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All current versions of our software are listed on their respective downloads pages that can be accessed from this form, listed on our main website under the Downloads & Demos category. Once you have filled out this form, you can simply bookmark ... |
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Any support, installation or operational questions regarding Meadows software can be submitted us for review. Open a support ticket on this knowledgebase system, providing complete contact details and specific information regarding your documents and... |
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Instructions to install an UPDATE vs to install an UPGRADE differ. If you should have any questions about this information or encounter any problems in following these instructions, please open a Support Ticket on the Meadows Help Desk.
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At any time you wish, you may transfer your AutoPrice or DesignMerge settings to a new location, regardless which version of this software you are using in either of these two locations.
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If a DesignMerge or AutoPrice installer displays a warning that it cannot find the folder for the installation, confirm the installer has been placed on the system where the software is installed. For example, the warning may indicate that it cannot ... |
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When you are trying to install Meadows software on a Mac OS X 10.7 or newer system, you may see a warning that the Meadows software installer cannot be opened because your security preferences allow installation of only applications from the Mac App ... |
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A Meadows Tag Display Module is available for three of the Meadows software products for Adobe® InDesign®: AutoPrice™, DesignMerge® Pro, and Index Builder™. More information about each of these products is available at the end... |
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If you have already installed the Meadows AutoPrice or DesignMerge software, then to add an optional module to that installation, simply run the AutoPrice/DesignMerge installer in Custom Mode.
If you no longer have a copy of the installer, you are w... |
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This information will assist you in troubleshooting why you are seeing a warning that the Code you entered is invalid. For other types of activation issues, search for other Knowledgebase Articles or open a Support Ticket on the Meadows Help Desk (ht... |
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If you are receiving an error while trying to activate one of your Meadows software products, this article provides a few steps to help track down the problem.
INTERNET CONNECTION REQUIRED
All Meadows software products are activated online, which mea... |
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The About window for each Meadows software product for InDesign displays version number, serial number, and other activation information (for example, order code) that is applicable to that product's installation.
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The serial number and version information for all Meadows software products for InDesign are located within the About Window for the product.
To find the About Window for any Meadows software product, please follow the steps outlined below.
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With QuarkXPress open:
Mac OS 9: Press the Option key while choosing “About QuarkXPress” from the Apple menu. Mac OS X: Press the Option |
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Software from Meadows Publishing Solutions are Plug-Ins for InDesign, or XTensions for QuarkXPress, that reside in the InDesign, or QuarkXPress, application folder on the workstation.
If your Meadows software was activated with an online activation ... |
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The security key is a USB dongle device that is attached to your computer when running either of our products, DesignMerge or AutoPrice. The security key is not required for other Meadows Publishing software products.
The hardware security key relie... |
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This warning is usually displayed when the security key software has not been installed on a system.
You may use your Meadows software product's installer to install the software for its security key.
If you would like to download a new copy ... |
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If you have installed your Meadows product's Sentinel security key software on a Macintosh computer but still see a warning that the security key is missing, then your system may need an updated version of the Sentinel security key software. You... |
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If you have installed your Meadows product's HASP security key software on a Macintosh computer but still see a warning that the security key is missing, then your system may need an updated version of the HASP security key software.
To... |
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FINDING THE "MEADOWS" FOLDER
Many of the settings for Meadows software products are located inside a folder titled "Meadows". The Meadows folder exists inside the same Preferences fol |
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In InDesign, it is sometimes necessary to reset the preferences for InDesign, for the user account running the application. Quit InDesign. Then, on Windows, start InDesign and immediately hold down Ctrl + Alt + Shift. On Macintosh, start InDesi... |
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It is sometimes necessary to reset the preferences for QuarkXPress, for the user account running the application.
On a Macintosh OS X 10.x system, the preferences are located in /Users/[account]/Preferences/Quark/QuarkXPress x.x. The XPress Preferen... |
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The Meadows 2D Bar Code Module is currently available as an individual module and also as an optional module in DesignMerge for InDesign and in AutoPrice for InDesign. This module provides the ability to place a Meadows 2D Bar Code in a document.&nbs... |
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The Meadows 2D Bar Code Module requires a specific font.
The font for the Meadows 2D Bar Code Module is now |
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The font for the Meadows 2D Bar Code is now available online on the Meadows Documentation page (www.meadowsps.com/documentation).
