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  1. Shortcuts not working for Bold, Italic or plain text! You HAVE NOT DONE SOMETHING RIGHT IN YOUR 2022 UPDATE. It has worked since CS3

    Shortcuts not working for Bold, Italic or plain text! You HAVE NOT DONE SOMETHING RIGHT IN YOUR 2022 UPDATE. It has worked since CS3

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  2. Shortcuts not working for Bold, Italic or plain text! You HAVE NOT DONE SOMETHING RIGHT IN YOUR 2022 UPDATE. It has worked since CS3

    Shortcuts not working for Bold, Italic or plain text! You HAVE NOT DONE SOMETHING RIGHT IN YOUR 2022 UPDATE. It has worked since CS3

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  3. Shortcuts not working for Bold, Italic or plain text! You HAVE NOT DONE SOMETHING RIGHT IN YOUR 2022 UPDATE. It has worked since CS3

    Shortcuts not working for Bold, Italic or plain text! You HAVE NOT DONE SOMETHING RIGHT IN YOUR 2022 UPDATE. It has worked since CS3

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  4. Please change the cursor back to the black default when the world made sense for design pros.

    Please revert back to the action of the toolbar where "V" or the select black cursor is the default. It makes zero sense for the "A" direct select cursor to be the default.

    1 vote

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  5. Rework Paragraph menu

    Make it more logical:
    Indents & Tabs
    Alignment & Spacing

    Indents & Tabs belong together.
    Alignment & Spacing are both regarding vertical position.
    Also this will make Align to Grid better findable - it's in an unlogical tab now ('Indents and Spacing')

    1 vote

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  6. Rearranging Pages

    It would be helpful to have a way to view multiple spreads at the same time, like a better "click to split the layout view". First off it would save me a lot of scrolling back and forth trying to see other spreads. This could also be a way to make organizing the pages easier. It's hard to rearrange pages of texts from small thumbnail images in a larger document. If this could incorporate an easier workflow for organizing and numbering pages that would be great, to be able to hide a section of pages. I do use multiple documents…

    2 votes

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  7. cc libraries window head takes up too much space

    There's visually 1.25 inches of functions before the window displays my library items. Can't some of this be combined so I can see more of my library in my precious desktop real estate?
    row 1 - breadcrumb nav, invite to library
    row 2 - search current library
    row 3 - filter, sort options, list/grid view
    I'd upload a screen cap, but upload files won't accept png, jpg, or gif...

    2 votes

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  8. Footnotes: ability to cite multiple references to a footnote, with appropriate tagging for accessibility

    Each new instance of a footnote added in InDesign gets a sequential number – but authors and copywriters expect to be able to insert multiple references to the same numbered footnote. For example, a bank might want to put a single asterisk against multiple references to ‘interest rate’, with one corresponding footnote at the end to explain what 'APR', or 'EAR' means. So I’d like a new feature to be added that would, at the point of inserting a footnote, give the option to cite an existing one that’s already in the document. In an exported accessible PDF, there would be…

    2 votes

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  9. data merge for interactive elements

    Data merge in Indesign works great, but only with text and images. Is it possible to make data merge possible for documents with interactive elements with buttons or hyperlinks for example?

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  10. Allow the use of World-Ready composers and Japanese composers in the same document.

    Allow the use of World-Ready composers and Japanese composers in the same document so that someone can typeset in every language in the same file. At the moment you have to choose between ME/NA or CJK versions of InDesign.

    5 votes

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  11. 2 votes

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  12. More functionality and control with form fields

    Please add the ability to set leading in form fields. Many clients want to print lines for writing but also have multi-line fillable text fields. It's nearly impossible to create this and have it look good. Would be awesome if form fields used paragraph styles for formatting. Please also allow the designer to change the field highlight color. The default blue isn't ideal for most designs.

    5 votes

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  13. Support ID Books!

    As a freelancer corralling multiple ID files, many which share Styles, Parent Pages and other elements, or need to output in a certain order as a combined PDF, I have long used the Book function in ID and MANY OF MY CLIENTS DO AS WELL. This feature of InDesign is still bare bones, undeveloped and buggy. It needs attention from developers! Here are my wishes for Adobe InDesign Books:

    1) The Book Panel is still bare bones. Simply give it your attention.

    2) I want all the fly-out menu options for a book to be available with a secondary click/contextual…

    4 votes

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  14. Create New Layer more specific

    A new layer is currently always created at the top, which most of the time requires dragging the layer to ********* the right level.
    Why not make the function more sophisticated, and let the user choose for:
    -On Top
    -At Bottom
    -Above Selected
    -Below Selected

    1 vote

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  15. Add Layer Above / Beneath

    I find myself dragging newly created Layers all the time. New Layers are always created on top. Why not make a more sophisticated interface that allows a New Layer to be created:
    -On top
    -On bottom
    -Above Selected
    -Beneath Selected

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  16. Child object styles to inherit parent size and position

    Object Style 1 includes width and/or height specs.
    Object Style 2 is based on Object Style 1.
    When Object Style 1's width/height specs are changed, they are not reflected in Object Style 2.
    The only option seems to be 'Reset to base' in Object Style 2.

    Please make it so that child object styles also inherit Size and Position settings.

    3 votes

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  17. Auto open the folder a pdf has been exported to

    As the title, add an option to automatically open the folder a pdf has been exported to.

    3 votes

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  18. I would like to know if Adobe thinks of optimizing the management of tables in InDesign for the accessibility of PDF files

    When will the automatic markup of tables (gender in table styles) like we do for paragraph styles (H1, H2, H3, BlockQuotes, List)?
    <TR> row
    <TH> header
    <TD> data
    Example when you end up with one or more vertical TH "headers" so you don't have to manage that in the PDF

    2 votes

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  19. Need Better (and Less-Hidden) Accessibility Tagging Options

    Please make it much easier to add accessible alt-text to InDesign documents. There should be an accessibility panel and pre-check to make it very easy for designers.

    As it is now, it's too hidden: https://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/indesign/alt-text.html

    Posted in reference to my tweet, at the request of Adobe Support: https://twitter.com/exkclamation/status/1424788475698499585

    8 votes

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  20. Allow SharePoint Online functionality

    Provide the same functionality as in Adobe DC Pro to add a SharePoint Site to InDesign open and edit documents directly online without having to download and not to use OneDrive.

    10 votes

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