Adobe InDesign: Feature Requests
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Merge paragraph styles to be able to use the functions of two styles at the same time
create a way that the attributes of one paragraph style can be applied to another paragraph style, so that a style that has certain attributes can be used in conjunction with other styles, thus avoiding the creation of multiple 'equal' paragraph styles just because at a certain point in the publication it has to have some difference.
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Toevoegen verloop opties in Alinea-arcering
Alineastijlen > Alinea-arcering > Arcering > Kleur. Daar is het wel mogelijk een gemaakt kleurverloop te kiezen, maar niet de rotatie in te stellen. Het gaat nu alleen van links naar rechts. Ik zou het graag willen draaien.
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Cascading Character Styles
A bit like CSS.
e.g. create a Style to make text Red, and a Style to make text Bold.
These Styles can be applied individually, or both.
This allows to make text Red OR Bold + Red AND Bold, with only two Styles.4 votes -
the ability to assign direct keyboard shortcuts to Character Styles, just as we can with Paragraph Styles
I’d like to request a long-overdue feature that would significantly improve efficiency for many users: the ability to assign direct keyboard shortcuts to Character Styles, just as we can with Paragraph Styles (Apply Style 1–9).
Why this matters:
In many editorial and layout workflows, character styles (like emphasis, inline bold, or language-specific styling) are used just as frequently as paragraph styles.The current workaround—creating scripts for each style and manually assigning shortcuts through the Keyboard Shortcuts panel—is unnecessarily complex for a feature that feels fundamental.
This limitation is particularly frustrating because character styles are already present in the UI, and…
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Include parent (master) page assignments in styles
When designing a book, every time I make a substantial amount of edits or add photos, it shifts all pages after it through smart reflow (which is great); HOWEVER, once the edits are done, part of my proofreading workflow is to then to manually. reassign CO master pages to chapter openings, "blank" to any blank verso pages preceding them, and Text to the pages that were shifted to the blank- and CO-assigned pages.
This happens EVERY TIME I make edits, and adds a SUBSTANTIAL amount of time to my workflow--unnecessarily, I believe.
I put this request on the InDesign forum…
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Add a note for paragraph and character styles
Add a text field (doesn't need to be really long, maybe 255 characters?) to allow users to make notes about their styles!
3 votes -
Please create an option in Layout > Table of Contents to "Clear Character Styles" for the "Styles in Table of Contents."
Currently (v19.5 in 2024), any Paragraph Styles used in the "Styles in Table of Contents" carry over any associated Character Styles, which makes a real mess of the ToC Entries. We can manually reapply the ToC style to the entries after updating the ToC, but there should be an option to automatically clear character styles from the Paragraph Styles added to the ToC.
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LINKED TEXT BOXES - SEPARATE CONTENT FROM STYLES FORMATTING
CONTENT NEEDS TO FLOW THROUGH LINKED TEXT BOXES AS THE BOXES ARE RESIZED, OR CONTENT IS EDITED. EACH LINKED TEXT BOX SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A STYLE APPLIED TO THE BOX. RIGHT NOW I HAVE TO SELECT THE TEXT AND APPLY FORMATTING. BUT IF THE CONTENT FLOWS DIFFERENTLY, THIS HAS TO BE RE-DONE. PLEASE MAKE IT SO THAT WE CAN CLICK ON A TEXT BOX AND CHANGE THE STYLE JUST FOR THE TEXT BOX, AND WHATEVER CONTENT HAPPENS TO FLOW INTO IT. CASES WHERE THIS MAKES A LOT OF SENSE: YOU MIGHT HAVE CONTENT FLOWING ONTO DIFFERENT COLORED BACKGROUNDS…
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Folder coloring in styles (paragraph, character, table)
It would be nice if InDesign had the ability to colorize paragraph, table, character style folders like Photoshop has in layers.
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Colorizing folders in paragraph, charakters, table styles
It would be nice if InDesign had the ability to colorize paragraph and character style folders like Photoshop has in layers.
2 votes -
Start Paragraph On Next Odd/Even Page should work inside tables
It would automaticcaly move the whole table (if use in header) or it's part to the next Odd/Even page.
1 vote -
Search features for Paragrapch and Character Style Sheets
I work with very large publications, and sometimes will get them from a previous designer. When making design changes, it's essential to be able to find the old styles throughout the book to make adjustments instead of deleting an entire style and have it reflow everything.
2 votes -
Would like to add: Automatically set the value of paragraph leading according to different situations.
Would like to add: Automatically set the value of paragraph leading according to different situations.
For example, A and B paragraph styles.
By default, B has paragraph margins set. But there are some cases where it doesn't need paragraph breaks.
For example, when there is A paragraph style in front of it, because A itself has paragraph spacing, the two together will be spaced very far apart.
The way I'm dealing with it now: create a new ‘B-none’ with no paragraph leading. But it's a lot of work and trouble.If you can add the option to set when B meets…
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Composite object styles, is it possible to lock the style of an object?
Sometimes it's necessary to apply a style A to the caption, another style B to the image, then combine them and apply a style C. That's what I'm thinking of with composite object styles.
Here it is required to lock the A and B object styles, so that C can not affect the A and B.
This is just an idea, hopefully one day it will be discovered and created.
Also expect the graphic wrap around to one day work for the text above the anchor point.
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
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Add cell style setting for column width and row height
We periodically update our older catalogs with newer styles and much of the content is to provide dimensions for parts. Most of the time they have not had a style applied to them. This would be the same as the option already provided when a cell is selected. Being able to select a group of cells and applying a style with column and row height would be helpful.
Its actually the only item that isn't included from the cell options every other option is already available.
4 votes -
Make break line possible to numbering
When creating a numbered list, I would be able to force a break line after the numbering, as we are able to put tab or spacings
3 votes -
Parametric style.
Parametric style. What does it mean? In the description of the style, we have an additional field "Depends on", in which we indicate the Name of the selected Template. Now the same style will get different settings on different pages. For example, the alignment of the text in the block on the left pages will be on the left edge, and on the right - on the right.
If the brochure has different sections, the same style of headings and subheadings can have different colors. Example: the "cheese" section has yellow headings, and the "cherry" section has red headings. And…2 votes -
Style Description or Memo Field
When working with complex documents, it would be helpful to have a free text field for each paragraph and character style. I imagine using this field to describe how and when to use each style in the document. In many professional settings, this is usually done in a separate style guide document but that requires separate programs and windows to be open, where as this would allow the information to be presented and referenced as close as possible to where it is needed. In cases where a style guide exists, the field could be a page or paragraph reference back…
2 votes -
Copy and paste text formatting and shape style using keyboard shortcuts instead of the $%#!! eyedropper
The eyerdropper is a slow solution. Indesign should allow us to copy and paste text formatting and shape style using keyboard shortcuts instead. You select the frame (text/shape), press SHIFT+OPT+C to copy the formatting and then use SHIP+OPT+V to paste it. Much, much faster....
2 votes -
Variables with long definitions to wrap to next line
Currently, variables do not break across lines. I have documents with tables and variables. If the variable has a long definition, I have to shrink the font to get the text to fit in the cell when it could easily wrap to the next line. FrameMaker's variables have this capability. InDesign should be able to do the same. PLEASE!
2 votes
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