Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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Importing Microsoft Word files doc. and .docx
Creative Cloud and Office 364 is up-to-date (although this issue happened before the upgrade so it has something to do with the import filter for .docx files into InDesign [this is the first occasion]).
While importing a .docx file, revisions from the word file appeared in the layout text. I noticed as I started to typeset. Scary.
Checked the Word file, upon Select All, references in the text were highlighted in a darker gray. There was no extra text appearing and revisions were all approved and accepted.
Word file was saved as a .dotx file and imported, the mysteriously embedded text appeared the layout.
When the file was saved as .doc and reimported into InDesign the text disappeared?
Imported the word .docx file into Quark and no mysterious text either.
This was the first occasion, but it is has made me quite wary. Please advise if this has occurred with any other users.
Creative Cloud and Office 364 is up-to-date (although this issue happened before the upgrade so it has something to do with the import filter for .docx files into InDesign [this is the first occasion]).
While importing a .docx file, revisions from the word file appeared in the layout text. I noticed as I started to typeset. Scary.
Checked the Word file, upon Select All, references in the text were highlighted in a darker gray. There was no extra text appearing and revisions were all approved and accepted.
Word file was saved as a .dotx file and imported, the mysteriously embedded…
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Problem with drop shadow exposure when placing from Illustrator into Indesign
I am using the latest version of Indesign (14.0.1) and Illustrator (23.0.1).
When placing a .ai file with transparency in Indesign and then making a drop shadow (in Indesign), the transparant parts of the object has the drop shadow above it, instead of beneath... :01 vote -
CC Library 2019 - Add new item and change it name
When I add item to CC Library 2019, and try change it name - all text (with lag!) is select and I losing my previeus text, becouse I still typing.
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resize object works rarely
It's already 2019. I've been reading comments from 2015 about this same issue. I downloaded the most current version of InDesign and unbelievably I still cannot resize an object on my MacbookPro by clicking on the shift button. It works occasionally (for some odd reason). This is totally ridiculous. I read dozens of complaints about this from 2015 and on. Seriously, Adobe? You cannot fix this issue once and for all.
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Properties Panel Missing in Indesign CC 2018 (v 14.0)
Properties Panel is not available under Window>
I'm on a Windows 10 Ent, Adobe Suite CC; Indesign 2018.I have restarted the PC; deleted opm.db; tried different documents. BTW this is the first time I was using Indesign. I am working with the Adobe Tutorials.
1 voteProperties panel is available only in InDesign CC 2019 release. It was not available in earlier versions.
Adobe InDesign team
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Link metadata not exporting in large document
InDesign 14.0.1 x64
I have an 1100 page document that is primarily legal code and guidance, with several hundred cross-references to text anchors. The idea being that you can jump around easily in the document to get info on referenced code information.
When I export to an interactive PDF, not all of the links work. I'm not able to predict which links will and won't work before export, but once exported those links will.not.work. When I check the PDF link info, the correct link information is there, it simply doesn't work. I can edit the link by manually selecting it and reconnecting it to the place it's (ostensibly) already connected, and it will work fine.
However, with several hundred cross-references, this is NOT a tenable solution.
Exporting the document as individual pages does not fix the problem.
Exporting in chunks does not solve the problem.
Exporting as an ePub also doesn't solve the problem.I can convert the file to an IDML file, reopen it, then export, and at that point all of the links will work...
HOWEVER:
Reopening after conversion shows a MESS of formatting errors that are unpredictable. In one instance, a number of carriage returns were randomly preceded by a soft return, which was reasonably fixable. In another instance, however, bulleted paragraphs had their formatting tags shifted by one paragraph up or down. Which necessitates going through 1100 pages of legal code and associated text and double checking every single instance of a bullet or numbering - i.e., multiple instances, every page. Which is also NOT a tenable solution.
InDesign 14.0.1 x64
I have an 1100 page document that is primarily legal code and guidance, with several hundred cross-references to text anchors. The idea being that you can jump around easily in the document to get info on referenced code information.
