What is Adobe InDesign?
Adobe InDesign is the industry-leading layout and page design software for print and digital media. Create beautiful graphic designs with typography from the world’s top foundries and imagery from Adobe Stock. Quickly share content and feedback in PDF. Easily manage production with Adobe Experience Manager. InDesign has everything you need to create and publish books, digital magazines, eBooks, posters, interactive PDFs, and more.
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89 Likeliness to Recommend
96 Plan to Renew
83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
+85 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Adobe InDesign?
Pros
- Enables Productivity
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Trustworthy
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Layout Editing
Text Editing
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Drag and Drop Design
Data Visualization
Graphics Editing
Collaboration
Asset Hub
Social Media Integration
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Adobe InDesign Reviews
Marissa N.
- Role: Sales Marketing
- Industry: Biotechnology
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Jul 2021
Go-to Layout Software
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Adobe InDesign from other similar products?
Adobe InDesign is the only software I know out there that has the features that make laying out any marketing collateral as simple as it does
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
I like how simple it is to apply words to the desired slots and how easy it is to wrap images around the texts. It makes everything look very professional!
What do you dislike most about this product?
There aren't as many capabilities with image editing once you have them placed.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Get the whole Adobe Suite, you will likely need the capabilities of various programs.
Pros
- Unique Features
- Effective Service
- Inspires Innovation
- Saves Time
ANjali G.
- Role: Consultant
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jun 2021
Superb multifunctionality in affordable ranges.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Adobe InDesign from other similar products?
Better options to edit before publishing a doc are phenomenal and sets it apart from other products.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Text Editing
What do you dislike most about this product?
Data Visualisation
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Must try, if you are planning to publish anything new without guidance. This software ensures you have all options for editing the doc in the required format with right templates.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Muhammad S.
- Role: Operations
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Jun 2021
Best tool to create Digital and Printing materials
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Adobe InDesign from other similar products?
The best tool in the market has all the features for digital printing, stationery, catalogue, and all digital publications. Creative designing, paragraph borders, alignment, font filtering and text management through the creative cloud.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
All of the features are favorite but some of those are HTML exports, compatible for all OS, quick launch, integration with other Adobe tools especially with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, object styles, and a variety of pre-designed templates to save time and avail quality product.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Compatibility issues with third-party plugins Hanging issue Updating issues
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you are looking for a good tool for all of your digital documentation, printing, stationery, reports, resume, books, and magazine, Adobe InDesign is the best choice, it has reasonable pricing, advanced features, HTML exports, and a huge library of templates, highly recommended.
Pros
- Reliable
- Continually Improving Product
- Performance Enhancing
- Trustworthy