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Anonymous
July 7, 2009
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Outline view in InDesign is missing

  • July 7, 2009
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Hi

I wanted to post a feature is missing in InDesign CS3, View Outlines that we have in Illustrator is missing in InDesign.

I was shocked to see it is not exicst, what Adobe has the say about that?

It's a must feature !!!

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      marcthiele
      Participant
      October 14, 2009

      Where can I vote for this feature? ;)

      Peter Spier
      Community Expert
      Peter SpierCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 14, 2009

      see post 14

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      rpollack-2
      Known Participant
      August 23, 2009

      I wounldn't mind seeing this feature in InDesign. We do a lot of line-art illustrations. One of the nice features of ID CS4 is that I can "copy" and "paste" a line art illustration from Illustrator directly into ID. I don't have to keep or link to the Illustrator file. When I paste the line art into ID, it comes in as a group. I can ungroup and edit the line art. If my line weight in the illustration is set to say 0.5pt and I need to edit the line art, I go to 'outline' view in Illustrator, I can see exactly where my lines intersect or terminate, etc. If I need to edit that graphic (now vector lines in ID) I would like to see the path outlines.

      This would be very helpful so I don't have to keep two files, and also so I can edit all in one application.

      RPP

      Peter Spier
      Community Expert
      Peter SpierCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      July 7, 2009

      Are you saying you are drawing native vector objects and you want a view outlines feature for those, or that you want to have an outline view of placed objects?

      Exactly how would this help you?

      Peter

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      Anonymous
      July 7, 2009

      have an outline view of placed objects.

        Peter Spier
        Community Expert
        Peter SpierCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        September 3, 2009

        Peter,

        Thanks for the reply. You are right, but I don't think that direct selection tool will let me select any object beneath.

        I'm attaching a small jpeg for reference.In this scenerio, all I have to do is to "send to back" the textbox and then select the image.

        btw, Would adding the support for "Outline View" might decrease the Indesign performance or make the computer slow?

        Regards,

        Naveed


        You can use the Ctrl (Cmd) key and click down through a stack of overlapping objects, or use the Object > Select submenu (or one of the listed keyboard shortcuts) to to navigate through the stack. Once the correct object is selected, use Object > Select > Content or the button on the Control Panel (the content/container and next/previous object in a group buttons look like a family tree or organization chart) to select the image.

        I have no idea what would be involved in creating an outline view susch as you describe, but it's well outside the current capabilities. Given that there are ways to do what you want, and other other features that probably would be more useful generally, I probably wouldn't vote for it if asked, but it's certainly a legitimate thing to request. You do that officially at Adobe - Feature Request/Bug Report Form

        Harbs.
        Harbs.
        Legend
        July 7, 2009

        InDesign is not Illustrator...

        Harbs

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        Anonymous
        July 7, 2009

        So what?  I'm more than sure that many people will like to have that there.

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