InDesign

• Digital publishing
  Create engaging interactive documents for virtually any screen or device. Design compelling eBooks, create and publish cutting-edge content for tablets through integration with Adobe Digital Publishing Suite,1 and export interactive layouts as SWF or PDF files.
• Integration with online services
  Build engaging interactive documents for tablets and improve the efficiency of design processes using essential Adobe Digital Publishing Suite1 and Adobe CS Live online services,3,4 directly accessible from InDesign.
• Integration with other Adobe solutions
  Move projects smoothly from design to print or digital output, thanks to tight integration with industry-leading Adobe software such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Flash Professional, and Digital Editions.
• Preflight and production tools
  Speed up production, increase print reliability, and deliver error-free documents with live preflighting, document-installed fonts, JDF technology, background PDF export, and enhanced support for PDF/X standards.
• Productivity tools
  Produce sophisticated page layouts using customer-inspired productivity features such as Smart Guides, rapid table creation, multiple-file placement, on-object controls, and the ability to create pages of different sizes in a single file.
• Robust text composition
  Create beautiful, sophisticated text for any medium with professional typography features including styles, text wrap, the Paragraph Composer, OpenType® support, drop caps, and the ability to map styles to tags in EPUB export.
• Built-in creative tools
  Explore creative possibilities directly within InDesign using integrated drawing tools, nondestructive effects, built-in Adobe Photoshop® effects, finer transparency controls, and support for 3D Photoshop artwork.
• Automation
  Create powerful automated workflows using standards-based XML features to lay out pages with text and images. Incorporate database-driven content for greater efficiency when publishing across channels.
• Extensibility
  For custom publishing using InDesign Markup Language (IDML), an XML-based file format that enables developers to create or modify files using standard XML tools.
• Collaboration in editorial workflows
  Improve collaboration between design and editorial teams with tight integration between InDesign CS5.5 and Adobe InCopy® CS5.5.

Macintosh

• Multicore Intel processor
• Mac OS X v10.5.7 or v10.6
• 1GB of RAM (2GB recommended)
• 2.6GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash-based storage devices)
• 1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
• DVD-ROM drive
• Adobe Flash Player 10 software required to export SWF files
• Broadband Internet connection required for online services 

Windows

• Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 processor
• Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended); Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1; or Windows 7
• 1GB of RAM (2GB recommended)
• 1.6GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices)
• 1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
• DVD-ROM drive
• Adobe Flash¨ Player 10 software required to export SWF files
• Broadband Internet connection required for online services