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1. Data marge help page QR code section needs visual help

   I'm not doing QR codes daily, only on some jobs and some trainings. SO I often refer to the right help page.

   Where the image field section is precise, and adds visuals of the table itself :

   "Add image fields in the data source file
   (…)
   At the beginning of the data field name, type an “at” symbol (@) to insert text or paths that refer to image files.
   The @ symbol is required only in the first line; subsequent lines should include the image paths. Paths, which are case-sensitive, must follow the naming conventions of the operating system in which they’re stored."

   The QR Code section gives only little information AND only mentions ONCE the required # sign (which I never remember)

   "Though the data entries can be a mix of email, sms, hyperlink, or plain text type. Enter them in the .csv and txt field in the above mentioned format with a # sign on their column name. To generate QR codes, follow these instructions"

   Go spot that when in a hurry.

   PLUS the data merge panel preview only shows text and images icons, It would really benefit from adding one QR Code line example AND mention those @ and # signs in this section or prerequisite sections.

   I'm not doing QR codes daily, only on some jobs and some trainings. SO I often refer to the right help page.

   Where the image field section is precise, and adds visuals of the table itself :

   "Add image fields in the data source file
   (…)
   At the beginning of the data field name, type an “at” symbol (@) to insert text or paths that refer to image files.
   The @ symbol is required only in the first line; subsequent lines should include the image paths. Paths, which are case-sensitive, must follow the naming conventions of the operating system in… more

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2. Outlined text

   I'm using InDesign v 16.1 for a Mac. I just encountered an issue with outlining text. As you can see in the "Display in Preview" png, all of the text is visible and matches what I actually see in InDesign. All of this text is outlined by pressing command + O. When you look at the "Display in Acrobat" png, the yellow outlined text appears to be transparent. Again, all of the text in the png files are outlined. This issue is also visible at our print shop. The workaround I found is just to keep the text live, but there are times where I need the text to be outlined. Any guidance on this issue would be appreciated.

   I'm using InDesign v 16.1 for a Mac. I just encountered an issue with outlining text. As you can see in the "Display in Preview" png, all of the text is visible and matches what I actually see in InDesign. All of this text is outlined by pressing command + O. When you look at the "Display in Acrobat" png, the yellow outlined text appears to be transparent. Again, all of the text in the png files are outlined. This issue is also visible at our print shop. The workaround I found is just to keep the text live,… more

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3. Acrobat extension for Chrome renders sheared rectangles incorrectly in PDF exported from InDesign CC 2022 / 24

   Filled sheared rectangles in PDF documents exported from InDesign are rendered incorrectly in the Adobe Acrobat extension for Chrome, but displays as expected in other PDF readers [ Preview, Safari, Quickview, etc. ]. The sheared rectangles are displayed as a box of the fill colour with the outer bounds of the sheared shape. Adding a stroke suggests the sheared rectangle is preserved, but is not honoured by the fill.

   Work around: Adding an additional anchor point, or rounding the corners, appears to correct this issue.

   Apple Macbook Pro [ M1 Pro, 32Gb, macOS Sonoma 14.5 (23F79) ]
   Adobe InDesign CC 2022 [ 17.2.0.20 ] and Adobe InDesign CC 2024 [ 19.2.0.46 ]
   Google Chrome [ v 126.0.6478.127 Official arm64 ]
   Adobe Acrobat Extension [ v 24.6.1.2 ]

   Filled sheared rectangles in PDF documents exported from InDesign are rendered incorrectly in the Adobe Acrobat extension for Chrome, but displays as expected in other PDF readers [ Preview, Safari, Quickview, etc. ]. The sheared rectangles are displayed as a box of the fill colour with the outer bounds of the sheared shape. Adding a stroke suggests the sheared rectangle is preserved, but is not honoured by the fill.

   Work around: Adding an additional anchor point, or rounding the corners, appears to correct this issue.

   Apple Macbook Pro [ M1 Pro, 32Gb, macOS Sonoma 14.5 (23F79) ]
   Adobe InDesign… more

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4. Half of the Tools Don't Work!!

