Adobe InDesign: Feature Requests
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Autolayout
Have something similar to autolayout to push content when text-box is longer.
Indesign have so many potential and late on everything.1 vote -
Stack function, just like in Adobe Xd
This function is just too good, explained here:
https://helpx.adobe.com/xd/help/create-dynamic-designs-with-stacks.html
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Make Edit Original available with Adobe Experience Manager
Hello, we recently implemented Adobe Experience Manager as our DAM and since then we lost the EDIT ORIGINAL option for our links in InDesign which is a heavily used feature for us given that some of our designers are spending a lot more time having to open different tools to edit each link. Anyway we can get that back?
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Add book level option to Find/Replace
Add the option to search all documents within a book file when using find/replace. Currently, to find/replace in multiple files at once, you have to have them all open. This is inefficient if you have a huge number of files and need to make a change in all of them.
2 votes -
add a notes column to book
In the Books panel it would be nice to have a column to enter comments.
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Options to individualize QR Codes
It would be nice to have some features to individualize QR-Codes.
For example to put a grafphic/trademark in the middle, rounding the edges, dots instead of squares... There could be many Options.
"qrcode-monkey" has some good options to individualize QR Codes.4 votes -
Improving InDesign for Enhanced Efficiency
- Customizable Shortcuts: Personalize keyboard shortcuts for faster navigation and improved workflow.
2.Enhanced Collaboration: Strengthen real-time collaboration tools to allow multiple users to work on documents simultaneously.
3.Performance Optimization: Focus on improving InDesign’s performance for handling large files and complex layouts with ease.
Integration with Other Tools: Improve compatibility with other Adobe Suite programs and third-party apps for a seamless design process.
Incorporating Example Work: If you see an example on InDesign, vist here :https://thoresta.se/ to explore real-world applications and gain inspiration for your own designs.
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Import PSDT
Add the ability to import .PSDT
1 vote -
Option to unobfuscate text and add a background when exporting EPUBS
Option to unobfuscate text and add a background when exporting EPUBS
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Flat PDF made of JPGs
It would be useful to have an option to export PDF in which every page is an image file (JPG or Tiff or...). I would appreciate this because I usually send some draft to my customers and they simply open the file with some PDF editor (or Illustrator) and make changes by themselves.
To prevent this, I just export in JPG format (instead of PDF) from Indesign and then I drop the images into Acrobat and send the PDF as a draft.We could bypass this step having this option as "Flat PDF export".
Thanks.
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Directly create transparency on letters/words in a text frame
Currently it is not possible to define a letter or words within a text frame with a certain percentage of transparency. It is only possible to adjust the Tint. In the Effects Panel, the Transparency options are greyed out (not accessible).
Sometimes in a design you want to create such text effects, which at the moment can only be achieved with a workaround: an anchored text frame which poses several challenges if the transparent text runs over several lines.
Affinity Publisher offers this right out of the box in the current version (2.3.1). Quark Xpress can do this as well.…
10 votes -
Ability to save Interactive PDF settings as Preset
EITHER (or both!)
-- Include the ability to create a custom preset when exporting as an interactive PDF, OR
-- Include "Use Structure for Tab Order" in dialog box when exporting through Adobe PDF Presets4 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
2 votes -
Typesetting by Prompts
In the current technology improvements especially on Gen AI, like to integrate an option in InDesign on handling various tasks including the layout adjustments with simple customized prompts, say to move the figure to top of current page, adjust the spacing headings above and so on
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New Project Window, please sync with Main Window
I create a New Window for the project I'm working on, and place it on a second monitor. I do this to see the presentation mode while I edit. But when I move to new pages/spreads on the Main Window, this is not reflected in the New Window. That's not a big problem if I've moved one or two spreads. But if I have moved by a hundred pages on the Main Window, it takes a long time to move the New Window these 100 pages too.
It would be a really nice feature if InDesign had a Presentation Mode…
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Generative Layout Cleanup
One of the most onerous, time-consuming tasks I deal with as a production designer is fixing layouts from designers who don't understand paragraph styles and efficient layout (No shade! They have other things to focus on and hey… that's why my job exists!)
I would like an AI that can recognize multiple separate type objects on a page, combine them into single text boxes with paragraph styles that control spacing.
In the screenshots, you first see a typical "designer" layout (again, no shade) with ten separate objects with formatting for each applied on top of the default Basic Paragraph style.
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Include a rollover reveal of the hyperlinks in place.
Checking hyperlinks (i.e. where a button takes you to another page in the document) is time consuming. A rollover reveal of where the hyperlink goes would save an enormous amount of time.
This could also be an Acrobat feature - i.e. once you have exported as an interactive PDF - you can rollover and check there.1 vote -
Support for "TDM", "PDF/UA" and "PLUS License Data Format" in XMP-Metadata
Missing support for "TDM", "PDF/UA" and "PLUS License Data Format" in XMP-Metadata in all Adobe apps.
There are not data fields for "TDM" (text-and-data-mining), PDF/UA (accessibility) and "PLUS License Data Format" in the UI of all Adobe apps.
This information can currently only be added manually by import of an XML-Snippet-File in the tab "raw-data".
Or with InDesign scripting and the library "lib:AdobeXMPScript".TDM:
https://iptc.org/news/iptc-rightsml-at-w3c-text-and-data-mining-reservation-protocol-wg/
PDF/UA:
https://accessible-pdf.info/en/tutorials/general/pdf-ua-identifier-is-missing/
PLUS License Data Format for image copyright:
https://ns.useplus.org/LDF/ldf-XMPSpecification#DataMining1 vote -
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Getting calendar events into a table
I cannot be the only person trying to do this, but have not seen a solution anywhere. I produce a monthly newsletter that has a calendar of events. I can export .ics files, make .csv files with the info formatted, but data merge doesn't seem to have a way to drop things into cells of a table.
Would love to find a script that let's me enter the URL of the public link to a Google calendar, prompt for a date range, grab data, then populate my lovely table.
My "manual solution" currently means using the clipboard for every event.1 vote
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