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  1. Spell check

    My biggest frustration is the mediocre or completely missing spell check. It may work in English, but unfortunately not in Dutch. For me, and I believe for many others as well, this could be a great update.

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  2. Subject: Request for 'Point Type' tool in InDesign (Like Illustrator)

    Hi Adobe Community and Team,

    I am transitioning from CorelDRAW and Illustrator to InDesign for my publication projects. While I understand that InDesign is frame-based, I find it very cumbersome that we cannot simply click and type without manually creating a text frame first.

    In Illustrator, we have 'Point Type' where a single click allows us to start typing immediately. This would be a huge time-saver for small labels, page headers, or quick annotations in InDesign as well.

    Is there any plan to introduce a 'Point Type' behavior or a shortcut to create a text frame with a single click…

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  3. "Select Fully Enclosed Objects Only" Mode

    Subject: Addition of a selection toggle to include only objects entirely within the marquee area.

    Problem Statement:
    Currently, InDesign’s selection tool (Marquee Selection) selects any object that the selection frame touches (Crossing Selection). In complex layouts with large background elements or overlapping frames, this behavior forces users to constantly lock layers or manually deselect unwanted items, significantly slowing down the workflow.

    Proposed Solution:
    Introduce a toggle (e.g., in the Control Panel or Preferences) or a modifier key (e.g., holding Alt while dragging) that changes the selection logic. When active, only objects situated 100% inside the marquee rectangle will be selected.

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  4. Regarding Parliamentary chart

    Can I expect the Parliamentary chart tool or script in Indesign? I have created script for Indesign and Illustraror of both... Its working fine.

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  5. Proposal for Native Persian Language Engine in Adobe InDesign

    Dear Adobe InDesign Team,

    I hope this message finds you well.
    As a long-time user of Adobe InDesign in the publishing and design industry in Iran, I would like to bring to your attention a significant challenge that many Persian-speaking designers and publishers face when using this powerful software.

    Adobe InDesign has become the cornerstone of layout and design for books, newspapers, and magazines in Iran. However, despite the availability of the Middle Eastern (ME) version of InDesign, Persian is not natively supported. Instead, the software relies on Arabic language support, which leads to a range of issues due to…

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  6. text variables supports numbered list

    Numbers in a numbered list paragraph style don't show up in a Running Header text variable in Text Variables. I wish it did!

    6 votes

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  7. 2 votes

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  8. Place and Link to user to work without having to map new styles

    To the InDesign Product Team,

    I am writing to provide feedback on the Place and Link (Content Collector) workflow. While the ability to sync text content across a document is invaluable, the current implementation of the "Parent-Child" relationship is overly restrictive and creates significant manual rework for designers.

    The Problem: Currently, when a Parent object is updated, the Child object frequently reverts its font size, frame dimensions, and character treatment to match the Parent—even when "Preserve Local Overrides" is enabled. While "Style Mapping" exists as a workaround, it is an overly complex solution for a simple design need: keeping the…

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  9. Native Support for Bibliographic Citations and Plugin Integration with Reference Managers (Zotero, EndNote, Mendeley, etc.)

    Unlike Microsoft Word, Adobe InDesign lacks built-in tools for managing bibliographic citations, in-text references, and automated bibliography generation. This is a major limitation for users creating academic papers, scientific publications, books, theses, or any long-form documents with sources.Currently, we rely on workarounds like:Drafting in Word with citation plugins (e.g., Zotero, EndNote, Mendeley), then placing static text into InDesign.
    Third-party scripts (e.g., zot2indd for Zotero), which are unofficial and limited.

    Requested features:Native dynamic citation fields (similar to Word's References tab) for inserting in-text citations and auto-generating/updating a bibliography.
    Official plugin/extension support or API integration for popular reference managers like Zotero, EndNote,…

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  10. 1 vote

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  11. Table of Contents updates

    When making changes in the TOC dialogue box, if you just press "OK", the changes are only made until you next update the TOC (why?? Where's the warning??!) It's intuitive to expect that pressing OK is updating the TOC style permanently.
    Instead, you need to press "Save Style" & go through the process of overwriting the style. OK should automatically overwrite the style & then you "Save Style" if you want to create an alternate.
    I had a large print job stuffed up because of this. I know that others have mentioned this (but I couldn't go through 57 pages…

    2 votes

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  12. CRITICAL: Restore Hebrew Nikud Functionality in InDesign (Latest Versions) Issue:

    Issue: The latest Adobe InDesign versions have broken Hebrew nikud (vowel points) rendering, which worked perfectly in older versions. This is preventing designers, publishers, and educators from properly typesetting Hebrew religious texts, children's books, educational materials, and more.

