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Smart Catalog is the powerful solution to link data sources to an InDesign document. The CS3 release of Smart Catalog has been enhanced with a reporting feature that quickly shows differences between your external data source and the data in your document. The new custom number formats make sure that you can automatically format numbers the way you need. The user interface has been improved to quickly locate the correct product record via type-ahead.Smart Catalog is a powerful solution to link data sources — either a data file, or a database, or XML file (available separately) — to an InDesign document.Smart Catalog links data such as images, text, and numbers to image frames, text frames, and even arbitrary text ranges in InDesign ensuring the utmost flexibility. Once a catalog is laid out, a single click will update the InDesign document with the latest information from the database or data file.Smart Catalog also assists with the layout of a catalog. Image options can be set to scale and position images correctly within the frame, and price formats to control the appearance of prices and numbers. Specific support is available to quickly fill tables with information from the data source.Smart Catalog offers a lot of control over the update process for efficient updates without problems. Fields can either be updated individually or the entire document can be updated with a single click.Smart Catalog can be extended through an SDK (Software Developer Kit) which allows customization and implementation of additional data sources.Click the Resources tab above for related articles and other information on this topic.Manufacturer: WoodWing Software
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