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DocsFlow Changelog

What's new in DocsFlow 3.14.1

Mar 5, 2024
  • Changes:
  • Adds a “None” option to the Import Options dialog’s Character Style Mapping panel’s Line Across dropdown so that text with no strikethrough or underline can be mapped to a style during an import.
  • Fixes the loss of language and writing direction (left-to-right vs right-to-left) settings when updating a linked Google Docs document.

New in DocsFlow 3.14.0 (Oct 10, 2023)

  • Changes:
  • Adds support for InDesign 2024.
  • Discontinues support for InDesign 2021. While we’ll no longer fix problems in or add features to discontinued versions, we will otherwise provide normal support indefinitely. Download links for final-version installers for older versions of InDesign that we no longer support can be found in the sidebar of DocsFlow’s Release History page.

New in DocsFlow 3.14.0 (Oct 10, 2023)

  • Changes:
  • Adds support for InDesign 2024.
  • Discontinues support for InDesign 2021. While we’ll no longer fix problems in or add features to discontinued versions, we will otherwise provide normal support indefinitely. Download links for final-version installers for older versions of InDesign that we no longer support can be found in the sidebar of DocsFlow’s Release History page.

New in DocsFlow 3.13.2 (Oct 2, 2023)

  • This patch release fixes a rare issue with link updates.

New in DocsFlow 3.13.1 (Aug 24, 2023)

  • Changes:
  • Fixes a problem where the PDF auto-export preferences could mysteriously start out as enabled after updating from an older (pre-3.11) version of DocsFlow.
  • Fixes a problem where a link update could lose a hyperlink that’s applied to (and used only by) a single page item.
  • Fixes a rare problem where destinations aren’t shown in the Export to Google Docs dialog.

New in DocsFlow 3.13.0 (May 17, 2023)

  • Changes:
  • Adds automatic PDF export of a linked DocsFlow story to Google Drive when its link or the linked file is updated. Automatic PDF export is controlled by settings in the new PDF Export on Update group in DocsFlow’s new Preferences panel.
  • When a Link is Updated – when selected, DocsFlow automatically exports a linked story to Google Drive when the link is updated with a Link Update.
  • When a Linked Google Docs Document is Updated – when selected, DocsFlow automatically exports a linked story to Google Drive when the linked document is updated with an Update Linked Google Docs Document or created by an Export to Google Docs….
  • Use PDF Preset – selects the PDF style for the automatic export. Because this setting is stored in the current document and Adobe’s PDF presets are stored on each machine, be sure that the selected preset will be available on any machine that the document will be opened on.
  • Note that a PDF is never automatically exported when a Google Docs document is first placed.
  • PDFs created by an automatic export contain only the document pages on which the linked story is present. PDFs are created “next to” the Google Docs document (so, in the same folder as the linked item) and are given the same name as the linked file with a “.pdf” extension. For example, if the linked Google Docs document’s location is production/May Newsletter, then a PDF named May Newsletter.pdf will be exported to the active account’s production folder.
  • Exposes DocsFlow’s PDF preferences to scripting on the application and document objects as properties on the docsflowPreferences object.
  • ExportPDFAfterLinkUpdate / bool / read-write / If true, exports of a PDF of a story’s pages automatically when its link is updated. The default is false.
  • ExportPDFAfterLinkedDocumentUpdate / bool / read-write / If true, exports a PDF of a story’s pages automatically when its linked document is updated. The default is false.
  • PdfStyle / string / read-write / The name of the PDF preset to use for exports. The default is the application’s last-used preset, else the first preset in the list.
  • Adds Export Story PDF to Google Docs and View Story PDF in Google Docs to most DocsFlow menus.
  • Adds scripting support for Place from Google Docs… on the Application and Document objects as
  • Void placeWithDocsFlow(fileName [, showingOptions][, linking][, replacing][, applyingGrid])
  • With parameters:
  • FileName / {File | Array of Files | string | Array of strings} / The File for a local Google Drive file, the URL, or the Google Docs documentID of one or more documents to place from the active account
  • ShowingOptions / bool / If true, displays the Import Options dialog (optional, default is false)
  • Linking / bool / If true, creates a DocsFlow link for the document (optional, default is true)
  • Replacing / bool / If true, replaces the selected item (optional, default is true)
  • ApplyingGrid / bool / Whether to apply grid format for placed story (optional, default is false)
  • Which loads a Google Docs document into the place gun like File > DocsFlow > Place from Google Docs…, and on Page, Spread and Master Spread objects as
  • Array of any placeWithDocsFlow(fileName [, placePoint][, destinationLayer][, showingOptions][, linking][, autoflowing])
  • With parameters;
  • FileName / {File | string} / The File for a local Google Drive file, the URL, or the Google Docs documentID of the document to place from the active account
  • PlacePoint / Array of Measurement Unit (Number or String) / The point at which to place the placed document (optional, default is [0,0])
  • DestinationLayer / Layer / The layer on which to place the imported text (optional)
  • ShowingOptions / bool / If true, displays the Import Options dialog (optional, default is false)
  • Linking / bool / If true, creates a DocsFlow link for the document (optional, default is true)
  • Autoflowing / bool / If true, auto-flows the placed text (optional, default is true)
  • Which imports the Google Docs document into a new text frame at the specified location and returns as the placed document’s Story.
  • Adds scripting support for Export to Google Docs… on text-ish objects as
  • Void exportWithDocsFlow(name[, destinationFolder][, showingOptions][, linking])
  • With parameters;
  • Name / string / The name for the exported document
  • DestinationFolder / string / The parent folder ID for the exported document (optional, default is My Drive)
  • ShowingOptions / bool / If true, displays the Export Options dialog (optional, default is false)
  • Linking / bool / If true, creates a DocsFlow link for the exported document (optional, default is true)
  • Invoking this method exports the entire associated story as a Google Docs document and returns as the URL of the new Google Docs document. Note that an export always creates a new document and never overwrites an existing document, even if an existing document has the same name.
  • Adds scripting support for Update Linked Google Docs Document on Link objects as
  • Link updateLinkedGoogleDocsDocument()
  • Which returns as the updated Link.
  • Adds a Change Tracking setting to DocsFlow’s Import Options dialog’s Advanced Options for Updates panel. Select None to disable change tracking during a link update, which, if not needed, can improve the stability and speed of link updates with large files. Otherwise, select All InDesign Changes and Latest Incoming Changes, the default, so the updated story will contain changes encountered during the update (viewable with Window > Editorial > Track Changes or Edit > Edit in Story Editor).
  • Fixes a long-standing problem with slow PDF exports. A document with many links to Google Docs documents or just one link to a large Google Docs document no longer takes what was sometimes a long pause before generating a PDF.

