DTP Tools invites InDesign CS2 & CS3 users to test drive their new plug-in Cross-References before its final release. Cross-References are xml driven modular system responding to every referencing need. This plug-in is a robust solution inspired by a similar feature in Adobe FrameMaker with many improvements. It takes a full advantage of InDesign environment utilizing paragraph and character styles with XML driven format. Cross-References can work as hyperlinks for electronic output, formats can be defined to automatically localize the reference according to the current language. References can point across files with live updates for all opened documents.
DTP Tools encourages beta users to send requests for features or new elements which they’d want to see in the final version.
Cross-References Key Features
- basic format elements are: file name, page number, paragraph number, paragraph text and in CS3 chapter number
- all elements can have their own character styles including overrides, language settings and localization alternates
- references can be made to pre-made source markers, or to any text searchable in style filtered lists
- references can optionally work as hyperlinks for easier creation of electronic output
- plug-in comes with pre-defined formats, user defined formats can be added using easy UI or XML code
- relative page references can be used (previous page, opposite page) and their text can be modified by user
- references can be converted to text (selected or all)
- references can point across documents
- references are automatically updated (optional)
- references can quote variables from the source text
- supports conversion of FrameMaker cross-references when used with DTP Tools MIF Filter import plug-in
A free Cross-References Reader guarantees InDesign documents containing cross-references will be accessible to, and editable by, service providers and collaborators who do not have full version of Cross-References installed.
Pricing and Availability
Cross-References are available for InDesign CS2 and InDesign CS3 on both Windows and Macintosh OS X. A single license price is $129 USD and is available for instant purchase and download at www.dtptools.com/cross-references
Plug-in can be already purchased and activated as a beta. Upgrade to 1.0 will be free. Reader is a part of the same installer. A 14-day try-out version of Cross-References is available for download at www.dtptools.com/cross-references or at the following direct download links:
Mac try-out download: https://www.dtptools.com/cross-references/Cross-References_1.0_beta.zip 3.7 MB
Windows try-out download: https://www.dtptools.com/cross-references/Cross-References_1.0_beta.msi 2.6 MB
About DTP Tools
DTP Tools has been expanding features of InDesign since the version 3.0. We’ve created many plug-ins which make designers work easier and more efficient. DTP Tools plug-ins are the answer to InDesign users frequent questions like “Where is the History palette in InDesign?”, “How to preflight for overset?”, “Can I fit text to frame?” or “How can I group layers?” . Now, if your question is “Where are cross-references in InDesign?”, see DTP Tools.
This article was last modified on January 10, 2022
This article was first published on June 22, 2007
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