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1. Expand file name & exported file name instead of task bar in background task palette

   In the background task palette the progress is shown by a growing bar plus a percentage number (double feature for what reason?).

   But there is not enough space to display the full file name and the name of the exported file (screenshot 1). Even if you enlarge the palette (screenshot 2) the only change is a bigger progress bar – and no change within displaying the file names.

   Yes, I know: the full file names are displayed when I do a mouseover, but expanding the fields of the file names if you expand the whole palette would be a small but smart development.

   In the background task palette the progress is shown by a growing bar plus a percentage number (double feature for what reason?).

   But there is not enough space to display the full file name and the name of the exported file (screenshot 1). Even if you enlarge the palette (screenshot 2) the only change is a bigger progress bar – and no change within displaying the file names.

   Yes, I know: the full file names are displayed when I do a mouseover, but expanding the fields of the file names if you expand the whole palette would be a small… more

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2. 字取り機能の改善リクエスト (improvement to "jidori" feature request)

   日本語版独自の「字取り」機能で設定できるのは「文字数」に限られているため、不便な場面が多いです。
   文字数以外の設定はテキストフレーム/フレームグリッドに関わらずフレームグリッド設定に依存します。これを知らずに「字取り」を使いこなせていないユーザーも多いです。

   添付画像 1 に示したのは、私が不便だと感じたケースの全てです。そして（ ）の中には私の仕事での主な使い道です。
   本文とはサイズの異なる文字（見出し段落に字取りを用いる場合が多い）
   字間の広げられたフレームでの挙動（おまけ）
   ストーリー内に配置された、文字サイズの異なる表（一般に表の文字サイズは本文より小さい場合が多い）

   私はこれらの問題を、アンカー付きオブジェクトを挿入、
   あるいは「字取り」を用いずに、
   ホワイトスペースを挿入、トラッキングで調節、文字前後のアキ設定
   などで代用しています。
   つまり、とても不便なのです。

   今回、代案を考えてみました。なかなかの時間をかけました。
   皆さんの賛同が欲しいです。

   添付画像 2 は文字パネルのスクリーンショットです。
   従来のグラフィカルなコントロールを廃止し、フライアウトメニューに格納することで、より詳細な設定を可能にすることを提案します。
   これは「縦中横」や「割注」、あるいは「下線」や「打ち消し線」と同様に扱うこととします。

   添付画像 3 は設定ダイアログのアイディアです。
   まず先頭に、他の機能と同じようなチェックボックス。
   これで「字取り」をオン/オフします。
   次に、ラジオボタンで
   1 文字サイズ、字数、字間 の３要素で設定、
   2 字取りの幅（縦組み時は高さ）をダイレクトに設定
   を選択します。

   いかがでしょうか。

   少しの難点は、下位バージョンのアプリと互換性が全くないことです。
   しかし、いいと思いませんか？

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   in poor english

   jidori feature improvement request

   The "Jidori" function unique to the Japanese version can only be set to "character count," which is inconvenient in many situations.
   Settings other than the number of characters depend on the frame grid settings regardless of the text frame/frame grid. Many users are unaware of this and are not able to use the "Jidori" function well.

   Attached image 1 shows all the cases I found inconvenient. And in parentheses ( ) are the main usages in my work.
   -Characters of different size from the main text (in many cases, the character spacing is used for heading paragraphs)
   -Behavior in frames with extended character spacing (an added bonus)
   -Tables of different font sizes placed within a story (in general, the font size of tables is often smaller than the body text)

   I have solved these problems by inserting anchored objects,
   or without using "Jidori",
   I have used whitespace, tracking adjustments, and tracking/leading aki.
   In other words, it is very inconvenient.

   This time, I tried to come up with an alternative. It took me quite a long time.
   I would like VOTE.

   Attached image 2 is a screenshot of the text panel.
   I propose to do away with the traditional graphical controls and store them in a fly-out menu.
   This should be handled in the same way as "TateChuYoko", "WariChu", or "Underline" and "Strikeout".

