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  1. Text selection does not work properly with inline images

    Actual result: If you place an inline image in the paragraph and the height of the image is higher than one line of text, the text selection does not work properly: the height of the highlighted area is equal to the height of the inline image (in the attached sample three lines).
    Expected result: the highlighted area should only appear around the selected expression, not two lines below it.
    Adobe InDesign 15.1 Mac

    1 vote

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  2. Create a text variable window to see and edit values faster

    Right now you have to open each variable independently. Then if you want to change the value you have to save and exit each variable. Also you have to open each variable to see the value.

    Please create a Text Variable Window with two columns. One for the Name the other for the value. This way we can see the variable and edit the variable. Add the add icon, and add duplicate variable icon.

    3 votes

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  3. Auto sorting alphabetically (A-Z)

    Please auto sorting alphabetically text option need to add (A-Z) like that excel, Table and paragraphs text its really important to us

    18 votes

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  4. Don't add an extra page when endnotes are imported

    The new endote option is nice (could be better, but hey, it's something). The only thing that bugs me is the fact that a new page is added everytime I place text that contains endnotes, or when I copy/paste that text.

    It screws up much of my design, and I have to manually delete the page and put everything back in it's right place.

    Would be great if the endnote frame would just be placed on the same page as the end of the text flow!

    2 votes

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  5. Swapping Images Command

    Please develop Swapping Images Command in Indesign so very easy to swap pictures each other in the document for everywhere means in table or frame.
    Even Big to Small or small to big jus select to frame or table and press the command or shortcuts key of swapping images and It's very useful.

    5 votes

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  6. Share for Review: Delete comment if the anchor text is removed/edited

    Share for Review: Delete comment if the anchor text is removed/edited

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  7. Please add an interactive box for images + option to set font color for interactive text boxes

    I recently started to make interactive PDF forms in InDesign (which is a great tool!), but I was surprised to find out that:

    1. you cannot add an interactive box for images
    2. you cannot set color to the assigned font in interactive text boxes...

    Seems like some basic functions like this are still missing in InDesign, so it would be greatly appreciated if you could add it to your to-do list.

    Thanks a lot in advance!

    5 votes

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  8. Make gradients faster

    1. Sélect Colors or frame Colors (2 or more if it's possible)
    2. Right clic or using shortcuts
    3. Made the gradient directly in the swatches or in a Group
    4. The gradient is made in order the colors are selected

    I think this feature can save time and made easier the way to do gradients

    20 votes

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  9. Image to Text - Save images

    Currently there is no direct way to download and save an image created by using the AI "Image to Text" tool. The document has to be packaged and then the images used will be saved in that package. However, it would be great if there was a "download or save" option in the drop-down menu of each image you've chosen to use - this way you can name it and save it directly to a suitable folder for later use.

    1 vote

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  10. Data Merge support UTF-8 character set

    I always have to convert UTF-8 text to UTF-16.

    31 votes

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  11. Make the visibility of a form field contingent on text entered in a previous form field.

    More specifically, I need text entered into a previous form field prior to the visibility of other fields. For example, you cannot fill out a title field without completing a name box previously. Ideally, this could be an option under "event" on the "Buttons and Forms" menu.

    This is valuable when creating a form where data needs to be input for followup form fields to become visible.

    4 votes

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  12. Resize Frames & Objects to Preset Aspect Ratios & Sizes

    It would be great to have a feature where a placed graphic, text frame or object could be quickly resized using the contextual menus to a choice of standard aspect ratios (4:3, 16:9 etc..) there would need to be options to crop, resize content proportionally etc.. Add the ability to add your own user ratios and physical size dimensions like the Photoshop crop tool and it would be very powerful.

    For example: it would be pretty slick if users could drop a 5:7 image onto their page and then right click to quickly crop to 16:9.

    1 vote

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  13. Text + Format comparison between two InDesign files

    Hello,

    I just want to start eBook creation. I have many different users to write content from manual book. I need files from few users(at least two) to compare them with Text + Format comparison to minimize human errors like spell mistakes, format mistakes etc. I need it as basic feature to me to purchase InDesign as I am really impressed with all other features. But without this comparison feature it is baseless to me. Can you please provide me update is it possible in near future and some solid plans if you are okay.

    Or else if you can…

    2 votes

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  14. Ability to change text from a dialog box like Corel Draw

    I use Corel Draw from time to time and when I need to edit a string of text it lets me edit it from a dialog box instead of only on the page so I do not have to zoom up on any text strings to edit them. Can this be done for InDesign and Illustrator as well.

    1 vote

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  15. 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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  16. PDF forms: Set text as DATE field

    Requesting that this function from Acrobat would be implemented in InDesign to speed up creation of PDF forms. Thanks : )

    7 votes

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  17. publish online accessibility

    Since the web has accessibility standards and guidelines, the documents created and hosted online using Publish Online should follow those guidelines, at least the most basic parts.

    For example, a screen reader cannot read out any text on the pages because all the text is embedded into images. This makes the documents unusable for anybody with vision difficulties.

    Please consider adding an option to create these files with the actual text saved as HTML paragraphs, headers, lists, anchors, etc. This would make it suitable for the web and much more appealing.

    39 votes

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  18. Allow character style to affect tab leaders

    I applied a tab leader in my paragraph style in order to force dots to appear between my text and page number in my table of contents. However, there is no way to style those leaders. InDesign manual says: To change the font or other formatting of the tab leader, select the tab character in the text frame, and use the Character panel or Type menu to apply formatting.

    This is fine except when you have a really long table of contents and want to format each tab leader. I chose a smaller dot by choosing a light font…

    6 votes

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  19. Enable slanted headers in tables

    Right now, in order to create a "slanted" header for tables (see attached graphic) you either have to create a separate table and slant the entire object, or create a slanted effect by using lines and text boxes. It would be great if there was an option to slant the entire row of text in a table.

    39 votes

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  20. Would like to see a faster and quicker alignment tool added to the control bar.

    Would like to see a faster and quicker alignment tool added to the control bar.

    Sometimes it's a bit troublesome to switch between alignment panels, so I would like to add a more direct alignment panel to the control bar.
    Can quickly align to bleed, margins, centre of plate, horizontal centre, vertical centre.
    There is also a function to align to a reference line (the reference line and the object are aligned to each other).

    It's kind of like the table control

    1 vote

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