Update Book panel
Please update the Book files to work more like FrameMaker.
For example, one can group files together, use folders (to treat separate files as one chapter), set the pagination settings separate for each file (start on right, start on next, make page count even, etc.)
InDesign hasn't had any major long document feature updates for some time. (Endnotes doesn't count as a long document feature since they do not currently work for a book. <g>)
David Creamer
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David Creamer
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Yoong Hor Meng: So are you saying that InDesign should not have better book features--like per file pagination--because FrameMaker exists? I might be inclined to agree if FM had typography settings and better table style options (among other things). Adobe has borrowed Frame features and put them in ID before; and recently, they did the opposite. So putting better long-doc features in ID is not unreasonable, even if they exist in Frame.
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Yoong Hor Meng
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It may not make financial sense to implement feature from one product to another product. However, if they do, it would be beneficial to the publishing industry - to use just a few software to do all the works. FM is not in CC.
The book feature in FM is really good and flexible.