Pages created with Flatplanner are finalized in InDesign using standard InDesign tools in combination with the Print Publisher (STEP'n'design) plugins. These plugins enable you to connect to STEP and work with InDesign documents as dynamic documents.
This functionality provides a number of advantages, including:
- Access to approved text and images that are ready for layout
- The ability for DTP users to view notes and comments on mounted InDesign pages, which were added to Flatplanner planned pages in STEP by non-DTP users
- The ability to save finalized documents back to STEP, enabling space usage data to be calculated automatically
Overview of the STEP Menu in InDesign
- When the Print Publisher (STEP’n’design) plugins are installed in InDesign, a STEP menu is added to InDesign's menu bar. The STEP menu gives you access to specific Print Publisher functions and enables you to perform a range of operations on the active InDesign page.
- The STEP panels are used for actual mounting of STEP data, including template composition and image mounting. The STEP panels consist of six different tabs: STEP Structure View, STEP Template Content, STEP Template Frame, STEP Images, STEP Tasks, and STEP Publication View. The tabs are used like other InDesign panels.
For more information, refer to the following Publisher (Adobe InDesign Integration) introductory topics: