Video Demos and Tutorials

We've produced a series of videos to show you how CatBase works. Start with the quick overview and then view videos relating to your particular area of interest.

The videos are organised into the following categories:

Overviews: Brief demonstrations of the program's features
Getting Started: Detailed movies covering specific topics relating to setting up your database, such as setting up tables and fields and designing your data entry forms.
Using CatBase: Detailed movies showing you how to use specific features, such as importing data and creating reports.
Publishing: Detailed movies showing you how to prepare for publishing your data and how to complete the publishing project.

Overviews

Publishing a Catalog	A quick demonstration showing how easy it is to publish an office supplies catalogue with CatBase.
Publishing a Catalog using XML	This movie demonstrates how to create an XML file from CatBase and use that to publish a catalogue in InDesign.
Publishing a Simple Telephone Directory	In this example we show you how a fairly basic telephone directory is produced.

Getting Started with CatBase

Setting up Tables and Fields	The first thing you'll need to do is to define at least one table and some fields. This video shows you how to do that.
Field types	It's important to choose the right type of field for the type of data that will be put into it. This video describes the seven different field types and when each should be used.
Field Properties	You can choose various properties to set for each field - for example, force to uppercase, mandatory entry, select from a choice list, run a script when modified ... these are all described in this video.
Form Design Wizard	Once you've set up your tables and fields, you can place them on your data entry forms via the Form Design Wizard.

Using CatBase

Importing Data	You can import data from practically any source, such as a delimited text file, XML file, or an ODBC data source such as SqlServer. This video describes how to set up an Import Style.

Publishing

Publishing Styles	Publishing Styles tell CatBase what data you want to publish and how you want it sorted and formatted. This video gives an overview of setting up a Publishing Style.
Publishing Projects	With Publishing Projects, you can create a one-click solution to publish your data.
Publishing your data	Once you've set up a Publishing Style and (optionally) a Publishing Project, you're ready to create your publication.

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