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  1. text wrap controls behave different with transformed objects

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  2. AdobeFnt.lst automatically reappears after deleting

    > >InDesign version: 15.0.2> >Suddenly (after the latest March 2020 InDesign update?) the AdobeFont.lst file created with InDesign packages automatically shows up with folder structure after deleting a package. This is really aggravating for file management. It's as if my team can't fully delete InDesign packages. This is happening with multiple InDesign files on multiple machines.> >
    149 votes

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    Closed: Fixed  ·  amaarora responded

    As confirmed by multiple users, this issue is fixed in latest version of InDesign.

    Thanks for your feedback.

    -InDesign Team

  3. object style override plus-sign when multiple elements selected

    > >Object style made. Works fine. > Multiple items on page need same style. When applied to ONE item, styles menu looks "normal." When applied to multiple items, with items selected, the styles menu shows plus-sign after style name. > All of "clear overrides" options tried. Does not fix. Cannot verify that use of style is correct if styles panel gives false feedback.> In the past, earlier versions, I don't remember ever seeing this apparent conflict.> MacOS 11.5.2> InDesign 17.0.1> >
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    1 comment  ·  Styles  ·  Admin →
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  4. Accessible PDF Alternative Text Fail When Object Set to Multiply

    > >InDesign 14.0.2> >When an object is set to "multiply" in Effects and exported to Interactive PDF, there is a Alternative Text fail reported when running Accessibility Full Check. When the "multiply" effect is removed, there is a clean report. Please fix.> >Attached are both the original file (with multiply on) and the PDF generated. If you remove multiply, it works.> >
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    0 comments  ·  PDF Export  ·  Admin →
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  5. appliedLanguage property of text-related objects returns language from application, not document

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  6. Border style bottom is being applied twice to the same text.

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  7. Swatches should show text colour when character style is applied

    > >When a GREP Style applies a character style that includes a colour change the Swatches panel and the Fill in the Control Panel do not show the applied swatch. The swatch shown is for the base style without the GREP Style applied.> >In the attaches screen shot the green text is affected by a GREP Style. As you can see the Swatches panel shows the text is black, not the applies swatch.> >
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    1 comment  ·  Colors/Swatches  ·  Admin →
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  8. Request: import of conditions of conditional text when placing an INDD

    > >When placing an INDD in another document, layers of the placed INDD are imported, so content in the placed INDD can be hidden or unhidden. The same doesn't work with conditional text, but the principle is the same. Hide/unhide text, for instance in a table, by switching conditions. Handling this by using layers is possible, but way more effortive.> >
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  9. search text

    > >BUG/FEATURE: No SEARCH feature for indd.adobe.com documents!> Details: I'm viewing a wine list for the restaurant Cafe Juanita in Kirkland, WA (URL below). Your indd.adobe.com viewer does NOT have a >search> feature. Which would be super useful on this 28 page wine list! In addition, there is no >download> button, so I cannot download the PDF and search it locally.> >>https://indd.adobe.com/view/cc7d0fe7-32b2-427b-b6a8-7820ff9bf01f>> >
    2 votes

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  10. Character style based running header text variable does not pick up character styles applied by nested line styles

    > >As with Grep styles the text variable character style is not found when it is created using Nested Line Styles. This means I have to use normal nested styles and add end nested style markers into the text. Not ideal or as fully automatic as I would like.> >
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  11. Extra, unwanted details appearing in paragraph styles (borders and shading)

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  12. search all documents

    > >Search / Find "All Documents" opens unrelated docs, causes error crash.> >Sometimes, when doing a "find" on "All Documents," InDesign will suddenly open a document (a document that is linked in my current document, but that wasn't open before) that has the looked-for text in it. Attempting to close this unwanted document causes a crash error.> >This has been a problem since at least CS6 if not earlier. Shocked to find it in CC.> >
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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 2020.0.1 (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

  13. Some text in tables is shifted to the right after the PDF export

    10 votes

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  14. Arabic exported to EPUB (Fixed Layout) doesn't show properly

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  15. Adobe Review: automatic adoption of text suggestions and incorrect filter behavior

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  16. Anchored textframe with auto-sizing/auto-adjusting "height" causes InDesign 2020 to freeze

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    Fix is available in the latest update of InDesign – 16.3.2 on Mac and 16.3 on Win.
    Please update your copy of InDesign to the latest available update via CCD app.


    Adobe InDesign team

  17. Text selection selects whole document AND cursor jumps to top of document after saving

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  18. Indesign 16.0.1 sometimes crashes when saving

    > >Indesign 16.0.1 on my month-old iMac, crashes daily usually when I'm saving my 80 page catalog, I don't know when it will happen. The book contains links from Drive, Dropbox and another computer.> >Yesterday's crash damaged the file but luckily I could use a recently saved version.> >
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  19. Text wrap around anchored objects needs to work according to settings. It is inconsistent and erratic.

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  20. InDesign 17.2 Export XML crashes

    > >Adobe InDesign 17.2.0.20> macOS 12.3.1> >Upon exporting XML from an InDesign file, InDesign crashes. This does not happen with Adobe InDesign 17.1.0.50.> >Please see attached crash logs and error messages received from InDesign.> >
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