InDesign Splash Screen History

Adobe InDesign 2026 version 21.0 (2025-10)

March 2026 (version 21.3): Edit images with Adobe Express, Flex Layout improvements, Accessibility enhancements

February 2026 (version 21.2): Generative AI alt text, ARIA labels in Object styles

December 2025 (version 21.1): ARIA enhancements, Export to HTML5 using scripting

October 2025 (version 21.0): Script export to HTML5, Flex Layouts, GPU performance on Windows, Share for Text Editing beta, Convert PDFs to InDesign, Share Cloud documents, Math Expressions improvements, ARIA accessible glossaries, text size, indexes, role and label support. ARIA stands for Accessible Rich Internet Applications and improves accessibility in export to EPUB, but not export to PDF

Adobe InDesign 2025 version 20.0 (2024-10)

June 2025 (version 20.4): Align to Bleed, Lowercase appearance icon, IPP class drivers replace PS/PCL drivers, accessibility enhancements, GPU support on Windows

April 2025 (version 20.3): Math expressions, Generative Fill for shape and text effects, Convert PDF to InDesign (beta), InCopy on the web (beta)

March 2025 (version 20.2): Bug fixes and user interface enhancements

January 2025 (version 20.1): History panel enhancements, QR Code enhancements to 3.0

October 2024 (version 20.0): Generative Expand image borders, Text to Image AI, Export to Adobe Express, MathML support, Export to HTML5 package, Invite collaborators to edit cloud document, Contextual Task Bar features, Hide Spread enhancement, Accessibility tags, UXP enhancements

Adobe InDesign 2024 version 19.0 (2023-10)

July 2024 (version 19.5): Generative Expand enhancements, History panel enhancements, Change case in Find/Change, UXP enhancements

April 2024 (version 19.4): Text to Image, Save to Cloud documents, password protection, accessibility enhancements for EPUB, Convert PDF to InDesign

March 2024 (version 19.3): Export and Import User Settings 

October 2023 (version 19.0): Auto Style enhancements, Analytics in Publish Online, Filename Suffix in JPG/PNG export, Hide Spreads, Harfbuzz Composer

Adobe InDesign 2023 version 18.0 (2022-10)

July 2023 (version 18.5): Share documents for review commenting improvements, create InDesign plugins with UXP

June 2023 (version 18.4): Search text in published online documents

March 2023 (version 18.2): Type 1 PostScript font support ended, Preflight update font types not allowed altered

December 2022 (version 18.1): Pantone Books removed, EPUB Validation improvements 

October 2022 (version 18.0): Auto Style, Copy text AI to ID, support for placing HEIP, HEIF, JP2, WEBP filetypes, Duplicate after page or spread, UXP Scripting begins, Previews in Win and macOS

Adobe InDesign 2022 version 17.0 (2021-10)

August 2022 (version 17.4): Stability and user improvements 

May 2022 (version 17.3): Stability and user improvements, accessibility code improvements 

March 2022 (version 17.2): Stability and user improvements, small icon design changes throughout the interface

December 2021 (version 17.1): Stability and user improvements

October 2021 (version 17.0): Inclusive language changes, Adobe Capture extension, scalable user interface improved

Adobe InDesign 2021 version 16.0 (2020-10)

August 2021 (version 16.4): Bug fixes mostly on macOS

June 2021 (version 16.3): Native support for Apple Silicon chips

April 2021 (version 16.2): Map optical size to font size in variable fonts, macOS Metal API support

February 2021 (version 16.1): Improvements to stability, many bug fixes

October 2020 (version 16.0): Share for Review, Detect damaged document recovery, Auto-edit text annotations, Find/Change colors, Subject detection text wrap via Adobe Sensei technology, HSB native color values, Navigation points in Media panel

Adobe InDesign 2020 version 15.0 (2019-11)

August 2020 (version 15.1.2): Copy Editor (beta), Review panel enhancements

June 2020 (version 15.1): Share for Review, Auto-activate Adobe fonts, Place video from a URL from Media panel menu button, stability enhancements, many fixed issues

November 2019 (version 15.0): Data Merge enhancements, Adobe Asset Link to AEM, Find similar images, Home screen onboarding resources, Flash removed, community-contributed scripts, stability enhancements, troubleshooting in-app, many fixed issues

Adobe InDesign CC 2019 version 14.0 (2018-10)

October 2018 (version 14.0): Import PDF comments, Properties Panel, Layout Adjustment, Space Between Paragraphs Having the Same Style, Content-Aware Sensei graphic fitting, more font previewing, Font preview hover, OpenType SVG color font support, Typekit now named Adobe fonts, Recently added fonts, Font classification filtering, PDF form fonts exported, Use InDesign Document Name as the Output Filename, Footnotes in tables, convert footnotes to endnotes, Index panel improvement, last-used export format, option to omit printer instructions

