Adobe InDesign: Feature Requests
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Provide an option to update a workspace.
If I make a change in my workspace, I must go here:
Window menu > Workspace > New Workspace...
and enter the name of the workspace I'm altering.
Then I click OK and am presented with a dialog that says,
"A workspace with that name already exists. Do you want to replace it?"
An option like the following would be quite helpful.
Window menu > Workspace > Update Workspace
Or, if you prefer, make the name of the option Update Current Workspace.
Thanks for considering this idea.
24 votes -
orphans
In the paragraph options, we should have an option for how long the last word in a paragraph must be in order to turn down to its own line. Wording could be "minimum of __ characters on last line" And allow us to turn this feature on or off in addition to specifying the number of characters on the last line.
64 votes -
Stroke weight should not factor into scale of object.
This should work more like Illustrator, where PATHS determine size and snapping
3 votes -
Allowing 2-automatic page numbers/per page.
I work on proposals and we are usually limited to the number of pages within the document. It is often stated, that when we use an 11x17 page, this page counts as two pages in the proposal. It would be an amazing new feature if you could set up the option to have an additional automatic page number for these cases. Perhaps you could have an option to insert a second automatic page number on the master, or a feature that skips a number, starting the next 8.5x11 spread on the proper page number after counting the 11x17 as 2…
4 votes -
EXACT ALIGNMENT OF TEXT TO EDGE TEXT BOX
Perfect right and left alignment of text so that all of the end-of-line characters exactly hit the edge of the text box.
This is useful for certain designs that entail perfect geometric type alignment.
See attached screen shot showing the default setting of right aligned text.
5 votes -
Datamerge with several different datasources for different versions
Version: CC19 (14.0.1) on Mac OS 10.13.6 (High Sierra)
When there are datamerge-placeholders that are not in the datasource, the export aborts and you have to delete the placeholder.
When these placeholders are on invisible layers the same happens.In my case, sometimes i get different datasources for different versions of the same document so i put the different version on a new layer and make it invisible until i use the corresponding datasource for it.
Maybe a choice for the user to continue nontheless (only when placeholders are on invisible layers, to protect the user from using the wrong…
3 votes -
Keyboard shortucts for export presets / forget last export format
In a fast-paced, pdf-only workflow, having files remember their last export format is a frustrating hindrance! An option/preference to NOT do that would be great! AND/OR... the ability to add a keyboard shortcut to specific export formats that would override any previous settings would be ideal!!
(Apologies if that's all already doable. If it is, someone please enlighten me!)
Thanks!
1 vote -
bullets disappear when you outline the text
bullets disappear when you outline the text. how is this a thing. fix this immediately.
47 votes -
Table of contents update
how can I insert the same title to my book's table of contents which I did on two different pages? (table of content is divided into two text frames) Is it possible to do it automatically? I think it's not possible so I propose to add this option to new version of InDesign. It would be great!
1 vote -
Book Panel - Add Editing/Batch-renaming INDD-File-names inside book panel
Please add Editing/Batch-renaming of INDD-Files inside of the book panel. Thats usefull because during work the given filenames often given intuitively. After work with Rename/Batch rename it would be easy possible to change filenames as the scheme as prescribed by the publisher. Also renaming errors are prevented and the workflow would be much faster.
11 votes -
Properties Panel - missing "vertical justification"-buttons "top", "center", "bottom", "justify"
Indesign CC 2019 (oct)
The old control panel had buttons for the textframe options "vertical justification": "top", "center", "bottom", "justify". I need them accessible in the new properties panel ... one-click. I am too lazy for option-doubleclick or CTRL-b.
Thanks.
4 votes -
Add Python to the list of supported scripting languages
The only cross platform scripting language currently supported is ExtendScript, based on ECMAScript (almost 2 decades old v.3, which in itself is already long overdue for an update). Python is cross platform, easy to learn and very powerful. InDesign's DOM can be translated naturally into Python. Python has a vast set of functional libraries, and still growing. Supporting Python from within InDesign would in its most basic form only have to enable *.py scripts in the Scripts panel, but it would benefit of an interactive console of its own.
165 votes -
Align Content on page - not just objects or selection
It would be great to have a button panel to align to page, not just align objects or align to selection. For example when I want text or an image dead center on the page it would be great to just be be able hit a keyboard shortcut or click a button and have it align to center of page, horizontally, vertically or both. I know there's tons of ways to work around it, but it would be so nice!
3 votes -
Make character and paragraph sections of Properties panel full featured like the Character and Paragraph panels
The Properties panel is a great replacement for having the Character & Paragraph panels both open at all times. However, it's missing some functionality that's presented in the upper right menu on these panels (see attached). Some of these options aren't found anywhere else. It's a shame to need to have these panels open alongside the Properties panel. It would be preferable to add these options to the Properties panel to keep things tidy.
12 votes -
Page number more accessible
Could you add a button to the Pages panel to insert the page number? It's the logical place for new users to look.
1 vote -
Copy FX
Copy / paste layer FX would be very helpful... Much like the Copy Layer Style of PS.
2 votes -
My suggestions relate to InCopy/InDesign.
For quicker workflow when working with graphic designers trying to place/edit InCopy files from InDesign. Make a quick way for editors to check out from InDesign documents without having to physically open each document.
2 votes -
InDesign book file (.INDB) total page count
If you're making a book using a book file (.INDB), the InDesign Book file panel should have a total page count. Sometimes the page count is not accurate, especially if you have frontmatter to a book that uses roman numerals and start with 1 later in the book. It would be nice if the absolute total number of pages showing somewhere on that panel. We publish books and have to stick to strict signature breaks for presses, so total page count is very important information to us, and it'd be nice to quickly get that information instead of having to…
23 votes -
Multiple viewports for the same document.
I'd like to have multiple (at least dual) views for the same InDesign document. I'm editing master pages (1 of 6 layers, guides on) and I would like to see the modifications on the normal pages (all layers on, guides off.
This might also come in handy when editing indexes or table of contents. Anyway, I can give lots of examples why multiple viewports might be ideal.
2 votes -
More options when placing multiple images in a grid
It would be great to have more options when placing multiple images at once (shift-command). Currently, the default is a 9x9 grid. What if we could change the default to whatever we wanted – one long row, for instace. And what if we could preset distances between the images and orientations? I'm asking because this tool isn't that functional, as I need to adjust the image box sizes after positioning. I don't always need a 9x9 grid, nor have 9 image. It would be a great time-saver for heavy-production projects, like image-intensive books.
2 votes
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