Adobe InDesign and InCopy file-based workflow plugin software for workgroups | Smart Connection Pro

Smart Connection Pro for InDesign and InCopy

A tale of true teamwork between InDesign and InCopy

Smart Connection Pro is a file-based workflow solution, based on Adobe InDesign and InCopy. It allows you to efficiently work together on a publication, while strictly separating design and editorial tasks. The result is effective collaboration, and full control over your publication process.

Why to buy?

Collaborate and work together safely on the same page
Manage and improve the quality of your publications
Automatic and structured file management
Define basic workflows
Easy access through user-friendly interface
Raise productivity and prevent human errors

Perfect parallel processing of text and layout

Without a professional workflow, your publication will suffer from a variety of common errors – different users editing the same story, deleting a story from the design while somebody is working on it, or placement of stories in the wrong layout.

Smart Connection Pro offers an inexpensive, flexible and scalable workflow solution that enhances your productivity and prevents those common mistakes.

Workflow, sections, revisions and versions

It uses concepts like publication, issue and section, and its workflow is basket-based, status-based or user-based, allowing you to tailor it to meet your preferred way of working.

Now a user can select a publication and issue, and will directly see all relevant sections, baskets and files to work with. He does not need to know where the files are on the server, and he is always using the right version. Smart Connection Pro takes care of the rest - versioning of stories and revision tracking, controlled text access for designers, write-to-fit for editors, and much more. It’s all there at your fingertips in a convenient panel inside InDesign and InCopy.

Professional workgroup communication

The Smart Connection panels provide information about the status of the publication. A thumbnail view is available for easy recognition, and instant messaging is included for efficient communication with other people within the organization.

Backed up by WoodWing’s extensive experience in the publishing industry, Smart Connection Pro has proven to be a trustworthy solution for publishers of any kind. It is typically used for workgroups of up to about 10 users. For larger workgroup typically go for our database driven Enterprise publishing system.

Download your 30-day trial version of Smart Connection Pro today, and meet the most flexible, cost-effective, and easy workflow solution around!