Adobe InDesign Changelog

What's new in Adobe InDesign CC 2024 Build 19.3

Mar 6, 2024
  • Core features and workflow:
  • [macOS Sonoma Only] InDesign crashes while changing the font or font type from the Type menu.
  • User experience improvements:
  • [JP only]: Complete string for numbers isn't shown in the Info panel.
  • Updated list of options is available in the Accessibility Feature dropdown.
  • Few InDesign documents created or saved from InDesign 19.2 fail to open in InDesign 19.1

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2024 Build 19.2 (Jan 31, 2024)

  • Core features and workflow:
  • For right-to-left(RTL) language text, the character direction changes to left-to-right(LTR) after applying Forced Line Break.
  • [macOS Only] Application window and panels are resized and moved after waking up from sleep.
  • Copying text from and Pasting text into the Review panel.
  • Share for Review link is removed from the Review panel on deleting the link in Sharesheet.
  • When numerals along with operators are used in the Right To Left text, it changes direction after updating InDesign from 2023 to 2024.
  • InDesign 2024 crashes on launch for some users.
  • Fixed the Screen Redraw issues in CPU and Overprint Preview modes in macOS 14.3.
  • InDesign SavedData gets reset to default if PluginConfig.txt is present.
  • User experience improvements:
  • The Review panel opens automatically on copying the Review link or inviting people to the Review.
  • [Win Only] Unable to scroll using two fingers on the Trackpad/Touchpad.
  • Production:
  • Garbled characters and blank pages occur on printing PDF files exported from InDesign versions 18.4 & 18.5.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2024 Build 19.0.1 (Nov 7, 2023)

  • Core features and workflow:
  • InDesign is unable to import preferences from the previous version and displays an error message during launch.
  • Stability and Performance:
  • InDesign freezes while quitting the application on some machines.
  • User experience improvements:
  • InDesign 2024 and InDesign 2023 have the same GUID when installed in Windows.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2024 Build 19.0 (Oct 11, 2023)

  • Auto Style multiple text frames, create and manage Style Packs:
  • Auto Style identifies text elements and applies a Style Pack to unformatted text. Use Auto Style by selecting multiple text frames or pasting text on the canvas. Use preset Style Packs or create and manage your own.
  • Search text and customize analytics in published documents:
  • Improve reading experience with searchable text on Publish Online. You can also integrate Google Analytics while publishing your documents online to measure traffic and engagement.
  • File name suffix in JPEG and PNG exports:
  • Add dynamic characters such as incremental numbers, page numbers, and page size as filename suffixes for JPEG and PNG exports to distinguish and easily filter them in your system.
  • Hide spreads:
  • Hide selected spreads to exclude them from Presentation mode and export options such as PNG, JPEG, PDF (print), or PDF (Interactive) formats.
  • Harfbuzz as the default shaping engine under World Ready Composer:
  • With Harfbuzz as the default shaping engine under World Ready Composer, you can see improved shaping and correct rendering of glyphs for Indic, and MENA languages.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2023 Build 18.5 (Jul 25, 2023)

  • Share documents for review:
  • Collaborate seamlessly with the updated intuitive feedback and review system.
  • Create plugins with UXP:
  • Create and use InDesign plugins using UXP which allows extending InDesign functionality and address specific workflow needs.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2023 Build 18.4 (Jun 20, 2023)

  • Search text in published documents
  • You can now search your published documents for specific text from any device. While you can only search text from touch devices, you can search and copy text from desktops and laptops.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2023 Build 18.3 (May 15, 2023)

  • User experience improvements:
  • [Windows] Long file path isn't working with InDesign.
  • Stability and Performance:
  • Updates to an internal component to the latest version to ensure improved application stability.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2023 Build 18.2.1 (Mar 13, 2023)

  • Stability and Performance:
  • InDesign crashes on launch on some machines.
  • Crash or failure in exporting to PDF if an InDesign document has a placed InDesign document with any Adobe Fonts applied.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2023 Build 18.2 (Feb 20, 2023)

  • Core feature and workflow:
  • Issue with the Drop Cap with Negative First Line Indent.
  • Kanji meta-character "~K" and "^K" have matching problems in Find/Change.
  • While importing excel as an unformatted table, formula-based cells are imported incorrectly.
  • Pantone Libraries that have been removed from InDesign will show imported PSD files containing Spot Channels as Gray/Black.
  • Color differences between GPU and CPU on macOS Ventura.
  • Issues with some keyboard shortcuts.
  • Preview functionality keeps crashing for German and Ukrainian locales.
  • Improvements to new features:
  • Text with HSB color is shown as black on copy-pasting from ID to AI.
  • While copy-pasting a Frame grid from AI to ID, text font size isn't honored.
  • Stability and Performance:
  • InDesign sometimes crashes on opening multiple documents together.
  • InDesign stops responding while working on any file due to high CPU usage.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2023 Build 18.1 (Dec 12, 2022)

  • Core feature and workflow:
  • EPUB Validation Check fails because of erroneous "lang" identifiers in the underlying HTML of EPUB.
  • EPUB validation check fails for Reflowable EPUBs for documents containing Endnotes.
  • Issue while importing specific TIFF files in ID2023.
  • When exporting EPUB using the Books panel, which has multiple documents, Endnotes Backlinks are not working from the second document onwards.
  • [macOS only] ID crashes while working with styles.
  • Missing Learn Panel icon on AppBar.
  • [macOS only] UI issues with App Frame OFF and higher UI Scaling factors are addressed.
  • Zooming in/out via Cmd+/- does not work when the cursor is above the page element in CPU mode.
  • InDesign crashes while opening the IDML.
  • The paragraph goes overset when the 1st word is longer than a certain number of characters.
  • ID crashes while placing JPEG2000 files.
  • [macOS only] ID crashes while placing specific HEIC files.
  • Stability and Performance:
  • ID crashes while relinking a file from the Properties panel when the Links Panel isn't open.
  • User experience improvements:
  • Default EPUB version changed to 3.0 while exporting to Reflowable EPUB.
  • Improvements to new features:
  • [InCopy only] When the Clipboard Handling preference is set to All information, the copy and paste action doesn't paste anything.
  • The text overlaps in some cases when the ID document is copied and pasted to AI.
  • The Prefer PDF When Pasting option in Clipboard Handling preferences doesn't display appropriate results when copying from AI to ID.
  • Kinsoku Set isn't preserved on copying from AI to ID.
  • UI scaling in InCopy 2022 affects window tiling Applescripts.
  • Copy-pasting text content from a threaded text frame in AI does not bring text formatting in ID.
  • While applying a font via parastyle in ID and pasting it to AI, the fonts are not mapped appropriately in case a text style with the same name already exists.
  • Justification values are not applied on copy-paste from ID to AI.
  • Tate-chu-Yoko horizontal and vertical attribute values get swapped when copied from AI and pasted to ID.
  • Unrestricted files and folder support, Modules Support available for UXP Scripting.
  • XMLRule support available in UXP.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2023 Build 18.0.0.312 (Oct 19, 2022)

