From cpr at emsoftware.com Sat Jan 17 14:54:24 2009 From: cpr at emsoftware.com (Chris Ryland) Date: Sat Jan 17 14:54:26 2009 Subject: [Em General] InCatalog, InData, and Xtags for InDesign plug-ins now available for CS4 Message-ID: <47A3DFC4-2763-4D2A-81D8-E00C86640818@emsoftware.com> We're happy to announce that we are now shipping plug-ins compatible with the recently-released InDesign CS4 product (along with CS2 and CS3). You can download the latest versions from: InCatalog/InCatalog Pro: , InData: , Xtags for InDesign: , and InFlow: . These new releases add only some bug fixes and CS4 compatibility to our plug-ins--we wanted to get them working first and then add enhancements (via minor, free updates) later. If you've purchased a new copy or an upgrade within the past year (after January 14th, 2008), this will be a free upgrade. Just reply to this email with your existing serial number and qualifying date of purchase, and we'll send you back a new serial. (Your old CS2/CS3 serials won't work.) Otherwise, you can upgrade to this latest version for 63% off the retail price using our online store and selecting the appropriate n- pack upgrade for: InCatalog/InCatalog Pro: , InData: , Xtags for InDesign: , and InFlow: and including your current serial number (any version) in the appropriate field on the check-out page. If you might need more copies of our products, we want to thank you for your support over the years by offering a substantial 25% discount on any product we offer, for the next two weeks. Use coupon code "customerthanks19" (with no quotes) on the check-out page. (Note that this coupon code can't be combined with any upgrade or cross-grade discounts, which are already pretty generous, and we can only offer this discount to our end users. This coupon is only valid until the end of January.) Thanks again for your business, and Godspeed in the new year. Cheers! --Chris Ryland, President, Em Software, Inc. web: http://www.emsoftware.com email: sales@emsoftware.com phone: (toll free in North America) 877 984 1010, +1 740 284 1010 From cpr at emsoftware.com Fri May 1 15:22:32 2009 From: cpr at emsoftware.com (Chris Ryland) Date: Fri May 1 15:22:36 2009 Subject: [Em General] recent releases (catch-up) Message-ID: <81CB97E9-B0BE-4DAF-BF28-934644BC458A@emsoftware.com> We've been remiss in announcing various new and important product releases in the past few months (if you don't watch the beta-announce list). I thought now would be a good time to catch up on the highlights of these releases, so you can get some idea of the major improvements going on behind the scenes here at Em Software. Xdata (http://emsoftware.com/products/xdata/download) * QuarkXPress 8 support * human-friendly prototype formatting * anchored text boxes, including auto-fitting * anchored tables * Excel-like formatting function 'format' * background blends * complete Unicode support, even in product "corners" InData (http://emsoftware.com/products/indata/download) * InDesign CS4 support * human-friendly prototype formatting (no more dreaded "you can't change properties here" errors) Xcatalog (http://emsoftware.com/products/xcatalog/download) * QuarkXPress 8 support * Pro/non-Pro versions now rolled into one XTension * full table-tagging support (text within cells and whole cells) * human-friendly editing in linked text (long-standing major nuisance) * full up-to-date FileMakerPro direct access (was broken for a while) InCatalog (http://emsoftware.com/products/incatalog/download) * InDesign CS4 support * full IDML import/export support for InCatalog links * robustifications Xtags for QuarkXPress (http://emsoftware.com/products/xtags/download) * QuarkXPress 8 support * massive unanchored box placement speed-up (10X) * rotation, skew, flags and runaround for anchored boxes * new "none content" boxes * background blends * auto-fitting of text boxes to width and depth, even multi-column Xtags for InDesign (http://emsoftware.com/products/xtags/download) * InDesign CS4 support * translation table support * macro support * layer support * hierarchical style support * rotation, skew, flags and runaround for anchored boxes * new "none content" boxes * whole slew of long-standing font-handling problems fixed Plus, all of these releases include massive smaller improvements and bug fixes over the past few years. I encourage you to read the release histories for all the details, if you're interested. It's a real eye- opener to see how much these products have improved over time, even if they don't make major news. Cheers! --Chris Ryland / Em Software, Inc. / www.emsoftware.com From cpr at emsoftware.com Tue Sep 1 20:04:25 2009 From: cpr at emsoftware.com (Chris Ryland) Date: Tue Sep 1 20:04:30 2009 Subject: [Em General] Em Software Fall 2009 Newsletter Message-ID: <2531E9BE-54B8-4878-AFEA-0547D70504AF@emsoftware.com> We're sending a general fall 2009 newsletter with news & special offers via a commercial email service. To view the newsletter, and optionally subscribe to our newsletter, visit this link: . We'll probably phase out this current Announce list, so we encourage you to subscribe to this other list, if you'd like to hear from us occasionally. Thanks & Cheers! --Chris Ryland / Em Software, Inc. / www.emsoftware.com