Adobe InDesign 1.5

Rating:
Summary: Finally, excellent type!
Review: Even though this is still a 1.5 version, InDesign is really a must purchase piece of software for the print publishing professional. I haven't set type this beautiful since I was forced to toss my old CompuGraphic phototypesetter.

This is software where Adobe really listened to the pros and made us an application that we can really use. I think it blows Quark out of the water. It contains almost all of Illustrator, so you can really just add FreeHand for vector necessities that are not covered in InDesign like blends, Flash exports, attaching blends to paths, and the path combination filters like Union, Punch, divide, and transparency.

It is still missing such necessities as a story editor, table of contents, tables, and indexing. But they are available as plug-ins now and hopefully Adobe will listen to its customers and add a lot of these things in version 2.

You need to buy it now, get it under your belt, so you are not left in the dust as Adobe pulls out in front.

...multi-line justification, gradient strokes, customizable shortcuts, four justified options (quad left, right, centered and full), flush spaces, parent/child master pages, hanging punctuation (including letters like A and V), drag'n'drop color, and the list goes on...

Rating:
Summary: Finally, excellent type!
Review: Even though this is still a 1.5 version, InDesign is really a must purchase piece of software for the print publishing professional. I haven't set type this beautiful since I was forced to toss my old CompuGraphic phototypesetter.

This is software where Adobe really listened to the pros and made us an application that we can really use. I think it blows Quark out of the water. It contains almost all of Illustrator, so you can really just add FreeHand for vector necessities that are not covered in InDesign like blends, Flash exports, attaching blends to paths, and the path combination filters like Union, Punch, divide, and transparency.

It is still missing such necessities as a story editor, table of contents, tables, and indexing. But they are available as plug-ins now and hopefully Adobe will listen to its customers and add a lot of these things in version 2.

You need to buy it now, get it under your belt, so you are not left in the dust as Adobe pulls out in front.

...multi-line justification, gradient strokes, customizable shortcuts, four justified options (quad left, right, centered and full), flush spaces, parent/child master pages, hanging punctuation (including letters like A and V), drag'n'drop color, and the list goes on...

Rating:
Summary: A program I couldn't live without!
Review: Since the new upgrade (free on the website) makes InDesign useful for non-postscript printer owners, I decided to give it a whirl, and now wonder how I survived without it. Document layout is intuitive, and easy--the addition of layers, and the ability to link photoshop files in native format are awesome! I also like how I can crop and resize graphics in the program, without getting pixelation because it goes back to my original files. I'm so pleased with how it works and how easy it is to use that I've pretty much said good-bye to Microsoft Word forever. I compose and lay-out in one easy program, and get tons of compliments on how great my documents look.

Rating:
Summary: A program I couldn't live without!
Review: Since the new upgrade (free on the website) makes InDesign useful for non-postscript printer owners, I decided to give it a whirl, and now wonder how I survived without it. Document layout is intuitive, and easy--the addition of layers, and the ability to link photoshop files in native format are awesome! I also like how I can crop and resize graphics in the program, without getting pixelation because it goes back to my original files. I'm so pleased with how it works and how easy it is to use that I've pretty much said good-bye to Microsoft Word forever. I compose and lay-out in one easy program, and get tons of compliments on how great my documents look.