Explore more creative possibilities and experience new levels of
productivity using Adobe InDesign CS3 page layout software. Built for
demanding workflows, InDesign integrates smoothly with the Adobe tools
you use every day, streamlines repetitive tasks, reliably outputs
pages, and offers powerful features for creating richer, more complex
documents.
Explore new creative possibilities
Discover a world of design possibilities with InDesign CS3. Expanded
creative tools and options allow you to experiment quickly and flexibly
and create sophisticated effects for text, images, and objects from
within your page layout application. Apply effects such as inner glows
and bevels without having to update linked files. Finer transparency
control allows you to apply transparency independently on an object’s
stroke, fill, or content. Fade objects into the background using
gradient feathers. And set beautiful typography using professional
tools.
Be more productive Boost your efficiency through
new and enhanced productivity tools that make it faster and easier to
lay out, export, and print graphically rich pages. Support for styled
tables and table cells as well as a host of powerful layout features,
including an expanded Find/Change feature, allow you to easily apply
global formatting and consistently edit text and objects. And work
efficiently thanks to tight integration with other Adobe tools and
technologies; native file format support; and consistent, reliable
Adobe PDF output.
Automate routine tasks Save time and
money by automating production workflows using InDesign CS3. From
robust long-document support to flexible XML import, InDesign offers
powerful features that minimize repetitive tasks. Streamline the
creation of long documents with features such as advanced bullets and
numbering, as well as running headers and footers. Accelerate routine
tasks by writing scripts, and generate layouts from XML content with
flexible and robust script-based rules.
Audience benefit
Graphic designers
Discover new levels of creative freedom and productivity with Adobe
InDesign CS3 software. Tightly integrated with the Adobe applications
you use most, InDesign CS3 delivers efficient production workflows and
a more fluid creative environment for designing professional layouts
with sophisticated graphics and typography.
Adobe PageMaker users
There’s never been a better time for PageMaker users to switch to Adobe
InDesign CS3 software. With its built-in support for familiar PageMaker
features, such as multiple undo, robust style support, flexible
gradients, easy table creation, and more, InDesign CS3 brings you a new
level of creative freedom and productivity. It’s also packed with
features to help smooth your transition, including support for
converting PageMaker 6.0–7.x files, a set of PageMaker compatible
keyboard shortcuts, and popular PageMaker features such as Data Merge
and Print Booklet for imposition. With an exclusive upgrade price for
licensed PageMaker users, InDesign CS3 delivers superb functionality at
a compelling value.
Print service providers
Adobe
InDesign CS3 software addresses the needs of print professionals
worldwide for reliable, consistent output controls. Encourage your
customers to preflight and package their InDesign projects to help
ensure smoother handoffs. Prevent costly errors on press by evaluating
and adjusting separations, overprint, and transparency flattener
settings onscreen. Then use print presets to output files more
efficiently. Easily set up high-end Adobe PDF-based print production
workflows, automate processes using JDF, and provide Adobe PDF export
presets to customers to get the best results. With InDesign CS3, you
can exercise exacting control over your print production workflow.
IT professionals and developers
Invest in Adobe InDesign CS3 software for professional page layout to
help streamline production, reduce costs, and increase quality in your
publishing workflows. Tight integration with other Adobe applications
and built-in support for native Adobe file formats helps shorten
production cycles while better supporting all-digital workflows.
InDesign snippets, style sets, custom workspaces, and other resources
allow teams to work more efficiently and consistently. Flexible XML
import and export controls, plus robust scripting support, lay a strong
foundation for automating workflows and efficiently publishing to
multiple media. Join leading publishers and design organizations
worldwide in achieving higher productivity with better quality and
lower costs using InDesign CS3.
Top Ten New Features
Creative effects and controls
Design compelling page layouts that include transparency, creative
effects, and gradient feathers. Since effects are live and
nondestructive, you can experiment with ease. Apply effects
independently to an object’s stroke, fill, or content.
Productivity enhancements
Perform a variety of tasks more efficiently using new and enhanced
productivity features, including Multi-file Place, Quick Apply, faster
frame fitting, and the visual Pages panel.
Table and cell styles
Quickly and consistently format tables using table and cell styles.
Even use regional cell styles to apply unique formatting to specific
areas of a table, such as its header, footer, and body.
Robust long-document support
Maintain consistency and streamline the production of long documents
using advanced bullets and numbering, running headers and footers, and
synchronized master pages.
Advanced Find/Change on text and objects
Apply changes to text and object attributes across one or more
documents. Include master pages, footnotes, and locked or hidden layers
in a search; save search settings for easy reuse; and perform grep
pattern-based searches on strings of text.
XHTML export
Enable multiformat publishing, including print-to-web workflows, by
exporting Adobe InDesign content as XHTML. Edit the exported content in
Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 software (available separately) and automatically
format it using cascading style sheets.
Intuitive and customizable workspace
Work in an environment that makes it easier to be productive. Keep just
the tools, panels, and menus you use most at your fingertips, and dock
self-adjusting panels out of the way when not in use to free up your
workspace.
