Multimedia

• The ideal solution for updating multiple websites and blogs from a single application
• Control website authoring permissions with site administration and connection management consoles
• Now compatible with Windows Vista and Intel based Macs

True WYSIWYG authoring capabilities let you edit any website in three simple steps.

Easily update web content
For professional web designers, web developers, and website administrators, ensuring that website and blog content remains fresh and current is an enormous challenge. Often this means delegating the responsibility for updating web content and blog entries to numerous contributors, which can put website integrity at risk, especially when disparate tools are used for the different tasks. With Adobe Contribute CS3, anyone can quickly and easily update multiple websites and blogs using a single application--without compromising site integrity.

Simply browse to the website that needs updating or the blog that requires a new entry, make changes to the content using Adobe Contribute CS3, and publish when finished. You can also publish content directly from Microsoft Word, Excel, or Outlook.

Use one tool for publishing to multiple websites and blogs
With Adobe Contribute CS3, anyone can update website content or create blog entries using a single application. True WYSIWYG authoring capabilities let users edit any website or blog in three simple steps, dramatically reducing editing time. Alternatively, authors can publish directly from within Microsoft Office applications in a few clicks. Just open the document that contains the content you want to post, click Publish, and select the target website or blog.

Even rich media, images, movies, and Adobe Flash (FLV) files can be easily included in any website or blog using Adobe Contribute CS3. In Edit mode, just drag the file onto the website or blog entry. Adobe Contribute CS3 automatically uploads and posts it to the site when published. Because authors edit content and add images in their actual context on the website or blog before publishing, content length and style, as well as image sizes, are right the first time. With Contribute CS3, you can embed PDF documents directly into your web page or blog entry. You can also convert your Microsoft Office documents to Adobe PDF and insert them into a web page.*

Maintain website integrity
Seamless integration between Adobe Contribute CS3 and Dreamweaver templates ensures that your website's look and feel is maintained, even when multiple authors update content across the site. Web designers and developers can create page templates with editable regions during website creation and then delegate routine content updates to business users. Because content authors can update only the areas designated by the designer or webmaster, the website always appears as the designer intended. And just like Dreamweaver, Adobe Contribute CS3 preserves code quality and formats through the editing process.

Top reasons to buy Adobe Contribute CS3

Unified web publishing
Publish to multiple websites and blogs from a single application.

Easy Flash (FLV) upload
Include Adobe Flash (FLV) files in websites and blogs by simply dragging and dropping the file onto the web page or into the blog entry during edit. Contribute CS3 automatically uploads the file and posts it to the site on publish.

Compatible with Windows Vista and Intel based Macs
Adobe Contribute CS3 works on Intel and PowerPC based Macs and on Windows XP and Windows Vista systems.

Quick web page and blog posting from Microsoft Office
Publish content directly from within Microsoft Office applications using the template of your choice, significantly reducing your editing time. Contribute CS3 adds buttons to your Office applications that allow you to publish directly to a website or post to a blog without even opening Contribute.

WSIWYG blog templates
Enjoy the convenience of authoring blog entries offline in your own template, with convenient WYSIWYG layout and full-featured text editing. Drag and drop rich media elements directly into your blog as you edit it.

Editing from Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2
Use Contribute browser buttons to edit the page you are browsing or to post its content to a blog. The latest versions of Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers are now supported.

Convenient PDF support
Embed PDF documents directly into your web page or blog entry. Conveniently convert Microsoft Office documents to PDF, and then insert them into your web page.*

Standard protocol support
Post your updates using any standard file transfer, web-authoring, or blogging protocol, including FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, MetaWeblog, and Atom.

* Requires the installation of Adobe Acrobat software, sold separately. Acrobat CS3 Professional is included with Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium and Master Collection.

• Professional-grade results; easy-to-use right out of the box
• Corrects color on monitor; adapts monitor for changing room lighting
• Includes emission-only colorimeter with ambient measurement capabilities

• Includes everything for aspring artists to create manga comic art.
• Complete control over text, lines, word balloons, and page layout.
• Best selling Manga art software worldwide.