   This issue used to only happen sparingly and now its happens almost every time i try to use InDesign — making a 5 min edit take over an hour!

   Here are the common uses I experience...
   - I can't click on the bottom that lets you toggle from preview and regular mode, I have to right click it
   - Changing a color gets very glitchy, doesn't actually change the color to what I tell it to, just says the same
   - Can't click on the toggle to get the shape tool
   - When I click export or "save as" literally nothing happens. This is the hardest part. The only way i am able to save something is by closing out in design and the prompt comes up if I want to save or not save my work.

   The only way I've gotten it to work is by restarting the app. This used to always work to get rid of the bugs, but lately has had no effect and I just have to wait until I get lucky and the app works.

   Please advise because this has been causing me a lot of issues.

   I should also mention that I am unable to click "submit bug/feature request". Nothing happens after I click :)

   This issue used to only happen sparingly and now its happens almost every time i try to use InDesign — making a 5 min edit take over an hour!

   Here are the common uses I experience...
   - I can't click on the bottom that lets you toggle from preview and regular mode, I have to right click it
   - Changing a color gets very glitchy, doesn't actually change the color to what I tell it to, just says the same
   - Can't click on the toggle to get the shape tool
   - When I click export or "save as" literally… more

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5. Bug with world ready composer when use space like thin en or em space in Thai language. And bug in text wrapping in 2020 version.

   After updated to 2020 version that added support to Asian languages (include Thai), it look like Indesign force user (in my case Thai) to set language in Advanced Character Formats to Thai. After set the language Indesign also require me to use World-Ready Composer to set all tone marks in place.
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   Before the latest version, I always avoid to use World-Ready Composer because it combines a word to single object, not just locks tone mark and float vowel to character in the right position. By which it impossible to navigate with text tool to the position of text that I want to revise, even if I use right/left key to navigate. It mostly skips word by word, not only character by character. And when I delete a word or a character, some time it not only deletes backward but forward too. (I think because of when I delete character form a word Indesign instantly recognises new word and forces to delete that new word.) But After updated to 2020, I think, I anymore cannot avoid World-Ready Composer.
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   After I designed to use World-Ready Composer, I found one more bug. Because in many situations when I craft the spacing in layout (especially in Thai), I always use thin-space to separate character like “ๆ” form word before and after to make the space between them look good. But After I set to World-Ready I found that when thin-space (include other spacial white space like en or em) is in the back of the line the spaces in question act like normal character, so the last character of the line when use left justify do not snap to right frame border. The space still there like It becames one of character. So you can see the gap between the last character and the right frame border. (you can find this instance in attachment in file “space issue.”)
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   But the serious issue still there after the update. I, and all of my co-workers, found that everything about word wrapping in Thai language goes wrong after updated to 2020 version. This never happen in the former versions. I don't understand why this issue is happen. Even if I use Discretionary Line Break to help Indesign to wrap text properly. But It is not productive at all, because I had been forced to read text all over again and to insert Discretionary Line Break to every lines. (you can find this instance in attachment in file “wrap gone wrong.” In the high-light is the words that should be stick together.)
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   PS. while I wrote this issue report, my co-worker tried to migrate back form 2020 to 2019 and she found that when copy revised text back to 2019 it not the same character encoding. I advised her to try to place that text to TextEdit. It appears that some character is changed to something that is not unicode at all. That never happen in previous versions too. ((you can find this instance in attachment in file “text form 2020” and “text form 2020.” the text form 2020 at frist did in 2019 before migrate to 2020.)

   After updated to 2020 version that added support to Asian languages (include Thai), it look like Indesign force user (in my case Thai) to set language in Advanced Character Formats to Thai. After set the language Indesign also require me to use World-Ready Composer to set all tone marks in place.
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   Before the latest version, I always avoid to use World-Ready Composer because it combines a word to single object, not just locks tone mark and float vowel to character in the right position. By which it impossible to navigate with text tool to the position of text that… more

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   FIXED  ·  AdminRavi Kiran (Admin, Adobe InDesign) responded

   The fix for this issue is now available in the latest update of InDesign – that is, InDesign 15.0.2.

