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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.

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        Anonymous
        January 16, 2012

        Oh, I got so caught up I forgot to make my other point...

        "All the information is in my posts.  If you don't get it, there's nothing more I can say." One thing Iearned early on as a spouse, parent, and teacher is that if the person to whom you are explaining someting doesn't understand what you are saying, repeating the same words, even at a louder pitch, doesn't help. You need to find another way to get your point across. I've seen you repeat over and over that this is an obviously desirable addition, but not once have you led me step by step though what seems obvious to you, but is clear as mud to me.


        Man you guys are brutal. LOL 


        I guess I'm not good at explaining it... which seems odd because I always fancied myself as quite eloquent and succinct.  Oh well.

        Anyhow, we'll just have to leave it at that.  The only way you guys could be convinced of the benefits of View Outlines would be if you yourselves were already into using that feature extensively in AI.  There's no point in me exhausting myself trying to explain it on this forum, even though you suggest that during any heated discussion, one should try using another example rather than repeating the same thing... good advice, but that won't work here for the simple fact that no matter what I were to put forth, you guys will obviously be able to show me how it can be done in ID without using View Outlines.


        In fact anything can, and is, being done all the time in ID without this feature, so View Outlines is clearly not a necessary addition to the app.  But I'm not talking about it as being an absolute necessity... it's simply a 'method of working'.  If that seems ambiguous to you, I can only state that many, many apps offer several alternate ways of 'getting the job done'.  People who are used to using View Outlines will swear by it as an essential tool, and they will know exactly what I'm talking about.  That's why you are getting other inquiries about this, and you will continue to.  It's not just me!

        I really honestly have to sign out now on this subject, and we'll just have to wait and see who else shows up, and if they can offer any alternate way of explaining this whole issue.  I suppose I'll receive email notifications if there are any further discussions, so it'll be interesting to see what transpires.

        Meanwhile I'm going to take another look at Smart Guides and see if I can find a way to get them to cover for all the things I miss about View Outlines.

        That was quite a discussion.  Phew!!

        Meanwhile, how about those Pats!  What a game!  Woohoo!  Gotta take care of Flacco next week and then on to the SB!

        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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