Adobe InDesign Adobe InDesign is a DTP application produced by Adobe Systems. Launched as a direct competitor to QuarkXPress, it has had a tough uphill struggle to woo users away from Quark's offering, but in 2002 it outsold QuarkXPress, largely because Quark was slow to release a native version of XPress for Mac OS X. Also, Adobe can bundle InDesign with its other design tools, such as Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop—tools that XPress buyers will probably still need anyway—and undercut Quark's price. However, InDesign remains a distant second to XPress in the high-end DTP market, despite the fact that InDesign is more powerful than XPress in most scenarios. InDesign can export documents in Adobe's Portable Document Format, and offers multi-lingual support that Quark users must buy a much more expensive "Passport" version to get. InDesign is the first major DTP application to support Unicode for text processing, and the advanced typography of OpenType fonts. Its advanced transparency features also set it apart. Finally, it features tight integration and user interface similarities with Illustrator and Photoshop programs. InDesign is positioned as a higher-end alternative to Adobe's own PageMaker. The program is primarily used to design short documents (i.e. not books), posters and other print media, but it also has some web/pdf features. Longer documents like books are usually still designed with FrameMaker. New versions of the software introduced new file formats. Adobe upset its user base by not allowing to downsave to older versions of InDesign. Comparisons with QuarkXPress can be found here: http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/20604.html http://www.arstechnica.com/reviews/003/software/indesign/indesign-1.html http://www.gxo.com/ARCHIVESPDF/Software/62410QuarkXPress6.pdfsoftware. http://www.macworld.com/2002/05/features/dtp/ Versions InDesign 1.0 shipped August 16, 2000. InDesign 1.5 shipped in early 2001. InDesign 2.0 shipped in January, 2002 (just days before QuarkXPress 5). InDesign CS (3.0) shipped in October, 2003 Most Popular Articles: Music    Musical Instruments    Guitar    Classical Music    History    Music Definition    Country Music    Rock Music    Pop Music    Hip Hop    Rap    DJ    Video Games    Casino Games    Poker    Blackjack    Casinos    Real Estate    Loan    Auction    eBay    Marketing    Search Engine Optimization    File Sharing    MP3    Music Industry    Kazaa    Internet    Supermodel    Fashion    Fashion Designers    Erotica    Modeling    Clothing    Boots    Shoes    Diamond Engagement Rings    Diamond    Rugs    Gospel Music    Affiliate    E-Commerce    Radio This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html You may copy and modify it as long as the entire work (including additions) remains under this license. You must provide a link to http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html To view or edit this article at Wikipedia go to http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_InDesign