Comments on: InDesign CS4: Top 10 New Features

by: Richard

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:17:24 +0000

I’m wondering if someone could help me. I’m looking for a comparison between QuarkXPress and InDesign. Even though this site is called “Quark vs InDesign,” the owner seems to have forgotten to include a comparison on the home page.

by: Ande Jones

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:31:00 +0000

I like Conditional features, it will helpful to us for educational books.

by: gianni

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:01:02 +0000

Deepak, sorry, for CS4 and in applescript. I sent it to Tips and Tricks

by: gianni

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:42:33 +0000

Deepak, I wrote a script for CS3 for equal white space between table columns. If interested leave a mail.

by: danielb

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:23:43 +0000

Nice features, but still waiting for them to update their woefully inadequate indexing feature. Large document creation is easy in every other respect…but indexing still seems to be in the dark ages requiring way too much tedious, manual work to create.

by: lightbulb

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:28:46 +0000

Dear Deepak, by using Indesign you can’t be in advantage :)

by: Typocrat

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:37:24 +0000

Clairesn, why not use layers?

by: Jeremy Callahan

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:28:19 +0000

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by: Deepak Aggarwal

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:50:16 +0000

Dear,

I have to design the educational book which have lots of tables. I need to fix equal space between the columns. But upto Indesign CS3 this feature is not available. We can just make column distribution equally. Will this advantage I get in Indesign CS4????

by: Pariah S. Burke

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:18:52 +0000

Hi, Clairesn.

…I mostly have to specify a separate spot plate of 1 overprinting color for this material. This plate is just left off the output list when it’s time to output the student edition to PDF…

From my experience using InDesign CS4’s conditional text, I would say that your method is going to work better than this 1.0 iteration of Conditional Text. Maybe in InDesign CS5, after people have had a chance to use and then communicate with Adobe about Conditional Text, it will become a more robust, more efficient feature for needs such as yours.

by: mamallan

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:53:17 +0000

Well nice to see such features..
Preflight check is quite appreciative…
But still there is lot to improve..

InDesign CS3 shuts down whenever we work heavily with huge pages and with huge number of high res images especially while working for long hours… I know everyone is facing this problem from the old ver cs2 of indesign. Will this problem will get solved in CS4?…

Is there any solution in this CS4?..

by: clairesn

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:10:54 +0000

The conditional text feature would be more useful for me and a lot of other textbook designers if the layout elements could be set NOT to reflow when tagged elements are hidden. Then you could easily print student/teacher editions of books. The teachers could be assured that they were looking at the exact same book the students were, with the same line breaks, but without all the answers. They need to be able to do this for classroom discussions.

It would also allow multiple colors & enriched material for teacher editions; right now I mostly have to specify a separate spot plate of 1 overprinting color for this material. This plate is just left off the output list when it’s time to output the student edition to PDF. The alternative use of layers works too, but it requires making sure the elements line up between layers in the right place. It would be GREAT to be able to click a magic button and have the teacher material just disappear.