InDesign CS6 / Features
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Still using Adobe® InDesign® CS3 software? When you upgrade to InDesign CS6, you'll also reap the benefits of all the great features introduced in InDesign CS4, CS5, and CS5.5.
Interactive documents and presentations
Add interactivity, motion, sound, and video to documents and presentations, exporting directly to SWF for playback in Flash Player.
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.
Simplified object selection and editing
Perform repetitive layout tasks efficiently using convenient tools and on-object controls.
Document-installed fonts
Help eliminate font substitution issues with document-installed fonts.
Copy revision tracking
Mark up text directly in InDesign, easily tracking copy revisions.
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.
Productivity tools
Produce sophisticated page layouts with linked content, Alternate Layout, Content Collector tools, Smart Guides, rapid table creation, and on-object controls.
Adobe Mini Bridge
Find and drag images into page layouts from Adobe Mini Bridge without leaving InDesign.
Live captions
Generate static or live captions automatically from image metadata.
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.
Enhanced PDF export options
Export PDF files that meet the PDF/X-4:2010, PDF/X-5:2010, and PDF/VT-1 standards for tight integration with Adobe Acrobat X and Adobe PDF Print Engine 2.5.
Comprehensive Layers panel
Easily manage page items with a Layers panel similar to the one in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.
* Adobe Digital Publishing Suite requires a separate license and payment of associated fees. Learn more.
† 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.
