New in InDesign 22.0
Eight new features according to Adobe’s “What’s new” page.
✓available◐partly✗missingtext without a sign: fact, not rated
Signs appear for Medusa only. For InDesign the page states what Adobe writes, without rating.
| Topic | Adobe InDesign 22.0 | Medusa |
|---|---|---|
| AI Assistant (beta) | Conversational assistant: answers questions and runs multi-step operations on content, layouts and objects. Every action can be reversed through history.12 | ✗ No assistant. AI is used for translating whole documents. |
| Check Document | One panel for missing alt text and table summaries, inconsistent terminology and grammar issues. Available in English only.13 | ◐ Preflight reports images without alt text and checks heading order, reading order, contrast and readability, in German too. It does not check inconsistent terminology or grammar. |
| Grammar and copy suggestions | Analyses text for grammar, clarity, conciseness, redundancy and consistency and suggests improvements.1 | ✗ Spell check in five languages. No grammar check, no rewriting. |
| Browse and organise fonts | Group frequently used fonts into custom font libraries reusable across projects; discover new fonts from Adobe Fonts.1 | Upload your own fonts (TTF, OTF), search and install around 1800 Google Fonts. |
| Flex Layout: text frames resize | Text frames in a Flex Layout resize automatically to fit their content. Converting existing objects keeps the original arrangement.1 | Text frames with automatic frame size. |
| Windows ARM | Runs natively on Windows ARM devices.1 | ✓ Runs in any current browser, no install. |
| Export from the Pages panel | Export selected pages, selected spreads or the entire document without leaving the Pages panel.1 | Export dialog with page range; batch export across several documents. |
| Search in the Scripts panel | Search the Scripts panel by name and run the script right away.1 | ✗ No scripting. |
Co-editing: beta 22.1
Adobe is testing co-editing in the beta app. In Medusa it is part of the program.
| Topic | Adobe InDesign (Beta) 22.1 | Medusa |
|---|---|---|
| Status | In InDesign (beta) 22.1, for testing and feedback. Not part of version 22.0.45 | ✓ In the live program. |
| Editing the layout | In the desktop app. In the browser the document opens in InCopy on the web (beta), text only.5 | ✓ In the browser, with all tools. |
| Account for invitees | Collaborators need an Adobe ID.5 | ✓ Clients work through a link, no account. |
| Same text at the same time | A text frame is locked while someone edits it. Images and shapes can be edited at the same time.5 | ✓ Two people type in the same paragraph. For objects the last change wins. |
| Document | Cloud document (INDDL); a local document is saved to the cloud when you invite.5 | Stored on the server; offline documents stay in the browser. |
| Language | Only available in English (International) and English (North America).5 | ✓ German, English, French, Spanish. |
| Plug-ins | If a required plug-in is missing or incompatible, the document cannot be shared.6 | No plug-ins. |
| Around the document | Presence indicator showing who is working in the document.5 | ✓ Presence, comments, chat, video chat, version compare and approval. |
Sources
- Adobe: What’s new in Adobe InDesign · https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/desktop/whats-new/whats-new.html (retrieved 10 November 2026)
- Adobe: AI Assistant (beta) overview · https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/desktop/generative-ai-features/ai-assistant-capabilities.html (retrieved 10 November 2026)
- Adobe: Check Document · https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/desktop/generative-ai-features/check-document.html (retrieved 10 November 2026)
- Adobe: Adobe InDesign (beta) overview · https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/desktop/whats-new/indesign-beta-overview.html (retrieved 10 November 2026)
- Adobe: Co-edit InDesign (beta) documents in real time · https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/desktop/collaborate-and-review/share-and-collaborate/co-edit-indesign-documents.html (retrieved 10 November 2026)
- Adobe: Resolve co-editing issues in InDesign (beta) · https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/desktop/troubleshoot/font-and-plugin-issues/resolve-co-editing-issues.html (retrieved 10 November 2026)
Adobe, InDesign and InCopy are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Inc. Medusa is not affiliated with Adobe. Based on Adobe’s public help pages, as of 10 November 2026. Please report errors to jens@id42.xyz.