From cpr at emsoftware.com Tue Jan 1 17:17:47 2008 From: cpr at emsoftware.com (Chris Ryland) Date: Tue Jan 1 17:27:54 2008 Subject: [Em Beta] InCatalog 4-5.2.5 beta 1 for InDesign CS2/CS3 Message-ID: <2096474C-3B30-4AD3-932D-6394773EC7E5@emsoftware.com> Well, it's mighty late in December, the 32nd, to be exact, but we're very happy to announce that InCatalog is now available for InDesign CS3 (as well as CS2--we're dropping support for CS). Please visit for details, and please send us feedback, positive or negative. Thank you and (might as well admit it:) Happy New Year. ;-) Cheers! --Chris Ryland / Em Software, Inc. / www.emsoftware.com From cpr at emsoftware.com Tue Jan 1 17:17:47 2008 From: cpr at emsoftware.com (Chris Ryland) Date: Tue Jan 1 22:56:11 2008 Subject: [Em Beta] [Em General] InCatalog 4-5.2.5 beta 1 for InDesign CS2/CS3 Message-ID: <2096474C-3B30-4AD3-932D-6394773EC7E5@emsoftware.com> Well, it's mighty late in December, the 32nd, to be exact, but we're very happy to announce that InCatalog is now available for InDesign CS3 (as well as CS2--we're dropping support for CS). Please visit for details, and please send us feedback, positive or negative. Thank you and (might as well admit it:) Happy New Year. ;-) Cheers! --Chris Ryland / Em Software, Inc. / www.emsoftware.com _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce@emsoftware.com http://mail.emsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/announce From cpr at emsoftware.com Wed Jan 9 15:06:14 2008 From: cpr at emsoftware.com (Chris Ryland) Date: Wed Jan 9 15:16:49 2008 Subject: [Em Beta] Xtags 4-5.1 for InDesign beta 6 Message-ID: <6BCD8254-C915-41AB-9F53-675D9E87A343@emsoftware.com> See for a bug-fix release. As ever, we greatly appreciate positive or negative feedback. Cheers! --Chris Ryland / Em Software, Inc. / www.emsoftware.com From cpr at emsoftware.com Wed Jan 23 11:30:38 2008 From: cpr at emsoftware.com (Chris Ryland) Date: Wed Jan 23 11:42:05 2008 Subject: [Em Beta] InCatalog Pro 4-5.2.5 beta 3 Message-ID: <511758AE-ACA7-43D2-961F-2B28F12606AD@emsoftware.com> This release includes two fixes for InCatalog Pro's ODBC support. Cheers! --Chris Ryland / Em Software, Inc. / www.emsoftware.com From cpr at emsoftware.com Wed Jan 23 17:58:55 2008 From: cpr at emsoftware.com (Chris Ryland) Date: Wed Jan 23 18:10:23 2008 Subject: [Em Beta] Xtags for InDesign 4-5.1 beta 7 Message-ID: http://www.emsoftware.com/products/xtags/beta/indesign/ Some small feature additions and some bug fixes. Cheers! --Chris Ryland / Em Software, Inc. / www.emsoftware.com From cpr at emsoftware.com Fri Jan 25 19:00:14 2008 From: cpr at emsoftware.com (Chris Ryland) Date: Fri Jan 25 19:11:49 2008 Subject: [Em Beta] Xtags 6/7.3.2 beta 4 released Message-ID: See for details. This version adds a lot of new features: background blends on boxes, shrink-to-width for text boxes, and for multiple-column text boxes, box background and frame opacity in QuarkXPress 7, blends and opacity (QuarkXPress 7) in table start, table row start, and table cell tags (Pro only), restores the "missing picture" image, and fixes a slew of bugs. As ever, your feedback, positive or negative, is greatly appreciated. Cheers! --Chris Ryland / Em Software, Inc. / www.emsoftware.com From cpr at emsoftware.com Tue Feb 12 18:59:07 2008 From: cpr at emsoftware.com (Chris Ryland) Date: Tue Feb 12 19:11:49 2008 Subject: [Em Beta] Xtags for QuarkXPress 6/7.3.2 beta 5 Message-ID: <48E09D91-3104-4A88-9BF3-5CF85F76EC3A@emsoftware.com> has the details. This release adds new "none box" tags (anchored and unanchored), fixes some bugs, and adds some minor features. As ever, feedback, positive or