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Introducing the Creative Suite
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your design as an HTML file for Web hosting, you can export the document for Dreamweaver CS4.
As you can see, InDesign’s role among the Creative Suite programs is the anchor where files are
imported to assemble a design and ultimately export for final output.
Among the more significant new additions are these gems:
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Export Options: The new export options allow InDesign documents to be moved to
other formats. These options include a cleaner method for getting documents online
using the XFL export feature. Another option exports to SWF for use in Flash.
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Rotated Spread Views: Spread views can be rotated 90 degrees.
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Smart Guides: These guides make it easier to align and orient objects in InDesign.
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Preflight panel: The new Preflight panel, shown in Figure 1.5, makes it easy to prepare
documents for printing and exporting.
FIGURE 1.5
InDesign’s new Preflight panel checks for errors.
Adobe Flash CS4 Professional
Flash works with vectors much like Illustrator, but unlike Illustrator, Flash is key at creating ani-
mated and interactive elements that are common on the Web.
It is great to see the inclusion of Flash into Creative Suite bringing with it the ability to add motion
graphics to Web and online projects. Many of Flash’s tools work in a similar manner to
Illustrator’s, and much work has been done to make the two products work well together. Files in
Illustrator can be moved to Flash and back without losing any work.
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