Adobe InDesign CS4 + Extra Content

Adobe InDesign CS4 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 customer-inspired enhancements, powerful new features, and streamlined workflows, you can now easily deliver sophisticated and engaging layouts across media.

• Deliver an engaging reading experience for print or screen; export immersive SWF files for playback in the Adobe Flash Player runtime, interactive PDF documents complete with video and sound, or sophisticated layouts for publishing to print
• Take advantage of tight integration with other Adobe Creative Suite 4 components to quickly design and deliver engaging page layouts for multiple media; use common presets, color settings, and a standard user interface for a more efficient workflow
• Quickly and precisely produce sophisticated page layouts with gorgeous designs using productivity tools that were created or enhanced based on the input of InDesign users worldwide
• Create beautiful, sophisticated typography for any media with the power of text and table styles, text wrap control, the Paragraph Composer, OpenType support, drop caps, and more
• Explore creative options directly in InDesign, resulting in nuanced layouts; powerful tools include built-in Adobe Photoshop effects, support for Photoshop artwork in 3D, integrated drawing tools, nondestructive effects, and finer transparency controls

Multichannel publishing
Deliver an engaging reading experience for print or screen. Export immersive SWF files for playback in the Adobe Flash Player runtime, interactive PDF documents complete with video and sound, or sophisticated layouts for publishing to print.

Integration with other Adobe design applications
Take advantage of tight integration with other Adobe Creative Suite 4 components to quickly design and deliver engaging page layouts for multiple media. Use common presets, color settings, and a standard user interface for a more efficient workflow.

Layout productivity tools
Quickly and precisely produce sophisticated page layouts with gorgeous designs using productivity tools that were created or enhanced based on the input of InDesign users worldwide.

Professional typography
Create beautiful, sophisticated typography for any media with the power of text and table styles, text wrap control, the Paragraph Composer, OpenType support, drop caps, and more.

Extensive creative tools at your fingertips
Explore creative possibilities directly in InDesign, resulting in more nuanced page layouts in less time. Powerful tools include built-in Adobe Photoshop effects, support for Photoshop artwork in 3D, integrated drawing tools, nondestructive effects, and finer transparency controls.

Preflighting and print controls
Use a range of tools, presets, onscreen controls, JDF technology, and live preflighting to fix errors while you work, so you can speed production, increase reliability, and deliver your document correctly for print--the first time.

Automation for long-document creation
Rapidly create complex long documents with cross-references, conditional text, automated bullets and numbering, dynamic page addition and deletion, and more, which minimize manual production, help ensure content accuracy, and enable consistent formatting.

Workflow automation
Create powerful automated workflows using standards-based XML features to automatically populate and lay out pages with text and images. Incorporate database-driven content for utmost efficiency while publishing across channels.

Extensibility
Rapidly build unique workflows and software solutions 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.

Requirements

• 1.5GHz or faster processor
• Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended) or Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (certified for 32-bit Windows XP and Windows Vista)
• 512MB of RAM (1GB recommended)
• 1.8GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on flash-based storage devices)
• 1,024x768 display (1,280x800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
• DVD-ROM drive
• QuickTime 7 software required for multimedia features