  • Auto Style (Technology Preview):
  • Work with our content-aware style packs and automatically format your text
  • Copy text between Illustrator and InDesign:
  • Copy text between Illustrator and InDesign without loss of format or effects
  • Support for new graphic formats:
  • Work with new graphic formats in InDesign like HEIC, HEIF, WEBP, and JP2K
  • Duplicate page after selection:
  • Duplicate pages and spreads now appear right after the selection
  • UXP Scripting:
  • Developers can now use UXP Script to automate tasks in InDesign
  • Document preview:
  • See the preview of your InDesign Documents (.indd) in Windows or macOS
  • Fixed:
  • User experience:
  • Unable to show '&' in the file name inside saveAs progress bar.
  • Incorrect placing of language in accessible HTML.
  • Switching to Presentation Mode and back to Normal dirties the document.
  • While importing an item as an inline object, an invisible layer is incorrectly displayed.
  • [macOS Only] When the SaveAs operation fails, the document gets dirty.
  • Panels are sliding from right to left in macOS Ventura beta.
  • Stability and Performance:
  • [Windows] InDesign intermittently crashes while working in Offline mode.
  • CEPHTMLEngine utilizes a high amount of network data while launching the apps.
  • [macOS] InDesign Server crashes on quit.
  • Core feature and workflow:
  • After restart, Update Link of a Review does not work.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2022 Build 17.4.0.51 (Aug 21, 2022)

  • Core feature and workflow:
  • Continuous flickering while scrolling a review in a browser with varying page sizes.
  • Review comments disappear after updating the Share for Review link.
  • Issue printing variable fonts.
  • Turning on Preview in Data merge applies incorrect Paragraph styles if the Remove Blank Lines option is also checked.
  • [macOS Only] Negative numeric value stripped off while importing an excel.
  • [macOS Only] Issue recognizing document fonts when the parent folder's name contains #.
  • Issue with Type on a path when converted to outline.
  • [InDesign Server] Locked layers are unlocked on save.
  • [InDesign Server] Doesn't recognize certain fonts on PDF export

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2022 Build 17.3 (May 31, 2022)

  • Core feature and workflow:
  • Endnotes do not work in Reflowable Epub with split document option.
  • Inconsistent behavior in Vertical typesetting, Place Holder icon.
  • Remove Blank Lines for Empty Fields in Data Merge applies incorrect paragraph styles to existing content.
  • Issue with Osaka font for PDF Page information.
  • [macOS Only] Moving App Window between monitors shows huge screen artifacts/splotches of Magenta color.
  • [Win Only] AdobeXMPScript library fails to load.
  • Accessibility checker is failing for elements in a group even if they have Alt text.
  • Alt Text added to group of nested groups will not tag them as Figure in exported tagged PDF.
  • Nested Alt Text accessibility check error for hyphens in text.
  • Figures alternate text now passes in Accessibility Checker panel for a group containing image and text with Alt text defined.
  • Error in ShareSheet if Review was created more than a certain time period ago & the document had remained open.
  • InDesign hangs due to issues with long footnotes.
  • [macOS Only] InDesign hangs when working with documents with Proximity dictionaries.
  • Duplicating an object in the same spread using Alt/Opt key does not work if the key is pressed after initiating the drag operation.
  • Stability and Performance:
  • Smart Objects from CCLib place at low resolution in ID.
  • [macOS only] InDesign 2022 crashes on launch in some cases.
  • InDesign 2022 crashes while switching between panels.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2021 Build 17.0.1.105 (Nov 16, 2021)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Stability and performance:
  • Crash on saving a document with some linked assets.
  • [macOS only] Crash on launch after a third party extension is uninstalled or disabled.
  • Core feature and workflow:
  • [macOS only] Separations preview panel does not show correct CMYK values.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2021 Build 17.0 (Oct 26, 2021)

  • Inclusive terminology:
  • To support core Adobe values of diversity and inclusion, the term Master page has been replaced with Parent page.
  • Adobe Capture extension:
  • Capture the Color themes, Shapes, or Type, from an inspiring artwork using Adobe Capture extension within InDesign.
  • Scalable user interface:
  • Scale the size of InDesign UI on high-resolution screens to suit your display needs.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2021 Build 16.3.0.24 (Jul 6, 2021)

  • InDesign for Apple silicon:
  • InDesign and all its features now work 1.5x times faster on Apple silicon hardware with M1 chip.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2021 Build 16.2.0.30 (Apr 29, 2021)

  • Map optical size to font size:
  • The optical size is by default mapped to the font size for the variable fonts in your text.
  • In typographs, the optical size and font size are mapped to each other in variable fonts.
  • The Map Optical Size to Font Size in Variable Fonts is selected by default in the Preferences > Type.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2020 Build 16.0.0.77 (Oct 20, 2020)

  • Seamless content reviews with text annotations:
  • Experience the enhanced review process with new set of review tools like highlight text, insert text, and, strikethrough text.
  • Locate colors in your documents:
  • Find any unused colors in InDesign document objects quickly and replace them using Find/Change colors.
  • subject aware text wrap
  • Intelligent subject detection and text wrap:
  • Powered by Adobe Sensei, wrap text around the contours of a subject directly without having to use Alpha Channels or Photoshop paths.
  • Use HSB values without RGB translation:
  • Eliminate the need to translate color values into RGB. Use HSB values in InDesign wherever color values can be set.
  • document recovery as a service
  • Detect damaged documents and recover:
  • Detect the damaged documents and try to repair them on Adobe servers, all within InDesign application.
  • navigation point in mediaa panel
  • Use navigation points in Media panel:
  • Use navigation points to start playing video content from a specific point and save time in searching content in videos.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2020 Build 15.1.2.226 (Aug 21, 2020)

  • Copy Editor (Beta):
  • No more lag while typing in InDesign text editor. Use Copy Editor (Beta) and start typing faster without any lag.
  • Review panel enhancement:
  • Experience the enhanced workflows for Review panel to resolve comments effectively.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2020 Build 15.1 (Jun 16, 2020)

  • Share for review:
  • Share your designs for review, add comments, and manage feedback seamlessly without having to leave InDesign.
  • Adobe Fonts Auto-Activation:
  • InDesign automatically finds and activates missing fonts from Adobe Fonts.
  • Place video URL from media panel:
  • Place a video from a valid URL to play streaming video in the exported PDF.
  • macOS v10.15 support for InDesign Server:
  • Support for InDesign Server on macOS v10.15.
  • Stability and Performance:
  • Better stability performance, and enablement of smoother workflows.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2020 Build 15.0.2 (Mar 2, 2020)

  • Community-contributed scripts:
  • InsertTypographerQuote
  • Clear Overrides
  • UnicodeInjector
  • Snap Margins to Text Frame
  • Break Text Thread
  • Stability and other enhancements:
  • This release brings to you an improved application performance, better stability, smoother workflows, and enriched user experience.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2018 Build 14.0 (Oct 16, 2018)

