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1. Streaming/Downloading Files from Cloud providors should be a non-blocking background event

   I imagine both MacOS and Windows provide some information about whether files are available locally or remotely. In either case, it would be beneficial for performance if InDesign did not block the interface while it was trying to open files that are not returned within a specific frame window (under 100ms seems reasonable).

   When a delay is encountered, draw the proxy or frame shape (if no proxy is available) and overlay a cloud or disk icon and some indication of loading progress. This would go a long way to directly communicate that InDesign has not crashed or otherwise failed in some way and that efforts are underway to load the files on canvas. This would also mean that scrolling to or past a page wouldn't lock up the interface when external files needing to be loaded.

   I imagine both MacOS and Windows provide some information about whether files are available locally or remotely. In either case, it would be beneficial for performance if InDesign did not block the interface while it was trying to open files that are not returned within a specific frame window (under 100ms seems reasonable).

   When a delay is encountered, draw the proxy or frame shape (if no proxy is available) and overlay a cloud or disk icon and some indication of loading progress. This would go a long way to directly communicate that InDesign has not crashed or otherwise failed in… more

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2. hyperlink

   Currently if we embed URL link- hyperlink highlighting the word within a hidden text box, the link does not work. We have to create a multi-step setup using the Object States panel so the box appears before the link can be clicked. We have to create the text box for the hyperlink, having to match the line and indentation is a painful process when you decide to edit the main text box. There are few other steps to enabling this hyperlink box work, creating a trigger button etc. This seems quite inefficient and was hoping Adobe could enable users to click the word to embed the hyperlink within a hidden text box to work.

   Currently if we embed URL link- hyperlink highlighting the word within a hidden text box, the link does not work. We have to create a multi-step setup using the Object States panel so the box appears before the link can be clicked. We have to create the text box for the hyperlink, having to match the line and indentation is a painful process when you decide to edit the main text box. There are few other steps to enabling this hyperlink box work, creating a trigger button etc. This seems quite inefficient and was hoping Adobe could enable users to… more

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3. Enable Interactive PDF as online view

   When we export the file as interactive PDF, we have to open it via Adobe APP for all the interactive features to work.. is there anyway to make all the interactive features to work when we open the file as an online PDF view?

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4. Allow users to move the colours and colour groups up and down the list under the drop-down menu at the top of the page

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   Please could anyone tell me if there is a way to (or why we cannot) reorder the colours in the drop-down colour palette…?

   I have created several colour groups and swatches (lower down the list than shown in the image below), but there doesn’t seem any easy way to simply reorder it so the colours and groups I use most are on the top… It would be so much easier if I could just move my favourite / regular colours by clicking on the line and moving it up or down the list. This would seem an easy thing to implement, but no-one seems to know why the functionality is not already there.

   What am I missing, and can anyone help?

   I note there is not even an “Adobe Indesign” category in the drop-down list for Feature Requests, so I’d like to know where I’m supposed to be sending this… ?

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   Please could anyone tell me if there is a way to (or why we cannot) reorder the colours in the drop-down colour palette…?

   I have created several colour groups and swatches (lower down the list than shown in the image below), but there doesn’t seem any easy way to simply reorder it so the colours and groups I use most are on the top… It would be so much easier if I could just move my favourite / regular colours by clicking on the line and moving it up or down the list. This would seem an easy… more

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5. Avoid repeated line beginnings and endings in Paragraph Composer

   Avoid repeated line beginnings and endings in Paragraph Composer

   In professional book typesetting, repeated beginnings or endings on consecutive lines can create distracting visual patterns. For example, several consecutive lines may begin with the same short word (“de”, “the”, “of”, etc.) or end with the same letters, syllables, words, or word endings.

   There are third-party tools that can detect some of these repetitions after the text has already been composed, but correcting them manually is extremely time-consuming. Fixing one occurrence may also recompose the paragraph and create another repetition a few lines later.

   InDesign already evaluates alternative line breaks, hyphenation and spacing when composing paragraphs. It would therefore be extremely useful if Adobe Paragraph Composer could also take repeated line beginnings and endings into account when choosing the best composition.

   I am not suggesting that repeated endings or beginnings should be absolutely prohibited. Instead, they could be treated as an additional composition penalty: if two possible paragraph compositions are typographically acceptable, InDesign could prefer the one that avoids an obvious repetition.

   Ideally, this could be configurable in Paragraph Style / Hyphenation or Justification options, for example:

   — Avoid repeated line endings
   — Avoid repeated line beginnings
   — Minimum number of matching characters: 2 / 3 / 4 / whole word
   — Number of consecutive lines to consider
   — Adjustable priority or penalty

   The feature should only alter the composition when an acceptable alternative exists within the paragraph's existing hyphenation and justification settings. It should not create poor spacing merely to avoid a repetition.

   This would be particularly valuable for books, novels and other long-form editorial work. In documents containing hundreds of pages, manually finding and correcting these visual repetitions can require many hours of typesetting work.

