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1. 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 27 User Manual Q SI Leco re 4 4 Using Items from Existing Projects in a New Project To re use items for example an existing page from an existing project in a new project drag and drop the items you want to use from the project in the Libraries panel to the opened project in the Project panel To drag and drop for example a page item 1 Select the page item that you want to reuse 2 Drag and drop this item to Pages in the open project in the Project panel v BB Special offer 4 wh Book xz E Add_A4 Special offer A4 T Pages 3 The selected page and all items on that page are added to the pages folder in the open project Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 28 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q SI Leco re 4 5 Working with Master Documents Every document needs to have a master document assigned The master document holds all style settings like paragraph styles character styles page sizes color definitions margins and so on 4 5 1 Assigning a Master Document to a Document Item To assign a master document to a document item 1 Select the required master document in the Master documents section Libraries panel 2 Dragitto the Project panel 3 Drop the master
2. o lt Q 2 p D x lt A O ir 2 ie z Li Publish the current item X X X A 7 Save the current item X X X zl oave page item X F Add X X X X X F Add a folder X X X m Duplicate X x Delete selected item X X X X X Um Cut item X X X X E Copy item X X X X B Paste item X X X X X Add note X Find assigned item X X E Insert field as variable X X E Refresh X X X X X X X E Find frame in tree X Move selected item to first position X X X X X Al Move selected item one position up X X X X X w Move selected item one position down X X X X X x Move selected item to last position X X X X X Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 8 Sitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 4 mr D A O D Button Description Panels v z g s 3 9 9 t s a 2 2 T C c O S O Q io rd X a O ir 2 H z Li pU Update language X E Create new version X T Load selected version X Place selected image X Cl Previous panel X 3 Next panel X a Find image X Open item Accept item Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Site
3. 23 C3 Ex in E a Rel 53 G3 s w 3 Ex in v BB Special offer 4 x 3 Content xz LJ Books xz Niam xh Book D CJ Settings xz Ld Documents D CJ hewtest xz E Add A4 Special offer A4 xz _ Products p 3 bA Page xz _ Full featured D 3 2 4 Page s IA Page 4 Mew snippet The content item is assigned to the snippet item click refresh if necessary Now you can publish the page and adjust the page lay out When publishing a new snippet initially the frames are published with the default settings as defined in the Sitecore templates used to create the page items Format all items as required positioning size apply styles and so on 3 Then save the page or document Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 51 User Manual Q SI Leco re 4 To add more items static or dynamic to the snippet simply repeat the described procedures Note You can also drag and drop a content item to a page item and assign the content item to all the snippets on that page 5 2 3 Add a QR Code Image You can add QR code images to a snippet The QR code image is rendered dynamically based on the value entered in Sit
4. Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 80 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q S teco re 9 7 Specific Settings In principle a content merge is executed against the content item assigned to the snippet which the text frame is part of However the merge item allows you to assign a content item in different ways To adjust the settings of a content merge item select the item and right click The following dialog box appears Merge Item Item Name NESTED TABLE Image Scaling Fit Content Proportionaly and Ce Cancel Path Fig Child items Single table The Merge Item dialog box contains the following fields Item Name the name of the content merge item Image Scaling in this field you can select the scaling method that will be used for the images inside the content merge Path you can define a path to an item part of the substructure of the current item Field in this field you can fetch the value of a certain field for example a tree list and use the related items in that field to publish a structure You can also drag and drop field items from the Template browser to the content merge item to set the field Child items this check box determines whether the child items will be published When selected all items are published Single table this check box determines whether the items will be published in a single table selected or in separate tables for each
5. D L 1 4 Page ve 224 Page Delete the current item p diy D200 p qus t amp v 6 Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 40 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q SI teco re 4 12 Creating Soft Texts When you want to save content that is not available in the CMS yet you have several options You can create a new content item for the additional text items and use that item as any other content item You can also add a so called soft text item To create a soft text item 1 Create a text frame with the content you want to use 2 Select the snippet item you want to add the text frame to 3 With the snippet item and the text frame selected click Add 34 E oncr MEE EZ d 25 ae Em a9 E E Add an item to the current item x Eh Book E Dummies lt ml Add A4 Special offer A4 E J Pages D C 1 4 Page 7 Z A Page b Gj Images D ad tmagez p E image Price Short Description E Title A new text frame item with a text item as child is added to the snippet T The text item contains the text as created in InDesign and can be changed in InDesign as well Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the proper
6. Leco re Chapter 11 Creating Snapshots To create a preview image of a snippet or page you can use the special Create snapshot function in the InDesign Connector Preview images can be used in applications such as the Print Studio Editor to show a preview of a snippet This chapter contains the following sections e Creating Snapshots Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 91 User Manual Q SI Leco re 11 1 Creating Snapshots To create a snapshot 1 Publish the items you want to use for the snapshot 2 Select the item you want to create the snapshot for 3 Drag and drop the item to a snapshots folder in the Snapshots library section A new snapshot item is created from the page as published and this item is referenced to the selected snippet item c ae Fe E 23 s v 36 am b gt LJ Print Studio Projects D LJ Master documents D gt 2 Snippets library xz E Add A4 Special offer A4 lt C Snapshots xz Ld Pages Db CJ Speical Offer p 7 LA Page E A3 Special Offer D 7 2 A Page sw 3A Page E gt English Eng fish Cranned by Mobody You can create snapshots from document page and snippet items To create a snapshot 1 Publish the item 2 With the master snippet item selected in th
7. 7 Artides Group 7 Product Base Specification A text variable is added to the content indicated by FN Effective Pixels 4 Add as many variables as you need and apply the needed styles until you are satisfied with the way it looks Switch back to the Extensions browser panel Select the content merge item 7 With the item selected in the tree click Save the current item FN Effective Pixel Jo p C other D 2 Seipts library p CJ Tasks library The content merge is saved Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 78 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q S teco re 9 5 Nesting Content Merge Items You can also nest content merge items inside a content merge item This allows you to create subparts and assemble them in an overall merge For example the contents of a table cell could be created from a separate content merge 1 To insert a merge item place the cursor at the position where you want to insert it 2 Select the merge item in the Extensions panel 3 Click Insert a field as a variable ix EXTENSIONS v EN Effective Pixels PIC xd 3 A v EIC E v D3Bsentons MRG w e Content merge library E ELI 1 D gt C Content Merges uv C Newsletters b obe b C Product specificati
8. Accessories 4 n 7 Amazing Imagery a Engish Find the Right Nicam p My Nam English ii p je Owned by Nobody Find the assigned item If the item is available and accessible the item is located and selected in the content browser panel Note You can locate the used template as well To do so open the Template browser and repeat the procedure If both the Content browser and the Template browser panels are open it will try to find and select both the used item and its template Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 46 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q S teco re Chapter 5 Creating Snippets A snippet is a collection of page items text frames images and so on that publish the contents of a content item In general a snippet item is a presentation of a content item on the page This chapter explains the concept of snippets and describes how to create snippets This chapter contains the following sections e Introduction e Saving Page Snippets as Master Snippets e Changing Assigned Fields e Saving Page Snippets as Master Snippets Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sit
9. EL3e Remote Cord MC 22 E Products _ NE Tp DT NM Battery Chamber Cover BL 4 Y Easy to use amp Lenses Digital P and S 3 Accessories Lenses Product Forums Accessories E Amazing Imagery Jib Product Forums T Find the Right Nicam E Amazing Imagery 4 I nthis case the path must be Accessories item name in the content The following content merge is used in this example Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 84 Sitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q S Leco re 5 The result is shown in the following image The product item D300 accessories are published in one table pw Protessional class features Prosumer class price of compact professional SLE incorporating groundbreaking technologies and performance of the D3 into a compact DXX format body The 12 3 megapizel CHIOS sensor features a self cleaning dust emoval unit and delivers resolution suitable for commercial and stock photog phy The EXPEED image processing engine supports a class leading fps at up o 3200 ISO and delivers superb tonal gradation Its advanced Scene Recogni ion System produces superior exposures and is complimented by Hicams nert generation 51 point AF system which offers broad coverage and high sensitivity n low li
