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  1. Demand for functionality

    Hello,
    Please, for the Windows version, could you add the function: "functions search tool" (as for the Mac version, when we click on help-research) ?
    Thank you.

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  2. 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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  3. Some text appearing bold where other text in same text box appears as it should

    Identically formatted text showing up differently both in document and after pdf export. Likely connected to the neglected bug regarding transparent .png files causing bolding in text elsewhere in document.

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  4. remove background feature for image

    removes the background from an image like in photoshop.

    4 votes

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  5. Co-Authoring

    Time to address the co-authoring issue, especially if you are pushing to the cloud.

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  6. Find similar image

    On the latest update 18.4, the find similar image function is not working like before. I've even used an image from the Adobe stock library and it cannot find its own image. With the last version, this feature worked as expected.

    To reproduce this issue, place an Adobe stock image in InDesign, right-click on it and choose "find similar image".

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  7. non-breaking space creating strange character

    Non-breaking spaces have suddenly started turning into strange horizontal apostrophes in a document - see attached image, the character between Ex and Libris. The only way to rectify has been to use a fixed width non-breaking space instead. Major headache!

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  8. eyedropper changing bevel/emboss object effects in InDesign 18.4

    1. Create new blank document
    2. Draw 2 shapes and assign different bevel/emboss to each.
    3. Use eyedropper (with all objects settings checked) to copy and paste style from one shape to another.

    I expect the other shape to take on the same bevel/emboss settings as the first

    But the other shape does not always take on the same bevel/emboss opacity settings. I find the higher opacity percentage shadow overrides the lower percentage, but not vice versa.

    I've not done extensive testing but prior to ID18.4 the eyedropper was consistent in copying styles from one object to another, now it isn't

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  9. ID 18.3 click movement

    When I click on a text box or any other element it will be moved I think of 1px. Why???

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  10. 18.4 crashes on splash screen. Have to rebuild preferences

    Updated to 18.4 and now have to rebuild my preferences file each time I want to start InDesign. If I don't it crashes within milliseconds of the splash screen appearing. The splash screen appears momentarily, goes away and the programme doesn't load. I don't get a crash report as the programme never loads.

    Seems to work OK once I've rebuilt the preferences but I have to do it EVERY time I launch InDesign. It is annoying.

    I'm using InDesign 18.4 and iMac running Ventura 13.1.

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  11. Words in placed document become bold after certain characters

    When we place text from a Word file, we always strip it of all existing layout. But for some reason there are some weird unicode characters that cause Indesign to make certain words bold... I'm not able to figure out why... you have a French text where a word starts with a e with an accent like ê and that word is suddely bold... even though in the Word file it isn't.

    This also happens with Italics... I once had a text that used transliteration for Ancient Egyptian that is in italic and often starts with a "Ankh" symbol: Ꜥ…

    3 votes

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  12. InDesign CC2023 forces paragraph in overset

    Since the update to InDesign v18.0 (CC2023) the first line of a Paragraph with custom Bullet (Numbering) text, gets forced in overset when the first word is longer than 8-9 characters. They don't flow to the next paragraph and there is still enough space to keep the word in the Text Frame.
    In the example you'll see two Text Frames with one with the word "Duurzaamheid" cut in two and the second in overset with no space between "Duur" and "zaamheid" wich forces everything in overset. In InDesign 17.4 everything works as desired. Uploading an InDesign-file was not possible so…

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  13. InDesign 2023 Unable to use Publish Online feature

    osx Montery 12.3 (M1 Max)
    InDesign 2023 (v 18.0)

    Updated to 2023 this morning and am now getting the following error message when I try to use publish online "Error #0: This service is not available for your account. Contact your Administrator or Customer Support for further assistance."

    Have never received this prior to the update and I seem unable to find any information regarding it (most likely because the update is so fresh). I have already restarted fully, quit and reopened indesign.

    Any information would be greatly appreciated.

    7 votes

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  14. Publish emag and adverts missing

    When I publish online an emag designs in Indesign 18.4 when I load up the online version there are adverts missing
    See page 16 https://indd.adobe.com/view/aa532908-7797-4da5-aaae-15879bff0ed7

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  15. Importing PDF Comments: inclusion of Sticky Notes slows InDesign down to a crawl.

    When importing PDF Comments, it is mostly a breeze until the editor/author applies a 'Sticky Note'.

    Moving through a document where 'Sticky Notes' have been added, the page, and surrounding pages, slows InDesign to a crawl and can take a few minutes to apply one change.

    While my workaround is to run through all the 'Sticky Notes' in the PDF file first and apply those changes independently before deleting them, I can then import the PDF Comments in the usual way to speed up the remaining part of the process without being hindered.

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  16. unleserliche Dateinamen

    Hallo,

    seit kurzer Zeit werden einige Dateinamen auf der InDesign Startseite unleserlich dargestellt, als ob mehrere Namen übereinander stünden. Es tritt sporadisch auf. Ich kann den Fehler nicht konsistent reproduzieren.

    ID: 18.4
    Mac OS 13.4.1
    iMac Retina 5K, 27 Zoll, 2019

    Freundliche Grüße,
    Ralf Könner

    koenner@mac.com

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  17. Display performance preferences impacting images exported with epub

    When exporting to epub (reflowable or fixed), any images are converted and rendered as grey boxes (see screenshot) IF the master Display Performance is set to "fast" (i.e. InDesign>Preferences>Display performance). Changing the local display performance setting (View>Display performance) or object-level display performance doesn't not affect it. MacOS 11.6.7, M1 chip. InDesign 18.4

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  18. find replace story & selection options often not appearing

    find replace story & selection options not appearing anymore. IND 2022

    it will often just show document, documents as options. no rhyme or reason that I can see

    monterey 12.6.7 intel iMac 5k 2020. system recently updated July 2023, could this bug be a resulting conflict?

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  19. [EPV] Footnote references vanish in tables when the Adobe World-Ready Composer is applied

    Hi together,

    tested with InDesign 2020 and also with the current InDesign 2023 version 18.1.0.51 on Windows 10.

    If I apply one of the two Adobe World-Ready Composers to text in a table the footnote references in the text will vanish.
    The footnote texts themselves do not. It's just the rendering of the footnote reference numbers.

    See also this thread at Adobe InDesign Forum:

    Footnotes reference number disappearing when aligning numbers in table
    Gabriel23717186abix, 4 Hours ago
    https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/footnotes-reference-number-disappearing-when-aligning-numbers-in-table/td-p/13533021

    Download sample documents from my Dropbox account:
    230127-1-Footnote References disappear in Table.zip

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/y89vr0168spqa92/230127-1-Footnote%20References%20disappear%20in%20Table.zip?dl=1

    Also see the discussion at Adobe Prerelease:
    https://forums.adobeprerelease.com/indesign/discussion/2223/epv-footnote-references-vanish-in-tables-when-the-adobe-world-ready-composer-is-applied#latest

    Regards,…

    5 votes

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  20. GPU preview malformed

    Graphics displayed with GPU are malformed. Please refer to the attached screenshots – the same view with and without GPU enabled.

    MacBook Pro w/Apple M1 Pro, macOS Ventura 13.3.

    3 votes

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