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1 Spicing up your workflow! CHILI Publisher The hottest online document editor A professional online document editor you can integrate into your new or existing web-to-print solution

The hottest online document editor Have you ever wanted to use a professional document editing system, online?

Unleash your creativity and think beyond the limits of the web, now you can offer professional grade editing, in a web-environment.

This means you keep the creative advantage of your solution, combined with the power of CHILI Publisher.

No graphic-arts experience or know-how is required for your end users to use the WYSIWIG editor. The workflow CHILI Editor will allways be an important part of a workflow.

2 The hottest online document editor Have you ever wanted to use a professional document editing system, online? You have a great idea to offer services to your customers, but you need a document layout tool online? CHILI Publisher offers all that. Unleash your creativity and think beyond the limits of the web, now you can offer professional grade editing, in a web-environment. CHILI Publisher uses an open architecture to let you integrate the hottest professional online editing software into your web-application. This means you keep the creative advantage of your solution, combined with the power of CHILI Publisher. You decide which level of experience your customers need, and tweak the CHILI Publisher interface to your customer s needs. No graphic-arts experience or know-how is required for your end users to use the WYSIWIG editor. The workflow CHILI Editor will allways be an important part of a workflow. Brand management, translation, shopping cart, web-2-print, At one stage in the process, CHILI Editor will enable the end-user to edit the document in the way you have enabled him/her to do so. CHILI Publisher can provide a print-quality PDF, amongst other formats for output. Output High Quality PDF Mobile output CHILI Package Adobe InDesign Document Images Web (flash viewer) XML API CHILI Publisher is built on top of an API. This will allow you (or your developers) to integrate the CHILI Editor into your webportal. In the documentation you ll find a reference to all functions and descriptions of the major concepts. The editor The portal Consider any web-based application as a portal. The purpose might differ from customer to customer. CHILI Editor allows a seamless integration into this portal. Integration of the CHILI Editor is accomplished through an open architecture: Webservices on the server side, JavaScript on the client side. You might be familiar with desktop applications for Document editing. CHILI Editor opens these editing capabilities in the webbrowser. The editor allows you to customize the look & feel. Choose what tools are available to your end-users, in line with their needs and/or skills. This customization is important when you integrate the editor in your (customer s) portal. Graphic arts document Input A CHILI Document can originate from: An Adobe InDesign document, a new CHILI Document, a CHILI Package, an Existing PDF or an XML file The basis for any graphic design is a document. A document can be very small (e.g. a postal stamp) or very large. The document contains text, images and other layout elements

New in CHILI Publisher 3.5 3D Folding advanced In CHILI Publisher 3.0 we introduced 3D folding.

The new release of CHILI Publish takes 3D to the next level. Composed materials Combine multiple documents and/or assets into one single 3D model.

These animations can also use ease-in and easeout functionality. The result is a more attractive view of a document (or combined documents).

CHILI InDesign converter The converter is used to convert existing Adobe InDesign documents to CHILI Publisher, and vice versa.

on a user s computer, or when the assets are located on a centralized Digital Asset Management (DAM) system. Font Preview Based on user feedback, CHILI Publisher 3.

wide range of datasets, allowing you to create multiple versions of a document with variable content. In version 3.

Users can see the most challenging records in the dataset and, if necessary, change page layout or design to fit that data record.

With support for international standards, CHILI Publisher is committed to providing the best possible way to use the editor in a workflow.

3 New in CHILI Publisher 3.5 3D Folding advanced In CHILI Publisher 3.0 we introduced 3D folding. This was a major breakthrough in enabling users to visualize content in a three-dimensional way and thus make more informed design decisions. The new release of CHILI Publish takes 3D to the next level. Composed materials Combine multiple documents and/or assets into one single 3D model. Animation In addition to animating a document (folding panels), it is now also possible to animate the camera around the object. These animations can also use ease-in and easeout functionality. The result is a more attractive view of a document (or combined documents). Separated preview integration 3D visualization was an option in the workspace. Now the 3D preview can be loaded separately into a web application. CHILI InDesign converter The converter is used to convert existing Adobe InDesign documents to CHILI Publisher, and vice versa. With the new version of the plug-in, users have the option of importing a document from CHILI Publisher to InDesign without images or fonts if, for example, they already reside on a user s computer, or when the assets are located on a centralized Digital Asset Management (DAM) system. Font Preview Based on user feedback, CHILI Publisher 3.5 now features the ability to preview the actual look of fonts within a document Improved functionality of datasources With datasources you can now connect your document to a wide range of datasets, allowing you to create multiple versions of a document with variable content. In version 3.5 you can search on the content of a variable field, making it possible to preview the shortest, longest or any other record in a dataset. Users can see the most challenging records in the dataset and, if necessary, change page layout or design to fit that data record. PDF/VT PDF/VT is an international standard published by ISO in It defines the use of PDF as an exchange format optimized for variable and transactional printing. With support for international standards, CHILI Publisher is committed to providing the best possible way to use the editor in a workflow. Adobe, as well as Global Graphics, support the PDF/VT standard in their respective RIPs; Adobe PDF PrintEngine (APPE) and Harlequin RIP. Horizontal and vertical scaling In many print applications text will be scaled to fit the frame or media size. In version 3.5, CHILI Publisher now supports horizontal and vertical scaling of a text box. Skewing of a frame is now also supported. IDML export CHILI Publisher documents can now be exported to IDML (InDesign Markup Language). This export format improves compatibility of files with a wider range of Adobe InDesign versions. IDML is an XML-based format, introduced in Adobe InDesign CS4, for representing InDesign content. Latest updates?

