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  1. Dotted line looks pixelated in pdf

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    Franz Härtl supported this idea  · 
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    Franz Härtl commented  · 

    Please fix this ASAP! It's been an issue for years! The only workaround is to export all dotted lines one by one to Illustrator, outline stroke, copy/paste back in. On larger documents this can add hours of work. Who pays for that? The customers surely won't.

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    Franz Härtl commented  · 

    So finally someone else noticed..... The suggested "solution" in the Adobe community forums is not a solution at all (https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/dotted-line-pixelated-in-pdf/td-p/11383575) as it suggests changing a setting in Reader (which obviously won't solve the problem unless Adobe one day makes this specific setting a default, which is unlikely).
    My current workaround is to copy/paste dotted lines to Illustrator, outline path (which turns the dots into actual shapes), copy and paste back the whole thing into InDesign. It works, but obviously adds pointless workload and the resulting shape can't be easily adjusted, as a path is (which is why I do it at the very end of the production when the paths are all fixed).
    Hope this is still helpful to someone, as the BUG STILL PERSISTS AFTER 5 YEARS!

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