Adobe InDesign CS2 Leads Next Wave in Publishing and Design Innovation

Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced the latest version of its layout and design program, Adobe InDesign CS2. Available as a stand-alone software application or as a key component of Adobe Creative Suite 2, also announced today, InDesign CS2 software continues to demonstrate technology leadership by fine tuning the page layout workflow to make it easier, faster, more fluid, and versatile for designers.

Over the last two years major magazines, newspapers, book publishers, advertising agencies, graphic design firms, and corporate creative groups have adopted InDesign and continue to achieve significantly higher productivity and more refined creative results.

"Since its launch just five years ago, InDesign has shaken-up the page layout and design market, allowing household-name magazines, newspapers and brands to move to a modern, open standards based publishing workflow," said Shantanu Narayen, president and chief operating officer at Adobe. "InDesign CS2 builds on this market momentum, turbo-charging productivity while keeping creativity at the heart of the publishing process."

InDesign has emerged as a critical tool in the design process, serving as the central place where text, graphics, and images are assembled to prepare final pages for output. InDesign CS2 improves the speed and efficiency of designers