Adobe InDesign CS5.5
What is InDesign?
Adobe® InDesign® CS5.5 software lets you design and preflight engaging page layouts for print or digital distribution with built-in creative tools and precise control over typography. Integrate interactivity, video, and audio for playback on tablets, smartphones, and computers.
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Folio Producer tools
Create engaging digital magazines, newspapers, and retail catalogs that incorporate eye-catching elements such as 360° object rotation and image panoramas for a wide variety of tablet devices. Upload to Adobe Digital Publishing Suite1 for further production and distribution.
Access to Adobe Digital Publishing Suite
Access the hosted services of Adobe Digital Publishing Suite from within InDesign to publish engaging digital documents for a range of tablet devices.
Interactive documents and presentations
Add interactivity, motion, sound, and video to documents and presentations, exporting directly to SWF for playback in the Adobe Flash® Player runtime.
Export to Flash Professional
Export InDesign documents to Flash Professional to add sophisticated interactivity, animation, and navigation to complex layouts.
Digital publishing
Create engaging interactive documents for virtually any screen or device. Design compelling eBooks, create and publish cutting-edge content for tablets through integration with Adobe Digital Publishing Suite, or export your interactive layouts as SWF files or PDF documents.
Integration with online services1
Build engaging interactive documents for tablets and improve the efficiency of critical design processes using essential services from Adobe Digital Publishing Suite and Adobe CS Live, both directly accessible from InDesign.
Integration with other Adobe solutions
Move projects smoothly from design to print or digital output, thanks to tight integration with industry-leading Adobe software such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Flash Professional, and Digital Editions.
Preflighting, production, and printing
Speed up production, increase print reliability, and deliver error-free documents with live preflighting, document-installed fonts, JDF technology, background PDF export, presets, on-screen controls, and enhanced support for PDF/X standards.
Folio Producer tools
Create engaging digital magazines, newspapers, and retail catalogs that incorporate eye-catching elements such as 360° object rotation and image panoramas for a wide variety of tablet devices. Upload to Adobe Digital Publishing Suite1 for further production and distribution.
Access to Adobe Digital Publishing Suite
Access the hosted services of Adobe Digital Publishing Suite from within InDesign to publish engaging digital documents for a range of tablet devices.
Enhanced eBook authoring2
Create more engaging eBooks, with less need for developers. Use a smoother workflow as you include refined typography and images that resize automatically to fit virtually any screen. Even add video and audio for eBook reader applications that support HTML5 video and audio tags.
Articles panel
Control the sequence of text, images, and graphics when you export to EPUB or HTML without changing your InDesign layout. Organize your content by dragging it into the new Articles panel to define the export order.
Built-in creative tools
Explore creative possibilities directly within InDesign using integrated drawing tools, nondestructive effects, built-in Adobe Photoshop® effects, finer transparency controls, and support for 3D Photoshop artwork.
Preflighting, production, and printing
Speed up production, increase print reliability, and deliver error-free documents with live preflighting, document-installed fonts, JDF technology, background PDF export, presets, on-screen controls, and enhanced support for PDF/X standards.
Integration with online services1
Build engaging interactive documents for tablets and improve the efficiency of critical design processes using essential services from Adobe Digital Publishing Suite and Adobe CS Live, both directly accessible from InDesign.
Paragraphs that span or split columns
Quickly create text that spans or splits into multiple columns in just a few steps.
Built-in creative tools
Explore creative possibilities directly within InDesign using integrated drawing tools, nondestructive effects, built-in Adobe Photoshop® effects, finer transparency controls, and support for 3D Photoshop artwork.
Preflighting, production, and printing
Speed up production, increase print reliability, and deliver error-free documents with live preflighting, document-installed fonts, JDF technology, background PDF export, presets, on-screen controls, and enhanced support for PDF/X standards.
Integration with online services1
Build engaging interactive documents for tablets and improve the efficiency of critical design processes using essential services from Adobe Digital Publishing Suite and Adobe CS Live, both directly accessible from InDesign.
Paragraphs that span or split columns
Quickly create text that spans or splits into multiple columns in just a few steps.
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1 Adobe Digital Publishing Suite requires a separate license and payment of associated fees. Learn more.
2 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 (e.g., Chinese, Japanese, Korean) may not be supported by all devices, browsers or EPUB readers.