  • Content-Aware Fit:
  • With Content-Aware Fit, InDesign can now intelligently fit the best part of an image when you place it inside a frame. The best part of the image is determined based on the dimensions and aspect ratio of the frame as well as by evaluating various parts of the image.
  • Layout adjustment:
  • Layout adjustment in InDesign is now quick and easy. If you need to change the page size of a document after text and images have been added, you no longer need to manually adjust the text, images, or other elements.
  • The new Adjust Layout feature automatically adjusts all elements in the layout when the page size, page margin, or bleed of a document is changed.
  • Import PDF comments:
  • You can now import any marked up PDF into InDesign and easily track the feedback and comments noted in the PDF. You can accept comments and mark them resolved or unresolved. Selecting a comment also highlights the section in the document where the comment is applicable.
  • Properties panel:
  • The new Properties panel in InDesign lets you view settings and controls in the context of your current task or workflow. This new panel has been designed with ease of use in mind, ensuring that you have access to the right controls when you need them.
  • The Properties panel is available by default in the Essentials workspace. You can also enable it from Window > Properties.
  • Visual font browsing:
  • You can now browse thousands of fonts from hundreds of type foundries from within InDesign, activate them instantly, and use them in your documents. The Fonts panel includes various new options to provide you an enriched experience while working with fonts. You can apply a filter to view only the recently added fonts. You can also select a sample text from the list of predefined text for font preview or select your own text as well. You now also have the option to change the font size while previewing the font.
  • OpenType SVG fonts support:
  • With the support for OpenType SVG fonts in InDesign, you can now provide multiple colors and gradients in a single glyph.
  • OpenType SVG fonts: Multiple colors and gradients:
  • Using OpenType SVG emoji fonts, you can include various colorful and graphical characters, such as smileys, flags, street signs, animals, people, food, and landmarks in your documents. You can also create composite glyphs. For example, using the EmojiOne font, you can create the flags of countries or achieve skin tone diversity in your glyphs.
  • Combine glyphs to form the flags of countries
  • Combine glyphs to form the flags of countries
  • Combine single-person characters with skin colors
  • Combine single-person characters with diverse skin tones
  • Add footnotes in tables:
  • You can now insert footnotes in a table in InDesign. The footnote text appears at the bottom of the text frame.
  • The reference number of a footnote in a table will be in continuation with the reference number of footnotes in that story.
  • Table footnotes are retained while importing Word documents and are exported to formats that support footnotes, such as PDF, EPUB, and HTML.
  • Space between paragraph styles:
  • You now have the ability to choose whether the spacing before or after affects the text of the same style. The Space Between Paragraphs Using Same Style option in the Styles dialog lets you specify a value for space between paragraphs having the same style. This value is used only if two consecutive paragraphs have the same paragraph style. If the paragraph styles of consecutive paragraphs are different, the value for the Space Before and Space After options are used.
  • Other enhancements:
  • You can now retain the filename while exporting a document. When you select the Use InDesign Document Name as the Output Filename option, the exported PDF will have the same name as the name of the document from the next export. Else, it will have the name previously entered by you.
  • You can now convert endnotes to footnotes and footnotes to endnotes in InDesign.
  • Now, while creating a package, you have an option to choose whether you want to create printing instructions for that package.
  • Select Create Printing Instructions from the Summary tab in the Package dialog box.
  • Click Package.
  • Now, every document will remember its last export format. If the document is shared with another user or accessed from another machine, it will still retain the format in which that document was last exported.
  • The Index panel now has larger area to display index entries, so you can locate them.
  • Also, you will find a new search box to search for an index entry. Simply type the text you want to search and use next and previous arrows to search in the index entries.
  • Now, with custom fonts you can customize the look of forms in an exported PDF.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2018 Build 13.1 (Mar 13, 2018)

  • Merge paragraph borders:
  • You can now create borders that enclose multiple paragraphs using Paragraph Border feature. Select Merge Consecutive Borders And Shading With Same Settings option while creating a paragraph border to merge the paragraph borders of two consecutive paragraphs, if they have same paragraph border and shading properties.
  • Richer analytics for Publish Online documents:
  • Now you can track analytics, such as read time, average read time, and device breakup of user views for each Publish Online document.
  • Use Photoshop and Illustrator shortcuts in InDesign:
  • You now have an option to use Photoshop or Illustrator keyboard shortcuts in InDesign. If you have Illustrator or Photoshop installed on your system, you will also get a message to use Photoshop or Illustrator shortcuts when you launch InDesign and create a new document.
  • To select Adobe Illustrator or Adobe Photoshop shortcuts or to revert to InDesign default shortcuts, go to Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts.
  • Export document as separate PDF pages:
  • Now, while exporting an InDesign document as PDF, you have an option to create separate PDFs for each page or spread. Select Create Separate PDF Files while exporting as Adobe PDF.
  • New mobile presets:
  • New presets for mobile and tablet have been added in the New Document dialog. You can now use mobile presets for iPhone X, iPhone 8, Google Pixel, and more.
  • Other enhancements (March 2018 release):
  • You can now edit the hex value directly from the Color panel without opening the Color Picker dialog box.
  • While creating a cross-reference, you can search a particular paragraph from the list of paragraphs with the help of a search bar. The following types of search are supported:
  • Search from start - Match the sequence from the beginning of the paragraph.
  • Search anywhere - Match the sequence from anywhere in the paragraph.
  • While creating a new document, you now have an option to preview the document as you make changes in the New Document dialog. Select Preview in the New Document dialog box to view how your document will look based on the current settings before you click Create.
  • IDML file retains its file name when you open it in InDesign.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2018 Build 13.0 (Oct 19, 2017)

  • Endnotes:
  • You can now add endnotes and quickly reference annotations within long documents. You can either insert endnotes in the document or in a story, a single endnote frame is created for the document. You can also control the numbering, formatting, and layout of the endnotes. The numbering auto-adjusts based on the rearrangements of the endnotes in the text.
  • Now, you can also import a word document having endnotes using import option. All the endnotes are imported and added in a new text frame.
  • Paragraph border:
  • Paragraph border enables you to create a border around one or more paragraphs. You can customize corner designs to highlight the paragraph with beautiful effects.
  • Object height, width styles:
  • Set and modify object size and position across pages in a document with Object Styles. Easily resize the width and height and reposition multiple objects across a document using Object Styles. The Object Style dialog box now provides an option to choose and set the desired values for position (X and Y coordinates) and size (height and width) for an object. This option is available as Size and Position Options in Object Style Options dialog.
  • Duden Integration (German only):
  • Duden, a trusted German brand for dictionaries, is now integrated natively in InDesign. Now, you can use Duden for more accurate German hyphenation and spell checking.
  • Add and share text assets using Creative Cloud Libraries:
  • Now, you can add text objects from your InDesign documents to Creative Cloud libraries and then share them with other users and across applications. Text assets in a library retain the character/paragraph styles and other attributes originally applied to them. You can reuse text assets in libraries across InDesign or Illustrator documents. However, if a text object has effects and appearances applied to it, you must add it to the library as a graphics asset to preserve them.
  • Font-related features:
  • While searching for fonts, you can narrow down the results by filtering fonts by classification, such as Serif, Sans Serif, and Handwritten.
  • You can also search for fonts based on visual similarity. Fonts closest in visual appearance to the font you're searching for appear on top of the search results. A status strip in the font menu displays the information about the applied filters.
  • PDF Accessibility enhancements: In this release of InDesign CC several enhancements have been made in PDF accessibility at export. Following tagging support has been introduced in PDF exports.
  • Alt-Txt: Earlier, you couldn't tag InDesign native objects and graphics as figures. Now, the alternate text added to graphics is exported to tagged PDF and the corresponding alternate text is read by screen reader for the graphics.
  • Group level tagging: InDesign now supports group level tags when alt-text is provided to a group. You can now add alt-text to a grouped entity in InDesign and it is tagged as a figure in the exported PDF.
  • Support for footnote: Proper footnote tagging is now supported in tagged PDF.
  • Anchored text frames and anchored groups tagging: Support for anchored objects tagging, which was not available earlier, has been added. Now, you get tags for anchored text frames and anchored groups in exported PDF.
  • Master pages tagging: Any page object on master page is not tagged in exported PDF and has an artifact tag in contents panel of Acrobat. Overriding master page items shows the tags of page items in exported PDF.
  • Index tagging: Earlier, you were able to create index but the index tag was not exported to PDF. Now, this can be done and index tagging, which was previously role mapped to paragraph, is now mapped to index only.
  • List tag language: Earlier, list tag language was set to English by default in the exported PDF. Now, the correct list language gets exported in the tagged PDF as set by the user.
  • List tagging: Earlier, nested list tag structure was contained in LBody of primary list which was read incorrectly. Now, the correct structure of nested list tagging is implemented.
  • Caption tagging: InDesign now supports Live Caption tagging. Figure captioned with live caption gets a caption tag as a child of figure tag.
  • TOC: Support for TOC tagging structure is implemented, which was previously mapped to paragraph tagging. Also, now it is mandatory for a TOC containing hyperlinks to have tags.
  • HTML export improvements:
  • Now, there is an option in the HTML export dialog which tells InDesign to not include classes in the HTML. It removes the class and id attributes present in the tag during HTML Export. Any redundant div tags present in the HTML are also removed to provide a clean looking HTML and remove unnecessary grouping of content.
  • New Document dialog for MENA versions:
  • Now, while creating a document in MENA (Middle East and North Africa) version of InDesign, instead of beginning with a blank document, you can choose from a wide variety of templates which were earlier available for Roman feature set.only. This includes Arabic, Hebrew, and French (Morocco) locales.
  • Other enhancements:
  • InDesign now has the capability to add or move gradient swatches in a color group. You can create a gradient swatch directly inside a color group or drag an existing swatch to a color group.
  • The option to remove forced line break while generating a Table of Contents is now available.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2017.1 Build 12.1.0 (Apr 6, 2017)

