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• • June 11, 2020 at 3:43 am #1254857
    Evan Bond

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    Hi there. Has anybody noticed some, not all, interactive elements are not duplicating in InDesign 2020? I created an alternate layout and my buttons linking to a mailto: email adrress duplicated, but are not effectively there. If I click the element in my layers panel it is just a tiny pink block. Attempting to duplicate manually via copy paste or alt drag is not working either. See screengrab illustrating what I mean
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/glp1vjeb4ayoat9/Screenshot%202020-06-11%2011.42.47.png?dl=0

  • June 11, 2020 at 9:08 am #1254876
    David Blatner

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    I remember this being a problem many years ago, but I thought it was fixed. Is it just buttons? Can you provide a step-by-step we can follow to see if we can reproduce?

  • June 11, 2020 at 2:40 pm #1255056
    Evan Bond

    Member

    Hi David, it was upon trying to reproduce the problem that I both succeeded on creating the issue and solving it! Turns out if I create my email hyperlink through the Hyperlinks panel (the option where you can specify a subject)it works fine, but will not duplicate properly. If you set the email URL with Go to URL in Buttons and Forms, then the button duplicates perfectly! Although I am not sure you can hard code in a subject that way.

    To illustrate this point I recorded my creating a button both ways, one working and one not (apologies, my video is terrible compared to you who is so good with video tutorials… apologies in advance)

    If you can get through my mundane 6 min video you will see the issue reproduced and then redone correctly. I am fairly certain this was not an issue pre-CC2020 but I could be wrong. Surely I have not been creating buttons incorrectly for 20 years!

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