Adobe InDesign

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Designers use Adobe® InDesign® software to create professional layouts for print and digital publishing. Adobe® InDesign® provides precise control over typography and built-in creative tools for designing, preflighting, and publishing documents for print and online. Adobe® InDesign® Creative Suite 5 adds significant interactive features.

New Features in Adobe InDesign CS5

  • Track text changes
  • Paragraphs that span columns
  • Balanced columns
  • 6 new panels for interactive work
  • Illustrator-like layers panel
  • Customized links panel

Core Techniques in Adobe InDesign Creative Suite

Text and Styles

  • Add and modify text and text boxes
  • Create, apply and modify paragraph styles
  • Create, apply and modify character styles
  • Create, apply and modify table and cell styles
  • Master nested style looping

XML

  • Use XML rules
  • Import XML, preserving CALS tables and XSLT

Long Documents

  • Text variables
  • Conditional text
  • Advanced Bullets and Numbers
  • Smart Text Reflow
  • Cross-References

Production Details

  • Avoid delays and added professional printer costs with Live Preflight (CS4 and CS5)
  • Manage assets with Adobe Bridge and Adobe Mini Bridge (CS4 and CS5)
  • Export to Adobe Dreamweaver, Interactive PDF, and JPEG

Adobe® InDesign® CS5 brings new power to designers for print, online and mobile devices. Learn how to include interactivity, animation, video, and sound in page layouts to fully engage readers.

See Adobe’s version comparison for InDesign for a complete list of new CS5 features you can learn to use with a Connect learning tutor.

CS5 Feature Favorites

  • Track text changes
  • Paragraphs that span columns
  • Balanced columns
  • 6 new panels for interactive work
  • Illustrator-like layers panel
  • Customized links panel