Adobe InDesign: Feature Requests
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Replacing a page within an existing PDF file using InDesign export options
It would be great if you could export a page from InDesign to an existing pdf file with add or replace options.
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Keep active links when placing PDFs in InDesign
When you place a PDF with text and links into an InDesign file, the links are lost when you export the final file to PDF. This happens because InDesign treats the placed PDF as an image, so the links do not stay active. It would be very useful if the links of a placed PDF could remain active when exporting from InDesign to PDF. Thanks
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More controls for exporting form fields to Adobe
When exporting interactive PDFs, please include functions to (1) toggle on/off the highlighting in Adobe; (2) visually manage tab order without having to close and reopen the panel for each page; and (3) enable Reader users to fill-in forms.
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IDML info in PDF
Embed IDML info when exporting a PDF so that the PDF can easily be imported back into InDesign
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The source of the alt text should default to the alt text from the image.
The source of the alt text should default to the alt text FROM the image. Don't make me have to change it for every image.
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Export from InDesign to Adobe Express with frames & keep the frames as frames not as shapes that can't be filled with photos or color.
Export documents containing frames from InDesign to Adobe Express & keep the frames as frames not converting them to shapes that cannot be filled with photos or color.
I'm working on a project with a document created in Adobe InDesign, which may have photos, fill colors, or be blank to fill in Adobe Express. When I export to Adobe Express, the frames convert into elements/shapes, preventing me from placing photos or changing the fill color. This limits my ability to design efficiently and uniformly. Recreating in Express or using new boxes and masking doesn't solve the issue, especially for custom…2 votes -
convert metadata description to alt text
It would be so helpful if there was an option for image metadata like "description" or "keywords" could be imported as the alt text. Right now we need to go click on every picture to type it in for every document that image is used in and it is time consuming. If I could just add a description in the image in bridge/photoshop and then have that imported as alt text, it would save so much time trying to reprocess all our documents to be accessible.
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Export Selected Objects to PDF.
Hello. I need to export selected objects to PDF in Indesign as we do for PNG. This is possible in Illustrator but not in Indesign. It would be good if it could work with object styles. Export all objects in a style to PDF one by one.
I am working for education technology. I am writing content in Indesign and after using this content to prepare different books. So I need to split each question or content.
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Upsample Images on PDF Export
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Indesign could offer the option of upsampling images to a specified PPI on PDF export. Rather than requiring the user to find each under-res image and manually destructively upsample each with a round-trip through Photoshop.
Optimally, there could be a threshold setting below which an image resolution is too low. This could be either "effective" resolution PPI number threshold ("Upsample images with an effective placed resolution above 120ppi"), or a max scale percentage that would be needed to get the image up to the set output resolution ("Upsample images within 40% of target resolution." or "Upsample images by no…
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Add the following features to Buttons and Forms menu.
Add the following features to Buttons and Forms Format menu.
Options: Alignment - Left, Right, Center, and Default Value.
Format: Number, Percentage, Date, Time and Special - Zip Code, Phone Number..
I create a LOT of fillable PDFs and it would save HOURS of time if I could format the fields in InDesign.2 votes -
PDF to InDesign - Preserve Editing Capabilities
In Illustrator, you have an option for saving to PDF to "Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities" so that you can open the file in Illustrator again and have the whole file including the layers, effects, guides, etc. Can we have this for InDesign as well?
I work with some people that I know use InDesign and export the PDF from there, but don't share the InDesign file so when changes need to be made, it gets a bit more complicated than necessary.2 votes -
Share for Review should be Save To Adobe PDF Documents as PDF
So I really like the idea of Share for Review but it can be very buggy sometimes and I feel like a lot of the missing or requested features can be found in Adobe Acrobat Online Documents. So instead of having the two seperate systems why not have Share for Review simple be export a PDF directly to the Document Cloud and eliminate the extra step of having to save as a PDF and then upload and or share to get it online for review as a PDF.
The PDF would use whatever quality settings the user chooses and can…
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Store Export settings along with PDF and update PDF with the same settings
I find it hard to impossible to tell the export settings of a PDF file just from the file. Am I missing where to look? I would like to have
- Write settings as human readable text into the metadata of PDF Files, when they are exported
- Export settings as Export preset, stored along with PDF (as metadata within the file)
- Import the Export Presets by pointing at an existing PDF File (with this metadata available)
- Update any PDF File (given the export settings-metadata are available) with the same settings by pointing to the the File that is to be updated
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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG ) 2.1
Improve InDesign's accessible PDF creation workflow to make it easier to generate WCAG 2.1 compliant PDFs, in line with EU legislation.
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Preflight. Hidden pages
It would be great if we had the option to add hidden pages to the preflight.
When working with long documents, if your pages panel is small it might be difficult to see a hidden page.
For translation projects, it might be essential that only text that is going to be visible in the final pdf is actually present in the indd /idml file so hidden pages should be identified and deleted.
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Chance to see export estimated file size in Indesign
I think it would be great if Indesign provided estimated size information before exporting to PDF or another format. Just like doing JPEG in Photoshop. Don't you think it's a good idea?
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Convert pdf to editable indesign file ( support Arabic language )
We want a feature that convert pdf file ( Arabic language ) ( right to left direction ) to an editable indesign file
I attached an example for what we want to
Please make concern with this feature
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Let me export page ranges to separate PDFs
I typed in page ranges to export (i.e. 1-2, 3-4, 5-6) and was just stuck with each page in a separate PDF. Was surprised that exporting page ranges to separate PDFs was not already functional using this method.
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Options to enter #firstpage #lastpage in PDF filename
It would be great if you could add the option to add #firstpage and #lastpage to PDF filename. Lots of typographers require that in order to keep publications in order.
I work for a monthly magazine and in our workflow we create single articles that we gather into an InDesign Book. This would avoid the need of renumbering ALL the publication filenames – in case something changes in the articles order of appearance – and rebuild the Book before the PDF creation (I do this via a script by Peter Kahrel that exports the Book as single documents)2 votes -
Retain hyperlinks within imported PDF files and export PDF file from InDesign
With many publications hosted online, we receive a lot of adverts containing hyperlinks as advertisers embrace the fact that specific web pages, websites, YouTube videos, Podcasts, email, social media and more can be embedded. Unfortunately, InDesign only see PDF files as image objects; therefore, hyperlinks are lost when the artwork is exported as a new PDF.
We currently patch transparent objects over the artwork, select text, then copy and paste to apply links to ensure all are seen after the PDF has been exported from our InDesign file.
To retain imported links with PDF files would be a huge time-saver.…
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