Brief Hands-On Report--Adobe Updated InDesign and InCopy to v4.0.4

The updates were not available via the "Help" menu in the applications at publication time but are available download via this MacUpdate.com Web page. According to Adobe,

This update for Adobe InDesign CS2 software provides key fixes in the areas of indexing, launch issues, transparency, shortcuts, text and fonts, scripting, inline graphics, InDesign Interchange (INX) files, German hyphenation, XML, library files, performance, QuickTime 7.x support, printing, SING glyphlets, EPS export, text import, and others.

A long list of bug fixes is included in the Read Me file. v4.0.4 is a cumulative updater, carrying all previous fixes except one in v4.0.3 that was problematic for many users:

#1273452--After enlarging the canvas size of an image in Adobe Photoshop, the linked image does not enlarge or scale correctly in Adobe InDesign CS2. The edited file with the new canvas size fills the content frame rather than the graphic frame of the placed image, making the image look smaller rather than larger.

We installed v4.0.4 with no problem. In brief use of InDesign 4.0.4, we found no issues.

InDesign CS2 is still not a Universal Application. [Bill Fox]