The InDesign CS5 Software from Adobe is a Windows application, perfect for use in graphic design. It features extensive tools for page layout, typography, preflighting, and publishing. You'll be able to use it to create documents that can be viewed in print, online, or on mobile devices. Your projects can even include interactive elements, animation, video, and sound.

Features

Cross-Media Publishing

Create sophisticated page layouts for print publishing; interactive PDF documents that include video and sound; or engaging SWF documents complete with interactivity, animation, sound, and video for playback in the Adobe Flash Player runtime

Integration with Adobe CS Live Online Services

Speed up reviews of page layouts using Adobe CS Review, included in new Adobe CS Live online services. CS Live services are complimentary for a limited time

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, Illustrator, Acrobat, Flash Professional, and Digital Editions software

Productivity Tools

Produce sophisticated page layouts using customer-inspired productivity features such as smart guides, rapid table creation, multiple-file placement, the ability to create pages of different sizes in a single file, and streamlined object selection and editing

Robust Text Composition

Create beautiful, sophisticated text for virtually 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 Controls

Explore creative possibilities directly within Adobe InDesign CS5 using integrated drawing tools, built-in Adobe Photoshop effects, finer transparency controls, and support for 3D Photoshop artwork

Preflighting and Production

Speed up production, enjoy the ability to export PDFs in the background as you continue to work, and deliver error-free documents with live preflighting, document-installed fonts, JDF technology, presets, and onscreen controls

Automation

Create powerful automated workflows to reduce the time you spend on repetitive layout tasks. 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), an 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 software

What's New in InDesign CS5

Interactive Documents and Presentations

Add interactivity, motion, sound, and video to documents and presentations, exporting directly to SWF for playback in the Adobe Flash Player runtime

Simplified Object Selection and Editing

Perform repetitive layout tasks efficiently using new and enhanced tools and on-object controls

Integration with Adobe CS Review

Create and share reviews online while working in InDesign with Adobe CS Review, part of CS Live online services. See feedback in the context of your page layout

Track Text Change

Mark up text directly in InDesign, easily tracking copy revisions

Redesigned Layers Panel

Export InDesign documents to Flash Professional to add sophisticated interactivity, animation, and navigation to complex layouts

Export to Flash Professional

Export InDesign documents to Flash Professional to add sophisticated interactivity, animation, and navigation to complex layouts

eBook Creation

Create compelling eBooks in the EPUB format for the Apple iPad, Sony Reader, Barnes & Noble nook, mobile phones, and other devices

Multiple Page Sizes

Create pages with different sizes in a single document

Paragraphs That Span or Split Columns

Quickly create text that spans or splits into multiple columns in just a few steps

Production Enhancements

Find and drag images into page layouts from Adobe Mini Bridge without leaving InDesign. Document-installed fonts can help eliminate missing font issues

Live Captions

Generate static or live captions automatically from image metadata