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!
We have added this feature in our backlog for future release
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Unhappy Customer commented
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.
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Anonymous commented
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!
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Anonymous commented
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.....
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Allen commented
Frustrating, isn't it?
One wonders how a feature like this, which essentially BREAKS the whole text variable mechanism for innumerable scenarios, remains unaddressed for so long. Is it because the marketing dept. doesn't think new users will be motivated by such a specialized improvement? If so, perhaps the marketing people don't realize how powerfully NEGATIVE this kind of neglect can be when potential buyers talk to experienced users.
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MBR commented
3 years in backlog now,
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Anonymous commented
Text variables and live captions are SIGNIFICANTLY USELESS without proper embedding in the specified paragraph styles. This means embedding, of course, but it also means full styling capability as well. The instance of a variable's text should be inserted into the parent text flow before styles are applied.
The controlling paragraph style can then properly format the inserted text, including character styles, embedded styles, and GREP styles.
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Mit commented
Time to bring this to the front wouldn't you say? It's 2020 now....
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Hill commented
Still need this!
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William Wong commented
Status update on this? It's been like 5 years
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Mario Fritsche commented
18.06.2019 (2019): Can you give us a status update?
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Steve Gehring commented
yes!
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Uta commented
Yes! I am also waiting for a solution!
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Stephan Schneider commented
Please add this Feature
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BS commented
Yes, please enhance this feature to a real feature and allow variables to wrap like normal text.
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Stephan Mitteldorf commented
This feature is not a "nice to have" it is a basic feature. So please, enhance it to the next version!
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dw commented
Yes please, do it.
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Tim Gouder commented
@Abhinav Agrawal: Thanks for adding this feature to your Backlog. Can you give us a status update?
@ALL: Please support to include this feature in InDesign in the very near release.
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RY commented
This idea was marked "in backlog" over a year ago. Could we please have a status update?
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Anonymous commented
yes please!!!!