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1. indesign gets stuck in opening a document without the fonts

   The software gets stuck in opening a document without the fonts!!! till the Missing font window will appear
   That's crazy!
   I just want to check an old file or look for a detail and I HAVE TO WAIT A MINUTE and Meanwhile all the documents are STUCK!!
   WHY??

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2. IDML export breaks structure when there is a tagged single row table at the start of a story

   When exporting an InDesign document to IDML and re-opening it, a specific set of conditions causes the tag applied to a table to be incorrectly reordered in the XML structure, and an extraneous <Table> tag to be inserted.

   This issue occurs when the table is a single-row table and is the very first element in the story (no preceding text or content). This bug disrupts the intended tag hierarchy, breaking workflows that depend on accurate XML structure.

   Steps to Reproduce:

   1. Create a new InDesign document.
   2. Create a text frame on the page.
   3. Within the text frame, insert a table.
   4. a. Ensure the table is the very first element in the story (before any other text or content).
   5. b. Set the table to have only one row.
   6. Apply a tag to the table (in my example CustomTable).
   7. Export to IDML
   8. Open the IDML
   9. Open the Structure Panel and examine the structure. You will observe the following:
   10. a. The "CustomTable" tag now appears before a <Table> tag representing the table. The expected order is the <CustomTable> tag encapsulating, the cells.
   11. b. The "CustomTable" tag is before the actual table in the story, without any content inside of it.

   Expected Result:
   The structure of the document should be maintained after exporting to IDML and re-opening.

   Actual Result:
   The custom tag appears before the table and a <Table> tag is added to the structure, disrupting the intended structure of the XML.

   Environment:
   InDesign 2024 (19.5)
   InDesign 2025 (20.1)
   Windows 11

   When exporting an InDesign document to IDML and re-opening it, a specific set of conditions causes the tag applied to a table to be incorrectly reordered in the XML structure, and an extraneous <Table> tag to be inserted.

   This issue occurs when the table is a single-row table and is the very first element in the story (no preceding text or content). This bug disrupts the intended tag hierarchy, breaking workflows that depend on accurate XML structure.

   Steps to Reproduce:

   1. Create a new InDesign document.
   2. Create a text frame on the page.
   3. Within the text frame, insert a table.
   4. a.… more

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3. 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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4. CC library desconfigured after dragging in a table

   Hi there,
   I dragged a table from one page to the cc library panel and it turned black with code characters in colors. I lost all the libraries... can not find them anymore, not even delete this code or replace. Nothing. Please help

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5. [ID-4219732]Slow performance

   Lately InDesign is nearly unusable. Almost every action from selecting objects, resizing objects, or moving objects comes with a really slow reaction time. Even when clicking between panels in the toolbar there is a delay of about half a second.

   I have tried ruling out potential issues like updating graphic drivers and embedding all resources into the document. Nothing works it seems like the application is just unstable. Please advise, I love to work with indesign but this is overall a very bad user experience.

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   Need More Info  ·  AdminSanyam Talwar (Senior Lead Software Engineer, Adobe InDesign) responded

   Customer comments

   • InDesign lags when rearranging text boxes, adding image frames, adjusting frames that already exist
   • Selecting an item (e.g. text frame) in small and really uncomplicated documents has slight but very noticeable delays/lags, almost as if the click hangs and makes the item drag a little instead of just being selected.
   • Performance degradation is observed if more than 1 document is opened
   • Creating packages (File > Package) takes so much time – especially collecting image files into the Links-folder. This behavior is generally observed with Illustrator files.
   • Performance degradation is observed while working on indd document and not with the IDML of the indd document.
   • Lag observed for almost every action from selecting objects, resizing objects, or moving objects

   Troubleshooting steps tried to resolve issues

   • Disable 3rd party plugins - One of the customer has tried with Suitcase Fusion but there was no improvement in the performance.