  • Quick-start to your projects:
  • Now, while creating a document in InDesign, instead of beginning with a blank document, you can choose from a wide variety of templates, including templates from Adobe Stock. Templates include assets that you can build on to complete your project. When you open a template in InDesign, you can work with it just as you would work with any other InDesign document.
  • In addition to templates, you can also create a document by selecting one of the numerous presets available in InDesign.
  • Modern user experience:
  • InDesign now has a brand new user interface that is flat, modern, and easy on the eyes. The tools and panels have new icons. You can change the interface to one of the four available color options designed for optimal user experience: Dark, Medium Dark, Medium Light,and Light.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2017.0 Build 12.0.0.81 (Nov 3, 2016)

  • FOOTNOTES THAT SPAN COLUMNS:
  • Now, while working with a multi-column text frame, you have the option to insert a footnote that spans across multiple columns on specific text frames or across entire documents. Select the Span Footnotes Across Columns option in the Document Footnote Options to enable this feature. Based on the selection, this option makes all the footnotes in the document either span across the columns or revert to the original behavior.
  • The option to span footnotes across columns is enabled by default for a new document created in InDesign CC 2017. However, the option is disabled by default for an existing document created in an earlier version.
  • OPENTYPE ENHANCEMENTS:
  • With this release of InDesign, OpenType properties are now more discoverable. When selecting text or a text frame, you can click a badge that contextually displays the OpenType properties applicable to the selected text. Additionally, you can now preview how a particular OpenType property looks. If mixed fonts are present in the selection, then OpenType properties for all the fonts is displayed.
  • In-context menu for text frame selection:
  • Apply OpenType properties to more than just one character. Now, when you select a text frame or text in a text frame, InDesign identifies the applicable OpenType properties for the selected text and provides an option to apply them.
  • In-context support for Ordinals and Ligatures:
  • The support for in-context menu, which was earlier available for Alternates and Fractions, is now extended to Ordinals and Ligatures (discretionary/standard). So now, when you select 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and so on, InDesign automatically suggests applying the Ordinal property to it. The ordinals are restricted to the English ordinals as of now.
  • Also, if you select ‘st’ from the word Start and a discretionary ligature exists for the characters, InDesign suggests that you apply that property. The same is applicable for standard ligatures.
  • Stylistic sets:
  • OpenType fonts usually have some stylistic sets in them. InDesign display these stylistic sets as Set 1, Set 2, and so on. It is hard to figure out from the name what kind of stylistic set this may be. With this feature, the name of the stylistic set is leveraged and is shown at various places in InDesign wherever they are referenced.
  • HYPERLINK PANEL PERFORMANCE:
  • In previous versions of InDesign, if your document included many hyperlinks connected to the hyperlinks panel, it used to load slowly. With this release, the Hyperlinks panel loads much more quickly and gives much improved performance over previous versions.
  • STROKE ARROWHEAD SCALING:
  • This release of InDesign provides support for arrowhead scaling. Now, you can scale start and end arrowheads independently of line stroke weight, and switch them with a single click using controls provided in the Stroke panel.
  • UI ENHANCEMENTS:
  • Discoverability of Control panel customization option:
  • The Customize Control panel functionality is now available right on the Control panel. Also, when you click that option, the relevant tool widgets are expanded by default.
  • Preference for Panel tab height:
  • The preference to turn off the large tab height is now available in InDesign. You can find the preference under Preferences > Interface > Panels > Large Tabs
  • IN-APP SEARCH OF ADOBE STOCK ASSETS:
  • In addition to searching for Adobe Help, you can now search for Adobe Stock assets from with in InDesign. Select Adobe Stock from the drop-down next to the search box to search for assets in Adobe Stock.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2015.3 Build 11.3.0.34 (Mar 11, 2016)

  • Publish Online (Technology Preview) enhancements:
  • All-new design for the Publish Online Options dialog box. The dialog is now more elegant and less cluttered.
  • Option to hide the Share and Embed button from the published document.
  • Support behind a proxy wall for Publish Online and other Creative Cloud services.
  • Note: Kerberos proxy is not supported
  • Style Override Highlighter:
  • Use the Style Override Highlighter to identify all the paragraph and/or character style overrides applied in your document. You can enable the Style Override Highlighter widget in the Paragraph Styles or Character Styles panel
  • Accessibility enhancement:
  • New accessibility options are now available under the Advanced tab while exporting to Adobe PDF (Print)
  • Display Title: Choose what to display in the title bar of Acrobat when it opens your PDF
  • Language: Choose the document language for the exported PDF
  • Save As dialog box retains the default location of the original document:
  • When you opened a document from a previous version of InDesign and saved it in a new version, the default folder location displayed in the Save As dialog was different from the original location of the document. You had to manually navigate to the location of the document to save it. With this release, the default location opened in the Save As dialog will be the location from where the original document was opened
  • Key issues resolved:
  • Document becomes corrupted in Create Outline--Export PDF--Undo workflow.
  • InDesign crashes on rotating and transforming an inline graphic.
  • InDesign crashes while changing a document containing a locked object to Facing Pages.
  • Onscreen keyboard is launched while working with Type tool in Classic workspace, when a USB keyboard is attached.
  • While working in Touch workspace, Import Options dialog box is not shown even if Show Import Options is selected in the Place dialog box.
  • Memory usage increases on launching Touch workspace help.
  • InDesign start-up screen flickers after updating to version 11.2.
  • Increasing the font size of text using the font slider increases the font size of the tool tip.
  • Overprint is not honored when Proof Colors option is on.
  • Other bug fixes for Publish Online workflow and more specific error codes.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2015.2 (Dec 1, 2015)