Adobe InDesign CC 2018 version 13.0 (2017-10)

March 2018 (version 13.1): PS and AI shortcut sets in InDesign, export as separate PDF pages, new document preview, more document presets, Color panel hexadecimal values, cross-reference enhancements, endnote support in InCopy, Publish Online document analytics,

September 2017 (version 13.0): Endnotes, Paragraph borders and shading, Object Style size and position, share text assets CC Libraries, font classification filter, find similar fonts, Duden integration, New Document MENA, Export HTML improvements, Add Gradients to Swatch Group, PDF accessibility enhancements, bigger Fill & Stroke Icons, flat interface design, reference point widgets larger

Adobe InDesign CC 2017 version 12.0 (2016-11)

April 2017 (version 12.1): Flat user interface redesign, New document enhancements, Stability Improvements

November 2016 (version 12.0): Footnotes that span columns, CC Libraries enhancements, OpenType enhancements, CC Assets Improvements, Typekit Marketplace, In-context OpenType properties, In-context ordinals and ligatures, Stylistic sets, Hyperlinks panel performance, stroke arrowhead scaling, customize Control Panel button, panel tab height preference, in-app search Adobe Stock, Animate CC integration, open newer documents in older versions

Adobe InDesign CC 2015 version 11.4 (2016-06)

June 2016 (version 11.4): Cleaner, bigger interface, Improved stability network files, GPU animated zoom macOS, Sort Swatches, accessibility enhancements, read-only CC Libraries, purchase Adobe Stock in-app, open and place from Adobe Stock, Start and Recent Files workspaces, Publish Online comes out of beta

March 2016 (version 11.3): Publish Online enhanced, Style Override Highlighter, Accessibility display title, Accessibility language, Save As original location

Adobe InDesign CC 2015 version 11.2 (2015-11)

November 2015 (version 11.2): Publish Online enhanced, Touch workspace drawing, Start and Recent files workspace, alternate glyphs in-context, CC Library enhancements, accessibility enhancements, add color theme as group, add multi-selected assets, edit original in CC Library

Adobe InDesign CC 2015 version 11.0 (2015-06)

August 2015 (version 11.1): Publish Online enhancements, CC Library enhancements, File Handling Preferences, Overlays panel, Start screen workspace, new OpenType glyph features

June 2015 (version 11.0): Publish Online, Paragraph shading, Images in table cells, Adobe Stock photos, Mercury performance, CC Library enhancements, place linked or copied, PDF view and layout defaults

Adobe InDesign CC 2014 version 10.2 (2015-02)

February 2015 (version 10.2): CC Libraries, ID Libraries migration to CC, ungroup remembers layers, print current page, Welcome Screen, create new table (creates a text frame)

Adobe InDesign CC 2014 version 10.0 (2014-10)

October 2014 (version 10.1): Color Theme tool, EPUB enhancements, Adobe Color themes, Hexadecimal color picker

February June 2014 (version 10.0): Tables drag n drop, EPUB Fixed Layout, seamless update preferences, color groups, Find Previous in search, Scale effects, HiDPI monitor support, footnotes and text wrap, QR code enhancements, Package includes idml and pdf, PDF passthrough printer, browse Add-ons webpage

Adobe InDesign CC version 9.0 (2013-06)

January 2014 (version 9.2): Rewritten for 64-bit, UI harmonized with PS and AI, Hi-rez Retina display support, font search and filter, favorites, and preview, QR code vector generator, Save to Cloud command, DPS single edition for iPad apps, linked content, alternate layout, liquid page rules, content collector, export to ePub enhancements, preview option in New Documents

August 2013 (version 9.1): Sync settings to any computer

June 2013 (version 9.0): Native 64-bit, updated interface, font search and filter, favorites, and preview, QR code creator, share with Creative Cloud, EPUB enhancements including indexes, embedded fonts, code fixes, New Document dialog box, Adobe Exchange panel, Object Style export options

Adobe InDesign CS6 version 8.0 (2012-04)

April 2012 (version 8.0): Liquid Layout rules, Alternate Layout, Linked content, Content Collector and Placer, PDF forms created within InDesign, Pages Panel shows alternate layouts, persistent text frame fitting options, grayscale preview and PDF export, align to Key object, recently-used fonts, Split window view, Hunspell open-source dictionary, Complex calculations in fields, enhanced split and span support, export to PNG, Zoom from Links panel, primary text frame, Save As to IDML, interactive HTML, style mapping in linked text, InDesign ME available from Adobe, Indic language support, interactive PDF export as pages, auto size text frame options

Adobe InDesign CS5 version 7.0 (2010-04)

May 2011 (version 7.5): Folio producer tools for Apple iPad, EPUB export enhancements, Articles panel for ePub flow order, dynamic image resizing in export to ePub dialog box, paragraph styles mapped to tags, embed video and audio in eBooks such as Apple iBooks, HTML5, EPUB3, linked text within a document, drag-and-drop anchored objects using the blue frame badge, PDF accessibility tags supported in Object Export Options dialog box

May 2010 (version 7.0): Multiple page sizes, New Layers Panel, Custom Page Size dialog box, simplified transformations including frame edge highlighting, path/point highlighting, double-click speed technique, rotation, transform multiple objects, favor selected object, Live distribute spacing, content grabber, Gap Tool, paragraphs span or split columns, Keep with Previous, Balanced Columns, Vertical Justification in frames, Live Corner Effects, swatches in Control Panel, Grid Place enhancements, draw multiple frames in grid, duplicate objects into a grid, pixels as measurement system, convert URLs to hyperlinks, Live captions from metadata, Mini-Bridge and Bridge Integration, Media, Timing, Animation, Object States, Preview panels for interactive docs, improved Export interactive PDF, improved XHTML support, export to Flash Player and Flash Pro and EPUB, improved JPG export, Auto-Fit checkbox, track text changes, Document fonts sub-folders

Adobe InDesign CS4 version 6.0 (2008-10)

October 2008 (version 6.0): Live Preflight, customizable Links Panel, conditional text, cross-references, export to SWF, page Transitions for PDF/SWF, JavaScript Buttons for PDF/SWF, Export to Adobe Flash CS4 (XFL), Smart Guides / Smart Spacing, spread rotation, smart text reflow adds pages, Adobe Kuler, interface enhancements, N-up view, Application bar, task-based workspaces, Application frame (new for macOS), tabbed documents, inline notes in tables, edit tables in Story Editor, contact sheet placement, proportional image file placement, place AI file and choose artboard, Export to SVG, Placed ID files, IDML file format, Multi-file place / Grid placement, Power zoom, GREP applied in nested styles, Adobe Community Help, Adobe Kuler color themes

Adobe InDesign CS3 version 5.0 (2007-04)

April 2007 (version 5.0): Improved Control Panel, Effects Panel including Gradient and Directional Feather, Bevel & Emboss, Satin, Inner & Drop Shadow, Inner and Outer Glow, Transparency Independence, Multi-file Place Command, expanded Quick-Apply, faster Frame Fitting, visual Pages Panel, Place InDesign Documents, advanced Text Wrap, enhanced Double-Click, Long Doc features, Nested style looping, Table and Cell Styles, Text Variables, Advanced Bullet & Numbering, Advanced Find/Change, Synchronize Master Pages, Style Groups, more Alignment options, better Glyphs panel, export to XHTML, improved XML, panels used to be called palettes, customize menus, Text Wrap enhancements, load Master Pages, Glyphs panel, Script support, Notes tool, GREP

Adobe InDesign CS2 version 4.0 (2005-05)

April 2005 (version 4.0): Adobe Bridge, InDesign snippets, Object styles, Load styles dialog box, Quick Apply command, Next Style option, Word/RTF import enhancement, Drag n drop text, Paste without formatting, WYSIWYG font menu, Story Editor enhancements, PSD and PDF layer visibility, Spell checker enhancements, dynamic spelling preference, group bounding box dotted line, align toward or away from spine, show in Finder/Explorer, enhanced XML support, baseline grids per frame, Move Pages dialog box, Multi-page PDF Place, lock column guides, InCopy integration, anchored objects, Transform Again, convert shapes, footnotes, INX format, Joboptions presets

Adobe InDesign CS1 version 3.0 (2003-10)

October 2003 (version 3.0): InDesign CS PageMaker edition, Story Editor, Separations Preview, Flattener Preview, Bleeds and Slugs, Nested Styles, document presets, Info palette, DTD support in XML, Control palette, collapsible palettes, workspaces, Stroke style editor, Pathfinder commands, Color Swatch enhancements, Export to PDF ISO standards, interactive PDF features support, PSD support for spot colors and duotones, tritones, quadtones, Master page enhancements, scripting support, table headers and footers, mixed-ink support, Measure tool, Package for GoLive

Adobe InDesign version 2.0 codename Annapurna (2002-01)

January 2002 (version 2.0): Paragraph composition, OpenType support, Transparency and Drop Shadows, Tables, Book panel, Table of Contents generator, Index palette, Hyperlinks, Glyphs palette, Print and PDF Export styles, Overprint Preview mode, ghosted image while cropping, low or high resolution display preferences, Adobe Color Engine for color management, Export to PDF, EPS, XML, SVG, and PS, Mac OS X native, print dialog box enhancements including supporting PostScript 2 and 3

Adobe InDesign version 1.5 codename Sherpa (2001-04)

April 2001 (version 1.5): Path Type (Text on a Path), Built-in Trapping, Vertical Justification, Drag-and-Drop Color, Styles for Print and PDF Output, enhanced Pages and other palettes, Create Clipping Paths, configure Plug-ins command, Find Font command, Free Transform tool, Transform dialog box, Options for Master Pages, Eyedropper Tool, Default CMYK Swatches, More Control Over Stories, preferences and color settings, Pencil tool plus Smooth tool and Erase tool, Shape Drawing operational shortcuts, Tools palette customizations, Path Editing options, enhanced Grids and Rulers, Tab and Indent options, Portable Hyphenation, Paragraph formatting enhancements, Object Distribution 0ptions, improved default color names, options for graphics display

Adobe InDesign version 1.0 codename Project K2 (1999-08)

August 1999 (version 1.0): Align palette, Transform palette, Links palette, Navigator palette, Layers palette, parent/child master pages, paragraph styles, character styles, Ruler and Column Guides, Grids definable, customizable keyboard shortcuts, Hi-rez EPS and PDF display, 12-20 languages supported, Import tagged text, Import AI and PSD files, nested text and graphic frames, scaling and shearing (skewing), Bezier path-drawing tools, compound paths, gradient fills and strokes, clipping paths, unlimited undo/redo, Optical Kerning, optical margin alignment, open QuarkXPress files, PDF and PostScript 3 support, page numbering, auto layout adjustment, Preflight and Package files, ligatures supported, Multi-line composer, multiple views, zoom to 4,000%

Adobe Project K2 / Shuksan development (1994–1999)

Adobe PageMaker version 7.0 (2001-07)

New features: Place native Adobe Photoshop 5.0-6.0x files, expanded support for placing native illustrator files, updated EPS filter, user interface for exporting Adobe PDF files, create tagged PDF support (eBooks), create Data Merge

Adobe PageMaker version 6.5 (1996-11)

New features: Document Layers, flexible frames hold text or images, better integration with PS and AI, Kodak color management system, Internet ready export to HTML and Acrobat PDF

Adobe PageMaker version 6.0 (1995-09)

New features: Versatile color publishing using the Kodak Precision Color Management System (CMS); flexible page design; expert printing and prepress; compatibility for prepress standards with import and export filters and Photoshop Effects plug-in; online publishing using Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) and also Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

Aldus PageMaker version 5.0 (1993-01)

New features: Horizontal and vertical reflection of objects, enhanced Control palette, Numeric positioning and rotation of any object, from its center or any handle, specific nudge amounts for exact positioning, incrementally rotated inline graphics, cropping of rotated graphics, text mode of the palette visible in layout or story editor views, numeric kerning, baseline shift, process-color separations, printing scalable up to 1600%, automatic centering of the page on paper, overprinting for any spot or process color or tint, spot-to-process conversion at printing, choice of printing individual inks of process-color separations, automatic scaling of the page to the paper size, separate line and fill attributes, choice of transparent or opaque dash lines, support for up to 18 language dictionaries, plus installable hyphenation dictionaries, new search-and-replace capabilities for a character’s position and case, kerning and track editing

Aldus PageMaker version 4.0 (1991-01)

New features: Long document support, color graphics display support, Story editor with spell checking, Search and Replace, inline graphics placement, paragraph line control and hyphenation support, advanced type and text controls, Book publication features, file linking improvements, tables and chart support

Aldus PageMaker version 3.0 (1988-04)

New features: Automatic text flow through entire document, user-defined style sheets, 20 templates, spot color support (but not full color), automatic text wrap around graphics, image controls for scanned photographs and bitmap illustrations

Aldus PageMaker version 2.0 (1987-05)

New features: custom page sizes up to 17x22, master pages and up to 128 pages, enhanced Place command, advanced typography controls, broader output hardware compatibility, black and white single color only

Aldus PageMaker version 1.0 (1985-07)

Features: WYSIWYG interface, pasteboard metaphor, rulers and guides, flowable text, graphics import, resize, cropping, and text wrap, PostScript support for output to LaserWriter and other hardware, black and white single color only