   Attached image 3 shows an idea for a settings dialog.
   First, a checkbox at the top, similar to the other functions.
   This will turn on/off the "Jidori".
   Next, radio buttons for
   1 3 elements (Font size, number of characters, and character spacing),
   2 Directly set the characters width (or height for vertical formatting).
   Choose one of the above.

   How do you like it?

   The only slight drawback is that it is not compatible with lower versions of the application at all.
   But isn't it nice?

   日本語版独自の「字取り」機能で設定できるのは「文字数」に限られているため、不便な場面が多いです。
   文字数以外の設定はテキストフレーム/フレームグリッドに関わらずフレームグリッド設定に依存します。これを知らずに「字取り」を使いこなせていないユーザーも多いです。

   添付画像 1 に示したのは、私が不便だと感じたケースの全てです。そして（ ）の中には私の仕事での主な使い道です。
   本文とはサイズの異なる文字（見出し段落に字取りを用いる場合が多い）
   字間の広げられたフレームでの挙動（おまけ）
   ストーリー内に配置された、文字サイズの異なる表（一般に表の文字サイズは本文より小さい場合が多い）

   私はこれらの問題を、アンカー付きオブジェクトを挿入、
   あるいは「字取り」を用いずに、
   ホワイトスペースを挿入、トラッキングで調節、文字前後のアキ設定
   などで代用しています。
   つまり、とても不便なのです。

   今回、代案を考えてみました。なかなかの時間をかけました。
   皆さんの賛同が欲しいです。

   添付画像 2 は文字パネルのスクリーンショットです。
   従来のグラフィカルなコントロールを廃止し、フライアウトメニューに格納することで、より詳細な設定を可能にすることを提案します。
   これは「縦中横」や「割注」、あるいは「下線」や「打ち消し線」と同様に扱うこととします。

   添付画像 3 は設定ダイアログのアイディアです。
   まず先頭に、他の機能と同じようなチェックボックス。
   これで「字取り」をオン/オフします。
   次に、ラジオボタンで
   1 文字サイズ、字数、字間 の３要素で設定、
   2 字取りの幅（縦組み時は高さ）をダイレクトに設定
   を選択します。

   いかがでしょうか。

   少しの難点は、下位バージョンのアプリと互換性が全くないことです。
   しかし、いいと思いませんか？

   ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
   in poor english

   jidori feature improvement request

   The "Jidori" function unique to the Japanese version can only be set to "character count," which is inconvenient in many situations.
   Settings other than the number of characters depend on the frame grid settings regardless of the text frame/frame grid. Many users are unaware of this and are not able to use the "Jidori" function well.

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3. Improving table styles

   Problems in the development of tables
   Currently we have some drawbacks when it comes to automating as much as possible the application of the tables by using "table styles", this is because our tables have 4 different sectors (hotrizontals), unlike the possibility that Indesign offers only 3 types of rows "header rows", "footers rows" and "text rows". This, for the moment, we solve it in the following way: once we apply the style of table, we select the rows that we want to change and we apply by hand the "cell style".
   One possible solution is that the "style of tables" menu will allow you to incorporate more rows according to need, choosing the cell style you want and even being able to define in those headers parameters such as the number of rows they will occupy.

   Problems in the development of tables
   Currently we have some drawbacks when it comes to automating as much as possible the application of the tables by using "table styles", this is because our tables have 4 different sectors (hotrizontals), unlike the possibility that Indesign offers only 3 types of rows "header rows", "footers rows" and "text rows". This, for the moment, we solve it in the following way: once we apply the style of table, we select the rows that we want to change and we apply by hand the "cell style".
   One possible solution is that the "style of… more

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4. Allow the dynamic note function to be turned off so notes can be copied and pasted into separate documents

   For all those of us who work on illustrated books with end matter, the fact that we cannot turn off the new dynamic note function is a serious problem. It means we can no longer copy notes out of a document and place them at the back of the book in a separate notes section without losing all of the note numbering.