   Please update your InDesign application to get this fix.

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6. Outlined text

   I'm using InDesign v 16.1 for a Mac. I just encountered an issue with outlining text. As you can see in the "Display in Preview" png, all of the text is visible and matches what I actually see in InDesign. All of this text is outlined by pressing command + O. When you look at the "Display in Acrobat" png, the yellow outlined text appears to be transparent. Again, all of the text in the png files are outlined. This issue is also visible at our print shop. The workaround I found is just to keep the text live, but there are times where I need the text to be outlined. Any guidance on this issue would be appreciated.

   I'm using InDesign v 16.1 for a Mac. I just encountered an issue with outlining text. As you can see in the "Display in Preview" png, all of the text is visible and matches what I actually see in InDesign. All of this text is outlined by pressing command + O. When you look at the "Display in Acrobat" png, the yellow outlined text appears to be transparent. Again, all of the text in the png files are outlined. This issue is also visible at our print shop. The workaround I found is just to keep the text live,… more

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7. GDI Handles

   Indesign 19.5 x64 does not cleanup GDI Handles on Windows 10 build 19045.4529, version 22H2.

   This only occurs when the feature 'Turn on Overprint Preview' is enabled, and you start scrolling. When you disable that feature, you can scroll again without the GDI Handles being hogged by Indesign. The handles rae, after the feature is disabled, not released.

   A 28 page project, and a scroll up and down trough the project, costed me almost 600 GDI handles, and when I'm at 10.000, Windows just stops serving new ones and Indesign will crash.

   Expected outcome: GDI Handles do either not increase upon scrolling within the 'Overprint preview' function, or they are released once I disable the feature.

   Currect outcome: GDI handles are held by the Indesign.exe process, up and until the 10.000 counter, with as a result that InDesign becomes unresponsive to the Operating System, debuggers cannot be attached anymore and the only option is to just kill it.

   I've recorded my steps and included screenshots of the GDI Handles counter being aggressively moving up when I'm scrolling. However, it is in a ZIP file as how Windows serves them. This is the public link to the file in my Google Drive. It will be there for a few months, then I'll remove it, so please get it before then.
   https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Odb4mlwmdcltkWK0omnpsmPRRm3bkOSe/view?usp=sharing

   If there are any questions of if you do ned more information, please reach out. And let me know when this is fixed.

   Indesign 19.5 x64 does not cleanup GDI Handles on Windows 10 build 19045.4529, version 22H2.

   This only occurs when the feature 'Turn on Overprint Preview' is enabled, and you start scrolling. When you disable that feature, you can scroll again without the GDI Handles being hogged by Indesign. The handles rae, after the feature is disabled, not released.

   A 28 page project, and a scroll up and down trough the project, costed me almost 600 GDI handles, and when I'm at 10.000, Windows just stops serving new ones and Indesign will crash.

   Expected outcome: GDI Handles do either not… more

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8. Embed Image Blocks not supported in PublishingOnline

   Adobe Indesign CC 2023 (18.1)

   I recently wanted to create a more immersive viewing experience of my 3D designs by inserting holographic image blocks as an embed in a PublishOnline document (if you haven't seen this excellent technology you should check out "LookingGlass" https://blocks.glass/).

   While testing this out I've run into a problem with the publishing of the document. Using the "Object/Insert HTML" and pasting the Image Block's embed code:

   <div class="lkg-blocks-player" style="padding:133.333% 0 0 0;position:relative;"><iframe src="https://blocks.glass/embed/3450" frameborder="0" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media; xr-spatial-tracking; accelerometer; gyroscope; magnetometer" allowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true" execution-while-out-of-viewport="true" execution-while-not-rendered="true"></iframe></div>

   everything works great while in Indesign (screenshot of the EPUB preview), but after publishing the image blocks turn grey while giving the error message: "The content is blocked. Contact the site owner to fix the issue". I also tried exporting it as an interactive PDF which didn't work either.

   Link to PublishOnline document:
   https://indd.adobe.com/view/770bd54d-1c3f-44c0-be93-4c957afd59bf

   After inspecting the publication it seems that Adobe only supports a handful of URLs for embeds on published sites (see screenshot), and image blocks might not be one of them.

