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WytseKloos
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March 18, 2018
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InDesign CC 2018 <> Bridge

  • March 18, 2018
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Hi guys!

Is there no longer a mini Bridge function in Adobe InDesign CC 2018? Can't find it in the software and can not find anything about it online also...

Probably some other way around it. Trying to create a photo book and working with cmd+d and searching the right picture over and over again is quite irritating....

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Correct answer Monica Singh

Hi Wytsekoos,

MiniBrodge has been removed from InDesign from few versions now. Please see here Adobe InDesign CC 2015 and Mini Bridge FAQ

Thanks

Monica Singh

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Monica Singh
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Monica SinghCorrect answer
Adobe Employee
March 19, 2018

Hi Wytsekoos,

MiniBrodge has been removed from InDesign from few versions now. Please see here Adobe InDesign CC 2015 and Mini Bridge FAQ

Thanks

Monica Singh

jane-e
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jane-eCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 18, 2018

Here is the FAQ for Flash-based Mini Bridge:

Adobe InDesign CC 2015 and Mini Bridge FAQ

You can put Bridge into Filmstrip and let it run across the bottom.

If you use a Creative Cloud library, dragging links it to the CC Library. Option (Alt) + Dragging does not.

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WytseKloosAuthor
Participant
March 18, 2018

Thank you! The film strip is helpfull!

    jane-e
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    jane-eCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 18, 2018

    WytseKloos  wrote

    Thank you! The film strip is helpfull!

    I use the film strip across the bottom, waiting and hoping for a non-Flash rendition of Mini Bridge. Glad it's working, at least for now!

    BobLevine
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    BobLevineCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 18, 2018

    It’s gone. I believe it was flash-based. You can set up Bridge to do anything minibridge did. Perhaps if you expand on what you were using it for we might be able to help.

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    WytseKloosAuthor
    Participant
    March 18, 2018

    Hi Bob,

    Thank you for your help.

    I can use bridge instead but it is not the best "workflow" environment...

    I am creating a photo book of my pictures taken from my long distance walk in Ireland.

    The process:

    + First I loaded my pictures into Lightroom. Created a selection of preferred images and make changes to the pictures.
    + Second I exported the selection into a folder.

    + Third Creating a document in InDesign and also a design.

    + Fourth Creating object frames and importing pictures to them. Not wanting to use them all, now I can combine and order the the right way in the design. Using the cmd+d option is hard, I have to search the images all over again. Using bridge makes my screen very small. (add another screen is an option, however... not having the space)

    Using the mini bridge in the past did the trick. Also CC Libraries is great, however not for this particular job.

    Steve Werner
    Community Expert
    Steve WernerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 18, 2018

    You'll have to adapt to using Bridge.

    Mini-Bridge was based on Flash technology which has been dropped. Mini-Bridge also disappeared from Photoshop as well. There's no indication it's coming back.

    You could make a feature request here:

    Feature Requests/Bugs

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