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 A comparison between CatBase and InDesign's Data Merge facility Workflow Examples From MySql or Sql Server to 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) Taking a design-led approach, where you want more manual control over the layout Creating hyperlinks in your InDesign documents Publish a Telephone Directory Publishing a "Yellow Pages" Directory Publishing a "White Pages" directory Publish a Membership Directory With QuarkXpress or Adobe InDesign Publish Classified Ads How to create a classified advertisement section for a newspaper or magazine with CatBase 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 Database 101: A basic introduction to databases Getting to know the CatBase interface Field Properties: Adding or modifying the fields in your tables and choosing their behaviours Sorting your data Setting up an automatic backup schedule Using the Database Importing Data From a spreadsheet such as Excel Adding data manually Finding and Modifying data Create Sets to define and maintain groups of data Entering and publishing related data Creating Quick Reports 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 Creating Formulas to tell CatBase how to make decisions about what to publish and/or how to format it Conditional Formatting: How to get CatBase to make text styling decisions 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 as InDesign tables. With CatBase and InDesign you can create all kinds of simple and sophisticated tables. Automatically creating hyperlinks in your InDesign documents Publishing Your Data An overview of the publishing process Exporting data to a delimited text file (csv, tab-delimited, etc.) Creating an Excel Spreadsheet from your database 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, modified, 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

Workflow Examples

From MySql or Sql Server to InDesign

Publishing Examples

Publish a Catalog

Publish a Telephone Directory

Publish a Membership Directory

With QuarkXpress or Adobe InDesign

Publish Classified Ads

How to create a classified advertisement section for a newspaper or magazine with CatBase

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

Database 101: A basic introduction to databases
Getting to know the CatBase interface
Field Properties: Adding or modifying the fields in your tables and choosing their behaviours
Sorting your data
Setting up an automatic backup schedule

Using the Database

Importing Data
- From a spreadsheet such as Excel
Adding data manually
Finding and Modifying data
Create Sets to define and maintain groups of data
Entering and publishing related data
Creating Quick Reports

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
Creating Formulas to tell CatBase how to make decisions about what to publish and/or how to format it
Conditional Formatting: How to get CatBase to make text styling decisions
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 as InDesign tables. With CatBase and InDesign you can create all kinds of simple and sophisticated tables.
Automatically creating hyperlinks in your InDesign documents

Publishing Your Data

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, modified, or saved.

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