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  1. add absolute last page number as text variable

    I cannot get a document with multiple sections, or a book with documents that contain sections, to display the absolute last page number as a text variable. They will only display the last page number of the section when using "last page" text variable. I want and "absolute last page number" text variable that would choose the absolute last page in a single document with multiple sections, and the absolute last page in a book with documents that contain sections. I want to be able to say "page 1 of 35, page 2 of 35", etc, where "35" is the…

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  2. Make Arrowheads features same as Illustrator.

    Why the control is the same, but result different for this Arrowhead feature from InDesign to Illustrator. I want to scale down arrowheads, but couldn't. Workaround is nice but why? when the Illustrator control works perfectly.

    2 votes

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  3. Group objects across different layers

    Group objects across different layers and prevent grouping from bringing the group to one layer. The group can exist on any level where there is a grouped object. Thus the group can better intersect with intermediate levels to the objects that compose it.

    1 vote

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  4. Add option to embed placed INDD like other placed files

    Indesign can embed all linked files into an INDD, except for at least one file type: INDD. You place an external INDD, you can't embed it. If you share the main INDD with other people, they have the external files separately, but Indesign cannot find them, because of different paths.

    Also, embedding files into an INDD is used to create a snapshot or final version, which isn't possible in this case. The reason to embed an INDD instead of a PDF created from it is the work flow. If you modify the external INDD, which may be used in several…

    1 vote

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  5. Ratios of Height to Width

    I would like to see ratios of height to width in InDesign similar to Photoshop. In PS, when using the selection marquee or crop tool, you can set the tool to a ratio of height to width. InDesign should have that when making a frame shape and when making a page size. Designing content into frame regions that express a ratio of H x W furthers graceful design.

    2 votes

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  6. BLM: Black Lines Matter!

    Please remove the black shadow on the right and the bottom in Normal Screen Mode in inDesign. It's aggressive contrast is annoying as ****.

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  7. Add the option to find/replace objects at certain x/y coordinates.

    Add the option to find/replace objects at certain x/y coordinates.

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  8. Text wrap around anchored objects needs to work according to settings, regardless of where the anchor is placed.

    Text wrap refuses to wrap properly around my anchored objects regardless of anchor placement in the paragraph or text wrap offset settings.

    This causes the anchored object to overlap the text and/or have inconsistent margin offset around the object. It's erratic and inconsistent among the various objects, even though they all have the exact same object style applied.

    Some of the objects wrap a little better than others - at least they're not overlapping on top of text - but the wrap margins are still inconsistent. Not a single object wraps how I believe it should based on the style…

    6 votes

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  9. Special-shaped Tables

    If there is any way possible to get InDesign to be able to create a table that's curved on an edge?

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  10. Page number ranges in TOC

    Table of contents don't have the ability to add page ranges.

    So the contents look like this:

    Section A . . . . . . . 1

    Section B . . . . . . . 5

    Section C . . . . . . . 9

    When they should look like this:

    Section A . . . . . . . 1-4

    Section B . . . . . . . 5-8

    Section C . . . . . . . 9

    All this needs to be implemented is to have the second number be one page less than…

    7 votes

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  11. Please allow align stroke centers again

    It was once easy to align frames with a line. By dragging them on top of each other you could 'snap' the middle of the line together.

    Can this please be added back to InDesign? It would make life so much easier and more fun.

    Alignin a stroke to a box with a stroke still works, aligning boxes with strokes on the center of the stroke doesn't work anymore. Please fix it.

    1 vote

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  12. Delete all instances of link

    It would be great to be able to delete all instances of a link from the Links panel.

    1 vote

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  13. Condition also for graphics instead of text only

    Make it also possible, to show or hide Graphic Elements and Logos according to "Text Conditions". So it would be possible, to make one Template for Merge and set the content in 2 Languages with different Logos or Graphics.

    1 vote

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  14. The ability to have space before/after not add up

    When two paragraphs with different paragraph styles with differing 'space before/after' settings are below each other, InDesign adds the 'space after' and 'space before' together. It would be nice if you could optionally set in the paragraph style that these values are not added together, so that only the highest value is honoured.

    1 vote

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  15. Linked filename on hover

    When you hover over an image, the name and path of that file pops up in a tooltip.

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  16. Rule above, Role below: Width columne except text

    Please make it possible to create a line below (paragraph rules) that is as long as the column, but the text is not underlined.

    This would make it easy to create form fields

    2 votes

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  17. ZOOM increased and other small, significant, improvements

    1. Is it possible to have higher zoom percentages in indesign in the next relase? 64.000%
      (often for reasons of precision you need more zoom but there is no more than 4000%)

    2. Structure view as in illustrator

    3. increase snap accuracy

    4. Greater controls for vector drawing (as far as possible for ID)

    5. Enter and edit "Simple" vectors directly into ID

    6. Automatic bitmap / vector tracing as in AI

    2 votes

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  18. Adjust image frame to pure white background

    I do a lot of shoes catalogues, where white background is used on images.
    It would be nice to have a tool that detects pure with and adjust the frame to that area.

    I do have clipping paths on the image, but it crops also the natural shadow.

    Something like the PS magic wand, where you can select the offset of the frame.

    ID will detect all the exterior pure white and adjust a frame around it with an offset of Xmm.

    1 vote

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  19. Allow custom bounding boxes to scale with object

    Often I will customize the bounding box / text wrap shape of an object/image so that text wrap follows the shape of the object/image. For example, if I have an image of a violin with a transparent background, I want the text to follow the curve of the violin, not a box. The text wrap feature works great.

    However, once the custom wrap shape is set, the wrap stays like that even if the object is resized. For example, if I decide to make the violin smaller, the wrap stays exactly where it is, meaning I have to readjust the…

    1 vote

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  20. A way to lock a pages location in the window?

    Is there a way to lock a pages location in the window? If not it would be a really great enhancement!

    Such as this example where I have located the page in the center of the workspace:

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    And then unintentionally I move it with in the frame:

    SCR-20221023-hq2.pngexpand image

    This could be single page or a spread.

    Having the ability to, with a shortcut, set this position for this page or any page in the document to remain in the same position relative to the window.

    Thanks for taking a moment to consider this!

    1 vote

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