10. c ot iud head GW a de 73 Ol ASSIONINO SCNDIS tc eame aaa Bonen creed Lees ou oye ee E a mene 14 9 2 Assigning Content Merge Items 0 0 0c ees 15 9 9 Executing TASKS cane cessa cow Heras ech eee A a Soh Gnd acd rath Av OR A Os 76 9 4 Creating Content Merge Items llli 77 9 5 Nesting Content Merge Items 0 0 ee nes 79 9 6 Inserting Inline ImagesS 0 cc RI 80 9 1 OpeciHic SCUINGS 4 see E A e Hence Rp ae aes coho oe Rew Rew 81 che PET r 82 ce 2 og aia coe Baa oS Hine oes Sine Ges Deer eane ee eee ep eds Ae thas ee eos 84 Menu SCUINGS dca ce hack Sos aes Bh OES eS eee eS Ae hoe Gee Se Se ak Boke 86 10 1 Choosing the Language 0 ce eee eee 87 10 2 Loading Text Frames With Different Languages and or Versions 88 10 3 Using Low Resolution or High Resolution Images less 89 10 4 Clearing the Cache 0 cc ene 90 Creating Snapshots 0 0 0 00 cc ee eee eee eens 91 11 1 Creating Snapshots 0 0c eee ees 92 Using the Workbox 2a ote teen n ase he 3E OR Roa oe EXORDIA deena thas RUE UR ose enn 93 12 4 IMNMOOUCION gt iser obi sachets puBanm Ed mie anne Rue eus ooe ee E T3 94 12 2 Opening Project Items From the Workbox 00 00 00 eee 95 12 3 Using Content Items and Media Items from the Workbox 96 12 4 Moving Items to the Next Stage 2 0 0 ee 97 Sitecore is a registered trad
11. contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 54 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q S teco re 5 4 Saving Page Snippets as Master Snippets It is possible to save a page snippet as a new master snippet in the library To save page snippets as master snippets 1 Select the snippet item in the Project tree 2 Drag and drop the item to the appropriate folder in the master snippets section of the Libraries panel tel A al 3 Fe S8 EY LR vw le x Ce Libraries xz C Snippets library xz E Add A4 Special offer A4 D CJ Nicam Demo Projects v J Pages 7 Demo project D 3 1 4 Page D 32 4 Page vp IA Page k t A v 36 1 The page snippet is saved to the selected folder as a new master snippet where it is available for later usage Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 55 User Manual Q SI Leco re 5 5 Using Master Snippets to Create Page Snippets To add a page snippet based on a master snippet 1 Select the master snippet 2 Drag and drop it to the page item of choice 3 The snippet is added to the page item and can be published You can adjust the snippet without changing the master snippet that was used to crea
12. contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 68 Sitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q S Leco re 8 3 Placing Images from the Media Library To place an image from the Media Library 1 Select the folder containing the image item that you want to use 2 Click Next window MEDIA BROWSER xz C Digital P and S mA performance a COOLPIX P5100 3 Select the image of your choice in the list of thumbnails 4 Click Place selected image MEDIA BROWSER as gt 2 g Place selected image a EE Open the Libraries browser Select the snippet item and the image frame 7 Click Add Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 69 User Manual Q SI Leco re 8 4 Adding Image Items to Snippets by Drag and Drop To assign an image from the Media panel to a snippet 1 Select the item of choice in the Media panel tree structure 2 Drag and drop the image item to the snippet item of choice A new image frame item is added to the snippet with a reference to the selected media item 3 Click Refresh project panel to show the structure Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the
13. document on the document item where you want to assign the master to m Ma Eg a o e 8 ik kal ae Fel 58 o Ry x6 a9 v BB Special offer 4 P 3 Libraries xz LJ Books D 2 Print Studio Projects xz Wh Book xz L Master documents xz LJ Documents b id HEW Masters Bj Add A4 Special offer A4 b Ld HYH Masters xz L Nicam Advertising E Add 210x148 A5 E Add 297420 A3 F k a v 35 The master document is assigned to the document and an information dialog box is displayed 4 5 2 Saving Master Document Changes When you have changed the style settings you need to save the master document You can just publish your document make the needed changes and then save the document To save a document 1 Select the Document item in the Project tree Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 29 User Manual Q S teco re 2 Click Save the current item 7 Add A4 Special offer 44 F c Pages D 3 1 4 Page D 3 2a Page m t t amp v 3 In the Save Document dialog box you have the choice to save your lay out changes and also the master document changes To save the master document changes select the Save Master Document check box 2 F Save Master Doaument
14. editor or when you simply do not want to show the content in the editor Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 38 Sitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q S Lecore 4 10 Duplicating Items To duplicate an item 1 Select the item in the tree 2 Click Duplicate the selected item Egi E C 0 3 B G8 Bl Special offer a xz J Books wo Book xz J Documents Duplicate the selected item 3 Adialog box displays You can choose to include the child items of the selected item Click Yes to include the child items Click No to just duplicate the selected item without its child items 4 Enter the number of duplications that you need Duplicate the selected item Amount 5 Click OK to duplicate the item Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 39 sert Manual A sitecore 4 11 Deleting Items To delete an item 1 Select the item in the tree structure 2 Click Delete the current item uj Bg Haoa e v BB Special offer 4 J Books oW Book xz LJ Documents xz E Add A4 Special offer A4 xz 2 Pages
15. item cleared Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 81 User Manual Q SI Leco re Example 1 1 Right click the item to adjust the settings The following dialog box is displayed Merge Item Image Scaling Fit Content Proportionalyy and Ce Path rullfeatured mu Iv Child items Cancel W Single table 2 The current item is the Digital SLR product item the item assigned to the snippet kJ te Ea E53 ae C3 es fn kr IB Content Merge Examples xz LJ Books lt Wh P Box xz LJ Documents xz E Masteri Document w LJ Pages xz 1 A Exemple 1 zz E TextFrame z Digital SLR Products D L 2 A Example 2 D L 3A Example 3 i LLL l pf English ta v 6 E fj Nicam E Products E 3b Digital SLR 3 All the product items of the Full featured item need to be published as below i Full featured fA fgos igo jA 4 In this case the path must be Full featured item name in the content Note Make sure to select the item name When you use the display name no result is published The path can also have the value of the GulD item ItemID In that case the GulD is used as the current item Sitecore is a registered trademar
16. new Pages folder is added to the selected document 4 Click Refresh to refresh the tree structure 4 2 2 Adding Pages To add a page 1 Click the Pages folder you want to add a page to Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 25 User Manual Q SI Leco re 2 Click Add xz E Add A4 Special offer A4 D C 1A Page D L 2a Page F amp amp v 3 The Add new page item dialog box is displayed Enter the name of the new page item and select one of the page branches from the Branch drop down list The page branches are created and stored in Sitecore You can only change the page branches or create additional page branches if you have sufficient rights Ask your administrator for more information 4 Click OK to add one or more new pages depending on the branch you select Click Refresh to refresh the tree structure Note When you add a page you must select a branch The value of the Name field is only applied if the branch item name has the parameter value name as it is set when you create a new branch When you change the item name into a static name for example New page the added pages will always get that name and not the name you have entered in the Name field Only administrator and users with sufficie
17. of the new master and click OK 5 The opened InDesign document is now uploaded to the server and stored as a new master document in the libraries Click Refresh to refresh the tree Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 17 User Manual Q SI Leco fe 3 5 Modify Master Documents To modify a master document first load the document from the library 1 Click the Master document that you want to modify 2 Click Publish the current item 3 Make the required changes to the document for example change paragraph style settings 4 When you have made the settings with the Master document item selected in the tree and the document open in InDesign click Save the current item Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 18 Q sitecore Sitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 3 6 Creating Master Snippets To create a folder for your master snippets Click Add a folder to create a new folder or select an existing folder in the Snippets library 1 section 2 Click Add an item E E s z Neu gt d D3X p
18. this manual That is also the case for media items For example e You can drag and drop a content item to a snippet item to assign the content item to the snippet e You can drag and drop a media item to an image frame item to assign the image to the image frame Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 96 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q SI Leco re 12 4 Moving Items to the Next Stage To move an item to the next stage in the workflow select the command from the drop down list and then click Submit 4 k Approve Chwned by sitecoreWesthh Workflow Regular review Accept the current item State Awaiting Approval Changed from Edit to Awaiting Approval By sitecore Admin on 2 10 2012 Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 97 User Manual Q SI Leco re Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 98
