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Benchmark

Word into the designers’ own template, measured every round.

We send the same manuscript into a fresh copy of the designers’ InDesign template and read what landed with two read-only instruments. Each round says what it solved and what is still open. Every number here is a measurement; where something was not measured, the page says so.

The rounds What each round solved Still open How it is measured The ePub, measured

Round 3 at a glance

9 October 2026. ITIL Experience v5.1, the whole book, sent by Typeset from Word into a copy of the ITIL5 template, starting at a page the designer chose: 374 pages and 5,226 paragraphs.

99.1%
paragraphs on the designers’ styles
0
frames or tables past the margins
0
headings with two numbers
383
table bullets on “Table bullet”
9
chapter threads, 71 of 71 links
244
headings with their own chapter number
162
of 162 tables on a page

And what is not good yet, in the same round: 1 story still ends with hidden (overset) text, in the appendices. The transfer scorecard’s overall verdict is therefore still fail, as in rounds 1 and 2. It is listed under Still open.

The rounds

The first column is the version designers use today, 0.7.2, from what their own feedback files show. Each later column is one transfer into a fresh copy of the template, measured the same way.

MeasureBefore 0.8 (0.7.2)Round 1 · 7 Oct 2026 Round 2 · 8 Oct 2026Round 3 · 9 Oct 2026
Paragraphs on the designers’ own styles not measured (Dinno’s styles or copies of Word’s) 93.9% 99.1% 99.1%
Dinno frames and tables crossing the template’s margins every Dinno frame, up to 21.3 pt past the right margin (the designers’ July feedback file: frames at 70.90–545.75 pt against the template’s 70.87–524.43 pt) 0 of 386 frames, 0 of 162 tables 0 of 385 frames, 0 of 148 tables on pages 0 of 378 frames, 0 of 162 tables (all on a page)
Tables wider than their column tables fitted to Word’s width, not the template’s 0 0 0
Boxes and cards outside the column not checked not checked (2 icon tables shifted 42 pt to the right, found by eye) 0 (a new check) 0
Headings printed with two numbers yes: the typed number and the template’s own 0 (247 typed numbers removed) 0 0
The chapter number in heading numbers typed by the author the template’s “3.” in every chapter the template’s “3.” in every chapter the manuscript’s chapter on 244 headings (“2.3” where round 2 printed “3.3”)
Table bullets on the template’s “Table bullet” Dinno’s or Word’s style, with typed bullets 383; 0 elsewhere; 0 with two markers 383; 0 elsewhere; 0 with two markers 383; 0 elsewhere; 0 with two markers
Text threads one story per section (73 for Experience), none linked 9 chapter threads, 71 links 12 threads, 68 links (3 sections not linked: they end with hidden text) 9 chapter threads, 71 of 71 links
Start page chosen by the designer not possible: always after the last page not possible yes: page 64 chosen, pages 64–66 reused, nothing before page 64 touched yes: page 64, pages 64–66 reused
Sections ending with hidden (overset) text not measured 3 3 1 (the appendices; open)
Table cells with hidden (overset) text not measured 1 15 (worse) 1 (the landscape table, as in round 1)
Size of the transfer — 386 pages, 5,457 paragraphs 381 pages, 5,226 paragraphs 374 pages, 5,226 paragraphs
Dinno build (InDesign panel) 0.7.2 0.8.0 RC, build 9508991d 0.8.0 RC, build a615f688 0.8.0 RC, build fb3064f1; the Word pane on 0.8.0 for the first time

Next round. A round 4 column is added here only once its numbers are in; nothing is filled in before then.

Round 1 went into a copy of the clean template (page content removed, masters and styles kept); rounds 2 and 3 into the owner’s own prepared copies of it. Rounds 1 and 2 ran the Word pane of 0.7.2; round 3 is the first with the 0.8.0 Word pane. “Tables on pages” leaves out tables inside hidden text, which the layout check counts but cannot place on a page.

What each round solved

In the words a designer would use. The release notes say the same for the whole of 0.8.0.

