Adobe InDesign

Automatic formatting and Database Publishing

Catalogs, price lists and leaflets can be generated (partial) automatically, using data from a database, a spreadsheet or a XML file.

InDesign is powerful desktop publishing software and is used to define the layout for example a product catalog or a leaflet.

InDesign can be used for the automated formatting of documents, based on XML files.

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Important advantages of database publishing are:

• The productions of documents is realized faster with an automated system
• Reduce prepress costs
• The workflow for the production of publications is improved considerably
• For automated formatting through internet or intranet, Adobe InDesign Server is available.

Database publishing to import data from a database in InDesign with:

• BookDB:
  Database publishing with BookDB and InDesign

An InDesign template contains the layout specifications to format publications.

The template is filled with data from various sources:

• Database
• Spreadsheet
• Comma separated text file
• Financial system
• XML file.