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Grammarly for InDesign

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July 22, 2019
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Just a question, is there a plugin or something like Grammarly for InDesign?

Correct answer Rishabh_Tiwari

Thanks for reaching out and sharing your feedback. Let me assure you, I'll share your feedback with the team and you can do that too by voting for this request https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests/suggestions/20626498-grammar-check

This is the best way of sharing feedback with the Engineering and Product Management team.

Regards

Rishabh

BobLevine

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This discussion has run its course. I'm going to lock it to avoid any more confusion.

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Frostfrog

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I have been using the free version of Grammarly for Mac for s few months now. I use it primarily as I work on my journal, Apple Pages, emails, and such. I have thought seriously about purchasing the full package a few times, most recently during Black Friday sale. The thing that has stopped me is that it does not work with InDesign. InDesign is my workhorse. Copying text and pasting it into another app and then pasting it back into InDesign is not sufficient. I will not seriously consider purchasing the full version until it integrates with InDesign. Thank you

Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com

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I also use Grammarly and would love to see it developed for InDesign, too.

But Grammarly is not an Adobe product. If you want it for InDesign, contact Grammarly directly at https://www.grammarly.com/ and suggest they develop a plug-in for InDesign.

This forum has nothing to do with non-Adobe products, and I'm confused why this topic is still being discussed in this forum, let alone why a veiled threat was posted to Adobe :

I will not seriously consider purchasing the full version until it integrates with InDesign. Thank you
By @Frostfrog

Below, a screen capture from Grammarly's website ... I don't see an InDesign logo there!

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Frostfrog

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Your point is well taken but you misinterpret the “threat.” I have the full Adobe Creative Cloud. I have only the free version of Grammarly. Grammarly regularly sends me enticements to upgrade to the full version. I won’t until Grammarly works with InDesign. The message was intended for Grammarly. I reached the forum not through Adobe but from a Google search for Grammarly and Indesign. I should have paid better attention to where I landed. My apologies.

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thakalani28822564p0y4

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why is there grammerly on adobe !?

Derek Cross

Community Expert

I think you're going to have to be a bit more coherent if you want a response.

starman07

Participant

I run it through Text Edit on my mac and paste it back into InDesign.

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craig5E1F

Participant

Thanks... I do something similar.

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Wendy2735689249yu

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How do I cancel? I purchased and it is not compatible.

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m quiggl47890392

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Good morning GreenFlyMedia.

I face the same problem as you as we do a lot of writing in InDesign after the initial doc in MS because we prefer to see the design taking shape, and coming to life.

That said, I round trip it...ID convert to PDF exported to Word and Grammarly. Now I have two documents open...the ID document (which will be corrected) and Word. Run Grammarly through the WORD doc and find the errors but correct them in ID at the same time.

It's a workaround. Not the best scenario, but catches punctuation and our grammar errors for those who like to see what they are getting from the get-go. Bosses---gotta love them and be flexible!

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Lynn253307956z80

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Ditto your process, I use the PDF trick as well. In my case, I have an InDesign project that is heavy on images (a print catalog) with hundreds of disconnected captions and notes, most entered in situ. I appreciate spell check, so why the attitude against grammar or style check if a user finds it useful? It was disappointing to have the first responses from Adobe support be a putdown of a product and to question the, um, savviness? of the questioner without an understanding of their specific needs. I will note, Grammarly provided 2 useful alerts and fixes as I wrote this reply!

Rishabh_Tiwari

Correct answer

Community Manager

Hi @Lynn253307956z80 ,

Thanks for reaching out and sharing your feedback. Let me assure you, I'll share your feedback with the team and you can do that too by voting for this request https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests/suggestions/20626498-grammar-check

This is the best way of sharing feedback with the Engineering and Product Management team.

Regards

Rishabh

CarAudioTech

Participating Frequently

When you suggest that copy should be checked before it gets to InDesign is a bit unrealistic depending on your workflow.

We take text from documents new and old to generate content, and we have no idea if the content was proofread or checked in any way. It would be great to check the entire final document with Grammarly instead of, copying the copy to Word, checking the copy, then pasting it into InDesign, and so on. Don't hate the process, we're hoping for a solution based on our workflow. "copy checked with Grammarly Pro" I personally would love a plugin to check an InDesign or Illustrator file.

mindsteam

Participating Frequently

MindGrammar Pro is our native InDesign solution. It works by underlining grammar errors found in the document. You can also display them by category in the InDesign preflight panel.

http://www.mindsteam.com/products/mindgrammarpro/index.html

Best regards,

Heath Horton

Mindsteam Software

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rudranilc

Participating Frequently

Reopening this thread in hopes of some answer.
What I would be interested in seeing is a Grammarly plugin for InCopy. It will help me move out of the ecosystem of google docs and Microsoft word. Can we expect something like this soon?

BobLevine

Community Expert

Why don't you send a request to the folks at Grammarly?

gary_sc

Community Expert

Sorry Bob, but many people use software many ways. I've found InCopy an anathema to my writing (within InDesign).

I will contact Grammarly but was looking here first.

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A.HerdenAuthor

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Thank you, everyone!

I am having so many problems with spell check in InDesign. I gave up trying to figure it out and fix it.

Alexandre Becquet

Community Expert

Hi, in France we are using Prolexis but i don't know if it's the best way for you !

Prolexis : ACCUEIL

But English language and American typo rules are in it .

Hope that help.

Peter Kahrel

Community Expert

Grammarly? Wouldn't put much trust in that

Jongware

Community Expert

Googling for "how good is Grammarly", a quote from the first blog that recommends it:

Grammarly is useful for both native english speakers and those who don't write in the english language that often.

… really bothers me.

That said: if you have to check grammar style in your InDesign document, you're a bit late. It's way easier (also faster, better, etc.) to do such checks in a much earlier stage. That is, assuming that you're not using InDesign to write stuff in! There are much better tools for that.

Colin Flashman

Community Expert

Interesting response from the illustrator.uservoice.com (where the same thing was asked but inclusive of InDesign): Grammarly support for Illustrator and InDesign – Adobe Illustrator Feedback

TL;DR:

The admin's response: We have passed this request along to Grammarly and that while Grammarly thought it would be useful, they’re unable to prioritize it at this time.

Amount of votes at time of writing this reply: 236

Until that happens, the original poster may wish to check out the responses to this similar question over at IDS: https://indesignsecrets.com/topic/is-there-a-good-indesign-grammar-check-plugin

If the answer wasn't in my post, perhaps it might be on my blog at colecandoo!

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