WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.200 Hi! This video introduces the latest features of uDirect and PersonalEffect version 25.3. 00:00:08.200 --> 00:00:15.133 There has been a lot of development work behind the scenes in preparation for the version coming towards the end of the year, 00:00:15.133 --> 00:00:21.266 but version 25.3 does have some nice inclusions for customers today. 00:00:21.266 --> 00:00:30.699 A common request is to take a customer's PDF and overprint some variable data or insert additional dynamic pages like covers. 00:00:30.700 --> 00:00:34.800 This is very easy to do when the PDF is only one page, 00:00:34.800 --> 00:00:42.300 but when it is a multi-page PDF, you had to use uPlan and some custom JavaScript… Until now… 00:00:42.300 --> 00:00:51.833 uCreate Print and uPlan 25.3 include a PDFAssetPagesTable function that will create an InDesign table 00:00:51.833 --> 00:00:56.033 where each row of the table is a page in the PDF. 00:00:56.033 --> 00:01:03.433 Combine this with autoflow, and you can easily create a dynamic document with the number of pages in the PDF 00:01:03.433 --> 00:01:07.233 and add text, graphics or custom covers. 00:01:07.233 --> 00:01:17.166 This feature works nicely in uStore for dynamic products that use the file attachment dial to allow customers to upload their PDF. 00:01:17.166 --> 00:01:23.132 There is a separate video here in Campus that goes into more detail about this feature. 00:01:23.133 --> 00:01:31.766 While creating this function, the R&D team also improved the way PDFs are handled as regular graphic assets. 00:01:31.766 --> 00:01:37.099 In the past, if you wanted to select a specific page or layer from a PDF asset, 00:01:37.100 --> 00:01:43.900 the system would create a separate PDF in the assets folder for each page or layer requested. 00:01:43.900 --> 00:01:49.400 In some cases, this led to many PDF files being added to the assets folder. 00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:54.500 From version 25.3, these additional files are not created. 00:01:54.500 --> 00:02:03.333 The requested pages and layers are now enabled when the original source PDF asset is imported into the InDesign document. 00:02:03.333 --> 00:02:10.133 The FormatNumber function is commonly used to add thousand separators and decimal places to numbers 00:02:10.133 --> 00:02:17.399 when placing them into the dynamic document. But not all regions of the world use the same format. 00:02:17.400 --> 00:02:24.233 In many countries, especially in Europe, it is standard practice for the opposite symbols to be used. 00:02:24.233 --> 00:02:30.266 Previously, customers from these regions were using complex find and replace rules. 00:02:30.266 --> 00:02:39.366 Version 25.3 adds an optional boolean parameter to the function to select to use the comma as the decimal separator. 00:02:39.366 --> 00:02:47.199 When creating new content objects the default option is False for the full stop as the decimal separator. 00:02:47.200 --> 00:02:55.600 Changing this to True indicates that you want to use the comma as the decimal separator and set the mask like this. 00:02:55.600 --> 00:03:03.666 If it is omitted, the usual format will be used so your old plans will continue to work as normal. 00:03:03.666 --> 00:03:11.799 When creating a XLIM document for use in uEdit, any static text or graphic frames are treated as non-editable, 00:03:11.800 --> 00:03:17.533 and only the elements tagged with a content objects can be modified by the customer. 00:03:17.533 --> 00:03:27.766 Version 25.3 adds a new option in uCreate Print to select static objects in the design and make them available to uEdit. 00:03:27.766 --> 00:03:31.999 You can also enable other uEdit lock functions if needed. 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:36.633 When I save the changes to the uProduce server and update the uStore product, 00:03:36.633 --> 00:03:41.666 I can now select this static graphic frame and change the background color. 00:03:41.666 --> 00:03:48.932 Or select this static text frame and edit the text – even though there is no content object in the frame. 00:03:48.933 --> 00:03:56.166 The uProduce server print production page includes a new output option for IDML. 00:03:56.166 --> 00:04:03.832 The use of this output type requires a new Advanced Output Control license which I will discuss in a moment. 00:04:03.833 --> 00:04:10.466 When licensed, this output type creates a separate IDML file for each record processed. 00:04:10.466 --> 00:04:18.032 IDML is an Adobe file format that can be opened in InDesign CS4 and later versions. 00:04:18.033 --> 00:04:25.466 You can see the document includes the result of the content object expressions instead of the content object tags. 00:04:25.466 --> 00:04:31.866 So, you could pass the IDML output to a customer or designer for last minute edits, 00:04:31.866 --> 00:04:36.232 or to gang together as part of another InDesign document. 00:04:36.233 --> 00:04:44.833 In uCreate Print, if you are linked to the uProduce server for production, you will also have this output format appear. 00:04:44.833 --> 00:04:54.733 The new Advanced Output Control license enables the IDML output format, as well as InDesign Scripting on the uProduce Server. 00:04:54.733 --> 00:04:57.733 If you are using InDesign Scripting on the server, 00:04:57.733 --> 00:05:03.899 for example to call a custom script to set the document page size for InDesign Liquid Layouts, 00:05:03.900 --> 00:05:08.666 then you will also need this Advanced Output Control license. 00:05:08.666 --> 00:05:16.399 If you are using the Liquid layout script, you can request the XMPie Support team to create an Advanced Output Control license 00:05:16.400 --> 00:05:18.966 that is valid for 12 months. 00:05:18.966 --> 00:05:25.566 The uProduce dashboard now has a setting to use liquid layouts without needing the InDesign script, 00:05:25.566 --> 00:05:32.066 and uStore will soon have a dial user control that allows the use of the uProduce setting. 00:05:32.066 --> 00:05:40.266 The 12 month license will give you time to change your liquid layout documents to use the new built-in features. 00:05:40.266 --> 00:05:45.099 If you are using InDesign scripting for some purpose other than liquid layout, 00:05:45.100 --> 00:05:49.766 you will need to purchase the optional Advanced Output Control license 00:05:49.766 --> 00:05:56.566 and agree to an end user license on how the InDesign Scripting feature can be used in your application. 00:05:56.566 --> 00:06:01.432 This change is due to the Adobe InDesign Server License Agreement. 00:06:01.433 --> 00:06:10.266 Also, for naming consistency, the old XMPie Scripting license has been renamed to Advanced Layout Control license. 00:06:10.266 --> 00:06:18.466 This license is needed to use the XMPie Scripting Plug-in on the desktop to automate the uCreate Print panel functions 00:06:18.466 --> 00:06:27.399 like linking to a data source and tagging text and images to programmatically setup the InDesign template on the desktop. 00:06:27.400 --> 00:06:37.766 And as with every version, third party utilities have been updated, security scans completed and any issues identified resolved.