Catalog and variable data publishing with Adobe InDesign with data from spreadsheet, CSV, XML or ODBC database

Smart Catalog for Adobe InDesign and InCopy

Automatically update documents with new data

Catalog production is all about being up-to-date, on time and efficient! Use Smart Catalog to produce your catalogs, price lists, and brochures automatically in Adobe InDesign, by linking your documents to an external data source. Updating documents becomes as simple as clicking on the update button.

Why to buy?

Speed up your production of catalogs, price lists and much more
Create and update your documents fully automatically
Save lots of your valuable time
Get the designer back to his job – being creative
Create consistency throughout your documents
Connect to any of your data sources, using CSV files, ODBC or XML
Combine with Smart Layout and Smart Styles for even more production gain
Tailor to your needs through endless scripting possibilities

Save time, avoid mistakes within your catalogs

Producing catalog-type publications often is a cumbersome process. Although the relevant information is likely to be available in a structured way, like a database, the process often consists of lots of manual copy-and-paste work. This is not only a burden for designers who would rather be spending their time being creative, it also leaves plenty of room for errors in the final document.

Not with Smart Catalog Pro! By establishing a link between your structured data and InDesign documents, data can be published fully automatically, and updating your complete document is as simple as pressing the update button. Now, designers can put their creativity into the design of templates; automated processes will fill the templates with relevant data.

Publish new text and pictures automatically

Now suppose the data changes. Normally, this would mean manually updating all elements in your document. With Smart Catalog, only one simple update action is required to update all elements automatically! Alternatively, you can also update fields automatically one at a time.

Smart Catalog offers lots of other time-saving features. You can fill entire table rows or columns with data fields at once, and resize image frames or images automatically. It also provides extensive control over the formatting of numbers, and has a reporting feature that shows you the differences between the external data and data in your document.

Use layout libraries and databases

Smart Catalog works seamlessly with Smart Layout. This special combination allows you to create a set of layout templates and store them in a library. Creating your catalog now has become a matter of dragging templates from the library, and linking them to the correct products with a single click. All product fields will update automatically.

Smart Catalog Pro: additional modules, datasources and scripting

Smart Catalog Pro is shipped with a number of additional modules that offer extended automation possibilities. The included Smart Layout and Smart Styles plugins deliver powerful formatting and layout capabilities, removing repetitive tasks. The ODBC module offers live connection to virtually any database. Any type of filter can be set, to publish the exact data you need.

The XML module connects Smart Catalog Pro to, for example, a database-driven ERP or Content Management System (CMS). Now, XML data from your other systems can be used inside your InDesign documents.

Finally, the Robot module enables both automatic creation, as well as formatting of the catalog. Using scripting, you can define a variable page layout that will perform intelligent automated placement of your content.

Smart Catalog Pro Server version

Smart Catalog Pro can be delivered in a server version which empowers you to run it on Adobe InDesign Server and allow access to the software by both internal and external users.

Download your 30-day trial version of Smart Catalog today, and experience true automation!