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  1. Importing Excel unformatted table text-based formulas import as "-1"

    > > >>Indesign 17.4>> >>steps to reproduce:> a) In Microsoft Excel (for Mac version 16.63.1), in cell A1 add "Some text"> b) in cell B1 add formula "=A1"> c) save excel document .xlsx> d) Import into indesign as Unformatted Table>> >>expected result: table cell A2 contents should be "Some text", same as A1>> >>Actual result: table cell A2 contents is "-1">> > >
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    Fix for this issue is available in the latest release of InDesign 18.2.1

    Please update InDesign to the latest from Creative Cloud Desktop app.

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    Adobe InDesign team

  2. will not find/change text in locked boxes. why is there an option to find/changed locked text if it does not work?

    > >My idea is if you have a feature in the find/change panel that ostensibly allows you to find and change text in locked layers or boxes....that it should work to change the text! Trying to change locked section heds, but the feature won't find and change them unless they are unlocked. Which. IS. Not. Helpful.> >
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  3. PDF EXPORT TEXT MISSING GOD HELP ME I HAVE A PROJECT DUE I DONT HAVE TIME FOR THIS

    > >MY TEXT AFTER EXPORTING TO PDF WOULD NOT SHOW UP> >
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  4. Constantly crashes

    > >InDesign (20.1) is laggy and constantly crashes at the slightest thing.> Move a box - crashes> Edit some text - crashes> Open two documents - crashes> >It's absolutely shocking!> >
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    Please submit the crash report to us. (Guidelines to submit crash are available at (https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/submit-crash-reports.html )

    Also, please send the following information to santalwa@adobe.com :

    • Reproducible Steps – What were you doing when InDesign crashed?
    • Video recording of the crash
    • 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…)

    Adobe InDesign Team

  5. Interactive PDF fields won’t allow me to enter any text into them when reported from Indd.

    > >Mac OS 10.13.6 | Indesign CC 13.1 | Acrobat Pro DC 2018.011.20063 > >When I create a file in InDesign with text fields for an interactive PDF and export it as interactive PDF I get a PDF with blank fields and the fields won’t allow me to enter any text into them. > >
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  6. "Add all stories to assignment" doesn't include content of anchored text boxes

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  7. World-Ready Composer Breaks Text Variables on Export to Fixed Layout ePub Format

    > >If one inserts a current page number marker or a text variable on a master page and the paragraph style of that text specifies Adobe World-Ready Composer in Justification, when exported to fixed layout ePub, the page number or text variable will not print. This bug is present in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 and possibly earlier versions (haven't checked).> >
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  8. InD 19.1 export to IDML extends conditional text

    > > >InDesign 19.1> >Create a doc with several paragraphs of text. Apply a condition to, say, the 2nd paragraph. Export to IDML. Open the exported doc.> >The reopened file should look like the original.> >The condition is now applied to additional paragraph(s). However, if the condition is removed from the paragraph marker, the problem disappears. There was a similar problem about 10 years ago saving docs with conditional text. The conditions would exin the same way. This happened just with normal saving, not exporting.> > >
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  9. Data Merge function "Honor existing frame fitting option" is not working on master pages

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    The fix for this issue is now available in the latest update of InDesign – that is, InDesign 15.0.2.

    Please update your InDesign application to get this fix.


    Adobe InDesign team

  10. Data Merge causes crash/lock-up when displaying panels on second screen

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    CLOSED  ·  amaarora responded

    To identify the cause of this issue, we had started our investigation with the aim to resolve it. You might have also received email from us seeking more details to help in our investigation.

    We’ve concluded our investigation and came up with the finding : Either the issue is fixed in the latest release of InDesign or the issue was intermittent in nature at the time of its reporting and is not reproducible now.

    We recommend you to upgrade to the latest version of InDesign 2020 (if you’re not already on it). It contains a lot of stability fixes.

    If you still face this issue even after updating to the latest version of InDesign, please submit the crash report to us. (The guidelines to submit crash are available at (https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/submit-crash-reports.html)
    We seek your support in our continual effort to improve InDesign.


    Adobe InDesign Team

  11. Nested anchored tables are tagged as artifacts in PDF

    > > >Adobe InDesign, v.16.4> >Create three text frames, with a table in the third. Anchor the frame with the table into the second frame, then anchor the second frame into the first. Style and create Articles for an accessible PDF. Export to an Interactive PDF.> >Table would appear tagged and in same order as it was anchored in the INDD file. > >Table is set as an artifact and does not appear in the tag tree at all.> > >
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  12. Major lagging/hanging when typing text and selecting objects

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  13. vertical alignment within a text box is ignoring the space taken up by a wrap object

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  14. Some Cyrillic RTF files exported from Indesign are broken if a non-breakable space was used

