Adobe InDesign CS5.5 (Windows) Upsell from PageMaker

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.

TOP FEATURES
Design professional documents for print or digital publication. Adobe InDesign CS5.5 software provides precise control over typography as well as built-in creative tools for designing, preflighting, and publishing documents.

• 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 services
  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.
• Productivity tools
  Produce sophisticated page layouts using customer-inspired productivity features such as Smart Guides, rapid table creation, multiple-file placement, on-object controls, and the ability to create pages of different sizes in a single file.
• Robust text composition
  Create beautiful, sophisticated text for any medium with professional typography features including styles, text wrap, the Paragraph Composer, OpenType support, drop caps, and the ability to map styles to tags in EPUB export.
• 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.
• Automation
  Create powerful automated workflows using standards-based XML features to lay out pages with text and images. Incorporate database-driven content for greater efficiency when publishing across channels.
• Extensibility
  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 CS5.5 and Adobe InCopy CS5.5.

FEATURES NEW SINCE CS5
Export EPUB documents with images that are resized automatically to fit the screen, while you retain greater control over content order. Build interactivity into your digital publications for use with the new Adobe Digital Publishing Suite hosted solution.

• 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 Suite 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 authoring
  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.
• Styles mapped to tags in EPUB export
  More easily create standards-compliant digital documents with improved basic typography -- with no manual code changes required. Map paragraph and character styles directly to HTML, EPUB, and PDF tags so they export using appropriate specifications.
• Linked text
  Maintain consistency more easily when working with content that's duplicated throughout a document. Link identical text blocks within a layout so that changes to the parent block are automatically made in all the others.
• Dragging and dropping of anchored objects
  Add inline graphics and other anchored objects quickly and intuitively by simply dragging them to the desired anchor location in the text.
• PDF accessibility enhancements
  Reduce the time it takes to create PDF documents that are more accessible to people with disabilities. More easily add, edit, and view Alt text attributes associated with an image or object.
• Enhanced PDF export options
  Export Adobe PDF documents 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.

System requirements

• Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 processor
• Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended); Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1; 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
• Broadband Internet connection required for online services and to validate Subscription Edition (if applicable) on an ongoing basis*

Mac OS

• Multicore Intel processor
• Mac OS X v10.5.8 or v10.6
• 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
• Broadband Internet connection required for online services and to validate Subscription Edition (if applicable) on an ongoing basis*

*Adobe online services, including Adobe CS Live Services, are available only to users 13 and older and require agreement to additional terms and Adobe's online privacy policy. Online services are not available in all countries or languages, may require user registration and may be subject to change or discontinuation without notice. Additional fees or subscription charges may apply.

Activation

This product must be activated over the Internet prior to use. Visit the Product Activation Center to learn more about activation.

Product information is advisory only. Specifications and compatibility should be checked with the manufacturer before order. Images are for illustrative purposes only.