   The ability to add and remove notes without having to renumber by hand is great, but please give us the option to turn that off. For exhibition catalogues and academic art books, for example, all the notes have to sit at the very end of the book, and at the moment, it is completely impossible to do that. It's pretty disastrous for art-book designers, and it means we are going have to revert to the old version of Indesign until this is fixed. Please, please resolve as soon as possible!

   Thank you.

   For all those of us who work on illustrated books with end matter, the fact that we cannot turn off the new dynamic note function is a serious problem. It means we can no longer copy notes out of a document and place them at the back of the book in a separate notes section without losing all of the note numbering.

   The ability to add and remove notes without having to renumber by hand is great, but please give us the option to turn that off. For exhibition catalogues and academic art books, for example, all the notes… more

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5. Interactive > Set Tab Order - greater sorting options

   Allow the panel that opens when Interactive > Set Tab Order is invoked to be much larger so as to be able to sort interactive objects more easily. Allow them to be nested into groups to allow easier order sorting. Highlight actual object on page when selected in the order so as to easily identified when sorting large numbers.

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6. Add conditions to Data Merge

   There should be conditions in data merge to include or exclude text based on the data in a record. For example, consider a set of business cards. Some users might have a Twitter handle or mobile number, some might not. Currently there is no way to omit empty fields and any text that might go with it, like an "M" and tab to prefix a mobile number and the line break after it. There should be a way to make that text conditional on whether the field is empty or what is in it.

   e.g. IF @mobile<>"",M^t@mobile^p,,)

   If the mobile number is not blank add M, tab, the mobile number, then a return. If it is blank add nothing.

   e.g. IF @seⅹ ="F",Mrs.,IF @* seⅹ*="M",Mr.,

   If the seⅹ of the record is F insert “Mrs.”. If *** is M insert, "Mr.". If it is neither of those insert nothing.

   This makes cleaning up long merged documents much easier.

   There should be conditions in data merge to include or exclude text based on the data in a record. For example, consider a set of business cards. Some users might have a Twitter handle or mobile number, some might not. Currently there is no way to omit empty fields and any text that might go with it, like an "M" and tab to prefix a mobile number and the line break after it. There should be a way to make that text conditional on whether the field is empty or what is in it.

   e.g. IF @mobile<>"",M^t@mobile^p,,)

   If the mobile… more

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7. Delete Multiple Index Entries

   As it is, if you "add all" with the index tool, it creates an index entry for every instance of the selected word. Sometimes it might have that word 20 times on a page over a range of pages. As it is now, each of these entries over multiple pages must be deleted one-by-one by dragging the number individually into the trash can in the index tool. It would be awesome if you could select multiple entries at once (by using +ctrl or + shift) so you could drag multiple entries into the trash. This would increase my efficiency by hours over the course of an indexing job.

   As it is, if you "add all" with the index tool, it creates an index entry for every instance of the selected word. Sometimes it might have that word 20 times on a page over a range of pages. As it is now, each of these entries over multiple pages must be deleted one-by-one by dragging the number individually into the trash can in the index tool. It would be awesome if you could select multiple entries at once (by using +ctrl or + shift) so you could drag multiple entries into the trash. This would increase my efficiency by… more

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8. Add ability to edit all InDesign form fields in a table for faster creation and edits

   I can create beautiful forms using InDesign. For example, I create intake documents and questionnaires for law firms. Some of these forms can become dozens of pages long with hundreds of fields. Consider the vast array of information required for an estate plan. For some of these forms, the number of fields becomes literally too many to manage on a one-at-a-time basis.

   Imagine if there was an option to edit a table of all the form fields in a document once created. This process could potentially become super-streamlined.

