Publish Dynamic Documents

Jon Pepper

Producing good-looking documents can be a struggle, which is why design templates and Wizards are a popular way to guide nondesigners through the process of turning ideas into compelling proposals and reports. A new program for Windows 95, called i-publish, seeks to improve on this process.

The i-publish program (which is slated to ship in the second quarter of this year) offers templates for all sorts of documents. But what sets it apart is its built-in intelligence. Rather than using the static approach that most programs offer, i-publish templates dynamically change as you assemble content. For example, as you drop photo s, text, or other content into template "frames," i-publish automatically fits information such as captions and headlines, doing the resizing an d reformatting as you go.

In addition, the expertise built into the program ensures that all the elements relate to each other as you add or delete information. And the program is smart enough to reformat a document for different applications. For example, if you create a newsletter for print and tell i-publish you want to post it on the Web, it will automatically put in Web-appropriate bullets and create necessary links.

You can engage in all sorts of what-if scenarios (e.g., changing fonts and colors), and i-publish will adjust everything else in the document so the overall look remains professional and balanced.

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