Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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Unable to rename sublayer while panel is docked
In InDesign 2001 16.0.1 for Mac (and possibly other versions) it is not possible to rename a sublayer when the layers panel is docked.
Changing sublayer names is only possible when the panel is floating. The sublayer name should be editable whether the panel is docked or floating.
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interactive pdf
I placed a PDF which has hyperlinks as a linked file in an InDesign document. When I exported the InDesign document as an interactive PDF, the hyperlinks in the placed PDF didn't work, but the hyperlinks in the rest of the document did.
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InDesign crashing while saving the document to GoogleDrive
Crashes when saving to google drive.
Not only crash the program, but the whole laptop. Running MBP 2017.
File was lost and corrupted the original file.
Lost hours of work.
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Review is good start but needs a lot of work
Intermittent issue with review panel appearing blank, needs restart to refresh it.
Document and panel comments jump around making it painful to use in a long document. Panel seems to constantly refresh which appears to be causing the issue? Today can't see any comments or update from my side (see screenshot)
It would be nice to have comments panel work as the pdf review
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Accessibility Alternate Text Issues in Acrobat
The file is designed where certain graphic elements are grouped together to make editing easier for others. In this case, horizontal dividers are made from two basic rectangles and a text box, grouped together.
Each rectangle shape is tagged as "horizontal divider" in the export options for accessibility. When I export to PDF and run the full accessibility check, I'm told that the group failed the "figures alternate text" test.
I then apply alternate text to the group in the export options. I run the full accessibility check in Acrobat and I am told that everything inside the group failed the "nested alternate text" test.
I remove the alternate text from the rectangles, export, run the full accessibility test, and I'm told the rectangles failed the "figures alternate text" test.
The bug is that no matter how the file is set up, it can't pass the full accessibility test. If I include the alt text, I get an error that alt text is nested and that I need to remove the alt text. When I remove the alt text, I get an error saying that alt text is needed. I either get one error or the other.
While this could be fixed in Acrobat if it were a one or two page document, these horizontal rules exist across hundreds of pages and there should be a way to set it up in InDesign so that they export with the correct alternate text applied to them so it passes the accessibility full check.
The file is designed where certain graphic elements are grouped together to make editing easier for others. In this case, horizontal dividers are made from two basic rectangles and a text box, grouped together.
Each rectangle shape is tagged as "horizontal divider" in the export options for accessibility. When I export to PDF and run the full accessibility check, I'm told that the group failed the "figures alternate text" test.
I then apply alternate text to the group in the export options. I run the full accessibility check in Acrobat and I am told that everything inside the group failed…
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issues with video content being supported from Indd output to viewabiity and interface as pdfs in acrobat
make it so pdf's can have view-ability and functioning controler when exported from Indd. This used to work but has gone away. If you are phasing out flash please post a replacement. We dont all use digital videos linked from the internet and dont always have an internet connection.
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Update not working through Creative Cloud
When I try to update from InDesign 16.0 to 16.0.1 trough Creative Cloud nothing happens?
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Editing a Gradient Swatch affects orientation
When a Gradient Swatch is edited, the orientation / position of that gradient on existing objects is reset. Changing colors / knots should not affect the position of applied gradients.
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book fails to synchronize after chapter-file edit
Win10/64-Pro, InDesign 16.0.1/64
A book with 53 chapters fails to detect edited chapters when re-synching.
This problem did not occur with other recent updates of InDesign. Normally, when a chapter-file has been edited, a yellow bullet appears next to the filename in the Book chapter list. This isn't happening, because the files are not being detected as edited. Perhaps the book feature's metadata was corrupted by the update from 16.0.0 to 16.0.1?
When I rebuild the book, even after full re-synch and renumber operations, chapters whose files have just been edited are not updated.
The only way I can get an up-to-date PDF output is to manually remove all the edited chapter-files and then re-add them to the book's chapter list.
Needless to say, this is a huge inconvenience. It has also caused several problems by generating "new" PDFs that were not actually updated!
Win10/64-Pro, InDesign 16.0.1/64
A book with 53 chapters fails to detect edited chapters when re-synching.