   Still, I would love to see this problem fixed, both for Publishing Online as well as interactive PDF if possible, as it all seems to be working perfectly fine in the preview window before publishing.

   Adobe Indesign CC 2023 (18.1)

   I recently wanted to create a more immersive viewing experience of my 3D designs by inserting holographic image blocks as an embed in a PublishOnline document (if you haven't seen this excellent technology you should check out "LookingGlass" https://blocks.glass/).

   While testing this out I've run into a problem with the publishing of the document. Using the "Object/Insert HTML" and pasting the Image Block's embed code:

   <div class="lkg-blocks-player" style="padding:133.333% 0 0 0;position:relative;"><iframe src="https://blocks.glass/embed/3450" frameborder="0" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media; xr-spatial-tracking; accelerometer; gyroscope; magnetometer" allowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true" execution-while-out-of-viewport="true" execution-while-not-rendered="true"></iframe></div>

   everything works great while in Indesign (screenshot of the… more

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9. changing document size

   Hello!

   I am using the latest Version of Indesign CC 2018. (13.0).
   The following bug exists in the previous version as well.

   Create a new indesign document of (for example) 500 x 500mm.

   Next, place some single objects close to the border, but stay inside the documentformat.

   Now, go to "File; Document settings", where you can adjust the document size. Decrease the size from 500 x 500 to (for example) 400 x 400, with the Preview-Button ENABLED.

   Wait for the moment until the Objects move OUTSIDE the document border, because of the to smaller fileformat.

   Now, again increase the the document size to 500 x 500.
   All Objects, that are OUTSIDE, remain there, and don't move back within the document format.

   Hello!

   I am using the latest Version of Indesign CC 2018. (13.0).
   The following bug exists in the previous version as well.

   Create a new indesign document of (for example) 500 x 500mm.

   Next, place some single objects close to the border, but stay inside the documentformat.

   Now, go to "File; Document settings", where you can adjust the document size. Decrease the size from 500 x 500 to (for example) 400 x 400, with the Preview-Button ENABLED.

   Wait for the moment until the Objects move OUTSIDE the document border, because of the to smaller fileformat.

   Now, again increase the… more

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   Resolved For User  ·  AdminRavi Kiran (Admin, Adobe InDesign) responded

   As confirmed by the user, the issue is resolved.

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10. PDF/vector rasterize fail

    Pdf rasterization has been bad for many years, a long time ago I reported this problem with complex graphics when thin lines appear in the image when saved to jpg. Previously, at least a pdf from indesign could be opened in photoshop, which had a different rasterization, but it has been the same for a long time, and when rasterizing SOME pdfs, it always creates thin lines in different places depending on the resolution...

    Here is a sample QR directly generated in indesign when saved to jpg and in the preview in the application shows these thin lines!!!

    I would like to point out that before photoshop had a different code for rasterization and it did not cause this, but now it is obviously the same...

    Pdf rasterization has been bad for many years, a long time ago I reported this problem with complex graphics when thin lines appear in the image when saved to jpg. Previously, at least a pdf from indesign could be opened in photoshop, which had a different rasterization, but it has been the same for a long time, and when rasterizing SOME pdfs, it always creates thin lines in different places depending on the resolution...

    Here is a sample QR directly generated in indesign when saved to jpg and in the preview in the application shows these thin lines!!!

    I would… more

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11. INDESIGN 2021 DOES NOT PASTE IN PLACE CORRECTLY on page or spread

    pastes off whack / not at all aligned properly on page.

    ID doesn't retain proper perspective or type sizes either.
    and it groups all items instead of keeping as separate objects, frames, items but it won't allow ungrouping!!!!

    INDESIGN 2021 v 16.0
    iMac 27-5K late 2015
    Mojave 10.14.6 (w/ 2 rounds of recent screwy apple updates for Mojave)
    24GB RAM

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12. Linked EPS appears with jagged/rough edges even on High Quality Display

    I've never seen this before, but linked vector EPS files aren't previewing properly in InDesign. The edges are super jagged when they should be smooth lines.

