Adobe InDesign Reviews & Product Details

I love that as an editor I can work well with the designer on my team to produce the best possible report layout for our financial donors. My designer uses this software to create report layouts, and I use it to make text edits or move around components within the layouts.

This may only be an issue on my particular computer, but I frequently lose toolbars within the software that I need in order to do my job well. Whether it's a change in the program's layout with each Adobe update or something that I'm unintentionally doing while in the program, I sometimes do have trouble locating different functions that I need to be able to access.

In the past, my team of writers and editors only had access to look at the final PDF exported from this program by our designer. But now that I have access to InDesign myself, I'm able to save time of back and forth with my designer because I can make text edits myself. I'm able to move and stretch text boxes, and it's nice to have the hands-on experience of being able to alter a design layout as needed.

I think Adobe InDesign ticks all the boxes when it comes to publishing software. It's a great all rounder. I use it for a variety of tasks but it hands down beats the free software on the market.

It can be a little bit expensive when you are paying for the entire Adobe Creative Cloud. But regardless it's such a great package to have. I would improve it by updating the interface.

I'm really happy with the features it has at the moment. It takes the guesswork out of a lot of our design/publishing tasks which frees us up to do other tasks in our business.

Easy to use, intuitive, adaptable. Support is goid as welll

Sometimes it is difficukt to find thr tools needed

Able to create printed materials easily

Manage designs in pages and master pages

Sometimes graphics are difficult to manage

creating business sets, catalogues, etc

There are different things I like about InDesign; the first one is that you can choose a large number of images to place on a document page or pages without having to select one by one; for example, in my particular case, I use it to design the yearbook for the school I work for and is very handy to have the option of select all the individual pictures of a large group of students at the same time. Another thing I like about InDesign is the different options to export the document depending on the use. And last but not least, I like a lot that the images linked in the document don't enlarge the size of the file, and you can create a package including all the links, fonts, etc.

I can't think of anything I dislike about InDesign.

InDesign helped me a lot since many years ago to create the school's yearbook, and It is very easy to use and understand. You can create very complex designs easily and export them in different formats as well as publish them. The packaging creation is convenient because you can easily share a document, including links, fonts, etc.

The complete tool set required for putting together both text and images in a document specially the content box approach. Integration with other Adobe software's like Photoshop and Illustrator is really amazing.

The color picker needs to be improved. It's not intuitive

I am working on creating reports for publishing in the domain of building energy performance. InDesign has made the process of managing and layouting the content of report very easy and smooth.

Very easy to use. Awesome integration with other Adobe apps, like Photoshop and Illustrator.

Sometimes I've encountered problems with interactive PDFs not retaining formatting or functioning the way they should.

I design all sorts of marketing collateral with InDesign, including ebooks, newsletters, brochures, and sales sheets (as in the sample upload).

I can do almost anything but image editing in this software

Its so functional and complete that its hard to find anything to dislike

long and short layout, logo design, accessibility hardwiring

Creating layouts can be a cumbersome task, and many options on the market are severely lacking. InDesign is fantastic for helping guide professional designs with depth for all use.

As with many Adobe products, the knowledge barrier is steep. Learning plays a vital role in using the software.

We used to do advertising in Microsoft Publisher, and it was mediocre clip art designs. InDesign has elevated how we advertise our library to professional levels.

Adobe InDesign is user-friendly and uber-powerful, even for new users. I spent years teaching InDesign to teenagers, and they were quick to learn the basics. By the end of our training session, these students were prepared to use InDesign to create yearbooks with graphics, photos, and complicated text treatments.

The cost can be too much for some to manage on their own. Student discounts help a great deal, though!

I've used Adobe InDesign as my primary design tool — for brochures, books, posters, fliers, and more — since it first launched many years ago. It is so flexible that I started doing simple word processing in InDesign!

I love that InDesign makes flyer creation easy. Yes, it can be not very easy when you're first learning, but it's MUCH more manageable once you're used to the control panel and how it works. InDesign makes our flyers clear and is helpful when sending items to the print shop, as you can designate the bleed and margins.

InDesign can be picky when dropping items into the workspace. Sometimes when dragging a photo into the workspace, it'll go into the wrong layer, and things will be hard to move. A little googling solves the issue, but it's still annoying.

We're able to make professional flyers in-house rather than outsourcing the job. InDesign allows us to save money AND time.

Formatting, formatting, formatting! Adobe Indesign makes good formatting possible for your publications and designs. I've used Canva before and loved it (it's extremely user-friendly), but it didn't have the formatting capabilities of Indesign.

There's definitely a learning curve when it comes to using InDesign. It took a week before I could create a good-looking newsletter, and there's still so much more to learn. On the positive side, that means that there are many more features to explore.

I currently create a monthly newsletter for my department in InDesign. The formatting capabilities of InDesign are superior to Canva, which is what we previously used for our department newsletters. I've also used InDesign to create personalized name tags.

I love all of the shortcuts InDesign has, and I love everything that I can create in there. From flyers to newsletters to really simple graphics, it allows me to create everything I need to do my job. The Master pages is probably my favorite feature. I also love how easy they made changing and formatting text.

