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  1. insert "current date" like MS Word does.

    insert "current date" like MS Word does.

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  2. Free time

    Looking for some online entertainment, I came across https://mcw-bangladesh.org/ . I liked that the site was easy to navigate and seemed safe. Plus, they offer bonuses that suit Bangladeshi users, which adds a nice local touch. I find it enjoyable to spend my time here, with a variety of games that keep things interesting. The platform is a great way to unwind without feeling too commercial or complicated.

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  3. Combine Enhance Scanned File with AI

    I have a very large scanned pdf of a document that was typed with an old typewriter. I am transferring it all to InDesign and the quality of the text when I copy and paste from the scanned document is awful which is making me have to retype large chunks.
    It would be very powerful to use AI to test the text and make sense of it rather than the current output which is mostly garbage.
    And when I use the spell suggester, it comes out with such random suggestions which bear no relation to the actual spelling of the…

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  4. Dissertation Proposal Writers

    Dissertation proposal writers- I need somebody, I can refer to to find the right Dissertation proposal writers, somebody who would guide me at every step without ambiguity and, hence, would explain the whole process. A solid proposal will form the backbone of my dissertation, and hence, knew that I needed expert help in taking care of everything so as to structure and convince my argument well. The right Dissertation proposal writers are those who understand what I need for my research and provide insights that sharpen the focus.
    https://www.helpwithdissertation.co.uk/dissertation-proposal-writing-services-uk/

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  5. Ancient Greek spell check

    I have read an article (https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/add_cs_dictionaries.html) about adding a Hunspell dictionary in inDesign and try to insert the Ancient Greek dic in InDesign but it was not working properly. I hope Adobe in the future to include and the Ancient Greek Language as there are many University Studies which teach Ancient Greek Literature and print books in ancient greek language. There is already a free hunspell dic so I suppose that it will be easy for adobe such a thing.

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  6. Add different offset for start/end poin

    Add different offset for start/end point in paragraph rules and strikethrough

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  7. Enable an index entry that's "Current Page" plus or minus "n" page.

    I'm currently in a situation where I have multiple tables in a book, and each table bridges across its spread. The index entry I want to make is on the right-hand (recto) page but, because the upper-left corner of the text frame containing the table is on the preceding left-hand page, the index entry takes the number of that preceding page, not the correct right-hand page.

    In practice, this means I have to go back and manually change the index entry page number to one page higher - for every single entry.

    Implementing this would just require another option for…

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  8. You may remove Dutch: Old rules

    You may remove Dutch: Old rules. the new spelling dates from 2005, so that's been 20 years from now.

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  9. Fontmetrics/TextMetrics data to be included in Info panel

    I would like these information to be available in info panel of Indesign. It really helps. Select a character and then it should show following information:

    Script Alert

        Points: MM:
    

    Point Size: 12.000 4.2864
    Baseline: 12.138 4.3356936
    Ascender: 8.736 3.1204992
    Descender: 2.525 0.90193
    Cap Height: 8.590 3.068348
    x-Height: 6.223 2.2228556

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  10. Indesign CJK Version Request : Standard Vertical Roman Alignment

    Please add the simple feature of standard vertical roman alignment in adobe indesign CJK version as well.

    In all the other versions of Indesign, and also in other basic applications like the photoshop or illustrator, there is an option to vertically align roman alphabets. However, in the CJK version, the vertical writing tool only provides the option to typeset the roman alphabets and numbers in a 90 degree rotated way.

    If I wanted to write them vertically without having to rotate it, I have to manually do so in Character settings, but that is not a good option since the…

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  11. Hi everyone, help me

    Hi everyone, I work shift work and am often in places without internet. Does anyone know a convenient service for downloading YouTube videos to watch them offline?

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  12. Highlight Box Behind Text

    This is so commonly used in design, that it even exists in Adobe Express, yet for some reason has never been introduced to InDesign. Instead we have had to create underlines and adjust them, which then needs to be adjusted every time font size is changed.

    I imagine this is not a difficult thing to introduce, and it would be a huge help to so many people within publication design

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  13. Support ODT files

    ODT files are used by open source software Libre Office who inherited from both Open Office and Neo Office. It's used by Microsoft users, Apple Users and Linux users. Since it's open source software, it's 100% free. It allows for the same sort of features that Microsoft does as much as Google Docs does similarly.

    Google currently does support ODT files. (see Screenshot) Shouldn't Adobe follow suit and do the same? Every other program does, so why not Adobe?

    InDesign needs to support ODT files for the following reasons:
    1. LIbre Office is Free.

    1. Adobe costs a lot of money…

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  14. Add space before text on the first line in a text box

    For each new chapter in a book, we like to add space before the chapter title, but need to either modify the size of the text box (dragging the top down), or we need to add a paragraph break to act as a work-around to create space before the first line of text.

    It'd be great if InDesign had a feature to allow added space before the first line.

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  15. "Hyphenate" not be the default paragraph option

    As has recently been completed for Illustrator (https://bit.ly/4bTHEZJ), please turn off hyphenation as the default.

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  16. Make 'Preferences/Grids/Baseline grid' changes live

    When using 'Preferences/Grids/Baseline grid' to set, or change, or modify the baseline grid, it would be really useful if the changes were visible live, rather than having to repeatedly open/close the dialogue window to see changes.

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  17. Empty Text Frames in Preflight Panel

    It would be really nice if the Preflight Panel (or another tool) could detect text frames with no text in them and give the user an option to delete them. Empty text frames don't cause that many problems in print, but when you export to ePub, they often create some odd pagination and other errors. I think they usually happen because I bring in a new story and it kicks out 15 pages. Then I highlight the text and apply a style and the text shrinks to 12 pages, but leaves behind empty boxes. If I don't go back and…

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  18. Add New Stand-Alone Styles for Tracking Changes in Layout View

    There are times when I need two lines of text to stay in a frame/page. I can do this manually, but I get overrides. I could accomplish this using paragraph styles, but globally it would impact other frame layouts; or result in many more paragraph styles (I already have over 40 for long documents). I could do it using character styles, which I do, but then I lose other necessary character styles like italics applied to a book title.

    If we could have a separate Style for 'tracking', kerning, character spacing, character width, etc. it would. be so helpful.

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  19. Protect approved text or pages. Properly lock text, objects or layers so that Ctrl Z doesn't undo the lock

    Sometimes when I am doing multiple Ctrl-Zs on a page it flicks back to an article on a previous page and undoes that too. If that has been previously approved and Ctrl Z makes changes I miss, that's a problem, especially if I press another key by mistake before I can do re-do. It would be very useful to properly lock approved content so that Ctrl-Z doesn't affect it. A default option would be great.

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  20. Find/Change text in Index entries too

    I find it amazing that we have been relegated to using fancy scripts to perform what should be a simple find and replace.
    Currently (as far as I know) search and change (aka Find and Replace) has no means to affect an index and its entries. There are scripts that try and address this shortcoming, but why? This is a simple and basic function. Correction, should be a simple and basic function.

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