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About

InDesign is the industry-leading layout and page design software for print and digital media. Create beautiful graphic designs with typography from the world՚s top foundries and imagery from Adobe Stock. Quickly share content and feedback in PDF. Easily manage production with Adobe Experience Manager. InDesign has everything you need to create and publish books, digital magazines, eBooks, posters, interactive PDFs, and more. Design everything from stationery, flyers, and posters to brochures, annual reports, magazines, and books. With professional layout and typesetting tools, you can create multicolumn pages that feature stylish typography and rich graphics, images, and tables. Create digital magazines, eBooks, and interactive online documents that draw people in with audio, video, slideshows, and animations. InDesign makes it easy to manage your design elements and quickly deliver immersive experiences in any format.

About

Create polished, professional layouts without the hassle. Precisely lay out and style text, pictures, borders, calendars, and more. In Publisher everything you add stays exactly the way you’ve designed it, in print, online, or in an email. Easily design unique, specialized materials for any purpose. Create everything from simple greeting cards and labels to professional newsletters and marketing materials using Publisher’s wide range of pre-designed templates. Publish in the way that suits your audience best. Share pixel-perfect printouts, send professional-quality email publications, or export to industry-standard non-editable formats.*

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

Layout and page designers

Audience

Anyone who needs a desktop publishing solution

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

$20.99 per month
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

$6.99 per year
Free Version
Free Trial

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.4 / 5
ease 4.0 / 5
features 4.7 / 5
design 4.7 / 5
support 4.7 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 4.7 / 5
support 5.0 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • This is extremely versatile useful when it decides to work. The subscription is only about $20 a month, which is not bad at all.
  • Adobe InDesign is the industry leader for desktop publishing. It's loaded with features and continues to improve with each update they release.
  • After using InDesign for 10+ years, I find it to be so intuitive. Continuous text boxes are so easy, the smart guide system is awesome, super easy to track down broken linked graphics.
  • If you want to make sure the content and the appearance of what you write looks appealing and interesting you should go for it. Easy to use and plenty of tools for the best experience.
  • InDesign makes it very simple to handle multi page designs like user manuals, brochures, magazines etc. that have multiple sections with separate layouts and themes. Definitely a better tool than using Photoshop.

Cons

  • Usually crashed or would recall a project and immediately say the project is unreachable.
  • There is a steep learning curve to using the software if you've never used it before.
  • Embarrassingly, it took me years to figure out that the reason my PDFs always saved with pixelated graphics was because of a compression setting in the Export window - it doesn't make a lot of sense to me that the default option would be majorly compressed. But that was kind of a personal problem/operator error!
  • It could be cheaper, and the option of direct publication should e there. Other than this, it is quite amazing.
  • You're in for a frustrating experience of you're coming from Photoshop. InDesign is great but takes time to get used to.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Microsoft Publisher is a great piece of software which allows one to publish enterprise standard newsletters, brochures and booklets. It has the familiar ribbon interface and is quite simple to use after a while. It can be used to draft simple as well as complex layouts and can export them in a number of formats.
  • Microsoft Publisher is very easy to design tools. It also offers great premade templates to select and make a more appealing design. Backup and instant share is very convenient.
  • Works well if you need to design a flyer or any type of simple design for businesses or events. Pretty simple to use.

Cons

  • The only limitation is that it is available on Windows desktop only, no way to access it from web or mobile.
  • It worked great for me. Nothing to share about the con.
  • Not hard to use at all. No cons I think from my experience.

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Company Information

Adobe
Founded: 1982
United States
www.adobe.com/products/indesign.html

Company Information

Microsoft
Founded: 1975
United States
products.office.com/en-us/publisher

Alternatives

Alternatives

Publisher Plus

Publisher Plus

PearlMountain
Publisher Plus

Publisher Plus

PearlMountain
Swift Publisher

Swift Publisher

BeLight Software

Categories

Categories

Desktop Publishing Features

For eBooks
For Newspapers / Magazines
For Printing
Handles Database Formats
HTML Import / Export
Image Editing
Multiple Editing Layers
Object Snapping / Grouping
PDF Export / Import
Templates

Publishing and Subscriptions Features

Advertising Management
Books
Campaign Management
Catalogs
Circulation Management
Content Management
Layout & Design
Magazines
Newsletters
Newspapers

Desktop Publishing Features

For eBooks
For Newspapers / Magazines
For Printing
Handles Database Formats
HTML Import / Export
Image Editing
Multiple Editing Layers
Object Snapping / Grouping
PDF Export / Import
Templates

Integrations

ABCpdf .NET
Adobe Portfolio
Cerebro
CoCut
Congree
CtrlPrint
Daminion
DataPocket
Extensis Connect
Frontify
HUP Editorial System
Image Relay
IntelligenceBank
Mail Merge Toolkit
Marvia
MediaGraph
NovaDB
PubTyper
WebProof
WoodWing Studio

Integrations

ABCpdf .NET
Adobe Portfolio
Cerebro
CoCut
Congree
CtrlPrint
Daminion
DataPocket
Extensis Connect
Frontify
HUP Editorial System
Image Relay
IntelligenceBank
Mail Merge Toolkit
Marvia
MediaGraph
NovaDB
PubTyper
WebProof
WoodWing Studio
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