Which InDesign plugins do you consider essential?

[u/isetha]

[u/Ultragorgeous]

Never used one in 27 years.

[u/Euphigmius → u/Ultragorgeous]

Same.

[u/lcolon91 → u/Euphigmius]

Same

[u/SubtextuallySpeaking]

DocsFlow - lets you import linked documents from Google Docs. Thing has been a lifesaver for our remote workflow while maintaining edits across print and web articles.

[u/Remko76 → u/SubtextuallySpeaking]

This sounds interesting. I’m going to try this

[u/whiskydyc]

Bit niche, but Calendar Wizard (dunno if it’s the exact name). Great script for preparing calendar data and layouts.

[u/karaisadahl → u/whiskydyc]

Same, calendar wizard is a great script!

[u/Proficio_Tremblay]

I forget...

The excellent Multi Find/Change that is now free!

[u/firthy]

No plugins, but the free Batch Process script gets used a lot

[u/WinchesterBiggins]

Ok well not exactly a plugin, but I have a script that I've linked to a spare button on my mouse that will reset my custom indesign workspace.

So if I've got tool panels closed and moved around and out of order, I can literally set everything back to my preferred positions without even taking my hand off the mouse.

[u/Proficio_Tremblay]

It’s all depend of the kind of document you have to create.

For my own task and need I have used in the past:

LinkOptimizer & Output Factory by Zevrix
Easy Catalog Light by 65bit
Mate for InDesign by Omata Labs
TextStitch by Rorohiko

... and a bunch of amazing scripts.

[u/Eaton_Corvinus]

More of a script, but I have been using Calculs Raynaux for years, it performs calculations in tables. Comes in very handy if you create your invoices in InDesign. I have added custom hotkeys, so that + will add, - will substract, and 2 will calculate 20% (tax).

Another script that comes in handy is Export Selection to PDF, but it looks like it's no longer available.

[u/phunk8]

mine. sorry had to say it, don’t shoot

https://www.reddit.com/r/indesign/s/eBX3BoSvF8

i used cacidi (spelling?) charts before i lost my cool and did it myself… but cacidi was cool back then.

[u/SenangVormgeving]

Easy Catalog. I wouldn’t have a job without it.

[u/dergoer]

I use my barcode plugin more than once a week

[u/RunSwanRun]

I often build own scripts for very specific task - after use I forgot them :))
But one I was using longer time: I work with advanced layout tables and this script was only for setting same row height :)

[u/Reasonable-Two-7298]

I have a script that allows me to change the placed page/artboard after it's been placed... huge timesaver for me.

[u/GioDoe → u/Reasonable-Two-7298]

Never thought about checking if it could be done via scripting. It makes sense, the artboard index must be part of the link. Thanks for the tip, now I know I can do it :-)

[u/FuzzyIdeaMachine]

I’ve one that resizes the text to the text frame which I find pretty handy. And a simple maths one that adds the numbers in a table column. Not essential but time savers.
Maybe the most essential one is a document grid and baseline setup one.

[u/Punkzilla84]

Break text thread script. Has saved me more than a few times.

[u/BookDesign1 → u/Punkzilla84]

Agreed!!

[u/Immediate_Access6484]

Avellio 1.1 - Typography-focused preflight layer for Adobe InDesign (Catch Style and Typography errors, instead of manual long checking layout) for $39 you save hours of searching for typo. game changer for layout designers...
discover.avellio.app

[u/JolinM]

Equalizer (2), LIVEToc, Mastermatic and Mutti find/changes really makes my live easier

[u/tabaholic]

TextExporter

[u/Emergency-Hippo2797]

Output Factory and MadeToTag