Preface

When I first started working with desktop publishing tools in the 1990s, everything was output for print, and a courier would collect your files on disk and physically deliver them to the printing company. The internet was in its early days, tablet devices didn’t yet exist, and mobile phones were a new thing (and the size of a brick).

Fast forward nearly 30 years and, more often than not, documents are being output for digital consumption, although print production is still a significant area. This opens up the possibility of including exciting new features in your documents, and the once clearly defined boundary between websites and other digital content has been all but removed.

Fortunately, tools such as InDesign have also evolved to reflect these changes with new features being added to every release, and interactive and cloud-based functionality becoming a significant part of the products these days. With AI and machine learning already having an effect on software such as Photoshop, it will be exciting to see how this impacts InDesign in the coming years and how the product will continue to develop.