CatBase Tutorials

We have created a number of tutorials to show you how CatBase works and what it can do for you.

Overviews and Examples	Using CatBase
These are brief guides that demonstrate how CatBase can be used to complete various types of publishing project with various publishing destinations. An Overview of Database Publishing What is Database Publishing? Database Publishing Wizards Publishing Destinations Which page layout program is best? Database Publishing Options with InDesign Publishing Examples Publish a Catalog With QuarkXPress With InDesign, using XML With InDesign, using Xtags With FrameMaker An example that places each item into an individual box (for Quark and InDesign) Publish a Telephone Directory With InDesign With QuarkXPress Variable Data Publishing Example An example that demonstrates how to create personalized letters and a telephone directory (for Quark and InDesign	Using CatBase: Tutorials on how to use specific features of the program Setting Up Your Database Getting to know the CatBase interface Field Properties: Adding or modifying the fields in your tabels and choosing their behaviours Sorting your data Setting up an automatic backup schedule Using the Database Importing Data Create Sets to define and maintain groups of data Entering and publishing related data Getting Ready to Publish Data Creating Publishing Style Sheets: these are what tell CatBase what data to publish and how to sort and format it Publishing Projects: Tell CatBase which set of data to publish and which Publishing Style Sheet to use, then just press a button to publish your data! "Round-Tripping": bi-directional updates between CatBase and Quark or InDesign CS documents Publishing Your Data An overview of the publishing process Communications Send emails to contacts in your database, and receive emails sent to a designated email address. Tools and Utilities Use the Event Scheduler to perform tasks at specified time intervals Run scripts to perform special processing on your data when records are imported, modfied, or saved.

Overviews and Examples

Using CatBase

These are brief guides that demonstrate how CatBase can be used to complete various types of publishing project with various publishing destinations.

An Overview of Database Publishing

Publishing Destinations

Publishing Examples

Publish a Catalog

Publish a Telephone Directory

With InDesign
With QuarkXPress

Variable Data Publishing Example

An example that demonstrates how to create personalized letters and a telephone directory (for Quark and InDesign

Using CatBase: Tutorials on how to use specific features of the program

Setting Up Your Database

Getting to know the CatBase interface
Field Properties: Adding or modifying the fields in your tabels and choosing their behaviours
Sorting your data
Setting up an automatic backup schedule

Using the Database

Importing Data
Create Sets to define and maintain groups of data
Entering and publishing related data

Getting Ready to Publish Data

Creating Publishing Style Sheets: these are what tell CatBase what data to publish and how to sort and format it
Publishing Projects: Tell CatBase which set of data to publish and which Publishing Style Sheet to use, then just press a button to publish your data!
"Round-Tripping": bi-directional updates between CatBase and Quark or InDesign CS documents

Publishing Your Data

An overview of the publishing process

Communications

Send emails to contacts in your database, and receive emails sent to a designated email address.

Tools and Utilities

Use the Event Scheduler to perform tasks at specified time intervals
Run scripts to perform special processing on your data when records are imported, modfied, or saved.

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