Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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ID 2021 (16.1) slow performance with all palettes open
Running ID 2021 (16.1) on MacPro (2019) 3.3 Ghz / 192Gb / AMD Radeon Pro W5700X 16 Gb / MacOS 10.15.7.
So, I would like to report a bug related to the palettes in ID. I run a 2 monitor setup with my work on one screen and all my ID palettes on on the second screen. I have run this way for 10+ years. This has always been OK until I moved from InDesign 2019 (14.0.3) to ID 2021 (16.1) 2 months ago.
The performance of ID 16.1 is unacceptably slow. It is as if you have a really intensive process running in the background (like Folding At Home) all the time.
Now... if I hide all my palettes (press TAB) then everything speeds up and there is no lag at all, exactly like it was with ID 2019. Show palettes and everything slows down, LOTS of lag. No spinning beech ball, just lag.
If I go back and use ID 2019 everything works perfectly. It is fast with all palettes open. The problem is in ID 2021.
PLEASE, can Adobe take a look in to this. I am happy to take a movie for you, but the description above is what you will see.
InDesign is so frustrating to use right now, please help.
Thank you,
TomRunning ID 2021 (16.1) on MacPro (2019) 3.3 Ghz / 192Gb / AMD Radeon Pro W5700X 16 Gb / MacOS 10.15.7.
So, I would like to report a bug related to the palettes in ID. I run a 2 monitor setup with my work on one screen and all my ID palettes on on the second screen. I have run this way for 10+ years. This has always been OK until I moved from InDesign 2019 (14.0.3) to ID 2021 (16.1) 2 months ago.
The performance of ID 16.1 is unacceptably slow. It is as if you have a really…
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Wrong swatch color for color using hsb values
I'm using InDesign version 16.1 on Mac OS X 11.3
When setting a color using HSB values, the color which is created is wrong.
In the screen shot I added you can see two swatches, both have the same related values.
One is set via HSB the other by RGB.
The HSB preview is totally wrong.2 votes -
tools
The tools are blocked on the Type again! I can't get all the tools. It's happened before and after update this problem has been settled. But now the problem come back. What can I do? now the app is up to date 16.2 and it's still stuck.
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Command "O" does not always work
Opening documents with Command "O" does not always work. Many times I have to go back to the Home Screen to open a document. This is both in the current release and the Beta.
InDesign 2021 (16.1); Beta (16.3)
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InDesign to Acrobat Accessibility Bug
When performing Acrobat remediation on InDesign publications containing correct export tagging, the Acrobat Reading Order tool shows "P" tags at the end of each line of text (as well as additional "P" tags in the middle of lines). The Acrobat Tags panel shows no paragraph tags -- just broken up lines of text.
Fortunately, these broken up lines are not reproduced as such by the screen reader. So why does Acrobat identify each line of text with a "P" in the first place?
This issue needs to be fixed as it creates a dilemma and lot of unnecessary remediation work for those who are unaware that screen readers are able to bypass broken up lines and read the full paragraph.
I'm currently using InDesign 2021 but this has been happening with earlier versions as well.
I initially submitted this as an Acrobat bug and was advised in response that it is an InDesign issue.
When performing Acrobat remediation on InDesign publications containing correct export tagging, the Acrobat Reading Order tool shows "P" tags at the end of each line of text (as well as additional "P" tags in the middle of lines). The Acrobat Tags panel shows no paragraph tags -- just broken up lines of text.
Fortunately, these broken up lines are not reproduced as such by the screen reader. So why does Acrobat identify each line of text with a "P" in the first place?
This issue needs to be fixed as it creates a dilemma and lot of unnecessary remediation work…
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Crash while export to JPG
indesign 16.2 (mac version) crashes every time exports jpg and it tries to overwrite existent jpg
2 votesHi,
We have been able to reproduce the issue and it is currently under investigation.—
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InDesign Server taking long time to initialize
SUMMARY
Recently it's been taking longer than 5 minutes for InDesign Server to spin up a new instance when executed by Windows system. This issue appears to be user specific.SYSTEM
Operating system version: Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard
Processors: Intel Xeon CPU E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz x 4
Adobe InDesign CC Server 2017 12.0.0.81ISSUE:
InDesign server seems to be taking a long time (> 5 minutes) during initialization.COMMAND:
./InDesignServer.exe -configuration [name] -port [number]OUTPUT:
Initializing InDesignServer for port 57106: ================================================================================
InDesign CC Server Version 12.0 x64 .
