Adobe InDesign: Feature Requests
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Adding new layers to a PSD shouldn’t reset all instances
I really hate it when I’m working with a layered PSD file in InDesign where I have different layers of the image turned on and off throughout a layout and then if I edit the PSD and add any new layers, when I come back to InDesign, instead of just updating the layers that were turned on, it resets every instance of that PSD and I have to manually go and turn all of the specific layers back on/off for each instance. Why can’t it be smart enough to keep the layers on that were on and just update like…
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Adding new layers to a PSD shouldn’t reset all instances in the layout
I really hate it when I’m working with a layered PSD file in InDesign where I have different layers of the image turned on and off throughout a layout and then if I edit the PSD and add any new layers, when I come back to InDesign, instead of just updating the layers that were turned on, it resets every instance of that PSD and I have to manually go and turn all of the specific layers back on/off for each instance. Why can’t it be smart enough to keep the layers on that were on and just update like…
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drop caps
Hi.
im editing books in hebrew and I'm trying to do a drop cap not for only one letter or more, but insted for one word.
so I think it will be great if you could add this feature that allowing to choose the option of one word.
also in the same subject, Indesign styling the drop cap by it self, its not letting you to change the size of the drop cap. so if you could add this one it will great for all the pepolr whom editing books in hebrew.0 votes -
We want the IDKL back.
It should be possible again, that a InDesign Document is locked, when somebody opend it. It's really annoying, when more then one person can open the same InDesign Document.
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It should be consider reading mml code by assistive tech for accessibility and need to think on providing option image or artifact
The new features of MathML implementations, should consider MML code need to read by assistive devise for accessibility purpose.
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Preview Checkbox for Polygon Tool
I'd love to see a preview checkbox added to the Polygon Tool.
When you click on your artboard with the Polygon Tool selected, some options come up to make adjustments to the shape. It's difficult to know how your changes to these settings is adjusting the resulting shape without a preview tool.
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Lossless GIFs, Further Customizable Shapes, Added Photoshop Tools, Improved Publish Online
My wish is that InDesign is bolstered with all the presentation design features necessary to compete against Canva / Figma / ReadyMag / Google Slides. Here are just a few suggestions:
GIFs (or any media) should not revert to it's original form when published online. GIFs with rounded corners, GIFs filling shapes, GIFs blended with other layers - should have all the same editing effects as a still image.
All preset shapes should be able to be adjusted smoothly and intuitively into others - and still capable of being filled with imagery / text.
PLEASE add more of photoshop's design…
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Option to save GenAI expanded files in different locations.
I like to save all associated files with individual jobs. It keeps thing together as the company uses a job number system for each Job (like a lot of Design companies in UK).
At the moment, InDesign saves everything in Documents > InDesign GenAI Assets Folder including all alternative AI options. The option to choose where to save the AI files would be great.
Also... 300dpi images would be amazing!
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It is recommended that “GREP”, “Shortcuts”, “PDF preset templates” in the directory can be quoted in the directory shortcuts.
Just as I can copy the shortcut to my script directory (D:\myscript) to the InDesign script directory (C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign 2024\Scripts\Scripts Panel\Samples), I can use my existing scripts without having to copy them to this location. I can use the existing scripts without copying them to this location.
Just copy “myscipt.lnk” to Samples.For example, these locations, of course it would be nice to add these to the preferences to be able to import and export, that would be more convenient.
The benefit of course, is that you don't have to worry about losing these files, because it's just shortcuts…1 vote -
Can the increment for table row height adjustment be set to ±0.1mm?
Can the increment for table rowI often need to adjust the height of the rows of a table to align them to the bottom edge of the center of the plate, and I need to enter the possible values several times, maybe 3-5 times.
I can also click on the up and down triangular arrows to the left of the row heights, but I find that the increment is 1mm each time, not far out of the controllable range, I suggest that this increment can be self-negotiating and the default is preferably 0.1mm. height adjustment be set to 0.1mm?
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Packaging cloud
When you package a file, it would be helpful if InDesign took any cloud documents and then saved them as part of the packaged file. Currently when you send someone your packaged file, the links are broken/missing because they still exist on the original designer's cloud.
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Start Paragraph On Next Odd/Even Page should work inside tables
It would automaticcaly move the whole table (if use in header) or it's part to the next Odd/Even page.
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Make text wrap around Drop Cap
Please make the text wrap around the Drop Cap as it does when you make the Drop Cap into an object. See examples. This would save about 10 minutes of faffing around for every Drop Cap. Doesn't seem like much but it's a pain when you're working on a book with many chapters.
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Include parent (master) page assignments in styles
When designing a book, every time I make a substantial amount of edits or add photos, it shifts all pages after it through smart reflow (which is great); HOWEVER, once the edits are done, part of my proofreading workflow is to then to manually. reassign CO master pages to chapter openings, "blank" to any blank verso pages preceding them, and Text to the pages that were shifted to the blank- and CO-assigned pages.
This happens EVERY TIME I make edits, and adds a SUBSTANTIAL amount of time to my workflow--unnecessarily, I believe.
I put this request on the InDesign forum…
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Print Blank Pages
Please, please, please make Print Blank Pages on by default. I tire of explaining to my boss why the pages ARE NOT out of order and then have to reprint to prove they are correct. I try to check each document when I print, but it doesn't always happen. Having it on by default would be so much better.
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Please create a way for designers to change crop marks to white (when your artwork is dark/black) when exporting a print-ready pdf.
Please create a way for designers to change crop marks to white (for when your artwork is dark/black) when exporting a print-ready pdf.
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Delete unused
In several menu's 'Select unused [...]' can be found.
I think everyone uses this to get rid of unused Swatches, Styles etc.Why not add 'Delete unused [...] to the menu?
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Floating Toolbar for Scale x percentage
I use the Scale x percentage very regularly and was hoping to have it as a floating toolbar so I dont have to move my cursor backwars and forwards constantly across the screen for multiple image box content resizing.
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Document resizing without layout adjust
For me, the "feature" Adjust layout is always seemingly active when I change the document size, even though I have turned it off (or rather, never turned it on); my content elements move around on the screen when I change the document size. Which has always annoyed me.
However, today I found an explanation, at least in part. It's only the elements that are placed outside the document area, on the pasteboard, that jump around. And they do so in relation to the pasteboard. Anything placed on the document area, wholly or in part, stays where it should be.
So,…
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Multi-Lingual data handling
This is a suggestion for a new feature for people using InDesign for multilingual purposes.
In India, we may need to use 3 languages at the same time, for example, in addition to English, we may need to use the national language Hindi and the regional language Malayalam, Tamil or some other language. In other countries, sometimes even more.
When we try to make changes to a paragraph or chapter using different fonts in different languages, we often have to select and change even one letter to change the font in each language. This greatly reduces the joy of using…
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