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  1. Updated my Indesign to 15.0.3, now constant FREEZING, SLOW, NOT RESPONDING

    after updating to 15.0.3, I have had CONSTANT issues with Indesign. (and Adobe Acrobat Pro) . Receive a CONSTANT not responding message. Extremely frustrated. Cannot get my work finished. Things are taking more than double the time they should. Something as simple as turning a page can take a entire minute or two. Wish I never updated.

    11 votes

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  2. Remove color failed

    Hi,

    I'm facing a new issue.

    Version : InDesign Server CC 2021
    Language : VBScript

    Steps to reproducre :
    - Create a new color
    - Try to remove it
    -> Error : Can't remove this color

    Works on InDesign Server CC 2020

    I can't upload my example code file so i put it here :

    Set ID = CreateObject("IndesignServer.Application.2021")

    Set CurDoc = ID.Documents.Add

    Set NewColor1 = CurDoc.Colors.Add
    NewColor1.Name = "Valid1"
    NewColor1.ColorValue = Array(71, 20, 100, 10)

    Set CurItem = CurDoc.Pages.Item(1).TextFrames.Add
    CurItem.FillColor = NewColor1

    NewColor1.Delete

    CurDoc.Save "D:\Temp\Test_CC2021.indd"
    CurDoc.Close

    ID.Quit

    Thanks

    6 votes

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  3. not rendering photos and text boxes on the page

    Indesign is not rendering imported photos and created text boxes on the page, even though they are there.

    5 votes

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  4. not rendering photos and text boxes on the page

    Indesign is not rendering imported photos and created text boxes on the page, even though they are there.

    4 votes

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  5. fonts activate

    Indesign 15.0.1: Hello, I have the same problem. Adobe Fonts don´t load. When I click to activate a font it changes icon to "activating" but it never activates.

    4 votes

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  6. Error message when trying to open InDesign file

    I continually get an error that InDesign cannot open a file because it was created in a newer version and that I need to update...the problem is that I created the file 10 minutes ago and there is no update to be done.

    3 votes

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  7. version 17.0 while launching shows blank black screen

    Screen gets stuck on black screen and no option comes up.

    InDesign version 16.0 works fine.
    Tried reinstalling the app but shows same issue.

    3 votes

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  8. can't open file format psd, jpeg or in design file

    in design will not open my jpeg files and I'm using the latest of in design cc 2021

    3 votes

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  9. Search tool not showing up

    When I go to help in order to search it doesn't let me. The search tool is not there.

    3 votes

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  10. After IDS install or update calls to preflight() don't work unless you manually edit ExportPreflightReport.jsx

    Whenever we install or update InDesign Server we can't call preflight() unless we manually edit the ExportPreflightReport.jsx file found here:
    C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign Server 2023\Scripts\Preflight

    We've had to do this for every version of IDS we've installed or updated (v15, v18.2.1 and 18.5). We're using Windows Server 2022 in Azure (Win64).

    I can't attach jsx or zip files but edits required are described at the bottom of this post: https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/problem-with-save-preflight-report-using-javascript-in-macintosh/td-p/5831477

    If we don't make these changes, calls to preflight on IDS don't produce a report. The script (ExportPreflightReport.jsx) works on InDesign Desktop.

    It would be great if IDS shipped with…

    2 votes

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  11. Je n'arrive pas à mettre mon correcteur orthographique en Français, c'est gonfflant?

    je demande seulement que le français soit la langue de correction orthographique, or rien de tout cela. même pour envoyer un message on se retrouve avec une page en patois.

    2 votes

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  12. Software keeps freezing during data merge. Unable to minimize or close out without task manager . Cursor becomes spinning wheel

    Software keeps freezing during data merge. Unable to minimize or close out without task manager . Cursor becomes spinning wheel. I have tried restarting my computer, closing out the software and reopening it, and trying an older version of the software.

    2 votes

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  13. search text

    BUG/FEATURE: No SEARCH feature for indd.adobe.com documents!
    Details: I'm viewing a wine list for the restaurant Cafe Juanita in Kirkland, WA (URL below). Your indd.adobe.com viewer does NOT have a search feature. Which would be super useful on this 28 page wine list! In addition, there is no download button, so I cannot download the PDF and search it locally.

    https://indd.adobe.com/view/cc7d0fe7-32b2-427b-b6a8-7820ff9bf01f

    2 votes

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  14. Adobe Indesign server doesn't indicate license issues

    An Indesign Server setup was no longer running properly. The soap client could no longer connect to the instances.

    However, the Windows Indesign server service was running. There were no errors in the Windows event viewer. Rebooting the service and server had no effect.

    Upon manual startup, errors were displayed stating that the license could not be verified. After opening Internet access, everything worked fine again.

    THIS SHOULD BE FIXED:
    - The Windows event viewer should show license errors
    - The Indesign server service should not be running if there are license issues. It should shutdown again. Why is the…

    2 votes

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  15. Image Trace

    Hi there,

    I am unable to image trace. All tutorial say image trace is though pressing object first. It doesn't even pop up for me.

    2 votes

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  16. InDesign cannot open the file

    InDesign cannot open the file when your system does not have enough memory (RAM) to read the file
    https://geometrydash-best.com

    2 votes

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  17. 1 vote

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  18. 1 vote

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  19. 1 vote

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  20. Proximity and distance from a display in InDesign

    I have a problem with my InDesign.
    When I want to zoom there is no with the mouse wheel. It moves the display further away from me and not closer. In Photoshop and the other programs it does work for me, but not in InDesign.

    1 vote

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