To support the new features, especially typographic, introduced with InDesign CS, both the program and its document format are not backward-compatible. Later versions of the software introduced new file formats. It was the first DTP application to support Unicode character sets, advanced typography with OpenType fonts, advanced transparency features, layout styles, optical margin alignment, and cross-platform scripting with JavaScript.

The 'kernel' architecture was never mentioned again. However, the Postscript printer driver for InDesign 1. The marketing concentrated on new software architecture-a small central software kernel about 2Mb to which add-ons would be bolted as the program's functionality expanded in later versions. Aldus had begun developing a successor to PageMaker, which was code-named 'Shuksan'.Īdobe launched InDesign in the United Kingdom through a series of promotional presentations in hotels. Adobe rebuffed Quark's offer and continued to develop a new desktop publishing application. In, Quark announced its offer to buy Adobe and to divest the combined company of PageMaker to avoid problems under United States antitrust law. By PageMaker had lost much of professional market to the comparatively feature-rich QuarkXPress version 3. In addition, InDesign supports XML, style sheets, and other coding markup, making it suitable for exporting tagged text content for use in other digital and online formats.įreehand, Aldus's competitor to Adobe Illustrator, was licensed from Altsys, the maker of Fontographer. It also supports export to EPUB and SWF formats to create e-books and digital publications, including digital magazines, and content suitable for consumption on tablet computers. Graphic designers and production artists are the principal users, creating and laying out periodical publications, posters, and print media. InDesign can also publish content suitable for tablet devices in conjunction with Adobe Digital Publishing Suite. It can be used to create works such as posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers, presentations, books and ebooks. Adobe InDesign is a desktop publishing and page layout designing software application produced by Adobe Inc.

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