New in DocsFlow 3.12.1 (Mar 16, 2023)

  • Fixes a problem introduced in the 3.12 release that showed the Unlink All Google Docs Documents entry mislabeled as a second Update All Linked Google Docs Documents in the Links panel’s menu.
  • Provides a confirmation dialog when Unlink All Google Docs Documents is selected.
  • Changes the ordering of folders in the Place Google Docs Documents and Export to Google Docs dialogs from “ASCIIbetical” to natural (which is alphabetical but with case ignored and multi-digit numbers treated as a single value such that a folder named “a12” is listed after one named “a2” instead of before).
  • Fixes a display problem where DocsFlow’s frame badges didn’t always redraw to add (or remove) the red “+” symbol when a story’s content status changed (the Story Status field in the Links panel).

New in DocsFlow 3.12.0 (Mar 2, 2023)

  • Changes:
  • Adds First Line Indent to the list of source options for mapping a paragraph style in the Import Options dialog.
  • Adds Advanced Merge Options to the Import Options dialog that can be accessed with a new Advanced Options for Updates… button in the main dialog.
  • Adds the ability to freeze the existing formatting of table rows and/or columns in Advanced Merge Options to prevent styling from wandering during an update.
  • Fixes a problem that could cause InDesign to quit unexpectedly when updating a link containing a table with more than 55,000 cells.
  • Fixes a problem with the License dialog when showing a license that has expired.
  • Fixes licensing maintenance and stability issues.

New in DocsFlow 3.11.1 (Nov 30, 2022)

  • This update fixes problems with link status updating and Google Drive drag and drop.