When I export to an interactive PDF, not all of the links work. I'm not able to predict which links will and won't work before export, but once exported those links will.not.work. When I check the PDF link info, the correct link information is there, it simply doesn't work. I can edit the link by manually selecting it…
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Preferences: Preview image not working
My Italian InDesign release doesn't create a Hi Res preview image.
In the preferences I've flagged the "always save preview image with the document", Pages: "all the pages" and Preview dimensions: "very big 1024x1024", but the software doesn't work: when I try to have a look at the documents with Adobe Bridge I can see a low res preview, while with ID Util (an utility for OSX Quick Look) I can't see any preview of the pages of the document. This issue didn't happen with the previous release of InDesign and my old MacPro with El Capitan. Now I'm working with a new iMacPro 3GHz Processor, Radeon Pro Vega 64 graphic card an OSX Mojave 10.14.2. InDesign release: CC2019 14.0.1 Italian language.
I've asked to a friend with another os (High Sierra) and InDesign 2017 to send to me a document with High Res preview image (1024x1024) and it works correctly with my iMacPro both with Bridge and ID Util.
I've also tried to uninstall and reinstall InDesign but nothing has changed.
And I've sent to a Dutch colleague a file saved with all the preferences images preview set as described above, and also he could not see the HiRes preview. So he opened my file with his English InDesign, saved it with the same preferences images preview and it worked correctly.
That's why I suppose there's a bug in the last Italian InDesign release under Mojave, or there is a problem in my iMacPro.My Italian InDesign release doesn't create a Hi Res preview image.
In the preferences I've flagged the "always save preview image with the document", Pages: "all the pages" and Preview dimensions: "very big 1024x1024", but the software doesn't work: when I try to have a look at the documents with Adobe Bridge I can see a low res preview, while with ID Util (an utility for OSX Quick Look) I can't see any preview of the pages of the document. This issue didn't happen with the previous release of InDesign and my old MacPro with El Capitan. Now I'm working…1 vote -
Color Managment plugin (CS6)
Upon getting the new Apple update for the MacOS Mojave (version 10.14.2) Most of my programs from my Adobe Creative Suite Master Collection, including, but not limited to Indesign CS6 are no longer supported, do to the Update not running anything less the 64-Bit (intel).
The message that comes up is in the attached file
It follows with a contact the App company for further support.1 vote -
InDesign is very slow when all or most of the fonts in the document are missing
This problem occured for the first time already in the 14.0 version and version 14.0.1 didn't fix the problem. When all the fonts or most of the fonts are missing in the document, scrolling between spreads is very, very slow. InDesign freezes for few seconds when scrolling from spread to another (see the attached video file). Please let me know if you need more details.
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pages palette
When viewing page icons in Extra Large or Jumbo sizes in the Pages palette, it is impossible to drag a page icon to the end of the list.
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References
Problem
There does not seem to be a straight forward way to manage references in a scientific text.[1-3] While simple references[1] may be managed by bending the cross-reference tool[2] more advanced referencing situations[1,3] are not easily dealt with.
Suggestion
In the raw text, cite-keys can be inserted. The cite-keys are unique identifiers for the text entries (either in a table at the end of the document or in a separate bibtext file). Then a relatively simple functionality that basically does search-and-replace work could do the rest. Search for the first cite-key in the document, replace all its occurrences with 1. If there is already a table at the end of the document that contains all the references in the format
[cite-key] Formatted Reference
Nothing else needs to be done and that would be an acceptable solution. If the references are in a bibtext file they need to be imported and formatted.
Then search for the second cite-key, replace that with 2 and so on.
If all cite-keys are replaced, go again through the text to find things like
... text.[1,2,3] While ...
and rectify it to
...text.[1-3] While...
Finally, sort the table at the end of the document by increasing reference number.
Indeed, this will be my simple (and unfortunately manual) work-flow.
References
[1] The author of this article, in this article, just now.