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    Need More Info  ·  AdminRavi Kiran (Admin, Adobe InDesign) responded

    Please mention the version of InDesign you’re seeing this issue with.
    Also, if you could share a couple of sample EPS files, it would be great. Please send these to sharewithID@adobe.com

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13. 15.1.2 inserting ANY html is not working

    Version:
    bug only appears on inDesign 15.1.2 on OSX.
    I tested on inDesign 15.1.1 and inDesign 14.x and it had no issue.
    I also tested on inDesign 15.1.2 on Windows and it had no issue.

    Steps to reproduce the issue:
    -click on "object" -> "insert HTML code" then click "ok". changing the HTML snippet or not make no difference.

    Expected result:
    an HTML item is added and previewed correctly without any error message

    Actual Result:
    The preview of the HTML snippet is not working and after a few seconds, a dialog modal appears saying "Waiting time exceeded for HTML renderer. A poster image could not be generated."

    This is very annoying when using this feature manually and even more annoying when using a script that adds HTML elements because this message will appear and block inDesign every 10 seconds for each element created this way. Even a small document with 1 HTML item per page and 20 pages will be blocked for a few minutes.

    Version:
    bug only appears on inDesign 15.1.2 on OSX.
    I tested on inDesign 15.1.1 and inDesign 14.x and it had no issue.
    I also tested on inDesign 15.1.2 on Windows and it had no issue.

    Steps to reproduce the issue:
    -click on "object" -> "insert HTML code" then click "ok". changing the HTML snippet or not make no difference.

    Expected result:
    an HTML item is added and previewed correctly without any error message

    Actual Result:
    The preview of the HTML snippet is not working and after a few seconds, a dialog modal appears saying "Waiting time exceeded for HTML… more

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    FIXED  ·  AdminRavi Kiran (Admin, Adobe InDesign) responded

    The issue has also been fixed in the latest update of InDesign 2020 (ver. 15.1.3).
    Please update InDesign 2020 to version 15.1.3 to get the fix.

    — Adobe InDesign team

14. data link

    In Adobe In Design CC 14.0.1 x64
    We use a previous file to keep the formatting of a merged mailing list. I used to be that when you copied the file to a new directory it could no longer find the old data file and gave you a warning. It also would not show you a preview because it could not find the data.

    Unfortunately, the new version seems to have held the old data so we printed the old merged file by mistake. It doesn't even make sense that it should be able to do this if the link is broken. This is very dangerous. If the data link is broken you should see the fields but no data!

    I am fairly certain this did not happen in previous versions.

    In Adobe In Design CC 14.0.1 x64
    We use a previous file to keep the formatting of a merged mailing list. I used to be that when you copied the file to a new directory it could no longer find the old data file and gave you a warning. It also would not show you a preview because it could not find the data.

    Unfortunately, the new version seems to have held the old data so we printed the old merged file by mistake. It doesn't even make sense that it should be able to do this if the link… more

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15. The first letter of the Arabic text should appear correctly in the exported PDF, even when it has diacritics

    1. Version of Adobe InDesign:

    All versions of Adobe InDesign 2024 and 2025, from version 19.0 to version 20.0.
    2. Steps to Reproduce the Issue:

    Open Adobe InDesign (versions 19.0 to 20.0).
    Create a new document.
    Insert Arabic text that includes diacritics (tashkeel) on the first letter.
    Apply full justification to the text.
    Use variable text features with the Arabic text.
    Export the document to PDF for printing.
    3. Expected Result:

    The first letter of the Arabic text should appear correctly in the exported PDF, even when it has diacritics and is fully justified.
    4. Actual Result:

    The first letter disappears in the exported PDF when the text is fully justified and the first letter has diacritics.
    The issue does not appear in the InDesign preview; it only occurs after exporting to PDF.

