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  1. Not all Color Panel menus accessible via keyboard shortcut

    When setting a custom keyboard shortcuts, there is no option for

    Panel Menus > Color: HSB

    And other color models. Those should be added. All panel menu items should be available consistently.

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  2. Text/table duplicated after outline creation

    Indesign is duplicating text box and table box after converting to outlines. Also, these duplicate text boxes are not converted to outlines and are still editable. See attached image.

    Font used: URW Din.

    Computer config:
    Windows 10 Pro 21H1 - 19043.1165
    Indesign Version: 16.3 x64
    Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6400 CPU @ 2.70GHz 2.70 GHz
    Memory: 32 GB

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  3. PDF

    When I export a document as pdf then I miss some elements when I open the pdf in Illustrator. The missing elements are in my case some with color gradients. This should fixed in a next update. I use InDesign 2021 (16.3) and AI 2021 (25.4.1)

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  4. PDF

    When I export a document as pdf then I miss some elements when I open the pdf in Illustrator. The missing elements are in my case some with color gradients. This should fixed in a next update. I use InDesign 2021 (16.3) and AI 2021 (25.4.1)

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  5. PNG import issue with InDesign 16.3.1

    Hello!

    I'm having an issue with InDesign CC (16.3.1): some PNG files are imported in a green frame instead of being transparent. For example, when I import (whether with the shortcut cmd + d or not) the PNG of an image (1), it appears with a green background, while this same image only with an additional layer (2) appears with a transparent background, as it should. However, it is the same export format with the added layer displayed or hidden.

    I would like to point out that this bug only appears when importing into indesign, I don't have this problem…

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  6. InDesign crashes when deleting a page that contains a tagged and locked graphic frame.

    Environment: InDesign 2020 or 2021 (16.3.2 or 15.1.3 Japanese version) + macOS 11.5.2

    These are the steps:
    1) Create a new document, create a graphic frame on the first page, and place an image on the frame.
    2) Add a tag to the graphic frame. (For example, "root")
    3) Lock the graphic frame.
    4) Add one page.
    5) InDesign crashes when you delete a page with a graphic frame.

    Here is a file that can be reproduced.
    https://shared-assets.adobe.com/link/e107f135-8305-49bf-7c71-9e62466d1bea

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  7. Premier Pro style file linking

    I recently had the joy of relinking a project I was working on in Premier Pro. Right click, "Link Media...", the gui opens, I click "locate", hit "search" and hey presto! The experience is blissful.

    Please do this everywhere! Especially in InPhosTrator.

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  8. arrow/scroll

    BUG Report: InDesign 13.3 x 64:
    I can't use my arrow to scroll up and down the Effects menu to see the various effects on my selected box. Instead, I have to click to reopen the list for each effect and then click each effect. There are 15 effects, so that's 30 clicks to get through the list instead of one click to open the list and then scrolling the list with the arrow key(s) to see the different effects on my selected box. PS - I reported the same problem with Corner Options; I can arrow/scroll horizontally, for example,…

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  9. Version CC 2021 - All the documents I had in Publish Online have disappeared.

    Version CC 2021 - There was an update in the indesing program and all the documents I had in Publish online have disappeared. Did the same thing happen to anyone else?

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  10. corner options

    InDesign 16.3 CC download, Win64: In previous versions of InDesign I could select a text or image box, open the 'corner options' drop-down list, and arrow/scroll through the options to see the effect of each on the selected box. In InDesign CC, I can arrow through the list but no effects are shown on the selected box. Instead, it takes 12 clicks to re-open and then select the next of the six options. I have posted this problem in the community, with responses from Bill Silbert and Steve Werner. They have concurred that it's a Bug.

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  11. corner options

    In previous versions of InDesign I could select a text or image box, open the 'corner options' drop-down list, and arrow/scroll through the options to see the effect of each on the selected box. In InDesign CC, I can arrow through the list but no effects are shown on the selected box. Instead, it takes 12 clicks to re-open and then select the next of the six options.

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  12. Margins cannot be adjusted via the Document setup window

    Version: 16.3.2
    When trying to change the margins via the Document setup (alt+command+p) dialogue, nothing happens; the margins don't change. The only way is to go through Layout > Margins and columns...

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  13. 'see' reference in index

    InDesign CC, latest version

    Strange bug (or at least unwanted behavior) I encountered today in Indesign:

    For a new book project, I used an earlier book as a template (a lot of the settings and styles should be the same), replacing all the text and images. The index in the earlier book contained 'see'-references. For the new book I generated a new index ('replace old index' checked), and the 'see'-references (just these) from the old book also showed up!
    I would expect checking the 'replace old index' box would prevent this.
    Not a big deal (the faulty entries were easy…

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  14. QR codes genenerated don't work with the last version of Indesign 16.3.2

    QR codes genenerated don't work with the last version of Indesign 16.3.2

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  15. Cannot see open file windows (v 16.3.2)

    I upgraded to InDesign v 16.3.2 this morning and now I am not able to use it, as file windows are not visible. The Windows menu lists the files that are open, but they cannot be seen.

    Update: discovered that files can be seen if Application Frame is switched off under the Windows menu, but nothing can be seen if it's switched on again.

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  16. CC Library panel freezes and is unusable until InDesign is re-launched

    In the last update or perhaps the one prior, the CC Library panel freezes and is unusable. You can't select anything, search for anything, or change libraries.

    Closing the panel and opening it again has no affect.

    The only workaround is to quit and re-launch InDesign. The panel will then work for a time but will freeze again at some point.

    This horrendous bug is in addition to a new annoying one where you can't drag and drop a graphic from the document INTO the CC Library panel to add it. You have to select the graphic, then click the…

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  17. Freeze When Typing Page # in Status Bar

    When entering a page number into the status bar to go to a particular page, InDesign freezes and becomes unresponsive. I then have to force quit and relaunch InDesign

    InDesign 16.3.2
    macOS Catalina 10.15.7

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  18. convert footnotes

    Just a small thing..
    When InDesign convert footnotes to endnotes I need to click 'Done' twice. the first window should be closed automatically

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  19. Blank EPUB Interactivity Panel in InDesign 16.3.2 on MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) running OS 10.15.7 Catalina.

    I have uninstalled and reinstalled InDesign. I've installed it again deleting all old prefs. I've restarted reinstalled software and dumped prefs on start up holding down Shift/Ctrl/ALT/Cmd keys, and 'Yes' clicked when asked if I want to delete preferences file. I am at my wits end with this issue.

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  20. [INDD 2020 and 2021] Placed SVG InDesign ignores code dominant-baseline="hanging"

    It seems that the SVG import filter ignores code:
    dominant-baseline="hanging"
    when rendering text in the placed SVG graphic.

    For full details see the following discussion at the Adobe InDesign Forum:

    Error in text when placing SVG file
    henriettel95062788, Aug 01, 2021
    https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/error-in-text-when-placing-svg-file/td-p/12221523

    SVG graphic is attached to the first post. Or download it directly from the forum:
    https://community.adobe.com/havfw69955/attachments/havfw69955/indesign/439638/2/144781.139522.140088.2.2_FILE.svg

    Needed font Lemon-Regular can be downloaded from Google-Fonts:
    https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Lemon

    Regards,
    Uwe Laubender
    ( ACP )

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