• The ideal solution for designing pages for print, editing photos, and creating illustrations
• Experience reliable, efficient prepress, printing, and Adobe PDF export
• Integrated creative environment backed by a company whose software and technologies have set new standards

• The ideal solution for creating pages for print, designing pages for the web and mobile devices, editing photos, and creating illustrations
• Enjoy a unified, integrated design experience with new self-adjusting panels and other shared interface elements for maximum productivity
• Combines all-new versions of essential tools for producing everything from professional page layouts to rich interactive experiences in a unified, intuitive environment

Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium Upgrade software is the designer's dream toolkit for print, web, and mobile publishing. It combines all-new versions of essential tools for professional page layout, image editing, illustration, and Adobe PDF workflows with new tools for producing engaging websites, interactive experiences, and mobile content--all in a unified, intuitive design environment.

From exploring design concepts to finessing production details, you can leverage the tightly integrated tools in Creative Suite 3 Design Premium to make even your most visionary ideas real--in print, on the web, and on mobile devices.

Deliver Innovative Ideas in Print, Web, and Mobile Design

Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium software is the designer's dream toolkit for print, web, and mobile publishing. It combines all-new versions of essential tools for producing everything from professional page layouts to rich interactive experiences in a unified, intuitive environment.

Design with essential tools
Let your ideas take flight with Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium, which equips you to craft your best creative work more easily and efficiently than ever before. From thinking through concepts to finessing production details, you can leverage the intuitive tools in Creative Suite 3 Design Premium to make even your most visionary ideas real. Creative Suite 3 Design Premium lets you stay true to your creative intent without making compromises along the way.

Keep your ideas flowing
Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium lets you slip into the creative zone and stay there by offering tight integration and shared features that enable you to move fluidly between tasks. Easily move assets between components to avoid awkward workarounds. Import Adobe Photoshop Extended and Illustrator artwork into Adobe Flash, for example, or paste Photoshop images into Adobe Dreamweaver. Visually manage assets in Adobe Bridge, coordinate with team members using Adobe Version Cue, and host real-time, web-based meetings with Adobe Acrobat Connect--all from within Creative Suite 3 Design Premium.

Design for today...and tomorrow
Prepare content for a wide range of media, from print pieces to interactive websites to mobile devices, using integrated tools to produce industry-standard output. Depend on reliable Adobe PDF workflows for print production, move from print design to web design by exporting XHTML from Adobe InDesign to Dreamweaver, and enable efficient developer workflows as you create cutting-edge interactive experiences. From pages to pixels, Design Premium lets you design for tomorrow as well as today.

Photoshop CS3 Extended for specialized image editing

Illustrator CS3 for vector graphics creation

Adobe InDesign CS3 for page layout

Flash CS3 Professional for interactive design

Dreamweaver CS3 for web design and development

Acrobat 8 Professional for Adobe PDF workflows

Audience benefit

Design professionals
Express your ideas in virtually any medium, from paper to pixels, using intuitive tools that help you stay true to your creative intent. Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium software is the designer's dream toolkit for print, web, and mobile publishing, combining all-new versions of essential tools for professional page layout, image editing, illustration, and Adobe PDF workflows with new tools for designing engaging websites, interactive experiences, and mobile content in a unified design environment. Design Premium also offers visual asset management, effective file management for collaborative creative teams, mobile content previewing, and access to services such as Adobe Stock Photos* for royalty-free imagery and Adobe Acrobat Connect* for web conferencing. With Creative Suite 3 Design Premium, you can create beautiful, engaging content, collaborate effectively, and equip yourself for new business opportunities with tools that let you design for tomorrow as well as today.

Print professionals
Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium software offers print professionals industry-standard tools for design and production. Creative Suite 3 Design Premium combines full new versions of Adobe's leading design and production tools-- Adobe InDesign CS3, Photoshop CS3 Extended, Illustrator CS3, Flash CS3 Professional, Dreamweaver CS3, and Acrobat 8 Professional--in a tightly integrated environment that offers productivity features for visual asset management, effective file management, mobile content previewing, and direct access to online services. Enjoy consistent print controls, shared color settings, and shared PDF export presets across Design Premium components, and generate reliable output using support for high-end Adobe PDF workflows, including PDF/X. Preflight |PDF files using Acrobat, which now offers automated file correction, and automate workflows using JDF. Even improve communication with customers using real-time, web-based meetings with Adobe Acrobat Connect.* Creative Suite 3 Design Premium gives you the most trusted tools for the job, helping you realize smooth production processes--and diversify your services.

