Rapidly turn your Database or Spreadsheet Data into a perfectly-formatted Catalog, Directory, or Price List!

Don't spend hours ... days ... or even WEEKS manually building your publication.

Let CatBase do the job for you in minutes!

The general-purpose Database Publishing Solution for creating catalogues, directories, price lists, classified ads ... or any sort of publication that's database-based.	The easy way to publish directories such as ... "Yellow Pages" White Pages Membership Directories Service Provider Directories Event Listings

CatBase is a database publishing program which automates the process of publishing a catalogue, directory, price list, membership directory, or any other sort of publication that's based on database or spreadsheet data.

Save Time and Money - let the computer do the tedious, time-consuming work!

• You tell CatBase what data you want to publish and how you want each part of it styled
• Publish the data in any of a number of different formats
• Place it in your preferred publishing solution (QuarkXPress, Adobe I:nDesign, Adobe FrameMaker, Word, etc.)
• All the text is automatically formatted in the styles you want!
• Pictures can be automatically placed as well
• Supports conditional formatting
• Supports conditional data inclusion (eg - only include a product or listing if it meets certain criteria)
• Includes full database management features

Publish your data in lots of different ways

With CatBase you can produce all kinds of publications in endless different styles. It works with your chosen page layout program (QuarkXPress, InDesign, FrameMaker, and others). You simply tell CatBase which records to publish, what data to include, and how to style each part of the publication. You don't need to do any programming: just make selections in dialog boxes and CatBase does the rest. When you transfer the data to your page layout program, it's all automatically formatted.

See a short video that demonstrates a catalog and price list being published with CatBase

See some examples of publications that were created with CatBase

Publish to lots of different publishing destinations:

• QuarkXPress
• InDesign CS
• FrameMaker
• Microsoft Word, or any program that supports RTF tags
• HTML
• XML
• Delimited text files
• An ODBC-compliant application such as MS SQL Server, MySql, etc. (Data Chameleon Edition)

Features:

• Interface: Easy-to-use point-and-click interface - no programming required
• Data Sources: Enter data directly or import it from practically any other source, such as a spreadsheet, text file, XML file, or (Data Chameleon Edition) ODBC data source such as MS Sql Server, MySql, etc.
• Publishing: Create any number of Publishing Styles to publish your data in lots of different ways and to different publishing destinations
• Mixed formatting: Automatically style different elements of your text in different ways – for example:
• Conditional Formatting: Various options, such as Formulas, enable you to tell CatBase how to make decisions about what to publish and how to style it.
• Pictures can be automatically placed (QuarkXPress, InDesign and FrameMaker)
• Automatic updating : Once your data has been published to QuarkXPress or InDesign CS2, 3 or 4, data can be updated in the document or from the document back to the database (last-minute pricing updates, for example)
• Available in single-user and multi-user versions
• Available for Windows and Macintosh
• Automation: Create Sets of data that meet certain criteria; set up Publishing Projects so you don't have to remember the settings each time you publish; use the Event Scheduler to automatically perform tasks such as importing or publishing data according to a flexible schedule
• Communications: Send and receive emails; print letters and labels
• Automatic Backups: The Backup Scheduler makes backups at specified intervals and maintains a log file of all changes made to the database; in the event of a system crash, it can automatically restore the database if necessary

Find Out More!

• See more detailed information about CatBase
• See demonstration videos showing how the process works.
• Look at our Tutorials to get an overview of how CatBase works and see some examples of publications being created
• Download a fully functional, time-unlimited Trial Version and try CatBase for yourself
• See a comparison of the three Editions (Standard, Enterprise, and Data Chameleon)
• Got a question? Contact our friendly and knowledgeable technical team and we'll be happy to answer your questions and help you to set up your own database
• See examples of publications created with CatBase
• See what our customers say about CatBase
• Find out about prices and ordering