New in DocsFlow 3.11.0 (Oct 28, 2022)

  • Adds support for InDesign 2023.
  • Moves all product licensing to subscriptions. For licensing information, please see InDesign 2023 plugins released.
  • Discontinues support for InDesign 2020. While we’ll no longer fix problems in or add features to discontinued versions, we will otherwise provide normal support indefinitely. Download links for final-version installers for older versions of InDesign that we no longer support can be found in the sidebar of DocsFlow’s Release History page.
  • Improves compatibility with InDesign’s Quick Apply.
  • Adds support for ignoring overrides on bullet characters with a new Bullet Character checkbox in the Preserving Overrides list on the Paragraph tab of the Import Options dialog.
  • Freezes the font Google Docs uses by default with bullets because their bullet characters don’t exist in most fonts.
  • Preserves font selections made in InDesign for linked documents when those documents are edited by Google Docs for the first time.
  • Discards italic-off and bold-off overrides when Preserving Overrides: Font Style is unchecked in the Import Options dialog’s Character tab.

New in DocsFlow 3.10.0 (Aug 17, 2022)

  • Changes:
  • Adds character style mapping for hyperlinks and email addresses imported from a Google Docs document.
  • Applies Adobe’s “EmojiOne” font to imported emoji automatically.
  • Works around InDesign behavior that could cause a link update to fail with a “Cannot handle the request because a modal dialog or alert is active” message when opening multiple chapters of a book at the same time if the chapters contain modified links and the user, when asked, chooses to update them.
  • Fixes a problem that could export a numbered list incorrectly.
  • Fixes the loss of hyperlinks within endnotes when updating a link.

New in DocsFlow 3.9.1 (Apr 15, 2022)

  • Changes:
  • Tries multiple times if initial attempts to communicate with Google fail.
  • Speeds up the import and update of large documents.
  • Fixes the Import Options dialog to allow any (Unicode) character when entering names for style mapping.
  • Fixes a problem that could cause the little DF badge that’s normally next to a frame’s link icon to draw in the wrong place. (InDesign 2022 only)
  • Fixes a problem where hyperlink destinations could interfere with each other when placing multiple documents.

New in DocsFlow 3.9.0 (Jan 22, 2022)

  • Adds a Deactivate License button to DocsFlow’s License dialog that can be used to deactivate the product on that device. You should deactivate DocsFlow when you’d like to use it on a different device (see our license policy) or don’t plan to use it on that device anymore.

New in DocsFlow 3.8.0 (Nov 18, 2021)

  • This release allows Microsoft Word documents to be placed and linked directly from Google Drive.
  • Changes:
  • Adds support for placing and updating linked Microsoft Word documents (.docx files) directly from Google Drive. Exporting a story to Google Drive still produces a Google Docs document (like it always has).
  • Fixes a problem that could, in rare situations, cause InDesign to shut down during an update of a managed DocsFlow link.
  • Fixes a problem where a Set Import Options with no documents open could show a “No data available of the requested type” message instead of DocsFlow’s Import Options dialog.

New in DocsFlow 3.7.0 (Oct 27, 2021)

  • Changes:
  • Adds support for InDesign 2022.
  • If you purchased a license since May 1, 2021 then we’ve already sent you an auto-upgrade email in the past few days. If you didn’t get one, and are eligible (our salesbot misses some special cases), first search your spam folder, and then feel free to contact our sales department.
  • Discontinues support for InDesign CC 2019 and InDesign CS6. While we’ll no longer fix problems in or add features to discontinued versions, we will otherwise provide normal support indefinitely. Download links for final-version installers for versions of InDesign that we no longer support can be found in the sidebar of DocsFlow’s Release History page.
  • Fixes a sizing problem with the Import Options dialog when using InDesign’s UI scaling.

New in DocsFlow 3.6.1 (Aug 28, 2021)

  • Changes:
  • Fixes a problem where page breaks could be lost during an Update Linked Google Docs Document.
  • Fixes a problem where page breaks were being incorrectly applied to some imported paragraphs.
  • Fixes a problem that could occasionally cause an update to fail with an “AttributeError” message.
  • Allows the import of documents containing invisible (no-cell) tables generated by Google Docs instead of failing with a “ValueError” message.
  • Fixes the Import Options dialog to not fail with an “object does not support the property or method ‘endnoteOptions'” message on older versions of InDesign.

