InDesign offers a strong set of features for professional publishers working on brochures , magazines, advertisements, and similar publications . Although it lacks specialized tools for database publishing (such as for catalogs), it offers many unique features such as a multilane composer, glyph scaling, and customer character strokes.
InDesign's use of both the free-form and structured layout metaphors makes it very flexible, letting you pick the layout style that works best for you and for your document's specific needs.