Adobe InDesign: Feature Requests
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Button to uniform Master page(s) margins to the whole Document margins
In the Layout/Margins and Coloumns window menu when I have selected a Master Page, I find no way to re-uniform the margins to the original margins set for the entire document. This would be a useful feature: when I changed the format adding 4mm to my 17x24 cm to be 17x24,4cm as the standard used by Amazon kdp for paper format, I would like to preserve the preceding paging by adding 2 mm to the inferior and superior margins. I did it in the menu File/set document for the whole document, but I saw my pages did not update since…
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Nesting bookmarks trought multiple files within an InDesign book
I would like to be able to nest bookmarks by creating, for example, a nest of bookmarks in one file and then in another file (which is still part of the book) using the same name assigned to the bookmark nested in the previous file, so that I can continue to insert content within the same nest.
The result would be = 1 large group containing all the bookmarks I am interested in.This could be done by taking a cue from the variant/variable renaming system that currently exists in Figma.
For example, if I want to put the bookmark…
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Regarding the InDesign file font pointing confusion: Wish Adobe would provide 3 options.
Regarding the InDesign file font pointing confusion:
Wish Adobe would provide 3 options.
I receive InDesign files from a lot of different people when I'm actually working.
Although they are all packaged and given to me later, they also copy all the fonts into the Documents Fonts directory.
However, when I open them, some of the fonts in the files do not point to Documents Fonts, but to the “C:windows\fonts” directory, and the fonts have changed and become different from the previous one, and sometimes they are not even prompted.Some of the fonts I have on my computer may…
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Print Blank Pages
Please, please, please make Print Blank Pages on by default. I tire of explaining to my boss why the pages ARE NOT out of order and then have to reprint to prove they are correct. I try to check each document when I print, but it doesn't always happen. Having it on by default would be so much better.
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Floating Toolbar for Scale x percentage
I use the Scale x percentage very regularly and was hoping to have it as a floating toolbar so I dont have to move my cursor backwars and forwards constantly across the screen for multiple image box content resizing.
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Request for Enhanced Document Merging and Pagination Features in InDesign
We require a streamlined method to merge multiple InDesign documents into a single file. Additionally, whether working on books, magazines, or brochures, we need a tool that can adjust pagination according to the sequence and allow the insertion of PDF files between pages.
Furthermore, the current Book feature is completely inadequate. It often disrupts styles and damages documents, making it unreliable for professional workflows. We need a more intuitive solution that provides a clear, sequential view of all pages individually, just as they appear in order. This would allow for seamless page management and better control over complex projects.
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Make it possible to (gradually) lock pages in the pages panel
That is a nice way to disinguish pages that are finished and pages that need work. An, off course, to prevent pages from changing.
I understand there are some challenges, like multipage stories and master items, but maybe the lock function should take that into account, a dialog that gives the user the choice: 'The pages you are going to lock contain parts of stories that are connected to unlocked pages. Do you want InDesign to split those stories? Or do you want a 'soft lock' that locks all positions, but allows text to reflow?'
And then: a fully locked…
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"automatic image connection refresh" routine in connection tab
Searching for several failing image connection to get all connections actual is time consuming.
By pointing to an entire volume - the herewith proposed idea of an "automatic image connection refresh" routine should be able to search an entire volume for "exact" hits - and refreshing them.
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InDesign Parent Pages panel. Ordering Parent page designs by dragging them up or down. Needs an insert indicator to verify placement.
I have encountered this issue frequently. When I need to reorder a Parent design to change its list order it is imprecise as to whether I am placing the item (over or under) another Parent design or (on top of.) In many cases you only need to reorder an item, without inadvertently embedding one Parent on another. There should be an indication such as a placement line or arrow to confirm a safe repositioning of the item.
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Paste where you click
When you copy an element and paste it with the shortcut Cmd+V, the paste is randomized.
Would it be possible for this Cmd+V function to take into account the location of the last click on the work plan with the selection tool?
For example, I want to place an existing circle that I want to copy to several locations. I could click exactly where I want to place it, do a Cmd+V, and it would be placed exactly where I clicked.
This saves having to place it every time, especially if I have 20, 30 or even more circles to…3 votes -
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Update Hyperlinks after destination file rename
Hi there and thanks for this wonderful tool!
Usually I always find a way to do what I want thanks to ExtendScript which is just amazing.
However in this case it seems that it's not possible (https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/target-the-source-hyperlink-destination-document-of-an-hyperlinks/m-p/11498930)
I am now working on a very long document that we split in three .indd files and have dozens of hyperlinks in each file to jump from one file to another.
Let's say they are called:
P_EN_v1.0.indd Q_EN_v1.0.indd R_EN_v1.0.inddIf we find things to update in those files then we would like to share new versions with attendants to our event…
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Move page and articles between documents (accessibility)
If I design a page of my document seperately, I want to be able to move the severed page into my document, and also import the articles included in that document.
It should be optional, like the option to keep layers intact when copying objects between documents - maybe with a setting that allows me to say "copy articles" and a checkmark I can set.For expample:
Right now, if I design a complex starting page for a long document seperate from the rest of the document (for example if a colleague creates the document), I have to re-do the…1 vote -
idml with preview pictures required
I am not sure, couldn't find a solution - so i think its not possible yet.
Please add function to embedd preview pictures to the idml-file.Our need: For distribution to an translation office, we send the idml-file PLUS an PDF to show what the the idml is showing.
I know - with every more picture info the size is increasing, but with an option to choose "show preview picture in idml" it would be phenomenal.
All info text+pic in one file would help the recipient to the see the same as you.Pictures are mandatory for translation office, as…
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Adjust pagenumbers if sheets are hidden
It's a great feature to be able to hide sheets. But, if we do so, the automatic pagenumbers should adjust to the shown pages, not counting the hidden pages as well.
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Improve Conversion of Adobe Illustrator Documents Into InDesign Documents
It is a sad, sad day when you realize you built an entire library of corporate charts in the wrong Adobe app. And an even sadder day when you realize that converting Adobe Illustrator files into Adobe InDesign files is not straightforward. You will now spend hours creating text boxes, with copy-pasta-weary fingers... If only converting illustrator text to indesign text were easier... Alas, my fate is bound. Woe is me. I shall make a weak cry out for help to Adobe developers before I continue my trudging along in my pitiful sorrow.
Description:
I am trying to convert Illustrator…2 votes -
508 compliance PDF
Add in “Preflight Profiles” for 508c Color Contrast Analyzer (CCA) error check mark.
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Delete unused Parent Pages
In complex documents some Parent pages can end up childless.
It would be nice to let InDesign automatically detect those, and delete 'm in one go.3 votes -
New “Hide Spread/Show Spread” feature: automatic page number adjustment
I was excited to discover the new 'Hide Spread/Show Spread' feature in InDesign. Page numbers on visible spreads don’t adjust automatically when other spreads are hidden in the document. Thus the feature becomes useless for any document that uses page numbers – at least within my workflow.
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Add additional alternate layouts to document
The idea would require InDesign treats alternate layouts like normal Pages in a document so when I duplicate the page it creates all the additional alternate layouts for the new page.
The links for the new Alternate pages would not link to the original page it was copied from, but the links across the new alternate page will still be linked.
It would also allow you to move the pages up and down the document and keep all the alternate layouts together.
This would make alternate layouts much more usable.
I currently have a template setup with a range of…
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