Please create a ChatGPT connector to InDesign.

Report · Aug 14, 2025

I just know somehow that if this was a real thing I could save a week's worth of time every month. I produce a 40 page newsletter 12 times a year and it always takes about 5 days to complete a new issue. The format is generally consistent from month to month, but bringing in new stories is such a brutally manual process!

Report · Aug 15, 2025

Exactly what would ChatGPT bring to the table here?

What is the process you have for bringing in new stories? Maybe there's a better way to improve your process.

Report · Aug 21, 2025

The article submissions arrive in . DOC files. Copying to clipboard, pasting, formatting the headline to a different paragraph style and inserting an online image for each article takes a lot of time. I try to keep articles to a single spread most of the time, using character x-size by 2-3 percent to get a perfect fit.

I feel like I could tell ChatGPT what my layout rules are and it could help me get everything imported in a lot less time.

Report · Aug 21, 2025

Well I get what you're getting at - some sort of AI layout so you import it and it designs the layout - that's the dream for a lot of us.

But a lot of what you are doing might be possible with Object Styles, Paragraph Styles and Character Styles

From what I hear you have a Headline, and the copy and an image. It shouldn't take long to insert this.

An object style can invoke a Paragraph Style at the start of the text frame. And once the Headline style is applied, it can then Apply Next Style which would be your Body Text.

The image, if anchored properly could also possibly be formatted into the right position. Although it would still be manual to place it as it has to be on your computer/server.

Even scripts like Preptext which was talked about a few days ago can save time - it applies the Character styles of Bold, Italic etc throughout the the text in a story and then you can apply the Body Text Style - then you should only have headers left to style.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/is-there-a-faster-way-to-clean-up-styles-when-im...

The way I see it - there's a lot of use in AI - but I don't think it's there yet to implement design and layout, maybe it is now, I don't really keep up with it.

It would be superhandy to have a button that says 'Replace this content with this Word Doc' and it just does it.

There are scripts out there that can help speed things up.

If you tell us even more about the problems you face and why it takes so long we could perhaps help refine your workflow and make it easier for you to complete your work.

If you have a solid idea for AI implementation it would be completely worth posting detailed explanation here

https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests

Report · Aug 21, 2025

I feel like I could tell ChatGPT what my layout rules are and it could help me get everything imported in a lot less time.

By @bcastello

You can tell ChatGPT what your layout rules are right now (as well as other details about your workflow), and it will give you the best possible suggestions it can come up with. Such as the best practices for your particular workflow, as well as available plug-ins, scripts, etc.

Other than that, ChatGPT can't do anything for you in this particular case. It doesn't have any means of controlling InDesign and/or Word; ChatGPT can only spill out suggestions. It's not unthinkable that sometime in the future ChatGPT (or other AI tools) will be able to actually operate your software, but this future isn't here yet.

Regardless, I'm sure you'll soon receive some actual suggestions from other members here on the ways to improve your workflow (Word-based workflow is simply not my area of expertise). I'm only aware of the WordsFlow plug-in, but I don't know if it's beneficial for your particular goals:

https://emsoftware.com/products/wordsflow/

Report · Aug 29, 2025

Hi @bcastello ,

look into Eugen Pflüger's MATE for InDesign:

https://www.omata.io/mate

https://www.omata.io/mate/indesign

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )

Report · Aug 29, 2025

@bcastello ,

or see into Roland Dreger's:

OpenAI for Adobe InDesign

https://github.com/RolandDreger/indesign-openai

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )