IMPORTANT NEWS!
For limited time only, SPECIAL OFFER -order Adobe Creative Suite CS3-ME, and receive 'Tasmeem' for use with InDesign CS3-ME in handling Arabic Calligraphy. See TASMEEM link for information.

Adobe Middle Eastern software is now available in new "CS3-ME" editions!
Download the new ADOBE CS3-ME ORDER FORM (PDF).

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System requirements for Adobe "CS3-ME" software is now:
for Windows XP or Vista; and for Macintosh System 10.4.8 (or higher).

Enhanced features for Middle Eastern language users
Text Settings
InDesign CS3-ME comes with special settings for laying out Arabic or Hebrew text, such as:
- Possibility to use Arabic, Farsi or Hindi digits
- Use kashidas for letter spacing and full justification
- Ligature option
- Set vowels /diacritics positioning
- Justify text in three possible ways to get the results you want (Standard, Arabic, Naskh)
- Option to "Insert Special Character": three Hebrew characters (Geresh, Gershayim, Magaf) and an Arabic one (Kashida)
- Apply standard, Arabic or Hebrew styles for page, paragraph and footnote numbering

Bi-directional Text flow
Within InDesign CS3-ME, the notion of right-to-left behaviour applies to several objects: Story, Paragraph, Character and Table. You can easily mix Right-to-Left and Left-to-Right Words, Paragraphs and Stories in a document.
New!
- InDesign CS3-ME allows you to change in one click the direction of neutral characters (for example: ,/?, etc.) according to your keyboard language.
- InDesign CS3-ME allows you to change the direction of the cursor.

Dictionary and Hyphenation Module
InDesign comes with a comprehensive dictionary for Arabic allowing you to spell check Arabic text with a choice of rules, like Strict Aleef Hamza, Strict Final Yaa, both or none.
Depending on your system capabilities, InDesign comes with a Dictionary and Hyphenation Module for Hebrew.

Enhanced Font Support
InDesign supports most fonts shipped with the OS as well as a large number of third party fonts widely used by graphic designers in the Middle Eastern regions.

Find / Change
You can search for and change specific occurrences of Middle Eastern characters, words, groups of words, or text formatted a certain way across a selection, one or more stories, a document, or multiple open documents.
You can also search for other items, including OpenType attributes such as fractions and swashes.

Table of Contents
You can create a table of contents (TOC) for any document or book in InDesign. InDesign comes with a set of Table of contents titles, one for each supported language. The TOC is also sorted according to the chosen language.
New!
InDesign CS3-ME allows you to choose the language of your index title and cross-references by right clicking in the title field in the Generate Index window.

Indexes
You can create a simple keyword index or a comprehensive, detailed guide to the information in your book. InDesign lets you set various Sort Options for your indexes according to the language you are dealing with.

Importing and Exporting
InDesign brings the capability of opening directly and converting QuarkXPress files, even using Arabic XT, Arabic Phonyx or Hebrew QXPressWay fonts, retaining the layout and content.
InDesign comes with more than 50 import/export filters enabling you to place many kinds of images and Roman texts: Microsoft Word 97-98-2000 Import filter and Text Import filter.

Reverse Layout
InDesign includes a reverse layout feature to revert the layout of a document, when converting a Left to Right document (Roman) to a Right to Left one (Arabic or Hebrew) or vice versa. It is also helpful when creating multilingual document.