IT professionals
Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium software enables creative teams to realize their ideas more quickly and efficiently than ever before. Built on industry standards to provide long-term compatibility, Creative Suite 3 Design Premium can be deployed across networks, is extensible and scriptable, and can be tailored to meet a variety of specialized design and publishing needs. Design Premium combines full new versions of Adobe's essential design tools--Adobe InDesign CS3, Photoshop CS3 Extended, Illustrator CS3, Flash CS3 Professional, Dreamweaver CS3, and Acrobat 8 Professional--with Adobe Bridge CS3, Adobe Version Cue CS3, Adobe Device Central CS3, Adobe Stock Photos*, and Adobe Acrobat Connect* for improved collaboration and productivity in creative workgroups. Offering a single installer and serial number for easy installation and backed by the quality and reliability Adobe is known for, Creative Suite 3 Design Premium meets the needs of your creative team.

Visually manage assets in Adobe Bridge

Test mobile designs in Adobe Device Central

Coordinate with team members using Adobe Version Cue

Host real-time, web-based meetings with Adobe Acrobat Connect

Top New Benefits of Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium

All-new versions of essential creative tools
Experience the ultimate creative toolset with Adobe InDesign CS3 for page layout, Photoshop CS3 Extended for specialized image editing, Illustrator CS3 for vector graphics creation, Flash CS3 Professional for interactive design, Dreamweaver CS3 for web design and development, and Acrobat 8 Professional for Adobe PDF workflows.

Unprecedented integration
Use native files more easily than ever in different design workflows: Import Photoshop and Illustrator files into Flash, and copy Photoshop files into Dreamweaver. And enjoy a unified, integrated design experience with new self-adjusting panels and other shared interface elements.

Powerful design workflows
Bring your most visionary ideas to life in print, on the web, and on mobile devices. Automatically find and fix errors before printing high-quality pages using InDesign and Acrobat. Export InDesign layouts as XHTML to use in web designs in Dreamweaver. Easily create graphics in Flash using the Adobe-standard Pen tool. And test mobile designs in Adobe Device Central.

Support for the latest Mac and Windows systems
Get the most out of Creative Suite 3 Design Premium on Intel based Mac systems and Microsoft Windows Vista computers. Work smoothly on legacy PowerPC based Mac and Windows XP systems as well.

New dimensions in digital imaging with Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended
Select image regions more intuitively, apply filters nondestructively, manipulate 3D images, and create accurate composites of images with similar content using Photoshop CS3 Extended.

Inspired vector graphics creation in Adobe Illustrator CS3
Explore, apply, and control color variations using Live Color in Illustrator CS3. Select and align points and edit paths more easily than ever before, and easily incorporate vector graphics into print, web and interactive, and mobile designs.

Efficient, powerful page design with Adobe InDesign CS3
Explore more creative possibilities and experience new levels of productivity using InDesign CS3, which offers powerful features for creating graphically rich, complex documents; professional typographic controls; and robust, reliable printing.

Visual media management in Adobe Bridge CS3
Easily organize, browse, locate, and preview assets with Adobe Bridge CS3, which offers faster performance; customizable workspaces; nondestructive batch-editing of TIFF, JPEG, and camera raw files; playback of Flash files; and direct access to useful services such as Adobe Stock Photos.*

Stronger designer-developer workflows
Import layered Photoshop and Illustrator files into Flash, animate them, and export them automatically in the ActionScript 3.0 language to hand off to developers. Use new CSS layouts in Dreamweaver to jump-start standards-based web pages, and collaborate with developers to produce interactive web experiences using the Spry framework for Ajax.

Integrated support for mobile design
Produce compelling mobile graphics in Illustrator and Photoshop Extended, add interactivity in Flash, and code pages for mobile display in Dreamweaver. Then preview and test your designs using mobile device profiles in Adobe Device Central CS3.

Additional Features

Industry-leading image editing and illustration
Experience unrivaled image editing and compositing, and even perform advanced image analysis, using Photoshop CS3 Extended. Produce inspired vector graphics with Illustrator CS3, which lets you interactively explore, apply, and control color. And work seamlessly between the two components with native file format support.

