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Design professional documents for print or digital publication. Adobe® InDesign® CS6 software provides precise control over typography as well as built-in creative tools for designing, preflighting, and publishing documents. 

Publishing for digital devices

Publishing for digital devices

Design compelling eBooks, create cutting-edge content for tablets that can be distributed by integrating with Adobe Digital Publishing Suite, and export interactive layouts as SWF or PDF files.

Print publishing

Print publishing

Design stunning documents and print directly or as PDF files to desktop or professional printers. Work efficiently with linked content, Content Collector tools, and more.

Integration with other Adobe solutions

Integration with other Adobe solutions

Move smoothly from design to output, thanks to tight integration with industry-leading Adobe software such as Adobe Photoshop®, Illustrator®, Acrobat®, and Flash® Professional.

Preflight and production tools

Preflight and production tools

Speed up production and reduce errors with live preflighting of print and digital documents, document-installed fonts, background PDF export, JDF technology, and PDF/X export.

Productivity tools

Productivity tools

Produce sophisticated page layouts with linked content, Alternate Layout, Content Collector tools, Smart Guides, rapid table creation, and on-object controls.

Robust text composition

Robust text composition

Create beautiful, sophisticated text with styles, text wrap, the Paragraph Composer, OpenType® support, drop caps, and style mapping for EPUB export.

Built-in creative tools

Built-in creative tools

Explore creatively with integrated drawing tools, nondestructive effects, built-in Adobe Photoshop effects, fine transparency controls, and support for 3D Photoshop artwork.

Automation

Automation

Create powerful automated workflows using standards-based XML features to lay out pages with text and images. Incorporate database-driven content to publish across channels.

Extensibility

Extensibility

Design 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

Collaboration in editorial workflows

Improve collaboration between design and editorial teams with tight integration between InDesign and Adobe InCopy® software.

Access to Adobe Digital Publishing Suite

Access to Adobe Digital Publishing Suite

Access Adobe Digital Publishing Suite* from within InDesign to publish engaging digital documents for a range of tablet devices. New Adobe Digital Publishing Suite, Single Edition lets you publish a single app to iPad.

Liquid Layout

Liquid Layout

Efficiently create and design multiple versions of a layout for different devices and print needs, all within a single InDesign file.

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† InDesign uses EPUB3 and HTML5 code to create eBooks with audio, video, and other advanced features. EPUB3 and HTML5 presentation, media playback, and double-byte character support (such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) may not be supported by all devices, browsers, or EPUB readers.

‡ The World-Ready Composer supports Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Punjabi, Bengali, Telugu, Oriya, Malayalam, and Kannada languages.

§ For a broader range of typographical controls, use the Middle Eastern version of InDesign.

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