Infobox Software
name = Adobe InDesign
caption = Adobe InDesign CS3 running on Mac OS X
developer = Adobe Systems
latest release version = CS3 (5.0.3)
latest release date = release date|2008|06|01
operating system = Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows
genre = Desktop publishing
license = Proprietary
website = [http://www.adobe.com/products/indesign/main.html www.adobe.com/products/indesign]
Adobe InDesign is a desktop publishing (DTP) software application produced by Adobe Systems.
Target audience
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Designers are the principal users, creating and laying out periodical publications, posters, and print media. Longer documents are often still designed with FrameMaker (manuals, technical documents, etc.) or with QuarkXPress (books, catalogs, etc.). Using a relational database, the Adobe InCopy word processor uses the same formatting engine as InDesign.
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InDesign is a direct competitor to QuarkXPress.
History
InDesign is the successor alternative to Adobe's own PageMaker which was acquired with the purchase of Aldus in 1994. By 1998 PageMaker had lost almost the entire professional market to the comparatively feature-rich QuarkXPress 4.1 which was released in 1996. At this point Quark stated their intention to buy out Adobe and to divest the combined company of PageMaker to avoid anti-trust issues. Adobe rebuffed the offer and instead worked on a project built independently of PageMaker, code-named 'K2,' and released as InDesign 1.0 in 1999.
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In 2002, it was the first Mac OS X-native desktop publishing (DTP) software. In version 3 (InDesign CS) it received a boost in distribution by being bundled with Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat in the Creative Suite.InDesign exports documents in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) and has multilingual support. It was the first DTP application to support Unicode for text processing, advanced typography with OpenTypefonts, advanced transparency features, layout styles, optical margin alignment, and cross-platform scripting using JavaScript.
Later versions of the software introduced new file formats. To support the new features (especially typographic) introduced with InDesign CS, both the program and its document format are not retro-compatible, but InDesign CS2 has the retro-compatible .inx format, an XML-based document representation. InDesign CS versions updated with the 3.01 April 2005 update (free from the Adobe website) can read InDesign CS2-saved files exported to the .inx format. The InDesign Interchange format does not support versions earlier than InDesign CS.
Adobe developed InDesign CS3 (and Creative Suite 3) as a universal binary software compatible with native Intel and PowerPC Mac for 2007. The CS2 Mac version has code tightly integrated to the PPC architecture, and not natively compatible with the Intel processors in Apple's new machines. Porting the products to another platform was an endeavour. Adobe developed the CS3 application integrating Macromedia products (2005), rather than recompiling CS2 and simultaneously developing CS3. Inconveniencing Intel-Mac early-adopters, Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen announced that 'Adobe will be first with a complete line of universal applications.'Fact|date=March 2007
InDesign and Leopard
Currently InDesign CS3 up to 5.0.3 does not seem to work correctly on Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5), as Adobe states:'InDesign CS3 may unexpectedly quit when using the Place, Save, Save As or Export commands using either the OS or Adobe dialog boxes. Unfortunately, there are no workarounds for these known issues.' [ [http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/indesign_incopy/502/Adobe_InDesign_CS3_5.0.2_Update_ReadMe.pdf Adobe InDesign CS3 5.0.2 Update Read Me ] ]
In forums [http://blogs.adobe.com/indesignchannel/2008/04/the_leopard_leap.html#comment-1244109 this workaround ] has been reported to work.
erver Version
In October 2005, Adobe released 'InDesign Server CS2', a modified version of InDesign (without user interface) for Windows and Macintosh server platforms. It does not provide any editing client; rather it is for use by developers in creating client-server solutions with the InDesign plug-in technology. [cite web
url=http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressmaterials/pdfs/ID_Server_CS2_FAQ.pdf
title=Adobe InDesign Server CS2 Frequently Asked Questions
work=Adobe.com
accessdate=2007-04-29] In March 2007 Adobe officially announced Adobe InDesign CS3 Server as part of the Adobe InDesign family.