Round 3 · 9 October 2026
  • Each heading has its own chapter number — the template’s heading styles print “3.” in every chapter; Dinno now sets the manuscript’s chapter on each heading it writes (244 of them), without changing the designers’ styles.
  • No hidden sections — sections 5.3 and 5.4 lay out in full, so all 162 tables are on a page (148 in round 2) and every chapter is one linked thread: 71 of 71 links.
  • Overflowing table cells back to 1 — the 14 extra in round 2 were the tables inside the hidden sections.
  • Lists only where Word has a list — a paragraph Word does not number no longer lands on the template’s numbered list style.
Round 2 · 8 October 2026
  • The designer chooses the start page — the transfer began on page 64, reused pages 64–66 as they were, and touched nothing before page 64.
  • Icon tables stay in place — they no longer shift to the right or print an empty numbered line (“3.3”) above them.
  • Word’s text boxes land on the template’s styles — paragraphs Word kept in text boxes (“Normal”, “Bullets”) now take the template’s body and bullet styles: 93.9% → 99.1% of paragraphs on the designers’ own styles.
  • Linking a chapter moves fewer sections — 3 sections moved when their chapter was linked in round 1, 1 in round 2.
  • Boxes and cards are checked against the column — a new check, 0 outside it.
Round 1 · 7 October 2026
  • Tables and frames inside the template’s margins — the template’s margins win; a table shrinks to its column and keeps Word’s column proportions.
  • One heading number — the typed number goes where the template’s heading style numbers itself: 247 removed, 0 headings with two numbers.
  • “Table bullet” with one marker — 383 cell bullets on the template’s style, none with two markers.
  • One text thread per chapter in the Word transfer.
  • Your template stays yours — a new document made from the template is recognised as the template; a later Convert no longer closes an unsaved template; the contents, figure and table list pages are reserved for InDesign’s own lists.

Still open

What the next round has to answer. Nothing here is hidden behind a pass.

Open after round 3

  • 1 story ends with hidden text, in the appendices: one section moves when its thread is linked.
  • 21 headings get a number the manuscript does not have, from the template’s numbered heading styles. Dinno lists them at the end of every transfer.
  • The chapter number is set on each heading as a local change (a “+” in InDesign’s Styles panel). Heading styles that use InDesign’s chapter number (^H) would not need it.

How it is measured

The same template, the same manuscript, the same route and the same two instruments, every round.

TemplateThe designers’ original ITIL_Template_OB_ALL-STYLES_v5.1.indd, or its clean version (page content removed, masters and styles kept). Each test gets a fresh copy, made only after the original’s sha256 is checked; the original is never written.
ManuscriptITIL Experience v5.1, the whole book: about 380 pages, 162 tables and more than 5,200 paragraphs.
RouteTypeset, the Word transfer: the route the designers use.
InstrumentsThe transfer scorecard (styles, heading numbers, table bullets, threads, the style mapping) and the layout audit (frames, tables and cards against the template’s margins and columns). Both only read; neither changes the document.
On your own copyAny co-pilot connected to Dinno can run the same two reads. In ChatGPT or Claude, ask “Score the transfer in my open InDesign document” or “Check the frames and tables against my template’s margins”. In round 3 the scorecard answered: Transfer scorecard: fail (your styles 99.1% pass, doubles 0 pass, table bullets 0 pass, floor 0 pass, overset 1 fail, role map pass, threads unknown).

What these numbers do not cover

  • One manuscript and one template. Other books and other templates have not been through these rounds.
  • The Typeset route only. Send at the cursor uses the same rules but is not measured here; Convert is deprecated in 0.8.0 and is removed in 1.1.
  • A test machine. The rounds run against an engine on that machine, not in Azure.
  • The “before” column comes from the designers’ July feedback file and the 0.7.2 behaviour, not from the same instruments.
  • Threads are recorded, not judged. No target thread shape is chosen yet, so the scorecard says “unknown” there.
  • How the pages look is checked by us on rendered pages. The designers have not signed these rounds off.
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