The Adobe InDesign CS5.5 Upgrade for Windows is an upgrade to the CS5.5 version of InDesign software, from InDesign CS4, CS3 or CS2. InDesign CS5.5 enables you to design and preflight engaging page layouts for print / digital distribution via built-in creative tools and precise control over typography. Integrate interactivity, video and audio for playback on tablets, smartphones and PC's.
Folio Producer tools allows you to create and preview digital magazines, catalogs and newspapers with engaging elements like 360° object rotation and image panoramas, for a wide range of tablets. Upload to Adobe Digital Publishing Suite for even more production and distribution. The Suite gives you the power to publish intriguing digital documents for a variety of tablets. The new Single Edition is now available for publishing on your iPad. Enjoy the ability to make and share a virtually limitless number of folio files!
Spice up your documents and presentations by adding interactivity, motion, sound, and video! Export directly to SWF for playback in the Adobe Flash Player runtime. Plus, you can export InDesign documents to Flash Professional, where you will be able to add sophisticated interactivity, animation, and navigation to intricate layouts!
Design interesting eBooks while minimizing your dependence on developers. Include video and audio in your eBooks, as well as images that resize to fit almost any screen. Maintain more control over content and typography when exporting documents to the EPUB format.
Now, you can do more in even less time: Create, edit and publish documents quicker than ever before. New productivity features make page layout easier and speedier, even when creating PDF documents meeting federal accessibility requirements.
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Adobe Digital Publishing Suite requires separate license and payment of associated fee(s). See www.adobe.com/products/digitalpublishingsuite for more information.
Create Powerful, Innovative Digital Documents
Folio Producer Tools
Allows you to create and preview digital magazines, catalogs and newspapers with engaging elements like 360° object rotation and image panoramas, for a wide range of tablets. Upload to Adobe Digital Publishing Suite for even more production and distribution. The Suite gives you the power to publish intriguing digital documents for a variety of tablets. The new Single Edition is now available for publishing on your iPad. Enjoy the ability to make and share a virtually limitless number of folio files!
Interactive Documents And Presentations
Spice up your documents and presentations by adding interactivity, motion, sound, and video! Export directly to SWF for playback in the Adobe Flash Player runtime.
Export To Flash Professional
Plus, you can export InDesign documents to Flash Professional, where you will be able to add sophisticated interactivity, animation, and navigation to intricate layouts!
Create Better eBooks With ePUB Export Enhancements
Enhanced eBook Authoring
Create more engaging eBooks with reduced need for developers. Utilize a smoother workflow as you include refined typography and images that resize to fit nearly any screen. You can even add video and audio for eBook reader applications that support HTML5 video and audio tags.
Please note: InDesign uses EPUB3 and HTML5 code to create eBooks with audio, video, and other advanced features. EPUB3 and HTML5 presentation, media playback, and double-byte character support (for example, Chinese, Japanese, or Korean) may not be supported by every device, browser, or EPUB reader.
Please note: InDesign uses EPUB3 and HTML5 code to create eBooks with audio, video, and other advanced features. EPUB3 and HTML5 presentation, media playback, and double-byte character support (for example, Chinese, Japanese, or Korean) may not be supported by every device, browser, or EPUB reader.
Embedded Video And Audio In eBooks
Include video and audio in InDesign layouts you export to EPUB format, in order to make more intriguing digital books. Embedded audio and video play on mobile devices supporting HTML5, such as your Apple iPad.
Articles Panel
Control text, image and graphics sequences when you export to EPUB or HTML--without changing your InDesign layout. Organize your content by dragging and dropping into the new Articles panel to define export order.
Styles Mapped To Tags In EPUB Export
Create standards-compliant digital documents with greater ease, thanks to better basic typography - no manual code changes are required. Map paragraph and character styles directly to HTML, EPUB, and PDF tags, so that they export with appropriate specifications.
Dynamic Image Resizing
Design and publish an EPUB eBook with imagery that will look fine on virtually any-size screen--from a desktop monitor to a smartphone. Enjoy the convenience of having your content accessible and enjoyable on any device!
