Adobe InDesign: Feature Requests
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color picker isn't consistent with other software.
Please allow users to change color picker to Photoshop color picker. Indesign is great except for the nuisance of having a horrible UI for the color picker. I make all my colors in photoshop copy the code then paste it into Indesign.
88 votesHello All,
Starting Id 16.0 we introduced HSB in Color Picker.
Does that resolve inconsistency issue for you?Please tell us in the comments.
Regards,
Abhinav Kaushik
Product Manager, InDesign -
"Force quit" a background task
In all the years that we've had background tasks, I've almost never been able to cancel one successfully. Whenever a task hangs up for unknown reasons, and I hit cancel, it just hangs on the 'cancelling' step and the only way to stop it is to force-quit InDesign, which can equal lost work and damaged files.
I would like to see a more assertive way to force shut down of a background task that isn't cooperating.
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Track Changes Visible/Printable in Layout View
The ability to view and print tracked changes in layout view for InDesign and InCopy would be an epic game-changer. Workarounds become tedious (especially when working with large publications) and plug-ins become outdated.
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Add "Same as Previous" in the "Bullets and Numbering > Mode" window.
In the "Bullets and Numbering > Mode" can we have "Same as Previous" added? I would be useful in our workflow. We have a workaround, but it's not 100% foolproof.
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Please fix the table style problem, I cannot change or update a table style and if I do it crashes.
Fix it so I am able to change and update a style. Currently, any change to the style crashes InDesign.
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Add ability to add multiple header rows to tables
I would like to be able to add multiple header rows (or something along those lines) to tables so that a table style would be reapplied from that row onward. This would allow alternating fills to always begin on the same color after a header. This feature would be especially handy when adding a row to an existing table as only the fills under the current section of the table you're working on would change. Additionally this table would then be one single table instead of multiple linked tables, allowing changes to any formatting such as column width to be…
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Being able to Copy Past saved photos from Microsoft "Photo Gallery" and "Pictures" and "Photos"to 'Bridge'
This would make Adobe software less of a pain in the .......brain
Also if it can be done at present having a clear access Help Title like "Copy and Pastings from Microsoft To Bridge" would be helpFULL1 vote -
indesign crashes when using Mathmagic pro Pulgin
indesign crashes when using Mathmagic pro Pulgin when using keyboard but works better when using mouse for selection.
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Research on THE LINKS panel
Hi, I would like a possibility to research in The Links listing panel ! Thks
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Creating a PDF with its actual file name
When creating a PDF can the name of the file be exactly as the document working on, not adopting an old file name you've create the file from?
9 votes -
Make index 'New Page Reference' box resizable
When creating an index, in order to provide any sort of categorisation, you have to use the 'New Page Reference' box, where you can add multiple categories, See [also], etc.
Currently this box is a fixed size, which makes reusing existing entries (for consistency) very painful, as it involves a lot of scrolling and opening of previous categories (as the categories are collapsed by default every time it's used.
My suggestion would be to make this box both resizable and that it remembers which categories have been expanded previously - for bonus points, it would be great if is remembered…
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Ability to bring whole excel like worksheet in indesign
As a graphic design working on a annual report, we require financial figures to correctly align numbers and to dashes to be represented like in excel. Kindly built a feature to bring excel like tables into indesign.
Also, please improve strokes and fills setting in indesign tables. As the tables styles dont work properly.
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Non-cloud versions needed as an option
Improve InDesign by creating non-cloud versions again as an option. The cloud is not ideal from a security perspective, nor from a constantly moving, time wasting upgrade perspective —which cascades into more problems when coupled with OS upgrades, printer issues, etc. Very consumer unfriendly. Have spent a week trying to resolve an upgrade problem over multiple platforms, and now stuck in a problematic OS to conform to your upgrades so I can work with a client.
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Shading for character styles
I love using the shading for whole paragraph styles, but it would be nice to have shading for character styles as well. This would be nice for "highlighter" effects, which you just want to highlight a few lines or words. Just like applying an underline or strikethrough, but with a little more control over color, padding, maybe even shape?
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Paste in place on multiple pages
It would be good to be able to paste in place on multiple pages.
82 votes -
Add features to draft legal briefs
Legal filings are just complicated, cross-linked books.
Lawyers have to follow court rules when typesetting appellate briefs.
See e.g., http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/clerk/case_filing/rules/rules_home.html
https://www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrules/rules_guidance.aspxWordPerfect has a few useful features: see "Legal Toolbar" https://www.wordperfect.com/en/product/professional-edition/#features
You should add a feature to create a Table of Authorities (ToA). The ToA lists each authority cited along with every page on which it is cited. The ToA has different sections for different kinds of authorities, e.g., cases, statutes, etc.
The best way would be to have InDesign identify authorities/citations. Most lawyers follow the Bluebook. https://www.legalbluebook.com/default.aspx
Others follow the RedBook or the MaroonBook.Make selecting, dragging, and dropping…
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Colorsettings in New Document dialog box
I would love to have the ability to choose my color settings (ICC profile, conversionsettings, etcetera) from within the new document dialog box. When I create a new document I would like to be able to define the colorsettings. Especially the color profile and rendering intent.
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remove image from links panel
In the Links Panel, it would be very handy to remove an image that is listed simply by right clicking on it and removing it.
For example, I just manually removed over 500 images from image frames using the direct select tool. Theoretically, I could have selected those 500 images in the Links Panel, and removed them in the right click menu.
13 votesThere is a script by Peter Kahrel which just does exactly what you’re looking for.
See this article on indesignsecrets.com:
https://indesignsecrets.com/delete-images-from-multiple-indesign-graphic-frames-quickly.phpHope you find this useful.
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Adobe InDesign team -
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.
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Better numbering of Exported pages
Once in a while, we need to animate pages of a brochure, or make end credits with more typographic features than After Effects allows.
When exporting pages from InDesign (e.g. as .jpg), those are numbered:
Name.jpg
Name2.jpg
...
Name9.jpg
Name10.jpg
etc.This results in a list of files that, when sorted/imported in alphabetical order, are not in the right order.
It would be nice, when the names are like this:
Name00.jpg
Name01.jpg
...
Name09.jpg
Name10.jpgEven better would be when InDesign allows us to make a template for the output name, so we can decide ourselves how the sequential files…
3 votes
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