negative, is greatly appreciated. Cheers! --Chris Ryland / Em Software, Inc. / www.emsoftware.com From cpr at emsoftware.com Fri Feb 22 08:05:59 2008 From: cpr at emsoftware.com (Chris Ryland) Date: Fri Feb 22 08:19:17 2008 Subject: [Em Beta] Xcatalog/Xcatalog Pro 6/7.3.1 beta 1 Message-ID: <8EA3C24A-7D18-416A-BEB7-0BFF4F0F7B1D@emsoftware.com> We're starting a new round of Xcatalog/Xcatalog Pro betas: . This beta updates Xcatalog to handle missing pictures like Xdata and Xtags (inserts a big red question mark, sets up the picture for later automatic update in the Usage > Picture dialog, once it's in place). We thoroughly crave your feedback, whether good or bad. Thanks & Cheers! --Chris Ryland / Em Software, Inc. / www.emsoftware.com From cpr at emsoftware.com Mon Mar 10 19:24:42 2008 From: cpr at emsoftware.com (Chris Ryland) Date: Mon Mar 10 19:39:06 2008 Subject: [Em Beta] new Xtags/Xtags Pro User Guide for 6/7 for XPress and 4/5 for InDesign Message-ID: On the normal Xtags download page there's a "beta test" manual which is already so much better than the previous version that we replaced what was there. It still could use some "debugging," so if you're interested, please give it a good once-over and let us know (good or bad) how it looks. This version also documents the Xtags Pro (XPress only) table-building tags, which have never been publicly documented before. Thanks & Cheers! --Chris Ryland / Em Software, Inc. / www.emsoftware.com From cpr at emsoftware.com Tue Apr 1 14:47:29 2008 From: cpr at emsoftware.com (Chris Ryland) Date: Tue Apr 1 15:03:12 2008 Subject: [Em Beta] InData, InCatalog, and Xtags for InDesign CS3 released Message-ID: <2B9C54FA-220B-433C-8A44-AFD9551532BF@emsoftware.com> Dear folks-- It's been a long, long time since we started down this road, but today, officially, all our plugins for InDesign are released, and support both InDesign CS2 and CS3--and, no, this isn't an April Fools joke. InData 4/5, InCatalog 4/5, and Xtags for InDesign 4/5 are now available from their respective download pages: Thank you for your business, and thank you for your patience with us. Keeping up with both "motherships" is challenging for a small company like ours, given 3 major products on two motherships on two platforms and the product improvements we've been adding (we only have 2 engineers (Chris Roueche and John Whitney); I only play an engineer on TV ;-). However, instead of asking forgiveness after the fact, we're now going to be aggressive about getting new releases out as close as possible to the official mothership releases. (As evidence of our good faith, we're already testing some of our QuarkXPress 8 XTensions in- house, well ahead of the latter's release.) To celebrate the CS3 releases and to reward your patience, we're offering a 10% discount across the board on our online store for the next month, using the checkout coupon code "cs3release" (expires May 1, 2008). You can use this coupon both for plugin upgrades and new licenses, but please don't spread it around-- this is just a way of saying "thank you" to our faithful customers on these announcement lists. Speaking of upgrades, if you've already paid for one of our plug-ins within the past 12 months, your upgrade will be free (heck, if it's 12 months and 19 days, we're not going to quibble). Just email sales@emsoftware.com with the details of your previous order, and we'll send you back your new-style serial. (These new products require new serial numbers.) We're also working on upgraded manuals for InData and InCatalog, to be available in the next few weeks. Xtags already has a greatly-upgraded manual with this release. Believe it or not, Em