19. 4 xz J Books xz Wb Book xz LJ Documents xz E Add A4 Special offer A4 xz i Pages TI D 3 1 4 Page ww 2 4 Page p dpa p die D200 Pro level D SLR featuring a high performance 10 2 z Processing Engine and continuous firing up to 5 fp Ha AM i 3 Select the corresponding tree item E D60 the absolute leader of the pack The related item is selected in the project tree Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 36 Sitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q S Leco re 4 9 Renaming and Scaling Items 4 9 1 Renaming Items To rename an item in the tree 1 Select the item in the tree and right click 2 Enter the new item name in the Rename dialog box Rename Name ui e 3 Click OK 4 Click Refresh to refresh the tree Note You can right click the item to rename the display name Use CTRL right click to view or rename the item name 4 9 2 Renaming and Scaling Image Frame Items When renaming an Image frame item you can also select the method of automatic scaling for the image Re a Name Imagei Scaling None a AsIs Center Content Fill Frame Proportionally Fill Frame Proportionally and Center Fit Content Proportionally Fit Content Proportional and Center Ft Co
20. Articles Colour mU Alt Ctrl 6 Editorial Effects Shift Ctrl F10 Extensions Info Interactive WO Layers Links Mini Bridge Object amp Layout Output Pages Select the Window menu Select the panel you want to work with 7 Bae Do Sitecore Content Stroke Styles Text Wrap v Tools Type amp Tables Utilities Extensions Libraries Media Vv Project Templates Workbox There are seven panels available from the Sitecore menu e The Content panel gives access to the contents repository e The Extensions panel gives access to the available extensions e The Libraries panel gives access to all InDesign library items e The Media panel gives access to image media items e The Project panel is used for working on the InDesign projects e The Templates panel gives access to the data templates e The Workbox shows the workflow stages and items in the workflow sitecore Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 7 User Menu Q sitecore 2 2 Buttons in the Sitecore Panels This table displays an overview of the buttons in the different Sitecore InDesign Connector panels Button Description Panels g jg je 2 2 o 5 89
21. Save All Pages 4 Click OK Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 30 Sitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q S Lecore 4 6 Publishing Documents and Pages To publish a document item 1 Select the document you want to publish 2 With the document item selected click Publish the current item t amp v 6 To publish a page 1 Select the page item you want to publish 2 Click Publish the current item wh Book xz J Documents xz E Add A4 Special offer A4 x J Pages p I 2 Page j amp amp v 6 Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 31 User Manual Q SI Leco re 4 7 Saving Documents and Pages 4 7 1 Saving a Document To save your document 1 Publish the document or part of it 2 Make the required adjustments 3 Select the Document item in the Project panel 4 Click Save the current item F t amp v 6 o In the Save Document dialog window select the Save All Pages check box if you want to save th
22. TTIDOTTR TIPP 15 3 3 Creating New ProjectsS 0 0 0 0 0 ccc ee rs 16 3 4 Creating New Master Documents 0 000 ccc ee eee 17 3 5 Modify Master Documents 0 0 0 0 0 aaa eee eae 18 3 6 Creating Master Snippets cc teas 19 3 7 Adjusting Master Snippets 0 0 0 0 ccc eee 20 3 0 Creating 9rapsliolS ues bac ri ote ten Re see shee Sex Bs ag oe ee UR ww we ds och 21 Chapter4 The Project Panel 0 0 0 0 eee eee eee 22 4 1 Adding Documents 0 000 ee ees 23 4 1 1 Adding Document Folders 0 000 eee 23 4 1 2 Adding Documents 0 0 eee 23 4 2 AOGING P ade ux iim ace esite es abet ERE UR ohh Sabet Sees ee eub S ee Se x 25 4 2 1 Adding a Pages Folder 0 0 0 ee eee 25 4 2 2 Adding Pages x eek obs x HER aw Sha a aco See bbe see See CRG Sos 25 4 3 Renumbering Pages in Documents 0 0 0 0 ee eee 2 4 3 1 Renumbering Pages fora Document 2 0 0 0 eee eee eee 27 4 3 2 Renumbering Pages in Pages Folder 0 000 eee eee 2 4 4 Using Items from Existing Projects in a New Project 0005 28 4 5 Working with Master Documents 0 0000 cc eee 29 4 5 1 Assigning a Master Document to a Document ltem 29 4 5 2 Saving Master Document Changes 0 000 c eee eee 29 4 6 Publishing Documents and PageS 0 000 ee ees 31 4 Saving Documents and Page S naaa aaa aa aea
23. ading Horizontal scale Vertical scale Skew Leading Superscript Subscript Baseline shift or by using character styles and paragraph styles Note Be aware that you are saving the contents in the selected language as indicated by the flag and language name B English Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 35 User Manual Q SI Leco re 4 8 Selecting Items To select a specific snippet or a child item of a snippet from the tree on the page 1 Select the item in the Project tree and double click The related InDesign object is selected on the page 2 To select all items of a snippet double click the snippet item a Ee Ge o el ee a v BB Special offer a4 xz J Books wh Book xz E Add_A4 Special offer A4 v J Pages D 3 1 4 Page w L 2A Page p a D40 p d Deo Pro level D SLE featuring a high pertormance 10 2 MP DX format CCD Nicam exclusive Image Processing Engine and continuous firing up to 5 fps k t amp vw 3 Professional quality right in your pocket D60 the absolute leader of the pack The other way around select the InDesign object you want to find and click the Select the corresponding tree item button al Ed Fe 23 w C Es a Pox v BB Special offer a
24. brary see Using the Media Panel 5 2 2 Add a Dynamic Item text frame or image Locate the data template you want to use in the Templates panel 1 Select the template field you want to use 2 Dragand drop it to the snippet item A new item is added to the snippet In this case because a text field was selected a text frame item is added To add an image or QR code select a field that contains an image and use the same procedure to add it to the snippet Note You can also drag and drop a template section to the snippet item That will create items for all the fields in the template section Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 50 Sitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q S Lecore After adding some text fields and an image field the snippet could look like this hed d H 25 ae Cy Es n v BB Special offer 4 xz J Books xo Book xz J Documents xz E Add A4 Special offer A4 xz 2 Pages D 3 1 4 Page pO E o 5 gt E mage E Short Description j amp amp v 6 To assign a content item to the snippet 1 Select the content item in the Content browser panel 2 Drag and drop the content item to the snippet item in the Libraries browser i Bed A
25. c Page _ Recangie E TexFrame EL lal A v i35 Erih Pi B Owned by Nobody Xl So Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 43 ser Manua Q sitecore 5 The frames are now linked Note You can only link to an empty text frame Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 44 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q S teco re 4 15 Creating Text Flows To connect two or more text frames in order to create a text flow 1 Select the text frame item in the tree structure you want to connect from 2 Drag the item to the text frame item in the tree structure you want to connect to 3 The two text frames will be connected and the contents of the both frames will be flowing from the first frame into the connected frame To connect more text frames simply connect the second frame to the third frame J Ea Fe D L 1 4 Page vw 22A Page od D200 b E me b E tmage2 b E images Z Short Description k 2 A w P B0 The text flow which frames are connected and in which order is controlled by t
26. core All rights reserved Page 9 User Manual Q SI Leco re 2 3 The Panel Menu The panels provide quick access to commonly used tools and features The panel menu holds different functions that are common to all panels Click the panel menu icon in the upper right corner of the panel to open the panel menu Log in to Sitecore by L m f dl Change password Te Refresh Select a Language Use High Resolution Images Clear cache About this plug in e Log in to Sitecore you can log in to Sitecore by entering your username password and by selecting the web server you want to use e Change password allows you to change your password e Select a Language makes the Select language dialog box appear The available languages correspond with the content languages in Sitecore CMS Select the language of your choice and click ok e Use High Resolution Images when you work online you can only use low resolution images that are extracted from the Sitecore media library However when working on a local area network LAN with access to high resolution images stored on a file server you can also use the high resolution images without the need to run a server based production setup To switch to high resolution images on the desktop select Use High Resolution Images from the panel menu To switch back to low resolution images select Use Low Resolution Images from the panel menu e Clear cache
27. core InDesign Connector 1 1 Q S teco re 4 14 Linking Text Frames Text in a frame can be independent of other frames or it can flow between connected frames To flow text between connected frames you must first link also called thread the frames To create a set of linked frames 1 If you have a text frame with more text than can fit in the frame a red overflow symbol appears To flow text between connected frames first create a new text frame on the page 1e D3X redefines high esolution SLR photography vhether you shoot in the studio or out on location The 24 5 megapixel FX format 2MOS sensor delivers image les with outstanding levels EJ 2 Select the new empty frame and the snippet in the tree if needed add a new snippet to the page and click Add an item to the current item PROJECT aL al Tes o v IB ene Add an item to the current item E x iJ Documents zz E Nicam Brochure AJ Sample Document sy 1A Page b di Product 2 small images wv _ c Page z gt a continued 3 You added a new text frame to the snippet s 1 2c Page odii orined Reetangie 4 Navigate to the text frame item that you want to link to your new text frame Click and hold to drag the item to the new text frame item xz s Nicam Brochure A3 Sample Document Au The wh 24 1 file and lar pro DX deli E Dasa et wid Ll Recta tem D3X Field Description recarsi sz L 2
28. core distinguishes between item names and display names Display names provide an alternate descriptive name for content items If provided the display name overrides the default display of the item s name Display names are useful when working with different languages the display name allows you to work with language specific display names When you want to use character s that you can t use in item names While the item name does not allow special characters the display name can include these characters Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 15 User Manual Q SI Leco re 3 3 Creating New Projects To create a new project 1 In the Print Studio Projects section in the Libraries panel click the folder in which you want to create the new project 2 Click Add an item LIBRARIES Ca ae ee 3 i e A 3 9 8 v Gite Add an item xw c Print Studio Projects b Bl Special offer a4 p C HEW Projects D Ld HYH Projects D C Master documents p QC Snippets library p C snapshots The Add new project dialog window is displayed Add new project Mame New project Branch i ee Tas Md Cancel 3 Enter the name of the new project and click one of the available project branches from the Branch drop down list The project branch