New in DocsFlow 3.6.0 (Jul 12, 2021)

  • Adds support for the placement of OpenOffice/LibreOffice ODF documents and spreadsheets that are stored in Google Drive.
  • Allows the placement of multiple documents from the Place with DocsFlow dialog and via drag-and-drop. Each selected or dropped document is loaded into InDesign’s place gun, which can then be used to place each linked document individually.
  • Fixes a problem with the Place with DocsFlow dialog where it could sometimes show deleted documents.
  • Fixes a problem where the Login dialog would default to a direct-style connection even if the previous connection was via browser.

New in DocsFlow 3.5.0 (Apr 29, 2021)

  • Changes:
  • Adds a Format Footnote and Endnote Spacing checkbox to a new Footnote/Endnote tab in the Import Options dialog. When selected, an imported footnote is formatted with the Separator specified in the document’s Footnote Options dialog (Type > Document Footnote Options…). Likewise, an imported endnote is formatted with the Separator selected in the document’s Endnote Options dialog.
  • When deselected, the footnote and endnote spacing used in the imported Google Docs document is preserved.
  • This new checkbox is selected by default.
  • Preserves leading values in exported Google Docs documents.
  • Fixes a problem where updating one link could make other links to the same Google Docs document look up-to-date.
  • Fixes a problem where updating a Google Docs document containing embedded text frames could fail with an “AttributeError” message.
  • Fixes styling problems with the “Normal text” style in exported Google Docs documents.
  • Fixes a problem where importing a duplicate style would correctly use InDesign’s style definition but then leave any elements created for the imported style (colors, mainly) in the document. Such unused elements are no longer left in the document.

New in DocsFlow 3.4.0 (Mar 19, 2021)

  • Switches our behind-the-scenes communications with Google Docs to Microsoft Word from OpenDocument Format, when placing new documents, in order to improve accuracy, consistency, and dependability. Already-placed links will continue to update with OpenDocument Format in order to avoid possible conversion artifacts. This advancement brings WordsFlow’s sensational new Word filter technology to DocsFlow and should be completely transparent (except in situations where a placed document would’ve hit a limitation of Google’s OpenDocument Format, of course).
  • Increases the number of same-level (sibling) folders that can be shown in the Place Google Docs Documents dialog from 100 to 1000.
  • Fixes a potential hesitation when starting a drag-move of a text frame that’s linked to a Google Docs document.
  • Fixes field names and default values when using Other… entries in the Import Options dialog.

New in DocsFlow 3.3.2 (Feb 4, 2021)

  • Changes:
  • Fixes support for exporting stories containing endnotes. Endnotes are exported to Google Docs as footnotes, but are retained (and updated) as endnotes in the InDesign document.
  • Displays the Import Options dialog’s list of Presets in alphabetical order (which it used to do, but hasn’t since the 3.0 release).
  • Adds an (Other…) entry to the Font Size list in the Import Options dialog’s Character Style Mapping sub-dialog to allow the mapping of arbitrary font sizes.
  • Shows the Import Options dialog if Shift is held down as you click Place or as you double-click a document title in the Place Google Docs Documents dialog. Holding down Shift as you click Export does the same in the Export to Google Docs dialog.
  • Preserves empty paragraphs in the original Google Docs document when updating it with a story that was placed with the Collapse All Empty Paragraphs option enabled. Prior to this release, updating the linked Google Docs document would send the collapsed paragraphs back to the original. Now, collapsed paragraphs are retained in the story but never affect the original.
  • Fixes Relink to Google Docs… so that it works with InCopy Document links instead of failing with a missing base error (which may been shown as “[1399NRS]”).
  • Imports Google Docs documents for which Google doesn’t provide username and/or date information instead of failing with an “AttributeError” exception.

New in DocsFlow 3.3.1 (Nov 24, 2020)

  • Changes:
  • Fixes a problem where tables and cells could unexpectedly acquire a border during import.
  • Fixes link updating to not fail with a “AttributeError: ‘XML_ProcessingInstruction’ object has no attribute ‘dataList'” message when faced with certain types of conflicts.

New in DocsFlow 3.3.0 (Nov 3, 2020)

  • Changes:
  • Adds support for InDesign 2021.
  • If you purchased a license since Feb 1, 2020 (the start of our 6-month grace period, which we extended a bit this year to cover the COVID-19 pandemic), we’ve already sent you an auto-upgrade email in the past few days. If you didn’t get one, and are eligible (our salesbot misses some special cases), first search your spam folder, and then feel free to contact our sales department.
  • Discontinues support for InDesign CC 2018. While we’ll no longer fix problems in or add features to discontinued versions, we will otherwise provide normal support indefinitely.

