Why is this even an issue??? Just found there is a problem and really took the joy away from using the software

Not to be that person but Adobe makes enough money to ignore us. They will add new features but it's not likely to fix issues. Wouldn't be worth it $$

affinity suite...I've never heard. It seems pretty nice!

Dear Abhinav, we are now in 2022.....how long and useless is the backlog?

Real hubris to not have this come up higher in the backlog by this time. This is another reason for smaller projects I've moved to the affinity suite. It's not as powerful as adobe, but it's much more enjoyable to use.

Please add the feature.

Its REALLY ENCOURAGING that this FIX went on the list for future release -- IN 2017!

It must be ALMOST DONE by now. Wow. I can't wait. Sheesh!

I can't believe this app was put out with live captions unable to wrap / line break. I have wasted so much time with this feature.

InDesign is stagnant, when new features appear to be useless most of the community, only serve to increase Adobe's ego. The necessary resources (largely basic) that should be improved only stay in the promise!

is adobe saving this for CC2043

Adobe—come on!! We've been waiting forever.

4 years of backlog wow, the next release will be gigantic!

PLEASE fix this half-baked feature!

Please get real. This was a problem the first day text variables were added to InDesign.

What is Adobe thinking? We need this -- it's just CORRECT implementation of the supposed feature of text variables, captions, etc. Without correct behavior, the feature isn't a feature at all!

Does InDesign have a text variable feature? Yes ... well, actually NO. They expand the variable at the wrong stage in the construction of a paragraph, so it's effectively useless unless the inserted text is the same size as the variable name. But that's ridiculous! Yes, it is. Then how do you use this feature? Well, basically, you don't. or, like the OP, you expand (i.e., destroy) all the variables every time you output your document. Then, I guess, all you can do is UNDO all the expansions, and remember to expand them again if you print the document again.

Is this ridiculous? Yes. Is Adobe going to fix this bug? It's not a bug, it's a half-implemented feature. Well, are they doing anything about it? No. They said they would, but that was 3.5 years ago. It's zero priority. They'd rather we buy images from them.

Can we have an idea of when the detailed features you are introducing right now (2021) where submitted to backlog ? 1997 maybe ?

Is this STILL a thing? Unbelievable.

Not having competition must be nice.

Whoa, you must have an epic amount of backlog! Hello from 2021! Still hoping ❤️

The absence of this feature in late 2020 is one of the reasons I'm trying my best to avoid Adobe products overall. Live captions without being breakable in lines aren't useful at all other than for youtube videos and marketing purposes. It seems like Adobe only cares about getting new customers than saving the current ones.
Better alternatives have been popping up recently for different Adobe products and I hope one comes for InDesign as well.

Hey all....it's October 2020 and this still hasn't been updated. We throw lots of money every year to have the most up-to-date version of Adobe CC, but there are so many things that have been brought up but overlooked in these programs that make our jobs significantly more difficult. Please make this update as it is very useful. Thanks!

I'm glad this is in the backlog, but that was in late 2017!

I hope it gets pushed up to the top before another 2-3 years go by. I'm getting old.....