Folio Producer Tools
Adobe is pushing digital content in a big way, which is why they’ve introduced Folio Producer tools to InDesign CS5.5, allowing users to create interactive overlays for .folio files used in Adobe Digital Publishing Suite. These overlays come to life on tablets such as the iPad, BlackBerry PlayBook and Android 3.0 Honeycomb slates like the Motorola Xoom.

EPUB Export: Articles Panel
Creating e-books in the EPUB format was introduced with CS5, but Adobe InDesign CS5.5 kicks things up a notch or three. The Articles panel offers an improved reading experience in textbooks, or other e-books containing images, captions, sidebars or block quotes. Users have full control over how these elements will export to EPUB, without changing your InDesign layouts.

EPUB Export: Dynamic Image Resizing
Part of the challenge of EPUB export is getting a file that will look good on all types of devices -- from smartphones to e-readers to tablets and even to computer displays. InDesign CS5.5 makes short work of this task by introducing dynamic image resizing, which adjusts according to the screen size as well as optimizing images for EPUB export.

EPUB Export: Styles Mapped to Tags
Digital documents have a variety of different needs from print documents, which is why InDesign CS5.5 has introduced the ability to map paragraph and character styles directly to HTML, EPUB and PDF tags so your styles are always exported properly. CSS class names and custom tags are also supported.

EPUB Export: Embedded Video and Audio
E-books aren’t simply a bunch of text with the occasional image anymore, so Adobe has empowered InDesign CS5.5 with the ability to embed video and audio tags in support of newer standards like HTML5 and EPUB 3, which are supported with Apple’s iBooks.

Linked Text
Do your documents feature duplicated text blocks? Wouldn’t it be handy to update just one of them and know that the others will be modified accordingly? That’s where InDesign CS5.5’s linked text feature comes into play, maintaining consistent text edits across duplicated content with just a click.

Drag and Drop Anchored Objects
As text reflows on the page, an anchored object remains in position, moving with the text it’s anchored to. With InDesign CS5.5, you can now add anchored objects quickly and intuitively. Simply drag the small blue box from the frame of a selected image or text to the position in the text to which you want to anchor it.

PDF Accessibility Enhancements
If you’re producing PDF documents for people with disabilities, InDesign CS5.5 will help you get the job done in less time than ever before. Now you can apply these accessibility features right inside your InDesign document, including PDF tags, alt tags and assigned content order -- all without ever making a trip to Acrobat.