29. demark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 57 User Manual 6 1 Creating New Folders To create a new folder in the template section 1 Open the Template browser 2 Select the folder to which you want to add the folder 3 Click Add a folder 4 Enter the name of the new folder in the Item name dialog box Item Mame Item Name WENE E 5 Click OK to create the new folder 6 Click Refresh to refresh the tree Q sitecore Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 58 Sitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q S Lecore 6 2 Creating New Templates and Fields To create a new template 1 Select the folder for the new template 2 Click Add an Item D gt Generic personalization gt C Home p C Image resolution p C Product Group 7 site Section 7 Stop Word List gt C Rashobject 7 Folder p E RatePage D 7 Top N Pages 7 LinkFolder 7 ReviewFolder D 7 Directory Base p 7 Base menu 4 EE Click Refresh 5 Select the new template Click Add an item to add a template section 7 Enter the name of t
30. ders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 23 User Manual Q SI Leco fe 2 Click Add eal 5g d Iz Ce wa w Li Add an item to the current item xz 2 Books xh Book xz E Add A4 Special offer A4 uw c Pages D 3 1 4 Page D 3 2a Page 3 The Add new document item dialog window opens Enter the name of the new document item Name new document Branch gala e eT gn 4 Click one of the document branches from the Branch drop down list 5 Click OK 6 Click Refresh to refresh the tree structure The document branches are stored and created in Sitecore If you have sufficient access rights you can change the branches or create additional branches Ask your administrator for more information Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 24 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q SI teco re 4 2 Adding Pages You can add pages and pages folders to documents 4 2 1 Adding a Pages Folder To add a Pages folder to a document item 1 Click the document item you want to add the folder to 2 Click Add tal a 1 3 E a9 vv BB Special d add an item to the current item F k amp v 36 3 Click Yes A
31. diy Front page D dip Product 2 small images D di Product 3 small images gt dip Product with specs D Q2 Nicam Newsletters b LJ Special offer D 2J Demo project gt Ld hew test D Q2 Nicam Adds b LJ Nicam Brand n Enter a valid name and click OK 3 The New Snippet dialog box is displayed New Snippet Snippet l p su ele Cancel X Reference 12 7 Y Reference 12 7 To add items to the master snippet see Creating Snippets Note The X Reference and Y Reference fields ensure backwards compatibility and they are redundant for this version When creating a new master snippet simply maintain the default values Note You can also create a new master snippet from a page snippet This process is described in Creating Snippets Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The Page 19 contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved sitecore User Manual 3 Adjusting Master Snippets To adjust an existing master snippet 1 Select master document from the Master documents section in Libraries panel and click Publish the current item 2 Select the existing master snippet in the Snippets library section in Libraries panel Publish the master snippet Click Publish the current item The snippet is published on the active page You can now adjust the page items 5 To sa
32. e InDesign Connector 1 1 Q sitecore To show a larger preview select the thumbnail of choice and click the Next window button again MEDIA BROWSER al MEDIA BROWSER ET a Pi You can also select the media item in the tree and show its preview 1 Select the item in the tree 2 Click the Next window button to show the preview of the selected item Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 67 User Manual Q SI Leco re 8 2 Image Caching The used images are cached on a local hard drive in the image viewer sub folder This speeds up the loading of the images significantly To empty the cache for a selected media folder click Refresh tree on the thumbnails list window MEDIA BROWS ER a 4i 3 i Refresh tree lig acm m COOLPIX PSI p5n p5100 m kj o amp peo panasonic tz4 panasonitz5 3 sigmadpl 3q All cached files from the selected media folder are then deleted Please note that it may take a bit longer to reload the files again because the cache needs to be re created With the large preview window selected you can also clear the cache of that specific image Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The
33. e lay out of all pages Select the Save Master Document check box if you also want to save the changes made to the master document i 2 Save Master Document Save All Pages cancel 6 Click OK to save Note When Save All Pages is selected only the published pages and items on that page are saved ltems that have not published are not saved If you have published one single page only that single page and the items on that page are saved Note Please be aware that if you are saving a large number of pages it might take some time to process If you want to avoid that you can also use the Save Page method instead Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 32 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q SI teco re 4 7 2 Saving Pages To save a page and all the page items on the page 1 Select Page item you want to save in the tree ik 23 1 Save the current item xz E Add A4 Special offer A4 z C Pages j 2 Click Save 3 Select the Save Content check box if you want to save the contents of the text frames on the selected page as well That will only be possible for items with sufficient access rights V Save lay out 7 Save Content 4 Click OK Note You can create and use a master page in
34. e the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 60 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q S teco re Chapter 7 The Content Panel The Content panel shows the content structure and items as they are available in Sitecore CMS You can use the content items to assign items to snippets as described earlier in this document The Content panel also allows you to create new items This chapter contains the following sections Creating New Content Items Using Insert Options e Creating New Content Items Using the Template Browser Locating Templates for Content Items Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 61 User Manual Q SI Leco re 7 1 Creating New Content Items Using Insert Options To create a new content item using the insert options as defined in the Sitecore CMS 1 Open the Content browser 2 Select the item to which you want to add the new item 3 Click Add an item CONTENT Mu p Dox p 0o p 2o p C ozo p Easy to use D C Digital P and 5 p tense D Accessories 7 Amazing Imagery Find the Right Nicam p C My_Nicam b B26 4 Enter the name of
35. e tree Libraries panel click the Copy button 3 Select the snapshots folder of choice Libraries panel and click the Paste button 3 Note You can create any page layout as a snapshot Basically a snapshot is created of the page as it is and an image is created from that Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 92 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q S teco re Chapter 12 Using the Workbox This chapter describes the workbox of the InDesign Connector The workbox shows the InDesign project items that are in a workflow stage and need the attention of the user This chapter contains the following sections e Introduction Opening Project Items From the Workbox e Using Content Items and Media Items from the Workbox e Moving Items to the Next Stage Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 93 User Manual S Leco re 12 1 Introduction The workbox in InDesign Connector is similar to the workbox in Sitecore It shows the InDesign project items that are in a workflow stage and need the attention of the user 1 To load the workflow item
36. earch for for example d3 in the Search for an image Search for an image Search for dal 4 Click OK to start the search through the selected folder and its child folders Note Depending on the number of times the image is found this search can take some time 5 The images that match the search criteria are displayed in the thumbnails browser MEDIA BROWSER t a e e 9 Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 72 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q S teco re Chapter 9 The Extensions Panel To automate certain parts of the InDesign production you can use a so called script object A script object is created by using the C development language Consult your administrator on how to create script objects Content merge items can be used to create the contents of a text frame with contents from different fields A content merge can be created in InDesign You can use so called tasks to extend the functionality of the InDesign Connector It allows you to automate a certain tasks for example creating a new project and adding some pages or assign a content to all snippets in a document A task is created in a similar way as a script This chapter contains the following sections e Assigning Scripts e Assigning Co
37. eated using the selected template You can then use it to assign to a snippet and work with the contents Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 63 User Manual Q S teco re 7 3 Locating Templates for Content Items To locate the used template for a content item 1 Open both the Content browser and Template browser panels 2 Select the content item you want to use 3 Click Find template CONTENT Aaa Oa V ARE lt C Content xz Nicam p CJ Settings Frstitem New Addi xz _ Products x _ Digital SUR xz _ Full featured E ic a6 Bel SN 3 c vw 36 an Find the associated template b Ue ue m If the template is available and accessible the template is located and selected in the template browser Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 64 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q S teco e Chapter 8 Using the Media Panel The Media panel shows the Sitecore media library and image items as they are available in the media library This chapter contains the following sec
38. ecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 47 User Manual SI teco re 5 1 Introduction In the following example we have used a snippet with some text frames and image frames to present the D200 product The content for these frames is fetched from the CMS H vcr MEL 20000000 al Gel 23 il L3 ES nl v BB Special offer 4 xz 2 Books v Wb Book xz LJ Documents xz E Add A4 Special offer A4 x L Pages p 3 1 4 Page v 1 2 4 Page p de p dice Pro level D SLE featuring a high pertormance 10 2 MP DX format CCD Nicam exclusive Image Processing Engine and continuous firing up to 5 fps all t Professional quality right in your English a A a se E pocket nglish P1 Wa dq emed by Nobody You can create page snippets and master snippets Master snippets act as templates for the page snippets In other words you can use a master snippet as a template to create page snippets in a faster way Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 48 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q SI teco re 5 2 Creating New Page Snippets To create a new page snippet 1 Select the page item to which you want to add the snippet item 2 Click Add ww E Special of Add an it
39. ecore CMS To add a QR code image a special field type called QR Code Image can be used Ask your administrator for additional information In the sample below the QR code image is rendered based on the value http www sitecore net When the QR code is scanned the URL http www sitecore net is loaded QR Code shared http www sitecore net Browse Properties Open Media Library Edit Image Clear Refresh Image2 Images Print Studio Images Examples Micam D3 d3 back ER To add a QR code image to a snippet 1 Select the QR field you want to use Templates panel 2 Drag and drop the field to the snippet Projects panel TEMPLATES amp d E 3 CD B 8 amp cj 8 Q Bd Ad A9 v B 8 B gt C Simple Spot gt C simplePaae p 7 Page Group Z Articles Group D 7 Product Base Specification xz Product Base v B Special offer 4 xz J Books Wh Book xz LJ Documents xz E Add A4 Special offer A4 Pages D 3 1 4 Page D L 2A Page vp IA Page productA F E ae A I 3 The field is added to the snippet Publish the page The QR code image is published Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 52 Sitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 4 Adjust the lay out and
40. ee eee 32 4 7 1 Saving a Document 0 0 aa aaa 32 4 7 2 Saving o ici 20 o e gg ob ASG oe HS oe eed LETTORI eee Eber Says 4 33 4 7 3 Saving Static Page Items 1 naana naaa 33 4 7 4 Saving Selected Page Items 1 0 0 eee 34 4 8 Selecting ltemS 4 5 0260 Aca edad se es SMe une tate Se ee oe doe ee ese 36 4 9 Renaming and Scaling IteMs 0 0 0 ee ees 37 4 9 1 Renaming Items 0 cee eee 37 4 9 2 Renaming and Scaling Image Frame Items 0000005 37 4 9 3 Renaming Text Frame Items llle 38 4 10 Duplicating Items lille IRI 39 4 11 Deleting Items llelelel int RR 40 4 12 Creating Soft Texts 0 0 hrs 41 4 13 Adding NOS lt 24 i606 see00404S oe eecend wea ws spe exce dae E E qi s 42 4 14 Linking Text Frames 0 0 cette 43 4 15 Creating Text FIOWS 1 0 20 0 ee teens 45 4 16 Locating Assigned Items and Templates 0 0 00 c cee eee 46 Chapter5 Creating Snippets anana aaa ee eee eens 47 5 1 Introduction usus en mnt HA Oe Be OE eR ee Ee wee ES Ren 48 Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 3 User Manual Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 5 2 Creati
41. em to the current item c Books wh Book x c Documents xz E Add A4 Special offer A4 uw c Pages D 3 1 4 Page onl ES English English Chwned by Mobody Mew Snippet Snippet Mame WENE Click OK A dialog box is displayed to confirm the creation of the new snippet 5 Click Refresh to refresh the tree structure You can assign items for example a text frame to the new snippet item To add items to a snippet you can use two methods Add a static item in InDesign and add it to the snippet Add a dynamic item text frame or image based on a content field 5 2 1 Add a Static Item To add a static item 1 Create the item you want to add For example a text frame 2 Select the new item s on the page Select the snippet item in the tree Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 49 User Menu Q sitecore 3 Click Add a 3 8 i ww E Special o Add an item to the current item n c Books wh Book xz J Documents xz E Add A4 Special offer A4 uw Cc Pages D 3 1 4 Page vp 2A Page gt Birnen gt Ema gt mae E Short Description E Tite n t amp amp A v i 4 The new item is added to the snippet Click refresh to refresh the tree To add an image from the media li
42. emark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 4 Sitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q S Leco re Chapter 1 Introduction This document describes how to use the Sitecore InDesign Connector It explains how to create InDesign output based on content stored in Sitecore CMS It assumes that you have good knowledge of both Sitecore and InDesign Sitecore Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Starting Up This chapter briefly describes how to start the Sitecore InDesign Connector plug in Chapter 3 The Libraries Panel This chapter introduces the Libraries panel and explains how to use libraries for InDesign projects Chapter 4 The Project Panel This chapter describes how to use the project panel to work with the Print Studio projects Chapter 5 Creating Snippets This chapter explains the concept of snippets and describes how to create snippets Chapter 6 The Templates Panel This chapter describes how to use templates and template field items to create snippets Further it explains how to create and use templates Chapter 7 The Content Panel In this chapter you learn how to use the Content panel and its content items Chapter 8 Using the Media Panel This chapter describes how to work with the Sitecore media library and image items as they are available in the med
43. enu Log out off Sitecore Change password Select a Language Use High Resolution Images Clear cache About this plug in The Select language dialog box is displayed The languages correspond with the content languages in the Sitecore CMS Select Language Language Danish Dutch Netherlands k 2 Select the language of your choice and click OK The selected language is loaded meaning that when publish or create new items the selected language is used The selected language is indicated in the interface by a flag and the name of the language placed at the bottom left of the project panel P amp 3 dg Chwned by Nobody Note If the fields for example the width of a text frame are shared the width is the same for each language If the width field is set to non shared the width can be set for each language Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 87 User Manual Q SI Leco re 10 2 Loading Text Frames With Different Languages and or Versions An item text frame image frame and so on can be created with different languages and versions This allows you for example to create a text frame with different positions and or sizes or any of the other attributes that are set to non shared vers
44. es are stored and created in the Sitecore CMS and you can change those or create additional ones if required This is only possible when you have administrator or sufficient user access rights 4 Click OK to create a new project with basic structure based on the selected branch 5 To open this project drag it to the top node in the project panel as described earlier Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 16 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q SI Leco re 3 4 Creating New Master Documents The master document holds all style settings like paragraph styles character styles page sizes color definitions margins and so on Every document item in your project needs to have a master document assigned To create a new master document in InDesign 1 In the Master documents section in the Libraries panel click the folder in which you want to create the new master document 2 Create a new InDesign document or open an existing document that you want to use as a new master 3 Click Add b Ld HYH Masters E Add 210x148 A5 E Add 2973420 A3 E Add A4 E Nicam newsletter gt J Nicam Brochures b LJ Nicam BusinessCards gt J Micam Catalogs p C Snippets library D c Snapshots 4 The new master dialog is displayed Enter the name
45. g Documents e Adding Pages e Renumbering Pages in Documents Using ltems from Existing Projects in a New Project e Working with Master Documents e Publishing Documents and Pages e Saving Documents and Pages e Selecting Items e Renaming and Scaling Items e Duplicating Items e Deleting Items e Creating Soft Texts e Adding Notes e Linking Text Frames e Creating Text Flows e Locating Assigned Items and Templates Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 22 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q SI teco re 4 1 Adding Documents After you open the project in the Project panel you can add items to the project 4 1 1 Adding Document Folders To add a Document folder to the Book item 1 Click the Book item xz E Add A4 Special offer A4 vU Pages D 3 1 4 Page D 3 2A Page F t amp 2 Click Add Adobe InDesign Are you sure you want to add a new folder mu 3 Click OK 4 A new documents folder is added to the selected book Click Refresh to refresh the tree structure 4 1 2 Adding Documents To add a document 1 Click the Documents folder you want to add the new document to Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective hol
46. g Selected Page Items To save one or more selected page items 1 On the page lay out select the page item s that you want to save Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 34 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q S teco re 2 With the items selected click Save the current item 675 xz E Add_A4 Special offer A4 xz i Pages D 3 bA Page k F 2 4 Page Oo D200 Pro level D SLR featuring a high performance 10 2 MP DX format OCD Nicam exclusive Im Processing Engine and continuous firing up to 5 fps AAAA fo D60 the absolute leader of the pack Professional quality right in yc pocket 3 Inthe Save item dialog window select the Save Content check box to save the contents of any selected text frame to the assigned content item field El Save Content Cancel Note You can only save content changes if you have sufficient access rights and if the item is not locked by a different user Note You can change the contents of single line text multi line text rich text field and Print Text fields If the corresponding field is of the Rich Text type or Print Text type you can also change the formatting by using manual overrides Font Font size Font style Underlined Strike Through Small Caps All Caps Le