Placed InDesign files
Reuse layouts by
placing INDD files in another InDesign document. Links remain intact,
and InDesign automatically notifies you of updates to the linked INDD
file.
Rule-based layouts from XML
Use scripts that apply rules to automatically build page layouts and format text and graphics from XML content.
Automation through scripting
Automate tasks by writing scripts in JavaScript, AppleScript, and
VBScript. Attach a JavaScript to a menu command so it runs
automatically when the command is chosen, and protect scripts for
commercial use through enhanced JavaScript.
Additional Features
Extensive integration
Work smoothly with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, InCopy, and
Dreamweaver software; enjoy consistency by using shared presets and
color settings; work more efficiently with native file format support;
and easily publish to multiple media.
Reliable prepress and printing
Have confidence in your output. Get accurate, consistent results every
time you print using sophisticated preview capabilities, exporting
reliable Adobe PDF files, and sharing custom presets.
Professional typographical controls
Compose beautiful typography using professional controls including the
Paragraph Composer, OpenType fonts, drop caps, glyphs, and optical
kerning and margin alignment.
Full-featured tables
Create richly formatted tables. Import tab-delimited text files and
styled Microsoft Word or Excel tables, or build tables in InDesign.
Apply a wide variety of formatting options manually or using table and
cell styles.
Smart text handling
Control your text
with intelligent text-handling features including the ability to import
styled text from Microsoft Word files, apply complex text wraps around
objects, and comprehensively replace fonts.
Scripting and extensibility
Accelerate and simplify workflows by automating processes using scripts
and extending the capabilities of InDesign using the ExtendScript
toolkit.
Creative effects
Apply new visual effects,
such as inner glow or bevel and emboss, using an interface that’s
consistent with Adobe Photoshop to specify offset, angle, and other
options. Apply effects independently to an object’s stroke, fill, and
content.
Gradient feathers
Create beautiful effects
by applying masks that contain gradients so the objects fade into the
background. Customize options such as gradient angles and fade rates,
all within Adobe InDesign.
Adobe-standard user interface
Get up to speed quickly with familiar commands, tools, panels, and keyboard shortcuts.
Backward compatibility
Open QuarkXPress 3.3–4.1x files, PageMaker 6.0–7.x files, and files
created in earlier versions of Adobe InDesign in InDesign Interchange
(INX) format in InDesign CS3 to keep working with legacy files.
Adobe Photoshop and Adobe PDF layer support
Control the visibility of layers in imported Photoshop and PDF files.
Experiment with design options or use multiple variations of a file in
your layout, all while linking to a single file.
Adobe PDF file export
Use built-in Adobe PDF export presets--or create custom presets--to
consistently and reliably create Adobe PDF files for electronic review
or final output. Create ISO-standard PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-3 files for
high-resolution CMYK printing, as well as PDF/X-4 (draft) files.
Table and cell styles
Quickly and consistently format tables using table and cell styles.
Even use regional cell styles to apply unique formatting to specific
areas of a table, such as its header, footer, and body.
Multiple Undo/Redo
Experiment freely and retrace multiple steps using the Undo and Redo commands.
High-resolution graphics preview
Display graphics in high resolution for precision work or to preview
the graphics within your layout. Easily switch back to lower resolution
view for faster onscreen display.
Enhanced Control panel
See more options in the context-sensitive Control panel, including
transparency, text wrap, and rotation. Customize the panel to show the
options you use most frequently.
Custom print presets
Define and share custom print presets among service providers and
customers for a fast, reliable way to print jobs that require
consistent settings for many print options.
JDF integration between Adobe InDesign and Acrobat
Pass JDF job information to Acrobat with Adobe PDF files that you
export from InDesign. Print service providers can then streamline
prepress and print processes using JDF automation.
Output previews
Prevent mistakes from occurring on press by checking plates,
overprinting, and ink limits, and help ensure the best results when
printing transparency effects using output preview panels. Use
Overprint Preview mode to proof spot-color effects and overprint
settings.
Preflight and packaging
Avoid delays and
costly production errors by preflighting documents to check for
problems. Then package them for print or web handoff or export them as
Adobe PDF files.
Consistent color
Synchronize
ICC-based color management settings across Adobe applications to
achieve consistent color onscreen. Exchange swatches across the
components of Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design software.
Flexible XML workflows
Use XML rules to dynamically generate documents with formatting and
graphics based on imported XML, and apply XSLT style sheets when
importing or exporting XML content.
Automation through scripting
Automate tasks by writing scripts in JavaScript, AppleScript, and
VBScript. Attach a JavaScript to a menu command so it runs
automatically when the command is chosen, and protect scripts for
commercial use through enhanced JavaScript.
ExtendScript utility
Use the ExtendScript toolkit to create, edit, and debug JavaScripts in InDesign.
Product Description
A new standard in
professional layout design! It delivers faster production workflows and
a more fluid creative environment for designing professional layouts
with sophisticated graphics and typography.
System Requirements:
Apple MacOS X 10.4.8 - PowerPC G4 - RAM 256 MB - HD 1.6 GB
Apple MacOS X 10.4.8 - Intel multi-core proccessor - RAM 512 MB - HD 1.6 GB