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  2. Error on Save : "Indesign is unable to save this file. We tried, but appears to be damaged."

    Just started happening with v18.5. And only with very specific files? Have a fairly simple file that I drop PDFs into. If the PDF's on the page that generates the thumbnail it'll fail. If you then resave over the same filename it'll save happily. Doesn't happen if you start from a new file, or from other more complicated files but is very replicable.

    Have tried clearing preferences.

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  3. Position de l'objet et filtre N/B

    Super !
    Mais il faudrait arriver à développer un outil qui arrive à gérer les plans des objets (arrière-plant et premier plant) un peu comme dans Word ou on a une aide à la position en 3D.
    Il serait bien aussi un outil qui puisse appliquer des filtres photo rapides comme en N/B.
    Bien cordialement.

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  4. System wide “Emoji & Symbols” panel is not working

    The “picker panels” of macOS and Windows are really nice to quickly get an emoji or special character. The keyboard shortcuts for both work system wide. Almost. It works in applications from Adobe on Windows but not on Mac. I do not understand why this is blocked.

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  5. Ao importar texto que contenham números ou caracteres automáticos do word ou RTF a numeração vem toda alterada

    Ao importar texto que contenham números ou caracteres automáticos do word ou RTF a numeração vem toda alterada

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  6. Document Setup -> Adjust Layout only partially works

    I needed to blow up an A4 design to 2000mm high and the Adjust Layout (see image for settings I used) does not produce the same layout. See attached images.

    MacBook Pro retina mid 2014, Mac OS 11.7.9, Indesign 18.5

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  7. GREP Change all Option Bug

    When applying the following formula, the GREP Change All Option caused a formatting problem in my content:
    ^·\t(.+)$
    could you please check and suggest? I have attached my inputs here for your review.

    I am using Adobe Indesign CC 2021+ and MacOS Mojave version 10.14.6

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  8. InDesign failing to start up

    I'm experiencing an issue where InDesign is repeatedly crashing during start up. The only fix I have found is unistalling and reinstalling which fixes the issue temporarily, but I am having to do this multiple times daily.

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  9. Error when pasting hex color code with #

    When pasting a hex code with a hash character prefix (#) in InDesign 18.3 (macOS 12.6.8) you get an error that it is a incorrect color format. Even if I try to "correct" the pasted text by removing the hash character, I can‘t get InDesign to accept the pasted color code.

    This annoying "bug" applies to the color window/palette.

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  10. relink with file extension bug

    Relink File Extension is not working. This bug seems persistent so I can only assume not too many people are reporting it, but it's slowing down my productivity. When I try to use Relink File Extensions and choose the option to link images that have the .psd extension rather than a .jpeg I get the error message "Failed to find 1 links in new folder. These links have not been relinked, and will remain selected in the Links panel." Each time I've attempted to do this over the last couple of months, I double-check that the only difference in the…

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  11. Share for Review

    Share for Review and PDF export have been consistently not working. Below is a screen share of my attempting to export a PDF and share for review. I recently got a new computer. I don't know if it's an issue with syncing but it's happening with every document I open. I get notifications from time to time saying PDF won't export because of a PNG file that is misplaced but it doesn't mention what file. Imagine trying to locate the needle in a haystack.

    I've closed the files, restarted inDesign, verified that it was up to date, scoured the forums,…

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  12. 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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  13. Actions Panel like in Photoshop and Illustrator

    If this existed in Indesign like it does in Photoshop and Illustrator it would save me HOURS of time. Please please make this happen,

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  14. Using a decimal tab negatively affects line breaks

    InDesign 18.5 on Mac
    Providing the steps would involve too many specific formatting choices, so I'll just describe what I'm seeing instead. I have a two-column text box for endnotes (literal; not InDesign-generated. E.g., "[tab]1.[tab]Note text."). I want the descriptors to align on the decimal point. When I use a decimal tab, the following text breaks like this:

    [tab]6.[tab]Paul Renouard, Docteur Char-
    cot, cover of...

    The width of the text frame, however, will clearly accommodate "cot, cover." If I change the decimal tab to a right tab (and adjust its placement slightly so that the period is in almost exactly…

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  16. Inconsistent Display of Paragraph Styles

    BUG Report
    (1) InDesign Beta 18.9
    (2) Cursor in text block or selected text --> Click on Paragraph Sales drop-down field
    (3) See a listing of all of your styles , at least showing 15, 20 etc. with a list that dropdowns the entire screen
    (4) Sometimes it display a small window showing only 5 or so styles at a time, other times, a larger window with slightly more styles and sometimes, a large window showing all of your styles.

    Behavior is inconsistent, showing a large window with a full list sometimes and a smaller window other times.

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  17. Paragraph Styles: Inconsistent Display

    BUG Report
    (1) InDesign Beta 18.9
    (2) Cursor in text block or selected text --> Click on Paragraph Sales drop-down field
    (3) See a listing of all of your styles , at least showing 15, 20 etc. with a list that dropdowns the entire screen
    (4) Sometimes it display a small window showing only 5 or so styles at a time, other times, a larger window with slightly more styles and sometimes, a large window showing all of your styles.

    Behavior is inconsistent, showing a large window with a full list sometimes and a smaller window other times.

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  18. Paragraph styles

    BUG Report
    (1) InDesign Beta 18.9
    (2) Cursor in text block or selected text --> Click on Paragraph Sales drop-down field
    (3) See a listing of all of your styles , at least showing 15, 20 etc. with a list that dropdowns the entire screen
    (4) Sometimes it display a small window showing only 5 or so styles at a time, other times, a larger window with slightly more styles and sometimes, a large window showing all of your styles.

    Behavior is inconsistent, showing a large window with a full list sometimes and a smaller window other times.

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  19. shortcuts

    non of my short cuts are working. I cannot resize an object and its frame at the same time, I cannot resize an image holding shift to keep it the same shape. Spacebar to move, option to duplicate, everything. none of it working. this is a brand new computer, installed InDesign, and the shortcuts have not worked at all. I've tried all of the solutions on the internet and none have worked. Please help.

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  20. Negative values needed size and position options in Object Style

    Currently, you cannot set negative values for the Size and Position Options inside of Object Styles.

    This is an obvious error because sometimes, you need a class of objects to bleed. For example, I would like a ImageFullpage style that I could use to set images that bleed on all four sides.

    This requires that they be positioned at -0.125 x and 0.125 y.

    Also, an ImageCaption style that sets a caption on top of an image should allow me to use -y: .125. When combined with the bottom reference point and the from: "group" option (another request), it would…

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