47. ght Selectable Picture Controls streamline in camera image processing saving time in post production and the high definition 3 inch LCD screen sap soris two Live View modes plus a HDMI video output Responsive rugged and ight the D30 offers new levels of performance for pros on a budget Accessories Remote Cord MC 22 Eve r reachy Camera Case CF D200 Note Do NOT nest the same merge items in each other That will create an endless loop of nested structures Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 85 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q S teco re Chapter 10 Menu Settings This chapter describes how you control certain settings from the Panel Menu This chapter contains the following sections e Choosing Language e Loading Text Frames With Different Languages and or Versions e Using Low Resolution or High Resolution Images Clearing the Cache Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 86 Sitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q S Leco re 10 1 Choosing the Language To choose the language 1 Select the Language item from the panel m
48. he new template section item and click OK Click Refresh 9 Select the new template section Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 59 User Manual Q SI Leco re 10 Click Add an item to add a template field to the selected section TEMPLATES ic ae Rie 539 a 36 51 a8 D 7 RatePage D 7 Top N Pages 7 LinkFolder m 11 Enter the name of the new field item Mame new field Field Type ETEEIERISS X Jefault Value Type some text here E Unversioned E Shared 12 Select the field type for example Single Line text and enter some default text in the default value text box If required select the Unversioned and Shared check boxes 13 Click OK to create the field 14 Click Refresh to refresh the tree Note You can set a default image for an image field by dragging an image item from the Media library tree to the image field Note Unversioned means that the value of the field is shared across all versions Shared means that the value of the field is shared across all language versions Note The field types displayed depend on the Sitecore CMS settings Ask your administrator if other field types are required Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names ar
49. he values of the Flow Name and Flow Order You can access those fields also by selecting the text frame item in the tree structure and right click The Change Textframe dialog box appears Change Textframe Item Name Short Description Flow Name Flow Order 0 L Fit Frame Show as greek type The value of the Flow name field defines which frames will be connected when publishing All frames with identical flow name value will be connected The Flow order value defines the order of those text frames When using the drag and drop method as described earlier a unique ID is used to identify the flow name Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 45 User Manual Q SI Leco re 4 16 Locating Assigned Items and Templates To locate the assigned content item for a snippet 1 Open the Content browser panel 2 Select the snippet item you want to use 3 Click Find assigned item CONTENT Eel H 83 ae 3 AC E ae Fe 58 UH ae w le ES 39 D 3 1 4 Page vL 28 Page b E imager b E mez p E imag 7 Digtal SUR E Price xz _ Full featured E Short Description p ox E The gt O E Description D D300 net a Rectangle gt L Easy to use _ Rectangle b 7 Digital P and 5 p d D40 D L Lenses p d Deo b 7
50. ia library Chapter 9 The Extensions Panel This chapter describes how to assign scripts execute tasks create and nest content merge items and insert inline images Chapter 10 Menu Settings This chapter describes how you control certain settings from the Panel Menu Chapter 11 Creating Snapshots This chapter describes how to use the create snapshot function in the InDesign Connector Chapter 12 Using the Workbox This chapter describes how to work with InDesign project items that are in a workflow stage is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 5 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q SI teco re Chapter 2 Starting Up This chapter briefly describes how to start the Sitecore InDesign Connector plug in This chapter contains the following sections Starting the Plug in e Buttons in Sitecore Panels e The Panel Menu e Project Structure Login to Sitecore Logging off Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 6 Sitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 2 1 Starting the Plug in Open InDesign Select Sitecore p X pec Arrange Workspace
51. ioned in Sitecore To load a certain version of an item in a certain language 1 Select the item that you want to load in the tree view 2 Select the language that you want to load from the Languages drop down list 3 Select the version that you want to load from the Versions drop down list 4 Click the Load selected version button The content is loaded in the selected language in the text frame of the selected version xz E Add A4 Special offer A4 lt Pages D 3 1 4 Page D 3 2 4 Page z L A Page oda 03K p E image E Short Description P e Load a version To create a new version of the selected item 1 Select the item for which you want to create a new version in the tree 2 Select the language you want to use from the Languages drop down list 3 Click the Create new Version button Ly o gt rege D L 2 4 Page ww L A Page ode DX p E image E Short Description F tz sl sv l English P Ge Create a new version Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 88 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q SI Leco re 10 3 Using Low Resolution or High Resolution Images When working online you can only use low resolution images that are extracted from the Sitecore media librar
52. k All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 82 Sitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q SI teco re 5 The following content merge is used in this example EE oducts mu e FN Price 6 As you can see in the following screenshot all product items of the Full featured item are published into one table ducta g m T095 Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 83 User Manual Q SI Leco re Example 2 In this example we want to publish all accessories of a product 1 Right click the item The following dialog box is displayed Item Name a isi gies Image Scaling Fit Content Proportionaly and Ce Cancel pah Accesoms Field Accessories child items Single table 2 The current item is the D300 product item the item assigned to the snippet x a Ea 25 ae L3 Es ag J English ie L3 w E3 3 All the accessories items child of the product item need to be published D300 2 1 il content ES Accessories Accessories shared E Resources All 3M specification Selected Ol Battery EN
53. ments xz E Add A4 Special offer A4 xz iL Pages D 3 1 4 Page D L 2 4 Page p amp amp v Depending on the node selected in the tree buttons are enabled disabled or may have different functions e For example clicking the Save button with the document node selected means save the document e Clicking the Save button the page node selected means save the page Note Your settings are saved in the Sitecore content management system CMS when you save your document and pages Therefore there is no need to save the document as a physical file unless you want to Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 11 User Manual Q SI Leco re 2 5 Logging in to Sitecore To log in 1 Click Log in to Sitecore in the panel menu Log in to Sitecore 2 Enter a valid username and password using a Sitecore user account in the Log in Sitecore dialog box 3 Select the URL for the web server or select New value in the drop down list and then enter the URL This will save the new URL so that it will appear in the drop down list the next time you start InDesign 4 Click OK Log in Sitecore Username Password Webserver http your domain Note The URLs are saved in the ini file located in
54. ng New Page Snippets 0 0 00 eee 49 9 2 1 Add a Static Item dcus qa Erin qr RPIA RE be te Au y ex x RR Y x XE 49 5 2 2 Add a Dynamic Item text frame or image 000 eee eee 50 5 2 3 Add a QR Code Image 1 6 nes 52 5 3 Changing Assigned FieldS 0 0 cc eee 54 5 4 Saving Page Snippets as Master Snippets nanana naaa aaa 55 5 5 Using Master Snippets to Create Page Snippets anana anaana aa aaa 56 The Templates Panel 0 0 0 00 cc ccc eee eens of 6 1 Creating New Folders 0 0 cc eee eens 58 6 2 Creating New Templates and Fields 0 0 0 0 eee eee 59 The Content Panel 0 0 0 eee eee enna 61 7 1 Creating New Content Items Using Insert Options 62 7 2 Creating New Content Items Using the Template Browser 63 7 3 Locating Templates for Content Items 0 00 eee 64 Using the Media Panel 0 0 0 ce eee eae 65 8 1 Browsing the Media Library 0 0 0 0 cc ee ees 66 C2 IMage CACHING s meie sa iih iron eee to Ke oes eee hee AS eee eee 68 8 3 Placing Images from the Media Library 0 0 0 eee 69 8 4 Adding Image Items to Snippets by Drag and Drop 00 5 70 8 5 Re assigning Image ItemS 0 te eens 71 S 6 Searching for IMAGES lt assos eU eed qaos sesh dus Rot pde ei ew ave ested aah des 72 The EXxtensioris PANG 2279 3 88 9px 95 273 E E bab pot o
55. nt access rights can change this Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 26 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q SI Leco re 4 3 Renumbering Pages in Documents You can renumber a set of pages for folders or for an entire document 4 3 1 Renumbering Pages for a Document To renumber a set of pages for an entire document 1 Right click the document item 2 Enter the new start number in the Change Item dialog box Change Item Item Name Emeta its Start Number 1 Renumber 3 Select the Renumber check box 4 Click OK All pages in the document are renumbered starting with the number provided in the Start number field 4 3 2 Renumbering Pages in Pages Folder To renumber a set of pages for a Pages folder 1 Select the Pages folder of choice and right click 2 Enter the new start number in the Change Item dialog box and select the Renumber check box Change Item Item Name Start Number 1 Renumber 3 Click OK 4 All pages in the selected pages folder are then renumbered starting with the number given in Start number Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright
