I like that Adobe InDesign helps me create wonderfully crafted page layouts for print and digital use. It’s easy to use and helpful for managing multiple pages, and it makes professional-looking work simple. The setup was very seamless, and it works great within Creative Cloud. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When I first got started, there was a learning curve. At times, text formatting can be a little difficult to manage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I use Adobe InDesign to create templates and beautiful artwork. It is relatively easy to use, and I like the typography features. The alignment tool is very helpful for keeping everything organized and aligned on the page. The initial setup was easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes I think Adobe InDesign is lacking features that Illustrator has, like the ability to manipulate and transform text separately and use a clipping mask. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

what i like most about indesign is just how much control it gives you over every single detail of a layout, like once you've used it for a while you realize nothing else really comes close for serious print or publication work, the way you can set up master pages, paragraph styles, character styles, it sounds boring but it completely changes how fast you can work on multi page documents

the typography control is honestly unreal, kerning, tracking, baseline grids, optical margin alignment, stuff that sounds technical but once you understand it your layouts just look way more professional and polished, canva or word can't even touch that level of precision

i also really appreciate how well it plays with the rest of the adobe ecosystem, placing a linked illustrator file or photoshop image and being able to update it without redoing anything is such a smooth workflow, especially on bigger projects with lots of assets

and the preflight and package features are something i genuinely rely on, before sending anything to print you can catch missing fonts, broken links, color issues all in one place and then package everything neatly for the printer, that kind of professional output control is what makes indesign the real deal for anyone doing serious design work Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

honestly the biggest thing is the learning curve, like it is NOT a beginner friendly tool at all, when i first started it took a while just to understand the difference between the selection tool and the direct selection tool, or why text wasn't flowing the way i wanted, it's the kind of software where you have to put in real time before it starts feeling natural

the performance can also be frustrating sometimes, on heavier files with lots of linked images, long documents, or complex master pages it can get sluggish, and occasional crashes without saving properly have cost me real time before, especially on deadline, now i'm just obsessive about saving constantly

the subscription model is another thing that genuinely bothers me, indesign used to be something you could just own, now you're locked into the creative cloud subscription and if you stop paying you basically lose access to your own files in a usable way, for freelancers or students that cost adds up fast and it never really feels fair

and some things that should be simple are just weirdly complicated, like tables in indesign are functional but nowhere near as intuitive as something like word or even illustrator in certain cases, and working with long documents that have lots of cross references or footnotes can get messy fast if you're not really careful with your setup

none of it has made me switch to anything else but these are real friction points that even experienced users deal with honestly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It’s extremely flexible, generating designs with precision and scalability, and it has powerful features. We use it to create pagination, different layouts, and editorial grid designs, as well as to link files and more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The cost is comparatively high, and there’s definitely a learning curve for beginners. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

My favorite thing about Adobe InDesign is how easy it makes designing multi-page documents while keeping everything consistent. Great typography, clean layouts, and quick updates across the whole file. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I dislike most about Adobe InDesign is that it can feel slow and overly complex for simple projects. Sometimes I just want to put together a quick flyer, but it ends up feeling like I’m using an extremely powerful tool for a very small job. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Adobe InDesign helps my team create high-quality projects and has many features for editing that we enjoy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The inability to collaborate easily on projects is a challenge. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

InDesign is helpful because its interface is easy to use. You can set up your document exactly the way you want, and it will print the way it looks on screen. It’s a strong layout program, and in my experience it’s the best option out there for working with and laying out different fonts. They also make frequent improvements to the program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One thing InDesign doesn’t do well, in my experience, is paragraph formatting. If you’re trying to create a bullet list or set up indentations, it can be difficult to make edits without having to redo the list or the indentation settings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

InDesign is the best app for page layout! I'm so thankful for all of the shortcuts! I'm always laying out 100+ page booklets, so this makes it a breeze! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It crashes sometimes. I wish it were a little more reliable in that way. We're usually working with large files, so it would be nice if it could really handle them! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I absolutely love the table of contents feature. It took me a little while to get up to speed on the best way to use it and set up styles, but once I got the hang of it, this feature became a total game changer, especially for long documents that are constantly being changed and updated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes I notice odd discrepancies in how color profiles appear while I’m editing a document compared with how they look after it’s exported. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

InDesign is a great bit of software I mainly use for anything we want to get printed like leaflets or brochures along with case studies. Its easy to create templates to use again and again.

Can customise everything within the document so you can align it with the company brand guidelines and have full flexibility to quickly make changes.

It always runs smoothly even when dealing with a 30+ page brochure even on an older laptop it has no problems.

The support is great like all adobe products you can get an answer quite fast and thats if the help isn't already online to solve the issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes you get a formatting glitch within a paragraph but that seems to have stopped with the update so hoping it has finally been resolved.

Sometimes can be quite hard to re-find a setting you have used before (but don't use often) can be hidden within a few sub menus. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.