   Workarounds

   • Change the name of the image folder to disable the dynamic links to picture.
   • Exporting the document to IDML and working on it. Once the document is saved, the performance degradation is observed.
   • Disabling network and internet helps in improving the performance.

   Next Steps 

   • Please provide the number of links in the document when you start facing performance issues
   • Does turning off Links panel help improve performance?
   • Where do you link image from Local/Network/Shared Drives(One drive, Drop box etc)
   • All the machines mentioned in the UserVoice thread are intel based. Performance for Apple Silicon/M1/M2 machines is way better than Intel machines. Is there any user who is using Apple Silicon/M1/M2 and facing performance issues.

   Customer comments

   • InDesign lags when rearranging text boxes, adding image frames, adjusting frames that already exist
   • Selecting an item (e.g. text frame) in small and really uncomplicated documents has slight but very noticeable delays/lags, almost as if the click hangs and makes the item drag a little instead of just being selected.
   • Performance degradation is observed if more than 1 document is opened
   • Creating packages (File > Package) takes so much time – especially collecting image files into the Links-folder. This behavior is generally observed with Illustrator files.
   • Performance degradation is observed while working on indd document and not with the IDML of the indd document.
   • Lag observed for almost every action from selecting objects, resizing objects, or moving objects

   Troubleshooting steps tried to resolve issues

   • Disable 3rd party plugins - One of the customer has tried with Suitcase Fusion but there was no improvement in the performance.

   Workarounds

   • Change the… more

6. Cannot apply Paragraph/Character Styles

   Indesign 19.5 and 20.0.1

   Steps to resolve:
   Reinstalling latest Indesign (20.0.1), restarting my iMac, reverted to a previous version of ID (19.5), copied the file to my desktop to open from there, started a fresh document and tried to create new Styles (doesn't let me), opened another document which has styles that worked (they also don't work any more), deleted preferences, and finally I have updated my iMac and that hasn't fixed it either.

   Expected result:
   Font Styles panel should work as it should be (and as it did 3 days ago) in that you click on a Style and it applies it instantly. I should not have to Right Click/Apply Style.

   Actual Result:
   Cannot select or apply styles from the Style panel. Clicking on the style in the panel makes the selected item flicker, but nothing gets selected or applied and it stays the same default font. I can only change the style if I right click on the Style and 'Apply Style' which is clunky OR if it go to Type/Font/etc from the top menu, but that doesn't help with the Styles Menu. Sometimes trying to change the font from the dropdown panel produces no results and it's very laggy to change.

   The whole fonts system seems to be broken across both my iMac and laptop

   Indesign 19.5 and 20.0.1

   Steps to resolve:
   Reinstalling latest Indesign (20.0.1), restarting my iMac, reverted to a previous version of ID (19.5), copied the file to my desktop to open from there, started a fresh document and tried to create new Styles (doesn't let me), opened another document which has styles that worked (they also don't work any more), deleted preferences, and finally I have updated my iMac and that hasn't fixed it either.

   Expected result:
   Font Styles panel should work as it should be (and as it did 3 days ago) in that you click on a Style and… more

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7. Cannot Export in PDF format

   Adobe InDesign version: 16.0.1 x64

   Platform: Windows 10, Version 20H2 (build SO 19042.685)

   Problem:
   Suddenly, from a couple of days, I cannot export in PDF format anymore.
   When trying to export a file, I receive the message "Failed to Export PDF" (or something similar, I use the Italian version) – see image 1.

   It doesn’t matter the settings in the export window, I tried almost all the combinations, but the PDF generation fails.
   I can export in.jpeg, for example, but it is not useful for me.

   Infos:
   The same file has been successfully exported just a couple of hours before.
   The only change in the tool / PC configuration was the re-installation of a font type (specifically, the Conduit ITC Pro).
   I re-installed it because, even if it was correctly installed, I was not able to see the text in that specific font in InDesign.
   I un-installed it and then re-installed it via the Windows settings (Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Fonts).
   The font was not an Adobe Font.
   After that, everything seemed to be solved, but I was unable to export the file in PDF.
   I noticed that the font was listed three times in the “Find/replace Font” window (see image 2).