For information to place a Meadows 2D Bar Code in a document, please see |
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Each of the Meadows 2D Bar Code formats provide a "Sizing" option, which allows you to select how the 2D Bar Code will be sized within a text frame.
This article describes each of the available "Sizing" selections, and also provides instructio... |
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The Meadows 2D Bar Code Module can encode data that contains the full ASCII character set, including Extended ASCII characters.
Of course, when scanning a Meadows 2D Bar Code that contains one or more Extended ASCII characters, first confirm the sca... |
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If the formatting/styling of linked text is changing after an AutoPrice update or DesignMerge merge process, review whether the Paragraph Style that was applied to this text is applying a Grep Style. For example, if a Paragraph Style is app... |
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DesignMerge® Pro is a powerful suite of variable-data printing and document assembly software for QuarkXPress or Adobe InDesign. DesignMerge provides the ability to merge records of variable data from a delimited text file into a document. D... |
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UTF-8 Data and Meadows Software
AutoPrice® and DesignMerge® Pro software for Adobe® InDesign® have recently added the ability to import UTF-8 Unicode text. Also, Data Export for AutoPrice has added the ability to export UTF-8 Unicode... |
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An Import TransTable, or Import Translation Table, is a feature of the Meadows DesignMerge and AutoPrice software packages. You can set up a DDF to use a TransTable to translate individual characters as they are merged into the document.
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The TransTable feature, which is available in Meadows DesignMerge software and also in Meadows AutoPrice software, allows you to apply automatic single character conversions while merging data into a document.
The instructions below detail how to ge... |
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DesignMerge:
The TransTable feature that is available in DesignMerge allows you to apply automatic single character conversions while merging data into a document.
If you are using DesignMerge for QuarkXPress, then you will find your DesignMe... |
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Below is a link to review the current specifications of both the Meadows DesignMerge® Pro software and AutoPrice™ software for filenames and file paths of external files for Links. Please note that these specifications are currently in the ... |
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MPS Tags is a tagged text feature supported by DesignMerge, Index Builder, and other Meadows software products. MPS Tags are a custom set of "style tags" that can be included in text files o |
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ODBC SQL Fragment files are individual text files which hold a single ODBC query statement. SQL Fragment files are used by AutoPrice and DesignMerge to query ODBC-compatible databases and retrieve data elements that are then used to update the docume... |
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If you intend to activate your Meadows software while the Surface Pro is detached from the dock, we recommend that you install and activate the software with the tablet detached. This will register the WIFI adapter for the tablet for use with the Mea... |
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REPLACE AutoPrice/DesignMerge WITH APPROPRIATE PRODUCT NAME
Normally, if you encounter a problem opening the "Database Definitions" dialog or selecting a differen |
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Some customers have reported system lockups that are rleated to the InDesign 2017 (and later) feature called "Type Contextual Controls". You will know this feature is enabled if you see a little 'o' icon that appears briefly next to the cursor ... |
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InDesign preferences can become corrupt when the InDesign application quits unexpectedly or when you force quit InDesign. One consequence of this is that the Save, Save As, or Export entries in the InDesign File menu may become unavailable for select... |
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To do this:
Create a new single-page document. Name this document, for example, "my copyfit sets" and perhaps add the date or a version number to that name.
Place 10 text frames on the page in this document. Inside each frame, enter the name of o... |
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ABOUT DESIGNMERGE PRO SOFTWARE
DesignMerge® Pro is a powerful suite of variable-data printing and data publishing software for Adobe InDesign, that includes the ability to automatically produce variable USPS Intelligent Mail Bar Codes.
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If you see a warning when you start InDesign that an MPS module requires a newer version of the MPS Administrator plug-in, or that the MPS Administrator plug-in is missing, then reinstall the software by running the installer.
When you run the insta... |
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Is a Meadows panel (floating palette) not being displayed as you expect? For example, perhaps you can only see the top or bottom portion of the panel, or perhaps the panel has been moved to a location that is not visible on your screen. You can reset... |
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To install the DesignMerge Catalog Tagger software, download and run the DesignMerge Catalog installer. It is the order/activation code that limits the DesignMerge Catalog softare to Tagger functionality.
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Sometimes, when you open an InDesign document, you may receive an error message stating that some "Required Plug-In" is missing. When this occurs, you are forced to perform a "Save As..." operation on the document, and the document may give you some ... |
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