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Adobe InDesign CS6 software breaks down the barriers between online and offline publishing. Create compelling print layouts, immersive content for playback in the Adobe Flash Player runtime, and interactive PDF documents. With InDesign you can bring documents to life with interactivity, animation, sound and video.

Documents & Downloads

New Features

What's new in InDesign CS6

• Liquid Layout - Apply liquid page rules to automatically adapt content when you create an alternate layout with a different size or orientation in InDesign.
• Alternate Layout - Efficiently create and design multiple versions of a layout for different devices and print needs, all within a single InDesign file.
• Linked content - Link content within or across InDesign documents so that changes (including interactivity) made to the parent text or object are applied to all linked children objects.
• Content Collector tools - Grab text and objects from an existing layout using the Content Collector. In a new layout, use the Content Placer to add items in the order you want them to appear.
• PDF forms within InDesign - Create form fields directly within InDesign before you export to PDF. You can also assign the tab order in InDesign using the Articles panel.
• Middle Eastern language support - Buy and update the Middle Eastern version of InDesign directly from Adobe for easier localisation of global documents and enhanced functionality.
• Pages panel enhancements - Display alternate layouts in the Pages panel to organise content efficiently.
• Split window - View two side-by-side layouts within the same document to compare the look and feel of the layouts and help ensure consistency.
• Recently used fonts - Access fonts you use frequently. Recently used fonts appear at the top of the font list.
• Persistent text frame fitting options - Set frames to grow with additional text, based on simple parameters. Expand and shrink frames automatically for headlines, callouts, or other variable content.
• Grayscale preview - Preview your layouts in grayscale to see how they will look on a black-and-white device or when printed in black and white.
• Grayscale PDF export - Export PDF files in grayscale directly from the Print dialog box.
• Key object alignment - Align selected items to a key object you define.
• Hunspell dictionary enhancements - Access more than 100 open source dictionaries.
• IDML support - Save in IDML format from the Save As menu to use the layout in an earlier version of InDesign.
• Complex calculations - Calculate values in panels and dialog boxes using complex calculations (for example, 12.5p/2x3).
• Enhanced split and span support - Keep lines together in paragraphs that split or span columns.
• Interactive PDF exported as pages - Export an interactive PDF as pages instead of spreads.
• Export to PNG - Export your InDesign document to PNG, a lossless format, for use on the web. You can export the entire document, part of the document, or individual items.
• Enhanced zoom for linked objects - Zoom in to a linked object from the Links panel to evaluate it more clearly.
• Extension set management - Enable or disable groups of extensions based on your current workflow.
• Indic language support - Use the World-Ready Composer, an alternate composition engine, to work with Hindi, Punjabi, and other Indian languages, as well as complex script languages such as Arabic and Hebrew.
• Interactive HTML - Include interactive HTML - such as Google Maps and animation developed with Adobe Edge software - in InDesign layouts. Interactivity is retained when exporting to HTML, EPUB3, or .folio for Adobe Digital Publishing Suite.
• Style mapping in linked text - Control how content in linked text is styled. Specify different text styles for parent text and children.
• Live Preflight for digital publications - Preflight digital publications using EPUB and Adobe Digital Publishing Suite preflight profiles. Use Live Preflight to detect and fix any problems before exporting.
• Enhanced packaging support - Package InDesign projects for handoff in Adobe Digital Publishing Suite workflows, including functionality such as overlays. You can also include an IDML file as part of the package.

Features

Key features of InDesign CS6

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Apply liquid page rules to automatically adapt content when you create an alternate layout with a different size or orientation in InDesign.

System Req.

Windows

• Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 processor
• Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 3 or Windows 7
• 1GB of RAM (2GB recommended)
• 1.6GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)
• 1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
• DVD-ROM drive
• Adobe Flash Player 10 software required to export SWF files
• Some features in Adobe Bridge rely on a Direct X 9–capable graphics card with at least 64MB of VRAM.

Mac OS

• Multicore Intel processor
• Mac OS X v10.6.8 or v10.7
• 1GB of RAM (2GB recommended)
• 2.6GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash storage devices)
• 1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
• DVD-ROM drive
• Adobe Flash Player 10 software required to export SWF files.

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