Database publishing: Catalog via database
15. Januar 2013
The separation pages were inserted to separate the main chapters.
Fully automated database published Catalog. Nearly. The more complex pages (minor number) were done as PDFs, which then have been imported to the database as full-page PDFs, the book (Indesign CS) has afterwards been collected and exported to a PDF for print (except cover).
Catalog people pages (some hundred people pictures …)
We did this before for pricelists, and it worked perfect (esp. the uncountable number of page number tags …). Layout had to be prepared to manage the complex structure of product description parts, but in the end … it worked!
Overview pages show chapter introduction
As the one above
Intro page introduces the clinical section
Successful end: Comments on the website of the solution partner.
The timeframe was tight – three months for implementation – but in the end the solution partner was proud of having handled it with us.
Page opens subchapter, with double page spread image
Page to detail some products (not all products are shown in this grade of detail)
Those kind of pages are collected totally by combining a lot of elements and automatically generated text parts from the database
In case products with only minor variations (this was a lot!) have to be listed this list style is in use
Same as the one above: Opens a new subchapter with a double page spread
Product page of this subchapter / section
Page for mor scientific product detailing
Introductional page again …
All products are listed alphabetically and sorted by order number, with automatically generated page numbering (jackpot for layouters)
All products are listed alphabetically and sorted by order number, with automatically generated page numbering (jackpot for layouters)
Schlagwörter: automatic, book, Catalog, database, design, editorial, indesign, information architecture, layout, Print, product, publishing
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