Conditional text

Use conditional text to deliver multiple versions of a document for different users and channels. Create conditions and apply them to text for audience customization. If you hide conditions, the remaining text and anchored objects reflow automatically in your layout. See Use conditional text.

Hyperlinks

Use the Hyperlinks panel to create hyperlinks that navigate to external URLs, link to files with supplemental information, launch an e-mail client, or jump to a page or section of a page within the same or even a different document. Verify your hyperlinks directly in InCopy CS4. See Hyperlinks.

Cross-references

Insert and edit cross-references. Choose among different formats, or create your own. Cross-references are easily updated when page numbering changes. See Cross-references.

All language user dictionary

Add a custom word, name, or phrase to a user dictionary and all languages treat the term as correctly spelled. See Add words to dictionaries.

Thesaurus improvement

A selected word is automatically loaded when you open the Thesaurus panel.

Autocorrect editing

Edit entries on your Autocorrect misspelling list without having to delete and add entries.

Tables in Story/Galley view

Tables in the Story View and Galley View display text in sequential columns and rows for easy editing.

Apply changes to cell and table borders without reselecting the stroke proxy borders.

Add notes in tables

Add inline notes in tables to collaborate more effectively. Store alternate text, designer communications, and other annotations in notes linked to specific text in a table.

Track changes in tables

Changes to text in tables can now be tracked just like text outside tables.

Nested line styles

Use nested line styles to apply complex character formatting through the end of a line. Formatting remains unchanged when text is edited. See Create nested line styles.

Style creation in context

In dialog boxes where you can select a character or paragraph style, you can create a style without having to exit the dialog box. This ability is especially useful when you’re generating a table of contents, creating nested styles, or using Find/Change to change text formatting to a style.

GREP styles

Apply character styles to any text in a paragraph that matches the GREP expression you specify. See Create GREP styles.

Text stroke control

Adjust stroke cap, end join, miter limit, and stroke alignment on text without having to convert characters to outlines. These stroke options are available in paragraph and character styles.

Spread view rotation

Adobe InDesign users can rotate the spread view temporarily at 90- and 180-degree angles. The ability to rotate spread views is especially important for working on non-horizontal design elements, such as rotated calendar spreads and tables. InCopy users can view a rotated spread in managed files. InDesign users control whether the spread is rotated or cleared of its rotation.

Facing Pages option

When creating standalone documents, you can turn off the Facing Pages option to work in a document with single-page spreads.

New XML-based file formats

Many of the filename extensions have changed based on the new markup language.

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ConnectNow

Collaborate with clients, colleagues, and vendors by sharing your desktop so that you can quickly complete group reviews and show your work with ease. Choose File > Share My Screen.

Assignments improvements

New assignment operations are now enabled for unsaved InDesign documents. You are now prompted to save the document.

The Assignments panel also included different options to update assignments. These options include Selected, Out-of-Date, and All. The All option updates all assignments, including those that aren’t out of date, thereby letting you view design changes that don’t affect the composition of assignment text.

Edit Original flexibility

Use the Edit With command to choose which application to use to edit a placed item instead of relying on the operating system to default to the appropriate program. See Edit original artwork.

Integration with Adobe Bridge CS4

Browse, organize, label, and preview graphics and InDesign documents, templates, and snippets in Adobe Bridge. Drag and drop assets from Adobe Bridge into layouts easily and efficiently. Search for files using metadata that specifies keywords, fonts, colors, and more. See About Adobe Bridge.

Integration with Adobe Version Cue CS4

Connect to Version Cue Server projects using Adobe Drive. The connected server appears like a hard drive or mapped network drive in Windows Explorer, Mac OS Finder, and in dialog boxes such as Open and Save As. See Adobe Version Cue.

Locked story enhancements

If a story is locked, you can still view character and paragraph information for a text selection. It’s no longer necessary to check out the story or copy and paste to a different story to view this information.

Versatile Links panel

Find, sort, and organize placed content with the redesigned Links panel. Scan link attributes and click to view details such as scale, rotation, and resolution. Customize the Links panel to suit your working preferences.

Quickly replace low-resolution images used as placeholders with high-resolution images based on filename. Filename extensions are ignored. Simply relink to a new folder. See Links panel overview.

Customized workspace enhancements

Select from a number of established task-based workspaces that unclutter your screen and present only the menu commands and panel arrangements best for the current task. Customize your own menus and workspaces that can be shared and saved. See Save and switch workspaces.

Tabbed documents

Manage and work across multiple documents by tabbing through open documents to find the one you need without having to maximize each document individually. See Manage Document windows.

N-up view

Arrange viewing multiple documents in a single window so that you can compare content and drag objects across documents. Use a button to switch your views side by side, top and bottom, or however you want.

Application frame (Mac OS)

For Mac OS users, you have the option to work with documents and panels in a single window. Move or resize the window without losing access to panels or other opened documents. See Workspace overview.

Application bar

Use new control buttons in the menu bar to switch to a new workspace, modify the view of a document, perform a search, or quickly open Adobe Bridge CS4.

More nudge buttons

Use the Up and Down arrow keys to nudge values for paragraph and character styles, find/change formats, color, and more.

Dialog box positioning

Dialog boxes open in the same screen location in which they were closed.

Power zoom

Use the Hand tool to zoom out by holding down your mouse button. Continue to hold, and you can move the zoom area marquee across pages. Release, and the view returns to your original zoom level in your new location. Increase or decrease the size of the zoom area marquee using the Up and Down arrow keys or scroll wheel on the mouse. See Use power zoom.