   One would still be required to draw in the fields, but once in place, converted to input fields and reasonably named (there exist decently speedy ways to do this part), the arduous task of managing all the specific settings of each field could be done very quickly with toggling settings on and off, copy-pasting name prefixes and suffixes, numbering tab orders, etc. The need to select a field, mouse over to the settings, set the settings, mouse over to the next field, select it, etc. is reduced to using the tab and arrow keys and the rest of the keyboard to edit an entire spreadsheet of form data; so smooth and focused.

   Apart from setting up the form in the first place, editing now also becomes a breeze. As the forms get used in the real world, inevitably there are changes to be made based on user feedback. Rather than needing to hunt down all the fields that require edits, I could simply open the table and efficiently click-click-click through the changes.

   This would massively simplify the creation and editing process, making InDesign the first choice as the form-building standard.

   Considering the current situation with the Covid-19 Pandemic, the ability to fill in forms from home on mobile devices, but offline (can't guarantee everyone's internet connection is good) is much more crucial to businesses. Data collection can't always be managed with a database, especially if we want quick turnarounds without high-cost programmers.

   Please consider this feature ASAP! Thank you!

   I can create beautiful forms using InDesign. For example, I create intake documents and questionnaires for law firms. Some of these forms can become dozens of pages long with hundreds of fields. Consider the vast array of information required for an estate plan. For some of these forms, the number of fields becomes literally too many to manage on a one-at-a-time basis.

   Imagine if there was an option to edit a table of all the form fields in a document once created. This process could potentially become super-streamlined.

   One would still be required to draw in the fields, but once… more

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9. Allowing 2-automatic page numbers/per page.

   I work on proposals and we are usually limited to the number of pages within the document. It is often stated, that when we use an 11x17 page, this page counts as two pages in the proposal. It would be an amazing new feature if you could set up the option to have an additional automatic page number for these cases. Perhaps you could have an option to insert a second automatic page number on the master, or a feature that skips a number, starting the next 8.5x11 spread on the proper page number after counting the 11x17 as 2 pages (4 pages for a spread). I've researched this, and I don't think there is currently a way to do this without it being done by hand. when working with hundreds of pages in a document, this gets to be exhausting to change. An automatic second page number feature would be SO helpful! :) Thank you for considering this!

   I work on proposals and we are usually limited to the number of pages within the document. It is often stated, that when we use an 11x17 page, this page counts as two pages in the proposal. It would be an amazing new feature if you could set up the option to have an additional automatic page number for these cases. Perhaps you could have an option to insert a second automatic page number on the master, or a feature that skips a number, starting the next 8.5x11 spread on the proper page number after counting the 11x17 as 2… more

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10. InDesign book file (.INDB) total page count

    If you're making a book using a book file (.INDB), the InDesign Book file panel should have a total page count. Sometimes the page count is not accurate, especially if you have frontmatter to a book that uses roman numerals and start with 1 later in the book. It would be nice if the absolute total number of pages showing somewhere on that panel. We publish books and have to stick to strict signature breaks for presses, so total page count is very important information to us, and it'd be nice to quickly get that information instead of having to add up each individual document's page count to get the total in a book.

    If you're making a book using a book file (.INDB), the InDesign Book file panel should have a total page count. Sometimes the page count is not accurate, especially if you have frontmatter to a book that uses roman numerals and start with 1 later in the book. It would be nice if the absolute total number of pages showing somewhere on that panel. We publish books and have to stick to strict signature breaks for presses, so total page count is very important information to us, and it'd be nice to quickly get that information instead of having to… more

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11. Ordinal Page numbers

    It would be very helpful (especially when designing stationary items as calendars, organisers, et) to be possible to create the auto current page number marker with ordinal numbers like 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th...

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12. Have the option to make page numbers as words (one, two, three).

    Make it possible to add page numbers as words (one, two, three) as opposed to just numbers and roman numerals.
    Also make it possible to integrate this with things such as the Table of Contents feature.

