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Numbered paragraphs don't increment in footnotes
Version of Adobe InDesign, InCopy or InDesign Server
14.0.1.209
Mac OS 10.13.6Steps to reproduce the issues
1. Apply automatic numbering to a paragraph style
2. Apply that style to footnotesExpected result
Each footnote will be properly numbered, starting at 1.Actual result
All footnotes are numbered 1.In the attached screenshot you can see the third footnote. The indicator is the correct number but the footnote is numbered 1, even though it is the third footnote. Footnote 2 is also numbered 1.
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Story editor maximum line width
It would be great to have a maximum line width, perhaps a maximum number of characters per line, for the story editor (in both InDesign and InCopy).
This is most useful when writing when the story editor is docked on a large monitor. It seems to be best for readability to work with lines of 64 to 80 characters, and at the moment the text simply flows to the entire width of the window.
The current behaviour could be available by setting the maximum number of characters per line to 0, for example. Also, I envision that if there is a word which will not fit onto a single line either because it is a very long word or because the width has been set too low, it would still display the entire word (effectively ignoring the maximum character count for that one line).
It would be great to have a maximum line width, perhaps a maximum number of characters per line, for the story editor (in both InDesign and InCopy).
This is most useful when writing when the story editor is docked on a large monitor. It seems to be best for readability to work with lines of 64 to 80 characters, and at the moment the text simply flows to the entire width of the window.
The current behaviour could be available by setting the maximum number of characters per line to 0, for example. Also, I envision that if there is…
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Easier Pasteboard Changes?
I'd like an option or a tool to quickly adjust the pasteboard size. I use that area for working out different layout and content options, and I find it strange that I have to go into the preferences to make the area larger each time I start a new file.
2 votesDoes changing the preferences when ‘no document is open’ help you achieve this? That way, you don’t have to do it for each new file that you start.
Adobe InDesign team
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Rename Hyperlink
Add the 'rename hyperlink' option to the 'edit hyperlink' window. I find it essential to identify hyperlinks by their names. But I often edit them. After I edit a link, and I want to rename it to better identify it, I have to open a new window just to rename it. This is quite inefficient.
2 votesIn the Hyperlinks panel, with the Name of hyperlink shown highlighted, clicking once more on the highlighted name enables you to ‘rename’ the hyperlink right there.
Hope this helps.
Adobe InDesign team
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Update imagelink after edit the original and saved it as different filetype
following Workflow:
- Import image in Indesign (for example .jpg)
- open context-menu and choose "edit original" via photoshop
- Now i make various edits on the image, with multiple layer, effects etc.
- I save the finished image as PSD to keep the editability.
FEATURE:
Now, after i saved the image as psd, InDesign should recognise, that i saved the original image in a different fileformat and ask me, if it should update the imagelink or not.I think it´s simplifies the workflows of many users by reducing additional steps.
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Add a “floating” option to anchor frames
It would be wonderful if InDesign could have a “floating” option for anchored frames the way that FrameMaker does: it allows one to define that, for example, an anchored frame would always be in the upper right corner of the page where the text flows that contains the anchor.
As it is now, if text is added above, the anchored frame moves down with the text, and if it hits the bottom margin, then text wraps to the next page without filling the previous page.2 votes -
Paragraph style doesn't save for captions
Saving paragraph styles for generating captions. I open many documents a day and would like to save the Paragraph Style. I make my changes and save it. I open another file and have to start over. No preset available. Maybe I'm missing something?
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Wait until I've pressed OK in Step and Repeat before popping up the "Out of Bounds" warning
When using step and repeat, the first thing you enter is the Count. But the distance values are from the last transformation, so sometimes the value there and the Count you enter trigger the "out of bounds" warning when you press tab to exit the "Count" field and move on to the distances. Yes yes, I know, but I haven't had a chance to fill out the new distance yet.
So I then have to tab over to the distances, adjust those, and shift+tab back to the count. Why must I get a popup stopping me when I haven't actually tried to do the action yet?
I would like this check to be done when I press "OK", rather than when I've only half filled out of the dialog. Failing that, rather than it popping up a box as soon as it triggers the out of bounds, have some red warning text in the dialog or something, then pop up an error if you press OK.
When using step and repeat, the first thing you enter is the Count. But the distance values are from the last transformation, so sometimes the value there and the Count you enter trigger the "out of bounds" warning when you press tab to exit the "Count" field and move on to the distances. Yes yes, I know, but I haven't had a chance to fill out the new distance yet.
So I then have to tab over to the distances, adjust those, and shift+tab back to the count. Why must I get a popup stopping me when I haven't actually…
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Bleed/Trim hazard for Margins
A Preflight-option that works like Bleed/Trim hazard but for margins and guides.
2 votes -
hyphenation
Have a option in the settings to tern of hyphenations on start up
2 votes -
fitting content proportionally in a picture boxed
I have four picture boxes that are grouped and I want to be able to auto fit or fill content to frame proportionally.
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Removal of direct selection function in images
Hi,
it would be possible to disable the moving of an image when I select the central point (it automatically activates the direct selection) and this is very annoying.sorry for the english, but I used the google translator.
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Bring master page "to front"
I wanted to know if there's a way to use the auto page number feature on top of images. I'm creating a children's book that has images on all the pages. I want to number the pages, but since it sits on the master page, it's always behind the images. Is there a way to bring master page items to the front without breaking the link to their auto-ness?
