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Upgrading from AutoPrice to DesignMerge Catalog

The Meadows AutoPrice™ software package for Adobe InDesign CC 2017 has a new name: DesignMerge® Catalog. All of the features and options that were available in the AutoPrice software for InDesign CC 2015 are available in the DesignMerge Cat...

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Tutorials and Manuals on Meadows AutoPrice software for Adobe InDesign

The Tutorials and Manuals on Meadows AutoPrice software for Adobe InDesign are now available online! You may use the link below to access the Meadows Documentation page where you will find links to download the latest documentation for the Meadows Au...

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Floating palette not displaying correctly or hidden?

The command AutoPrice => View => Show/Hide Placeholder palette is a toggle that shows or hides the main AutoPrice floating palette. In QuarkXPress, it is possible for the AutoPrice palette to get stuck off the screen. By holding down the Comma...

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AutoPrice placeholder is encountering a Bad Tag error

A Bad Tag error condition indicates a placeholder in the document is assigned to something that no longer exists in the Current DDF (for example, a Variable Link, a Search Criteria, or a Price Style). When a placeholder encounters a Bad Tag erro...

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Link is showing a “No Match!” error?

A “No Match!” condition means the AutoPrice Link (placeholder) has been assigned to a Search Key that does not exist in the database file. The purpose of this error is to indicate when a product number record has been removed from the dat...

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There are quote marks around my prices?

The use of basic quote marks (inch marks) to indicate literal field data is a feature of the database application creating the text file. These can be address within AutoPrice, and they will not appear when the links are updated. Use the menu comman...

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What data sources does AutoPrice work with?

AutoPrice was created to work directly with large ASCII tab or comma separate text flat files. Any database application supports reading and exporting files of this format, and the basic AutoPrice workflow is designed to connect to a file of this typ...

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The AutoPrice Links have disappeared from my InDesign document!

If you cannot see the AutoPrice Links in a document, please check the following:  (1) Either the AutoPrice software or the AutoPrice Tag Display Module must be installed to see AutoPrice Links. The AutoPrice Tag Display Module is a free mo...

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DesignMerge Catalog warning that content was tagged by Demo version

You will see this warning if you attempt to use a fully-functional version of DesignMerge Catalog to process content that was tagged by a Demo version of the DesignMerge Catalog software. 

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How to add a currency mark to a price? How to format prices?

Prices in data files do not usually include a currency mark. However, you may prefer to display a currency mark with the prices that DesignMerge is updating. For example, perhaps you would like to add the $ currency mark to prices when DesignMerge up...

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About the AutoPrice Tag Converter Utility for Adobe InDesign

The AutoPrice Tag Converter Utility allows you to convert AutoPrice Text Links in an InDesign document to MPS Tagged Text representing the Links. Additionally, this utility allows you to convert MPS Tagged Text representing AutoPrice Text Links in an...

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Why are zeroes dropped from merged prices?

DesignMerge does not modify data except in cases where the DesignMerge Price Styling or Rules feature has been applied. If zeroes are dropping from merged prices, please check the following: Confirm you have not assigned a DesignMerge price style th...

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Does DesignMerge only merge prices?

You can use DesignMerge to merge prices into a document, but you can also use DesignMerge to merge other information such as product descriptions,

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How to see a report on DesignMerge Catalog placeholders

DesignMerge Catalog provides two different reporting features: Variable Link Report and Variable Content Report. You may run either of these reports at any time to review information about the DesignMerge variable links (placeholders) in a document. ...

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DesignMerge variable link displays content in duplicate?

If a DesignMerge variable link (placeholder) is displaying content in duplicate, confirm your document is not using the InDesign Track Changes feature. DesignMerge software has not been implemented for use with the InDesign Track Changes feature.  To...

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How do I place an AutoPrice Variable Meadows 2D Bar Code in a document?

The Meadows 2D Bar Code Module is currently available as an optional module in AutoPrice for InDesign Creative Cloud (InDesign v9 or later). This module provides the ability to place a Meadows 2D Bar Code in a document.    To place a Vari...

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ODBC Module Won't Load

If you have installed the optional Meadows ODBC plug-in module for Adobe InDesign, and the module will not load at startup, this generally means that the required "iODBC Framework" is missing. Here is how to debug and repair this issue. The first th...

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How to add a new field to a DesignMerge DDF

This article describes the process of adding a new field to an existing DesignMerge DDF's list of fields. When a new field has been added to a data file, you need to adjust the settings in your document's DDF so DesignMerge can detect this change. If...

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