Designer-developer workflows
Import layered Photoshop and Illustrator files into Flash, animate them, and export them automatically in the ActionScript 3.0 language to hand off to developers. Use new CSS layouts in Dreamweaver to jump-start standards-based web pages, and collaborate with developers to produce interactive web experiences using the Spry framework for Ajax.

Adobe PDF print workflows
Use widely available Adobe PDF to create reliable and consistent final output, streamline print production--including automatically fixing mistakes before they get to press--and automate workflows using JDF.

Support for PDF/X standard
Create reliable, press-ready layouts using ISO- and ANSI-standard PDF/X, including PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-3, PDF/X-4 (draft), and PDF/A.

Powerful JDF workflows
Automatically convert InDesign files to Adobe PDF and preflight and validate them against the targeted output intent (including number of pages, page size, and more) using enhanced JDF workflows.

Shared PDF presets
Use built-in Adobe PDF export presets--or create custom presets--in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign to generate consistent Adobe PDF files for electronic review or final output.

Streamlined print production
Preflight Adobe PDF files in Acrobat 8 Professional and fix problems before they get to press. Automatically correct hairlines, downsample image resolution, flatten transparency, and more.

Automation through scripting
Speed routine tasks and automate processes within and across components of the software by writing scripts in JavaScript, AppleScript, Microsoft Visual Basic, and the ExtendScript toolkit.

Efficient and easy-to-manage deployment
Easily deploy Design Premium using a single installer and serial number, and track, manage, and accurately allocate Adobe software assets using Adobe License Manager.

* Online services, including, but not limited to, Adobe Stock Photos and Acrobat Connect, may not be available in all countries, languages, and currencies. Availability of services is subject to change. Use of online services is governed by terms and conditions of a separate agreement and may be subject to additional fees. For details, visit www.adobe.com.

Adobe Creative Suite 3: What's in Each Edition?

	ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE 3 EDITIONS
	DESIGN PREMIUM	DESIGN STANDARD	WEB PREMIUM	WEB STANDARD	PRODUCTION PREMIUM	MASTER COLLECTION
Adobe Photoshop CS3 extended
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Adobe illustrator CS3
Adobe indesign CS3
Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional
Adobe Flash CS3 Professional
Adobe dreamweaver CS3
Adobe Contribute CS3
Adobe Fireworks CS3
Adobe After effects CS3 Professional
Adobe Premiere Pro CS3
Adobe Soundbooth CS3
Adobe encore CS3
Adobe onlocation					*
Adobe ultra CS3					*
	ADDITIONAL FEATURES AND SERVICES IN ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE 3
Adobe bridge CS3
Adobe version Cue CS3
Adobe device Central CS3
Adobe dynamic link
Adobe Stock Photos
Adobe Acrobat Connect

* Adobe Ultra runs on Microsoft Windows only. For Macintosh users, Adobe OnLocation requires Bootcamp and Windows (purchased separately), or a separate Windows-based computer.

• Easily create 3D human art for web, print media and fine illustrations, film pre-visualization, populating architectural scenes, flash animations, games and more.
• New version includes Lip Synching, character morphing tools, multiple undo's, non-linear animation support (NLA), high dynamic range imaging support (HDRI), improved rendering, smart Quickguide plus many other enhancements.

• The ideal solution for creating pages for print, designing pages for the web and mobile devices, editing photos, and creating illustrations
• Enjoy a unified, integrated design experience with new self-adjusting panels and other shared interface elements for maximum productivity
• Combines all-new versions of essential tools for producing everything from professional page layouts to rich interactive experiences in a unified, intuitive environment

Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium software is the designer's dream toolkit for print, web and mobile publishing. It combines all-new versions of essential tools for professional page layout, image editing, illustration, and Adobe PDF workflows with new tools for producing engaging websites, interactive experiences, and mobile content -- all in a unified, intuitive design environment. It's productive, intuitive, and tightly integrated environment with everything you need to design content for tomorrow as well as today. Import layered Photoshop and Illustrator files into Flash, animate them and export in ActionScript 3.0 for developers Preview and test your designs using mobile device profiles in Adobe Device Central CS3 Easily organize, browse, locate, and preview assets with Adobe Bridge CS3 Use InDesign for direct access to Adobe Stock Photos Export InDesign layouts as XHTML to use in web designs in Dreamweaver

• Corel PHOTO-PAINT X3 – This professional image-editing application lets users quickly and easily retouch and enhance photos. It is specifically designed for use in a graphic design workflow and supports professional color separations and output.
• Corel CAPTURE X3 – This one-click utility enables users capture images from their computer screen.
• CorelDRAW X3 – Now including Corel PowerTRACE, this intuitive graphic design, page layout, illustration, and tracing application meets the demands of today’s busy design professionals and business users.