Versions
* InDesign 1.0 (codenamed K2): August 16, 1999.
* InDesign 1.5 (codenamed Sherpa): April 2001.
* InDesign 2.0 (codenamed Annapurna): January 2002 (just days before QuarkXPress 5). First version to support Mac OS X and native transparencies & drop shadows.
* InDesign CS (codenamed Dragontail) and InDesign CS PageMaker Edition (3.0): October 2003.
* InDesign CS2 (4.0) (codenamed Firedrake): shipped in May 2005.
* InDesign Server released: October 2005
* InDesign CS3 (5.0) (codenamed Cobalt): April 2007. First Universal binary versions to natively support Intel-based Macs, Regular expression, Table styles, new interface
* InDesign CS3 Server released : May 2007
Internationalization and localization
Celestion sr1 manual. Language availability
Adobe InDesign CS3 is available in the following languages: Arabic (Middle Eastern version), Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, French (Canadian), German, Greek, Hebrew (Middle Eastern version), Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Spanish (Latin American), Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian. [http://www.adobe.com/products/indesign/systemreqs/]
Adobe InDesign Middle Eastern language versions available from WinSoft. [ [http://www.winsoft.eu/products_solutions/adobe-indesignCS3.php Adobe InDesign - Design and produce professional page layouts, enhanced features for Central and East European and Middle Eastern Users ] ] .
pecific features for Arabic (also Persian) and Hebrew languages
The Middle Eastern/Hebrew and the Middle Eastern/Arabic versions are specifically developed for Arabic and Hebrew languages.
Text settings
InDesign Middle Eastern versions come with special settings for laying out Arabic or Hebrew text, such as:
* Ability to use Arabic, Persian or Hindi digits
* Use kashidas for letter spacing and full justification
* Ligature option
* Set vowels /diacritics positioning
* Justify text in three possible ways to get the results you want (Standard, Arabic, Naskh)
* Option to 'Insert Special Character': three Hebrew characters (Geresh, Gershayim, Magaf) and an Arabic one (Kashida)
* Apply standard, Arabic or Hebrew styles for page, paragraph and footnote numbering
Bi-directional text flow
In InDesign Middle Eastern versions, the notion of right-to-left behaviour applies to several objects: Story, Paragraph, Character and Table. You can easily mix Right-to-Left and Left-to-Right Words, Paragraphs and Stories in a document.
* InDesign CS3 Middle Eastern versions allow you to change in one click the direction of neutral characters (for ex.: ,/?, etc.) according to your keyboard language.
Table of contents
You can create a table of contents (TOC) for any document or book in InDesign Middle Eastern versions. InDesign Middle Eastern versions come with a set of Table of contents titles, one for each supported language. The TOC is also sorted according to the chosen language.InDesign CS3 Middle Eastern versions allow you to choose the language of your index title and cross-references by right clicking in the title field in the Generate Index window.
Indexes
You can create a simple keyword index or a comprehensive, detailed guide to the information in your book. 'InDesign' Middle Eastern versions let you set various Sort Options for your indexes according to the language you are dealing with.
Importing and exporting
InDesign Middle Eastern versions bring the capability of opening directly and converting QuarkXPress files, even using Arabic XT, Arabic Phonyx or Hebrew XPressWay fonts, retaining the layout and content.InDesign Middle Eastern versions come with more than 50 import/export filters enabling you to place many kinds of images and Roman texts: Microsoft Word 97-98-2000 Import filter and Text Import filter.
Adobe InDesign Middle Eastern language versions available from WinSoft. [ [http://www.winsoft.eu/products_solutions/adobe-indesignCS3.php Adobe InDesign - Design and produce professional page layouts, enhanced features for Central and East European and Middle Eastern Users ] ] .
pecific features for Arabic (also Persian) and Hebrew languages
The Middle Eastern/Hebrew and the Middle Eastern/Arabic versions are specifically developed for Arabic and Hebrew languages.
