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- InDesign User Guide
- Get to know InDesign
- Introduction to InDesign
- Workspace
- Generative AI (Not available in mainland China)
- Introduction to InDesign
- Create and layout documents
- Documents and pages
- Create documents
- Work with parent pages
- Work with document pages
- Set page size, margins, and bleed
- Work with files and templates
- Convert PDFs to InDesign files in InDesign (Beta)
- Create book files
- Add basic page numbering
- Number pages, chapters, and sections
- Convert QuarkXPress and PageMaker documents
- Share content
- Understand a basic managed-file workflow
- Save documents
- Grids
- Layout aids
- Documents and pages
- Add content
- Text
- Add text to frames
- Threading text
- South-East Asian Scripts
- Arabic and Hebrew features in InDesign
- Create type on a path
- Bullets and numbering
- Insert MathML to create math expressions
- Glyphs and special characters
- Text composition
- Text variables
- Generate QR codes
- Edit text
- Align text
- Wrap text around objects
- Anchored objects
- Linked content
- Format paragraphs
- Format characters
- Typography
- Format text
- Review text
- Spell check and language dictionaries
- Add references
- Styles
- Tables
- Interactivity
- Graphics
- Color and transparency
- Text
- Find and replace
- Share
- Export, import, and publish
- Place, export, and publish
- Publish online
- Publish online dashboard
- Copy, insert graphics
- Export to Adobe Express
- Export content for EPUB
- Adobe PDF options
- Export to HTML5
- Export content to HTML (Legacy)
- Export to Adobe PDF
- Export to JPEG format
- Import SVG files
- DPS and AEM Mobile overview
- Supported File Formats
- Export and import User Settings
- Printing
- Place, export, and publish
- Extend InDesign
- Automation
- Troubleshooting
Your computer must meet the minimum technical specifications outlined below to run and use InDesign.
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Your system must meet these minimum requirements to use InDesign October 2024 (version 20.0) release and later.
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Note:
It is not possible to install the 20.x versions on Intel® 3rd Generation of processors or older (as well as older AMD processors). |
Operating system |
Supported on Windows 10 versions 21H2, 22H2, and Windows 11 versions 22H2, 23H2. |
RAM |
Minimum 8 GB of RAM (16 GB recommended) |
Hard disk |
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Monitor resolution |
1024 x 768 display (1920 X 1080 recommended), HiDPI display support Note: To use the InDesign Touch workspace, you must have a touch-screen-enabled tablet/monitor running Windows 10 or above (such as Microsoft Surface Pro 3) with the screen resolution set to 2160 x 1440 or more Scalable UI: Minimum monitor resolution required is 1920 x 1080. |
Internet connection |
Internet connection and registration are necessary for required software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.1 |
Processor |
Note:
The 20.x versions will not install on Mac Pro 2013 or older systems. |
Operating System |
Note:
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RAM |
Minimum 8 GB of RAM (16 GB recommended) |
Hard disk |
4.5 GB of available hard-disk space for installation. Additional free space is required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash storage devices). |
Monitor resolution |
1024 x 768 display (1920 x 1080 recommended), Retina display support. Scalable UI: Minimum monitor resolution required is 1920 x 1080. |
GPU |
For optimum GPU Performance, your Mac should have a minimum of 1024 MB of VRAM (2 GB recommended), and your computer must support Metal. Metal GPU feature is supported on:
To check for VRAM value, choose Mac > About This Mac (Graphics information) |
Internet connection |
Internet connection and registration are necessary for required software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.1 |
InDesign is not supported on case-sensitive file systems, removable storage devices, and network drives.2
Available language versions
InDesign is available in the following languages:
Dansk Deutsch English Español Français* Hebrew* |
Hungarian Italiano Nederlands Norwegian Polish Português (Brasil) |
Suomi Svenska Turkish Ukrainian čeština Русский |
عربي* 日本語 简体中文 繁體中文 한국어 |
* InDesign supports Arabic and Hebrew in the following versions with full right-to-left language support and Arabic/Hebrew features:
- Middle Eastern version with an English interface.
- North African French (Français*) version with a French interface.
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NOTES:
1. Internet connection, Adobe ID, and acceptance of license agreement required to activate and use this product. This product may integrate with or allow access to certain Adobe or third-party hosted online services. Adobe services are available only to users 13 and older and require agreement to additional terms of use and the Adobe Privacy Policy. Applications and services may not be available in all countries or languages and may be subject to change or discontinuation without notice. Additional fees or membership charges may apply.
2. Some of the unsupported virtualized or server-based environments include but are not limited to, Citrix Metaframe/Citrix Presentation Server, NVIDIA Grid, Microsoft App-V, VMWare, Parallels, and Virtual PC. "Thin Clients" are also server-based environments. InDesign has a few technical support boundaries for virtualized or server-based environments.