I am still a beginner at InDesign, but I haven't found too much that I do not like yet. The only complaint I can think of so far is that I wish there was more consistency when switching between the views of the program. I switch back and forth between Essentials and Essentials Classic because there's certain things I need (fit picture to content for example) in Essentials that I cannot find for the life of me in Essentials Classic.

I am new to my position so I was not involved in the decision-making process to use the program. Therefore, I am not entirely familiar with the benefits or problems it is solving. I can say for myself that it allows me the ability to create more professional-looking content than just creating things in MS Word.

Indesign allows you to pop in PNGs or JPEGS and easily edit them

There are many functions offered by InDesign, but it is not very "beginner" friendly. It can be very overwhelming for someone using the software for the first time.

Able to edit maps, floor plans, site plans which are key for our industry.

I like that Adobe InDesign seamlessly integrates with the rest of the Adobe Creative Suite. I like that you can create bleeds and spot colors within the document. It also exports high resolution PDFs that I sent to my printing company.

Price is a little high, and it will take some training or online tutorials to fully operate and use the software to it's full capabilities.

I use InDesign for flyers, booklets, brochures, invitations, business cards, trade show materials, etc at work and it has been a breeze. It also exports files out in high resolution with crop marks, bleeds, etc. so I can send to my printing team.

Indesign makes it easy to create neat and beautiful presentations. The ability to create guides and snap images and texts to perfectly line up from page to page is very useful. It is an intuitive and easy program to use

There is not anything that I dislike about indesign.

Being able to create presentations and color coded floor plans for projects has been great. It is easy to create layers and hide/show the ones you want to share.

I like that the tools are all streamlined so that they are not only quick to access and use, but that they help you work quickly. The tools allow you to think big-picture and almost without thinking do all of the small stuff, like aligning, distributing, making sure text and colors are standard to your office document style, etc. I like the ease of using InDesign in conjunction with other Adobe products such as Photoshop and Illustrator. Regularly in the InDesign documents I produce, I am incorporating vector graphics from Illustrator and edited photos from Photoshop.

Really the only complaint I can think of is that it can be frustrating being someone who works in other Adobe software because the keyboard shortcuts are different across the programs. It would be really nice if they could match up, at least for the basic tools they share. I also wish that some of the tools from Photoshop could also be available in InDesign. Sometimes you have to do more graphic elements the long way in InDesign when it affects a whole page as opposed to individual images.

InDesign makes it easy to feel confident that all of the small details are taken care of. By using Character and Paragraph Styles, you're able to know that your text is formatted correctly across your document. With master pages, you're able to know that your pages are formatted correctly across your document. At the point of exporting or packaging a document, InDesign will prompt you for broken links, missing text, overset text, etc. which is really convenient. No matter how many times I've checked over my document, the check usually finds something.

This is a must have for publishing. I'm not even kidding you! I love the different page layouts that are possible. I can set up a typical book layout, or I can set up spreads that are more like a brochure. I can also set up multiple spreads with varying page sizes and page numbers. I also love the feature of making alternate layouts. BOOK so easy to do. It's so easy it is to integrate adobe cloud. All of my team members use it as well and are able to easily tap into the files that I am working on. I like that I can seamlessly place images in a document either by dragging and dropping from my folder, or import through the file tab. It's really awesome how much I can check the color separations right in the side pallet.

When importing illustrator images from the cloud, there's a white background. But really there isn't a a whole lot that I don't really like about InDesign. It's literally a must have for publishing. The only downside of using InDesign I think is that you have to have a cloud subscription to use it. It would be so nice if a person from editorial could go in and make the needed text edits.

There are so many business problems that you could solve using InDesignAt my company, we have primarily used Adobe InDesign for book layouts of all of our student editions and teacher's guides. We also use it to set up posters for trade-shows. Another really important use we have for InDesign is to create all the print collateral needed for the Sales teams and Marketing teams. It's extremely handy to be able to work cross platforms (mac and pc).

I love the amount of control you have when you work in Adobe Indesign. Out of all Adobe programs this is my absolute favorite because it easily allows you yo fine tune to perfection. It is the perfect program if you are working with a lot of text and need to fine tune a complicated layout. For a print designer it is an absolute dream to work with, because it has so many tools to help ensure the final print product is perfect saving a lot of time. I also love that it is so simple to import from other Adobe programs.

For people that are just starting out in Adobe Indesign, there is definitely somewhat of a learning curve which can be discouraging. There is a lot of tools and it isn't completely intuitive to use. I find this is the same thing with other Adobe programs as well. Once you get past the initial learning phase it is such an easy and efficient program to use when you need to create documents.

I have realized how easy it is to make a multi-page document (book, magazine, etc). The tools make it easy to create a cohesive document where you can edit the small, but very important details. I have also started to take advantage of the pre-made layouts (business cards, brochures, etc) within InDesign that make it extremely fast to create certain documents.

I use InDesign daily and I love easy to use it is. I love how it makes creating my print layouts easy.

The only thing that I do not like is how it sometimes crashes with my very detailed paper layout. My layout is very detailed, and for some reason it doesn't appreciate the level of detail and crashes.

I design advertising and marketing products for a real estate company. It also makes creating flyer templates easy. I love how easy it is to create booklets and brochures as well. I've used my created templates for years.