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On 23/02/2018 at 1:41 PM, TonyB said:

 

Sorry but Publisher will not have any data merging features at release. These kind of features will be added but we have no timeframes for them yet.

 

Ok ...

This is something I do not understand as it seems to be a solid feature to add . Everyday I am making catalog and promotional booklet for supermarkets and retail shops. I can' imaging, on a daily basis, filling one by one every text block and pictures . With Indesign I just have my master pages link to an xl file with text and path to the images, click "merge" , tweak here and there the layout, assemble the booklet,then done ! Customers are happy and I am getting paid, so i am happy too ... except Adobe is taking part of it every month, like if Freelancers did not had enough taxes in France.  

 

Auto feeding pages would  definitely be an attractive feature . The one in Indesign is far from ideal and  it is necessary to  install the EasyCatalog plugin which is far from being cheap. I am seriously thinking of using an ill...#cought#..gal version. please help me to stay an honest infographist.   ... no pressure.

 

Anyway I already drop AI and PS for Affinity Designer and Photo, can't wait to have a look at Publisher.

 

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Hi,

 

Will Publisher have  features such as "data merging" in Indesign or some tools similar to Easy-catalogue ?

Silly but those would be a big reason for me to buy Publisher.

 

BR

Henri