  • New Creative Cloud Libraries capabilities:
  • Find content faster by searching across your libraries and across Adobe Stock.
  • Publish Online (Preview) enhancements:
  • Publish and distribute documents online where they can be viewed without a plug-in. Publish Online is now available in all InDesign CC languages and includes the ability to embed the link in a website, share on Twitter and email and also get analytics around document views. Plus, edited documents can now be republished to the same URL.
  • Create layouts with touch:
  • Create layouts on the go using the new touch workspace optimized for the Microsoft Surface Pro or any Windows Touch device. Use intuitive gestures to create objects, text boxes and more. Include creative assets like images from your Creative Cloud Libraries. To complete your layout, attach the keyboard or switch to any other InDesign workspace.
  • Work with glyphs more easily:
  • Apply alternate glyphs for specific characters, and convert text to true fractions directly from an in-context menu. In the Glyphs panel, you can search by name, by unicode or GID value or by the specific character.
  • Adobe Capture CC integration:
  • Turn any image or photo into a production-ready asset. Using an iPad, iPhone or Android phone, extract color themes from an image or create a vector shape to use in your InDesign layouts.
  • Enhanced Comp CC integration, plus iPhone support:
  • Now you can use Adobe Comp CC to explore layout possibilities on your iPhone as well as your iPad. Assets in Comp can be linked so that when you edit them in InDesign or another Creative Cloud desktop app, they’ll instantly update in Comp.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2015.0 Build 11.1.0 (Aug 11, 2015)

  • Resolved issues:
  • InDesign crashes if a user inserts an inline button (button, checkbox, radio button) using a script.
  • InDesign crashes if the Display Performance is set to High Quality with two open documents containing placed .indd files and the user closes one of the documents.
  • InDesign crashes if a user copies a table containing a populated graphic cell (with an imported image). This occurs if the user performs a direct copy. However, the crash does not occur if the user copies and pastes the table to and from the clipboard.
  • InDesign crashes if, during Check Spelling, a user replaces all instances of a word (Change All) with a suggested correction.
  • InDesign crashes if a user enters private unicode values in a text frame.
  • InDesign crashes if, during the create package process, a user encounters a font license agreement warning and the user cancels the package creation.
  • InDesign crashes with the "Prevent selection of Locked objects" option unchecked, if a user creates an object style with "Fit Content to Frame" option selected and then selects a frame and applies the style to the frame.
  • Copying (using the Alt+drag key combination) a large number of objects on a document takes a lot of time.
  • InDesign performance degrades if a user writes to a document that contain shading and is currently zoomed out to about 5%.
  • Drawing performance issues are experienced if a document containing placed PDFs is rendered on High Quality Display.
  • InDesign experience rendering issues if EPS files with Type42 font (Truetype font - language level 3) are linked or embedded in a document.
  • When using Webdings/Wingdings fonts along with Unicode Malayalm font, the characters represented by Webdings/Wingdings fonts are incorrectly placed in the document.
  • Objects on master page do not update their swatch appearance if a user changes the swatch values
  • The Smart Guides functionality does not correctly set the dimensions of objects.
  • Greeking is applied to a part of text only while the text font size is the same in the complete paragraph. Also, greeking is appearing with red color.
  • In some documents published using Publish Online, some artifacts such as white and grey lines would appear around images in published output.
  • Many images are missing in documents published using Publish Online, if the documents contain certain special characters in image names.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2015.0 Build 11.0.0.72 (Jun 16, 2015)

  • Edit once, update everywhere:
  • Assets in Creative Cloud Libraries can now be linked so that when a change is made, you and your team members have the option of updating the asset across any InDesign, Illustrator or Photoshop projects where it's used.
  • Find the perfect image or graphic, fast:
  • The new Adobe Stock marketplace lets you find, license and manage royalty-free images and videos from within InDesign CC. Select from 40 million assets, save your selection to your Creative Cloud Libraries and then drag it into your project to use.
  • Integrated with Adobe Comp CC:
  • Create layouts for print, web or mobile anywhere on your iPad. Pull creative assets into Comp from your or your team’s shared Creative Cloud Libraries, then instantly send your layouts to InDesign. All your text, images and graphics are live and fully editable.
  • Mercury Performance System advancements:
  • Work more than twice as fast zooming in and out, scrolling with a mouse wheel or paging up and down complex documents. Page thumbnails redraw more quickly when editing, too.
  • Place images into tables:
  • Now, along with text, you can add graphics directly into tables and it's quick and easy to do. Simply use the Place Gun or drag and drop images from Finder/Explorer or the Content Collector.
  • Add borders and shading to paragraphs:
  • Quickly and easily add borders and shading to paragraphs without manual workarounds. Highlights adjust automatically as you edit text, even if it flows across columns. Plus, you have controls for offsets and more.
  • Easily publish documents online:
  • Publish Online (Preview) lets you effortlessly publish and distribute documents online where they can be viewed without the need for a plug-in. Plus, you can include buttons, slideshows, animation, audio and video.
  • More Acrobat PDF defaults:
  • New options in the export to PDF print dialog box give you the ability to set the default view settings.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2014.2 (Feb 12, 2015)

  • Collaboration using Creative Cloud Libraries:
  • Creative Cloud Libraries, now available in InDesign, allow you to organize, access and share creative assets, such as colors, type, brushes and graphics. You can add character attributes as text styles. You can also copy your native InDesign library assets your Creative Cloud Libraries.
  • On different computers: Libraries are automatically synced to Creative Cloud as they are created, so you don't need to worry about saving, or accidentally deleting or overwriting an asset.
  • Photoshop and Illustrator CC: Photoshop and Illustrator CC have the Creative Cloud Libraries built in, too. Any Library that you save from InDesign automatically becomes available for use in Photoshop and Illustrator as well. The same way, any Library that you save in Photoshop and Illustrator becomes available in InDesign.
  • Working offline: Your libraries are there when you need them; no Internet connection is needed. You can access a local copy on your desktop offline.
  • Migrate native InDesign libraries content to Creative Cloud Libraries: Easily migrate all or selected assets from native InDesign libraries to Creative Cloud Libraries. You can choose to migrate your native library assets to new or existing Creative Cloud Libraries.
  • Welcome screen:
  • The 2015 release of InDesign CC has a new feature to help you discover, learn, use, and promote comprehensive use of features. The Welcome screen is a single location that displays content relevant to you. The screen is displayed each time you start InDesign, or when you click Help > Welcome. The Welcome screen displays InDesign-related tutorials, videos, Help content, and much more. A tab-based approach helps you find interesting content, be it on new features, getting started launch-boards, or nifty tips and techniques.
  • Opening a newer version document:
  • You can now send documents to anyone using older versions of InDesign without extra steps like manually exporting to IDML. Compatibility is built right in, ensuring that your documents always open just as you would expect.
  • If you open a document created in a newer version of InDesign and click OK in the following message, InDesign uses a Creative Cloud service to convert the document to the InDesign version that you are running. InDesign then saves the converted document back to your computer.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2014.1 10.1.0.70 (Oct 7, 2014)