    Impact: Thousands of users working with Hebrew content are either:
    Losing productivity and revenue

    Request: Please restore full nikud support as it existed in previous versions. This is not a feature request—it's a critical bug fix for a writing system used by millions.

    If you work with Hebrew text in InDesign, please vote to prioritize this fix! 🙏

    2 votes

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  13. Rounded Corners for Tables in InDesign

    Dear Adobe Team,

    As an InDesign user, I've encountered a limitation when designing tables in the software. Currently, there is no direct option to round the corners of tables, and this often leads to having to use workarounds to achieve the desired effect.

    I kindly request that the ability to round table corners be added as a direct feature in future InDesign updates, similar to how it's already available for rectangular shapes. This would greatly enhance the user experience and make design workflows more seamless.

    Thank you for your time and consideration,

    7 votes

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  14. InDesign 2026 - PDF Export Generates Abnormal File Size

    After updating to InDesign 2026, exporting PDF files results in drastically larger file sizes compared to previous versions (e.g., from 6 MB to 50 MB) with the exact same content.

    The issue persists even when:

    The "Smallest File Size" preset is used.

    The Compression settings (downsampling) have been verified and correctly set to 72 ppi.

    This appears to be a regression bug introduced in version 2026 that either ignores or poorly handles compression settings or the management of vector/transparency elements during export.

    3 votes

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  15. Set "Align to Key Object" default to select the object on the bottom layer

    Feature Request: Set "Align to Key Object" default to select the object on the bottom layer

    Hello! I've been using Adobe Creative Suite products for about 20 years, and one feature that would be a huge and helpful time saver is to switch the default settings for the "Align" > "Align to Key Object" feature. Currently, the feature appears to always default to having the top object as the key object. However, in most cases when I want to use Align to Key Object, I want the bottom object to be the key object. Because of the current default, it…

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  16. How Strict Is the 4 Font Sizes Rule in Real Projects?

    Hi everyone,

    I’m a bit confused about the rule of using only 4 font sizes. Should this rule apply to the entire website or just per page (including header and footer geometry dash scratch )?

    For example, on blog pages I prefer 18px for readability, but on e-commerce product pages 16px works better for labels and compact layouts.

    How do you handle font sizing when a site has both long-reading content and more functional pages?
    Do you keep one consistent scale across the whole site, or adjust per section?

    Would love to hear your thoughts!

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  17. Large UI – Is there a way to make it smaller?

    Hi everyone, survival race

    Even at the smallest available UI size, everything still feels too large for me. In previous versions, I was able to use a much smaller (tiny) UI setting, which worked perfectly.

    Is there any way to reduce the UI size further?
    I’m using a 1080p HP laptop screen.

    Thanks in advance for your help!

    1 vote

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  18. Selected or Page in Find/Change

    Earlier versions of InDesign included a “Search: Selected” option in Find/Change.
    This made it possible to safely replace text only within a selected area or page.

    In current versions, this option has been removed, and Search: Document ignores selections entirely, making page-specific replacements impossible when text exists in multiple, unthreaded text frames.

    This is a serious regression for production and packaging design workflows, where the same value (order number, batch number, SKU) appears multiple times per page and must be changed per page only.

    Please restore Search: Selected, or introduce a Search: Page scope in Find/Change.

    2 votes

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  19. Convert imported bullets to bullets when assigned bulleted style.

    When you assign a bulleted paragraph style to pasted or imported text, convert the imported bullets to the paragraph style bullets (instead of treating the imported bullets like the rest of the text resulting in bulleted bullets). It's tedious deleting, either manually or via F&R, all the imported bullets.

    2 votes

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  20. 1 vote

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