New in DocsFlow 3.2.1 (Sep 14, 2020)

  • Changes:
  • Fixes a problem introduced in the 3.2 release that could interfere with placing and updating documents containing formatting suggestions.
  • Fixes a problem introduced in the 3.2 release that was disabling the Export to Google Docs dialog’s Export button when a sub-folder was selected.

New in DocsFlow 2.4.0 (Jan 6, 2015)

  • Changes:
  • Introduces a new, fully functional Pro-product trial mode with a 15-day evaluation period to replace our old feature-limited (single link) demo mode.
  • DocsFlow no longer asks for a license when InDesign is started; instead, DocsFlow now asks for a license only when it is first used. If no license is provided, your 15-day trial will begin. You’ll then have 15 days to try all of DocsFlow’s features in your fully functional, Pro-level trial.
  • Your DocsFlow trial will provide you with an opportunity to purchase (Get License will take you to our online store) and enter a license code once per day. You can purchase or enter a license code at any time during the trial, without re-downloading or re-installing DocsFlow, using the trial’s License… menu.
  • You can check on your remaining evaluation balance at any time by bringing up DocsFlow’s About dialog.
  • Works around a Google Docs bug with numbered lists in exported text where the numbering reset was only affecting the first item.
  • Fixes a problem introduced in 2.3.1 where merged cells within tables could be split for no apparent reason.
  • Fixes a problem where cell styling could be lost during an update in rare situations.

New in DocsFlow 2.3.0 (Oct 8, 2014)

  • Works around an InDesign CC 2014.1 change that could cause InDesign to shut down when creating a new document. (CC 2014.1 only)
  • Adds a Google Drive-like Incoming folder to the Place Google Docs Documents dialog’s list for shared items, and restores the My Drive folder for self-owned items when using a direct (non-browser-based) sign-in.
  • Fixes a problem where updating a document containing changed cell colors could fail with an error.
  • Fixes a situation where styling could be lost during document updates.

New in DocsFlow 2.2.0 (Aug 6, 2014)

  • Adds support for back-saving to older versions of InDesign via IDML, for storing DocsFlow-linked stories in library elements, and for preserving DocsFlow links through drag’n’dropped snippets and when using DocsFlow-linked stories with InCopy.
  • Adds a handy story status indicator to the DocsFlow link icon.
  • When a + appears on the DocsFlow link icon, it means that the associated InDesign story has been modified in some way since it was imported or last updated. (CS6+ only)
  • Fixes a problem where the Export dialog’s column headers weren’t re-sizing with the dialog. (CC/CC2014 only)
  • Fixes a problem where exporting a minimal story to Google Docs might not always work.
  • Fixes a problem where updating after deleting and then recovering table rows or columns might fail.

New in DocsFlow 2.1.0 (Apr 29, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Allows the placement of ODF files during direct (username and password) sign in sessions.
  • Exports InDesign column-, frame-, and page-breaks as Google Document page-breaks.
  • Works around a newly introduced Google server bug which causes an error (KeyError: ‘ownerNames’) when trying to retrieve the Drive’s contents.
  • Works around an InDesign bookmark problem that could cause a crash during a (later) PDF export.
  • Fixes a problem where updating a story containing a picture could damage the story’s Google Document link, resulting in a “damaged link” alert or a “base snapshot missing” alert.
  • Prevents the loss of footnote changes in InDesign when a large portion of the footnote has been deleted in the linked Google Document.
  • Prevents line-break characters from being replaced in InDesign and appearing as changes in the Story Editor.

New in DocsFlow 2.0.10 (Mar 6, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Fixes a problem where the link status of a GDrive document placed via File > Place or drag’n'drop wouldn’t update, leaving the link saying it was up-to-date even after the linked Google Docs document had been modified.
  • Fixes a rare problem that could prevent a story from being exported.

