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InDesign Beta Features

InCopy, Generate Effect, Convert PDF to InDesign in Beta app 


Collaborate with your content editors on the web, generate effect in shapes using Generative AI and effortlessly convert PDF to InDesign file. 

InCopy 

Collaborate effortlessly with content editors who can edit text content in InDesign documents directly on the web 

Generate Effect 

Create effects from your text prompt and shape selection 

Convert PDF to InDesign File  

Now convert PDFs to InDesign files which retains the visual fidelity of the PDF and allows editing of text, images and layout. Click here to learn more about the currently supported PDF files.

How to Get Started
  • Install the InDesign Beta app from the Beta section in the Creative Cloud Desktop (CCD) app.
  • If you don't see the beta app, go to Help > Check for Updates or try logging out and back into the Creative Cloud Desktop app.
Note: This is a geographically limited rollout. Currently, Converting PDF to InDesign File is only available to users in English in United States of America and United Kingdom.

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  1. Font menu

    In earlier versions of InDesign the font menu was listed in alpha order (as it is now), but when searching for a font style it would pick up where you left off rather than going back to the beginning. For example, let's say I need to choose a font for a project. I scroll down and select Myriad for example. I try it but don't like it. I go back to the menu but now I'm back at the top (A) rather than at Myriad. I've already discarded A through M at this point, so it's a waste of time…

    7 votes

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  2. AI pop-up

    Provide a clear and instant solution to DISABLE these disruptive pop-ups. Workflow is being impeded by these unwanted interruptions and costing money. We are not paying the high subscription cost for Creative Cloud to have our daily work hijacked by constant AI pop-ups. Adobe has turned this into the "Office Assistant" Paper Clip - is that what they were going for???

    6 votes

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  3. PDF won't open with InDesign (Beta)

    Steps to reproduce:
        1. Opened InDesign Beta
    2. Clicked File > Open
    3. Selected PDF file created with InDesign
    4. File doesn't open, nothing happens
     
    Result: Nothing happened
    Expected: File should open, it's the whole reason I downloaded the Beta
     
    System info
        Application: InDesign v19.4.0.59
        OS: Windows v10.0.22631, RAM: 15.85 GB GB, CPUs (logical): 8

    3 votes

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  4. InDesign to Adobe Express

    Convert your Indesign file to Adobe Express.

    I often make web banners in Indesign, as I need to provide multiple sizes and shapes for many many trade customers. A master is made in Photoshop ; this then gets broken down into a series of links and recreated in InDesign as processing this in InDesign would be much quicker than Photoshop. This InDesign file will then have all of my banner sizes within it and I copy it from page to page adjusting the elements as I go....

    It would be handy if this 'page to page adjusting' could be transposed…

    3 votes

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  5. PDF to InDesign makes text fragments

    Instead of multitudes of text fragments, this new feature should join them back into columns of text and also discern paragraph and character styles from the text. Millions of fragments of text individual words is not helpful.

    2 votes

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  6. InDesign Cloud SHARING Could be a Game Changer if it is Fully Collaborative!

    Can multiple users work on the same document? I frequently work on large, multi-page documents with other designers. It would be amazing if we could all be in the same file at once (like a Google doc) and manage all of the changes.

    This would be the most useful feature ever added to InDesign for me!

    How does sharing work in the Beta? THANKS!

    2 votes

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  7. Click and drag to select with select tool not working

    when using the selection tool, I no longer can click and drag to select multiple objects like images, shapes and text, I have to click each individual one. This is the case both in Indesign beta and Indesign 2025

    1 vote

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  8. Group and wrap unexpexcted

    Overnight, objects were suddenly grouped and had wraps tied to them. Caused me 2 hours to ungroup, unwrap. and then put type, within the object back to color.

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  9. AI text generation

    Just as you offer the option of image generation, it would be helpful if there would be an in-app option to generate text similar to claude or gpt systems.

    1 vote

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  10. Modern Data Merge Source File

    I have lot's of use cases in which a CSV file isn't enough as a source file (for example, if having columns with multiple line entries)

    it would be a tremendous help, if there would be an option for having JSON as a source file or something similar which doesn't break as easily if there is a single line break

    1 vote

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  12. Rotate guides

    It would be wonderful to rotate guides to an angle, like you can do in Illustrator.

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  13. Impossible to collaborate

    Its totally impossible to work with. We have now tried to collaborate one mounth. Is a period of **** with Adobe support, copys, sync problems, damaged files, waiting. No controll.

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  14. Improve Reviewing Previous Versions Experience

    Right now, reviewing previous versions of an INDDC file is difficult. I can only see the first page of different versions. My first page is a cover image. It hasn't changed. I want to be able to scroll through the entire document to compare changes. I'd also like to save a previous version as a different file to keep both if needed.

    1 vote

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  15. Search feature need updating

    I want to find a certain word and add an effect to it. For example, let's say I want to find all date "th" in my document and then have it subscripted using the find and research function. The case sensitivity is not enough, and I don't want to have to use character styles to go through the document piece by piece to correct how the "th" should appear after a date.

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