DataMerge icons/images inline into text frames
Add the ability to put file paths for icons/images with text in a cell, so that the images are merged inline with the text in a text frame. For example "Here is some text and here's an @icon.ai" would merge the icon.ai file into the text.
I know a lot of people who do work on card games using DataMerge, and this is the single most frequent request I get.
Currently the way we get around this is by merging text with placeholders like "[icon]", then copying the icon to the clipboard and doing a find and replace [icon] with the clipboard contents. This slightly defeats the purpose of DataMerge by adding several extra steps.
Max Seidman
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Steve Conor commented
Γεια, διάβασα το ποστ σου για το DataMerge και τα inline icons. Ενώ έψαχνα έναν τρόπο να χαλαρώσω μετά από σύνθετες εργασίες, βρήκα το https://spinogambino.com.gr. Είναι πολύ ομαλό για παίκτες από την Ελλάδα. Δοκίμασα μερικά φρουτάκια, έχασα λίγο στην αρχή, αλλά μετά ήρθε μια μικρή νίκη που έκανε τη συνεδρία διασκεδαστική και χαλαρωτική. Ένας απλός τρόπος για διάλειμμα από πολύπλοκες εργασίες σχεδίασης.
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Joe A (Sykres) commented
It's 100% necessary. Data Merge is a woefully incomplete feature without being able to merge images inline with text.
I'm currently staring down the Bartel of HUNDREDS of additional hours of work simply because I can't do this one small thing with InDesign.