Adobe Indesign Introduction

A new generation of professional publishing system was released on September 1, 1999

Adobe has released InDesign(tm), an innovative typography design software, which is a new platform for professional publishing solutions for companies.

InDesign software is based on a new open object-oriented architecture that allows for high scalability, thus greatly optimizing the development cycle and enabling Adobe to quickly launch the platform. The open system establishes a core that third-party developers and system integrators can provide custom magazines, advertising designs, catalogs, retailer design studios, and newspaper publishing programs. In fact, today through communication with InDesign, some third-party manufacturers and services have released some important plug-ins that can immediately extend the functionality of version 1.0. There are nine such programs sold today, including FR-MZ PS for InDesign by ShadeTree, PowrTable from PowrTools, and Sonar Bookends(R) InDex(tm) by Virginia Systems.

New publishing and graphics features

Adobe InDesign is a brand-new, announced program for art typography, provided to graphic designers, product packers, and prepress specialists. InDesign contains hundreds of features that have been brought up to a new level, covering creativity, accuracy, and features that are not available in many of today's publishing software. E.g

Optical edge alignment

High resolution EPS and PDF display

Layered main page

Multi-level Redo and Undo

Scalable multipage support

Zoom from 5% to 4000%

In addition, InDesign bundles other popular Adobe products such as Adobe Illustrator(r), Adobe Photoshop(r), Adobe Acrobat(r) and Adobe PressReady(tm). Users familiar with Photoshop or Illustrator will soon learn InDesign because They have a common shortcut. Designers can also use built-in converters to import QuarkXPress(r) and Adobe PageMaker(r) files to convert existing templates and main pages.

The basis of professional publishing

Adobe InDesign integrates several key technologies, including image, font, print, and color management technologies that are now owned by all Adobe professional software. Through these programs Adobe provides the industry's first ability to achieve consistent screen and print capabilities. In addition, Adobe InDesign includes support for Adobe PDF, allowing PDF-based digital productions.