ID Util 4+

Font status is confusing

The people at Markzware know me, so they should recognize this isn’t user error.

I downloaded this product with great expectations. I was especially enthusiastic about the concept of checking for missing images and/or missing fonts.

I was pleased to see an accurate report for the missing images in my ID file—all without opening InDesign. But the font report was worse than disappointing. It is horribly crippled.

I purposely unsynced two font families that I knew were used in the file. They would have been available to resync using TypeKit per—which is the status quo for most of the fonts Creative Cloud usershave installed.

I was gobsmacked to see that ID Util did not report the fonts as missing even though they were immediately flagged as such when the file was opened. This is NOT what any design or pr4oduction department wants.

I posted a troubleshooting complaint on the Markzware site. And Dave, a very nice technician, called me to follow up. He asked me to send the file that was showing the problem. I explained that it was a particular file. It was ALL OF THEM.

He then told me that the product wouldn’t work with TypeKit fonts. And then he changed his mind and said that the product doesn’t show the status of missing fonts. Oh dear!

Markzware, if this is indeed the case, I think you need to change the description for this APP. I appreciate that it’s FREE! (Yippee!) But even a free app should be described correctly.

I look forward to some sort of response here so I can change the score of this review.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. The problem was relayed to our development team and an update was released with a fix. I'm sorry if we did not relay the information about the update and fix to you directly. We do take customer issues seriously and hope that you're able to give ID Util a second try.

Not helpful for exporting text with footnotes and tables

From an InDesign document I needed to export text, footnotes, tables, and graphics to a Word document, and this app did not do that. The tables came across as a series of XXXXs and no images were exported. There was an export option for .rtf but none for .doc or .docx. The direct export from within InDesign to .rtf works better and that isn’t saying much. I also tried copying the text from the InDesign document and pasting it into a Word doc — that actually worked a little better — at least the footnotes appeared as they should, but still no images (even tho they are placed within the flow of the story) and the table information exported as single paragraphs within an additional text frame.

InDesign still doesn’t appear to have a good way to export to Word. My client wanted to repurpose the finished text in Word, as he is not an InDesign user.

Glad to see CC2018 Support

The free functionality of this utility is great for adding quickview support to my InDesign files. The update supporting CC2018 will make it easier for us to update our files with the HD res preview. I know max-resolution previews embedded can add some bloat to the InDesign files, but it’s been a huge boost while collaborating with my non-InDesign using peers. Project managers love that they can “peek” at a file’s content without asking me to open the file for them (I try not to take that personally). I only wish there was a way to batch update my files to have the HD preview embedded on older files without also updating the InDesign version. Thanks, Markzware!