Adobe InDesign: Feature Requests
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Text Box Auto Size Type
I think we should have the ability to lock a text box so as we type in it, it automatically typesets the copy to always fit in the textbox.
5 votes -
Import font attributes of text used in PDF comments such as underscore, bold, italic, etc.
Import font attributes of text used in PDF annotation such as underscore, bold, italic, etc.
10 votes -
SVG import
Ability to import .svg files just like any other vector format (.ai, .pdf, .eps, etc.)
251 votesSVG import has been implemented in InDesign 2020. Please upgrade to this version of InDesign to use this feature.
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Adobe InDesign team -
Use the full monitor
I use a 30" monitor. But e.g. the font menu only uses 1/3 of its height. So I have to scroll in a small list. This feels claustrofobic, since there is a lot of room outside the list box.
1 vote -
footnotes saving space
Can we make the footnotes text in 2 to 4 column, or run-in footnotes, because some books has too many footnotes, if a 3 or 4 word note occupies a line so we loose space. This will save space in long text books.
21 votes -
Custom Interactive Button Hotspots
I would like the ability to customize the shape of the hotspot that appears on an object given the button function.
For example, if I create an oval and convert it to a button, I would like to apply state changes when I rollover only on the shape of the oval. Currently we're limited to a 0/90 degree container that encompasses the entirety of the object.
I'm unsure if this is a PDF format limitation.
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Character window typeface drop down menu extend fully within workspace
In InDesign CC 2018 when I selected a typeface from the character window drop-down menu, the drop-down expanded to fill my workspace vertically no matter where my character palette was on the screen. Now in CC 2019 it only expands to show 19 or 20 fonts in a much smaller drop-down window. I would love either to go back to the way it was before or have the option to enlarge the drop-down typeface selection window.
2 votes -
Speed up for Windows 10
InDesign is very slow to start on a new Windows 10 machine with 16GB RAM and a 1TB hard drive. It takes over 2 minutes from the time I click the icon until it's usable.
7 votes -
Individual PDFs - prefix page number
Thanks for the new export to individual pages!!! Would it be possible for the page number to be a prefix? My InSite provider wants the page numbers in the front of the file name. Perhaps it could be an option along with suffix?
Otherwise I'm stuck batch renaming all my files before uploading which is just adding another step to make a mistake.
Thanks.
21 votes -
Continue footnotes numeration
Add the possibility to continue footnotes numeration over different stories. For example, continue footnotes numeration on different chapters of a book, where each chapter is one independent file.
168 votes -
Custom SECURITY when creating presets for exporting PDFs.
Let us customize SECURITY when creating presents for exporting PDFs. My current workflow would be EIGHT less steps!
2 votes -
Recent Files pane usability problems.
The Recents Pane has serious problems for InDesign Book users. There are two main problems:
- Not enough Recent files are listed.
The limited number of recent files results in ONE project taking over ALL the recent files every time you make an adjustment to the book, because EVERY CHAPTER becomes a recent file. In my books, there are often more chapters than allowed in Recents, so it's not even useful as a way to access chapters (which obviously is best done with the Book panel).
- There is no way to manage Recents.
Realistically, there is NO reason one would want…
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Indesign work files have huge file size
I am used to work with older versions of indesign, and sometimes quark. The file sizes I am used to is around 300 Mb at most. On the newer indesign I get file sizes up to almost 3 GB! All the images I use combined in the document is not even a quart of that size, and I do not embed any images. This takes up a lot of space and makes it hard to work in a network environment.
6 votes -
History and Layer Linking
Add a history palette, as well as, the ability to link items in the layers palette like Photoshop does.
8 votes -
Filter & Labels in (Object/Character/Paragraph) Style Panels
As in Photoshop's and InDesign's Layer Panel it would be very helpfull to have the option for colored Labels/Flags.
Also, like in Photoshop, a filter/search option on top of the Style Panels would help organizing complex files (newspaper/magazine templates) and speeding up the process.1 vote -
I enter a date i.e. through date picker, ID handles displayed output
I am running into the same problem for years: In program brochures spanning a whole year with 200+ events and multiple references throughout the brochure, clients provide wrong information (i. e. wrong day of the week for a specific date or a wrong year).
How about this: In a text frame or table cell, I could have a date picker or I´d write down every date in the same format, say like this: [DD.MM.YYYY] (since I am in Germany that would be my local format). Through magic/witch craft, InDesign would recognize the variable as a date and handle it according…
4 votes -
Fit frame to text WIDTH (not just height)
When working with text in a text frame, we have the FIT FRAME TO CONTENT button that collapses the frame height to the minimum height required to fit the existing text. That's great, use it all the time, but it doesn't collapse the width at all.
It would be nice if there was also a checkbox/option or different button that would also collapse the text frame's WIDTH to the width of the longest line.
This would make it quick and easy to distribute spacing between a bunch of little text boxes aligned in a row. Right now I have to…
15 votes -
Add German: Reform 2017
Last year in Germany, a new spelling reform has been published. Currently our indesign only offers spelling according to the German Reform 2006: Please advise whether it is possible to update the German Reform to 2017 indesign
I asked Adobe support online but he asked me submit this feature requests.thanks
16 votes -
Accessibility—PDF Export Preset
In PRINT PDF export options, we have the option of saving settings as JobOptions which can be selected in the future from a drop-down menu.
Need the same capability in INTERACTIVE PDF export options, too.
And we also need preset for accessibility from both PRINT and INTERACTIVE PDF exports, one that ships and installs with InDesign and PDF Maker (MS Office) to automatically set the options for tagging and tab order.
44 votes -
Add Equation Editor
Please add Equation Editor, because it is very essential in publishing, utilising the mirroring feature in opentype, in order to serve RTL scripts. However Adobe had provided the world with pioneer programs and very excellent design tools, but unfortunately they still too late in this field.
22 votes
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