Text settings
InDesign Middle Eastern versions come with special settings for laying out Arabic or Hebrew text, such as:
* Ability to use Arabic, Persian or Hindi digits
* Use kashidas for letter spacing and full justification
* Ligature option
* Set vowels /diacritics positioning
* Justify text in three possible ways to get the results you want (Standard, Arabic, Naskh)
* Option to 'Insert Special Character': three Hebrew characters (Geresh, Gershayim, Magaf) and an Arabic one (Kashida)
* Apply standard, Arabic or Hebrew styles for page, paragraph and footnote numbering
Bi-directional text flow
In InDesign Middle Eastern versions, the notion of right-to-left behaviour applies to several objects: Story, Paragraph, Character and Table. You can easily mix Right-to-Left and Left-to-Right Words, Paragraphs and Stories in a document.
* InDesign CS3 Middle Eastern versions allow you to change in one click the direction of neutral characters (for ex.: ,/?, etc.) according to your keyboard language.
Table of contents
You can create a table of contents (TOC) for any document or book in InDesign Middle Eastern versions. InDesign Middle Eastern versions come with a set of Table of contents titles, one for each supported language. The TOC is also sorted according to the chosen language.InDesign CS3 Middle Eastern versions allow you to choose the language of your index title and cross-references by right clicking in the title field in the Generate Index window.
Indexes
You can create a simple keyword index or a comprehensive, detailed guide to the information in your book. 'InDesign' Middle Eastern versions let you set various Sort Options for your indexes according to the language you are dealing with.
Importing and exporting
InDesign Middle Eastern versions bring the capability of opening directly and converting QuarkXPress files, even using Arabic XT, Arabic Phonyx or Hebrew XPressWay fonts, retaining the layout and content.InDesign Middle Eastern versions come with more than 50 import/export filters enabling you to place many kinds of images and Roman texts: Microsoft Word 97-98-2000 Import filter and Text Import filter.
Reverse layout
InDesign Middle Eastern versions include a reverse layout feature to revert the layout of a document, when converting a Left to Right document (Roman) to a Right to Left one (Arabic or Hebrew) or vice versa. It is also helpful when creating a multilingual document.
The Middle Eastern versions are also available for Adobe Acrobat [ [http://www.winsoft.eu/products_solutions/adobe-acrobat-professional8.php Adobe Acrobat Professional software - Communicate and collaborate with the essential PDF solution, enhanced features for Central and East European and Middle Eastern users Users ] ] , Adobe Illustrator [ [http://www.winsoft.eu/products_solutions/adobe-illustratorCS3.php Adobe Illustrator - Explore new paths with the essential vector tool, enhanced features for Central and East European and Middle Eastern Users ] ] , Adobe Photoshop [ [http://www.winsoft.eu/products_solutions/adobe-photoshopCS3.php Adobe Photoshop - See what's possible, enhanced features for Central and East European and Middle Eastern Users ] ] , Adobe InCopy [ [http://www.winsoft.eu/products_solutions/adobe-incopyCS3.php Adobe InCopy - Collaborate in demanding editorial workflows, enhanced features for Central and East European and Middle Eastern Users ] ] and Adobe Dreamweaver [ [http://www.winsoft.eu/products_solutions/adobe-dreamweaverCS3.php Adobe Dreamweaver - Develop websites and applications , enhanced features for Central and East European and Middle Eastern Users ] ] , for Adobe Creative Suite [ [http://www.winsoft.eu/products_solutions/adobe-creative-suite3.php Adobe Creative Suite 3, Design and Web Editions ] ] (Design Standard, Design Premium, Web Premium).
Complex Script Rendering
Although InDesign supports Unicode character encoding, and there is a special Middle East version supporting complex text layout for Arabic and Hebrew scripts, current versions do not support complex script rendering for the Indic scripts used to write the languages of India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, South East Asia, and Tibet or rendering other types of complex script.
