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  1. InDesign Parent Pages panel. Ordering Parent page designs by dragging them up or down. Needs an insert indicator to verify placement.

    I have encountered this issue frequently. When I need to reorder a Parent design to change its list order it is imprecise as to whether I am placing the item (over or under) another Parent design or (on top of.) In many cases you only need to reorder an item, without inadvertently embedding one Parent on another. There should be an indication such as a placement line or arrow to confirm a safe repositioning of the item.

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  3. Update Hyperlinks after destination file rename

    Hi there and thanks for this wonderful tool!

    Usually I always find a way to do what I want thanks to ExtendScript which is just amazing.

    However in this case it seems that it's not possible (https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/target-the-source-hyperlink-destination-document-of-an-hyperlinks/m-p/11498930)

    I am now working on a very long document that we split in three .indd files and have dozens of hyperlinks in each file to jump from one file to another.

    Let's say they are called:

    P_EN_v1.0.indd
    Q_EN_v1.0.indd
    R_EN_v1.0.indd
    

    If we find things to update in those files then we would like to share new versions with attendants to our event…

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  4. Move page and articles between documents (accessibility)

    If I design a page of my document seperately, I want to be able to move the severed page into my document, and also import the articles included in that document.
    It should be optional, like the option to keep layers intact when copying objects between documents - maybe with a setting that allows me to say "copy articles" and a checkmark I can set.

    For expample:
    Right now, if I design a complex starting page for a long document seperate from the rest of the document (for example if a colleague creates the document), I have to re-do the…

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  5. idml with preview pictures required

    I am not sure, couldn't find a solution - so i think its not possible yet.
    Please add function to embedd preview pictures to the idml-file.

    Our need: For distribution to an translation office, we send the idml-file PLUS an PDF to show what the the idml is showing.
    I know - with every more picture info the size is increasing, but with an option to choose "show preview picture in idml" it would be phenomenal.
    All info text+pic in one file would help the recipient to the see the same as you.

    Pictures are mandatory for translation office, as…

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  6. Online games recommendations

    Hello everyone! Wanna ask you about good games to play online. Do you have some recommendations?

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  7. Add additional alternate layouts to document

    The idea would require InDesign treats alternate layouts like normal Pages in a document so when I duplicate the page it creates all the additional alternate layouts for the new page.

    The links for the new Alternate pages would not link to the original page it was copied from, but the links across the new alternate page will still be linked.

    It would also allow you to move the pages up and down the document and keep all the alternate layouts together.

    This would make alternate layouts much more usable.

    I currently have a template setup with a range of…

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  8. Please add new options in table/document for changing decimal and thousand separators globally

    Add some features in InDesign for changing the decimal and thousand separator globally. This will be very useful who work on multiple languages.

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  9. 508 compliance PDF

    Add in “Preflight Profiles” for 508c Color Contrast Analyzer (CCA) error check mark.

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  10. Overall project file contains different documents

    It would be good to have the ability to combine several individual InDesign docs into one project file. So when the project is opened all docs are shown as separate tabs. Quark Express did this with 'Jackets' or something like that. This would tidy up job folders and maybe speed up the 'collect for output' stage if InDesign did them all at once rather than have to do individually with several fonts and images folders

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  11. Different layers for each page in a document

    Each page in a document can have different layers. When producing artwork for personalised print items (like mailers) it would be good for each version (page) to have it's own variable layers to avoid having lots of layers that could lead to data being omitted if layer turned off

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  12. PDF Pages Links Name alignment

    When i placed multiple PDF Page files, alignment is not right as i wanted.
    alignment numbers may line up truly. As sample top to down (1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11)

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  13. List out page numbers when deleting pages

    When deleting pages, a simple "You are deleting pages #X- #X" confirmation would be great, just to confirm the intended pages are selected for deletion. Currently, it just confirms you want to delete "the selected pages," which is vague.

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  14. Add ability to make resusable/editable linked COMPONENTS (like in XD)

    InDesign has been dancing around the edges of this idea for years, with half-baked features like snippets, libraries, linked items in the content grabber....but it never has gotten it right. What we need is something exactly like the "components" feature in Adobe XD. We grab some objects, and then "Make Component" out of them. Then we can plop multiple instances of that component throughout the document. If we go back and edit the "Main Component" those changes are automatically applied to all placed instances of it.

    Yes, I know you can place one indesign doc into another, which is the…

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  15. native comments

    Give us us native comments within inDesign, or at least allow the person who shared a document for review to add comments in/from the file itself. I currently have to share for review just to add comments to my own file, which adds another stage to our process.

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  16. Improve IDML accuracy

    Currently, IDML export is not accurate: opening the IDML file in a previous version – even the most recent – results in errors in paragraph numbering and cross-references. Exporting long document results in such a long list of errors which would be so time-consuming to fix that makes it unfeasible.

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  17. Adobe must immediately prioritize the RENDER OF FILE THUMBNAIL PREVIEW of .indd file on Mac Desktop/finder How can a an application of visu

    Adobe must immediately prioritize the RENDER OF FILE THUMBNAIL PREVIEW of .indd file on Mac Desktop/finder

    How can a an application of visual asset creation not render a visual preview thumbnail on Mac OS Finder? This is patently absurd and frustrating beyond comprehension! Please prioritize the RENDERING OF A THUMBNAIL PREVIEW for all INDD Files on Mac OS!!

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  18. Find/Change filter by Alternate Layout

    I frequently create alternative layouts for product docs aimed at UK and US markets.

    Where codes and serials need changing across an entire range, it would be great to find/replace by Layout, not the entire document.

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  20. generar planillo desde la ventana páginas

    Sería interesante para el ámbito editorial poder imprimir un planillo a partir del diseño que tenemos en nuestra ventana de páginas, o generar uno interactivo como lo que ha diseñado René Andritsch:
    https://reneandritsch.gumroad.com/l/dhclq?layout=profile

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