Features

Because Adobe® InDesign® CS3 Server software shares the same code base as the rest of the InDesign family of products, it inherits all the features of the desktop version of the application. In addition, it offers a number of specific, server-based features.

Top features of the InDesign CS3 Server engine

Server-based features

• Support for multiple instances on multiple processors
• Ability to create customized user interfaces using HTML, Java™, Adobe Flash®, or Adobe Flex™
• Development environment for SOAP, Java, AppleScript, JavaScript, Visual Basic, or C++ plug-ins
• Support for Windows® services
• Universal version for Intel® based Macintosh computers
• Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 or Mac OS X Server software compliant
• Multiple language support

InDesign CS3 features

• Professional layout and typography
• Ability to create rules that automatically generate layouts from XML
• XML support, including import/export and DTD validation
• Support for CALS tables and XSLT in XML import and export
• Table styles
• Layer effects
• Support for native file formats from Adobe applications including Photoshop®, Illustrator®, and Acrobat®
• Support for common file formats such as TIFF, JPEG, and EPS
• Reliable output, including Adobe PDF, Adobe PostScript®, JPEG, EPS, and XHTML
• Conversion of data into tables, including Excel support
• Support for cross-media standards such as XML, XMP, and XHTML

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