Copyright 1999-2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated and its licensors.
All rights reserved. See the other legal notices in the ReadMe. ================================================================================
Fri Apr 16 12:54:43 2021 INFO [server] Initializing
Fri Apr 16 12:54:43 2021 INFO [server] Loading the application
Fri Apr 16 12:54:43 2021 INFO [server] Scanning for plug-ins
Fri Apr 16 12:54:43 2021 INFO [server] Registering 114 plug-ins
Fri Apr 16 12:54:43 2021 INFO [server] Completing Object Model
Fri Apr 16 12:54:43 2021 INFO [server] Saving Object Model
Fri Apr 16 12:54:43 2021 INFO [server] Initializing plug-ins
Fri Apr 16 12:54:43 2021 INFO [server] Calling Early Initializers
Fri Apr 16 12:54:43 2021 INFO [server] Starting up Service Registry
Fri Apr 16 12:54:44 2021 INFO [server] Executing startup services
Fri Apr 16 12:54:44 2021 INFO [server] Using configuration indesign-manager-ws-configuration-slot-22 Fri Apr 16 12:54:44 2021 INFO [server] Initializing Application
Fri Apr 16 12:54:44 2021 INFO [server] Completing Initialization
Fri Apr 16 12:54:44 2021 INFO [server] Calling Late Initializers
Fri Apr 16 12:54:45 2021 INFO [server] Image previews are off
Fri Apr 16 12:54:45 2021 INFO [server] Server Running
Fri Apr 16 12:54:45 2021 INFO [javascript] Executing File: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CC Server 2017\Scripts\startup scripts\ConnectInstancesToESTK.js
Fri Apr 16 12:54:45 2021 INFO [javascript] Executing File: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CC Server 2017\Scripts\converturltohyperlink\startup scripts\ConvertURLToHyperlinkMenuItemLoader.jsx
Fri Apr 16 12:54:45 2021 INFO [javascript] Executing File: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CC Server 2017\Scripts\converturltohyperlink\ConvertURLToHyperlinkMenuItem.jsxbinANALYSIS:
The application appears to be getting stuck either during or after executing C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CC Server 2017\Scripts\converturltohyperlink\ConvertURLToHyperlinkMenuItem.jsxbin
This issue is user specific. In this case, the user is the Windows system. When we launch the application as a different user we do not have this problem.ATTEMPTED SOLUTIONS:
- Restarting the application
- Restarting the server
- Deleted user specific temp files in C:\Users<username>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Indesign Server<version><locale>OTHER
It's worth noting that is problem seems to be very similar to this issue:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/indesign-server-startup-memory-issues/td-p/11500657However, we removed the user specific temp files and the application continued to take a long time to initialize.
SUMMARY
Recently it's been taking longer than 5 minutes for InDesign Server to spin up a new instance when executed by Windows system. This issue appears to be user specific.SYSTEM
Operating system version: Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard
Processors: Intel Xeon CPU E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz x 4
Adobe InDesign CC Server 2017 12.0.0.81ISSUE:
InDesign server seems to be taking a long time (> 5 minutes) during initialization.COMMAND:
./InDesignServer.exe -configuration [name] -port [number]OUTPUT:
Initializing InDesignServer for port 57106: ================================================================================
InDesign CC Server Version 12.0 x64 .
Copyright 1999-2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated and its licensors.
All rights…2 votes -
Pasteboard settings are broken
Adjusting the pasteboard size between pages is broken - see screenshot, I've set it to zero and still each page is miles apart. Sick and tired of these endless bugs.
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Style "based on" another doesn't inherit Export Tag settings
When a paragraph style (or character style) is created that is based on an existing one, Export Tagging attributes should be inherited just like all the other attributes are - that one category of settings seems to have been overlooked in the code. You can see screenshots and my example use case at: https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/style-quot-based-on-quot-another-doesn-t-inherit-export-tag-settings/m-p/11981317
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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 -
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 of the wrong color below it.
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…
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footnote
Footnotes start at 1 every time I open a new text field on a single file. I want the footnote numbers to follow.
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InDesign does not handle a nukta with Tamil script
The Tamil Unicode block does not contain a nukta, for languages written in Tamil script that need a nukta there are two characters in the Grantha block that can (possibly) be used.
U+1133B COMBINING BINDU BELOW
U+1133C GRANTHA SIGN NUKTADotted circles are shown, and left vowels are not always re-ordered.
