Adobe InDesign CS4 software breaks down the barriers between online and offline publishing. Create compelling print layouts, immersive content for playback in the Adobe Flash Player runtime, and interactive PDF documents. With customer-inspired enhancements, powerful new features, and streamlined workflows, you can now easily deliver sophisticated and engaging layouts across media.
InDesign CS4 is also available as a component of Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium and Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection. These powerful toolsets take cross-media design to the next level as you deliver your creative message to more places than ever before. Deep integration provides a fluid workflow between software components that have all been updated with exciting new features and enhancements. With InDesign CS4, as with Creative Suite 4 Design Premium and Creative Suite 4 Master Collection, you no longer have to struggle with repurposing content for one medium to make it fit another. Now you can put your vision in motion for all media formats at the same time, and create whatever you can imagine. In addition, InDesign CS4 is a component of Creative Suite 4 Design Standard for print-focused design and publishing. For more information, see Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium Whats New.
Main Features
Multichannel publishing - Deliver an engaging reading experience for print or screen. Export immersive SWF files for playback in the Adobe Flash Player runtime, interactive PDF documents complete with video and sound, or sophisticated layouts for publishing to print.
Integration with other Adobe design applications - Take advantage of tight integration with other Adobe Creative Suite 4 components to quickly design and deliver engaging page layouts for multiple media. Use common presets, color settings, and a standard user interface for a more efficient workflow.
Layout productivity tools - Quickly and precisely produce sophisticated page layouts with gorgeous designs using productivity tools that were created or enhanced based on the input of InDesign users worldwide.
Professional typography - Create beautiful, sophisticated typography for any media with the power of text and table styles, text wrap control, the Paragraph Composer, OpenType support, drop caps, and more.
Extensive creative tools at your fingertips - Explore creative possibilities directly in InDesign, resulting in more nuanced page layouts in less time. Powerful tools include built-in Adobe Photoshop effects, support for Photoshop artwork in 3D, integrated drawing tools, nondestructive effects, and finer transparency controls.
Preflighting and print controls - Use a range of tools, presets, onscreen controls, JDF technology, and live preflighting to fix errors while you work, so you can speed production, increase reliability, and deliver your document correctly for print - the first time.
Automation for long-document creation - Rapidly create complex long documents with cross-references, conditional text, automated bullets and numbering, dynamic page addition and deletion, and more, which minimize manual production, help ensure content accuracy, and enable consistent formatting.
Workflow automation - Create powerful automated workflows using standards-based XML features to automatically populate and lay out pages with text and images. Incorporate database-driven content for utmost efficiency while 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.
Adobe services - Tap into the creative community quickly, and collaborate smoothly with your customers, colleagues, and vendors. Share your screen, search for expert help, and get color inspiration through online services - accessed from within InDesign.
System Requirements
Hard Disk 2 GB.
Memory 512MB.
Processor 1.5 GHz or faster processor.
Platform Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended) or Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (certified for 32-bit Windows XP and 32- and 64-bit Windows Vista).