4 Compare CHILI Publisher... CHILI Publisher claims to be the hottest online document editor. In this document you will find a list of some of the features offered by CHILI Publisher. Visit our competitors, and reassure yourselve you re making the right choice. General - Browser-based... - Multi browser support... - Real-time WYSIWYG editing... - Support for localisation... Input - Adobe InDesign... - New CHILI Document... - CHILI Package... - Existing PDF... - XML... Backoffice - Asset management... - Document management... - Server monitor... - Set Triggers on server behaviour... Images - Link to external image respositories... - Support for external url (xml feed)... - Support for image transformations... - Support for image Conversion Profiles... - Support for PDF, EPS, Jpeg,... - Allow visual image cropping... - Allow automatic image fitting... Color - Define colors in CMYK... - Define colors in RGB... - Define spot colors... - Define Lab colors... - Define gradients... Barcodes - Pre defined barcode setup in backoffice... - Support for datamatrix... - Support for postnet... - Support for UPC... - Support for EAN Support for QR... - Support for ISBN... Text - Edit text through forms... - Edit text inline and story mode... - Paste text copied from clipboard... - Text wrapping around other objects... - Text wrapping around non orthogonal shapes... - Autogrow of Text frames... - Copyfitting of text in variables... - Text overflow preflight warning... - Edit (text) on a rotated stage... - Edit text in non-orthogonal positioned frame... - Edit text along path... - Change the text color... - Add strokes to text... - Check spelling of text... - Use shortcuts for: 1st, 2nd, bullet list start,... - Limit styles for specific frames... - Hyphenation... - Custom hyphenation libraries... - Use paragraph and character styles... Fonts - Support for Truetype fonts... - Support for OpenType Fonts... - Limit font usage per document... - Limit font usage per text frame... - Multibyte support... - Right to left support... Integration options - API driven... - Same API for internal and external use... - Allows interface customisation... - Connect with HTML and JavaScript... Variable data - Create variables in document... - Specific variable types... (text, number, date, barcode, ) - Add scripting intelligence to variables... - Import databases, merge data... - Support for structured files (csv, excel, xml)... - SalesForce link... - Google Spreadsheet link... - Use variables in text frames... - Use variables in image frames... - Use variables in barcodes... - Use variables in action editor... - Use variables in color definitions... - Use variables on layers... Templates - Design templates from scratch online... - Import templates from Adobe InDesign... - Push Documents back to Adobe InDesign.. - Support for multipage documents... - Support for standard document sizes... - Support for custom document sizes... External systems - Connection with Xinet Webnative Suite... - Connection with Magento via plugin... - Connection with Flickr... - Connection with Google Docs... - Connection with Enfocus Switch... - Connection with SalesForce... - Connection with Cumulus... Frames - Shape support... - Import shapes... - Transparancy... - Different blendmodes... - Advanced border and fill settings... - Apply copyfitting on individual frames... - Object constraints... - Object content constraints... - Allow frame anchoring... Editor - Configurable interface... - Configurable viewpreferences... - User interface can be localized... - Character styles... - Paragraph styles... - Support for predefined colors... - Visual image selection... - Image selection from list... - Upload images from local client... - Bezier editor... - Change bleed... - Change slug... - Visualize bleed... - Visualize slug... - Support for Baseline grid alignment... - Support for multiple output dimensions... - Support for layers... - Support for bookmarks... - Support for annotations... - Constraints... (allow specific editing on specific objects) - Pre-defined constraints... (apply to multiple documents) - Document constraints... - Realtime preflight reports... - Configurable preflight warnings... - Action editor... (allow scripting in your document) - Event based scripting triggers... - Variable data based scripting triggers... - Documents in documents... - Definition of variables... - Image cropping... - Image fitting... - Simulate the workspace for end users... Output - Output to PDF... - Output to HTML... - Output to images... - Output for PDF with crop and/or bleedmarks... - Output to PDF with variable data... - Output to Adobe InDesign...

CHILI Publisher Features and screenshots reflect version 3.5 Publication date: May 2013 Publisher CHILI Publish bvba Evenbroekveld 8 9420 Erpe-Mere Belgium info@chili-publish.

5 CHILI Publisher Features and screenshots reflect version 3.5 Publication date: May 2013 Publisher CHILI Publish bvba Evenbroekveld Erpe-Mere Belgium info@chili-publish.com Disclaimer CHILI Publish bvba puts a lot of effort into its information and strives to have all the information as complete, correct, understandable, accurate and current as possible. Despite all efforts, CHILI Publish bvba can not guarantee that the available information is current, correct and complete. CHILI Publish bvba reserves the right to add, change or delete information, at any given time and without prior notification. When CHILI Publish bvba is notified of errors or incomplete information, corrections or additions can be made. CHILI Publish bvba can not be held responsible for direct or indirect damage caused by using this information. This information is copyright of CHILI Publish bvba. All brands mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Screenshots provided by the partners are the property of the partners. Last minute changes?

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