    1. Version of Adobe InDesign:

    All versions of Adobe InDesign 2024 and 2025, from version 19.0 to version 20.0.
    2. Steps to Reproduce the Issue:

    Open Adobe InDesign (versions 19.0 to 20.0).
    Create a new document.
    Insert Arabic text that includes diacritics (tashkeel) on the first letter.
    Apply full justification to the text.
    Use variable text features with the Arabic text.
    Export the document to PDF for printing.
    3. Expected Result:

    The first letter of the Arabic text should appear correctly in the exported PDF, even when it has diacritics and is fully justified.
    4. Actual Result:

    The first letter disappears… more

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16. Color Profile Warnings when copying Objects and Text within the same Document

    Mismatching color profile warnings are very helpful when copying objects between documents with different profiles, which is why this is an always-on option for me.

    However, for some time now, such warnings seem to pop up randomly when I copy text between documents with the same profile settings, and sometimes even when copying text from one text box to another within the same document.

    My understanding is that this is a bug, as live text in an INDD cannot have different profiles. Is there a way to avoid these warnings and still get them when they are necessary (copying between separate documents)?

    InDesign 19.2 on macOS 14.4 (but problem dating back several versions of app & OS)

    Mismatching color profile warnings are very helpful when copying objects between documents with different profiles, which is why this is an always-on option for me.

    However, for some time now, such warnings seem to pop up randomly when I copy text between documents with the same profile settings, and sometimes even when copying text from one text box to another within the same document.

    My understanding is that this is a bug, as live text in an INDD cannot have different profiles. Is there a way to avoid these warnings and still get them when they are necessary (copying between… more

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17. Reflowable EPUB3: "Page Navigation" export option adds a space inside hyphenated words at page breaks

    1. Version of InDesign: 19.4

    2. steps to reproduce

       • create a new InDesign file
       • add a text frame to the blank page
       • add enough text so some words are hyphenated at the page breaks for the next pages
       • export to epub3
       • enable "Page Navigation" on EPUB export

    3. Expected result
       Page navigation markers are added without interrupting the hyphenated words at the page breaks.

    4. Actual result

       When using the "Page Navigation" export option for reflowable EPUB exports, InDesign adds a <span> and </span> tag pair with a blank space character in the HTML export instead of simply dropping the soft hyphen that was present in the print layout.

       Result in the EPUBs XHTML:

       <p class="bodytext">Idel illandia suntusdae quoditint debitatissit quam quamus magnimus es quiaeper elor eper<span id="page2" role="doc-pagebreak" aria-label="2" epub:type="pagebreak"> </span>nat quo con re nimus?</p>

       Another example using English text (from the "Georgia" file in the EPUB3 samples project):

       In my file "georgia", the words "consists" and "headward" are both hyphenated by InDesign as "con-sists" and "head-ward" at the page breaks, but exported to EPUB as

       con<span id="page2" role="doc-pagebreak" aria-label="2" epub:type="pagebreak"> </span>sists

       and

       head<span id="page3" role="doc-pagebreak" aria-label="3" epub:type="pagebreak"> </span>ward</span>

       respectively, thus displaying as "con sists" and "head ward".

       I am confident that this is not an issue of readers / apps display the EPUB erroneously, as I tested my example files on a PC with Kindle Previewer 3.81, Adobe Digital Editions 4.5, Thorium 2.2.0, as well as on a Kindle Paperwhite via Send to Kindle, a tolino (popular brand of readers in Germany, both with Adobe RMSDK rendering engine and new Readium-based rendering engine), an iPad with Apple Books and a Pocketbook InkPad Color.

       The W3C recommendation for page break markers is not a pair of opening <span> and closing </span> tags, but a self-closing <span/> tag, e.g.

       <span id="page2" role="doc-pagebreak" aria-label="2" epub:type="pagebreak"/>

       which would look like this for the above examples:

       <p class="bodytext">Idel illandia suntusdae quoditint debitatissit quam quamus magnimus es quiaeper elor eper<span id="page2" role="doc-pagebreak" aria-label="2" epub:type="pagebreak"/>nat quo con re nimus?</p>

       con<span id="page2" role="doc-pagebreak" aria-label="2" epub:type="pagebreak"/>sists

       head<span id="page3" role="doc-pagebreak" aria-label="3" epub:type="pagebreak"/>ward</span>

       Personally, I'd think using a pair of <span> / </span> tags WITHOUT an additional space should work out, too, if you absolutely must use a tag pair for whatever reason.

