Adobe InDesign CS2 (Mac) [Old Version]

List Price: $699.00

Features:

• Object styles apply a wide range of graphic, text, and frame-level attributes as object styles to create more consistent designs and speed up production tasks
• Export InDesign objects as snippets, to share with colleagues or reuse in other documents
• Selectively display layers and layer comps in PDF files
• Easily Anchor callouts, pull quotes, margin notes, and graphics to text - control anchored objects, apply text wrap settings, and more
• Improved Microsoft Word and RTF support - map Word styles to InDesign styles, resolve name conflicts instantly, save presets for future use

Accessories:

Logitech NuLOOQ Navigator (965162-0403)

Customer Reviews:

THE industry standard [Posted on 2006-08-24]
Switching to InDesign a year ago from Quark was an amazing day for me. It meant I suddenly had all kinds of extra time on my hands. It took me a couple days of happily discovering what this program had to offer and has easily shaved a conservative average of an hour a day not having to deal with Quark bugs and its clunky interface.
One complaint stopping me from giving a five star is the hint of Adobe being a little sleazy in their upgrade protocol. I was forced to upgrade to CS2 when an outside firm designed something that could not even be opened in the CS1 version we had bought new only months before. Once I started using CS2, two print vendors were forced to upgrade as well because they could not open the files I sent them. I understand that you have to upgrade with the times, but making files completely useless unless you upgrade seems a little sleazy. I'm sure doing that makes Adobe a ton of cash, but it definitely makes me less loyal to a company that had me completely won over before. It also makes me wonder how much this newly dominant software is going to jerk around its customer base.

New Version of InDesign Almost Out [Posted on 2007-03-26]
Unless your needs are pressing, you might want to delay buying InDesign. InDesign CS3 will be announced tomorrow (March 27, 2007) and it'll ship toward the end of April. And yes, if you buy just before a new product is released, Adobe will usually give you an upgrade for the cost of shipping and handling. I just confirmed that this morning with a customer service rep. But you avoid a bit of hassle if you wait. And the new version has quite a few new features including a much improved user interface. Some graphics features of Photoshop have also been ported to InDesign.

And keep in mind that if you've got a licensed copy of PageMaker or an older version of InDesign back to 2.0, you can upgrade it to InDesign for much less than the full new price.

Mike Perry, author of Untangling Tolkien: A Chronology and Commentary for The Lord of the Rings

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