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13. Define word count when filling placeholder text

    When creating documents waiting on content to be supplied, would be great to be able to define number of words or paragraphs for placeholder text to help accurately identify space that may be required.

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14. zoom in/zoom out functionality on the Add Bullets dialogue box

    Please, PLEASE can the next version of InDesign offer zoom in/zoom out functionality (the same as you see bottom-right of the Glyphs panel) to the Add Bullets dialogue box.

    Currently, the scrolling area where you can select a bullet character is so small, less than 4% of the screen on my monitor, with no way to zoom in. (see attached screenshot)

    Paragraph Style Options > Bullets and Numbering > Bullet Character Section > Add...

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15. Book panel - synchronize only select styles

    Currently the book panel has an option to synchronize styles [paragraph and character] to the currently slected default file/chapter. However, it would be really useful to be able to only selectively synchronize specific styles instead of all styles. For instance, in my book with many fiels/chapters I have variations of styles based upon each individual chapter/fiel. However, certain styles such as the running head, the footer, page numbers I would like to be able to ensure that they are all the same without overwriting all the other styles tha t may have changed.

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16. Enhanced Full Vertical Justification feature

    Currently, InDesign's vertical justification is very basic and has several drawbacks that render it useless for professional layout.
    1. Very limited Control. The only parameter you can set is the additional gap that will be added between paragraphs.
    2. Beyond that threshold, InDesign adds gaps between the paragraph lines - a typographical catastrophe, without any possibility for control.
    3. The VJ control is and text frame attribute and not in the paragraph style level' which causes un proportional separation between headlines and text - again, typographically un expectable.
    4. The alignment is done without any consideration to the amount of text in the frame, and needs to be treated (either manually or by script) in text frames that contains a small amount of text, like at the end of a chapter.

    The proposed solution will define some new attributes and features to the full VJ, which will improve the result given in the current situation, and provide a solution to the above mentioned problems.

    My proposed solution is as follows:

    [Paragraph and Paragraph Styles]

    Here are two optional methods:
    [Method A]
    In the Paragraph and Paragraph Styles attributes, create five new fields:
    Title: Full VJ optional Spacing
    A. Space before: Field 1 - Max. expand. Field 2 - Max. shrink.
    B. Space after: Field 3 - Max. expand, Field 4 - max. shrink.
    C. Field 5 - Line spacing. The default value will be 0 (zero).
    All the values in Millimeters\Points.
    When the basic value of the Space Before\After is 0 (zero), fields 2 and 4 will disabled.

    [Method B]
    In the Paragraph and Paragraph Styles attributes, create a Justification like interface to control the parameters settings for the full VJ options, except the parameters will be: Space Before Variation, Space After Variation, and Line Spacing Variation.
    For each parameter, the 3 percentage values will allow setting the Minimum, Desired, and Maximum spacing changes allowed.
    The full VJ will be implemented according to combined calculations of all the above settings (Space Before spacing method and values, Space After spacing method and values, and line spacing value), similar to how the 3 parameters 3 values combination of the Justification feature works.

    To resolve cases when the Space Above or Space Below are set to 0 (zero), in which the respective 3 value fields of the Space Above Variation or Space Below Variation should be dimmed (because you can't set a variation to a 0 value) ,my suggestion is that this section/dialog will include a representation of the Space Before and Space After fields which will allow the user to set spacing value directly from the full VJ settings interface, the same way the Indent value fields allow to set the paragraph indents from the Bullets & Numbering dialog/section.

    In addition, add a Force Justified Vertical Justification options (radio buttons) that will determine the full VJ behavior when the values of all the parameters are not sufficient to achieve a full vertical justification in the current text frame height.
    Option will be: (1) Justify to Top; (2) Partial VJ - the result with the maximum values applied; (3) Forced VJ - a forced spread with spacing violations over the defined values.

