InDesign CC — Part of Adobe Creative Cloud
With InDesign CC, you can design, preflight, and publish a broad range of content in print, online, and for tablet apps. Create page layouts quickly and efficiently with precise control over typography, using built-in creative tools and an intuitive design environment. Under-the-hood improvements and native 64-bit support let you work fast, even on the most complex documents.
Because InDesign CC is part of Adobe Creative Cloud, you get immediate and exclusive access to all the latest updates and new features as soon as they’re released, and you always control when to download and install them. You can also conveniently sync settings between your computers; use 20GB of cloud storage for file sharing and collaboration; showcase your work on Behance; and tap into a free and growing library of expert training videos from Adobe and others.
Download, install, and run the full version of InDesign CC on your own computer and conveniently manager your subscription from your games and software library.
Work fast with native 64-bit support.
View your layouts with utmost clarity thanks to HiDPI and Retina display support.
Find fonts quickly by typing any part of a font name or style.
See how different fonts will look in your layout with instant font preview.
Create crisp, clear QR codes right within InDesign.
With the Save to Cloud command, your files are accessible on any device.
Product Features
- Professional page layout software for print and digital publishing, built for designers, prepress and production professionals, and print service providers
- The full version of InDesign CC to download, install, and run on your computer
- Immediate access to all the latest updates and new features as soon as they're released
- 20 GB of cloud storage to keep your files organized across multiple computers and share your work with colleagues and clients
- Easy syncing of your InDesign settings across multiple computers with Adobe Creative Cloud
- Growing library of expert video tutorials to help you learn and master new skills
- Professional online portfolio with Behance ProSite
- Installation on up to two computers — Mac or PC
New Features — Available Only in InDesign CC
- Fast performance: Harness all of your system’s RAM with native 64-bit support. With InDesign CC, your work goes fast, even in processor-heavy functions such as printing and export of PDF and INX files.
- Modern UI: The user interface is consistent with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, letting you work smoothly across applications. And you control the brightness of the UI so you can see your layouts clearly.
- HiDPI and Retina display support: From text to complex artwork, every element of your design is displayed with utmost clarity and vibrancy, thanks to support for the high-resolution Retina display on the new MacBook Pro.
- Font search and filter: Find the perfect font — fast. Type any portion of a font name, such as “bold,†“semicondensed,†“italic,†or any part of a font family name, and see only the fonts that match your criteria.
- Instant font preview: Quickly see how different fonts look in your layout. Use the arrow keys to browse through fonts and see each one applied to your selected text. When you find the best fit for your design, just click its name or press Enter to make your choice.
- Font favorites: Find the fonts you use most often without wading through your entire collection. Mark your favorites, and then decide whether to display only those or the full set.
- QR Code Creator: Create crisp, clear QR codes right within InDesign. Because InDesign CC creates vector codes, you can resize them without compromising quality and copy them into applications like Illustrator. At any point, you can edit the QR code directly within InDesign.
Exclusive Creative Cloud Benefits
- Ongoing feature updates: You always have access to new features as soon as they’re released. Just download the latest whenever you want.
- 20 GB of storage on Creative Cloud: With the Save to Cloud command in InDesign, your files (including layers) are accessible on any device. Share them with team members or clients. Changes are tracked, so you can always access previous versions.
- Sync Settings: Work the way you like on any of your computers — Mac or PC. Synchronize your workspace settings to Creative Cloud so they go where you go.
- Behance: Your Creative Cloud paid membership comes with the Pro features of Behance, including ProSite — a fully customizable professional portfolio.
- Expert training:Sharpen your skills and master new tools with a growing library of exclusive video tutorials and inspirational content from experts at Adobe and leading partners.
- Access to Mac OS and Windows versions: You can install InDesign CC on your main computer as well as on one backup.
Other Top Features
- Print publishing: Print long and short documents directly to a desktop printer or as PDF files for professional printing. Work efficiently thanks to Adaptive Design Tools, productivity tools, and more.
- Digital publishing: Create many kinds of digital documents. Develop sophisticated content for popular tablets by pairing InDesign with Adobe Digital Publishing Suite. Design eBooks for popular devices, including Kindle and Nook. Export interactive layouts as SWF or PDF files.