This is with InDesign 16.1 on Windows 10 Dev channel of Insider PreviewEdition Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview
Version Dev
Installed on 2021-03-30
OS build 21343.1000
Experience Windows 10 Feature Experience Pack 321.7401.0.3The files withharfbuzz.png (HarfBuzz enabled https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/script-for-enabling-harfbuzz-workflow-in-indesign/m-p/11319835) and worldready.png (Lipika) show how InDesign displays the text. The file chrome.png shows the result (which is desired) from the Chrome browser, also on Windows 10.
The codepoints, font, and additional data files used are on another bug report
https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/typography-issues/issues/738
Note that the display of text in this bug report is similar but not exactly the same as with InDesign.The Tamil Unicode block does not contain a nukta, for languages written in Tamil script that need a nukta there are two characters in the Grantha block that can (possibly) be used.
U+1133B COMBINING BINDU BELOW
U+1133C GRANTHA SIGN NUKTADotted circles are shown, and left vowels are not always re-ordered.
This is with InDesign 16.1 on Windows 10 Dev channel of Insider PreviewEdition Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview
Version Dev
Installed on 2021-03-30
OS build 21343.1000
Experience Windows 10 Feature Experience Pack 321.7401.0.3The files withharfbuzz.png (HarfBuzz enabled https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/script-for-enabling-harfbuzz-workflow-in-indesign/m-p/11319835) and worldready.png (Lipika) show…
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I work with book interiors. Have been reading about the nightmares designers have had adjusting the margins of text boxes
I am not a cool millennial but I work with book interiors. Have been reading about the nightmares designers have had adjusting the margins of text boxes once there are several hundred pages and changing the master pages doesn't alter the actual position of the text boxes. Can I agree with the comments attached below -- to you Adobe company people -- don't **** off loyal users who were using Adobe before the millenials were born -- PLEASE STOP taking away features!!!!! I have recently updated to ID2021. Am I still going to have this bug -- as I now need to adjust the margins a tad away from the spine having just received the hard proof of a 500 page paperback. Thanks :-)
Again Adobe, the upset stems from your same and recurrent problem (across your product "upgrades"), you don't get it: stop "taking away" features (especially default ones, like you changing the psd default "constraint proportion"... so bad).
Add new options to old features if you think it improves, we'll click it ON if/when it's suits our type of work (or way of working), but don't (why???) take away what's there, works and have been working for ever.It's amazing the lack of knowledge (or depth of knowledge) you too often demonstrate about how your software are (day in-day out) being used/by whom/and for what kind of projects. Try test driving with people who have been working with them for more than 5 minutes, they might not be cool millennials, but they sure understand Indesign (and PSD, and AI...), and are not confused about "which software" to used for doing "what" well.
For myself, it's sadly the number one complaint I have with Adobe. I use your software every day and find them truly amazing and I think Indesign is the top in it's field.
I am not a cool millennial but I work with book interiors. Have been reading about the nightmares designers have had adjusting the margins of text boxes once there are several hundred pages and changing the master pages doesn't alter the actual position of the text boxes. Can I agree with the comments attached below -- to you Adobe company people -- don't **** off loyal users who were using Adobe before the millenials were born -- PLEASE STOP taking away features!!!!! I have recently updated to ID2021. Am I still going to have this bug -- as I now…
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Images not importing within frame
Indesign has started randomly importing images incorrectly - sometimes with the frame much larger than the image, sometimes with the image out of the frame bounds, forcing me to resize each frame to fit the image. Very frustrating.
See screenshot of image as it should import on the left, and on the right how it actually imports.
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New Color Swatch button greyed out
When color None is active, the New Color Swatch button is greyed out, while in the menu New Color Swatch can still be accessed. Please make the button work always.
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No cursor in Story Editor?
Steps to reproduce:
1. Open a story in Story Editor
Result: No cursor visible
Expected: Cursor visible
System info
Application: InDesign v16.3.0.5
OS: macOS v11.2.3, RAM: 8.00 GB, CPUs (logical): 82 votes -
Working Together with Other Designers
I work in a team of 4 designers, and on occasion we have to cover for each other and finish/amend something someone else has started. We can share for review with other departments to add their amendments fine, however if someone else opens the .indd file on our shared server they can't see the comments. Is there not a way to make the comments save to the document itself instead of the account?
2 votes -
Images scaled 6%
Version 16.1 x 64
After update, images that are relink are automatically scaled an additional 6% within their frames.
2 votes
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