   So, I replaced the font with the same one and then the list presented just one instance.
   Solved! In this way, I’ve been able to export the file.

   Then, I tried with another file, but I encountered the same problem with another font.
   In this case, it is a font used in the header of a master page and the text is a “text variable” that I use to identify the product name.
   Also in this case, the text is not displayed, even if the font is available in the font list (see image 3).

   If I change the font, the text is displayed (see image 4).

   The font, in this case, is an Adobe Font (see image 5).

   The font is correctly “activated” and available in the Creative Cloud Desktop app (see image 6).

   And also in Windows (Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Fonts), it is correctly displayed and recognized (see image 7).

   I solved replacing the font and checking the "Redefine Style When Changing All” box, because several paragraph styles use the same font, but I’d need to use this font.
   In another PC, with the same configuration, everything works well.
   What can I do to solve this font issue? Why has it happened?

   Thx for the support

   BRs

   Adobe InDesign version: 16.0.1 x64

   Platform: Windows 10, Version 20H2 (build SO 19042.685)

   Problem:
   Suddenly, from a couple of days, I cannot export in PDF format anymore.
   When trying to export a file, I receive the message "Failed to Export PDF" (or something similar, I use the Italian version) – see image 1.

   It doesn’t matter the settings in the export window, I tried almost all the combinations, but the PDF generation fails.
   I can export in.jpeg, for example, but it is not useful for me.

   Infos:
   The same file has been successfully exported just a couple of… more

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8. The software window's focus jumps between multiple desktops.

   When I create multiple desktops on the same monitor, I drag the InDesign window to another desktop for work, and after a few operations within the software, the focus of the screen will immediately jump to the other desktop. System: macOS 26.2
   Software version: 21.2

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9. For long documents containing more than 50K characters, GREP search fails to find all matching instances

   Since updating to CC 14.0.2 on Windows, GREP search is no longer functioning properly. Not all instances of queries are found, or not found at all.
   I believe this is the case when working on documents created in an older version. In a newly created document it does work as it should.

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   FIXED  ·  Abhinav Kaushik responded

   Hello All,

   Thank you for reporting the issue to us.
   We have fixed the issue in the latest version of InDesign, Id 14.0.3

   Please upgrade your InDesign application to the latest version to try out the fix.

   If you are unable to see the update yet, go to Creative Cloud desktop application, open the menu (three dots) from the top-right corner and click on ‘Check For App Updates’.

   If you face any problems with the new update, do let us know in the comments.

   You may also follow the below given link for the list of all fixed issues in Id 14.0.3
   https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/fixed-issues.html

10. In InDesign CC 2019 slow Reaction Time on clicking from one object to another.

    Using InDesign CC 14.0 on Windows 10. I have an magazine layout with text and picture boxes, of course. When clicking from one box to another, there is a long delay, a temporary freeze. Eventually (20-30 seconds) it awakens and I can move on. But it's happening more frequently, even after a reboot.

    Is this an issue of my computer talking to Adobe servers?

    Nothing to screen shot, there is no message.

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    Closed: Fixed  ·  Abhinav Kaushik responded

    Hello All,

    Following up on the comments stating that the issue is yet not fixed, we did our investigation and found that, the issues being called out in the comment section, though maybe relevant but are different than the one for which this thread was originally created.

    This particular thread caters to a very specific case which has been fixed in the last update of InDesign.

    If you continue to face performance related issues with InDesign, we sincerely request you to create a separate thread so that we can categorize the performance related issues and address them completely.
    In addition to track the performance issues effectively, it will also enable us to reach out to you in a organised manner when we investigate into each category of performance issues.

    We are extremely sorry for the troubles you are facing with InDesign and we are determined to resolve them as efficiently as possible; we need your support.

