Adobe InDesign Reviews & Product Details

I love InDesign, I use it almost everyday in my marketing position. It is extremely easy to learn, and it makes one of the best products I've seen compared to other software options. For me, InDesign is most effective when used in conjunction with other Adobe Creative Suite Software.

The software and the files take up a lot of memory on my computer. Other than that, I don't really have any complaints.

We use InDesign for almost all of our design material. Before, the marketing team was using Microsoft Office and all of the material (flyers, posters, online ads) looked unprofessional and cheaply made. A small investment in Adobe software really helped us see a return.

I love that once you get the hang of all the different avenues you can take to get to where you want to be on your layout, you have true freedom for how you want your documents to work. It also is awesome how sometimes you can talk to other files such as photoshop

There is a learning curve to all the different ways you can accomplish one single way of your layout and design. My only grievance with Adobe products is that sometimes the tools may look the same but do not do the exact same thing in all programs

I am solving layout design as well has pre-flight and printing techniques. The ease of use in regards to CMYK black and the other black makes the adjustment change. I also like the way I can manipulate the type in this program.

The ease to move things around. The vast ways you can design a product with what ever vision you have. Very easy to design printed materials.

Not being able to manipulate vectors as easily.

Great for designing marketing materials.

The ability to make pages, layers and link items all within the same document. I am also able to manage large files that are several pages long with ease.

The use of master pages vs layers. Sometimes things get lost and printers are unable to locate where the item is. I would also like if the effects dropdown were in the same place as the other Adobe products.

Ability to layout and manage large documents with several moving parts. It allows me to stay organized and keep documents professional-looking.

Indesign is incredibly intuitive and a print designers best friend. From expertly crafting the perfect typography, or laying out photos InDesign has it all. My favorite element are the guides -- which not all programs utilize.

I wish I could manipulate photographs more -- I do like that I am able to "update with photoshop" but there should be a small selection of photo manipulation options within the program itself to really amp it up.

I am creating designs for marketing collateral for my clients. I have realized the easy export to PDF and the ease at linking assets is a great benefit.

The ease of use, the possibilities, the ability to integrate other products.

Nothing is wrong with this product. I love so much about it.

Creation of products, logos, and graphics.

I like that InDesign is geared towards someone who implements a lot of text. You can easily reformat the size, style and intricate details of type. You can also easily manipulate the way text boxes work and how they're organized on the page--far easier to do in InDesign than Illustrator or Photoshop. I also like the alignment tools and the ability to easily edit the size of your document using any unit that you prefer.

InDesign isn't as intuitive to learn as other text+design programs are, so you'll have to go through some online training to get the hang of how to format things like books, brochures and magazine spreads.

We're solving informational problems with InDesign: making brighter and more colorful pamphlets and brochures that have totally replaced our old, text-heavy word processing documents and flyers. We're benefiting from it's ease of use by not hiring design work outside of the office.

We love that InDesign is included in the Adobe CC. The price is fantastic and we've used it to put together brochures, magazines, and other publications. This works great when working with printers who use the Adobe products without having to work with a publishing company for the design work.

There isn't much to dislike about this program. It's not intuitive so if you aren't sure what you're doing, I'd recommend taking a class.

We have used this program to publish for nonprofits without having to use an outside design company.

InDesign is perfect for doing layout design. The different view modes are handy to see what the final file will look like. The control over font and paragraph parameters is the best out of any Adobe product.

The drawing tools aren't the best, however I don't mind so much because that is what illustrator is for.

I have used InDesign almost exclusively for all layout design projects. InDesign is a really powerful too, and not too hard to learn. It's ability to work seamlessly with other Adobe products makes for an efficient workflow.

Intuitive to use if familiar with other Adobe products. Great tools for single page print documents or multi-page ones. Plays nicely with files imported or pasted from Photoshop and Illustrator (even vector shapes). Even has some of the same features, like layers and layer styles.

Lots of hidden tricks that can take awhile to learn. Can be slow with larger files.

Create and manage 80+ page catalog files as well as tri-fold brochures, print ads for magazines, and internal documents.

Quick, efficient, flexible and stable program.

The recent push for creative cloud everything.

Laying out brochures and flyers.

InDesign can be used for many different projects that I create. I can use it for creating in house marketing to personal graphics such as resumes. It's great because I'm not too good at photoshop so it's faster and easier for me to complete these projects.

I hate that I can't open projects that I've work on with InDesign 2015 with InDesign 2014. Just one year difference impacts me from opening that project. Other than that, I pretty much love the product, it's still easy to understand.

Creating well done marketing materials. Without InDesign I can't create the marketing materials we use in house.

This is a great program to make all of my marketing materials. I use this every day.

The program freezes once in a while and I lose my work. Other than that, I dont have any complaints.

We are solving the problem of creating marketing materials for our sales reps to use when selling our products.

InDesign is the best layout software there is especially with its integration with other Adobe products. InDesign is easy to use, has more features than you'll ever use. Because it's Adobe there is a great support structure if you need help.

Occasionally the palettes disappear for no reason I can figure out and I need to restart the program to make them show up.

In our business we make a lot of print ads and this fulfills the need whether it is a small or large publication. I've also used it for creating images for email marketing.

I like the fact that is easy to get used to, easy to use, and it integrates with the other Adobe Creative Cloud apps. And the fact that it comes with Typekit means that one can add professional fonts like Proxima Nova to their library just by subscribing to Creative Cloud. I've used InDesign since my college days, so I know that it is an excellent program. In general, InDesign is a core part of our business along with that of many agencies.

I don't like some of the controls - they could be easier at times. For example, picture resizing could be simpler and more in line with other programs like Apple Pages and Keynote. Pricing and licensing could be a little more straightforward as well, but that is true for the entire Creative Cloud suite.

Recently, InDesign helped our agency deliver a brand standards guide for a new major client. With InDesign, we could design the standards guide fast and easily edit it as needs evolved.

I like how easy is to use if you ever have used illustrator before. I like the smart guidelines, smart object options.

for some reason I can't think of anything I didn't like at this point. Maybe I would like to have option to add notes, for the team member who will use the same files later.

flyers, book covers, resume layouts, school year book, album cover, comic panel layeout

Precise with guidelines - versatile with web and print. Best with multiple page books to keep organized.

I like Illustrator better when it comes to their multiple art boards.

Print ready to send to printers.

Has everything I need for my layout design needs.

I dislike the slight differences across the different Adobe platforms (switching from InDesign to Photoshop to Illustrator... slight differences in keyboard shortcuts for example)

I use InDesign to design advertisements, proposals and much more to meet the design and marketing needs of my company.

I like how easy it is to learn the system, and that they have countless tools for your reference if you don't know how to do something. Indesign wasn't too complicated for me to figure out, as it was my first time using it in a professional setting.

Sometimes i wished that indesign had more elements of Photoshop or Illustrator. So I didn't have to flip flop between them as much.

Before I started at my job, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, the graphics and design projects were lacking. They did have a graphic designer and would design what they need in Publisher or hire an outside source. Now, the design projects are more aesthetically pleasing to the eye!

InDesign offers a wide variety of tools for the user to create books, posters, and/or other graphics for advertising. Since it is also an Adobe product is is easy to import files and graphics from other adobe products as well.

There are many different tools and functions so it can be a little difficult to navigate without training.

I use this product to create advertisements and posters for my business and personal use. However, overall this product (once familiar with the basic settings) is the best software for publishing.