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  1. Allow the 'import options' dialog window to be scaled up

    When re-linking or placing a layered file it would be useful if the relevant dialog window can be scaled up. This would make it easier to select which layers are imported, especially when importing artwork that has a large number of layers (e.g. an Illustrator file). At the moment a lot of scrolling is needed especially if each layer needs to be imported into InDesign individually. Would be useful for workflow to be able to scale up the dialog window to see all layers at one time, and then select/de-select layers them from there.

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  2. put an option to upload to Apple Books and Kindle in the Publish dialog.... what is Adobe without Apple...

    put an option to upload to Apple Books and Kindle in the Publish dialog.... Make the documents work like Dreamweaver html files. no need for spacer images and extra files that are not in the original file.

    2 votes

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  3. ID to create animated gif for social media.

    You already have the animation panel for ID to PDF in the software. Please extend this so that ID can create graphics for social media posts. If we can do this for PDF, please extend the privilege to gifs. Thank you.

    2 votes

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  4. Full Screen / Split Screen Support for InDesign/InCopy on MacOS

    It really would be helpful if the Adobe CC apps (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop et al) all did as Acrobat Pro DC does and properly implemented the MacOS full screen/split screen option.

    This would allow people who use multiple and large monitors to properly designate workspace and split screens between two apps without toolbars/panels getting hidden by other apps.

    83 votes

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  5. Scroll while editing Paragraph, Character, or Object style

    I usually have "Preview" checked while I'm editing a style to see how my changes affect the paragraph and everything surrounding it. The Style Options window is often blocking much of my view, even if I move it to the side, so I have to hit OK or Cancel, scroll so I can see everything, and then go back into editing the style. It would be useful if I could scroll while the Style Options window is open, much like I can while the Find/Change window is open.

    2 votes

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  6. After placing a .ai file into a rectangle frame, resizing rectangle frame would resize Artboard in Illustrator

    This should definitely not be default behaviour, but e.g. a checkbox under "show import options" asking to "link artboard size to text frame size, when placing a .ai file, would be nice.

    When opening the fiel in illustrator, a warning dialog coudl appear asking "frame size has been changed in indesign, do you want to change artboard size accordingly?"

    I repeatedly work with layouts and .ai graphics, that need to first be drafted, then layout changed, and after this the graphics slightly refitted to new sizes. Its a bit tedious looking up correct widths and heights for artboards from indesign.

    1 vote

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  7. InCopy/Word

    I can appreciate InCopy's capability of linking multiple authors. I personally never have need of that. Here's what I wish InCopy could do: Take MS Word file and make them fully compatible with InDesign. That is ... to remove all the rookie techniques employed by so many Word users, to remove all the mysteriously bogus code that creates frustrating local formatting. Sometimes you can fix these things by saving the text as RTX (or DOC instead of DOCX) from Word, but that doubles the number of text files to store - unnecessarily complicated. Often authors have copied strings of text…

    3 votes

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  8. It is very troublesome to select fonts

    It is very troublesome to select fonts from a list when managing a large number of fonts. Also, even when selecting font names by typing, it is difficult to select candidates if there is a typing error.
    Please create a modern font selection feature.

    3 votes

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  9. Indesign for IPad Pro M1

    Indesign for IPad Pro M1. I’m from the first generation of Quark Express to now Indesign always working on a Desktop.
    Having to move countries, I have embraced the mobile world and invested in an Ipad and the ‘Cloud’ ! It’s been amazing so far especially with the creative cloud but….no Indesign!!! What do I do? All my projects are built on it and now I can’t even open them ! What is the solution?

    6 votes

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  10. offline mode for Apps while computer (emails or other) stay online

    When I have an unstable internet connection or go online via hotspot/mobile data volume, I would like to set Indesign temporarily to offline, but at the same time keep the computer online for e.g. emails.

    2 votes

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  11. Can we please have an action/automate function??