    Regards,
    Abhinav Kaushik
    InDesign Team

    Hello All,

    Following up on the comments stating that the issue is yet not fixed, we did our investigation and found that, the issues being called out in the comment section, though maybe relevant but are different than the one for which this thread was originally created.

    This particular thread caters to a very specific case which has been fixed in the last update of InDesign.

    If you continue to face performance related issues with InDesign, we sincerely request you to create a separate thread so that we can categorize the performance related issues and address them completely.
    In addition to track the performance issues effectively, it will also enable us to reach out to you in a organised manner when we investigate into each category of performance issues.

    We are extremely sorry for the troubles you are facing with InDesign and we are determined to resolve them as efficiently… more

11. InDesign CC 2026 - Arrange windows does not use full screen area

    When using InDesign without the application frame ("Anwendungsrahmen" in the german version we use) active, opening multiple documents and trying to arrange them with any of the options in Windows > Arrange ("Fenster" > "Anordnen") the windows are arranged according to the deactivated/invisible application frame and not the full screen as in previous versions. Also, when the application frame is scaled to the full screen and then deactivated, the arranged windows keep a thin row on the bottom of the screen free (and overlap in the vertical center by this amount). Please see attached screens for visualization.

    1. InDesign Version: 21.0

    2. Steps to reproduce:

    3. Deactivate the application frame Window > Application frame ("Anwendungsrahmen")

    4. Create multiple documents (in this example 4 documents)

    5. Use the command Window > Arrange > "Neben-/Untereinander"

    6. Windows are arranged according to the deactivated/invisible application frame instead of the full screen area.

    7. Expected result:
       Windows arranged within the available screen area as in previous version (see attached screenshot "InDesign CC2025.png", this shows the correct behaviour in InDesign CC 2025)

    8. Actual result:
       Windows are arranged according to the deactivated/invisible application frame instead of the full screen area. Also, the bottom row overlaps the row above.

    9. Screenshots

    10. InDesign CC2025.png: Behaviour of InDesign CC 2025 when selecting Window > Arrange > "Neben-/Untereinander" - Windows fills the screen completely without overlaps.

    • InDesign CC2026 Example Application Frame.png: The exaggerated application Frame for testing in InDesign CC 2026. This application frame is then deactivated using Window > Application frame ("Anwendungsrahmen")

    • InDesign CC2026 Arranges to deactivated Application Frame.png: After selecting Window > Arrange > "Neben-/Untereinander" the windows are arranged inside the invisible/deactivated application frame instead of the full screen. Also, the bottom row of windows overlaps the

    • InDesign CC2026 Arranges to deactivated Full Screen Application Frame.png: This show the result if the application frame is expanded to the full screen and then deactivated - the arranged windows leave a row on the bottom free and overlap vertically in the center.

    When using InDesign without the application frame ("Anwendungsrahmen" in the german version we use) active, opening multiple documents and trying to arrange them with any of the options in Windows > Arrange ("Fenster" > "Anordnen") the windows are arranged according to the deactivated/invisible application frame and not the full screen as in previous versions. Also, when the application frame is scaled to the full screen and then deactivated, the arranged windows keep a thin row on the bottom of the screen free (and overlap in the vertical center by this amount). Please see attached screens for visualization.

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12. Widows/ Orphans/ Runts

    Please allow us to automatically apply No Break GREP style .{10}$ without needing to create a "No Break" style and applying it to paragraph styles individually.

    In the Paragraph window, a checkbox next to "Hyphenate" that reads "Remove Runts" or "No Short Break" executes this process automatically would be wonderful. It seems logical since I imagine the automatic "Hyphenate" works in a similar way.

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13. Master Pages text frame

    Version 14.0.3 in Windows 7.

    1. Created a documents with facing pages and primary text frames
    2. Master A with text frame rule so can visible.
    3. Created Master B which is based on Master A
    4. Resized text frame of Master A
    5. Impact on master B.. Text frame shifted out of page area.

