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  1. InDesign window defaults fullscreen after escaping presentation mode

    When entering presentation mode (shift+w), and then escape, InDesign windows becomes fullscreen.

    When I come out of presentation view the window size gets forgotten and automatically becomes the size of my entire screen (very annoying to keep having to resize the window all the time, completely disrupts my work flow) It even cuts off the bottom tool bar, which I use a lot.

    I have an M1 Macbook, Indeisgn 17.4

    I have previously posted this and told that the issue was fixed. I followed all instructions and the issue is still there.

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  2. Indesign is freezes when a window opens.

    Using Indesign Version 20.3.1, Whenever I open any pop up menu (e.g. paragraph styles, text frame options, Export window), Indesign will freeze and I get the spinning wheel on my Mac running macOS 15.4.1.

    It happens maybe 1 in 3 times and I have to force quit indesign and reopen.

    I have tried Resetting settings and preferences
    Uninstalled and re-installed Indesign (this helped for about a week) then it started again.

    I've never had this happen before and now it is driving me insane.

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  3. Preflight panel Overset text not showing page number

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    Preflight panel Overset text not identifying page number

    For a couple different files, I got an error message in the Preflight panel, indicating the presence of Overset text, but NO page number. In both files, it said it was an issue with footnotes, but not where. One of the suggested fixes is to allow Split Footnotes, but that option is already checked.

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    After a lot of sleuthing, we eventually found the error. In one of the two files there were multiple errors in multiple locations. The entire footnote had vanished. The footnote reference was still there,…

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  4. "Allow Selected Spread to Shuffle" behavior in Page Panel is opposite

    About Page Panel menu, "Allow Selected Spread to Shuffle".
    When you check here, you can’t shuffle pages. You need to be off the check to shuffle. It's contrary to content.
    I hope this will be fixed to "Not Allow Selected Spread to Shuffle".
    Thank you.

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  5. Putting an InDesign extension into Panel mode from Modeless fails to display the extension

    Changing the <UI><Type> field in the manifest.xml from Modeless to Panel for an extension which has already been run as a Modeless type causes InDesign to crash, or fail to display the panel. This change was possible in previous versions of the application, and works correctly in Illustrator.
    Steps:
    1) Start with the UI Showcase sample from the Adobe CEP resources GitHub. https://github.com/Adobe-CEP/Samples/tree/master/UI_Showcase
    2) Install it
    3) Start the InDesign application
    4) Open the Modeless version of the UI Panel from the Extensions menu
    Result: this shows correctly
    5) Close the panel, shut down InDesign
    6) Change the…

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  6. Pages panel does not scroll when dragging page to a new position

    When draggin a page to a position not show in the panel, it should scroll along. but it doesn't.

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  7. Library panel not registering licensed images

    Hi, for a while now the Library panel does not register when I license an image from Adobe Stock. I search for an image and place a watermarked thumbnail into the document (InDesign, Illustrator or Photoshop). When the draft is approved I click on the license image icon on the image in the Library (or on the thumbnail image in the document) and the license process happens but the library does to update to show the licensed image. I have to go to Adobe stock in a web browser, find the specific library and download the image manually. The cloud…

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  8. Paragraph Style Panel Not Showing All Styles

    Bug: Paragraph Style Panel does not show all styles, when scrolling I cannot get beyond the 43rd paragraph style, the scroll stops at that point. Multiple restarts and reordering the list by name did not clear the issue. This also appears to be in the Based On Paragraph selection when creating a new paragraph style.

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  9. Pictures placed via copy-paste are not shown in link panel

    When inserting a picture via copy+paste, it is not shown in the link panel - neither as missing nor as "embedded".
    Is this a bug?

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  10. CC library window disappears from workspace

    Every time I start indesign the CC libraries window disappears from my workspace. I add it again and overwrite my workspace, but it disappears again as soon as I quit. Using CC 2018 13.0 on Mac OS El Capitan 10.11.6

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  11. Missing the option to fill / stroke selection in the Swashes panel

    In my version of the InDesign, since the last update, is missing the option to fill / stroke selection in the Swashes panel.
    Version installed: 19.0.1

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  13. InDesign links panel not working since 12/8/2023 update

    Since updating Classic InDesign yesterday, I cannot create links at all, not in the menu and not in the links panel. Win11, InDesign 18.5.1x64. Lost all linkage functioning within InDesign files.

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  14. the document window extends below the bottom of screen

    One file is open and you have the document window filling all available real estate besides the tool windows, when a second file is opened, the document window extends below the bottom of screen and must be resized again to view the info at the base. This issue was not apparent on pre CC Indesign

    4 votes

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  15. In view of indexed terms in Index Panel the character "&" disappears

    not an idea, a bug: In view of indexed terms in Index Panel the character "&" disappears. It still is set but not seen..

    See attached image.

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  16. Pop ups fail

    Hi, I have Id cc 13.0.1 by Adobe Creative Cloud. When I double clic on an indd file all pop up menus from differents windows don't work, I can choose (e.g. vertical alignment from framework option or multiply from effects) but the original option remains. If I open the app first and the file later it works perfectly.
    Hope this helps. Bye!

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  17. Window resizing doesn't work in 18.1

    Hi, just updated to ID 18.1 and when I go to resize the document window to make it narrower (just grabbing the right side), it resizes the entire thing – height and width, doesn't go back to the way it was properly and ends up on the bottom of the screen, instead of just making the window narrower.

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  18. Not working window tiling introduced in macOS 15

    MacOS 15 Sequoia introduced window tiling, which lets you arrange windows on the screen in tiles.

    This automatically works for any window of any app on my Mac. It also works for Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator windows, as long as «Application Frame» is activated in the window menu.

    But window tiling does not work with windows of Adobe InDesign v20. Even with active «Window Frame».

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  19. Windows 10 > Indesign 15.0.1 hidden print window.

    When trying to print on Indesign version 15.0.1, for windows 10, the pop-up windows opens on the back, hidden.

    How to solve without force the closure of the program?
    Any shortcut known?

    This didn't happen on version 15.0.0.

    Thank you

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  20. Window Resizing Bug

    InDesign 18.2.1 on MacOS 12.3.1 (have been having the same issue for the past few ID updates)

    When application frame is turned off so that document windows float, document windows cannot be resized as expected. When dragging one edge, other sides of the window resize themselves – example .mov attached.

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