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Is InDesign still an important part of the Creative Suite?

  • September 20, 2022
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Hello, I’m reaching out to find out if you’re still considering InDesign to be an important part of the Creative Suite or if you were letting it die slowly? Over the last couple years, InDesign has been the buggiest software and it does not seems to improve, instead, it’s getting worst. Please let me know, I’m looking forward to hearing from you. Thank you.

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Correct answer Laubender

Hi @lakombolab ,

best report specific bugs you see at InDesign UserVoice.

Or, maybe even better, join InDesign Prerelease and discuss and report the bugs there.

 

InDesign UserVoice Bug Reporting:

https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs

 

How to join InDesign Prerelease:

NOTE: Scroll down to the link for InDesign, not for InDesign Developer Prereleases or InDesign Family SDK Download Program.


How to Join Creative Cloud Prerelease Programs
Erin Finnegan, Oct 18, 2019, UPDATE July 24th, 2020

https://blog.developer.adobe.com/how-to-join-creative-cloud-prerelease-programs-ccecc10ae7d3

 

Thanks,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )

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LaubenderCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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September 22, 2022

Hi @lakombolab ,

best report specific bugs you see at InDesign UserVoice.

Or, maybe even better, join InDesign Prerelease and discuss and report the bugs there.

 

InDesign UserVoice Bug Reporting:

https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs

 

How to join InDesign Prerelease:

NOTE: Scroll down to the link for InDesign, not for InDesign Developer Prereleases or InDesign Family SDK Download Program.


How to Join Creative Cloud Prerelease Programs
Erin Finnegan, Oct 18, 2019, UPDATE July 24th, 2020

https://blog.developer.adobe.com/how-to-join-creative-cloud-prerelease-programs-ccecc10ae7d3

 

Thanks,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )

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    lakombolabAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    September 26, 2022

    Thank you so much, I apreciate it. 

    Dave Creamer of IDEAS
    Community Expert
    Dave Creamer of IDEASCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 20, 2022

    Would you really expect Adobe to answer that question in any way except to say, "Of course it is an important part of the CC?"? One thing I noticed on the forums is jumping to conclusions to call something a bug when it's a problem on the user's system, such as outdated GPU drivers. 

     

    David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)
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      lakombolabAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      September 21, 2022

      Relax man… YES I was asking that question, and YES, I did got the answer to my question, and I can now look into it further. One thing I noticed on most forums is people like you, jumping to conclusions on any posts to call out scenario they don't know jack about.

      James Gifford—NitroPress
      James Gifford—NitroPress
      Legend
      September 26, 2022

      Here come another genius with too much time on his hands… I’m sure you don’t want to escalate anything, you’re obviously just bored, and clearly have nothing to say. Talking about worthless… Thanks for the laugh! Now if you don’t mind, keep moving, I’m sure you’ll find someone to interact with…


      You do realize you're not on 4chan, right?

       

      Best of luck with whatever ultramodern, relevant tool you choose for your future projects!

       

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      Derek Cross
      Community Expert
      Derek CrossCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      September 20, 2022

      It would help if you could give us some information about these so-called bugs. Also, indicate your version of InDesign and OS plus system details. Most professionals don't seem to have the issues you're having.

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        lakombolabAuthor
        Participating Frequently
        September 21, 2022

        Thank you Derek.

         

        System:

        macOS Monterey (same issue on Catalina)

        2.3Ghz 8-core Intel Core i9

        32GB 2667 Mhz DDR4

        AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 8GB

        Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB

         

        InDesign v 17.4

         

        There are a few, here are the one that happen most often…

         

        • Select a shape > Color Box recognize it as a text box
        • Select a text box > Color Box recognize it as a shape box
        • Crash (often)  when moving pages around 
        • Text don’t change color when picking a different color > Select the text box, pick “T” in color box, choose the color; the text color does not change, I have double click the box to see the color change. 
        • Text don’t change color when picking a different color > same as previously mentioned, but in some instance, the text is invisible until I double click on the text box (so the text is black. I change it to blue, it become invisible. Double click the text box, it turns blue)
        • Double click the text box, the text is blue but the color box says it’s black. I change the color in the color box, the selected text is not changing (the box or the text)
        • The software refuse to close / Refuse to force Close / Refuse to reboot the machine “InDesign has stopped restart… please close InDesign”

         

        No issue with Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effect…

         

        I hope I make sense. 

        Rishabh_Tiwari
        Rishabh_Tiwari
        Legend
        September 20, 2022

        Hi @lakombolab ,

         

        We're so sorry to hear about the trouble. Let me assure you that our engineering team is committed to working on new features and also improving the stability of the product. Could you please share what bug you're experiencing at your end, so we can troubleshoot and report it to the team if needed? We'll need the version of InDesign & OS and a short description of the issue. We'll try our best to assist you with this.

         

        Regards

        Rishabh

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          lakombolabAuthor
          Participating Frequently
          September 21, 2022

          Thank you Rishabh,

           

          System:

          macOS Monterey (same issue on Catalina)

          2.3Ghz 8-core Intel Core i9

          32GB 2667 Mhz DDR4

          AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 8GB

          Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB

           

          InDesign v 17.4

           

          There are a few, here are the one that happen most often…

           

          • Select a shape > Color Box recognize it as a text box
          • Select a text box > Color Box recognize it as a shape box
          • Crash (often)  when moving pages around 
          • Text don’t change color when picking a different color > Select the text box, pick “T” in color box, choose the color; the text color does not change, I have double click the box to see the color change. 
          • Text don’t change color when picking a different color > same as previously mentioned, but in some instance, the text is invisible until I double click on the text box (so the text is black. I change it to blue, it become invisible. Double click the text box, it turns blue)
          • Double click the text box, the text is blue but the color box says it’s black. I change the color in the color box, the selected text is not changing (the box or the text)
          • The software refuse to close / Refuse to force Close / Refuse to reboot the machine “InDesign has stopped restart… please close InDesign”

           

          No issue with Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effect…

           

          I hope I make sense. 

          James Gifford—NitroPress
          James Gifford—NitroPress
          Legend
          September 21, 2022

          My reading here is that there is one bug, relating to text color in several ways, plus the crash/restart issue.

           

          The latter can have a number of causes and is not rare, but nearly always traces to system/resource/OS/driver issues outside of ID. ID issues that lead to crashing are, in my experience, fixed with the highest priority.

           

          The color problem is absolutely unique in my experience and hearing. But there is probably a simple solution, as there is for many such instances of weird, glitchy behavior: reset InDesign's preferences. If the prefs get corrupted, all kinds of bizarre and inexplicable things happen — menus disappear or go blank, document elements can't be selected, colors get mismapped. You can call this an overall "bug" if you like, but most software has similar points of malfunction if preference, setting and cache files get corrupted, which can happen for many system, user and random reasons.

           

          I suggest you reset your ID preferences, following the info in the article below, and see if it cures the text color problem and the crashing. Let us know how it goes.

           

          https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/reset-indesign-preferences-and-other-troubleshooting/td-p/11990234

           

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            Jeffrey_SmithCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            September 20, 2022

            Here are 2 options:

            1. Report the bug here

            2. Post in the forum, providing sufficient information that others may be able to assist you, or help in determining the issue is a bug. If it is a bug, see step 1.

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