The Print Flatplanner publishing component helps companies make more educated product choices and produce 'intelligent catalogs' that improve sales. The visual page briefing tools of Print Flatplanner replace 'lick and sticker' paper briefing.
Print Flatplanner includes tools that enable advanced collaboration, automation, and analysis, which make selecting products for publications easier and more efficient.
In addition, Print Flatplanner provides a single interface for business users to plan, review, and analyze publications. Creative users can access the publication plan from within Adobe InDesign by using the Print Publisher (InDesign plugins). Merchandisers can review and approve artwork at any time through Print Flatplanner. And, workflow tools within STEP ensure that tight deadlines stay on track by alerting users to prioritize tasks.
Note: Supported versions of Adobe InDesign are CC 2024 (v. 19) and CC 2023 (v. 18).
Note: To use the Print Flatplanner component, the Print Publisher component is required. To use a Flatplanner workflow, the STEP Workflow component is required.
Prerequisites
This documentation section assumes the following:
- A working knowledge of STEP
- A working knowledge of InDesign
- An understanding of how to work with the publication hierarchy in STEP. For more information, refer to the Publication Hierarchy section of the Publisher (Adobe InDesign Integration) documentation here.
- An understanding of the basics of Print Publisher, such as the creation of publication templates, product templates, and page mounting. For more information, refer to the Publisher section of the Publisher (Adobe InDesign Integration) documentation here.
A Note on Page Terminology in this Guide
The terms 'planned page,' 'Flatplan page,' 'Flatplan,' and 'spread' refer to the same page object in Flatplanner and are used interchangeably in this guide. Since most Flatplanner pages are planned in two-page spreads, the term 'spread' is frequently used to refer to any planned page. However, since planned pages can also be single pages, the term 'planned page' or 'page' may be used instead of 'spread.'