    This strange behavior is while resizing using mouse drag. If resize through control panel it's perfect. But if move both mouse and through x,y control panel same strange behavior.
    Pl checked attached files for reference.

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14. some pages are not displayed

    when scrolling, some pages are not displayed (always the same). The work plan remains black. You have to double-click twice in the pages panel (where they remain displayed) to see them displayed on the desktop.
    My document has 116 pages and 18 layers.

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15. [ID-4239165]InDesign fails to open or place files with long paths in Windows

    InDesign fails to open or place files with long paths in Windows. The "Long Paths Enabled" registry setting is enabled (i.e. it is set to 1). The problem affects several functions:

    1. From Bridge, Place > In Indesign causes "Script Alert: Error: Expected a reference to an existing File/Folder"

    2. DataMerge in InDesign: images with long paths are skipped, i.e. aren't merged. There is no error message.

    3. From InDesign. I cannot manually place a file with a long path through the “Place” dialog box. The dialog box will display the folder and thumbnails, but when I click the image to place it, I get the following error: “The file could not be opened. You may not have permission or the file may be in use by another application.”

    All of these symptoms suggests that InDesign does not support Long Paths in Windows.

    InDesign 2021 16.2.1 x64
    Windows 10 Home 64-bit

    InDesign fails to open or place files with long paths in Windows. The "Long Paths Enabled" registry setting is enabled (i.e. it is set to 1). The problem affects several functions:

    1. From Bridge, Place > In Indesign causes "Script Alert: Error: Expected a reference to an existing File/Folder"

    2. DataMerge in InDesign: images with long paths are skipped, i.e. aren't merged. There is no error message.

    3. From InDesign. I cannot manually place a file with a long path through the “Place” dialog box. The dialog box will display the folder and thumbnails, but when I click the image to place… more

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    Closed: Fixed  ·  AdminSanyam Talwar (Senior Lead Software Engineer, Adobe InDesign) responded

    The fix for this issue is now available in the latest update of InDesign – version 18.3 and above. 

    Please update to this version to get the fix.

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    Adobe InDesign team

16. UI: click and drag not working

    Not able to change control panel or palette values by click and dragging widgets. This works fine in Photoshop. MacBook Pro, OS BigSur 11.5.2. InDesign 16.4

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17. Create Merged Document causes Indesign to hang and crash

    1. Version of Adobe InDesign, InCopy or InDesign Server: Adobe InDesign 2021 v16.4 macOS Big Sur 11.6
    2. Steps to reproduce the issues: Select Data Source in Data Merge panel options Assign data placement field in document's master page Click "Create Merged Document..." in Data Merge panel options
    3. Expected result: InDesign should insert data from selected source document and create new pages for all records.
    4. Actual result: Source document is imported correctly, and preview in Data Merge panel displays correct data, but when I click "Create Merged Document..." in Data Merge panel options it cause Indesign to hang, the application stops responding and I need to Force Quit. Document does not merge. Screenshot uploaded.

    **The "How to Submit Crash Report" link on the Bug submission page is broken. It is missing a colon after https.
    Broken link: https//helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/submit-crash-reports.html

    1. Version of Adobe InDesign, InCopy or InDesign Server: Adobe InDesign 2021 v16.4 macOS Big Sur 11.6
    2. Steps to reproduce the issues: Select Data Source in Data Merge panel options Assign data placement field in document's master page Click "Create Merged Document..." in Data Merge panel options
    3. Expected result: InDesign should insert data from selected source document and create new pages for all records.
    4. Actual result: Source document is imported correctly, and preview in Data Merge panel displays correct data, but when I click "Create Merged Document..." in Data Merge panel options it cause Indesign to hang, the application stops responding… more

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18. Can not create PDF, links apparently broken?