   InDesign's Paragraph Composer already considers the paragraph as a whole rather than composing every line independently. Adding repeated line beginnings and endings as another typographic factor in that calculation would make it an even more powerful tool for professional book composition.

   Avoid repeated line beginnings and endings in Paragraph Composer

   In professional book typesetting, repeated beginnings or endings on consecutive lines can create distracting visual patterns. For example, several consecutive lines may begin with the same short word (“de”, “the”, “of”, etc.) or end with the same letters, syllables, words, or word endings.

   There are third-party tools that can detect some of these repetitions after the text has already been composed, but correcting them manually is extremely time-consuming. Fixing one occurrence may also recompose the paragraph and create another repetition a few lines later.

   InDesign already evaluates alternative line breaks, hyphenation… more

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6. Change the format from JPEG to PNG after using Remove background directly in Adobe InDesign, so the final PNGs are usable without background

   Change the format from JPEG to PNG after using Remove background directly in Adobe InDesign, so the final PNGs are usable without backgrounds. There is no use of removing backgrounds of JPEGs in big files when you cannot use them without the backgrounds. When one is working on a big catalogue filled with 1500 jpegs, one cannot change them into PNGs in InDesign. This feature would help a lot of graphic designers, I am sure of it. The solution would be simple for you – add menu for picking the format before applying of removing the background.

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7. Pie charts and other charts

   Why are tables the limit for charts in indesign?

   I know we can make them in illustrator and copy them over/import them, but come on, this program should have this basic feature already.

   This is getting ridiculous, Indesign has been out since 1999 and that isn't counting the pagemaker predecessor from 1985....

   And y'all are focusing on ai slop instead. Please add more advance charts; etc. Get it together.

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8. New Window directly from Page/Spread

   I'd like to have the option to create a new window/tab/view into a file from a specific page/spread. I keep my Pages panel open, so I'd want to be able to right click a page and open a new window (that I can place on another screen as a reference).

   My workaround would be to export as a PDF and open the relevant page in Acrobat on my second screen, or manually create a new window and then navigate to the relevant page.

   Being able to do this in a single step saves a small amount of time, but convenience is the grease that keeps our cogs turning instead of grinding, and minimizing frustrating tedium is a value all its own.

   I can see 3 entry points for this.
   1. from the right click menu on a page/spread within the Pages panel
   2. from context menu on a specific page canvas directly (kind of negates the benefit, but we don't have a duplicate view/new window already available there)
   3. as a drag operation, possibly with a modifier key, if you were to drag a page/spread out of the Pages panel, simulating the physical action of opening that page in a new tab/window.

   Why is it valuable? It saves several seconds of needless scrolling per session, per file. For folks work on much larger documents, it would naturally add up quickly (time saved).

   I'd like to have the option to create a new window/tab/view into a file from a specific page/spread. I keep my Pages panel open, so I'd want to be able to right click a page and open a new window (that I can place on another screen as a reference).

   My workaround would be to export as a PDF and open the relevant page in Acrobat on my second screen, or manually create a new window and then navigate to the relevant page.

   Being able to do this in a single step saves a small amount of time, but convenience… more

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9. Allow for Wider PDF Export

   Illustrator updated the maximum width years ago, can indesign please update this too.

   Sometimes when exporting large pdfs like banners, we need to export spreads up to 10 meters+, please allow this to be a feature, so it's easier to show a proof to a client .

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10. Please create the SHARE FOR REVIEW link updateable as a standalone and not linked to just one indesign file.

    Here is what’s happening in my workflow.

    I create an indesign file (file_260729.ind) and share a link to clients for checking.

    Once the client adds their comments, i revise the indesign file and save it as (file_260730.ind) now I NEED to create a new share for review link for clients which makes it confusing for clients to follow especially if you're dealing with a number of clients, each commenting at their own pace.

    I have tried creating just one indesign MASTER file for client to check and just create an indesign copy for myself as archive BUT once i try to update the link, THE LINK ALWAYS END UP with ERRORS and refuses to update. (ARTIFACTS ERROR) it feels like it cannot handle heavy picture laden layouts.

    please create a fix for this. It’s a disruption to the client-creative process. 😓

    TLDR: too many links. just one link is buggy!

    Here is what’s happening in my workflow.

    I create an indesign file (file_260729.ind) and share a link to clients for checking.

    Once the client adds their comments, i revise the indesign file and save it as (file_260730.ind) now I NEED to create a new share for review link for clients which makes it confusing for clients to follow especially if you're dealing with a number of clients, each commenting at their own pace.

    I have tried creating just one indesign MASTER file for client to check and just create an indesign copy for myself as archive BUT once i try… more

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11. Paragraph Rules/Underline Skip Ink

    Can Paragraph Rules/Underlines be updated to have a 'skip ink' feature, similar to how figma works.

