What’s New, Updated and Reimagined in InDesign 2021

Each year about this time, we take a tour of the new and reimagined features for InDesign for the coming year.

Our tour director for the annual survey of new and reimagined features for InDesign 2021 is the esteemed Anne-Marie Concepción, co-founder of CreativePro Network. Although one of the advantages of Creative Cloud is that updates and bug fixes are released throughout the year as soon as they are ready, Adobe still manages to include some exciting must-have features in the release that starts out the new year.

For 2021, these features include a more robust share for review, auto-activation of Adobe Fonts, the ability to locate a particular color in a file, HSB support, the ability to share libraries, and—are you ready—subject-aware text wrapping.

Free Raffles

Yes, we will still have raffles. And, for as long as we are able to do it, they're free.  You must attend the presentation to be eligible. Most prizes will be delivered electronically. The Los Angeles InDesign User Group is a registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent that the law allows.

Raffle Prizes and Winners

Toshiba 32" LED HD Television, model 32L310U20. You must attend the meeting to win. Folks who skip the meeting and join just for the raffles are not eligible. Shipping: west of the Mississippi: free. East of the Mississippi: $15. Alaska, Hawaii and outside of U.S.: entire shipping cost.

GoProof from Oppolis Software. 3 month subscription for 2 users. Value $300.00. Winner — William Baughman
Proofing add-on for Adobe Creative Cloud. Version history tracks what has been changed and by whom.

Suitcase Fusion 10 from Extensis. 12 month subscription. Value $119.95.Winner — Paige L
Font management program that allows you to organize your fonts from one plane—including system fonts, purchased fonts, fonts synced from Adobe Typekit, Google fonts, etc.

Font Agent Pro from Insider Software. Value $99.95.Winner — Elvia Hernandez
Font management that allows you to organize, distribute and control your fonts.

DTP Tools Cloud for InDesign. 6 month subscription. Value $77.40.Winner — Marlene Orozco
Suite of 14 different InDesign productivity tools.

Adobe Stock. 15 image licenses. Value $44.00.Winner — Sherry Lambie
Royalty-free, high-quality photos, videos, and illustrations.

InDesign Magazine. 6 month subscription. Value $30.00.Winner — Chuck Golding
Monthly PDF publication devoted to InDesign how-tos, in-depth features, and quick tips.

About the Presenter

Anne-Marie Concepción

Anne-Marie “Her Geekness” Concepción is a digital publishing expert, and has been named a “MAX Master” (top instructor) at Adobe MAX six times. She owns Seneca Design & Training, a cross-media design studio that develops print, PDF, and ebook projects, and a busy trainer and consultant helping clients master remote InDesign-centric publishing workflows that use InCopy, Google Docs, and Word.

Anne-Marie is the author of the popular weekly series on LinkedIn Learning, “InDesign Tips for Design Geeks,” and dozens of other related video courses. She’s the co-founder of the CreativePro Network (with David Blatner) and co-host of their long-running InDesign Secrets podcast.

You can book a free Zoom chat with her for advice on your files and workflows, and contact her by email at amarie@senecadesign.com. Follow Anne-Marie on Facebook and LinkedIn.