Make text variables/live captions breakable like normal text
We work a lot with pictures that get there captions from xmp meta data stored in the pictures.
There is a great feature in InDesign called textvariables/live captions ;) for this… BUT these variables don‘t wrap like normal text :(
Instead we have to convert the live captions to static text to get the proper text warp and in doing so losing our live link to the XMP meta data.
So please enhance this feature to a real feature and allow variables to wrap like normal text. Thanks!
Tim Gouder
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We have added this feature in our backlog for future release
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Mario Clerc commented
This feature would be highly appreciated!
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Jon Reader commented
Text Variables are completely useless without this feature - literally pointless aside from running headers.
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Nathan Wells commented
Yes please! Another feature years in the making...2017...wow!
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Mike
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Just adding my voice to this so we can maybe get this issue from 2017 out of backlog in 2023.
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Anonymous
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without this implemented text variables are just a broken feature!
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Heike Herzog-Kuhnke commented
Ok when will this be in development (Backlog since 2017)?
This is really annoying how InDesign works with these variables and causes many workarounds to think about when you prefer to automate things.
Please start to change this - would love to see any change in one of the next versions. -
Sami Gale commented
Can we also have it so that we can have the option for file name extensions? I'm sick of removing them post file change.
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John Soby commented
This issue is still not addressed – and renders variables unusable in many different scenarios. Text in variables needs to behave as just that. Text.
From a programmer's view, this should be a relatively simple thing to fix – yet here we are. Still. -
Jake Hammersmith
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@Abhinav Agarwal - Is this very important behavior STILL on the list? Your message is now about five years old, so it seems to be very, very low priority. And yet text variables are a central feature of any text presentation app.
I'm worried that this whole area of improvement may never happen.
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Jake Hammersmith
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Good grief, yes! All variable text MUST be part of the flow that GREP sees. Variables surely would be expanded before passing the paragraph on to GREP. Surely ... !
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Curtis Hight
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I arrived at roadblocks in Text Variables over the past two days. First, I discovered that the full range of metadata contained in Lightroom is not available via Text Variables, and then, Second, I discovered that Text Variables does not play well with GREP. Yes, please, bring new life to Text Variables!
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Gabry Os
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Why is this even an issue??? Just found there is a problem and really took the joy away from using the software
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savannah Pawlicki-Mason
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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 $$
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eduardo asta
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affinity suite...I've never heard. It seems pretty nice!
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eduardo asta
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Dear Abhinav, we are now in 2022.....how long and useless is the backlog?
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Paul O'Brien
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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.
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PTerno
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Please add the feature.
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Jake Hammersmith
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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!
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Anonymous
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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.
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Therus Santana
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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!