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  1. qr code card

    made a card QR code. I can used every single field and it works fine until I add the address. It stops working. I am very concerned because I am working on this for a client.

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  2. lose keyboard shortcuts

    InDesign 17.1 on 2019 MBP, Catalina 10.15.7
    All of the keyboard shortcuts involving the "command" key stop working (command + spacebar, command + shift, etc.). This usually happens after leaving the app open for a long time (during a long call, lunchtime, etc.) and they don't work again until the computer is restarted.

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  3. Poor GPU Performance

    With the GPU enabled, InDesign is very slow. (everything is slow, even typing text is very long...)
    On previous versions I did not encounter this problem.
    If I disable GPU acceleration, and use the CPU instead, InDesign is a bit faster.

    I use inDesign 17.1 / MacOS Monterey 12.2.1
    on a Macbook pro 15" 2015 (Intel Core i7 2.8Ghz + RAM 16Go + GPU : AMD Radeon R9 M370X 2 Go)
    The Mac is connected to a 4K display

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  4. Horizontal lines appear on a regular basis

    Horizontal lines appear on a regular basis. Very frustrating. They appear when I scroll up or down, generally when zoomed in. I have to clear them with 'Hide Guides' keys (Command, semicolon key).

    Also, the 'Hide Guide’ feature is flaky when using the short cut command. The guides will not remain in the 'Show Guide'I mode. I then have to use the menu to activate.

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  5. Indesign 2022 text kerning distorted suddenly

    Suddenly my text is previewing all jumbled/kerning completely out while creating a layout that was previously absolutely fine.

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  6. InDesign v.17.1: Crashes while pasting.

    InDesign v.17.1: Crashes while pasting. Elements disappearing. Working on an InDesign 2020 file, 2nd edition of a book. It's a 496-page book, full of tables and images. For some unknown reason, a lot of elements have just disappeared from a few pages and when I try to paste anything into the file, InDesign just shuts down. Please help.

    PS: After a couple of hours of searching, I found this text frame containing the text that has disappeared. It has a chapter name that had gone missing. This has happened only in one section of the book. This particular style 'Chapter…

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  7. Switch off UI scaling feature in ID v17

    @Adobe programming team:

    Please add a switch that let the user decide to turn on or switch off the UI feature invented in ID v17. Please see attached screenshot (german version).

    Reason: Users with a Windows scaling factor above 100% can no longer display all panels because they overlap and are way to big. No lower scaling possible, only higher.
    ID misinterprets that the user has high-DPI monitors when using a scaling factor of e.g. 125%.
    Alternatively, the scaling range could be extended having additional lower "stops".

    It was no problem to display panels in the correct size in ID…

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  8. space bar and tab bugs

    InDesign 17.1 is impossible to use with macOS 12.2.1 Monterey.
    Using the space bar puts the document in the dock. Using the tab freezes the document.

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  9. InDesign becomes unresponsive for one minute on closing document with missing link on disconnected drive

    1. Version of Adobe InDesign, InCopy or InDesign Server
      InDesign 2022 – version 17.1 x64 running on Windows 10.

    2. Steps to reproduce the issues
      2a Map a folder (mine is located at a VPN) to a letter in Windows Exporer.
      2b Create a new document.
      2c Place an image from the network drive letter located on the aforementioned VPN connection.
      2d Shut down your VPN connection.
      2e (Note that the link in the Links panel does not realize that it is broken - no indication)
      2f Close the document (Ctrl+w or Close in the File menu or just close the document…

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  10. TurboTax

    If you are having problem with e-filing tax, then you should installturbotax com
    https://takeactionnyc.com/install-turbotax/

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  13. display guides distorting

    When I add objects to a page the guides are distorting, if I set guides to the back in preferences the problem stops.
    I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling indesign and updating my graphics driver with no luck
    I have attached a jpeg showing an example
    indesign ver 17.1 X64 , Windows 10

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  14. AppleGothic font is not displaying all characters correctly. The accented characters sometimes do not display in Indesign although they work

    When using AppleGothic, some accented characters that work ok in MS WOrd do not display in Indesign
    eg Yọ awọn ti ń ṣegbe
    this line of text does not come into Indesign correctly

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  15. black background on pictures with GPU accelaration ON

    With GPU Performance ON i have a black background on certain zoom in or out with some linked pictures or PDFs. With Both 2021 and 2022 versions. Pictures attached.
    MacOS 12.1 - all latest updates on OS an Apps

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  16. place file missing

    I'm making a booklet identifying all 200 products for a client. I had been attempting to import 3-7 pdfs using the place function at a time. Show Import Options is on. Often one or two files will appear in the links list as if they were coming in with the others, but do not come up in the placing. They are in the links panel with no page number and no pasteboard indication. If I go back and place an item that has done this individually it will work. If I wasn't checking in each place that the "image file…

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  17. wacom display

    I just upgraded to a Wacom 32 tablet and am having this problem only in Indesign. There are random little grey squares all over the page - and not just the file window but the entire "artboard" area. Other apps are not doing this. I've tried zooming in and out, display quality settings, nothing has helped. And it's not an image issue - it's basically a display issue. I have no idea how to fix this and I'm almost rendered unable to do at least 50% of my job as I'm not just an illustrator but a designer too. The…

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  18. Paste Discretionary Line Break Malfunction

    The discretionary break character is an awesome addition. But I think it came with a bug:

    When typesetting text that contains URLs, I use a GREP search to find all URL strings in order to globally apply a character style with Language set to [No Language] in order to suppress any auto-hyphenation.

    I then use some search-replaces to globally insert discretionary breaks in places I don't mind URLs breaking, such as preceding periods and hard hyphens. This technique can still leave too-loose or too-tight letter-spacing when URLs contain long unbroken letter strings, and in those cases I insert discretionary line…

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  19. recent files

    Recently opened files are not shown on the home page after opening InDesign. The item in menu is also gone, so I cannot access them from the menu anymore. I tried to change the settings in Preferences > File handling, but the option to changed the number of files I would like to see in recent files is greyed out, so I can't change it.

    Version: 17.0.1 x64

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  20. Cannot create the link resource from the given URI

    On a brand new Mac running OS 12.0.1 (Monterey). Restored from a Time Machine backup and didn't have this issue before. I use Bridge to select and insert images into InDesign picture boxes by selecting the image, right-clicking and selecting "Place" then "In InDesign" and the image has always been properly placed. However, since upgrading to the new OS, when I select and try to place, I get this error:
    "Cannot create the link resource from the given URI." The Mac switches to InDesign, but no image is placed. Workarounds are very cumbersome as I'm often working with lots of…

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