You'll find a slew of controls that will help you bring your ideas to life. InDesign supports Photoshop and PDF layers, object transparency, OpenType fonts, anchored objects, and tables. These design features give you the flexibility to take your designs to the next level.

InDesign supports Adobe Bridge, a tool that lets you organize, browse and label graphics that will be used in InDesign documents. You can also set object styles that will globally update formatting. InDesign also supports snippets that can be reused across multiple documents, smart text handling, and has flexible support for XML data.

InDesign integrates seamlessly with the other applications in the Adobe Creative Suite, such as Acrobat, Photoshop, and Illustrator. It allows you to export your documents directly to the popular PDF file format. The software also lets you export to XML, allowing for a more streamlined print to web workflow.