    Hi guys,

    Indesign links panel appears fine but when I goto export to pdf it comes up with "This document contains links to files that are not accessible..." they are linked to my local hard rive? Extremely frustrating, there must be a simple remedy?

    Thanks,
    Mark

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19. [ID-4273456] Press the opt/alt key after dragging, it duplicated to the incorrect layer

    InDesign 2026 （and earlier, too）I was found out in CS6.

    Issue:
    When drag and duplicate any object, the duplicate destination will be the previous active layer under certain conditions.

    Reproduction procedure:
    1 Layer panel "Paste Remembers Layers" check off
    2 Unselect, and duplicate the object Activate layers other than the layers of the object
    3 Start dragging and add the option/alt key in the middle of dragging
    4 After dragging, the object is duplicated to the layer that was active in step 2

    Ideal result:
    The uplication by dragging will be duplicated to the same layer as the original regardless of any setting.

    I really hope to correct it.
    Regards.

    <にほんご / Japanese>
    opt/altキーをドラッグの後から押すと正しくないレイヤーに複製される

    InDesign 2026 （と、それ以前も）私はCS6で発覚しました

    問題
    ドラッグ複製したいとき、特定の条件で複製先が以前のアクティブレイヤーになる

    再現手順
    1 レイヤーパネルプション「コピー元のレイヤーにペースト」チェックをオフ
    2 選択を解除し、複製するオブジェクトのレイヤー以外のレイヤーをアクティブにする
    3 ドラッグを開始し、ドラッグの途中でoption/altキーを追加する
    4 ドラッグ終了後、オブジェクトは手順2でアクティブだったレイヤーに複製される

    理想の結果
    ドラッグによる複製はいかなる設定にも関係なくオリジナルと同一のレイヤーに複製されること

    修正をすごく希望します。
    よろしくー。

    InDesign 2026 （and earlier, too）I was found out in CS6.

    Issue:
    When drag and duplicate any object, the duplicate destination will be the previous active layer under certain conditions.

    Reproduction procedure:
    1 Layer panel "Paste Remembers Layers" check off
    2 Unselect, and duplicate the object Activate layers other than the layers of the object
    3 Start dragging and add the option/alt key in the middle of dragging
    4 After dragging, the object is duplicated to the layer that was active in step 2

    Ideal result:
    The uplication by dragging will be duplicated to the same layer as the original regardless… more

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    Under Review  ·  AdminSanyam Talwar (Senior Lead Software Engineer, Adobe InDesign) responded

    Hi,

    Thank you for reporting the issue. We have been able to reproduce the issue, and it is currently under investigation.

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20. Specific circumstances where an RGB black cannot change to CMYK

    To replicate this fault, please do the following:
    1) Create a new document using the web workspace.
    2) In the new document, open the swatches palette and note that the default colours show the RGB color spaces.
    3) From the Edit Menu, go to transparency blend space and change it from RGB to CMYK.
    4) Go to document setup and change the intent of the document from web to print.

    What SHOULD happen:
    All colours in the swatches panel should go to CMYK;

    What ACTUALLY happens:
    All colours in the swatches panel remain RGB. This results in an RGB black that cannot be changed, whilst other colours can be changed to CMYK.

    Workaround:
    1) Set the Transparency Blend Space back to RGB.
    2) Go to the document setup and change its intent back to Web.
    3) Once the intent is changed, go to document setup again and change its intent to Print.
    All colours now go to CMYK, along with the transparency blend space

    To replicate this fault, please do the following:
    1) Create a new document using the web workspace.
    2) In the new document, open the swatches palette and note that the default colours show the RGB color spaces.
    3) From the Edit Menu, go to transparency blend space and change it from RGB to CMYK.
    4) Go to document setup and change the intent of the document from web to print.

    What SHOULD happen:
    All colours in the swatches panel should go to CMYK;

    What ACTUALLY happens:
    All colours in the swatches panel remain RGB. This results in an RGB black… more

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