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  1. By clicking in a file that does not exists anymore, it vanishes from recent items.

    It would be perfect if the Indesign home interface behaved like Photoshop's: by clicking on a file that does not exist anymore, it just vanishes from recent items, helping to keep less cluttered.

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  2. Publish Online: change the position of the "PDF preferences" field

    You can only choose a PDF preference if you have marked the first square field under this topic. Because we normally read from top to bottom this is not logical.

    Please change it so that “PDF-Einstellungen herunterladen” is under the “Benutzern gestatten, das Dokument als PDF (Druck) herunterzuladen”. In the second screenshot you can see my suggestion.

    3 votes

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  3. Set Solidity of Spot colors

    We have HP Indigo's that can print white ink. For example, printing white ink on a golden paper, it looks great, and if you have a picture, just slab some white ink below it and it looks good.

    However in InDesign, if you set the colors accordingly (Paper color to gold, and add a white spot color), and you enable overprint preview, the white ink just disappears. This means, we're desining with paper set to white and white ink set to Cyan to see what we're doing. Tbh we'd like to see what we'll eventually get.

    We need the ability…

    1 vote

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  4. table accessibility

    InDesign to PDF - Table Accessibility. Please add a way to scope and add an ID to table heading cells. Add a way to then associate table headers to data cells. Ensure that the table elements are properly exported to PDF tags. No table tags are available to be mapped to any InDesign style using Export Tags.

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  5. You may remove Dutch: Old rules

    You may remove Dutch: Old rules. the new spelling dates from 2005, so that's been 20 years from now.

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  6. Share for review for organisation

    Compared to Adobe Illustrator, InDesign does not have the option for internal approval within the organization ("Everyone at your organization can comment").

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  7. 508 compliance PDF

    Add in “Preflight Profiles” for 508c Color Contrast Analyzer (CCA) error check mark.

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  8. Cloning à la Illustrator Repeat or Symbol Tool for x-up Printing?

    I've quickly grown to love Illustrator's Repeat feature, especially the ability to edit any instance of the repeated object. A feature akin to this for InDesign, or a "Live Repeat"/"Clone" would be a massive improvement for x-up layout!

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  9. Fontmetrics/TextMetrics data to be included in Info panel

    I would like these information to be available in info panel of Indesign. It really helps. Select a character and then it should show following information:

    Script Alert

        Points: MM:
    

    Point Size: 12.000 4.2864
    Baseline: 12.138 4.3356936
    Ascender: 8.736 3.1204992
    Descender: 2.525 0.90193
    Cap Height: 8.590 3.068348
    x-Height: 6.223 2.2228556

    1 vote

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  10. Devnagri Script Numerals in Numbered Lists and Foot notes etc.... have been waiting for ages

    It is very important and sometimes indispensable to have page numbers (auto) and Number list and Footnotes in Devnagri script numerals and not roman... but Indesign doesn't offer me any solution

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  11. Restore several links to a Library

    Create a function to update the links in the Libraries in the same way as for a local folder.
    I had to move my libraries to a new Cloud following a change of plan. All the links no longer work. Even if I give the path to a link, INDD isn't able to restore the other links in the same library as it can in a local folder. I have thousands of links to restore manually!

    1 vote

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  12. AI-powered design assistance

    To improve Adobe InDesign for <a href="https://www.cubix.co/mobile-app-development"> mobile app development </a> design, we could integrate AI-powered design assistance that suggests layout enhancements, color schemes, and typography adjustments in real-time, tailored specifically for mobile interfaces. Additionally, introducing robust real-time collaborative editing features would allow multiple designers and developers to work on the same project simultaneously with version control and live feedback options. Moreover, developing an advanced asset management system with cloud integration, AI-driven tagging, and easy retrieval of graphics, fonts, and templates would streamline the mobile app design process significantly.