References
ee also
* Adobe Creative Suite
* Adobe InCopy
* QuarkXPress
* Scribus
* Adobe Framemaker
* Corel Ventura
External links
* [http://www.adobe.com/products/indesign/ Official site]
On 6 May 2013, Adobe stunned the creative community at the Adobe MAX conference by announcing that Adobe Creative Suite 6 will be the last boxed version and that Adobe's design products will be available only through the year-old Creative Cloud, which offers a slew of apps and services, along with free upgrades, on a subscription basis. Current users of Adobe CS6 will continue to receive support for the foreseeable future, and boxed copies of CS6 will remain available forsale.
So how much does Creative Cloud cost? Well, that can be a tricky question. For individuals, $49.99 per month will gain you access to the Complete package, if you commit to a year-long subscription. If you currently hold a license to at least one of the apps in Creative Suite 3 or higher, you can get Creative Cloud Complete for only $29.99 per month for the first year. A single app, like Photoshop, will cost you $19.99 a month with a one-year commitment or $9.99 per month if you own CS3 or higher. Both packages also include 20 GB of online storage for collaboration.
There are separate packages for businesses and education that offer substantial discounts. For instance, there's the $69.99 per month, per user Team edition, which includes some additional software, such as InCopy, that's not in the Complete package. And the Student and Teacher edition, which normally runs $29.99 per month, is only $19.99 per month on a special offer good through 25 June 2013.
But what if you need Photoshop or Dreamweaver for just a single month? Adobe does offer month-to-month pricing, but doesn't advertise it — you'll have to contact an Adobe representative to place an order. I did just that and found out that if you pay by the month, the Complete package costs $74.99 per month and a single app will run you $29.99 per month. If you're contemplating buying an annual subscription and canceling it, don't even think about it, as you'll be on the hook for 50 percent of the remaining monthly fees.
Based on the higher prices and hoops I had to jump through just to discover them, it's clear that Adobe isn't interested in selling apps by the month. I think Adobe is making a huge error here. How many users pirate Adobe software because they're amateurs or occasional users who can't justify spending hundreds or thousands on a professional software package? I have never bought any of Adobe's software personally, but if I could get a month of Photoshop for $30, I probably would buy it a few times per year. As Zee Kane, CEO of The Next Web, said last year, 'Adobe's maincompetitor in this space isn't competing products, interestingly enough; it's BitTorrent.'
Needless to say, Adobe's decision to go subscription-only is controversial. However, not everyone is unhappy about it. I asked Mule Design's Mike Monteiro about the change on Twitter. The usually outspoken Monteiro said only, 'About time.' Mule designer Tom Carmony also praised Creative Cloud, saying, 'I appreciate that the [subscription] model gives you access to all apps; stuff like Audition I wouldn't have in a design bundle.' And TidBITS Publishing subscribes to Creative Cloud in order to have occasional access toInDesign and Photoshop — it's much easier to justify a low monthly cost than spending over $1,000 on packages that will be launched only a few times per month.
In fact, for many users, Creative Cloud could be a blessing. A boxed copy of CS6 Design Standard runs $1,189.98 on Amazon, and includes only Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. That same $1,189 would buy you nearly two years of Creative Cloud at $49.99, which consists of way more software plus cloud storage. Even a single copy of Photoshop CS6 on Amazon costs $628, which would equal over 20 months of a single-app Creative Cloud subscription. If you're a professional who wants to stay on the cutting edge, Creative Cloud is a sweet deal. And no need to worry about an update that doesn'tsupport your system, as updates aren't forced.
But of course, if you're a freelancer or more casual user who is happy to use out-of-date software (to the extent that's possible with Apple deprecating PowerPC apps in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, for instance), you may not be comfortable with a monthly bill and the latest versions. Unfortunately, there isn't much competition for the key packages in Creative Cloud. You could theoretically replace Photoshop with the excellent Pixelmator, Illustrator with Sketch, and InDesign with QuarkXPress or even Pages, but for the most part, Adobe's software sets the industrystandard and nothing truly compares for professional work. Until that changes, whether you like it or not, Creative Cloud is the way of the future.
