<description>&lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="s1" style= "font-size: 14pt;"&gt;InDesign 2026 is here—and so are David and Anne-Marie!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;In this episode of &lt;em&gt;The CreativePro Podcast&lt;/em&gt;, David Blatner and Anne-Marie Concepción bring back InDesign Secrets and dig into the newest release of Adobe InDesign (v21). They explore what's fresh, and what's just plain weird. From the new Flex Layout feature to live text editing in the browser, they unpack the good, the bad, and the future potential of InDesign's next chapter. Along the way, they share favorite finds, event updates, and a few classic "InDesign Secrets" throwbacks—complete with the return of the Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week (-eek!).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="s1" style= "font-size: 14pt;"&gt;Highlights:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p4"&gt;&lt;span class="s2"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://creativepro.com/the-creativepro-team/"&gt;Who are David and Anne-Marie?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul class="ul1"&gt; &lt;li class="li4"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/learning/instructors/anne-marie-concepcion?u=0"&gt; &lt;span class="s2"&gt;Anne-Marie's LinkedIn Learning courses&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;ul class="ul1"&gt; &lt;li class="li5"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/learning/instructors/david-blatner?u=0"&gt;&lt;span class="s2"&gt; David's LinkedIn Learning courses&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p class="p4"&gt;&lt;span class="s2"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://indesignusergroup.org/"&gt;InDesign User Group: 20th Anniversary&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p4"&gt;&lt;span class="s2"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://max.adobe.com/"&gt;Adobe MAX&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p6"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Obscure Feature of the Week: &lt;a href= "https://creativepro.com/better-css-export-epub-html/"&gt;&lt;span class= "s3"&gt;Emit CSS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p3"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class= "s1"&gt;InDesign 2026:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p6"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Flex Layout makes its debut&lt;/strong&gt; (similar to &lt;a href= "https://www.programiz.com/css/flex-container"&gt;&lt;span class="s3"&gt;CSS Flex Layout&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p6"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;David explains how Flex Containers let designers control spacing, alignment, and relationships among multiple objects.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p6"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;InDesign's "InCopy on the Web"&lt;/strong&gt; (beta)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p6"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Despite the confusing name, this new feature introduces true browser-based text editing for clients and collaborators.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p6"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Cloud collaboration &lt;a href= "https://creativepro.com/collaborating-using-adobe-cloud-documents/"&gt; Cloud Documents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p6"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Cloud documents now autosave, sync live edits, and support share-for-text-editing links.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p6"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Math Expressions evolve&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href= "https://creativepro.com/a-formula-for-success-indesign-mathml/"&gt;&lt;span class="s3"&gt; Math Expressions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p6"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;MathML integration improves with a dedicated panel and the long-awaited ability to copy equations directly from Microsoft Word into InDesign. &lt;a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jctremblay_following-countless-hoursdays-of-development-activity-7373198496675340288-Y9wL"&gt; &lt;span class="s3"&gt;Jean-Claude's script to convert math expressions to RGB to CMYK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p6"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Context Bar gets smarter&lt;/strong&gt; (and slightly more confusing)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p6"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;The floating context menu now includes quick access to paragraph and character styles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p6"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Adobe Express template integration&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p6"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;The new "Templates" option on InDesign's Home screen opens the Express web app, not native templates—an unexpected (and debatable) choice.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="s1" style= "font-size: 14pt;"&gt;Links &amp; Resources&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p3"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://creativepro.com/event/free-webinar-bullets-and-numbering-in-indesign/"&gt; Free Webinar: Bullets and Numbering in InDesign – Now available on demand&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p3"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://creativepro.com/event/design-ai-summit-2025/"&gt;Design + AI Summit – November 13–14, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p3"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://creativeproweek.com/"&gt;CreativePro Week – Coming to Nashville, June 29–July 3&lt;/a&gt;, home of &lt;a href= "https://creativepro.com/nashville-notes-hatch-show-print/"&gt;Hatch Show Print&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p3"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Listeners can save $100 on any CreativePro event with the discount code: PODCAST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p3"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://creativepro.com/membership/"&gt;CreativePro Membership – Unlock the magazine, downloads, and exclusive resources&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The CreativePro Podcast

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InDesign 2026: What's New

OCT 28, 202545 MIN
The CreativePro Podcast

InDesign 2026: What's New

OCT 28, 202545 MIN

Description

InDesign 2026 is here—and so are David and Anne-Marie!

In this episode of The CreativePro Podcast, David Blatner and Anne-Marie Concepción bring back InDesign Secrets and dig into the newest release of Adobe InDesign (v21). They explore what's fresh, and what's just plain weird. From the new Flex Layout feature to live text editing in the browser, they unpack the good, the bad, and the future potential of InDesign's next chapter. Along the way, they share favorite finds, event updates, and a few classic "InDesign Secrets" throwbacks—complete with the return of the Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week (-eek!).

Highlights:

Who are David and Anne-Marie?

InDesign User Group: 20th Anniversary

Adobe MAX

Obscure Feature of the Week: Emit CSS

InDesign 2026:

Flex Layout makes its debut (similar to CSS Flex Layout)

David explains how Flex Containers let designers control spacing, alignment, and relationships among multiple objects.

InDesign's "InCopy on the Web" (beta)

Despite the confusing name, this new feature introduces true browser-based text editing for clients and collaborators.

Cloud collaboration Cloud Documents

Cloud documents now autosave, sync live edits, and support share-for-text-editing links.

Math Expressions evolve Math Expressions

MathML integration improves with a dedicated panel and the long-awaited ability to copy equations directly from Microsoft Word into InDesign. Jean-Claude's script to convert math expressions to RGB to CMYK

Context Bar gets smarter (and slightly more confusing)

The floating context menu now includes quick access to paragraph and character styles.

Adobe Express template integration

The new "Templates" option on InDesign's Home screen opens the Express web app, not native templates—an unexpected (and debatable) choice.

Links & Resources

Free Webinar: Bullets and Numbering in InDesign – Now available on demand

Design + AI Summit – November 13–14, 2025

CreativePro Week – Coming to Nashville, June 29–July 3, home of Hatch Show Print

Listeners can save $100 on any CreativePro event with the discount code: PODCAST

CreativePro Membership – Unlock the magazine, downloads, and exclusive resources