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  1. Hypertextual link panel doesn't work properly

    Hypertextual link panel: in 2024 version when I add a long URL selecting it from the text and using the "+" button, it doesn't add all the selected text but only some chars. You have to double click the row in the panel and add the rest of the link in the field

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  2. screen redraw

    InDesign 18.x through 19.5. Mac, Apple Silicon, M1 Max w/ 96 GB RAM and at least 1 TB free storage, M3 Max w/128 GB Ram and at least 1 TB free storage.

    Basically, sometimes the screen becomes “corrupted” and weirdly glitched. Closing the file and reopening fixes it, but that is not acceptable when it is super frequent. Which it is.

    This has been a problem for over a year, across multiple full InDesign versions. It happened on my M1 MacBook Pro, and still happening on my M3.

    Typically these documents involved a placed PDF page that itself is a scanned…

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  3. Certain dialogue boxes appear partially off screen and can't be moved back on screen

    Certain dialogue boxes appear partially off screen and can't be moved back on screen. For example, the Find/Change dialogue box and the Export dialogue box [specifically export to PDF (Print)] have both become almost unusable for me because important sections of those two boxes are located off screen. See attached screenshots. Dialogue boxes that allow you to expand them by clicking and dragging the edges/corners of the box are less of an issue - they often appear partially off screen, but once they're expanded at all, the whole dialogue box pops back into view. The Find/Change and Export dialogues do…

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  4. Arabic: wrong character order

    Arabic: wrong character order
    As of InDesign version 19.2, numbers together with certain characters display incorrectly. Before version 19.2, in case you have e.g. 30% (in English), this should display as %30 in Arabic. As of 19.2, I have to add a right-to-left marker to have the right output; otherwise it will be displayed as 30%. Consequence is that in case linguists don't add the marker, all numbers or sequences display incorrectly.
    This is very error prone.

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  5. Tint swatches are not working correctly for RGB swatches

    When making a tint of an RGB swatch, the slider shows lighter colors (less saturated), but when applied, the colors are darker (less brigt) - black is added.

    I work in RGB Blend space

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  6. InDesign Beta can't open/convert PDF files

    1. InDesign Beta 19.5 x64.
    2. Try to open a PDF file.
    3. I expect PDFs designed in InDesign to be openable.
    4. When I try to open a PDF file (which has been designed in InDesign), nothing happens. The program acts like I haven't tried to open a file at all. The work area remains empty.

    A redditor has the same problem: https://www.reddit.com/r/indesign/comments/1d4o74e/indesign_beta_cant_open_convert_pdf/

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  7. Hilfe - PDF in deutsch

    Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,

    meine Meldung an den Support wurde sofort bearbeitet. Leider kamen wir auf das Ergebnis, dass die Hilfe - PDF leider nicht auf u.a. "deutsch" vorgehalten wird.

    Vom Support konnte ich direkt die links bekommen, diese waren alle nur in englisch erhältlich.

    Mein Problem,...
    da wir eine JVA sind und die Strafgefangenen keinen Internetzugang haben, kann ich diesen, zur Optimierung ihres Wissens, keine Literatur an die Hand geben die im Internet vorgehalten wird.

    Wir benötigen die Hilfe-PDF in deutsch für folgende Programme:
    - Indesign
    - Photoshop
    - Illustrator
    Vielleicht gibt es ja in Zukunft eine Lösung…

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  8. nekudos

    the nekudos for hebrew letters is all massed up
    see below

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  9. buttons are not working in latest InDesign version 19.5

    buttons are not working, when exporting interactive PDF from latest version 19.5
    it works fine in previous version 18.5.4

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  10. Basic question re the difference between indesign and illustrator

    I subscribed to indesign to view and be able to manipulate work done by a designer. He sent me his .ai - .psd files done with illustrator.

    Everything, including .jpg are un openable.
    Is it normal I can't open his drawings?

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  11. Duplicated characters ONLY IN PDF EXPORT!