New in DocsFlow 2.0.9 (Feb 22, 2014)

  • Removes a limitation on the number of Google Docs documents displayed in the Place dialog.
  • Fixes a problem introduced in 2.0.8 where an update could cause a table row or column that had been deleted in InDesign to reappear for no reason.
  • Fixes a problem where an update could introduce an empty cell to the right of spanned table cells.
  • Fixes the export of documents containing embedded indexes.
  • Fixes the export of forced line breaks.
  • Adds notification for a rare situation where an InDesign action can damage a DocsFlow-based story’s link.

New in DocsFlow 2.0.8 (Jan 22, 2014)

  • Replaces references to Original in all DocsFlow menus with Google Docs Document. So now, for example, you’ll find entries like Visit in Google Docs and Update Google Docs Document rather than the previous (and sometimes indeterminate) Visit Original and Update Original. We hope this change makes using these DocsFlow features easier to find and more obvious to use. As an aside, please note that the difference between Visit in Google Docs and Edit in Google Docs is that, like InDesign’s own Edit Original, Edit in Google Docs will attempt to automatically update the link when you next return to InDesign, whereas Visit will not.
  • Fixes a problem where the size of a placed Google Docs document would always display as 0 bytes in the Links panel’s Link Info section.
  • Fixes a problem where using Update Google Docs Document on a link that was created by exporting the story to Google Docs could cause the link to disappear.
  • Fixes a problem where the link status after an Update Google Docs Document could be incorrect.
  • Fixes a problem where an Update Google Docs Document of one link would leave all links to that same Google Docs document showing as up-to-date. Now, when there are multiple links to the same Google Docs document, only the one used to update the Google Docs document is marked as up-to-date; remaining links are left marked as modified.
  • Fixes a problem where Update Google Docs Document could fail when exporting a story using nested styles.
  • Works around some occasional Google Revisions service failures that were sometimes preventing documents from being updated.

New in DocsFlow 2.0.7 (Jan 3, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Improves how table conflicts are handled during updates, where a table row or column that’s been deleted on one side of the link is now retained (or resurrected) if the text content of any of its constituent cells has been changed on the other. The resulting “zombie” row/column will contain conflict markers to indicate the edited cells.
  • Fixes formatting problems when multiple Google Docs styles are mapped to the same InDesign style.
  • Fixes a problem where merge conflicts could cause an update to fail.
  • Fixes a problem where Update Original followed by a regular Update Link could cause the loss of any Notes in the story.
  • Fixes a problem where a paragraph styled with [No Paragraph Style] could cause Update Original to fail.
  • Fixes a problem where using Update Original with a very long story could cause the update to fail.
  • Fixes a problem where using Update Original with a story containing inline or anchored items could the update to fail.
  • Fixes a problem where using Update Original with a story containing right-justified text could cause the update to fail.

New in DocsFlow 2.0.6 (Nov 2, 2013)

  • Adds support for InDesign CC. The CC plug-in requires a valid DocsFlow CC-level license. Please contact our sales department to purchase an upgrade license or obtain a free upgrade if you purchased DocsFlow on or after January 1, 2013.
  • Enables the export of documents containing cross-references, with cross-references output as plain text.
  • Fixes a problem that could cause updates with many table cell changes to fail.
  • Fixes occasional loss of styling within tables and anchored text frames.
  • Fixes a problem where a document with deleted style groups could cause an update to fail.

New in DocsFlow 2.0.5 (Sep 17, 2013)