- iPad apps without coding: Create iPad apps without writing code. Access Digital Publishing Suite, Single Edition (part of Creative Cloud complete membership) from within InDesign and use familiar tools to develop iPad apps. Creative Cloud members can submit unlimited single-edition iPad apps to the Apple App Store.
- Adaptive Design Tools: One design. Unlimited layouts. Adaptive Design Tools, including linked content, Alternate Layouts, liquid page rules, and Content Collector tools, let you efficiently repurpose your work for various page sizes, screen sizes, and orientations without sacrificing control.
- Preflight and production tools: Speed up production and reduce errors with live preflighting of print and digital documents, document-installed fonts, background PDF export, JDF technology, and PDF/X export.
- Productivity tools: Work faster, smarter, and better with productivity tools for every workflow. Produce complex page layouts efficiently with Adaptive Design Tools, Smart Guides, rapid table creation, on-object controls, and more.
- Robust text composition: Create sophisticated text with precise typography. Efficiently design type with styles, text wrap, the Paragraph Composer, OpenType support, drop caps, style mapping for EPUB export, and more.
- Automation: Create powerful automated workflows using standards-based XML features to lay out pages with text and images. Incorporate database-driven content to publish across channels.
- Persistent text-frame fitting: Set frames to automatically resize to fit your text, based on simple parameters. With persistent text-frame fitting, frames expand and shrink dynamically as you edit headlines, callouts, or other variable content.
- Paragraphs that span columns: Quickly reconfigure paragraphs to span more than one column, such as a headline, or to split into multiple columns — without creating separate text frames. Keep related lines together as the text flows.
- Support for many languages: Publish documents for use worldwide. InDesign includes dictionaries and composition support for languages including Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Hebrew, Japanese, and Indic languages.
- PDF forms within InDesign: Design PDF forms without leaving InDesign. You can add interactive form fields, and even assign the tab order using the Articles panel, before you export your document to PDF.
System Requirements
Windows
- Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 processor
- Microsoft Windows 7 with Service Pack or Windows 8
- 2 GB RAM (8 GB recommended)
- 2.6 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot intsall on removable flash storage devices)
- 1024 x 768 display (1280 x 800 recommended) with 32-bit video card
- Adobe Flash Player 10 software required to export SWF files
- Internet connection and registration are necessary for required software activation, membership validation, and access to online services
Mac OS
- Multicore Intel processor
- Mac OS X v10.6.8, v10.7, or v10.8
- 2 GB RAM (8 GB recommended)
- 2.6 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash storage devices)
- 1024 x 768 display (1280 x 800 recommended) with 32-bit video card; supports Retina display
- Adobe Flash Player 10 software required to export SWF files
- Internet connection and registration are necessary for required software activation, membership validation, and access to online services.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Do I need an Internet connection to use InDesign CC?
A: All Creative Cloud desktop applications are downloaded directly to your computer. Once InDesign CC is installed, you won’t need to be connected to the Internet in order to use it. (Downloading the latest updates and using features like Sync Settings requires an Internet connection.)
Q: If I decide to leave Creative Cloud, will I lose access to my files?
A: When you create files with any of the creative apps from Adobe, the files are yours. Adobe doesn\u2019t take any ownership of those files. When you save your files to Creative Cloud, you\u2019ll always have a local copy of them. Even if you cancel your Creative Cloud membership, your files remain on your local hard drive. And you\u2019ll always have access to a free level of membership that provides 2GB of storage for files.
Q: With InDesign CC, will I be forced to always run the newest version?
A: You will always have access to the latest version, but you won’t be forced to upgrade. You can continue to run whichever version you want until you’re ready to download and install the latest version. You will also have access to older versions of the software to download, starting with CS6.
Q: What are the differences between the InDesign CC single-app membership and a Creative Cloud complete membership?
A: In addition to all the features of the InDesign single-app membership, a complete membership also gives you the latest versions of all the other Creative Cloud desktop apps, including Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe Muse, Dreamweaver, Adobe Premiere Pro, and After Effects, as well as Adobe Acrobat Pro, Photoshop Lightroom, and many more. Creative Cloud complete membership delivers everything you need to create, collaborate, and publish — all in one place.