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mobile application
I have been looking at switching to a mobile first workflow for a while now and technology is starting to catch up, which I am super excited about! One thing that seems to be missing is a replacement for InDesign so that I don't have to rely on my Macbook for creating the kinds of documents that you can create in InDesign. It would need to be modernized and have an improved workflow that would be enhanced by the nature of mobile computing devices. I would love to see Adobe get something like this out there soon!
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PDF - importing Enhancement in Draging
Please try to include Import Options dialogue while dragging a PDF file to Document rather than Menu option and Place. Since we using multi-screens and Mac OS, it will be a very useful option.
2 votes -
Don't include title in table of contents
It is not always preferable to include a title with a table of content. Up till now it is not possible to choose if you need the title yes or no. So it is always placed and has to be removed every time one updates the TOC. Please add a checkbox to place the title or not.
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Create Document Template Based on Current Document
Create an absolutely empty document with settings and styles based on an open document.
Sometimes we need to create a document template based on a ready one. You need to keep all styles, master pages, color sets, etc. At the same time, the working pages should remain empty.
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grep queries on server
being able to store queries on the server, so that the whole team has the same queries (esp. greps). Maybe 2 options, a userbased and a "application" based solution, just like the scripts?
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User Dictionary specifications for some languages
Unlike English, where the declension of nouns in cases is made using prepositions, there are many languages in which the declension is made according to other rules, for example, by changing part of the word itself.
For these languages, we add the same word to the dictionary dozens of times, but many words are built and changed according to the same rules. (Russian, Ukrainian, Byelorussian and many Eastern-European languages).
Here is an example (not complete) for two Ukrainian words ("dissertation" and "compilation").
ди~~сер~~та~~ція, ком~~пі~~ля~~ція
ди~~сер~~та~~цію, ком~~пі~~ля~~цію
ди~~сер~~та~~ції, ком~~пі~~ля~~ції
ди~~сер~~та~~цією, ком~~пі~~ля~~цією
ди~~сер~~та~~цій~~ний, ком~~пі~~ля~~цій~~ний
ди~~сер~~та~~цій~~на, ком~~пі~~ля~~цій~~на
ди~~сер~~та~~цій~~ні, ком~~пі~~ля~~цій~~ні
ди~~сер~~та~~цій~~ним, ком~~пі~~ля~~цій~~ним
ди~~сер~~та~~цій~~ній, ком~~пі~~ля~~цій~~ній
ди~~сер~~та~~цій~~ну, ком~~пі~~ля~~цій~~ну
ди~~сер~~та~~цій~~но~~му, ком~~пі~~ля~~цій~~ному
ди~~сер~~та~~цій~~но~~го, ком~~пі~~ля~~цій~~ного
ди~~сер~~та~~цій~~не, ком~~пі~~ля~~цій~~не
...You may notice that the initial parts of these words appear in the dictionary dozens of times, and the endings of these words can be applied to thousands of other words.
What if users are allowed to add to the dictionary not only the whole word, but also in parts?
Then the initial parts of the word would appear only once, as well as the final ones:ди~~сер~~та~~|
ком~~пі~~ля~~||ція
|цію
|ції
|цією
|цій~~ний
|цій~~на
|цій~~ні
|цій~~ним
|цій~~ній
|цій~~ну
|цій~~ному
|цій~~ного
|цій~~неWhere "|" is a marker of separation of parts of words.
Some words can have not only endings, but also prefixes, therefore there can be more than one marker in a word. And in this case in the dictionary it will begin and end with the "|" sign:пе~~ре~~| |роб~~лю~~| |ва~~ти
пе~~ре~~| |пи~~су~~| |ва~~ти
пе~~ре~~| |со~~ву~~| |ва~~ти
пе~~ре~~| |див~~ля~~| |тись
пе~~ре~~| |су~~ва~~н~~| |ня
...Such an extension of the rules would not complicate the existing algorithm too much. This would greatly reduce the vocabulary.
Unlike English, where the declension of nouns in cases is made using prepositions, there are many languages in which the declension is made according to other rules, for example, by changing part of the word itself.
For these languages, we add the same word to the dictionary dozens of times, but many words are built and changed according to the same rules. (Russian, Ukrainian, Byelorussian and many Eastern-European languages).
Here is an example (not complete) for two Ukrainian words ("dissertation" and "compilation").
ди~~сер~~та~~ція, ком~~пі~~ля~~ція
ди~~сер~~та~~цію, ком~~пі~~ля~~цію
ди~~сер~~та~~ції, ком~~пі~~ля~~ції
ди~~сер~~та~~цією, ком~~пі~~ля~~цією
ди~~сер~~та~~цій~~ний, ком~~пі~~ля~~цій~~ний
ди~~сер~~та~~цій~~на, ком~~пі~~ля~~цій~~на
ди~~сер~~та~~цій~~ні, ком~~пі~~ля~~цій~~ні
ди~~сер~~та~~цій~~ним, ком~~пі~~ля~~цій~~ним
ди~~сер~~та~~цій~~ній, ком~~пі~~ля~~цій~~ній…2 votes -
Several templates for a page / spread
The requirement is to add different templates to a page / spread.
It should be possible to simply combine templates independent of each other. Not based on etc...
The names of templates could then be displayed one beneath another in page list preview. To apply several templates, we could select them at once and drug and drop to the page list preview.
For example – one template for page numbers, another template for logo. Combining different logos and different colors of page numbers will then dramatically reduce the required template quantity.2 votes
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