Included Applications

• CorelDRAW X3: An intuitive graphic design and page layout application that meets the demands of today's busy design professionals and occasional business users. It delivers results fast, whether you're creating a company logo or working toward demanding production schedules.
• Corel Photo-Paint X3: A professional image-editing application that lets users quickly and easily retouch and enhance photos. It is specifically designed for use as part of a graphic workflow.
• Corel PowerTRACE X3: Professional designers often receive poor-quality bitmap images from clients and face the challenge of turning these into high-quality vector images for business cards, brochures, promotional items, or signs. The new Corel PowerTRACE solves this problem by letting users quickly and accurately convert bitmaps into editable vector graphics.
• Corel Capture X3: A one-click screen capture utility that lets users capture images from their computer screen.
• Pixmantec RawShooter essentials: This raw workflow tool provides the highest-quality output and fastest conversion time of any raw converter on the market today. It gives designers and business users excellent results with minimum effort.
• Content: More than 10,000 clipart and digital images individually selected to meet the needs of design professionals and business users; 1,000 OpenType fonts, plus 35 Windows Glyph List 4 (WGL4) fonts; and 100 creative templates.

Corel PowerTRACE is the most powerful and accurate bitmap-to-vector tracing application on the market. You now have complete control and flexibility for editing vector images, including color merging and interactive color mode selection. See it in action.

The Image Adjustment Lab is a 'one stop shop' for adjusting photo colors and tones while the ability to create snapshots of your adjusted photos with one single click makes photo comparison simple and easy. See it in action.

Powerful new illustration tools help you transform your ideas into results faster and more beautifully than ever. See it in action.

Also included: Images, fonts, and 10,000 hand-selected, professional clipart images. You also get 35 new WGL4 fonts and 1,000 royalty free photos. See it in action.

Its now easier than ever to learn and work with CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3! See it in action.

Made for you
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 has been designed for both design professionals and occasional business users, with special new tools that are sure to ease the burden of both types of users. If you work in advertising, printing, sign-making, engraving, or manufacturing, this release has amazing new tools that help you get the job done faster, and with more accuracy. Likewise, if you need to create marketing collateral, flyers, newsletters, brochures, Web graphics, and other projects for your business, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 makes it easy to make it happen, fast.

Quality Layout Results
CorelDRAW X3 provides significant improvements to text handling that make it easier for users to select, edit, and format text. New controls have been added for alignment, drop caps, tabs, bullets, and columns. For more flexibility and accuracy in design, users can now specify text size in inches and create hyperlinks for specific characters. In addition, the application works better with text from other sources.

The new Character Formatting docker makes formatting artistic and paragraph text easier than ever before. This convenient new docker includes easy-to-use controls for adjusting kerning, changing the angle of selected characters, and applying character effects, such as Underline, Strike-Through, Uppercase. Meanwhile, an enhanced Interactive Fit Text to Path tool now makes it easier than ever to attach text to a path with precision. A common effect for creating logos and signs, this new tool lets you interactively control text placement in order to get your desired results.

New Tools for Illustration
With CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3, designers can take advantage of tons of new tools and features that increase their productivity without compromising on their creativity and flexibility. For instance, the new Star tool lets users quickly and easily draw perfect stars, while the new Complex Star tool makes it easy to create complex stars that have intersecting sides and produce unique results with an applied fill. You can also specify the number of points and can sharpen the points of a complex star.

A significant time-saver, the new Crop tool quickly lets you remove unwanted areas in objects and imported graphics -- both bitmap and vector. This handy addition to the CorelDRAW X3 toolbox eliminates the need to ungroup objects, break linked groups apart, or convert objects to curves. Meanwhile, the unique, new Smart Fill tool lets you apply a fill to any enclosed area by creating a new object from an enclosed area. Unlike conventional fill tools that fill only objects, the Smart Fill tool detects the edges of an area and creates a closed path so that the area can be filled. For example, the Smart Fill tool can fill the loops of a freehand line that crosses over itself. The Smart Fill tool creates a path around the area, so the filled object can be moved, copied, or edited.

