Easy Catalogue Building for InDesign, QuarkXpress, Microsoft Word!
CatBase is the solution to your catalog production nightmares.
It's easy to create and publish your catalog using CatBase and a publishing application such as Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress, or Microsoft Word.
Your data can originate in:
-
A spreadsheet
-
A CatBase-managed database
-
Another database (eg MySql, Sql Server, Access, etc.)
-
An XML file
-
A csv file
-
A tab-delimited text file
... or even a combination of different sources.
Some examples of catalogs, price lists, and directories created with CatBase:
You can see more examples on this page.
CatBase offers many options and features that you won't find in other data publishing software.
Features
Database
-
Includes a complete relational database. You can use CatBase to manage all your data, or simply import it from another source when it's time to publish.
-
You can define as many tables and fields, and the relationships between them, as you need for your project.
-
Organise your data into Categories, with any number of sub-categories to any number of levels (read more about Categories).
Publishing
-
Set up Rules to specify what data to publish, how to format it, when to include or omit certain data, when to include or omit images, and many other options (see the Publishing Rules page for more info).
-
Publish any number of images (learn more about managing pictures).
-
Create sophisticated tables of data linked to an item. For example, a table listing the parts belonging to a product. (learn more about tables)
-
Create bar codes on the fly! All kinds of bar codes are supported, such as the familiar "stripey" kind, QR codes, and many others. (Learn more about creating bar codes.).
-
Produce labels (eg mailing labels, product labels, price tags, etc.) Learn more about Labels.
-
Create dynamically-sized text boxes on the fly, and fill then with any content:
-
Supports all languages. CatBase is Unicode-compliant, so you can publish using any character set.
