Don't confuse this with another Banta offering, DesignMerge Pro. This new product adds the ability for QuarkXpress users to share content with others that can be accessed and edited via any Web browser. DesignMerge Web is targeted to companies that want to control the way content is presented, but want to make it possible for non-designers to customize design templates with textual and graphical content suited to specific needs. The variable data design templates themselves can be multiple pages long and can have more than 500 different variable slots. CopyFit, a Quark XTension that works with DesignMerge Web, also enables template designers to exercise precise copy control, with fine adjustments to kerning, leading, and other textual elements.
Designers can create up to ten different style sets to the content.
Once collected and uploaded to the server, the document itself is available for editing by users through a Web browser. Users can input predefined options for how the template is to be laid out, can merge customer lists or other content, and then can sample the proofs in real-time. Product manager Katherine Reisz said that the Web interface of DesignMerge Web could also be customized, to be integrated into existing Web-based workflows. Click here for a list of today's stories Post your comments on this story. We carry RAM for every Mac.