    For example, if I wanted to add a rule/underline below the word "example", I could choose for the line to go through the letter p or to skip any descenders adding in a gap to the line.

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12. Text variables with autosize frame

    Please add a feature to InDesign so that text frames with auto-size enabled will function properly when text variables are inserted into them. This would eliminate the need to convert the displayed text variable to regular text, while still allowing the frame to auto-size normally.

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13. Ignore hidden pages when creating Share for Review link

    I occasionally keep different versions of a given page hidden in my document in case I need them later. However, when creating a Share for Review link, I have to make sure I delete the hidden pages each time otherwise they will export in the Share for Review preview and confuse my reviewer.

    Can you please add functionality into Share for Review so it will not export any pages that are hidden when creating a share link?

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14. Allow Alternate Layouts to map onto existing styles and to be applied to new pages

    I frequently produce publications that require several very different sizes with the same content, it makes sense for our workflow to keep every size in a single file using Alternate Layouts, with the content linked so a change made once can be carried through. Creating an Alternate Layout already takes a set of pages and uses liquid page rules to adapt them to a new size and margins, which works, but I'd like to request two extensions to that feature.

    First, when creating an Alternate Layout, give the option of letting the styles be mapped onto an existing set of styles, not only copied into a new group. "Copy Text Styles to New Style Group" is great when there's no existing set to map to, but once I've made all the alternates for a book, I could make that a template. Then when I make the next book, those target styles already exist and I want the new pages to adopt them. The Content Conveyor can already map onto existing styles when placing content; Alternate Layouts should be able to do the same.

    Second, and this is the main thing, let the process be run more than once within the same file. At the moment an alternate layout is generated only once from its source. If I later add pages to a layout, there's no way to take those specific pages and send them into the alternate layouts I've already created. I'd like to select the new pages and apply the same conversion I used before, i.e. the same liquid page rules and the same style mapping – so they're added and linked to each existing alternate layout consistently, without rebuilding anything by hand.

    I frequently produce publications that require several very different sizes with the same content, it makes sense for our workflow to keep every size in a single file using Alternate Layouts, with the content linked so a change made once can be carried through. Creating an Alternate Layout already takes a set of pages and uses liquid page rules to adapt them to a new size and margins, which works, but I'd like to request two extensions to that feature.

    First, when creating an Alternate Layout, give the option of letting the styles be mapped onto an existing set of… more

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15. When printing miniaturesites .. i would like to stil get my filename on the print... thats disabled when doing that ... Please u are welcome
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16. multi monator setup the share for review pannel never appears for

    With a multi monitor setup the share for review comments panel never appears on the same screen as the InDesign window.

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17. Spread View Lock to keep it from shifting all the time.

    Need to stop the spreads from moving and zooming on their own. When working on two-page spreads on a large monitor, we don't need Adobe to keep moving our spreads around creating more work. Dragging a photo from a second monitor will automatically scoot the spread over for no reason. Also hyperlinking to new page will center that page recentering the spread for no reason. Mouse scroll wheel will often accidentally scoot the spread unintentionally and would be great to lock the spread view.

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18. Add "2" pages as default option to Add Pages rather than "1".

    1 page as the default adds no value when writing hundred page books. Need to add "2" pages 99% of the time and have to take our hands off the mouse each time to add pages. Either all the default to be changed or add a "page up" button to change the page count without having to take your hand off the mouse to use the keyboard. Adding 2 pages is a new spread, adding 1 page just shuffles all the pages in the document.

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19. [ID-4284726] Add a German native-speaker & InDesign power user to your team to make proper and consistent translations

    There were many small and big issues with incorrect translations within InDesign in the past.

    Three examples:
    – »tracking« was (correctly) translated to Laufweite at one occasion in InDesign but (totally wrong) to Verfolgung at a different place.
    – »KI-generierte Inhalte« (wroing) and »Beschreibung von KI generiert« (correct)
    – epub:type was translated to epub:Schrift instead of epub:Typ

    Plus: German text is mostly longer than english, so it sometimes does not fit into the UI.

    Consulting a German native-speaker who is also a InDesign power user would be great to make a better InDesign for the big number of German speaking users.

    There were many small and big issues with incorrect translations within InDesign in the past.

    Three examples:
    – »tracking« was (correctly) translated to Laufweite at one occasion in InDesign but (totally wrong) to Verfolgung at a different place.
    – »KI-generierte Inhalte« (wroing) and »Beschreibung von KI generiert« (correct)
    – epub:type was translated to epub:Schrift instead of epub:Typ

    Plus: German text is mostly longer than english, so it sometimes does not fit into the UI.

    Consulting a German native-speaker who is also a InDesign power user would be great to make a better InDesign for the big number of German speaking… more

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20. Option to set triple click to select the line WITHOUT selecting the new paragraph symbol

    Sometimes you just want to copy the line without having to delete the new paragraph start ever time you paste.

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