• Linked content – this lets you make sure that any repeated content, whether text, images, or interactivity, remains consistent in the same document or even across multiple documents. You can link anything a frame contains, including transition times and other interactive settings. Once you’ve linked content, editing the original (parent) content causes InDesign to alert you that the link has been modified for every linked instance of the content, whether they’re in the same InDesign document or in other documents.
• Content Collector tools include the Content Collector tool, the Content Conveyor tool, and the Content Placer tool. You use the Content Collector tool to select the frame you want to grab. You then place it into the Content Conveyor tool so that it can appear in any InDesign document; this is especially useful for company logos and such that appear throughout a document. You can then go to the location in any document where you want to use the item again. Use the Content Placer tool to place the item on the page.
• PDF Forms within InDesign have gotten easier to use. Now you can not only design an attractive form in InDesign, you can create the form fields exactly as you want them before you export the file to PDF. You can create text, radio buttons, check marks, combo boxes, and signature fields, as well as buttons for printing, submitting the form by email, and clearing the form. You can even include tooltips and determine the tab order for form fields.
• Middle Eastern language support – is now available within InDesign. The new version provides full support for Arabic, Hebrew, and other Middle Eastern languages, making content localization smoother for designers, publishers, and anyone who creates global content. The Middle Eastern version of InDesign CS6 provides enhanced functionality, including support for tables in the Story Editor, improved Kashida justification, enhanced diacritic positioning, and other text-handling improvements.
• Productivity Gains – are now improved with many enhancements that help you work more efficiently, no matter what type of layouts you create. These include: align selected items in the layout to a key object you define; use complex calculations to calculate values directly within panels and dialog boxes; zoom in directly to a linked object when you view it in context from the Links panel; accurately preview your layout in grayscale to proof it for a black-and-white device or black-and-white printing; and more.
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