       However, I would strongly urge you to change the implementation to conform to the W3C recommendation.

       Either way, the current behaviour creates errors on EPUB export which are not present in the indd source file - so please change this as soon as possible.

    5. Test files

       How am I supposed to supply a sample file if I am neither allowed to upload indd, idml, epub or zip files‽

       Since I raised this issue on the Community board first, please go there for the sample files: https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/page-navigation-markers-for-epub-interrupt-hyphenated-words/m-p/14636220#M575090

    6. Further Reading

       https://www.w3.org/TR/dpub-aria-1.0/#doc-pagebreak

       https://kb.daisy.org/publishing/docs/html/dpub-aria/doc-pagebreak.html

    1. Version of InDesign: 19.4

    2. steps to reproduce

       • create a new InDesign file
       • add a text frame to the blank page
       • add enough text so some words are hyphenated at the page breaks for the next pages
       • export to epub3
       • enable "Page Navigation" on EPUB export

    3. Expected result
       Page navigation markers are added without interrupting the hyphenated words at the page breaks.

    4. Actual result

       When using the "Page Navigation" export option for reflowable EPUB exports, InDesign adds a <span> and </span> tag pair with a blank space character in the HTML export instead of simply dropping the soft hyphen that was… more

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18. One plate prepared pdf images are separated to four plates in final pdf book

    InDesign 2020 v 15.02, MacOS Catalina

    I want to produce a book pdf with only black plate. I placed 3 grey pdf images in ID document and prepared them to use only black color (no cyan, magenta and yellow). The final result is that these images are separated to four plates in pdf book.

    The solution is to save these 3 pdf images as for example tiff or psd and then place them into ID. Then the final result is right: I have a one-plate pdf book using only black color.

    If this is a bug, please fix it, because it may cause problems with preparing book for print.

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    Update:
    I created pdf with the same image but with unchecked option "Optimize file…” and the colors are separated again. If I check this option, the problem doesn’t occur.

    It’s really dangerous to have a bug like this. If I didn’t check pdf in Acrobat Pro, I would lead to extra cost of four plates instead of one.

    InDesign 2020 v 15.02, MacOS Catalina

    I want to produce a book pdf with only black plate. I placed 3 grey pdf images in ID document and prepared them to use only black color (no cyan, magenta and yellow). The final result is that these images are separated to four plates in pdf book.

    The solution is to save these 3 pdf images as for example tiff or psd and then place them into ID. Then the final result is right: I have a one-plate pdf book using only black color.

    If this is a bug, please fix it, because… more

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19. Change of indesign behaviour regarding form elements - problems of non printing elements

    Indesign Version 15.12x64 Windows

    I opened an old document (paper registration/order form) and suddenly became aware that something has happened.

    A lot of input fields was visible - in the old version i did never see tham in this view.

    But this was not the problem.

    The problem was, that if I converted the cocument to PDF with the STANDARD PRINT preset , all boxes were gone.

    After some investigation i found out, that those have been converted to intaractive elements also without my knowledge.

    Only after i changed the option "INTERACTIVE ELEMENTS" the very last option on the PDF export dialog box, to "consider appeareance /(original: Erscheinungsbild berücksichtigen in my german version)" these boxes also appeared in the PDF document.

    Also i found no way to hide the interactive elements - the only way was the standard hide frame borders option or the preview option

    Indesign Version 15.12x64 Windows

    I opened an old document (paper registration/order form) and suddenly became aware that something has happened.

    A lot of input fields was visible - in the old version i did never see tham in this view.

    But this was not the problem.

    The problem was, that if I converted the cocument to PDF with the STANDARD PRINT preset , all boxes were gone.

    After some investigation i found out, that those have been converted to intaractive elements also without my knowledge.