Software is now in its 18th year in business. That's gotta be some kind of record for a small software business like ours, but we're just thankful to be here and hope we can continue to be of service to you! Cheers! --Chris Ryland / Em Software, Inc. / www.emsoftware.com From cpr at emsoftware.com Tue Apr 1 14:47:29 2008 From: cpr at emsoftware.com (Chris Ryland) Date: Tue Apr 1 15:05:37 2008 Subject: [Em Beta] [Em General] InData, InCatalog, and Xtags for InDesign CS3 released Message-ID: <2B9C54FA-220B-433C-8A44-AFD9551532BF@emsoftware.com> Dear folks-- It's been a long, long time since we started down this road, but today, officially, all our plugins for InDesign are released, and support both InDesign CS2 and CS3--and, no, this isn't an April Fools joke. InData 4/5, InCatalog 4/5, and Xtags for InDesign 4/5 are now available from their respective download pages: Thank you for your business, and thank you for your patience with us. Keeping up with both "motherships" is challenging for a small company like ours, given 3 major products on two motherships on two platforms and the product improvements we've been adding (we only have 2 engineers (Chris Roueche and John Whitney); I only play an engineer on TV ;-). However, instead of asking forgiveness after the fact, we're now going to be aggressive about getting new releases out as close as possible to the official mothership releases. (As evidence of our good faith, we're already testing some of our QuarkXPress 8 XTensions in- house, well ahead of the latter's release.) To celebrate the CS3 releases and to reward your patience, we're offering a 10% discount across the board on our online store for the next month, using the checkout coupon code "cs3release" (expires May 1, 2008). You can use this coupon both for plugin upgrades and new licenses, but please don't spread it around-- this is just a way of saying "thank you" to our faithful customers on these announcement lists. Speaking of upgrades, if you've already paid for one of our plug-ins within the past 12 months, your upgrade will be free (heck, if it's 12 months and 19 days, we're not going to quibble). Just email sales@emsoftware.com with the details of your previous order, and we'll send you back your new-style serial. (These new products require new serial numbers.) We're also working on upgraded manuals for InData and InCatalog, to be available in the next few weeks. Xtags already has a greatly-upgraded manual with this release. Believe it or not, Em Software is now in its 18th year in business. That's gotta be some kind of record for a small software business like ours, but we're just thankful to be here and hope we can continue to be of service to you! Cheers! --Chris Ryland / Em Software, Inc. / www.emsoftware.com _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce@emsoftware.com http://mail.emsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/announce From cpr at emsoftware.com Wed Apr 16 11:08:21 2008 From: cpr at emsoftware.com (Chris Ryland) Date: Wed Apr 16 11:25:00 2008 Subject: [Em Beta] Xcatalog 6/7.3.1 beta 3 Message-ID: <7D13E9B8-A296-4F29-BCAD-49567F1B365B@emsoftware.com> See . Two minor problems fixed related to key updating and ODBC source/ destination selection. Cheers! --Chris Ryland / Em Software, Inc. / www.emsoftware.com From cpr at emsoftware.com Tue Jun 3 17:21:08 2008 From: cpr at emsoftware.com (Chris Ryland) Date: Tue Jun 3 17:40:45 2008 Subject: [Em Beta] Xtags 6-7.3.2 beta 8 available Message-ID: <54785B33-A5CE-42FD-B17D-ADA603F9092A@emsoftware.com> This new Xtags (for XPress) beta is notable, because, among fixing lots of issues and adding a few new features, it