Xtags is a powerful and easy to use text filter for Adobe InDesign that automatically creates finished documents from a tagged text file.
Xtags gives IT departments, OEMs, and system integrators a way to automate the construction of complex documents without learning InDesign internals or creating custom plugins, and it gives tag-using end users the power they need for complex editorial jobs.
When driving the document building process with a database (picture-based data publishing, books, catalogs, classified ads, etc.), Xtags gives you the ability to build very complex documents using the data-side environment of your choice.
From the end user's standpoint, no technical knowledge is required, and it's easy to use - you produce a tagged text file, and the end user (or your automation script) simply imports the tagged text to generate the final document. Here are just a few things you can produce with Xtags: catalogs, one-to-one marketing, TV guides, directories, real estate guides, trader and swap magazines, phone books, classified advertising, and much more!
Xtags can create text content with full styling, anchored and unanchored boxes and rules, size boxes to their contents, group multiple items together, apply master pages, and control many other aspects of document building.
It integrates with InCatalog as well, allowing you to build a document and then update your data at any time without having to rebuild your document. Xtags is available for both Mac OS and Windows.
Requirements:
· Adobe InDesign CS4 or later
Limitations:
· This demo version will allow you to add a maximum of 50 paragraphs per import or export.
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Fixed a scripting problem where imports resulting in non-critical errors (like translation table file not found) were being automatically undone.
· Dealt with a scripting problem where importing directly from a long string would sometimes cause InDesign CS4 to crash on OS X 10.6. (Mac OS only)
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