InDesign CS6 / Buying guide
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| Layout productivity tools | |||||
| Alternate Layout |
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| Liquid Layout |
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| Enhanced linked content |
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| Content Collector tools |
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| Pages panel enhancements |
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| Split window |
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| Enhanced zoom to link |
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| Save as IDML |
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| Dragging and dropping of anchored objects |
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| Multiple page sizes in a single file |
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| Layers panel similar to panel in Adobe Illustrator® |
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| Gap tool |
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| Live Corner effects |
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| Instant crop previews |
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| Live distribute |
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| Grid mode for frame creation tools |
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| Super Step and Repeat |
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| Simplified object selection and editing |
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| Swatches in Control panel |
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| Live captions |
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| Tool Hints panel |
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| Grid place |
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| Smart Guides |
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| Proportional place |
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| Quick Apply feature access |
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| Placed InDesign files |
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| Access to Adobe Digital Publishing Suite * | |||||
| Ability to export horizontal and vertical layouts from the same InDesign file |
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| Enhanced packaging for Adobe Digital Publishing Suite* |
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| Export to .folio files |
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| Folio Overlays panel |
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| Content viewer for desktop |
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| Folio Builder panel |
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| Print to digital | |||||
| PDF form field creation |
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| Export of interactive PDF as pages |
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| Export to PNG |
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| Pasting and placing of HTML content |
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| PDF tabbing order |
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| Improved tagged support for PDF accessibility |
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| Export to Adobe Flash® Player |
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| Export to Adobe Flash Professional |
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| Export to Adobe Dreamweaver® |
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| Export to interactive PDF |
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| Export to JPEG |
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| eBook creation | |||||
| Export for EPUB3 |
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| Experimental EPUB3 with pagination |
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| EPUB export enhancements |
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| Articles panel |
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| Timing panel |
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| Embedded video and audio in eBooks† |
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| Dynamic image resizing |
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| Styles mapped to tags |
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| Text handling tools | |||||
| Access to recently used fonts |
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| Persistent text frame fitting options |
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| Enhanced keeps with splits and spans |
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| Style mapping in linked text |
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| Middle Eastern language support |
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| Hunspell open source dictionaries |
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| Track Text Changes |
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| Paragraphs that span or split columns |
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| Balanced Columns |
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| Comprehensive styles | |||||
| GREP support in character styles |
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| Table and cell styles |
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| Nested style looping |
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| Long documents | |||||
| Text variables |
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| Conditional text |
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| Advanced bullets and numbering |
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| Smart text reflow |
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| Cross-references |
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| Production, preflighting, and print controls | |||||
| Grayscale preview |
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| Grayscale PDF export |
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| Document-installed fonts |
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| PDF export in background |
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| Live Preflight |
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| Asset management | |||||
| Adobe Mini Bridge |
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| Customizable Links panel |
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| Integration with Adobe Bridge |
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| Tables | |||||
| Inline notes |
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| Table and cell styles |
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| Rich interactive documents | |||||
| Media panel |
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| Animation panel |
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| Timing panel |
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| Object States panel |
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| Preview panel |
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| Motion presets |
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| FLV/F4V video import |
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| MP3 audio import |
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| Creative tools | |||||
| Built-in Adobe Photoshop® effects |
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| Transparency applied independently from stroke and fill |
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| Access to Adobe online services, available separately | |||||
| Adobe Digital Publishing Suite* |
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| Acrobat.com |
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| Scripting | |||||
| InDesign Markup Language (IDML) |
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| XML rules |
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| Support for CALS tables and XSLT in XML import |
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| Expanded scripting support |
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Adobe Digital Publishing Suite requires a separate license and payment of associated fee(s). See www.adobe.com/products/digital-publishing-suite-family.html for more information.
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.