  • Adobe Color:
  • Access all the Adobe Color themes you have created directly in InDesign.
  • New Adobe Color themes panel - previously called Kuler panel.
  • Quickly and easily access your Adobe Color themes. Regardless of where you created the color themes (in Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Color web service, or Adobe Color app), access the color themes directly from within InDesign and apply immediately to your design projects.
  • Access Color themes that you have marked as favorites.
  • Color theme tool:
  • Extract color themes from your InDesign document
  • Extract color themes from any selected area, image, or object in your InDesign document using the Color theme tool
  • Save color themes to Adobe Color, which allows you to access them in other apps with Adobe Color integration
  • Add themes to the Swatches panel
  • EPUB Interactivity enhancements:
  • Richer interactivity features for fixed layout EPUB are available in this release:
  • Add more interactivity to your fixed layout EPUB, including slideshows, animations, trigger buttons, and more
  • Interactivity created directly in InDesign
  • EPUB Interactivity Preview:
  • You can now preview the EPUB fixed layout output before exporting to an EPUB file. This feature is accessible from Windows > Interactive > EPUB Interactivity Preview.
  • EPUB enhancements:
  • Reflowable EPUB enhancements:
  • Hyperlinks and cross-references now supported, resulting in improved navigation.
  • Ability to preserve the appearance from a layout in the EPUB files you create.
  • Typekit enhancements:
  • InDesign now indicates whether font syncing is turned on or off in the Creative Cloud application. When turned off, you can use the option in the Missing fonts dialog to turn Typekit on.
  • In application - What's New dialog:
  • On the first installation of InDesign CC 2014, a What's new dialog greets you with content that provides information about the new features in this release. Click a link to learn more about the feature.
  • Seamless update:
  • Shortcuts and preferences are retained when you update to the latest version of InDesign, ensuring that you can easily and quickly get to work with the latest version.
  • The InDesign preferences and presets from an earlier version are retained. You can also manually trigger local migration of presets and preferences from Edit > Migrate Previous Local Settings.
  • Previous version settings are migrated from Creative Cloud in the following scenarios:
  • No local settings are available for migration
  • No current version (10.0) settings are available on Creative Cloud
  • This ensures that you don’t have to change your settings every time you update InDesign CC. Once settings are migrated, make sure that sync settings is initiated for the current version so that all the latest settings are now stored in the cloud.
  • EPUB enhancements:
  • In this release, InDesign provides support for Fixed Layout EPUBs. You also get control over adding epub:type markups. The enhancements made in this release also provide improved CSS support for table and cell styles. You can update metadata in the fixed layout and reflowable layouts, in addition to, configuring the exported outputs in the Viewing Apps tab.
  • Fixed Layout: InDesign now supports this format that is interesting and interactive. This format is used widely for children's eBooks and for complex non-fiction like cookbooks and textbooks. Unlike standard eBooks, fixed layout eBooks retain the same page layout and design, as their print book counterparts. You can export your InDesign document to a fixed layout EPUB format. You can control the way the layout would appear on a digital reader using this feature. Select File > Export > EPUB (Fixed Layout) from Save as type, to explore this format.
  • Customizable object width and height in CSS: You can now customize the height and width of an object in a CSS file in the Object Export Options dialog box (reflowable layout only).
  • New EPUB type markup: A new EPUB type helps improve the accessibility of components in EPUB export design. This new epub:type (Object Export Options > EPUB and HTML) helps you define the elements in a publication and design the intended reading order for the reader of the EPUB file.
  • Writing improved CSS for table and cells styles: Table and cell styles now get mapped appropriately to the CSS. If a table is not used, InDesign creates no unnecessary CSS files.
  • Metadata: You can update the file info or metadata of your InDesign file and the same EPUB data gets populated in both Reflowable/Fixed Layout tabs.
  • Viewing Apps (Export): A Viewing Apps tab has been introduced in both Reflowable and Fixed Layout EPUB export options. Viewing Apps displays the applications that you can configure to open or view the EPUB files.
  • Many significant improvements and enhancements have been made to the EPUB capability of InDesign.
  • Improvements to tables:
  • As part of enhancements to tables in InDesign, you now get the ability to simply drag-and-drop table rows and columns from one position to another within the same table. Select the rows you want to copy or duplicate, hover over the selected rows, a unique cursor indicating that the selection can be moved is displayed. The item row can be simply dragged and dropped (or copied with an 'Alt' key pressed).
  • You can also copy the contents from header and footer rows to body rows (by pressing Alt/Opt key). Likewise, body rows can also be duplicated and converted to header and footer rows.
  • Color groups:
  • You can now create and manage color groups in InDesign. Simply create Color Groups from the Swatches panel through the new Color Group icon or from the flyout and context menu. You can also share the color groups with another application using Adobe Swatch Exchange (.ase) files. For example, load color swatches from another project in Illustrator.
  • Enhanced search - Find Previous:
  • In previous InDesign versions, users could only search in forward direction. It meant that if you skipped over an item too fast and wanted to go back, the only way was to complete the find operation and start over again. This workflow has been improved now.
  • The Find/Change dialog in InDesign now has two search direction buttons - Forward and Backward. As search forward is enabled by default, you can switch to Backward to reverse the flow of the search. The new functionality helps you search strings in Text, GREP, and Glyph tabs.
  • Behance integration:
  • Showcase and discover creative work on Behance. As a member, you can create a portfolio of your work and broadcast it widely and efficiently. Or, explore the latest creative work on a global scale by browsing featured or popular work across fields.
  • You can upload spreads as work-in-progress to Behance directly from within InDesign. Spreads are converted to images and shared on Behance for review and feedback.
  • At a time, you can upload only one spread from InDesign. To share a complete document, you can share as many times as the number of spreads in the document. Each spread goes as a separate upload and posting on Behance.
  • Improved packaging:
  • From this release, you get the ability to include a PDF and IDML file in any package created from InDesign for individual documents. An InDesign package now includes INDD, linked files, fonts, IDML, and a PDF (Print).
  • Enhanced data merge for QR code:
  • Now, you can place a data source containing a QR code in a merged document. The QR code workflow is integrated with the merged document. The following types of QR code can be linked via data merge in InDesign documents:
  • Plain Text
  • Web Hyperlink
  • Text Message
  • Email
  • Business Card
  • Today, if you’re creating business cards for multiple people (in an organization, for example), you can use data merge. If you want to add a QR code, you would have to manually create a QR code for every unique business card. With this new update to data merge, you don't have to create a QR code manually for each card; the QR code can be automatically created during the data merge.
  • Footnote enhancements:
  • You can now apply textwrap to an anchored or floating object that is part of a footnote. This enhancement works on both rectangular and non-rectangular text frames.
  • If a floating object (not anchored or inline) on which textwrap is applied interacts with footnote text, text wrap takes effect.
  • HiDPI support for Windows:
  • InDesign now supports HiDPI for Microsoft Windows across a wide variety of DPI display settings. You can view sharp and clear User Interface elements, visually appealing under various scaling factors. HiDPI support enables the display of text and complex artwork in greater clarity, and in colors and hues that are more vibrant.
  • Scalable effects:
  • Earlier, transparency effects applied on an object in InDesign did not scale with the object. Now, all effects get applied. Effects such as drop shadows properly scale as you change the scale of an object or text. With the new Scalable Effects feature, an option to scale the transparency effects while scaling an object has been added in the Control panel and Transform panel flyout menus. You can activate scaling using this option.
  • Modernization - Changes to panels:
  • Tool Hints panel:
  • As part of modernization, the Tool Hints panel has been converted from Flash technology to HTML5. This panel (Windows > Utilities > Tool Hints) displays information about tool name, toolhint, and tool icon of the selected tool. It was earlier APE (Flash) based extension, the panel is now a CEP HTML5 based extension.
  • Background Tasks panel:
  • The Background Tasks panel (Window > Utilities > Background Tasks) is used to monitor the progress of ongoing background tasks. It also allows the user to cancel an ongoing background task. This panel was earlier APE (Flash) based and has now been converted to run on the drover User Interface technology.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 2014 10.0 (Jun 19, 2014)