  • Changes:
  • Splits the product into Pro and no-Pro levels. A Pro-level license is now required to import Google spreadsheets and to use any of 2.0′s new export machinery. See notes above for licensing details.
  • Adds File > DocsFlow > Export to Google Docs… and a variant, File > DocsFlow > Export to Google Docs and Visit…, which adds a visit to the newly created Google Docs document after its export, which sends the selected (and currently not otherwise linked) story to the active Google Docs account and then creates a link to it. A new Export to Google Docs dialog displays the account’s existing documents and folders, allows the selection of a destination folder, and accepts a name for the exported document. This export facility creates a true “poor man’s workflow” where stories can be created and “assigned out” from InDesign to Google Docs, with links that make them ready to receive updates in both directions.
  • Adds a DocsFlow submenu to the Links panel menu that contains the renamed Visit Original Document (was previously Edit Original without Auto Update), which will take you to the original Google Docs document without forcibly updating the link when you return to InDesign.
  • Adds a set of Update Original Document entries to the Links panel menu’s DocsFlow submenu which will export and merge any changes in the InDesign story to the linked Google Docs document. We think this is done in a particularly clever fashion, such that on export to an existing story, DocsFlow performs a three-way merge (just like when updating in the other direction). DocsFlow thus attempts to leave the formatting of the Google Docs document intact, updating only the content, unless your import options are such that Google Docs formatting is obeyed.
  • Adds a full, “tree”-style view of your Google Docs files to the Place with DocsFlow dialog (and to the new export dialogs). The normal InDesign expand-all and collapse-all shortcuts work there for quick navigation (Ctrl/Cmd-click the triangle icon).
  • Allows the placement of multiple documents from the Place with DocsFlow dialog and via drag-and-drop. Each selected or dropped document is loaded into InDesign’s place gun, which can then be used to place each linked document in sequence.
  • Adds a DocsFlow link icon to the frames of all Google Docs-linked stories. The icon will show for newly imported, updated, and exported stories but not, unfortunately, for existing DocsFlow stories.
  • Adds support for the placement of OpenOffice/LibreOffice ODF documents and spreadsheets that are stored in Google Drive.
  • Adds DocsFlow-related entries to a story’s various context menus.
  • Adds conflict markers, displayed as InDesign Notes, to show where DocsFlow resolved a merge conflict that may require additional attention.
  • Works around an InDesign bug where updating a story containing custom-anchored frames would cause InDesign to shut down.
  • Improves the reliability of browser-based (OAuth) connections. Browser-based connections are preferred and allow DocsFlow to provide a faster, more stable Google Docs experience.
  • Improves the resolution of merge conflicts by letting the source text always “win” for content order and the target text always “win” for formatting. For example, when updating an InDesign story from Google Docs, if the same piece of text has been moved in both, then DocsFlow will let the Google Docs text, as the merge’s source, determine the location of the resulting piece of text in the merged InDesign story. Similarly, if both have style changes to the same piece of text, then DocsFlow will let the InDesign story, as the merge’s target, determine how the resulting piece of text is styled. As noted above, a conflict marker (in the form of an InDesign Note) will be inserted at the location of any such conflict.Likewise, when updating a Google Docs document from an InDesign story using Update Original, DocsFlow will let the InDesign text, the merge’s source, dictate conflicting text’s merged position, while the Google Docs text, the merge’s target, will determine how conflicting styles are resolved.
  • Improves character style-level conflict handling.
  • Imports Google Docs’s Normal text paragraph style as InDesign’s [Basic Paragraph] by default.
  • Adds support for “line height” along with an Import Option to disable it.
  • Adds settings for ignoring underline, strike-through, superscript, and subscript character attributes to the Import Options dialog.
  • Removes the option to suppress change mark generation when updating a story.
  • Improves the handling of quote, hyphen, and non-breaking space characters during merges.
  • Fixes a problem where the login dialog would default to a direct-style connection even if the previous connection was via browser.
  • Fixes the mysterious reappearance of replaced styles after updating an InDesign story.
  • Fixes a problem where page breaks added to a linked Google Docs document could be ignored when updating the InDesign story.
  • Fixes a problem where some deletions weren’t being displayed in the Story Editor.
  • Fixes a problem where deleted hyperlinks could cause a merge to hang.

New in DocsFlow 2.0 Beta 4 (Aug 15, 2013)

  • Adds support for the placement of OpenOffice/LibreOffice ODF documents and spreadsheets that are stored in Google Drive.
  • Allows the placement of multiple documents from the Place with DocsFlow dialog and via drag-and-drop. Each selected or dropped document is loaded into InDesign’s place gun, which can then be used to place each linked document individually.
  • Fixes a problem with the Place with DocsFlow dialog where it could sometimes show deleted documents.
  • Fixes a problem where the Login dialog would default to a direct-style connection even if the previous connection was via browser.

New in DocsFlow 2.0 Beta 3 (Aug 15, 2013)

  • Adds support for Pro-level licenses. A Pro license is now required to import Google spreadsheets and to use any of 2.0's new export machinery. See notes above for licensing details.
  • Adds settings for ignoring underline, strikethrough, superscript, and subscript character attributes to the Import Options dialog.
  • Adds a DocsFlow icon to the frame of all Google Docs-linked stories.
  • Fixes a problem with exported stories where InDesign-only elements (like index entries) were disappearing with the next update.
  • Fixes the Edit Original and Visit Original items within DocsFlow menus so that they’re only enabled for DocsFlow-managed links.

