:" to "Medium"
    Step 4: navigate to the "General" tab: the "Style Settings" area shows "[None]" but should display "[None] + Medium"

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  12. avoid incorrect sentence breaks

    Hello, on your next in design update, I suggest an improvement that would be very useful for correct typographic formatting! For the formatting of a flagged text, it would be nice to be able to prevent line breaks before a two/three letter word, to avoid that the pronoun is separated from the subject (ex: "the" (line break) "house", to have "the house" on one line. I hope you will be able to add this feature, which I think is essential. Thanking you for your help

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  13. When changing (only) the color in the character style the text is changing from place

    When changing (only) the color in the character style the text is changing from place. Indesign version 16.4.2, MacOs Mojave 10.14.6
    When I do this by hand there is no problem. For me this is a huge problem because it is the link color in my whole document.
    I am a user of Indesign from the beginning (1.0). I looked and tryed many things and it was never a problem. Hope you can help!

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  14. Paragraph style changing during Data Merge

    Paragraph style changes when data merging if I have the "remove blank lines from empty fields" option turned on. (see attached video)

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  15. В процессе верстки стиль абзаца произвольно изменяет язык

    В процессе верстки книги стиль абзаца произвольно изменяет язык на арабский, что не позволяет выполнять русские переносы.

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  16. InDesign freezes when trying to edit styles

    InDesign 2022 (17.3) freezes and becomes unresponsive when trying to edit styles of any kind.

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  17. Paragraph styles removed when importing docx files while doc files retain styles correctly.

    Using the latest InDesign 2022 (17.2.1) for Mac (The Middle Eastern version--the one that shows English and Hebrew), both on an M1 Mac mini and a late 2015 iMac running Big Sur.

    Import a docx Microsoft Word file into an InDesign file (tried with blank new document as well as one of our templates) with the import settings set to bring in all styles.

    The file is imported but the import has stripped all styles from the document.

    Resave the docx file as a doc file.

    Import new file into ID, which results in all styles being visible as is…

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  18. Redefine Character Style not available

    When changing the parameters of a selection that has a Character Style applied, the 'Redefine Style' should become available in the Character Style's contextual menu. But unfortunately, this is not the case.

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  19. Object Style not recording Shear parameter

    Object Style not recording Shear parameter

    when creating an Object Style from a sheared text box, this shear is not applied when the Object Style is applied to a new textbox.

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  20. Accessibility issues tagging order and H1 tags not showing at all for screen readers

    h2 tags are the only tags that are showing for screen readers any other of the h tags aren't working. I've tried everything to get it working. Made sure tags are correct within indesign, made sure export tags are also set up correctly, tried doing some after work in acrobat with the structuring. People within the community have said it's been like this for the last few releases. Could this be looked into

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