Do More In Less Time
Linked Text
Maintain consistency with greater ease when working with content duplicated throughout a document. Link identical text blocks within a layout so that changes to the parent block will automatically be made to all others.
Dragging And Dropping Of Anchored Objects
Add inline graphics and other anchored objects quickly and intuitively--just by dragging them to the desired anchor location within the text.
PDF Accessibility Enhancements
Minimize the time taken to create PDF documents that are more accessible to the disabled. Add, edit and view Alt text attributes associated with an image or object with greater ease than was possible before.
Preflight And Production Tools
Increase production speeds and print reliability, and deliver error-free documents with live preflighting, document-installed fonts, JDF technology, background PDF export and improved support for PDF/X standards.
Multiple Page Sizes
Create pages with different sizes within the same document.
Paragraphs That Span Or Split Columns
Rapidly create text that spans or splits into multiple columns in a few easy steps.
Simplified Object Selection And Editing
Perform repetitive layout tasks with greater efficiency via convenient tools and on-object controls.
Document-Installed Fonts
Help get rid of font substitution issues with document-installed fonts.
Track Text Changes
Mark up text directly in InDesign, tracking copy revisions with ease.
Integration With Adobe CS Review
Create and share reviews online while working in InDesign via integration with Adobe CS Review, a CS Live online service. See feedback in the context of your page layout.
Please note: CS Live online services are complimentary until April 12, 2012. 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 every country or language, may require user registration and may be subject to change or discontinuation without notice. Additional fees or subscription charges may apply.
Please note: CS Live online services are complimentary until April 12, 2012. 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 every country or language, may require user registration and may be subject to change or discontinuation without notice. Additional fees or subscription charges may apply.
Integration With Other Adobe Solutions
Move projects smoothly from design to print or digital output, courtesy of tight integration with industry-leading Adobe software like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Flash Professional and Digital Editions.
Integration With Online Services
Create interactive and engaging documents for tablets, and improve the efficiency of design processes via essential Adobe Digital Publishing Suite and Adobe CS Live online services, directly accessible from InDesign.
Please note: Adobe Digital Publishing Suite requires a separate license and payment of associated fees. CS Live online services are complimentary until April 12, 2012. 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 every country or language, may require user registration and may be subject to change or discontinuation without notice. Additional fees or subscription charges may apply.
Please note: Adobe Digital Publishing Suite requires a separate license and payment of associated fees. CS Live online services are complimentary until April 12, 2012. 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 every country or language, may require user registration and may be subject to change or discontinuation without notice. Additional fees or subscription charges may apply.
Productivity Tools
Produce sophisticated page layouts with customer-inspired productivity features like Smart Guides, rapid table creation, multiple-file placement, on-object controls, and the option to create pages of different sizes within the same file.
Built-In Creative Tools
Explore creative possibilities directly within InDesign via integrated drawing tools, nondestructive effects, built-in Adobe Photoshop effects, finer transparency controls, and 3D Photoshop artwork support.
Adobe Mini Bridge
Find and drag images into page layouts from Adobe Mini Bridge without having to exit InDesign.
Live Captions
Automatically generate static or live captions from image metadata.
Automation
Create powerful automated workflows with standards-based XML features to lay out pages with text and images. Integrate database-driven content for higher efficiency when publishing across channels.
Collaboration In Editorial Workflows
Get better collaboration between design and editorial teams with tight integration between InDesign CS5.5 and Adobe InCopy CS5.5.
Extensibility
An XML-based file format that allows developers to create or modify files using standard XML tools, for custom publishing using InDesign Markup Language (IDML).
Robust Text Composition
Produce attractive, sophisticated text for all media via professional typography features, such as styles, text wrap, Paragraph Composer, OpenType support, drop caps, and the ability to map styles to tags in EPUB export.
Enhanced PDF Export Options
Export PDF files meeting 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.
Comprehensive Layers Panel
Manage page items with ease via a Layers panel similar to the one featured in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.