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# InDesign Feature Support

PrintUI supports many InDesign features, but the browser editor cannot reproduce every InDesign behavior.

## Generally supported

* Standard rectangular text frames.
* Linked images.
* Paragraph and character styles.
* RGB and CMYK colors, with RGB recommended for editor display.
* Spot colors with RGB or CMYK definitions.
* Tables with restrictions.
* Transparency and blending for final output, with possible editor-display differences.
* Background and Foreground layer artwork.

## Supported with restrictions

<table data-search="false"><thead><tr><th>Feature</th><th>Notes</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Groups</td><td>Ungrouped during packaging when editable.</td></tr><tr><td>Text wrap</td><td>Supported on non-editable layers; editable text frames ignore text wrap.</td></tr><tr><td>Gradients</td><td>Supported on Background and Foreground layers, not editable layers.</td></tr><tr><td>Line objects</td><td>Supported on non-editable layers; use narrow rectangles for editable lines.</td></tr><tr><td>Polygons</td><td>Supported as filled shapes, not as text frames.</td></tr><tr><td>Underline</td><td>Supported, but underlines use text color.</td></tr><tr><td>Bullets and numbering</td><td>Best through paragraph styles.</td></tr><tr><td>Tables</td><td>Require styles palette for structure and formatting changes.</td></tr><tr><td>Bleeds and crop marks</td><td>Use PDF presets or manually drawn guide/mark workflows.</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Not supported for editable content

* Facing-page spreads.
* Text on a path.
* Anchored objects.
* Track Changes.
* Stroked text from InDesign.
* Strikethrough, paragraph rules, drop caps, and span columns.
* Paste-into masking for editable content.
* Embedded images copied and pasted into the document.
* LAB color mode in the editor.
* Snapping to guides or grids.
* Adding new tables in the editor.

When unsupported features are required visually, place them on fixed layers or convert them to linked images where appropriate.


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