Document translation Settings Quick translate Batch export (PDF, PNG, JPEG) Overset text fixer Preflight check Help About
IDML-safe mode. Each language gets a freshly built copy — your original document is never edited.
From To — target languages (tick all you need)
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AI Provider Model Industry General business Industrial packaging Automotive Chemicals Food and beverage Health and safety Legal Marketing Technical manual Context Glossary (CSV: source, target, note) Choose CSV
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Output folder Choose output folder
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Translation scope Whole document Selected text/frame only — safe copy mode
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API & SECURITY
API key (for the provider on the Translate tab)
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Keys are never logged. If host secure storage is unavailable, the plugin falls back to local plugin storage and warns you.

When on, FormatFlow refuses to send text to DeepL, OpenAI, Anthropic, or Gemini — your content never leaves this machine. For confidential or regulated work. Requires a local Ollama model.

PLUGIN LICENSE

The subscription covers the plugin. AI usage is billed separately by your own provider (BYOK).

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APPEARANCE
Theme Match InDesign Dark Light
TRANSLATION QUALITY
Quality mode Layout-tight Balanced Premium QA

Leave off for cleaner translations — can duplicate fragments when InDesign splits a sentence across style ranges.

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QUICK TRANSLATE

Instant text translation — uses the provider, model, key, industry, and glossary from your main settings.

To Text
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PREFLIGHT CHECK

Checks the active document before you translate: text volume, fonts, locked layers, overset frames, and an estimated AI cost for your selected languages.

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BATCH EXPORT

Exports a file per document. Pick a format below — each one shows its own options.

Export format
PDF preset

Choose any Adobe PDF preset, or use InDesign's current export settings.

Source All open documents Choose .indd / .idml files Output folder Choose export output folder
Uses the main output folder if none chosen
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OVERSET TEXT FIXER

Fixes text that overflows its frames in the active document, least invasive first. Works on any document — translated or not.

Allowed adjustments & your limits
max
max %
max %
never below pt

Tracking is in thousandths of an em (InDesign units). These limits also apply to the automatic fit that runs after each translation.

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SAFE PRODUCTION WORKFLOW

For each selected target language, the plugin:

1. Creates a clean copy of the open document in the output folder.
2. Opens that copied .indd file.
3. Translates inside the copy only.
4. Verifies every text block, then saves the copy.
5. Reopens the saved file and verifies it again from disk.

The open original document is never translated or modified.

BATCH TRANSLATION

Tick as many target languages as you need — each gets its own output file, e.g. MyDoc - French.indd, MyDoc - Spanish.indd.

First run? Try one language on a short document with the Mock/offline provider, then check overset warnings, glyph/font support (CJK, Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi), and skipped locked items in the report before running the full batch.

GLOSSARY

Load a CSV with two or three columns: source, target, note. Matching terms are enforced during translation.

FormatFlow Translate
IDML-safe multi-language InDesign translation — formatflow.ai

Version 3.1.0 — restored overset fixer and full themed UI, with GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna. Bring your own key (DeepL Document API, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, or local Ollama).

Workflow: export to IDML → translate the XML → verify every block → build a fresh .indd per language. The original document is never edited.

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