Powerful, Accurate Tracing
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 provides a more streamlined, integrated tracing solution that delivers accurate and optimized bitmap-to-vector tracing results.

Integrated with CorelDRAW X3, the new Corel PowerTRACE allows users to quickly and easily convert bitmaps into editable vector graphics. Design professionals typically face the challenge of turning bitmap images into high-quality vector images to create logos for business cards, brochures, signs, and promotional items. For control and flexibility, Corel PowerTRACE generates a color palette that lets you easily pick which colors appear in the traced result and quickly convert them to the appropriate color mode, including spot colors. You can also choose from several preset tracing styles, color modes, and background options. With three different preview modes -- Before and After, Large Preview, and Wireframe Overlay -- Corel PowerTRACE makes it easy to analyze the result and adjust the settings used to trace your image.

Efficient Photo Editing
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 puts the focus on providing design professionals with more efficient, intuitive, and accurate photo editing.

Corel Photo-Paint X3 is now significantly faster when working with large images and applying photo effects, resulting in better real-time feedback and improving overall workflow efficiency. Improved object handling gives designers more precise control in rotating, skewing, or distorting objects. For large images, improved use of image cache provides significantly increased response time for previewing most effects and for manipulating objects.

The new, integrated Image Adjustment Lab saves designers valuable time and is accessible from both Corel Photo-Paint and CorelDRAW. Design professionals often work with files that have poor color balance and contrast, and they need to use multiple tools to make adjustments. The Image Adjustment Lab addresses this problem by uniting a number of manual and automatic controls for common color and tone corrections, providing an intuitive and fast way to achieve professional image adjustments. The Image Adjustment Lab also lets users create snapshots of their adjustments with just one click. The snapshots appear below the working preview, which lets users easily compare each snapshot against the original and choose the best result.

Built on the power of Corel KnockOut, the enhanced Cutout Lab includes new controls to simplify the process of cutting out image areas and to improve accuracy. The new Add Detail and Remove Detail tools make it easy to refine the cutout area. For easy reference when defining the cutout area, users can preview their cutout against the original image, or transparent, white, gray, or black backgrounds. For maximum flexibility, users can choose to save the cutout object and discard the original image, save the cutout object and keep the original image, or save the cutout object as a clip mask added to the original image. In addition, the Cutout Lab includes Undo and Redo buttons to quickly correct any mistakes.

Enhanced Compatibility
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 provides enhanced compatibility for more than 100 commonly used file formats, including Adobe Illustrator, Photocells, Corel Paint Shop Pro, Microsoft Office, JPEG, and PDF. Users can now seamlessly edit and exchange files in those formats. Outstanding support for spot colors has been added for Adobe Illustrator, PhotoShop, and PDF.

• The simple-to-use home art studio that makes it easy for you to draw, paint or turn your photos into paintings--the ideal way to get started with digital art
• Incredible selection of brushes, paints, pens and paper textures for adding unique touches to photos or creating cards, scrapbooks and other fun projects
• Tutorial-based guidebook and accompanying video tutorials/sample files teach you the application while you complete fun, instructional projects

• The ideal solution for designing professional page layouts using rich creative options
• Automate workflows and processes, including long-document publishing
• Design compelling page layouts that include transparency, creative effects, and gradient feathers

Design and produce professional page layouts.

Import and place several files at the same time with the new Multi-file Place feature.

Explore new creative possibilities
Discover a world of design possibilities with InDesign CS3. Expanded creative tools and options allow you to experiment quickly and flexibly and create sophisticated effects for text, images, and objects from within your page layout application. Apply effects such as inner glows and bevels without having to update linked files. Finer transparency control allows you to apply transparency independently on an object's stroke, fill, or content. Fade objects into the background using gradient feathers. And set beautiful typography using professional tools.

Be more productive Boost your efficiency through new and enhanced productivity tools that make it faster and easier to lay out, export, and print graphically rich pages. Support for styled tables and table cells as well as a host of powerful layout features, including an expanded Find/Change feature, allow you to easily apply global formatting and consistently edit text and objects. And work efficiently thanks to tight integration with other Adobe tools and technologies; native file format support; and consistent, reliable Adobe PDF output.

