So, once again: Before you jump into CC 2015 (or any new version), first make sure your plug-ins will keep working… and if you use DPS, then this is even more important!įunny isnt it? First we had CC 2014 InDesign in a early and a late 2014 (and a february 2015) version. Just like the Acrobat team and the InDesign team are in different “silos” at Adobe, DPS and InDesign are very separate parts of the whole. It’s easy to think of the DPS tools as part of InDesign, but they’re more like third party plug-ins, where the “third-party” is the DPS team at Adobe. Scripts are a different matter scripts sometimes break but often keep working from version to version. This is not that different than other, third-party commercial plug-ins: Whenever there is a new version of InDesign, virtually all plug-ins need to be updated.

Notice that earlier I said “InDesign CC 2015 does not (yet?) support DPS.” That “yet?” means that we currently don’t know if or when the “traditional DPS” plug-ins will be updated for CC 2015. If you haven’t already run the update, read Steve Werner’s article on how to avoid having CC 2014 automatically removed during the CC 2015 installation process. In the meantime, if you need of access to the old DPS tools, don’t ditch that copy of CC 2014 just yet. I encourage you to read all about it and sign up for the public beta to get your hands on it. In a brief live demo, it came across as forward thinking, easy to use, and gorgeous. I (along with all the other attendees at PePcon this year) got a sneak peek, and immediately starting drooling at the possibilities of the new DPS. This is bound to be confusing for some folks, but apparently all other three-letter acronyms were taken.Īll kidding aside, what we’ve seen so far of the new DPS is very exciting. Now Adobe has moved on to a new DPS: the Digital Publishing Solution. Personally, I would have gone with something with a little more pizzazz. Well, technically, there is still a panel called Overlays, but it is a tad underwhelming at this point in time. Gone are the Folio Builder and Folio Overlays panels. No more Folio Preview and Folio Preview Settings. Anyone seen the Position Tool or the Navigator panel recently? I didn’t think so.Īnother case in point: InDesign CC 2015 does not (yet?) support DPS-that’s the old DPS, aka the Digital Publishing Suite. But occasionally features are removed as well. With every new version of InDesign, features large and small are added.

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