    Only after i changed the option "INTERACTIVE ELEMENTS" the very last option on the PDF… more

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20. 3 Bugs one Update > Edge smoothing doesnt work correctly > Effects previews and use doesent work correctly and shredderesd text >

    After the last update, the following things no longer work properly:
    1. CC Libraries
    (Crashes and shows either a reduced or enlarged section of the library and is no longer usable. Only a program restart helps ... short term! see screenshot 1. the bug was already in Illustrator!)

    1. edge smoothing! (Not only since the update): ... Does not work properly for quite some time! 2.1 Completely covered areas, lines and graphics have a slight contour due to the edge smoothing and become minimally visible (although these would actually be invisible and not visible in print) or form minimally soft edges, or corners where there are none! (see screenshot 2) 2.2 Frames with effects and in which images are loaded whose outer edges are 100 percent transparent, form fine gray outer lines on the outer edges where there are none!
    2. effect & effect preview: no longer works properly with texts and shreds them after scaling or makes them invisible! A problem which I never had before and what worked wonderfully before the update. (S. Scrrenshot 3)

    In addition, as an addition bugs in Íllustrator with 3D extrusions and invited images on it! Bugs with Adobe RAW: Zoom Scollrad works no longer or only stuttery!

    Dear Adobe team, what is going on? The whole thing costs a lot of time, a lot of money and nerves ... infinite nerves!!!!!!!!! It's starting to remind me of QuarkXpress!

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    I am working on MAC OS Catalina 10.15.7 (19H1217)
    iMac Pro (2017)
    3.2 GHz 8-Core Intel Xeon W
    32 GB 2666 MHz DDR4
    Radeon Pro Vega 56 8 GB

    ??????
    How should I explain this to my screenshare customer????? Oh it could look great ... in print. Unfortunately I can't show it to them right now!

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    german:
    Nach dem letztem Update, funktionieren folgende Dinge nicht mehr Ordnungsgemäß:
    1. CC Libraries
    (Stürzt ab und zeigt entweder einen verkleinerten oder vergrößerten Ausschnitt der Libary und ist nicht merh nutzbar. Nur ein Programmneustart hilft … kurzfristig! s. Screenshot 1. Den Bug gab es schon mal in Illustrator!)

    1. Kantenglättung! (Nicht erst seit dem Update): …
       Funktioniert seit geraumer Zeit nicht mehr ordnungsgemäß!
       2.1. Vollständig abgedeckte Flächen, Linien und Grafiken haben durch die Kantenglättung auf einmal ein leichte Kontur und werden minimal sichtbar (Obwohl diese eigentlich unsichtbar und im Druck nicht sichtbar wären) oder bilden minimal weiche Kanten, oder Ecken wo keine sind! (S. Screenshot 2)
       2.2 Rahmen mit die mit Effekten versehen sind und in denen Bilder eingeladen werden deren Ausskanten zu 100 Prozent transparent sind, bilden an den Aussenkanten feine graue aussenlinien, wo keine sind!

    2. Effekt & effektvoschau:
       funktioniert nicht mehr richtig bei Texten und zerschreddert diese nach Skallierung oder macht diese unsichtbar! Ein Problem welches ich bislang nie hatte und was vor dem Update wunderbar funktionierte. (S. Scrrenshot 3)

    Dazu als Beigabe Bugs bei Íllustrator mit 3D-Extrusionen und eingeladen Bildern darauf! Bugs bei Adobe RAW: Zoom Scollrad funktinóniert nicht mehr oder nur stotterhaft!

    Liebes Adobe-Team, was ist los? Das ganze kostet viel Zeit, viel Geld und Nerven .. unendlich viel Nerven!!!!!!!!! Es erinnert mich allmählich an QuarkXpress!
    !

    After the last update, the following things no longer work properly:
    1. CC Libraries
    (Crashes and shows either a reduced or enlarged section of the library and is no longer usable. Only a program restart helps ... short term! see screenshot 1. the bug was already in Illustrator!)

    1. edge smoothing! (Not only since the update): ... Does not work properly for quite some time! 2.1 Completely covered areas, lines and graphics have a slight contour due to the edge smoothing and become minimally visible (although these would actually be invisible and not visible in print) or form minimally soft edges,… more

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