56. nt are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 13 User Manual SI teco re 3 1 Opening Projects To open a project 1 Open the Print Studio Projects folder 2 Locate the project you want to open and drag it to the root node in the Project panel j 38 Fel 58 a 6 v 86 a vv DS Libraries xz Cd Print Studio Projects xz LJ Eximples p 2 HEW Projects p 2 HYH Projects b Ld Master documents D CJ Snippets library b C Snapshots The project is loaded in the project panel Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 14 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q SI teco re 3 2 Adding Folders To add a folder 1 Select the folder where you want to create the new folder 2 Click the Add a folder LIBRARIES Fae 58 Ue a v se 9 xz S ibraries Add a folder 8 Print Studio Projects xz LJ Examples b gt I Special offer a4 D J HEW Projects bd HYH Projects D L Master documents 3 Name the folder OK 4 The new folder item is created Click the Refresh button to see the new folder E Note You can right click to rename the item s display name in the tree Use CTRL right click to rename the item name Site
57. ntent Merge Items e Executing Tasks e Creating Content Merge Items e Nesting Content Merge Items e Inserting Inline Images e Specific Settings Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 73 User Manual Q SI Leco re 9 1 Assigning Scripts You can assign a script item to a document pages folder page snippet text frame or image frame item To assign a script to a selected item for example a text frame 1 Select the script item from the Extensions panel 2 Drag and drop it to the item in the Project tree tal s e 3 Es e v BB Special offer 4 xz J Books oh Book lt z i Documents xz E Add A4 Special offer A4 lt z J Pages D 3 1 4 Page D 3 2a Page ww L A Page vod ox B Description j ee Fe A v l Pi Note You can assign one or more scripts to a text frame Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 74 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q SI Leco re 9 2 Assigning Content Merge Items You can assign a conten
58. ntent to Frame Fit Frame to Content The scaling methods correspond to the scaling or fitting options available in InDesign Scaling options are only visible when re publishing the corresponding item Please note that e Except Fit Content Proportionally and Center which is a combination of Fit Content Proportionally and Center Content and not present in InDesign e Select None if you do not want to use automatic scaling but manual positioning of the image item Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 37 User Manual Q SI Leco re 4 9 3 Renaming Text Frame Items To rename a text frame item 1 In the Change Textframe dialog box you can set the Item Name Flow Name and Flow Order Change Textframe Item Name Short Description Flow Name Flow Order 0 E Fit Frame Show as greek type 2 Setthe Flow Name and Flow Order to create a set of connected text frames For more information see Linking Text Frames 3 Select Fit Frame if you want the text frame to automatically fit to the frame contents when it is published 4 Select Shows as greek type when the frame needs to be displayed as Greek type in the Print Studio Editor This is necessary when you publish content that has formatting that is not supported in that
59. oitecore Adaptive Print Studio Q SI Leco re Sitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 User Manual October 2 2012 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 User Manual Creating InDesign Documents with Sitecore CMS Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved User Manual Q SI Leco re Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 2 Sitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q SI Leco e Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction llle rrr 5 Ghapter2 Staning UD 2 asec ese teed o9 9 PROPERE SDILOEPS PE RS Iq Te nyt I exe es 6 2 1 tarii the PIUg Ill go udo ded ends ose Se Pos whe SH a dried eod Bem CX a 7 2 2 Buttons in the Sitecore Panels 0 0 00 llle 8 29 The Pane MENU TERRE 10 2 4 Project SUUCIG sessa uiti a ea m E aaa a So a NUR os f r E a 11 2 9 Logging in to Sitecore us uude d codes Hehe 8 EIUS EL EUR m RORIS gs soin Je del m rd eee 12 20 MOGGING ON esie se de Ap a e a e a a E n a ie a a a aa d e 12 Chapter 3 The Libraries Panel nannaa naana aaa 13 9 1 OPENING PEFOIeCIUS 2 a3 i aiaa a bet can eS rod a E a Ree re 14 32 oenelme CEISMRDRERTCCEITCOITTITITT
60. ons p C scripts library D C Tasks library Insert a field as a variable mW j A new text variable is inserted indicated by MRG When published the contents of the cell is created from the inserted content merge item Note You can also insert script item as a nested object in a content merge Select the script item in the tree and click Insert variable Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 79 User Manual Q SI Leco re 9 6 Inserting Inline Images To insert an inline image as part of a content merge 1 Create an anchored frame of text type Supplied Accessories Image Sensor FN Image Sensor Effective Pixels FN Effective Pixels Dimensions W x Hx D FN Dimensions W x H x DFN Weight Weight FN Weight Storage Media FN Storage Media Image Size pixels FN Image Size pixels Interface 2 Place the cursor inside the anchored frame You can insert text fields to publish the contents of a text field inside the anchored frame You can also insert an image field inside the anchored frame to publish the selected image Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore
61. property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 70 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q SI teco re 8 5 Re assigning Image Items To re assign an image item to an existing image frame 1 Select the item of choice in the Media panel tree structure 2 Drag and drop the item to the image frame item in the Project browser Bl e el 9 4 gt a v BB Special offer 4 x J Media xz i Books D CJ Niam wv Book LJ Nicam Modules xz J Documents xz Print Studio Images xz E Add A4 Special offer A4 xz LJ Examples Nicam xz LJ Pages p C p200 D 3 1 4 Page EX D L 2a Page w L 3A Page w ox E Description k f a v 36 P B0 The selected image item is then assigned to the image frame 3 Click Refresh Project panel to refresh the tree structure Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 71 User Manual Q SI Leco re 8 6 Searching for Images To search for a specific image 1 Select the folder you want to search 2 Click Search for an image B n E ve D Media Search for an 3 Enter a description or part of a description of the image you want to s
62. s click the Refresh button in the workbox panel Refresh the Content Tree 2 Select an item in a workflow stage gt p Approved D Wa Leads Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 94 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q SI Leco re 12 2 Opening Project Items From the Workbox To work on an InDesign item in a workflow stage just select that particular item and click the Open project and jump to selected item button The project the item is part of is opened in the project panel and the item is selected in the tree xz gp Edit D 03 xz i Awaiting Approval 4 Approve Chwned by sitecoreWesthh Workflow Regular review State Awaiting Approval Changed from Edit to Awaiting Approval Ey sitecorelAdmin on 2 10 2012 Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 95 User Manual Q SI Leco re 12 3 Using Content Items and Media Items from the Workbox Content items that appear in the Workbox at some state can be used in drag and drop operations in the same way as described earlier in
63. save the page xz E Add A4 Special offer A4 uw c Pages p 3 1 4 Page D L 2 4 Page vv IA Page lt Box E Description Title E n t E amp v P B0 i R photograph Wee is studio or out on location The 74 5 megapixel FX ensor delivers image files with outstanding levels detail and tonal gradation and boasts an ISO range of 100 to 1600 Its durable Eevlar carbon fiber composite shutter and EX superior exposures and is supported by Nikons widely acclaimed 51 point AF system which offers broad coverage and Vita ividually selectable points Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 53 ser Manua Q sitecore 5 3 Changing Assigned Fields To change an assigned field for a certain item text frame or image frame drag and drop the field of your choice to the item of choice To change the assigned field of a created text frame 1 Select the field in the Template panel 2 Drag the field to the text frame item To change the assigned field of a created image frame 1 Select the image field in the Template panel 2 Dragthe field to the image frame item Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The
64. t merge item to a text frame only 1 Select the content merge item from the Extensions browser 2 Drag and drop it to the text frame item of choice in the Project tree Note You can assign one or more content merge items to a text frame Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 75 User Manual Q SI Leco re 9 3 Executing Tasks To execute a certain task 1 Select the task item you want to execute 2 Click the Execute task button EXTENSIONS F ceste Advertisements project Note Depending on the functionality of the task you may see different user notifications It may also be required to select an item in one of the other panels as well Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 76 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q SI teco re 9 4 Creating Content Merge Items Content merge items allow you to fetch contents from several items and fields and merge those contents into one single text frame in an InDesign production To create a new content merge item 1 Open the Extensions browser 2 Select the folder where you want to create the new con
65. te the new snippet 8 8 amp g 5 9 6 3 8 II IE ETETTTEBEERE v BB Special offer 4 se E Libraries xz C Books b ZJ Print Studio Projects x Wb Book D LJ Master documents xz C Documents xz I Snippets library xz E Add A4 Special offer A4 D CJ Nicam Demo Projects v C Pages xz Ld Demo project p D rate gt I 24 Page p diy Demo project p QD hew tex b LJ Nicam Adds D C Nicam Brand D Q2 Nicam Brochures Snippets D LJ Nicam Business Cards p C Nicam Catalog Snippets D LJ TER gt QI snapshots t A v 3 Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 56 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q S teco e Chapter 6 The Templates Panel The Template panel shows templates as they are available in Sitecore CMS You can use the templates and in particular the template field items to create snippets as described in previous sections of this document The Template panel allows you to create new templates and you can use a template to create new content items This chapter describes how to create new folders and templates This chapter contains the following sections e Creating New Folders e Creating New Templates and Fields Sitecore is a registered tra
