Bug Updates: 6.0.1
I finally got around to installing the update to InDesign CS4 (6.0.1) this afternoon, and the first thing I did was check the status of some of the bugs I’d seen in 6.0. I know certain fixes have already been reported, I just sleep better having seen them with my own eyes.
1. The Missing Master Page Items in Placed INDD. I placed 10 pages worth of INDD, containing master page items (both overridden and not), plus a variety of local items. Everything appeared, updated, and output as expected. Same results when the placed file was from CS3.
Bug Verdict: Squashed.
2. Missing Images in INX. I exported to INX format with missing images. When I opened the INX, the new document contained garden variety missing links, with the names intact. No “fo” nonsense in the Links panel. Yay!
Bug Verdict: Squashed.
3. The Reluctant Book Panel. I created a new document and a new book. Tried to drag the document from its title bar icon into the book with the two windows overlapping. Same as before, nothing happened. But if I move the book so it does not touch the document window, I can drag the document in. This is a pretty minor one; it just annoys me that it should work but doesn’t.
Bug Verdict: Alive and Wriggling.
4. Export as plain text with a text variable. I don’t think this one has been described here so far. If you have content that includes text variables, and try to export in Text Only format using Default Platform encoding, InDesign quits. I created a new document, added some placeholder text and a text variable. Tried to export as Text Only, with Default Platform encoding. Zap! InDesign vaporized.
Bug Verdict: Alive and Wriggling. But there is an easy workaround for this one: just choose either UTF8 or UTF16 encoding and the export works fine with text variables.
The direct to PDF in DataMerge bug is STILL there!
(If you have a template and use text variables like ‘header on page is first paragraph style’, and you directly export to PDF – wich isa new option in CS4 – all headers are the same on every page as the first textvariable. If you create a merged document first all is OK)
This bug has been reported even before the final release…
Tried to update my Vista 64 PC to latest fix and message came up as:
Adobe InDesign CS4 6.0.1:Failed to install.
Could this be due to some glitch because a run multiple Adobe packages which are not part of a suite?
E.g. Dreamweaver CS3, InDesign CS4, Acrobat 9, Photoshop CS3, Adobe Bridge CS4 (and CS3) . . .
I am getting a big blank area at the top of the window. You will notice that the blank space is above the rulers so the blank area isn’t on the layout area:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34302270@N08/3332069320/in/set-72157614778773123/
As with Paul, I am unable to install the manual update for InDesign CS4 6.0.1. on Vista 64.
It is standalone, not part of the Web Premium suite that I also have installed.
Photoshop and Actobat Pro updates ran without a hitch.
Auto Update screwed up all my apps once before, so I have declined to let it do so again. Now, the manual update will not install.
Anyone have any suggestions?
I am still getting the INX renaming error.
Maybe the error is only fixed on mac?
I run InDesign 6.0.1, both on mac and on windows.
Sorry, the INX missing link bug is still there on the Mac too. Bug not squashed.
I use the built-in automatic update. Haven’t tried downloading a separate update file.