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Studio©
Studio©
Participant
December 3, 2024
Question

Bug in the new function 'hiding spreads'

  • December 3, 2024
  • 1 reply
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There is a bug in indesign. 

I have a file of 100 pages with a lot of content already.
I then hid a bunch of spreads.
Then I could no longer select my text in most of the pages/tekst frames. The frame, etc., i still could select but not words in the text frame.

I shut down everything and restarted and the problem was still there. Then I uninstalled and reinstalled InDesign and still did it.
Out of desperation I thought perhaps I'd better not hide the pages anymore. and then suddenly I could just select all the text again! So that was the problem... 
So where can I report that so Adobe can fix it? 

1 reply

Abhishek Rao
Community Manager
Abhishek RaoCommunity Manager
Community Manager
December 3, 2024

Hi @Studio©,

 

Thank you for sharing the details about the issue. I'd like to gather more information to better understand and assist you:

  1. Could you let us know the version of InDesign you’re using and the operating system (Windows/Mac, including the version)?
  2. Is this happening with a specific file or does it occur with all files when you hide spreads?
  3. Since when have you been experiencing this issue?
  4. Did you make any changes (e.g., updates, installing plugins, system changes) after which this issue appeared?

Additionally, it would be helpful if you could provide a screen recording demonstrating the issue. This will allow us to investigate further and escalate the bug report to the product team if needed.

 

Looking forward to your response!

 

Best,
Abhishek Rao

Studio©
Studio©Author
Participant
December 3, 2024

1) I've deinstalled en installed indesign again. So it is the latest version 20.0.1 - Mac OS 13.7 (22H123)
2) All the files where I hide the spreads

3) Today when I first wanted to work with te hidden spreads

4) Yes, see number one, above.

I can send you a screen recording but where do I send this to? because a screen recording is way more havyer than the maximum size 47 MB that I can upload here... 

Abhishek Rao
Community Manager
Abhishek RaoCommunity Manager
Community Manager
December 3, 2024

Hi @Studio©,

 

Thank you for sharing the details! I understand that uploading a screen recording here might be challenging due to size limitations.

You can send me a Direct Message on the community with a link to the recording uploaded to a public cloud service like Dropbox or WeTransfer. This will allow us to access the file securely and investigate the issue further.

Looking forward to your response!

 

Best,
Abhishek Rao

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