66. tent merge item 3 Click Add an item EXTENSIONS abaaaaanueoe vv LAE add an item A b LJ Content Merges baa D Ld Newsletters b LJ Examples for tests gt Gl Scripts brary D i Tasks library Enter the name of the new item in the Item Name dialog box Click OK A new content merge item is added to the selected folder Click Refresh Select the new item p Lo ow o Click Publish the current item EXTENSIONS qu a el 23 al se 9 v Publish the current item NE b C other b C Saipts library b C Tasks library A text frame is created on the page You can now add the content to the frame that will act as a template for the content merge Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 77 User Manual Q SI Leco re To add variables to the lay out 1 Place the cursor at the place where you want to insert the variable place holder 2 Select the field you want to insert in the Templates panel 3 Click Insert a field as variable FN Effective Pixel TEMPLATES SM EM A A v 3j RE gt C Individual Spot Insert a field as a variable p C Rotate Spot gt C Image Spot gt E tink Image Spot gt E Simple Spot gt C SimplePage gt CI Page Group
67. the new item 5 Select the template type from the Template drop down list Mame new item Template SLR Product Group SLR F and Lenses Other Accessories 6 Click OK to create the item 7 Click Refresh to refresh the tree Note The template types correspond to the list of insert options as set in the default values of the corresponding data template in the Sitecore CMS Ask you administrator for more information Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 62 Sitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 7 2 Q sitecore Creating New Content Items Using the Template Browser To create a new content item using the templates from the Template browser 1 In the Template browser select the item you want to use 2 Drag the template to the item to which you want to add the new item TEMPLATES a Jj Bel 38 i ial Al v g 3 ap gt 7 Newsttem D 7 ProductRewiew p C News Spo gt C Individual Spot gt C Rotate Spot p C Image Spot p C tink Image Spot gt C Simple Spot gt C SimplePage gt C Page Group J Articles Group p L Product Base c ae lel Gel al aR w 6 e e xz C Content G Nicam b LJ Settings new Folder The new item is cr
68. the same folder as the plug in for example C Program Files x86 Adobe Adobe InDesign CS5 5 Plug Ins Sitecore When you are not able to save new URLs this might be caused by insufficient access rights to that specific folder In that case consult your system administrator 2 6 Logging off To log off select Log out off Sitecore in the panel menu e Log out off Sitecore Change password Select a Lanquage Use High Resolution Images Clear cache About this plug in Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 12 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q S Leco re Chapter 3 The Libraries Panel The Libraries panel shows all available libraries that can be used to create an InDesign project The libraries contain InDesign projects Print Studio Projects Master documents Lay out snippets and Snapshots This chapter contains the following sections e Creating Snapshots Opening Projects e Adding Folders Creating New Projects Creating New Master Documents e Modify Master Documents Creating Master Snippets e Adjusting Master Snippets e Creating Snapshots Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this docume
69. the same way as any master page in InDesign If you want to use images on a master page you must add them as embedded images or make sure the used images can be accessed by other users when the document is loaded 4 7 3 Saving Static Page Items When you want to add content or page items to the page that are not stored in the CMS you can either add it as page specific items or as static items to a snippet item You can also add so called soft texts to a snippet see section Creating Soft Texts Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 33 User Manual Q SI Leco re In order to add page specific items for example rectangles text frames with content image frames etc simply add the needed items and save the page The items are recognized as static not data driven from the CMS and are saved as part of the page item ZL E eu D Nicam exclusive Image I t amp v 5 Some new text here English Cwned by Nobody Note If you add images as static items to a page make sure the images are accessible for other users as well Note Page specific content is not displayed in the Print Studio Editor If that is a requirement please add static items to a snippet instead 4 7 4 Savin
70. tions e Browsing the Media Library e Image Caching e Placing Images from the Media Library e Adding Image Items to Snippets by Drag and Drop e Re assigning Image Items e Searching for Images Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 65 User Manual Q S teco re 8 1 Browsing the Media Library The Media panel shows the media library You can browse through the various folders and the contents media items of the various folders To show the items inside a folder simply open the folder As you can seen in the following example the media items will be shown in the structure as items aj a gt a x L Nicam p QU arte images p QJ Home p ms xz 7 Products D L Accessories xz L Digital P and 5 3 mM performance E COOLPIX P5100 T reperum p QJ ame mages p CJ Home b C me xz Cd Products D Ld Accessories xz L Digital P and 5 mM performance E COOLPIX P5100 The media items are shown in a list of thumbnails MEDIA BROWS ER ia a e e 9 Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 66 Sitecor
71. to speed up the process of downloading information from the Sitecore server to the InDesign desktop client data is cached That is similar to caching with your web browser To clear the cache select Clear cache from the panel menu e About this plug in provides information on version number Note The panel menu is available and identical for all panels Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 10 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q SI teco re 2 4 Project Structure The project structure of each InDesign project contains several elements and folders A project consists of a number of elements with a structure that corresponds to the InDesign model of a document It is important to remember that e A project consists of an InDesign book corresponds to the InDesign book indb e A book can have one or more document items correspond to InDesign documents indd e A document can have one or more page items correspond to InDesign pages e A page can have one or more snippets that hold page items for example text frames images rectangles and so on which correspond to InDesign objects You can open the project tree by clicking Sitecore Project Ne Eg 25 ae E v BB Special offer 4 xz J Books oW Book xz J Docu
72. ty of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 41 User Mni Q sitecore 4 13 Adding Notes To add a note to a page 1 Select the page item in the tree structure where you want to add the note 2 Click Add Note ax PROJECT C Documents xz E Add A4 Special offer A4 kr c Pages p C 24 Page 4 m p m Engish E a v sel English 1 Chwned by Mobody 3 Enter a name in the Add note dialog box and click OK Add note Cancel A note item is created 4 Click Publish the selected item to re publish the page A new note is published on the page Move and resize the note frame and change the note content Save the page lay out changes Note A note is basically a text frame using default settings When a new note is created it uses the background color Yellow and the object style Note These settings are controlled in the Sitecore item template that defines the note item The text is formatted with the default paragraph style Text and Sticky for the note text You can change the settings of styles in the InDesign master document Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 42 oite
73. ve your changes click the snippet item in the tree Click Save selected item Note Although not a requirement it is easier if you publish the master snippet with the correct master document opened since that document contains the correct style settings 6 Click Save selected item LIBRARY BROWSER iw E a F1 Bl 8 8g Re A v se L3 Save selected item BART v C pes ibrary iil eee nea boe b diy Front page Roc Product 3 small images m Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 20 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q S Leco re 3 8 Creating Snapshots You can create a snapshot to show a thumbnail images of snippets The snapshots are JPEG images stored in the Sitecore media library To create a snapshot of a master snippet see Creating Snapshots Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 21 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q S Leco re Chapter 4 The Project Panel This chapter describes how you use the project panel to work with the Print Studio projects This chapter contains the following sections e Addin
74. y and then downloaded to InDesign However when working on a local area network LAN with access to high resolution images stored on a file server you can also use the high resolution images without the need to run a server based production setup Consult your supplier on how to set up such a production environment To switch to high resolution images on the desktop select Use High Resolution Images from the panel menu To switch back to low resolution images select Use Low Resolution Images from the panel menu Log out off Sitecore Change password Select a Lanquage Use High Resolution Images s Clear cache About this plug in Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 89 User Manu Q sitecore 10 4 Clearing the Cache To speed up the process of downloading information from the Sitecore server to the InDesign desktop client data is cached That is similar to caching with your web browser To clear the cache select Clear cache from the panel menu Sitecore is a registered trademark All other brand and product names are the property of their respective holders The contents of this document are the property of Sitecore Copyright 2001 2012 Sitecore All rights reserved Page 90 oitecore InDesign Connector 1 1 Q S

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