    1 vote

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  13. 字取り機能の改善リクエスト (improvement to "jidori" feature request)

    日本語版独自の「字取り」機能で設定できるのは「文字数」に限られているため、不便な場面が多いです。
    文字数以外の設定はテキストフレーム/フレームグリッドに関わらずフレームグリッド設定に依存します。これを知らずに「字取り」を使いこなせていないユーザーも多いです。

    添付画像 1 に示したのは、私が不便だと感じたケースの全てです。そして( )の中には私の仕事での主な使い道です。
    本文とはサイズの異なる文字(見出し段落に字取りを用いる場合が多い)
    字間の広げられたフレームでの挙動(おまけ)
    ストーリー内に配置された、文字サイズの異なる表(一般に表の文字サイズは本文より小さい場合が多い)

    私はこれらの問題を、アンカー付きオブジェクトを挿入、
    あるいは「字取り」を用いずに、
    ホワイトスペースを挿入、トラッキングで調節、文字前後のアキ設定
    などで代用しています。
    つまり、とても不便なのです。

    今回、代案を考えてみました。なかなかの時間をかけました。
    皆さんの賛同が欲しいです。

    添付画像 2 は文字パネルのスクリーンショットです。
    従来のグラフィカルなコントロールを廃止し、フライアウトメニューに格納することで、より詳細な設定を可能にすることを提案します。
    これは「縦中横」や「割注」、あるいは「下線」や「打ち消し線」と同様に扱うこととします。

    添付画像 3 は設定ダイアログのアイディアです。
    まず先頭に、他の機能と同じようなチェックボックス。
    これで「字取り」をオン/オフします。
    次に、ラジオボタンで
    1 文字サイズ、字数、字間 の3要素で設定、
    2 字取りの幅(縦組み時は高さ)をダイレクトに設定
    を選択します。

    いかがでしょうか。

    少しの難点は、下位バージョンのアプリと互換性が全くないことです。
    しかし、いいと思いませんか?

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    in poor english

    jidori feature improvement request

    The "Jidori" function unique to the Japanese version can only be set to "character count," which is inconvenient in many situations.
    Settings other than the number of characters depend on the frame grid settings regardless of the text frame/frame grid. Many users are unaware of this and are not able to use the "Jidori" function well.

    49 votes

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  14. Indesign CJK Version Request : Standard Vertical Roman Alignment

    Please add the simple feature of standard vertical roman alignment in adobe indesign CJK version as well.

    In all the other versions of Indesign, and also in other basic applications like the photoshop or illustrator, there is an option to vertically align roman alphabets. However, in the CJK version, the vertical writing tool only provides the option to typeset the roman alphabets and numbers in a 90 degree rotated way.

    If I wanted to write them vertically without having to rotate it, I have to manually do so in Character settings, but that is not a good option since the…

    1 vote

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  15. Hi everyone, help me

    Hi everyone, I work shift work and am often in places without internet. Does anyone know a convenient service for downloading YouTube videos to watch them offline?

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  16. Indesign 2024 not working with window-snapping apps

    I recently upgraded to InDesign 2024. I use BetterSnapTool to arrange my app-windows in order to have a efficient and practical workflow. But InDesign 2024 does not work with BetterSnapTool (BST) or any other window-snapping apps due to this reason I received from the BST support:
    "Unfortunately all window manager apps on macOS are affected by this, Adobe has broken their window resizing behavior in their recent updates. Their products do not respond correctly to window resizing requests using the macOS Accessibility API anymore. As of now I don't think there is anything I can do to fix this. If…

    7 votes

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  17. UX improvement: When changing color on selected Text Fields, Text Color should be changed over textfields background color

    It happens so often that I select a textfield, quickly pick a color from the color swatches and the entire text field gets a background color - although I obviously wanted to change the text color.
    I have to manually go in and switch from text field background color to font color. I think this could be avoided.

    1 vote

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  18. Highlight Box Behind Text

    This is so commonly used in design, that it even exists in Adobe Express, yet for some reason has never been introduced to InDesign. Instead we have had to create underlines and adjust them, which then needs to be adjusted every time font size is changed.

    I imagine this is not a difficult thing to introduce, and it would be a huge help to so many people within publication design

    1 vote

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  19. Support ODT files

    ODT files are used by open source software Libre Office who inherited from both Open Office and Neo Office. It's used by Microsoft users, Apple Users and Linux users. Since it's open source software, it's 100% free. It allows for the same sort of features that Microsoft does as much as Google Docs does similarly.

    Google currently does support ODT files. (see Screenshot) Shouldn't Adobe follow suit and do the same? Every other program does, so why not Adobe?

    InDesign needs to support ODT files for the following reasons:
    1. LIbre Office is Free.

    1. Adobe costs a lot of money…

    1 vote

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  20. Paragraph style — Bullets Same as text Color option

    When creating a bullet style in paragraph styles, could there be an option to have the bullet character the same color as the text color?

    Similar to the paragraph rule options.

    I know create character styles for this, and it is still a good feature, but you need to create multiple bullet styles if your page has a dark background.

    I hope my explanation makes sense.

    4 votes

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