Adobe InDesign: Feature Requests
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Applications that are not compatible with my Mac Pro do not show older versions
In the Creative Cloud desktop app, I enabled Avatar > Preferences > Apps > Show older apps.
The problem is that my 2012 Mac Pro is incompatible with Photoshop and InDesign because my processor does not support AVX2 instructions.
However, for the applications that can be installed, the "Other versions" option does appear—and in the case of Illustrator, as many as 32 older versions are listed. I don't understand why access to older versions is blocked precisely where it would be most useful: for applications that aren't compatible with my Mac Pro.
It doesn't make sense. Why would I want…
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Give back "Continuous Scroll" for the "Share for Review" feature!
When someone accesses an InDesign file via the "Share for Review" feature, it used to let the person do continuous scroll through pages. But for over 2 years, this feature has been REMOVED and wasn't added back in! Give us back continuous scroll! It is pure suffering to try commenting on a 50-page file when you keep getting kicked between pages.
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In the Index Window, add a column to show if there is a Number Style Override
In the Index Window, add a column to show if there is a Number Style Override and if yes, what format. It is time consuming to open each entry to confirm setting.
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Grouped master-page elements
Could InDesign please fix the long-standing issue with grouped master-page elements? When elements are grouped across left- and right-hand masters, applying just one master can cause elements from the other to appear. Could elements be automatically clipped at the spine so only the selected master’s elements appear on each page?
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Please make editing colors and adding swatches available anywhere colors are involved
E.g: in Paragraph Styles / Character Color - make it possible to add a color directly, in stead of having to leave the dialog to do so.
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Display full file name in Relink dialog
It would be usefull to have displayed full file name in Relink dialog on MacOS.
It helps to find correct file in list faster without going somewhere else to find it out.Explanation here
https://community.adobe.com/questions-671/full-file-name-in-relink-dialog-window-1643445?postid=7766249#post77662491 vote -
Feature request: Ignore Preflight errors on Hidden Spreads
It would be very useful if InDesign automatically excluded Hidden Spreads from Preflight checks, or provided an option to do so.
Currently, a spread set to “Hide Spread” is intentionally excluded from presentation/export, but errors within that spread — such as missing image links or overset text — can still be reported by Preflight.
This creates unnecessary warnings, particularly in documents where Hidden Spreads are used to keep alternative layouts, previous versions, or working material within the same InDesign file.
Suggested improvement:
Add a Preflight option such as:
“Ignore errors on Hidden Spreads”
When enabled, missing links, overset text, image…
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MacOS27 use smaller corner radius in smaller windows like tab-settings
MacOS 27: Apple has changed the corner radius, but also offers to use a smaller radius (keyboard overview panel) and it seems a non-brainer to implement this in menu items like tabs.
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Extendable New Hyperlink dialog
Many hyperlinks are too long to fit the destination URL box (see example) - which means they cannot be proof-read in the dialog box. Introduce the ability to resize the dialog box so that the full URL is visible.
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Package with Smart Compression and Resolution-Based Image Resizing
Add an optional "Smart Asset Optimization" feature to InDesign's Package workflow that automatically resizes and compresses linked images based on the size and resolution they're actually used at in the document. The feature would create optimized copies for the package while preserving the original files, resulting in significantly smaller package sizes, faster file transfers, and more efficient archiving without sacrificing output quality. Users could choose target resolutions (such as 300 PPI for print) and compression settings to match their production needs.
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Typelock/Copyguard: Protect textfields from textual input. for safer use of keyboard shortcuts
Nobody want's typo's and as a designer I don't want to be responsible for making them after the client send me their final copy.
So, a big quality of life feature would be if I could protect textfields from textual input, yet they are still moveable, sizeable, scaleable , etc.
Usecase: You just resolved all textual feedback and now want to finish the design of the magazine. The fastest way to work is to use keyboards shortcuts, but there is a risk of accidentally type instead of changing a tool.In short:
- Protect textfield from textual input. (with a…3 votes -
Add context menu for recent files on home/start screen with option for Reveal in Finder
When a document is open, its tab gets the attached right-click context menu, but on the InDesign home screen, the Recent files shown don't have any context menu at all.
These items should have context menus, with the Reveal In Finder option at least to avoid needing to load the whole document from my network drive just to find it on disk.
This would also seemingly be a sensible place to put the "Remove From Recent" option that has been requested multiple times by other users.
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Back/forward buttons to navigate document
I'm often working on a specific page and referencing other pages within the document.
It would be handy to have a back button maybe in the Pages panel to jump back to the previous page viewed.1 vote -
Back/forward buttons to navigate document
I'm often working on a specific page and referencing other pages within the document.
It would be handy to have a back button maybe in the Pages panel to jump back to the previous page viewed.1 vote -
Add a 'Discretionary Page Break'.
When working on a document, paragraphs can break up over pages. To get more control over these page breaks a 'discretionary page break' would be nice: like a discretionary hyphen, this should mark the preferred location for a page break.
Combine with keep options and some extra settings, this could provide a lot of comfort when working on documents in progress.
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Tenía una pequeña duda sobre la reserva antes de mi viaje.
Unos días antes de mi viaje, revisé mi reserva y noté algo que quería aclarar. No se trataba de un problema grave, pero no quería dejar el asunto para el último momento y tener que resolverlo en el aeropuerto.
Empecé a buscar información sobre el servicio Air Canada Telefono, ya que quería saber qué opciones de asistencia había disponibles para mi consulta. Antes de hablar con alguien, verifiqué los detalles de mi reserva y reuní toda la información que pudiera necesitar.
Tener a mano el número de reserva, las fechas del viaje y el itinerario facilitó enormemente el proceso. También…
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Make it possible to Redefine the current selected text to any existing Style
In many cases a restyled text should not redifine the current style, but another (unused/old style) E.g. when creating a subheading from the Plain text style. If there was a Style called 'Subheading' already, it would be nice to let the selected modified plain text directly redifine that 'Subheading' style, in stead of creating a new one, find out the Subheading already exists, delete it etc.
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Create an option to for non-sticky paragraph and character styles
Paragraph and Character styles are great, but for new users or in environments where files frequently change hands, they can be hard to teach and manage due to them being 'sticky'. If you select a character style with no text selected, it stays selected and will then be applied to all future text, same for paragraph styles. For experts, this is a feature; for new users it is a bug. The layer panel has "ungroup remembers layers" which is a very obscure setting, could the styles panels please have "Styles are not sticky" added as an option to the fly…
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I need a new tool in InDesign for Translation any Text to any other language, it will be more easy than get a copy and Translate it into any
I need a new tool in InDesign for translating any Text to any other language, it will be easier than getting a copy and translating it into any
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Feature Request: Adjustment Layers, Like AfterEffects Adjustment layers
Add an Adjustment Layer feature with user-defined shapes such as rectangles, circles, and custom shapes. Similar to Adjustment Layers in Adobe After Effects, users could apply and control parameters such as blur, hue, saturation, brightness, contrast, and opacity within the defined area.
This would give designers more flexibility to make localized image adjustments directly in InDesign, allowing them to align and fine-tune visuals within layouts without repeatedly switching to Photoshop for minor edits.
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