InDesign 2026: What's New

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?

• Anne-Marie's LinkedIn Learning courses

• David's LinkedIn Learning courses

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

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