provides a huge performance boost under both XPress 6 and 7 when placing unanchored boxes (especially text boxes). Please see the beta page for details: Cheers! --Chris Ryland / Em Software, Inc. / www.emsoftware.com From cpr at emsoftware.com Fri Aug 15 14:07:54 2008 From: cpr at emsoftware.com (Chris Ryland) Date: Fri Aug 15 14:10:26 2008 Subject: [Em Beta] Xtags 8.x beta now available Message-ID: <6C2E3BE2-BE14-4B19-9CFB-12DDDF4DBAC6@emsoftware.com> We're happy to announce that Xtags 8.3.2 beta 11 (continuing in a serious of previous 6/7 betas) is now available, along with the corresponding 6/7 versions: . We'll be releasing the first Xdata 8.x beta early next week, and the Xcatalog 8.x beta a little later. (We have more work to do on the latter.) As ever, your feedback, positive or negative, is greatly appreciated! (Please send to support@emsoftware.com, as usual.) Thanks & Cheers! --Chris Ryland / Em Software, Inc. / www.emsoftware.com From cpr at emsoftware.com Tue Aug 19 12:26:57 2008 From: cpr at emsoftware.com (Chris Ryland) Date: Tue Aug 19 12:29:43 2008 Subject: [Em Beta] Xdata 8 beta now available Message-ID: <9AEC5CE4-1DB4-4CD8-86B7-A2149FAD74A6@emsoftware.com> We're happy to announce that Xdata 8.3.1 beta 13 (continuing a serious of previous 6/7.3.1 betas) is now available, along with the corresponding 6/7 versions: . As ever, your feedback, positive or negative, is greatly appreciated! (Please send to support@emsoftware.com, as usual.) Thanks & Cheers! --Chris Ryland / Em Software, Inc. / www.emsoftware.com From cpr at emsoftware.com Wed Sep 3 14:15:00 2008 From: cpr at emsoftware.com (Chris Ryland) Date: Wed Sep 3 14:18:50 2008 Subject: [Em Beta] Xcatalog 8.3.1 beta 4 (first 8.x beta) now available Message-ID: <9FD88BC4-F396-421E-8F4B-6C73BAD4C6C6@emsoftware.com> We're happy to announce that Xcatalog 8.3.1 beta 4, the first XPress- capable 8.x beta, is now available from . Please see the release notes there for details. The main addition is 8.x support, but we've also revamped its UI for 8.x, and now support palette sets (that first appeared in XPress 7-- yes, we're late ;-). Cheers! --Chris Ryland / Em Software, Inc. / www.emsoftware.com From cpr at emsoftware.com Fri Dec 5 10:05:13 2008 From: cpr at emsoftware.com (Chris Ryland) Date: Fri Dec 5 10:05:16 2008 Subject: [Em Beta] InDesign CS4 betas of all our plug-ins Message-ID: <8D3973B3-EE4D-4F51-946A-24688B2DD8A6@emsoftware.com> We're happy to announce that we have released InDesign CS4 betas of all our plug-ins (packaged for all of CS2/CS3/CS4), which can be found as: InData: http://emsoftware.com/products/indata/beta InCatalog: http://emsoftware.com/products/incatalog/beta Xtags: http://emsoftware.com/products/xtags/beta/indesign InFlow: http://emsoftware.com/products/inflow/beta These betas should be fairly stable, because the programming interface changes in CS4 were minimal (for our needs). So we expect a short beta period. These beta releases will honor up-to-date serial numbers (CS2/CS3) so you can just download, install, and go. The final CS4 release of each will require a new CS4 serial number. If you've bought or upgraded to the CS2/CS3 versions in the past year, your upgrade will be free. Otherwise, you can purchase an upgrade at 63% off the retail price. If you upgrade from an older version now (before the beta is finished), you have our standard year's upgrade protection, so your CS4 serial will not cost you anything. We'd love to get your feedback on these betas. Please email support@emsoftware.com with any questions or problems. Thanks for all the help over the years & Cheers! --Chris Ryland / Em Software, Inc. / www.emsoftware.com