[2] https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/indesign/using/cross-references.html, may no longer be valid
[3] The author of this article again, in this article, a bit later.Problem
There does not seem to be a straight forward way to manage references in a scientific text.[1-3] While simple references[1] may be managed by bending the cross-reference tool[2] more advanced referencing situations[1,3] are not easily dealt with.
Suggestion
In the raw text, cite-keys can be inserted. The cite-keys are unique identifiers for the text entries (either in a table at the end of the document or in a separate bibtext file). Then a relatively simple functionality that basically does search-and-replace work could do the rest. Search for the first cite-key in the document, replace all its occurrences with 1.…
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Bug - Paragraph style folder starts acting as paragraph style
Paragraph style folder starts acting as paragraph style. Individual styles inside the folder are no longer associated with paragraphs, just the folder. When changing name of folder the paragraph style settings are shown instead of the plain change folder name dialog.
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CC Libraries search slow to input typed letters
With the CC Libraries panel open, clicking inside the search area at the top and typing, often the second letter that is typed is not included.
For example, RIFT would end up being RFT. When highlighting the word and typing again, it is fine.
It seems intermittent and isn't a stuck keyboard key as it works perfectly typing in a text frame.
It could possibly be limited to one or two certain characters such as "i" and "f" as those ones that consistently fail to be entered.
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Random text appears in the filename field when editing filenames during Save As
- ID 14.0.1, OS 10.14.2
- Save as. When dialog appears, filename is highlighted so that it can be edited. Use RIght arrow key to put cursor at end of filename to append text.
- Expected result, which occurs about 90% of the time, is that the cursor moves to the end of the filename and you can enter text.
- Actual result, about 10% of the time, is that pressing the Right arrow key erases the entire filename in the field and replaces it with the words "Adobe Stock".
(Another version of this error occurs in the exact same scenario with Illustration 2019, except in that program the filename is replaced with a bunch of svg code instead).
- ID 14.0.1, OS 10.14.2
- Save as. When dialog appears, filename is highlighted so that it can be edited. Use RIght arrow key to put cursor at end of filename to append text.
- Expected result, which occurs about 90% of the time, is that the cursor moves to the end of the filename and you can enter text.
- Actual result, about 10% of the time, is that pressing the Right arrow key erases the entire filename in the field and replaces it with the words "Adobe Stock".
(Another version of this error occurs in the exact same scenario with Illustration 2019,…
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Anchored objects in text on path have inconsistent vertical & horizontal positioning
Pasting the same graphic in text on a path appears at different vertical and horizontal locations relative to the baseline depending on where on the path it's pasted. CC 14.0.1, no character or paragraph styles applied.
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InDesign CC 2018—Page shifts when browsing with key commands
Browsing pages using Command+Page Up/Down or Fn+Shift+Arrow Up/Down shifts page slightly left and down. Infuriating when trying to see if elements are properly aligned between pages. The rulers seem to shift as well.
I'm using Indesign CC 2018 version 13.1
My document size is 4k 3840 x 2160 px. When my doc is 1920 x 1080 px the page shifting does NOT happen.
Any ideas why this is happening and how to fix it?
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In all Windows 10 Adobe CS products, scroll goes in the opposite direction of Windows setting.
In all Windows 10 Adobe CS products, scroll goes in the opposite direction of Windows setting.
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Presentation mode precision is unsatisfying!
Annoying bug, got to check each time. Export and print output is fine, but not on-screen results.
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Size and Position Missing from Object Styles
"Size and Position Options" are missing from Object Styles. The option is simply not listed in the Object Styles options and I cannot find a reason for it anywhere. Everywhere I've searched says it should be there so that I can set a specific placement for an object with that style applied, but it's missing.
I'm using the software at work. It's Adobe InDesign CC - 2017.1 release. 12.1.0.56 x64 build.
1 vote‘Size and Position Options’ in Object Styles is available in InDesign CC 2018 release and later.
Adobe InDesign team
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