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friendly workplace for you. You can easily drag and drop objects and images between document windows
from one program to another, drag files from the desktop to open document windows, and copy and paste
objects and images between documents.
With Adobe Bridge, you can see all your files with thumbnail previews and drag and drop files
into different application documents. You also can drag and drop Microsoft Word and Excel
files into Adobe InDesign CS3 directly from the Bridge window.
For more information on importing and exchanging documents among programs, see Part III.
For information on using Adobe Bridge, see Chapter 7.
Support for PDF
With InDesign CS3 as the central core of your Creative Suite programs for design purposes, PDF is the cen-
tral file format for file exchanges and printing. All the Adobe CS3 programs, except for Flash and
Dreamweaver, support PDF imports and exports, and these CS3 applications use the same Adobe PDF set-
tings. In Creative Suite 3, PDF exports and imports are easier. InDesign CS3, as well as Photoshop CS3 and
Illustrator CS3, supports exports to PDF/X format, which is a reliable document format used for commercial
printing. Photoshop CS3 supports the creation of PDF slide shows; Illustrator CS3 and InDesign CS3 sup-
port PDF creation with Adobe PDF layers. InDesign CS3 now supports importing layered PDF documents
and toggling layered views directly from within InDesign. You also can apply the same layer views to lay-
ered Photoshop and Illustrator CS3 documents. InDesign CS3 also supports multipage PDF file imports.
Additionally, you can import media such as movie clips and sound files in InDesign CS3 and export them to
PDF. Because PDF is the reliable standard for onscreen document viewing and output to professional print-
ing devices, the CS3 programs take advantage of core PDF architecture.
For more information on PDF/X and commercial printing, see Chapter 38. For more informa-
tion on PDFs and multimedia, see Chapter 32.
Understanding the Creative Suite
There are two design-oriented versions of the Adobe Creative Suite 3:
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Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Standard: This includes Adobe Bridge CS3, Adobe Photoshop
CS3, Adobe Illustrator CS3, Adobe InDesign CS3, Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional, Device Central
CS3, and Version Cue CS3.
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Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium: This includes the same programs with the addition of
Adobe Flash CS3 Professional and Adobe Dreamweaver CS3. Also, Adobe Photoshop CS3 is
replaced with Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended.
Both design suites also include the common additional features of Adobe Bridge CS3, Adobe Version Cue
CS3, and Device Central CS3.
Adobe also has Creative Suite versions for Web and video professionals. For Web professionals, the suite
options include:
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Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Standard: This includes Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, Adobe Flash
CS3 Professional, Adobe Fireworks CS3, and Adobe Contribute CS3.
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Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium: This includes the same programs with the addition of
several of the design packages including Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended, Adobe Illustrator CS3,
and Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional.
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