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  1. Embeded fonts in forms

    When I make forms in Acrobat that use some fonts with licensing restrictions, Acobat show a warning with message.
    In Indesign I think you should make the same.
    Thanks.

    2 votes

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  2. Can't save a PDF (low res)

    I am trying to save a PDF (low res) and it stops and spins at 28% complete. It won't save.

    1 vote

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  3. Can't wrap the first line of a page

    If I place an anchored image at the very start of the page, the first line does not wrap, it disappears behind the image. One solution in the forum was: Make an invisible line of 0pt. Are you kidding me?

    5 votes

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  4. Tags not Exporting Correctly and other Accessibility Issues

    The latest versions of InDesign often does not export tags to PDF correctly. Other accessibility issues also tend to occur from time to time, but the most common is tagged artifacts lose their tags when exported to PDF. I backsave to InDesign 2019 and re export. All is consistently correct from that version. Would love for Adobe to look into this issue and correct. Our sight-impaired populations require software that makes accessibility easier with each upgrade, not harder. (Reinventing the process every few upgrades doesn't help either.) Thanks!

    6 votes

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  5. library panels display

    the background color of the library panels in Indesign and Illustrator take on the same color of the interface (as from the latest version of indesign CC 16.1) As I have the dark interface selected, the icons and other assets are almost invisible. There is no way to change it, switching to the light interface is the only thing that helps.

    3 votes

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  6. Rechtschreibprüfung

    Rechtschreibprüfung "Deutsch: Schweiz" seit Juni 2021 falsch: Es wird Rechtschreibprüfung Deutschland angezeigt.

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  7. Files open small and display in the top left only - scrolling goes hay wire

    the program seems to be functioning, but will only open and create new files in the top left hand corner of the screen. If I zoom in, it will zoom, but only in that small space. If I scroll, it goes hay wore showing only grey and clipping lines like it can't process what its viewing.

    Help, I can't use Indesign at all with it like this.

    1 vote

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  8. bullet numbering not resetting

    To make numbered lists automatically reset between body copy text, I set body copy to be a numbered list without any numbering at level 1.

    Numbered lists are level 2. With tick box 'reset numbers at this level after Any Previous Level'

    But the numbered list doesn't get reset when there are body copy between.

    It only resets if the level 1 paragraph style is actually numbering.

    1 vote

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  9. share for review stuck on loading

    As mentioned, share for review window is stuck on loading and doesn't proceed.

    6 votes

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  10. Option key shortcuts not working 2/3/21

    Option key shortcuts are currently not working. I have the most up to date version of the Cloud. It's 2/3/21. Thanks!

    4 votes

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  12. Type library is not automatically created by CC2020 installation. Error 104705: Unable to load Adobe InDesign Type Library (Version 1.0)

    Extensions and scripts halting or crashing after installing CC2020, due to a missing type library.
    Our customers report errors after updating to CC2020, and I got the same error when I tried. Our script make a halt at a DoScript call, with this error: 104705: Unable to load Adobe InDesign Type Library (Version 1.0)
    After starting InDesign CC2020 "AS ADMINISTRATOR", a missing type library is obviously created: the message and error disappears after doing that once.
    It was not enough for my user just to have administrator privileges on my computer and in the domain, I had to explicitly start…

    8 votes

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  13. Share for review

    Hello, am I being dumb? I can share individual files, but when I try and share a book, “share for Review” is greyed out and the Review panel is black.

    3 votes

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  14. Color picker HSB interface not working correctly

    Indesign 2021 v16.1

    While using the new HSB interface in the Color Picker, when any of the the "HSB" radials are selected, the chosen color values change to something completely different. Please see the uploaded pictures for an example.

    When the cursor is dropped into the any of the CMYK value entires, the color changes back to what was intended.

    If the selected object still has a color thats chosen in HSB is sampled and applied to another object. the new object's color will show up in the color picker as the intended color but with a in-gamut color option…

    1 vote

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  15. Incorrect replacement of special characters in hyperlinks while exporting to interactive PDF

    In InDesign, the special characters in hyperlinks are converted while exporting as interactive PDF differently depending on the platform (Windows or Mac) and the type of hyperlink and are thus made unusable.

    If the hyperlink replaces a text without further intervention in the document, special Characters are sometimes incorrectly replaced.

    The replacement is different depending on how the hyperlink is used in the document:
    - text that is a hyperlink
    - Assigned hyperlink to a text
    - button

    In addition, Mac and Windows export result in further differences.

    So far I only have tested the letters äüö, but cannot rule…

    2 votes

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  16. Character style has trouble spanning more than one line

    It used to be that InDesign had no trouble when a character style ran more than one line. From some time, including InDesign 16.2.1, if a character style is applied to a string of text that starts on one line and continues to the next line, for example the last few words on a line and the first few words on the next line, InDesign will force all the text with that Character Style onto the next line, and space on the text on the previous line to span the entire line.
    However, if you don't use a Character Style…

    1 vote

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  17. cross-reference bug InDesign 2020

    I'm working with a 50-page document using the latest version of InDesign (15.1.1 x64) on Windows 10. Cross-reference not only takes minutes to create but also takes that amount of time to update. It's become a useless feature of InDesign.

    12 votes

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  18. You do not have access to Publish Online service.

    I've been making interactive documents to be shared via the Publish Online function. Suddenly I'm getting the message: 'You do not have access to Publish Online service.' What's going on? I need to be able to share my work.

    5 votes

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  19. You do not have access to Publish Online service.

    I have been working with publish online services and have spent the past few days publishing some document and everything works.

    Suddenly today, I began receiving this error when trying to publish online "You cannot use this feature right now. Please check your network connectivity."

    Additionally, when I try to access the publish online dashboard I see this error: "You do not have access to Publish Online service."

    13 votes

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  20. variable font using no font style after PDF export for fillable form

    When using a variable Font (Acumin from Adobe Fonts) for a text field in a fillable form it isn't using any font style when exported to PDF.

    Static fonts act as expected.

    InDesign 2020 16.1 64bit, Windows 10

    3 votes

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