Adobe InDesign CS5 (Mac)

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Adobe InDesign CS5 software provides precise control over typography and built-in creative tools for designing, preflighting, and publishing documents for print, online, or to mobile devices. Click to enlarge.

Bridge the gap between print and online design with Adobe InDesign CS5 software. Adobe InDesign CS5 provides precise control over typography and built-in creative tools for designing, preflighting and publishing content for print, online or mobile devices. Bring documents and presentations to life with interactivity, animation, sound and video. Leading industry tools and productivity enhancements make page layout simpler and faster, while Access Adobe CS Live online services streamline critical review processes.

Top reasons to buy Adobe InDesign CS5

Cross-media publishing--Publish documents in print, online, or on mobile devices. Create engaging interactive documents (SWF files) for playback in Adobe Flash Player. Add in animation, sound and video, interactive PDF documents with video or sound, or sophisticated layouts for print publishing, using a versatile, intuitive toolset.

Integration with Adobe design, web, and digital-reading applications--Move projects smoothly from design to print or digital output, thanks to tight integration with industry-leading Adobe solutions such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Flash Professional and Adobe Digital Editions.

Productivity tools--Produce sophisticated page layouts using customer-inspired productivity features. Include mixed page sizes in a single file, streamlined object selection and editing, an all-new Layers panel, smart guides, rapid table creation and multiple-file placement with fewer clicks.

Robust text composition--Create beautiful, sophisticated text for any medium with professional typography features, including styles, text wrap, the Paragraph Composer, OpenType support and drop caps. Include headlines that span or split columns without a separate text frame.

Built-in creative tools--Explore creative possibilities directly within InDesign using integrated drawing tools, nondestructive effects, built-in Photoshop effects, finer transparency controls and support for 3D Photoshop artwork.

Preflighting and production--Speed up production, increase reliability and deliver error-free documents. Key features include document-installed fonts, PDF export in the background, live preflighting and JDF technology.

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Click to make the corners active, and then drag the corner diamonds to new positions. On-object controls make it simple to dynamically change the look and feel of a frame as you design.

The ability to combine multiple page sizes simplifies the layout of documents with complex folds, such as this magazine with a cover flap. Click to enlarge.

Automation--Create powerful automated workflows to reduce time spent on repetitive tasks. Standards-based XML features can automatically lay out pages with text and images. Incorporate database-driven content for greater efficiency when publishing across channels.

Extensibility--Rapidly build unique workflows and software solutions for custom publishing using InDesign Markup Language (IDML). This XML-based file format that enables developers to create or modify files using standard XML tools.

Collaboration in editorial workflows--Improve collaboration between design and editorial teams with tight integration between InDesign CS5 and Adobe InCopy CS5, including the ability to track text changes in InDesign.

New for Adobe InDesign CS5

Interactive documents and presentations--Engage and inform readers with documents and presentations that integrate interactivity, animation, sound and video. Export documents directly from InDesign to SWF files for playback in Adobe Flash Player.

Simplified object selection and editing--Perform repetitive layout tasks efficiently. Manipulate frames and frame content without switching tools. Dynamically adjust white space between objects while maintaining the relationship between frames. Use on-object controls to modify frame corners directly in the layout.

Integration with Adobe CS Review--Create and share document reviews online from within InDesign using CS Review--a brand new Adobe CS Live online service. CS Review integration with InDesign allows you to invite colleagues and clients to comment using just a browser. View comments in the context of your InDesign layout, making it easier to address feedback to meet project deadlines more efficiently. CS Live online services are complimentary for a limited time--visit www.adobe.com/go/cslive for details.

Multiple page sizes--Create pages with different sizes in a single document to streamline file management. Share the same master page across different-sized layouts for greater efficiency.

Tracked text changes--Mark up text directly in InDesign and easily track copy revisions. Get to final copy faster by accepting or rejecting text changes within the document.

Paragraphs that span and split columns--Quickly format headlines, subheads or any text to span multiple columns in a single text frame without having to create separate text frames.

All-new Layers panel--Easily manage layers in simple and complex documents. Quickly find, select, lock, hide, name and change the stacking order of individual page items directly in the Layers panel, based on familiar technology used in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. Drag objects from one group to another.

Production enhancements--Speed up delivery of print and digital documents. Preview InDesign pages and placed images in Adobe Bridge. Find linked assets used in one layout and drag them into another InDesign document using the integrated Mini Bridge panel.

Eliminate missing fonts--InDesign automatically installs the required fonts when you open a document and uninstalls them when you close it. (Appropriate font licensing is still required.)

Digital export--Export your page design and text layouts with greater fidelity to Flash Professional CS5, retaining animation, video and sound from your InDesign document. Export InDesign content as XHTML with greater control over page order for editing in Dreamweaver CS5. Export eBooks authored in InDesign CS5 to industry-standard EPUB files for reading on laptops or mobile devices. Include rich media to bring eBooks to life when read on a personal computer using Adobe Digital Editions, a desktop reading application.

Live captions--Generate static or live captions automatically from image metadata, and add text before or after the selected metadata tag in InDesign. Specify the position and style of the caption, optionally including it on its own layer.