Automate routine tasks Save time and money by automating production workflows using InDesign CS3. From robust long-document support to flexible XML import, InDesign offers powerful features that minimize repetitive tasks. Streamline the creation of long documents with features such as advanced bullets and numbering, as well as running headers and footers. Accelerate routine tasks by writing scripts, and generate layouts from XML content with flexible and robust script-based rules.

Audience benefit

Graphic designers
Discover new levels of creative freedom and productivity with Adobe InDesign CS3 software. Tightly integrated with the Adobe applications you use most, InDesign CS3 delivers efficient production workflows and a more fluid creative environment for designing professional layouts with sophisticated graphics and typography.

Adobe PageMaker users
There's never been a better time for PageMaker users to switch to Adobe InDesign CS3 software. With its built-in support for familiar PageMaker features, such as multiple undo, robust style support, flexible gradients, easy table creation, and more, InDesign CS3 brings you a new level of creative freedom and productivity. It's also packed with features to help smooth your transition, including support for converting PageMaker 6.0-7.x files, a set of PageMaker compatible keyboard shortcuts, and popular PageMaker features such as Data Merge and Print Booklet for imposition. With an exclusive upgrade price for licensed PageMaker users, InDesign CS3 delivers superb functionality at a compelling value.

Print service providers
Adobe InDesign CS3 software addresses the needs of print professionals worldwide for reliable, consistent output controls. Encourage your customers to preflight and package their InDesign projects to help ensure smoother handoffs. Prevent costly errors on press by evaluating and adjusting separations, overprint, and transparency flattener settings onscreen. Then use print presets to output files more efficiently. Easily set up high-end Adobe PDF-based print production workflows, automate processes using JDF, and provide Adobe PDF export presets to customers to get the best results. With InDesign CS3, you can exercise exacting control over your print production workflow.

IT professionals and developers
Invest in Adobe InDesign CS3 software for professional page layout to help streamline production, reduce costs, and increase quality in your publishing workflows. Tight integration with other Adobe applications and built-in support for native Adobe file formats helps shorten production cycles while better supporting all-digital workflows. InDesign snippets, style sets, custom workspaces, and other resources allow teams to work more efficiently and consistently. Flexible XML import and export controls, plus robust scripting support, lay a strong foundation for automating workflows and efficiently publishing to multiple media. Join leading publishers and design organizations worldwide in achieving higher productivity with better quality and lower costs using InDesign CS3.

Add gradient stops to create a feather effect.

Top Ten New Features

Creative effects and controls
Design compelling page layouts that include transparency, creative effects, and gradient feathers. Since effects are live and nondestructive, you can experiment with ease. Apply effects independently to an object's stroke, fill, or content.

Productivity enhancements
Perform a variety of tasks more efficiently using new and enhanced productivity features, including Multi-file Place, Quick Apply, faster frame fitting, and the visual Pages panel.

Table and cell styles
Quickly and consistently format tables using table and cell styles. Even use regional cell styles to apply unique formatting to specific areas of a table, such as its header, footer, and body.

Robust long-document support
Maintain consistency and streamline the production of long documents using advanced bullets and numbering, running headers and footers, and synchronized master pages.

Advanced Find/Change on text and objects
Apply changes to text and object attributes across one or more documents. Include master pages, footnotes, and locked or hidden layers in a search; save search settings for easy reuse; and perform grep pattern-based searches on strings of text.

XHTML export
Enable multiformat publishing, including print-to-web workflows, by exporting Adobe InDesign content as XHTML. Edit the exported content in Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 software (available separately) and automatically format it using cascading style sheets.

Intuitive and customizable workspace
Work in an environment that makes it easier to be productive. Keep just the tools, panels, and menus you use most at your fingertips, and dock self-adjusting panels out of the way when not in use to free up your workspace.

Placed InDesign files
Reuse layouts by placing INDD files in another InDesign document. Links remain intact, and InDesign automatically notifies you of updates to the linked INDD file.

Rule-based layouts from XML
Use scripts that apply rules to automatically build page layouts and format text and graphics from XML content.

