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InDesign CS

Macworld Rating

4.0 out of 5 Mice, Feb 1, 2004
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Pros

  • Nested-styles feature eases complex text formatting
  • Automatically manages table headers and footers across pages
  • Better typographic and graphics capabilities than QuarkXPress offers
  • Contextual Control palette
  • Dozens of small enhancements

Cons

  • No way to save files for use in InDesign 2
  • Web export limited to XML format for use in Adobe GoLive
  • Features too scattered
  • Too many palettes
  • Time-consuming text-flow process

Software Details

  • Adobe
  • Mac OS X
  • $699; upgrade from previous versions, $169; upgrade from PageMaker, $299

Macworld's InDesign CS Coverage

  • Adobe InDesign CS InDesign 2.0 brings enhancements to many of the program's features, and adds sensational new ones. Although InDesign's interface is still somewhat complex, this is a more capable and more functional program.
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