    > >Indesign 20.3.1 x64 release.> >Attached is the Indesign file. Both frames are identical, except for the topmost has one non-breaking space and the bottommost has a regular space instead. The export from the top frame produces the buggy RTF (a screenshot of the glitch location is attached), while the bottom one is ok. If we put any non-breaking space there - it will fail as well. > The bug was reported as font-dependent as well, i.e. the text set in Arial may have the bug while the text set in Minion Pro may not have it.> >
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  15. Indents not holding after page break

    > > >InDesign CC 2018, though I logged this bug for 2017 as well. It may also have existed as far back as CS6. I had hoped it would be fixed in this release.> >Create a paragraph style that has a left indent and set text in that paragraph style. Set enough text to flow onto a second page.> >The text should retain the left indent after the page break.> >Sometimes, the first line of text after the page break does not retain the indent.> > >
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    Hello All,

    The fix for this issue is now available in InDesign’s latest version, id 14.0.3.
    Please update your InDesign to try out the fix.

    Note:
    If you open a file which already has this issue, in the new version, you may continue to see the issue.
    To resolve such cases, you may SAVE AS the file or do a force text re-composition as the workaround

    However, all the new files created in the new version will not have this issue anymore.

    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

    -InDesign Team

  16. Coloured background in text when using other language than English

    > >I bought #288977103 and when I try to use any other language than US English, the text box is coloured with bright colour. Why?> >
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  17. BUG - Frame Fitting Option not saving Fitting:None

    > >InDesign 16.4> >When using frame fitting options > Fitting: is not retaining the option 'None' but defaulting back to 'Fill Frame Proportionally' when checking the frame fitting options.> >Select a frame.> >Choose Object > Fitting > Frame Fitting Options.> >Select Auto-Fit> Fitting:None > Align From: Centre and then click OK:> >Then Choose the same Object > Fitting > Frame Fitting Options. and the Fitting: has not saved 'None' but reverted back to 'Fill Frame Proportionally'. > >I have to do this multiple times before it saves the correct Fitting:> >
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  18. When Find/Change Dialog Box is open, arrow keys move entire text box instead of cursor

    > > >Indesign 16.3.2 on macOs Mojave> >When i find a word using find/change it gets highlighted. I try to add a punctuation mark after that word and tab the right arrow key.> >Arrow key should just move the cursor in text box, next to the highlighted text.> >It moves entire text box as if the text box is selected.> > >
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  19. CC 2019 crashes on macOS when running SDK plug-in

    > >Specifically, the crashes at code "actionManager->PerformAction(activeContext, kOpenStructureWinActionID)".> Our code uses that action to show/hide the structure view. > And the crash also be reproducable in the sample plugin from InDesign SDK.> >Only occurs on macOS, Windows do not have the issue.> >The steps are:> 1. Compile the plugin "SnippetRunner.sdk.InDesignPlugin" which is in InDesign CC 2019 SDK. > 2. Load it in InDesign.> 3. Create a new blank document> 4. On SnippetRunner[US] panel, select ManipulateStructureView from dropdown list.> 5. Click Go icon, and choose ChangeStructureViewState(toogle)> 6. Click OK button> 7. Crash.> >Crash log attached.> >
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    CLOSED  ·  amaarora responded

    To identify the cause of this issue, we had started our investigation with the aim to resolve it. You might have also received email from us seeking more details to help in our investigation.

    We’ve concluded our investigation and came up with the finding : Either the issue is fixed in the latest release of InDesign or the issue was intermittent in nature at the time of its reporting and is not reproducible now.

    We recommend you to upgrade to the latest version of InDesign 2020 (if you’re not already on it). It contains a lot of stability fixes.

    If you still face this issue even after updating to the latest version of InDesign, please submit the crash report to us. (The guidelines to submit crash are available at (https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/submit-crash-reports.html)
    We seek your support in our continual effort to improve InDesign.


    Adobe InDesign Team

  20. Drop Cap/Nested Style Broken in InDesign CC 2019

    > >Since upgrading to InDesign CC 2019, when I edit a paragraph that has a nested style applied to the first line, the entire paragraph takes on the nested style. The paragraph behaves normally until I edit it. Unfortunately, but unsurprisingly, the behavior is inconsistent. If I copy and paste the text into a new text box, the behavior does not occur, but if I link the existing text to that new box, it continues to happen.> >
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    FIXED  ·  Abhinav Kaushik responded

    Hello All,

    Thank you for your patience all this while.
    This issue is now fixed in the latest update (Id 14.0.1) of InDesign CC.
    If you are unable to see the update notification yet, open the menu (three dots) from the top-right of Creative Cloud desktop application and click on ‘Check For App Updates’.

    Once the update button is shown against InDesign CC, click on the button to update your InDesign to Id 14.0.1 for the fix of the issue.
    Do let us know in the comments, if you face any problem with the new update.

    List of fixed issues can be found at: helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/fixed-issues.html

    Regards,
    InDesign Team

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