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InReview: MyDataMerge

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InDesign Magazine Issue #122: Cross-Media ColorThis article appeared in Issue 122 of InDesign Magazine.

Well-thought-out app picks up where InDesign’s DataMerge features leave off

As a prepress operator who uses InDesign’s Data Merge features on a daily basis to output plenty of variable data for print, I was asked to take a look at the latest version of the Mac app called MyDataMerge. It’s a neat, clean-looking app that has many of the features you can find in a combination of expensive plug-ins and free single-purpose scripts, but all rolled into one. There are certainly some Data Merge campaigns that I’ve done where this app would have really been handy.

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A prepress operator and graphic designer for a South Australian commercial printer, with close to 20 years of experience in the trade. He is also a regular contributor to this site and InDesign Magazine, and hosts his own prepress blog "Colecandoo".
  • Nilesh Parmar says:

    Nice app. I use the Indesign DataMerge option along with A better finder rename app, does the same job particularly.

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