New in DocsFlow 1.6.1 (Jul 17, 2013)

  • Fixes a conflict, when DocsFlow was used with our WordFlow plug-in, that could cause InDesign to shut down.
  • Changes how conflicts are resolved during story updates such that InDesign style changes that conflict with style changes made in the Google Docs document now “win.”
  • Fixes updating to retain the previous style on replaced text.
  • Fixes a problem where updating a story could lose the style on the story’s last paragraph.
  • Fixes a crash when collapsing neighboring paragraphs containing only page breaks.
  • Fixes a rare problem where a style remnant within a change mark could cause a crash.
  • Trims empty trailing table columns/rows when updating tables.
  • Improves the reliability of table updates in the presence of row/column insertions.
  • Fixes a problem where updating would ignore a change to a cell’s style-mapped background color.
  • Fixes a problem where the paragraph style inside a table could leak into the containing paragraph.

New in DocsFlow 2.0 Beta 2 (Jul 17, 2013)

  • Fixes a problem where page breaks added to a linked Google Docs document could be ignored when updating the InDesign story.
  • Fixes a problem where mapped styles exported with a story could clobber each other.
  • Fixes a problem where updating to Google Docs could fail with an alert if the linked Google Docs document had just been changed.

New in DocsFlow 7.1.2 (Dec 5, 2011)

  • Added support for placing spreadsheets. (Pro only)
  • Added support for drag-and-dropped GDocs document URLs (if you’re already logged into the same account in DocsFlow as you’re logged into in Google Docs).
  • Added support for deeply-nested styles and style groups.
  • Added support for table border and cell background colors.
  • Added ability to map text colors to character styles.
  • Added mapping for table, cell and object styles.
  • Added [Default] preset to Import Options dialog.
  • Improved merging of text and inline tables.
  • Expanded error alerts to contain more information about the failure.
  • Fixed a problem where colors weren’t being imported properly. (CS4 only)
  • Fixed a problem where tabs, tab positions and some types of spaces were being lost during placement.
  • Fixed a problem where some documents wouldn’t show in the Place dialog.
  • Fixed a problem where a copied story would no longer update properly.

New in DocsFlow 7.0 Beta 4 (Aug 31, 2011)

  • Improved style merging for text insertions on the Google Docs side, where the surrounding style was manually applied in InDesign (a fairly common case).
  • Fixed and improved support for hyperlinks.
  • Fixed problems with the updating of stories placed into pre-existing text frames.
  • Fixed a problem where updating a document containing comments could cause InDesign to crash.
  • Fixed a problem where the updating of the Link panel’s modified status would stop working until InDesign was restarted.
  • Fixed a problem where the “Collapse all empty paragraphs” option was being ignored.
  • Fixed a problem with the Place dialog where the document list wasn’t refreshing when the user account was changed.

New in DocsFlow 7.0 Beta 3 (Aug 31, 2011)

  • Added an Import Options dialog with general options and style mapping, invoked by selecting the checkbox of the same name in the Place from Google Docs… dialog.
  • Improved the import and merging of lists and pictures.
  • Fixed the handling of shared Google Docs.
  • Improved the stability and quality of imports and merges.

New in DocsFlow 7.0 Beta 2 (Aug 31, 2011)

  • Improved the stability of content merges during updates.
  • Changed auto-generated styles to use the long names as documented in the user guide. (E.g., “Paragraph” instead of “p”).
  • Fixed the handling of document-side insertions that were being moved during updates.

New in DocsFlow 7.0 Beta 1 (Aug 31, 2011)

  • After a long struggle with packaging the complex technology behind DocsFlow, we’re very happy to announce the release of the first Windows beta version of DocsFlow 7.0 for both InDesign CS5 and CS5.5.
  • You can download it from the sidebar on the right or from the (same) sidebar on the main product page. When you download and expand the linked .zip file, you’ll find an outermost folder Em DocsFlow 7.0 beta 1, containing the folder Plug-ins for InDesign CS5 & CS5.5, containing the actual installation file docsflow70b1_installer_win.zxp, which you double-click to install.