  • Simplified tables:
  • Move rows and columns around in tables by simply selecting, dragging and dropping.
  • Fixed Layout EPUB:
  • Make interactive EPUB books with live text — such as children’s books, cookbooks, travel books, and textbooks — that are rich with illustrations, photos, audio, video, or animations.
  • Seamless update:
  • Your presets and preferences, including shortcuts and workspaces, stay with you when you update to a new version of InDesign.
  • Color groups:
  • Similar to Paragraph Style folders, manage and organize your color swatches to quickly find what you need.
  • Behance integration:
  • Save work directly from InDesign to Behance to showcase finished projects or share a work in progress.
  • Scaling of effects:
  • Any applied effects you’ve added, such as drop shadows or gradient feathers, will automatically scale as you change the scale of an object or text.
  • Enhanced search:
  • When searching for text, glyphs, or GREP, you can now search backward with “find previous” in addition to being able to search forward with “find next.”
  • HiDPI:
  • In addition to support for HiDPI Mac Retina Displays, InDesign is also optimized for HiDPI Windows machines.
  • Enhanced Footnotes:
  • Footnotes will support text wrap from the containing text frame and external page items.
  • Enhanced QR Code Creator:
  • You no longer have to manually create a unique QR code when you’re doing a data merge.
  • Improved Packaging:
  • In addition to INDD, linked files, and fonts, you can now include PDFs IDML files when you’re creating a package from InDesign.
  • PDF Passthrough Printer:
  • Print your documents directly to PDF Print Engine devices without having to convert your file to a PDF.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 9.2.2 (Jun 12, 2014)

  • InDesign:
  • Images in the PNG format are not drawn correctly.
  • Crash on dropping drag-drop of a master page to none spread.
  • Focus does not go to page when page is navigated from document bar.
  • Generate Index dialog: “Include Book Documents” checkbox is disabled if the name of book contains double byte characters.
  • InDesign Crashes on opening a particular file.
  • SDK: Conflict while using IToolTip for EPS page objects on InDesign CC.
  • SDK: SpellingPanel.open. project include dependency on private header.
  • InDesign Crashes on Book export to PDF with ToC.
  • Copy/Paste keyborad shortcuts not working for flash based panels on Windows.
  • Enter Key not closing dialog having multiline text.
  • InDesign crashes on opening certain book files.
  • SDK: Changing font dynamically doesn't work for edit box.
  • InDesign crashes when increasing height of text frame.
  • InDesign hangs when resizing anchored graphic frames.
  • Inline image in foot note disappears for few seconds when we input some characters in foot note after applying inner shadow to that image.
  • Deleting layout causes crash, if layout name is in inline edit mode.
  • Missing EBookExport plugin warning when opening InDesign document.
  • Pages get misaligned on IDML export.
  • Image does not fit to frame by frame fitting commands, after a frame resize.
  • Double-clicking Zoom Tool does not set view to Actual Size (100%).
  • Diagonal arrow is not selecting the entire table on few occasions.
  • Indent here doesn't work correctly in Japanese composers.
  • Alignment attribute in cell style is not propagated when inserting a new column adjacent to the cell on which alignment is set.
  • Crash filling Table with Graphic Frames using GREP.
  • Opt+Cmd+Tab shortcut to hide/show panels is not working.
  • InDesign quits unexpectedly on pressing Undo when in the inline mode.
  • Creating an Alternate layout crashes ID in a particular scenario.
  • InDesign crashes on export to IDML for a particular file.
  • Ampersand is lost when used in the middle of any style name in several panels.
  • Find format gives inaccurate results when we search character styles applied to text through "Nested Style".
  • Inaccurate search results while performing find operation for Character Styles.
  • Appearance of grouped images does not match in EPUB if the images have hyperlinks and Use Original Image is selected.
  • Paragraph Style can’t be deleted if inherited father style have same setting when output as IDML.
  • EPUB validation fails in case a font fails to embed as it is still being referenced in the CSS.
  • Creating an offline folio from InDesign files on the desktop takes at least 10 times longer in InDesign CC than it does in InDesign CS6.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 9.2.1 (Mar 25, 2014)

  • Crash in IMSLib being reported with the release of InDesign 9.2 version. Crash in MRU file list trigged by DataMerge.
  • InDesign crashes on opening the Cross References/Hyperlinks Panel.
  • Crash due to fontFamily_Codependent::QueryFontGroupUniqueID.
  • Some EPS files cause crash in MPS.dll.

New in Adobe InDesign CC 9.2.0 (Jan 16, 2014)

  • InDesign only:
  • Text rendering is very slow over a transparent background. (#3592732)
  • Text selection over transparent Object is very sluggish. (#3630743)
  • Drawing and moving of text frames is slow when Info Panel is open on MAC. (#3600210)
  • An object or text frame drawing is slower in CC than CS. (#3596522)
  • Rendering of pasted text frames is very slow in CC as compared to CS6. (#3590911)
  • Object movement is very slow. (#3650794)
  • Panning and scrolling is slower in CC than CS6. (#3596468)
  • Zoom in-Zoom out is slow and sluggish. (#3649023)
  • Save/Save As/Save A Copy gets disabled after performing drag-drop from Finder/Bridge. (#3606041)
  • Application crashes while editing the source of an x-ref in legacy document where destination is in another document. (#3631377)
  • After a user outputs InDesign document as PDF, color profile does not work in PDF on Mac10.6.x/10.8.x/Win7/Win8. (#3586689)
  • Flash Player text input is not responding to command keys. (#3554092)
  • When the Library folder is in focus, clicking the File Save button results in application crash. (#3596016)
  • InDesign crashes when typing long word after a hyphenated line. (#3575859)
  • Fit Frame to Content crashes InDesign. (#3546736)
  • Duplicating spread after duplicating pages is causing InDesign to crash. (#3654918)
  • Application crashes while switching to a different panel after setting GoToURL behavior with empty URL for a button. (#3649906)
  • InDesign CC crashes on update to InCopy stories links. (#3649846)
  • Frame Fitting reference point does not work in InDesign. (#3342299)
  • InDesign Crashes on scrolling the list of fonts when the Fonts Preview is still building. (#3667798)
  • InDesign and InCopy:
  • InCopy crashing during import of story with deleted text. (#3656462)
  • InDesign CC crashes on update to InCopy stories links. (#3649846)
  • Unable to move the cursor passed a collapsed note using the arrow keys. (#3614637)
  • Win: InCopy, a user is not able to type text in the Macro text field. (#3594973)
  • InCopy crashes when opening an assignment file from AEM DAM. (#3587306)
  • InCopy is crashing when the user clicks the Close button (' X '), after canceling the Print. (#3555565)
  • Text rendering is very slow over a transparent background. (#3592732)
  • Text Selection over transparent Object is very sluggish. (#3630743)
  • Panning and scrolling is slower than CS6. (#3596468)
  • Zoom in-Zoom out is slow and sluggish. (#3649023)

