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  1. Actual Size Error

    It shows 20% larger when the actual size is at 100%. When the View Size is at 80%, it gives an image close to 100%. Command + 1 (⌘ + 1) brings the screen to 100%, but the dimensions are wrong.

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  2. Make GIFs great again

    • Allow a preview of a live GIF while designing - currently when it is placed into a deck it is static and only reviewable by publishing online.

    • Allow a choice of the GIF thumbnail that becomes the still image when an offline version is downloaded. Currently I'm at the mercy of whatever the very first frame is in the entire GIF sequence.

    • Better yet, make Adobe Reader able to play gifs so the 'offline' version doesn't have to be a compromise of the original intention.

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  3. Text with multiple tabs set to glyph scaling 95% is warped

    Version: InDesign 17.3

    Steps to reproduce: create a text frame 101*15 mm
    copy/paste the following text "ABCDEFG AT 00:00 | ABCEFG abcdefg of the ABCDEFGH" (note that there are multiple tabs and spaces)
    set the paragraph style as shown in screen-shot "style"
    expected result: text should not be warped
    actual result: text is warped
    note: if the glyph scaling is set to 100% then this issue does not happen

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  4. Zoom Scaling when editing Review Comments

    When trying to edit text that has review comment text attached to it, InDesign will not stay zoomed in, and will automatically revert to 100% scale.

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  5. ⌘O Does not apply

    ⌘O shortcut for opening files is not applied

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  6. European characters recognized as Kanjis in composite fonts

    I'm editing a Chinese document containing certain European characters such as ē and í.
    I've created a composite font that uses Roboto for numbers and latin alphabets, and Noto Sans CJK for the Chinese characters.

    Recently I noticed some of the European characters are incorrectly recognized as Kanjis, and are set to Noto Sans CJK instead of Roboto.

    By testing my composite font settings, I confirmed that these misbehaving characters are being recognized as Kanjis (the top row in the composite font window).

    1. InDesign version: 17.3
    2. Create a composite font as shown in Screen Shot 1
    3. I expect all European…
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  7. Paragraph Borders appearing incorrectly between paragraphs at top/bottom of page

    InDesign 17.3 (2022) running on an Apple M1 chip

    When several adjacent paragraphs have the same border settings, the treatment of borders at the top/bottom of the page vary depending on whether the pages break BETWEEN paragraphs, or WITHIN paragraphs. They should function the same.

    In the attached screenshot, query-bordersappearing.png is incorrect (ACTUAL RESULT).

    The rules should disappear as seen in query-bordersnotappearing.png (EXPECTED RESULT, even if the page break falls between paragraphs).

    The only difference between the two screenshots is I pulled up the bottom of the box on the left-hand page to force the text to break within a…

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  8. Deactivate start page setting is missing

    Under gobal settings there are 2 checkboxes missing:
    - show startpage if no document...
    - use old open dialog

    Deinstallation and new InDesign installation brought nothing.
    What could be the reason?

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  9. Having issues updating files which are published online.

    Hi there, I am having problems trying to amend (override) an already 'published online' indesign file. I really liked the capability of this function as it means that other sites where my file is embedded, do not need to be updated and I can go directly to the source without the html link changing. Version 17.3

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  10. keyboard shortcut

    Hello. keyboard shortcut do not work. I think it is due to the fact that the default set is devoted to windows and not to OS.
    Can you produce a Default ME.txt devoted to OS 12.1 ?
    Have you an other explaination ?

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  11. All adobe apps temporarily freeze when another adobe app is saving.

    I've noticed this since the last update. When InDesign is saving, all other Adobe apps temporarily freeze until InDesign completes saving. Not a problem most of the time for quick saving documents, but for larger projects like catalogs, I can be stuck for 5-10 minutes until INDD completes saving.

    Windows 11

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  12. idml letter spacing

    Hi Team ID,
    We love the IDML export because we can send that to our translation office and get close to final-artwork-files back. But we realized paragraph and character styles which include letter spacing values do not have letter spacing any more after export. Can you fix this please?

    Thank you

    TA

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  13. Page display distortion – psychedelic patterns

    Page distortion when editing or resizing. Usual clears when changing pages or screen magnification. Becoming more frequent with version 17.3, using macOS 12.4.

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  14. Error al abrir archivo

    Hola buenos dias, al abrir un archivo en otro servidor me indica este error. Si alguien puede ayudarme.. Gracias!

    "No tiene permisos para abrir este archivo"
    "Solicite permiso al propietario del archivo o a un administrador"

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  15. In tagged PDF, selecting a tag highlights multiple paragraphs - Indesign/Acrobat Bug

    In an Indesign document, suppose a hyperlink exists in a line with shift-enter at the end of that line. In tagged PDF, the <p> tag of a paragraph that has hyperlink with shift-enter, highlights including the content of the next paragraph and leaving the tag of that next para empty.

    The same issue will not occur when we remove the shift-enter in that line and export the Tagged PDF.

    The hyperlink may be in single or multi-line.

    Attached sample PDF file and screenshots.

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  16. Publish Online - Hyperlink download lässt sich in Chrome nicht öffnen

    Hallo,
    hier wurde eine Diskussion zum Thema Publish Online und einem möglichen Bug geführt: https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/indesign-interaktiv-hyperlinks/m-p/13042834

    Es geht darum, dass integrierte Download Hyperlinks in Publish Online in Chrome und Edge nicht richtig gedownloaded werden können.

    Die Downloadlinks an sich funktionieren (z.B. in Firefox) in Chrome und Edge öffnet sich leider nur ein leerer Tab und kein Download beginnt.
    https://indd.adobe.com/view/eff43047-dc7b-4048-ade4-369cfe76592a

    Könnt ihr das einmal nachvollziehen und eventuell beheben?

    Vielen Dank & Grüße
    Gina-Marie

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  17. InDesign overset text copies entire document

    InDesign is creating a problem wherein I finish an entire document and it still says there is overset text. When I create a new frame to put it into to see what it is, I find that InDesign has duplicated the text of the entire document. When I try to delete the extra, it just copies the text over and over and puts it right back, including if I try to delete the frame that the extra text is inside of. How do I make this stop?

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  18. Ctrl-0 then paste no longer quite centres

    It appears the latest version doesn't quite centre when doing the normal 'cut object > ctrl/cmd-0 to centre and fill the page on the viewport > paste'. On a 210mm x 280mm layout it's giving a centre co-ordinate of 105.112mm x 140.112mm rather than 105mm x 140mm.

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  19. Bug: Indesign randomly doesn't save

    System: Windows 19, Indesign 17.1
    Steps to reproduce (though the trigger of this problem isn't known):
    1. Open a file, change something. The asterisk next to the file name marks there are unsaved changes.
    2. Hit Ctrl+s, then Ctrl+w to close. It will ask you to save again.
    3. Cancel that requester and hit Ctrl+s again, plus Ctrl+w. The same.
    4. Cancel again, then use the menu entry "Save", then hit Ctrl+w. Same story.

    The asterisk remains and ID also doesn't lock as it usually does when saving (I'm not network, saving files take a few seconds). In this situation…

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  20. InDesign not updating placed AI files

    Placed AI file does not update correctly. InDesign 17.3 and Illustrator 26.3.1 - An AI file is placed into InDesign initially with all layers set to "print" - then the file is updated in Illustrator by changing one or some layers to "not print" and saved. As expected, in Indesign the placed AI shows an alert icon over the graphic. When I select update, the AI still displays with ALL LAYERS still visible. To test what the issue may be, I placed the identical file next to the existing one. THAT file came in correctly - they are the exact…

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