Problems associated with automatic page creation
Some of the common issues in the implementation of software for the automatic generation of content pages (catalogues, lists) include:- difficulty in visualizing product data together with its associated images and logos, in a single “logical entity”;
- considerable amounts of time wasted in the process of collecting product data (text and images) for selection and export;
- poor quality of data for publication.
4-Flying solution: 4-Page
The 4-Page solution is highly advanced software, compatible with the standard layout applications currently on the market (QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign) for the automatic generation of pages with repetitive elements, starting from an XML data file exported from the client’s database. The program is a highly customisable solution, capable of adapting itself to the needs of any productive environment, functioning both locally and on the server level.4-Page advantages
- Approach: 4-Page is not a tool meant to replace the invaluable work of creative graphics professionals -- it is a tool which helps facilitate that work. It imports all the elements associated with the product into the page, allowing the creative professional to give his or her attention and concentration to the graphic composition of text and images and the embellishment of the page. In cases where the pages to be created are repetitive and contain low creative content, as with lists and industrial catalogues, 4-Page can produce finished pages.
- Automation: the process of feeding 4-Page (extrapolation of data from the Product Data Bank, elaboration, importation, page creation) can be completely automated.
- The connection: product data laid out through 4-Page always retains a one-way connection with the data stored in 4-Flying.
- Personalization: the module is completely customisable.
- Integration in the workflow: the functionalities of 4-Page are strictly integrated and connected to the 4-Approval layout approval module, to the online publication plan in 4-Plan, and to the 4-Track job management module.
