Those who already know the program, presentations are unnecessary. As for the beginners who want to use a professional program for design, Adobe InDesign CS5 is an application that is emerging in the market.

Not only for being a giant Adobe application, but by its resources, the application has its strengths to create layouts - web, magazines, CDs, among others - and also to facilitate the assembly of documents ready for publication.

In recent versions of Adobe applications have been renovated so that the visual is easier and more practical, with grays. To whom was familiar with only one way to use the program, maybe you should start thinking about changes.

Exactly the same way her family - Photoshop, Flash, and other online applications CS5 - received profiles ready, InDesign also adjusted in order to please the main groups of users.

The program is divided in a relatively simple. By default, the tools are on the left side of the screen. At the top you will find options for margins, font formatting and alignment of objects, along with several other adjustments.

A "sheet" appears in the middle of the screen, showing the limits of the document. Edges are the rules, so you can drag from them, lines that serve as "guides" at the time of preparation of layout.

On the right side of the screen you will find all the pages of the document to navigate to them. You can also define a master page, so the style is applied all at once (since it makes no sense to redo them one by one). The layers are also in the same place and won a makeover in style, with full details about everything that is done on it.

If you tend to mess much with the location of the program elements and enjoys working in separate steps, you can choose to modify the "Desktop" ready for styles such as "Advanced", "Essential Elements", "Print and proof ',' Interactive ',' Interactive for PDFs "," Book "," New in CS5 "and" Typography. "

When you open the program you have the option of starting a new document or a normal book. The program's default settings for printing or promotional material via the web. You can choose the number of pages, height, width, columns, margins and spacing.

The usage is really very simple: in the middle of the screen you view the assembly of the document. You can insert images and even interactive items (for a PDF) on the page. On the left side of the screen you can find the tools of the program, such as text, line, pen ("pen tool"), pencil, and geometric shapes.

You can modify the shape of any element added to the screen using the tool "Free Transform". The filling can be configured at the top of the screen, a color box. However, if you want to add different effects on the filling, use the "Sample Gradient" from the menu.

Regarding the editing and formatting text, there is no secret. If you've used any word processing software, will be able to easily use InDesign. First, you can add a geometric shape on the screen. Then simply use the "Type" and paste or write the content. The formatting is done automatically, but you can configure other settings on the top screen.

For those who work producing documents with Adobe InDesign might be interested in the tool "Conditional Text" which allows hiding parts of the document without using layers. So you can show a part of the project for its client, and if he is satisfied you show the whole project later.

Users to produce documents with an excessive amount of text, Adobe added a feature named "Smart Text Reflow." This feature works as follows: you set a default font for your project, a certain number of pages and edges of a standard size, but erred in the calculations, the feature automatically adds a page to more for you to continue with its text.

Adobe InDesign displays in real time the amount of errors that can occur during the printing of their projects (this feature is present in the bottom bar of the main window). Another interesting development is on the transition between pages in SWF or PDF files - this is interesting news for those who will publish some content on the Internet.

You have two options in the menu "File" to complete his work: "Export" that allows you to save in print or interactive PDF, EPS, Flash, IDML (InDesign Markup), JPEG and XML, the other option is "Export To" with Buzzword, Dreamweaver (HTML) and EPUB - eBooks for compatibility with Apple iPad, Sony Reader, Barnes & Noble Nook and other devices.

In recent versions, one of the great features of Adobe software is the union of its applications. So much so, that if you try to use documents XFL, Adobe Flash CS5, the new InDesign file opens normally, obviously with the conversion to a native format of the program.