    Would love an automation function so I can automate the repetitive tasks that I spend hours doing over and over again. This function is in Photoshop and Illustrator - want this for Indesign!

    1 vote

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  12. Preference settings for a bulleted list

    Make a program or document preference setting for a manually formatted bulleted list. Now the hanging indent is always 6,35 mm and the bullet is always a dot.

    And yes - I know this can be done by a paragraph style ...

    1 vote

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  13. Share for Review - Image Quality

    Bring the optimized quality of Share for Review images up to the level of acceptable web-based image optimization at 100% size.

    I understand the need to optimize images for high-performance quick reviews. However, the current setting is far too low. Upgrading the image quality to an acceptable web-image optimization will help reduce feedback loops with concerns from stakeholders over bad image quality.

    In my review workflows using Shared for Review, I am now constantly exporting and sending separate PDFs to reviewers to prove image quality based on concerns from the Share for Review representation.

    Please know that the Share for…

    13 votes

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  14. Ability to adjust opacity of guides - rows and columns

    Users should be able to adjust the opacity of guides, enabling greater emphasis to be given to chosen elements. For example a rectangle frame tool can stand out more than the rows and columns used, otherwise it is very messy and impossible to sometimes use both at the same time.

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  15. Make gifs great again

    • Allow a preview of a live GIF while designing - currently when it is placed into a deck it is static and only reviewable by publishing online.

    • Allow a choice of the GIF thumbnail that becomes the still image when an offline version is downloaded. Currently I'm at the mercy of whatever the very first frame is in the entire GIF sequence.

    • Better yet, make Adobe Reader able to play gifs so the 'offline' version doesn't have to be a compromise of the original intention.

    2 votes

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  16. Rename "flush space"

    Rename the "flush space" to something more representative; suggest "flex space," "flexible space" or "expanding space."

    This element was named in the narrow sense of allowing the last line of a justified paragraph to expand fully to the right margin. With the more obvious and accessible option of "full justification" this purpose of the space element is diminished, and it has use in other ways such as auto-spacing multiple words or phrases across a single line.

    Renaming this feature, with no other changes, would make its purpose and availability more apparent to all users. (Even as an ACP/ACE and 20-year…

    1 vote

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  17. Have two systems of unit measurement operate simultaneously, depending on feature and function

    I would like InDesign to operate simultaneously in two unit of measurement systems. I would like to be able to work and view typographic measurements such as point size, leading, paragraph spacing, baseline shift, and drop shadow amounts in Picas/Points; but at the same time see my page size, margins, object dimensions, column widths and such displayed in inches, or mm, or even pixels, according to my need. I don't want to have to switch back and forth to easily SEE and reference measurements in control panels. I want some to display in one system, but others to display in…

    1 vote

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  18. sorun hakkında yardım istiyorum

    Değerli arkadaşlar herkese güzel bir hafta diliyorum.
    bu sabah InDesign programı açılmayınca kaldırıp yeniden kurmayı denedim creative cloud üzerinden kuruldu fakat uygulamaya tıkladığımda açılmıyor.herhangi bir indesign çalışmasına tıklıyorum malesef açılmıyor.
    Daha önceden başına gelen var mı?Çözüm yolu arıyorum...Yardımcı olursanız sevinirim.iyi çalışmalar

    1 vote

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  19. Barcode generator with data merge

    Please add possibility to generate other codes than QR-code like EAN-13, EAN-8, ISBN, ISSN, code39, code128, etc.
    Codes are needed for coupons, vouchers, catalogs, tickets, labels, addresses, etc.

    9 votes

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  20. Rounded corner table cells

    We had some Adobe people here to showcase new features in Creative Cloud. One gentleman was named Jamie Ragen. I asked them if they have any intention to create a feature for rounded corners for table cells. The reason I find this important is that some clients have rounded corner objects as part of their style, and it would be good to match that with their tables. This would create a consistent look. Jamie was kind enough to suggest I bring this up in this forum. I hope this generates some action from Adobe.

    4 votes

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