This problem did not occur with other recent updates of InDesign. Normally, when a chapter-file has been edited, a yellow bullet appears next to the filename in the Book chapter list. This isn't happening, because the files are not being detected as edited. Perhaps the book feature's metadata was corrupted by the update from 16.0.0 to 16.0.1?
When I rebuild the book, even after full re-synch and renumber operations, chapters whose files have just been edited are not updated.
The only way I can get…
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Updating Excel file causes crash
InDesign 2021 on Mac 10.14.6
Clicking link to update file causes immediate crash.
A quick internet search finds that his been a long ongoing issue. (Maybe fixed at times? I'm not seeing posts for 2021 version.)2 votes -
switching between documents in just upgraded (16.0.1) takes around one minute
both documents are similar, 20 pages, Indesign has 1GB RAM occupied.
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FindChangeByList not working
1 The script stopped working. Doesn’t do anything.
2 Please let the updater copy the FindChangeList.txt from the previous version. In most cases it’s part of a workflow that breaks with each update.
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ZWJ removed from text variable or TOC "Title"
Currently using InDesign CC 2021 [ same issue in previous version/s]
I am working on a SINHALA document and has running headers based on paragraph styles. The ZWJ in the "p-style text" gets omitted in the running header output:
ක්රියා -> ක්රියාb:
The same issue occurs when "ක්රියා" is placed TOC" Title block outputs "ක්රියා"2 votes -
Color profiles not working on 16 bit images
When mounting 16 bit images the program always assigns the dokument profile.
When convering images to 8 bit it works properly and the image profile is assigned.Only InDesign 2021 (v16.0)
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Temporary file not working
In the company I'm working at we have our files on a server that we share. When a customer have some edits requested we get an email in our system with the changes required. Me or one of my colleagues dive in to the job and fix the things in InDesign and then send a pdf back to the customer.
This works really great and it's usually small changes here and there in quarterly and annual reports we work with.
But now it seems like the temporary file saved on the server isn't working like it used to.
This morning I jumped in to fix one job that came in the email system and I saved the pdf and sent it to the customer. And a few seconds one of my colleagues said he tried to save a pdf, but it was already saved. So he was working in the InDesign file the same as I was working on it.
This couldn't be done before. InDesign said the file was already open and I guess it's because the temporary file was in the folder while someone was working. Now it doesn't care if the file is open by someone else.
We did a test now (we have contact over Zoom during the Corona), but I opened the file and then my colleague opened the same file with no problem.
This is something that needs to be fixed. Otherwise we need to call each other and ask about every single file before we start working with it.
Something must be wrong here. It used to work fine before.I hope you understand what the problem is and please let me know if this can be fixed.
In the company I'm working at we have our files on a server that we share. When a customer have some edits requested we get an email in our system with the changes required. Me or one of my colleagues dive in to the job and fix the things in InDesign and then send a pdf back to the customer.
This works really great and it's usually small changes here and there in quarterly and annual reports we work with.
But now it seems like the temporary file saved on the server isn't working like it used to.
This morning…2 votes -
partager pour révision le menu ne s'affiche pas
le menu ne s'affiche pas
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When relinking images, skip button does not work.
When relinking images, skip button does not work. In fact, it does nothing. InDesign 16.0.2 / macOS 10.15.7.
To reproduce, select links (missing or present, no difference) in the links panel, click relink then click skip...
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Share for Review – Filename for the reviewer
I am loving this relatively new feature, but struggling to get full buy in from my reviewers because the filename displayed in their email notification is an Adobe generated random name and not the name of the actually file you are sharing. How can you make sure that the review filename is the same as the name of the actual Indesign document?
The attached is an example of 3 such emails.
I don't understand why the filename is not replicated.
( I know that S4R saves the review PDF in the Artifacts folder – if I force change that, will it work? /although that seems very clunky)I am hoping someone out there can help
(Most of our company Macs are running Sierra and we are on a variety of ID 15.1.1 & 15.1.2)I am loving this relatively new feature, but struggling to get full buy in from my reviewers because the filename displayed in their email notification is an Adobe generated random name and not the name of the actually file you are sharing. How can you make sure that the review filename is the same as the name of the actual Indesign document?
The attached is an example of 3 such emails.
I don't understand why the filename is not replicated.
( I know that S4R saves the review PDF in the Artifacts folder – if I force change that,…2 votes
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