Automation through scripting
Automate tasks by writing scripts in JavaScript, AppleScript, and VBScript. Attach a JavaScript to a menu command so it runs automatically when the command is chosen, and protect scripts for commercial use through enhanced JavaScript.

Additional Features

Extensive integration
Work smoothly with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, InCopy, and Dreamweaver software; enjoy consistency by using shared presets and color settings; work more efficiently with native file format support; and easily publish to multiple media.

Reliable prepress and printing
Have confidence in your output. Get accurate, consistent results every time you print using sophisticated preview capabilities, exporting reliable Adobe PDF files, and sharing custom presets.

Professional typographical controls
Compose beautiful typography using professional controls including the Paragraph Composer, OpenType fonts, drop caps, glyphs, and optical kerning and margin alignment.

Full-featured tables
Create richly formatted tables. Import tab-delimited text files and styled Microsoft Word or Excel tables, or build tables in InDesign. Apply a wide variety of formatting options manually or using table and cell styles.

Smart text handling
Control your text with intelligent text-handling features including the ability to import styled text from Microsoft Word files, apply complex text wraps around objects, and comprehensively replace fonts.

Scripting and extensibility
Accelerate and simplify workflows by automating processes using scripts and extending the capabilities of InDesign using the ExtendScript toolkit.

Creative effects
Apply new visual effects, such as inner glow or bevel and emboss, using an interface that's consistent with Adobe Photoshop to specify offset, angle, and other options. Apply effects independently to an object's stroke, fill, and content.

Gradient feathers
Create beautiful effects by applying masks that contain gradients so the objects fade into the background. Customize options such as gradient angles and fade rates, all within Adobe InDesign.

Adobe-standard user interface
Get up to speed quickly with familiar commands, tools, panels, and keyboard shortcuts.

Backward compatibility
Open QuarkXPress 3.3-4.1x files, PageMaker 6.0-7.x files, and files created in earlier versions of Adobe InDesign in InDesign Interchange (INX) format in InDesign CS3 to keep working with legacy files.

Adobe Photoshop and Adobe PDF layer support
Control the visibility of layers in imported Photoshop and PDF files. Experiment with design options or use multiple variations of a file in your layout, all while linking to a single file.

Adobe PDF file export
Use built-in Adobe PDF export presets--or create custom presets--to consistently and reliably create Adobe PDF files for electronic review or final output. Create ISO-standard PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-3 files for high-resolution CMYK printing, as well as PDF/X-4 (draft) files.

Table and cell styles
Quickly and consistently format tables using table and cell styles. Even use regional cell styles to apply unique formatting to specific areas of a table, such as its header, footer, and body.

Multiple Undo/Redo
Experiment freely and retrace multiple steps using the Undo and Redo commands.

High-resolution graphics preview
Display graphics in high resolution for precision work or to preview the graphics within your layout. Easily switch back to lower resolution view for faster onscreen display.

Enhanced Control panel
See more options in the context-sensitive Control panel, including transparency, text wrap, and rotation. Customize the panel to show the options you use most frequently.

Custom print presets
Define and share custom print presets among service providers and customers for a fast, reliable way to print jobs that require consistent settings for many print options.

JDF integration between Adobe InDesign and Acrobat
Pass JDF job information to Acrobat with Adobe PDF files that you export from InDesign. Print service providers can then streamline prepress and print processes using JDF automation.

Output previews
Prevent mistakes from occurring on press by checking plates, overprinting, and ink limits, and help ensure the best results when printing transparency effects using output preview panels. Use Overprint Preview mode to proof spot-color effects and overprint settings.

Preflight and packaging
Avoid delays and costly production errors by preflighting documents to check for problems. Then package them for print or web handoff or export them as Adobe PDF files.

Consistent color
Synchronize ICC-based color management settings across Adobe applications to achieve consistent color onscreen. Exchange swatches across the components of Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design software.

Flexible XML workflows
Use XML rules to dynamically generate documents with formatting and graphics based on imported XML, and apply XSLT style sheets when importing or exporting XML content.

Automation through scripting
Automate tasks by writing scripts in JavaScript, AppleScript, and VBScript. Attach a JavaScript to a menu command so it runs automatically when the command is chosen, and protect scripts for commercial use through enhanced JavaScript.

ExtendScript utility
Use the ExtendScript toolkit to create, edit, and debug JavaScripts in InDesign.