3 Replies Latest reply: Sep 24, 2013 5:28 AM by P Spier RSS

    InDesign CC Step and repeat user friendliness

    timsnapabbotsford Community Member

      With the Step and Repeat function in InDesign:

       

      Currently when you enter a value in any of the three boxes (count/vertical/horizontal) and the value results in the objects not fitting on the page, you'll receive immediate feedback in the form of a pop up error box:

       

      Cannot add objects beyond the bounds of the pasteboard. Please decrease the offset distance or reduce the number of duplicates.

       

      You then have to click OK, or press enter to acknowledge.

       

      It would be a lot more desirable for any error message to display only at the end of the process—AFTER you've click the Step and Repeat OK button.

       

      It's extremely irritating to get regular warnings while you're trying to typing in the values, especially when you use step and repeat a lot.

       

      Reguarly, I can even type in the first value Count without receiving an error (noting that the dialog box remembers Vertical and Horizontal values from previous use).