katrinrr

How can I open or import my old Adobe Illustrator files?

I am missing some features I often use in InDesign. Maybe they are implemented in A-Publisher and I have only problems to find them. Please, what are the equivalents, and where do I find them, for:
a) Buchfunktion (in english Bookfunction?)
b) Wörterbücher (in english Wordbooks?) e.g. for german hyphenation (it is terribble)
c) verschachtelte Formate (nested styles?) and GREP styles
d) There is only the one-line-setting for paragraphs. Where can I find Absatzsetzer (to automatically find the optimal hypehenation and textwrapping in a paragraph)?
e) Can I save my own workingspaces and change them with a click?
f) If I want to have a sheet with e.g. 3 pages, different sizes, how to?
g)  InDesign I has the function "Verpacken" (packing?). So the app looks for all linked resources of a document and put it all into one folder?
h) Why can't I edit placeholder text?
i) missing the feature "Spaltenspanne" (column spread?). Where I can tel e.g. a Headline to display over all columns of a texttframe, or over 3 of 4 ...
j) I can set tabs only by typing the number in mm or pt, right? Is there a way to have a slider/ruler on top of the fram/column, where I can move the tab with the courser until I am satisfied with the result?
 
Sorry, it's al lot, but I need it! (Not necessesarily GREP)

Hello @katrinrr,
in some way you nailed the missing features of APub pretty good 
 
These are not there, yet. It is not clear when these features will be introduced.
 
You can. You first 'expand field' (from the right click menu) and this turns placeholder text into editable text. The reason behind this is that place holder text is per definition a field with the property to always fill the available space. If you increase or decrease the size of a textbox placeholder text adapts.
 
In the 'View' menu look for 'Text Ruler'.
I'm not too familiar with dictionaries. Others may give you an answer to that.
Cheers,
d.

Thank you. It works. That's great. And for the angled textline I have to turn the shape before I distort it.

A Curve Text (Kurventext) or Shape Text (Formtext) object is a text frame created from either a Curve or Quick Shape. 
If you create a text frame using the text frame tool, you can't change its shape to be irregular.
I recommend creating a rectangle on your page, convert this to a Curve object (using 'Convert to Curves' on the context toolbar) then clicking the object with the text frame tool to convert it. You should now find you're able to edit the shape of the Shape Text using the Node tool. I've attached a screen recording of this below!
2019-09-23 16-41-41.mp4

Hi katrinrr,
Place the image inside a picture frame (optional), set the picture frame Text Wrap Setting to Tight, then click the Edit Wrap Outline button in the main toolbar and adjust the path that will appear around the image as you see fit (see attached screenshot for reference).

I found out, how it works, but I can explain only for the german version, as I don't know the english expressions in the menues:
select the textfield you want to off the wrapping, go to Ansicht (view?) > Studio > Textrahmen (textframe?) and set a hook at "textumbrüche ignorieren" (ignore text wrapping?)
I hope thie helps