Datasheet
For information on customizing workspaces and keyboard shortcuts, see Chapter 4.
Versioning tools
How many times have you created a tight comp and had a client tell you that he or she likes another ver-
sion of the layout? You may create duotone images in Photoshop, offer a proof print to your client, and have
the client tell you he wants another spot color in the Photoshop images. You offer a second proof, and the
client informs you the first proof print is really the one that best fits his or her campaign. You’re back at
your design studio scrambling through your hard drive looking for the first versions, locating the files, and
importing or relinking them back into the layout.
The Creative Suite lets you easily revisit earlier versions of illustrations, photo images, and layouts. Along
with the standalone programs in the Creative Suite, you also receive Version Cue, a marvelous utility that
permits you to save multiple versions of a design in the same file. You decide what version to promote to
the current look, and the linked file in your InDesign CS3 document dynamically updates. In workflow
environments, nothing more easily tracks the current version of a design and quickly gets you to final out-
put with the correct version.
For more information on installing and using Version Cue and working with versions and alter-
nates, see Chapter 8.
Consistent color management
Have you ever created an illustration, dropped it into a layout program, and seen a completely different
color rendered in the layout? How about scanned images appearing with one color in Adobe Photoshop and
different color values in the layout program? With the Adobe Creative Suite, you can access the same color
engine and color-management policies among the design programs and Adobe Acrobat. In Creative Suite 3,
you can manage color across all the print-oriented programs including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and
Acrobat using Adobe Bridge. You assign color profiles in Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign, and these
applications all can conform to the same color management settings.
There is no support for color management or policies in Flash CS3, Dreamweaver CS3, or
Device Central CS3.
For more information on managing color across the Creative Suite programs, see Chapter 6.
For more information on using Adobe Bridge, see Chapter 7.
Dynamic object and image editing
Ever have last-minute changes that you need to make before the last FedEx pickup of the day? A layout is
complete, but you must quickly change an illustration or a photo image. In programs like Adobe InDesign
CS3, a double-click of the mouse button or the selection of a menu command launches the editing program
that created the object or image and opens the file in a document window. You make your edits and save
the file, and the edited version is dynamically updated. This kind of quick editing saves a number of steps
and streamlines your workflow.
For more information on dynamic object and image editing, see Chapter 26.
Visual file exchanges
Let’s face it; creative people are more visual and often work best in situations where they can first see a
document before importing it into another program. More than ever before, Adobe has created a visually
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