25 new features in InDesign CS

1, text editor

The text can be edited quickly and directly in a separate text editor, independent of the format and effects of the layout. The edited text automatically applies the layout format. This feature greatly improves the efficiency and accuracy of text editing

2, separation preview

This function allows the user to preview the output separation result of the layout directly in Indesign, avoiding the output film and the color separation error during printing.

3, flat preview

Output preview of effects such as shadows, transparency, feathering, etc. to improve the printing effect, prevent the occurrence of planarization problems 4, and increase the speed of execution

4, speed increase

Increase the speed of zooming in and out of the page, the speed of the hand tool to move the page, the speed of the text wrapping, the speed of importing Photoshop documents and Word and Excel documents

5. Bleeding and marking strips

Bleeding and marker strips have been added to each page to allow users to make blood and markers

6, nested styles

Nesting character styles in paragraph styles, for example, you can directly define some of the text in a paragraph using the specified character style

7, improved text document import function

When the text document is imported, character set conversion and formatting processing can be performed, and at the same time, it can determine whether a link is established after the text document is imported.

8, information palette

The information palette allows the user to understand the word count information in the text box, including Chinese characters, English words, number of words, lines, paragraphs, total words, and so on. Can also display object coordinates and size

9, DTD check of XML

DTD checking through XML prevents XML documents from appearing out of compliance with DTD standards. It can show the wrong places and help you modify them.

10, character style and XML mark corresponds

The new 'character style' and 'XML tag' counterparts are the same as the 'paragraph style and XML tag' function and usage

11, measurement tools

Measuring tool can quickly calculate the distance between two points

12. Work Area Management

Users can save their own custom working interface and call it repeatedly to optimize the working interface and improve work efficiency.

13, path administrator

Path management can be used to perform various types of path recombination for paths of different shapes, such as set, difference, intersection, repulsion overlap, subtraction, etc.

14, improve the operability of text and pictures

1) Double-click the text box to instantly switch to a text tool to edit the text

2) Keep text selected when moving text boxes or other objects

3) Dynamic preview results of text preview when the text box is zoomed or moved

4) Directly scale or distort text by changing the size of the text box

5) Double-click the picture to enter the picture's original editing program to edit the picture.

After editing, the pictures in Indesign can be updated directly.

After applying table header and footer to the form, Indesign will automatically apply the table top and end of the table to the associated text box.

16, text wrapping function upgrade

The user can control whether the text wraps around objects in the hidden layer, and also controls whether the text wrap applies to all cascaded texts or only to the text under the wrapper objects.

17, stroke function

Stroke Style Editor Stroke Style Editor allows you to create stroke patterns for custom strips, dots, and line segments, apply strokes to underlines, strikethroughs, and paragraph rules, and export stroke styles to other files.

18, support mixed ink (mixed ink, mixed ink group)

Mixing inks (for example, a spot color with a coating or a spot color with a four color) can extend the range of colors in a two-color printing design. Adjustment of composition ink in the mixed ink set can instantly update the mixed ink derived from the mixed ink set

19, color palette options enhanced

You can add more than one color sample at a time to the Swatches palette, such as importing color samples from other Indesign or Illustrator files, or import color samples from other color systems, such as Pantone.

20, user-defined character set

Users can store commonly used characters in custom character sets for easy search and recall

21. Export PDF enhancement

You can directly export Acrobat 6.0 (PDF 1.5), 5.0, and 4.0 files. You can even export the Indesign layer directly as a PDF 1.5 layer without the need for a merge layer. Utilizes IndesignCS's internationally recognized PDF-X/1A and PDFX/3 standards to adjust PDF-based printing processes

22, create a rich interactive PDF

Create more PDF-style PDF files by embedding movies, sounds, adding bookmarks, creating interactive buttons to play movies, sounds, pages, and more

23. Enhance support for Photoshop (PSD) files

Can import PhotoshopCS transparent files, place and print two-tone, three-tone, four-tone PSD files, PSD and TIFF files can retain the spot color channel

24. Pack Golive

InDesign pages or books can be easily converted to Adobe GoliveCS layouts with the 'Package Govlive' command

25, AdobeVersionCue

Users can use the Adobe VersionCue feature when working individually or in collaboration with IndesignCS to increase productivity. You can integrate Indesign's design management into your workflow with Adobe Creative Suite.

Source: Seventh Vision