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  1. text turns into Symbols

    > >When I place a document from Word into InDesign and apply a paragraph style the fonts all change to Symbol font. This has been going on for years through multiple versions of the program. Can you please fix it? Or explain how to avoid it?> >
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  2. Using glyphs in a text variable

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  3. enableRedraw = false ignored during script run

    > >During a loop to load text snippets to my page ID 2020 ignores the fact that enableRedraw=false and DOES redraw the page on every loop> >app.scriptPreferences.enableRedraw = false;> >> do { app.doScript(insertTexts2, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Insert Texts " + C2Place + ":" + V2Place); } while (libs[8][3].geometricBounds[0] < pageTextBottom); app.scriptPreferences.enableRedraw = true; >> >The text is inserted into 8 different frames -- during the loop it SHOULDN'T redraw the page -- but it does (slowing the script down)> >
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  4. Pasted text acquires overprint attribute

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  5. Crash on Export Interactive PDF inDesign 16.1

    > >Crashes when exporting PDF interactive> >
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    Please send the following information to santalwa@adobe.com :

    Reproducible Steps – What were you doing when InDesign the issue occurred?
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    • Is(Are) the issue related to a specific document(s)/asset(s)? If yes, could you provide the document(s)/asset(s) to us? Please package the entire document (To package the document, choose File → Package…)


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  6. Add option to allow non-rounded inset text inside a text box with rounded corners.

    > >Please add an option to allow inset spacing on a text box with rounded corners to follow the rectangular shape of the box, rather than the shape of the rounded corners.> >ie. Make it act like the example on the left of my image, rather than like the right, which is the current behaviour.> >
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  7. Find/Replace: Doesn't find the text size format after a transformation

    > >InDesign 17.2 Win10 x64> > >Type text with size 7pt> >Transform the text frame to 80%> >Textsize is now 5,6 pt> >Try to find the Text with find/replace and "find format" - size 5,6 pt - it doesn't work> > >But it works with a text size of 8 pt (transform to 6,4pt)> >
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  8. can't type in text box

    > >I create a text box, but when I type in it, no text appears. My keyboard works, and the rest of InDesign's functions work. And I'm updated to the most recent version of INDD--v16.1.> >
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  9. Incorrect text wrap with anchored objects

    > >In Indesign 15.0.2 a bug has arisen in the text wrap of objects anchored in the text. The images show the difference between the old in the new version of Indesign. (OS X Catalina).> >
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  10. copy/paste of URL loses character style

    > >ID 15.0.2; Mac OS 10.14.6> > >>copy a passage containing a URL formatted with a character style>> >>paste the passage>> > >expect char. style to be retained> >actual: char.. style is eliminated; reverts to [None]> >This happens when char. style is named 'Hyperlink' or when a char. style with another name is used.> >Related issue: 'New Hyperlink from URL' always creates and applies default char. style Hyperlink unless I name my char. style for URLs 'Hyperlink'; 'hyperlink', for example, will not be applied.> >
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  11. Keep settings not honoured

    > >The Keep option 'Keep with next n' is not always honoured. Please open the attached document for an example.> >The page contains three threaded text frames. A heading appears on top of the second frame. A float was placed (with wrap applied) that pushes the text out of the second frame into the third frame so that the heading stays in the second frame, on its own.> >The expectation is that the heading moves with the text to the third frame.> >
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  12. Drag-and-Drop text editing in Layout view problems

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  13. Metadata, text variables in Indesign

    > >Indesign don't insert Metadata (XMP) from the orioginal images downloaded from stock.adobe.com (as text variable); the downloaded image has to open in Photoshop and to »Save as«. Then the XMP-Metadata could be read by Indesign (as text variable).> Indesign 18.5, Mac OS 12.6.6> >
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  14. Find text and replace doesn't work with this new update!

    > > >Find text and replace doesn't work with this new update!> >I (and many others) have requested that footnotes work in tables - is this ever going to happen?? Please..!> > >
    4 votes

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    Need More Info  ·  amaarora responded

    Hi,
    Can you please add a small video (on WeTransfer/Youtube/Dropbox) and post a link here so that it can be looked into?
    We have tried to reproduce it but unable to do it.
    Also, please try once after clearing your cache and preferences. forums.adobe.com/thread/526990
    -Aman

  15. Smart Text Reflow add pages wrongly when there are more than one story

    > >The overset text must be added to the next text frame but it is added to new page instead.> >See the video to clear the problem.> >
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  16. Disappearing text when I type the character ,,T"

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  17. Type is shifting inside text box upon moving.

    > >I've been noticing when I use the type tool, I can fill it as normal. Style things with the appropriate fonts/colors but should I move the box it self to a new location the spacing above the font will grow or shrink and shift everything inside that text box. It almost acts like it is adjusting like it has text flow around an image feature selected. Sometimes remove all the styles then re-applying them will fix it but this is issue had been annoying me for maybe the past 2 months.> >
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  18. Text mode always open in a tab

    > >Text mode CMD-Y always opens in a tab and thus reduces the size of all other open windows. Text mode becomes almost unusable.> >
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  19. links buttons causes crash

    > >Adobe InDesign 2022 ver 17.1> Trying to fix a link but when I hit the links button, the whole program crashes. Sent a report every time.> Have rebooted computer, restarted computer, uninstalled/reinstalled InDesign with no luck.> It just shuts down and wants to send a report. I have tried to recover, not recover, and cancel. Still no resolution.> >
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  20. V18.4-18.5 Text boxes shrinking fractional and hiding last line of text PLUS then 'over-set text' error message not flagging this problem up

    > >I sent a job to print and after it came back 3 text boxes had shrunk fractionally to hide the last line of text. When I then went to make a press-ready pdf, it didn't flag up this error by warning me of "over-set text", so I did not catch this problem in time.> >Please see attached files -> >My stage 5 of the document, and then the final artwork file for it, with the boxes highlighted.> >I didn't get any warning messages for 'over-set text' to flag this missing text up.> >
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