Adobe InDesign: Feature Requests
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Selected Page Count in InDesign's Pages Panel
Please add a visible count of selected pages in the Pages panel.
This could be displayed on hover or added to the existing status text - "X pages in Y spread".
This feature would replace the current, less intuitive method of calculating page count via "move pages" for instance.
Potential use-cases:- Quick calculations of chapter lengths.
- Determining page ranges for specific paper types, e.g., those requiring division into 16 pages.
Please consider adding this feature to improve InDesign's functionality.
I provided a very quick mockup for how this could be shown.
Thank you.
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Copy Info: File Name
Would love to see an option added in the 'Copy Info' dropdown in the links panel for copying only the filename.
Super handy for searching old drives for images in large catalogues or for relinking etc.
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RESIZING THE DOCUMENT WINDOW!!!!!
I shouldn't have to re-size the window EVERY time I open the app, or a document -- and even if you can't fix that, it shouldn't be so hard to re-size the **** thing! I'm sick of having to spend five minutes every time I open the app just getting the window to be the shape and size that I want! On Mac, moving the mouse to the lower right corner (which I have to do to resize the **** window) causes a contextual menu to pop up if I don't grab fast enough. Even if I do get ahold…
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Let hyperlinks open in a new tab.
I was trying to work out how to set InDesign hyperlinks to open a new tab in a browser. I have learned this is not a feature that is in InDesign.
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Cross-check links used on both ways
Hi, the idea is to be able to check the links that a certain file (let's call file A) is being linked to.
The file A can be used as a link on files 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.... so when I open file 1 and go to the links panels I can see my file A listed there. Right? But not the other way around, such as we can't see the files (1,2,3...) in which that one file (file A) is linked to unless we go one by one (1,2,3...). Would be great to have a link to and…
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Please allow the option to put a published link that was deleted on accident in the trash instead of it being gone forever & one can restore
Please allow the option to put a published link that was deleted on accident in the trash instead of it being gone forever & one can restore.
My computer files got deleted, and then it decided to die all together, so I can't republish or update the existing link to my InDesign project. I tried on another computer but it's just not working.https://indd.adobe.com/view/6b986399-510f-4d0f-add0-187a36db3023
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Name pages
Be able to gave pages a name in the pages panel.
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To change the dictionary-language in paragraph styles for the whole document/all styles at once.
It would be great and timesaving to change the dictionary-language in paragraph styles for the whole document/all styles or selectedt styles at once. A checkbox like in effects "Global Light" would be great. "Global Language".
I had my styles mostly based on each other. But still have to change 4-6 Paragraphs for each language everey issue of a magazine.
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Add "don't show again" option to error box
See attached image.
"Invalid indent value. Indents cannot extend outside text frame."
I'd love to be rid of it, since it just appears when I hit the button one too many times.
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Apply parent pages based on text
I would like the ability to force a page to use a Parent Page based on the content of that page.
For example, a long document might have several chapters and the chapter title or chapter number uses a specific paragraph style. That style could include an attribute to apply a specific Parent Page to the page the text appears on, allowing the designer to automatically select the chapter start parent where appropriate. As the text reflows the parent would be removed or reapplied as the text moves from page to page.
Sometimes a paragraph might span a page break,…
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Auto resize text to fit text box
Auto resize text to fit text box with a character limit would allow me to use it as a dynamic form that would be print ready.
4 votes -
InDesign share link paths between two documents
We send InDesign documents out for translation. (Without packaging photos because those don't have to be translated.) But when we get the translated ID doc back, sometimes the links to our server won't work, or just some of them work and we have to manually relink may of the graphics in a 12-page document. I'd like to be able to open the Spanish version of a document and tell is to copy all the link paths for graphics from the English version of the document. GAME CHANGER!!! We're sometimes translating documents into 12 languages, and I have to re-link ALL…
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color swatches not scrolling on Mac desktop
this is a bug:
1. Version 17.4
2. Every time I’m working in InDesign
3. I try to scroll lower down in my swatch menu
It get’s stuck, and can only access lower swatches if I collapse other menus in same bar.1 vote -
Share for review – the necessity of an output preview
For a long time in the printing industry, we did our copies to print with low-resolution PDFs that we send directly to our customers by e-mail. The advantage of this method is that for other participants in the graphic industry, we can show how the documents we received will be processed, thanks to the output preview.
Since most printers don't necessarily print complex layouts and we are concerned with ensuring the quality of the files we receive, I was a little disappointed to see that this aspect of print control was not available in the current version of "Share for…
2 votes -
Using microphone to type
Indesign (all adobe apps I use) do not recognize voice microphone (talk to text) option
I am using Mac OS with my apps to assist and InDesign will not work with talk to text feature, or simply the microphone. Is there a solution for this? I see no Adobe Apps such as Photoshop allows this functionality either and InDesign is the only one that is very important and needs to have that functionality.
Is adobe going to work on this situation? When I have to do a text heavy document and the option of talk to text is a savior.…
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Track Changes and Show Track Changes switched on by default
Our users are very dependent on the Track Changes and Show Track Changes function within Adobe InCopy. Currently with the workflow we are using users are having to manually switch this on every time a new article/story is created.
Users would like to have both of these options switched on by default when InCopy loads so they do not have to manually enable these.
Please develop this feature so that end users do not have to manually enable these options each time a new story is created.
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Easy drag and drop to base one text style on another
I would love for an easy drag and drop to base one text style on another in the paragraph and character style palettes. The idea is to drag a paragraph style (para) that you want to base on and drop onto another style (parafirst or paralast). I work on book designs with lots and lots of style tags. It will save designers so much time to do it all in the palettes instead of opening up each style and scroll through the style list every time.
In addition, similar to how we apply parent/master pages to pages, it’d…
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epub new law june 2025
In the EU as per 28 June 2025, ebooks have to meet certain standards, for the handicapped. Will Indesign provide these features? See attached pdf for requirements.
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cc team sync
I would like it if you could add a way to live collaborate on a InDesign document.
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Ability to brand "Publish Online" docs by adding a favicon and customize the URL
I love this option for publishing professional documents online, but I NEED to be able to brand the digital experience with our logo and change the URL so it isn't indd.adobe. It's confusing/less professional for our customers.
1 vote
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