    The following process creates a bug,
    which only appears when exporting to PDF:

    1) Write a few words (in Hebrew) and add 2 footnotes
    2) Set 'No break' to one of the characters between the 2 footnote references
    Bingo!
    Only it the PDF will the bug appear -
    The character (comma\colon\letter) after the first comment - is doubled!!!

    In InDesign everything looks normal!
    You only discover the mistake in the PDF/after printing!!

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  12. Windows 10 / InDesign 19.5 x64 - Text Frame and Zoom Window Problems

    When attempting to use the Text Tool to creat a text frame by using the click / drag / release method either nothing happens (99% of the time), the text frame is invisble (I confirmed a text frame was created by viewing 'Undo Create Text Frame'), the release of the mouse pointer occurs on its own.

    Expected result: create a text frame in a single movement: left click the mouse on a location, drag while the mouse button is held down, release the button to create a text frame

    Actual result: 99% of the time nothing

    When using the click…

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  13. Problema al usar la lupa en pantalla hdmi

    Indesign 19.5
    .Problema con la lupa: cuando uso indesign en la segunda pantalla (hdmi), cundo amplias hace una ampliación máxima y después no permite disminuir, tienes que encajar en pantalla para volver a ver el documento completo. Esto en la pantalla nativa del macbook pro no pasa.
    Este problema no pasa con otros programas de adobe como ilustrator o photoshop.

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  14. gradient color fill of many highlighted individual table cells can not performed

    There must be more controls of the filling methods of table cells:
    1. We must be able to select multiple many cells at once
    2. We must able to apply gradients to selected cells individually
    3. The whole table style including type of filling of individual cells, vertical and horizontal strokes, border, etc. must be saved in table styles and be applied totally to other tables
    4. each table cell must have individual path and 4 corner controls
    5. you must provide some elegant shapes of the table header

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  15. TEXT WRAP

    TEXT WRAP do not show correct. How to correct. Use InDesign 25.19

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  16. text color not showed in track change

    In the Story Editor, when Track Changes is activated, there are 3 types of visual indicators for change: text color, background color, and marking. In practice only the marking and the background color work, while the text color is always displayed in black. Attached is a screenshot.

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  17. Overridden page items are still linked to master pages

    Overridden items from parent pages are not really overridden, and may be silently deleted. Here is how:

    1. Make new spread document
    2. Go to Parent Page "A-Parent"
    3. Make a red box on left master page. Make a green box on right master page
    4. Add two pages to the document, page 2 and 3 is now a spread with a red and a green box
    5. Select the two pages in the pages panel. Right-click and choose "Override all parent page items"
    6. Move the green box from page 3 to page 2 by dragging it. Move the red box from page 2 to…
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  18. Trouble having more than 1 INDD file open

    I can't open more than 1 INDD file at a time. I need to copy and paste from sections of one INDD into another. It will lock. You have to force it to quit. I lose time and my changes. My IT department at work said to contact Adobe. What should I do?

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  19. Items Dirty the Document When No Change To Doc Was Made

    InDesign File Dirties On Open With No Changes

    STEPS:
    1) Open the provided file called Dirty File.indd

    RESULT:
    The title bar shows an * in front of the name, indicating a change has been made to the file (it's "dirty") although no change was made. This is a problem,, as I wonder if my file is leaking memory or will become unstable if more items or pages are added to it.

    OTHER TEST #1:
    1. Open the file Dirty File.indd
    2. Open a new untitled InDesign document and save it as Doc2.indd
    3. Choose Window>Arrange>Tile All Vertically
    4. In Dirty…

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  20. Every possible action on notes freeze or crash InDesign 2024

    I had this issue in a very simple one A4 page document that has a single text area filled with text and some not complicated header elements (including a placed image) in InDesign 2024 (v. 19.5) file.

    I created 4 notes with 1-2 words each.

    Anything I did with notes after that, the app freezes or crashes each time. Is that a known bug?

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