Datasheet

Supercharging your workow
In the fast-paced world of publishing, it’s essential that you nd
ways to optimize your workow, whether you’re importing and formatting
large amounts of text and graphics, working alongside editors, or
collaborating with remote clients or colleagues. InDesign oers a number
of features to help in these situations. Plus, InDesign is highly extensible
and customizable through the use of plug-ins and scripts. InDesign is
the hub of your workow—taking some time to make that workow
ecient is an investment that will pay dividends for years to come.
Data Merge and 
To maximize protability, publishers
must nd the most ecient ways to
extract and store content in a format
that can be reused. InDesign lets
you import data from a database in a
number of ways.
e simplest method to import text
and graphics from a database or
spreadsheet is via the Data Merge
panel (Window > Utilities > Data
Merge). is lets you import tab- or
comma-delimited text les into a
template that you create.
For more complex data publishing,
InDesign oers extensive support
for . You can import, create, for-
mat, edit, and export  les using
an integrated toolset that includes
a Structure pane for viewing and
managing tagged content, a Tags
panel (Window > Utilities > Tags)
for applying  tags to content,
easy controls for mapping  styles
to text styles (and vice versa), and
optional use of Document Type
Denition () les for dening
and validating  structure.
You can also use scripting to generate
and format InDesign pages based on
imported , or apply an  trans-
formation () when importing
or exporting  content to make
it easier to ow  into InDesign
page templates or export it to a data-
base or website.
Share My Screen
When working with others in remote
locations, you can choose File >
Share My Screen to create a virtual
room, based on Adobe ConnectNow
(now directly accessible from within
InDesign), where you and two other
participants can share a screen; chat
via text, audio, or video; or share col-
laborative whiteboards.
Adobe InCopy CS5
If you need powerful editorial col-
laboration capabilities, Adobe oers
Adobe InCopy® CS soware, a
professional writing and editing pro-
gram that’s tightly integrated with
InDesign CS.
e combined power of InCopy and
InDesign lets editorial and design
sta—whether osite or on—work
on the same le at the same time,
without overwriting each other’s
work. Designers retain complete con-
trol over the design, and writers and
editors can produce or edit copy in
the context of the layout.
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