    [Text Frame Options]
    Add a Contents Threshold field to the Text Frame Options dialog that will allow the full vertical justification to be performed only if the text frame contents fills more than the designated percentage of the frame height.
    The default value should be set to 85% or 90%.

    Currently, InDesign's vertical justification is very basic and has several drawbacks that render it useless for professional layout.
    1. Very limited Control. The only parameter you can set is the additional gap that will be added between paragraphs.
    2. Beyond that threshold, InDesign adds gaps between the paragraph lines - a typographical catastrophe, without any possibility for control.
    3. The VJ control is and text frame attribute and not in the paragraph style level' which causes un proportional separation between headlines and text - again, typographically un expectable.
    4. The alignment is done without any consideration to the amount of… more

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17. Be able to export pdfs by sections and using section markers as pdf file names.

    Be able to export pdfs by sections and using section markers as pdf file names. Also, being able to specify that each pdf start with page 1 regardless of the InDesign page number.

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18. New Cross Reference > Showing Page number near the Paragraph Text proposal

    Hi Guys !

    Something that could be great in indesign is having the possibility of showing the page number corresponding to the Paragraph Text proposal, when we creat a new Cross reference.

    For exemple, here I work with a big catalog of 500 pages, and 500 titles.

    I need to creat a cross reference between intermediate TOC and the title,

    But when I have MAny times the same title, it becames to be hard to test eache title to get the good page number

    for exemple my search right now is :

    TITLE OF PRODUCT
    TITLE OF PRODUCT (1)
    TITLE OF PRODUCT (2)
    TITLE OF PRODUCT (3)
    ...

    Something great is having the page number showing like that :

    TITLE OF PRODUCT [p. 10]
    TITLE OF PRODUCT (1) [p. 63]
    TITLE OF PRODUCT (2) [p. 81]
    TITLE OF PRODUCT (3) [p. 96]

    It can earn many time when you cross reference big or complexe documents

    Thanks and take care,

    Frederic

    Hi Guys !

    Something that could be great in indesign is having the possibility of showing the page number corresponding to the Paragraph Text proposal, when we creat a new Cross reference.

    For exemple, here I work with a big catalog of 500 pages, and 500 titles.

    I need to creat a cross reference between intermediate TOC and the title,

    But when I have MAny times the same title, it becames to be hard to test eache title to get the good page number

    for exemple my search right now is :

    TITLE OF PRODUCT
    TITLE OF PRODUCT (1)
    TITLE… more

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19. Artifact dot leaders

    When dealing with accessibility compliance and Table of Contents, it is best practice to artifact the dot leaders so the user does not have to listen to "dot dot dot" or "35-dot" before each page number. If we could assign a artifact TAG to the leader in the panel when we create the TOC settings that would save HOURS of work on the PDF side having to artifact each one.

    PLEAAASSSE!!!!!

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20. Edit all Export Tags for all INDDs of a book (INDB) in one place

    In order to export a book to EPUB, I need all export tags (classes) to be perfectly consistent even if the styles they are assigned to aren’t (and deliberately so, which is why they can’t be simply synced via book sync).

    Currently there seems to be no other way than to open “Edit all export tags” from the panel menu in every single INDD of the book (which of course is already a huge progress compared to opening every single paragraph and character style).

    Please let us edit the export tags on book level for all INDDs of a book. Similar things work (well, seem to have been designed to work but sadly don’t under all cirumstances) for TOCs and indexes. The command could sit in the book’s panel menu next to the sync and numbering options (“Edit export tags for all book documents” or the like).

    Thanks!

    In order to export a book to EPUB, I need all export tags (classes) to be perfectly consistent even if the styles they are assigned to aren’t (and deliberately so, which is why they can’t be simply synced via book sync).

    Currently there seems to be no other way than to open “Edit all export tags” from the panel menu in every single INDD of the book (which of course is already a huge progress compared to opening every single paragraph and character style).

    Please let us edit the export tags on book level for all INDDs of a book.… more

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