Adobe launches InDesign CS PageMaker edition

In a bid to help PageMaker users make a quick and successful transition to layout and design package In Design, Adobe Systems Inc has announced Adobe InDesign CS PageMaker Edition. Developed to meet the future layout and design needs of PageMaker customers, the new release includes a full version of Adobe InDesign CS software plus PageMaker Plug-in Pack, templates and training materials.

Adobe InDesign CS delivers production capabilities, creative freedom and cross-media support enabling customers to design layout and print pages, as well as export content to the Web, more rapidly and reliably. 

InDesign supports PageMaker workflows, Mac OS X Panther and has native file support for Adobe Photoshop CS and Illustrator CS assets. PageMaker has features such as Story Editor, to provide integrated word-processing functionality, the context-sensitive Control Palette which efficiently formats text, edits objects and fine-tunes tables in one location on a workspace, etc. 

The release further states that the Adobe PageMaker Plug-in Pack adds essential PageMaker capabilities to InDesign CS, extending conversion support to now include PageMaker 6.0 documents, as well as 6.5-7.x and QuarkXPress 3.3-4x files. It also includes the ALAP InBooklet special edition plug-in, automated bullets and numbering, data merge, the position tool and the ability to switch keyboard shortcuts in InDesign CS to match PageMaker shortcuts. 

Adobe InDesign CS PageMaker Edition for Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows will be available in the first calendar quarter of 2004 through Tech Pacific. For registered users who own any version of Adobe PageMaker, the estimated upgradation price for existing PageMaker users will be Rs 20,500 and that for educational users Rs 10,800. 

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