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PageMentor Publishing System
A faster, more efficient way of
producing your catalogues
and publications
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Automated publishing
• Exclusively developed design led
solution
• Designed to improve the workflow
of catalogues & literature
• ‘Feeds’ websites
• Build framework for future
production & publications
System overview
It starts with a module
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Image
Copy
Price
Product code
• Now available for publication
Module data schema
• Break down data into columns
Pagination
• Semi auto pagination
– Fast and accurate
– Still allows complete freedom of
layout
• Auto pagination
– Very fast
– Ideal for larger publications
– Remains design flexible
Amending & updating
• Paginated publications can be
sync’d with the database
• Speed up the production cycle
• No need to mark up ‘paper proof’
for text alterations etc.
– Input once output many
Repurposing the data
• Use the same data to create
different publications
• Database can hold variant info
– Suffixes
– Variable pricing
– Multiple descriptions
• Database can be used to drive
solutions such as E-commerce
websites
Convert to searchable web page
• Rapid way to create easy to use
online versions of publications
• Searchable with easy to use
results interface
• Optimised designs allow fast,
accurate creation
Workflow outline
• Collation of existing data
– From existing publications
– From existing systems
– From suppliers
• Data cleaning and verifying
– Images
Workflow outline
• Template design & approval
– Publication test builds
• Full pagination and production
– Product data can still be
edited/amended
Summary of benefits
• Dramatically speeds up
publication workflow
• Reduces errors
• Enables data repurposing
– Print
– Web
– Internal systems
PageMentor Publishing System
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