Extensive
integration
Work smoothly with Adobe® Photoshop®,
Illustrator®, Acrobat®, InCopy®, and Dreamweaver® software; enjoy
consistency by using shared presets and color settings; work more
efficiently with native file format support; and easily publish to
multiple media.
Creative effects and controls
Creative effects and
controls
Design compelling page layouts that include
transparency, creative effects, and gradient feathers. Since effects are
live and nondestructive, you can experiment with ease. Apply effects
independently to an object's stroke, fill, or content.
Reliable prepress and
printing
Have confidence in your output. Get accurate,
consistent results every time you print using sophisticated preview
capabilities, exporting reliable Adobe PDF files, and sharing custom
presets.
Productivity
enhancements
Perform a variety of tasks more efficiently
using new and enhanced productivity features, including Multi-file
Place, Quick Apply, faster frame fitting, and the visual Pages panel.
XHTML export
XHTML export
Enable multiformat publishing, including
print-to-web workflows, by exporting InDesign® content as XHTML. Edit
the exported content in Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 software (available
separately) and automatically format it using cascading style sheets.
Professional
typographical controls
Compose beautiful typography using professional
controls including the Paragraph Composer, OpenType® fonts, drop caps,
glyphs, and optical kerning and margin alignment.
Full-featured tables
Full-featured tables
Create richly formatted tables. Import
tab-delimited text files and styled Microsoft Word or Excel tables, or
build tables in InDesign. Apply a wide variety of formatting options
manually or using table and cell styles.
Robust long-document
support
Maintain consistency and streamline the
production of long documents using advanced bullets and numbering,
running headers and footers, and synchronized master pages.
Smart text handling
Control your text with intelligent text-handling
features including the ability to import styled text from Microsoft Word
files, apply complex text wraps around objects, and comprehensively
replace fonts.
Scripting and
extensibility
Accelerate and simplify workflows by automating
processes using scripts and extending the capabilities of InDesign using
the ExtendScript toolkit.