New in Adobe InDesign CC 9.0 (Jun 19, 2013)

  • A more connected InDesign:
  • lnDesign CC is part of Creative Cloud. That means you have access to all the latest updates and future releases the moment they're available. Sharpen your skills and master new tools with a rich and growing library of training videos. And Creative Cloud is integrated with Behance, so you can share your projects and get immediate feedback from creatives around the world.
  • Faster performance:
  • Under-the-hood improvements throughout InDesign keep you working quickly and smoothly. Harness all of your system's RAM with native 64-bit support. See the greatest improvements in speed and stability when printing and when exporting PDF and INX files.
  • Modern UI:
  • InDesign has a new look. Because the updated user interface is consistent with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, it's easier to work across your Adobe applications. And now you control the brightness of the UI so you can see your layouts more clearly.
  • Font search and filter:
  • Find the perfect font — fast. Type any portion of a font name, such as "bold," "semicondensed," "italic," or any part of a font family name, and see only the fonts that match your criteria.
  • Instant font preview:
  • Quickly see how different fonts look in your layout. Use the arrow keys to browse through fonts and see each one applied to your selected text. When you find the best fit for your design, just click its name or press Enter to make your choice.
  • Font favorites:
  • Find the fonts you use most often without wading through your entire collection. Mark your favorites, and then decide whether to display only those or the full set.
  • QR Code Creator:
  • Create crisp, clear QR codes right within InDesign. Because InDesign creates vector codes, you can resize them without compromising quality and copy them into applications like Illustrator. At any point, you can edit the QR code directly within InDesign.
  • Sharing with Creative Cloud:
  • With the Save to Cloud command, your files (including layers) are accessible on any device. Share them with team members or clients. Changes are tracked, so you can always access previous versions.
  • EPUB enhancements:
  • New features make it easier to produce high-quality EPUB files from InDesign. You have greater control over the table of contents and CSS export, and CSS editing is simpler. You can also map object styles to tags so they export appropriately.
  • Adobe Exchange panel:
  • Adobe Exchange is a great source for extensions, plug-ins, templates, and more. Some resources are free; others are available to buy. And all have been created to bring extra functionality to InDesign.

New in Adobe InDesign CS6 8.0.1 (Sep 27, 2012)

  • This update provides key fixes in PDF export, EPUB export, Liquid Layouts, PDF Forms, IDML and others.

New in Adobe InDesign CS6 8.0 (May 8, 2012)

  • Liquid Layout:
  • Apply liquid page rules to automatically adapt content when you create an alternate layout with a different size or orientation in InDesign.
  • Alternate Layout:
  • Efficiently create and design multiple versions of a layout for different devices and print needs, all within a single InDesign file.
  • Linked content:
  • Link content within or across InDesign documents so that changes (including interactivity) made to the parent text or object are applied to all linked children objects.
  • Content Collector tools:
  • Grab text and objects from an existing layout using the Content Collector. In a new layout, use the Content Placer to add items in the order you want them to appear.
  • PDF forms within InDesign:
  • Create form fields directly within InDesign before you export to PDF. You can also assign the tab order in InDesign using the Articles panel.
  • Middle Eastern language support:
  • Buy and update the Middle Eastern version of InDesign directly from Adobe for easier localization of global documents and enhanced functionality.
  • Pages panel enhancements:
  • Display alternate layouts in the Pages panel to organize content efficiently.
  • Split window:
  • View two side-by-side layouts within the same document to compare the look and feel of the layouts and help ensure consistency.
  • Recently used fonts:
  • Access fonts you use frequently. Recently used fonts appear at the top of the font list.
  • Persistent text frame fitting options:
  • Set frames to grow with additional text, based on simple parameters. Expand and shrink frames automatically for headlines, callouts, or other variable content.
  • Grayscale preview:
  • Preview your layouts in grayscale to see how they will look on a black-and-white device or when printed in black and white.
  • Grayscale PDF export:
  • Export PDF files in grayscale directly from the Print dialog box.
  • Key object alignment:
  • Align selected items to a key object you define.
  • Hunspell dictionary enhancements:
  • Access more than 100 open source dictionaries.
  • IDML support:
  • Save in IDML format from the Save As menu to use the layout in an earlier version of InDesign.
  • Complex calculations:
  • Calculate values in panels and dialog boxes using complex calculations (for example, 12.5p/2x3).
  • Enhanced split and span support:
  • Keep lines together in paragraphs that split or span columns.
  • Interactive PDF exported as pages:
  • Export an interactive PDF as pages instead of spreads.
  • Export to PNG:
  • Export your InDesign document to PNG, a lossless format, for use on the web. You can export the entire document, part of the document, or individual items.
  • Enhanced zoom for linked objects:
  • Zoom in to a linked object from the Links panel to evaluate it more clearly.
  • Extension set management:
  • Enable or disable groups of extensions based on your current workflow.
  • Indic language support:
  • Use the World-Ready Composer, an alternate composition engine, to work with Hindi, Punjabi, and other Indian languages, as well as complex script languages such as Arabic and Hebrew.
  • Interactive HTML:
  • Include interactive HTML — such as Google Maps and animation developed with Adobe Edge software — in InDesign layouts. Interactivity is retained when exporting to HTML, EPUB3, or .folio for Adobe Digital Publishing Suite.
  • Style mapping in linked text:
  • Control how content in linked text is styled. Specify different text styles for parent text and children.
  • Enhanced packaging support:
  • Package InDesign projects for handoff in Adobe Digital Publishing Suite workflows, including functionality such as overlays. You can also include an IDML file as part of the package.

New in Adobe InDesign CS5.5 7.5.3 (May 3, 2012)

  • This update provides key fixes in performance when working in high quality display mode. In addition, it addresses errors about missing plug-ins and provides general fixes in PDF export, text, font handling and others. This fix is recommended for all users.
  • Highlights of fixes included in this update are:
  • Degradation in performance when moving objects when display is set to High Quality
  • Unable to navigate document if TOC is on master page
  • Text appears misplaced in certain cases when DataMerge is used to export
  • Certain documents go into infinite loop when adjusting frame size

New in Adobe InDesign CS5.5 7.5.2 (Oct 20, 2011)

  • The Adobe InDesign Family CS5.5 7.5.2 update provides key fixes in the areas of epub/ebook, PDF export, Cyrillic characters, text, font handling and others. This fix is recommended for all users.
  • Highlights of fixes included in this update are:
  • Error “Error code : 5” experienced by some Mac users when trying to open multiple files
  • InDesign application quits unexpectedly when exporting to epub if document contains composite fonts
  • Data Loss can occur when multiple users edit the same assignment file