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  1. Type vanishes once edited in text boxes

    Following update of OS to Monterey 12.0.1 and using InDesign 2022 17.0.1, opening files that had been previously created, when editing text within text boxes, as soon as I click elsewhere then the text within the box vanishes - as thought there's not enough room for it, when there is.
    Sometimes clicking back on it causes it to reappear, sometimes the box just won't return as a visible element.

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  2. save as, export with USB C Adapter not working

    when using USB C adapter e.g. for external monitor i can´t save as or export. when i unplug the dialog window is showing but not working. (empty. see screenshot) when i close and reopen indesign save as and export ist working. plug in adapter: not working.

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  3. save as, export with USB C Adapter not working

    when using USB C adapter e.g. for external monitor i can´t save as or export. when i unplug the dialog window is showing but not working. (empty. see screenshot) when i close and reopen indesign save as and export ist working. plug in adapter: not working.

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  4. save as, export with USB C Adapter not working

    when using USB C adapter e.g. for external monitor i can´t save as or export. when i unplug the dialog window is showing but not working. (empty. see screenshot) when i close and reopen indesign save as and export ist working. plug in adapter: not working.

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  5. Issue in saving multi-page PDF as IDML

    Hi,

    I placed multipage PDF in InDesign and embedded the links.

    Then I haved the document as IDML, so all the pages are getting replaced with the first page of PDF.

    For example I have a PDF (test.pdf) having 4 pages, then links will be : test.pdf, test.pdf:2, test.pdf:3, test.pdf:4

    But after saving it to IDML, links are getting converted to test.pdf, test.pdf, test.pdf, test.pdf. Means page number is getting lost from the link.

    And all the pages will have content of 1st page only.

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  6. Cross-reference doesn't find all instances of a ¶ style

    When I try to insert or edit a cross-reference, InDesign finds only about half the instances with the specified ¶ style, so I can't insert the needed cross-ref.

    [InDesign 2022 17.0.1]

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  7. InDesign: Changing color of TIFF

    Having an issue with InDesign. I've placed a TIFF file and its not displaying correctly when color is changed for BLACK only. See video attached. I can change the color percentage on any color but black.

    However, when a PDF is exported the changes are applied and display correctly on a PDF. This is a DISPLAY issue within InDesign. PLEASE HELP!!!

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  8. Can't rename object in 2022

    Same issue like here, but posting this again to get a response to this, because the response below that post is a big joke. The admin assumes that the bug report is too stupid to rename an object. But the gif clearly shows that 1. the admin hat the window arranged differently and 2. in the gif with the bug you see the rename window flickering.

    I did the work adobe should do and tested it a bit.

    The result is different depending on if the windows is floating, docked or expanded. Float and expand works, dock not.

    I have…

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  9. Whats New graphic window is scrambled

    The Whats New screen upon the start of InDesign 2022 is scrambled for the UI Scalability screen and the Share for Review screen.

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  10. Whats New screens jumbled

    The "What's New" screen upon the start of InDesign 2022 is scrambled for the "UI Scalability" screen and the "Share for Review" screen.

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  11. scrambled What's New screens

    The "What's New" screen upon the start of InDesign 2022 is scrambled for the "UI Scalability" screen and the "Share for Review" screen.

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  12. scrambled screen

    The "What's New" screen upon the start of InDesign 2022 is scrambled for the "UI Scalability" screen and the "Share for Review" screen.

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  13. links empty

    Open Indd on my MacBook, no problems. Open the same file on my new IMac and the links panel shows nothing.

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  14. Screen Error

    I Found color error screen when I used for a while, or when I move Id program to secondary monitor. Color screen will appear like attached pic and VDO. Thanks

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  15. Screen Error

    I Found color error screen when I used for a while, or when I move Id program to secondary monitor. Color screen will appear like attached pic and VDO. Thanks

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  16. PNG visible on acrobat reader but white on firefox, chrome or printed

    I placed a PNG in front of a direct tone color and export my page as a PDF. The png is shown when I open it on Acrobat Reader, but he is white when I open it on firefox or chrome. The PNG is invisible when I print it too.

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  17. Custom menus created by script stay after relaunching InDesign

    There's a bug in InDesign 2022 where custom menus created by a script stay after relaunching InDesign.

    How to reproduce:

    -Run this AppleScript script which will create a menu titled Custom Menu:

    tell application "Adobe InDesign 2022"
    tell menu "$ID/Main" to make submenu with properties {title:"Custom Menu"}
    end tell

    -Relaunch InDesign

    The menu Custom Menu will still be there. While it should NOT be there unless explicitely created by a script again.

    The only way to remove it is to run a separate script that specifically removes the menu.

    It's a big problem for third-party software: for example, where users…

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  18. Adding file extension after first letter of file name when saving a new document

    When I save a new document, the default file name is "Untitled-1.indd" (or .psd or .ai). If I want to call the file "ProjectA.indd" when I start typing and press "P" all creative cloud apps add the file extension after the first letter then continue with what I am typing. So what should be "ProjectA" turns into "P.inddrojectA." If I only type "Pr" I get "P.inddr." If I start to delete and remove the r and the second d, it will add the file extension again so I end up with "P.ind.indd." If I delete back to the "P" and…

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  19. Transparency from PSD or PNG not showing in InDesign 17.0.1

    Since InDesign updated to v17.0.1 (from the v17 before this), transparency on pngs and psd's has stopped working. Instead it drops in a black background and messes with the colours.
    The image on blue shows how it should work (using a workaround dropping it onto white and setting the transparency to darken), the other is with the PNG or PSD imported with transparency. It was fine yesterday before updating.

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  20. background

    Background colors (that should just be white) go crazy on tables and other pages until InDesign is quit and re-opened. There's no specific action that seems to trigger the issue, and it appears intermittently. This is happening on version 16.4.0.54.

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