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Convert your Desktop App Document into CHILI publisher

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Variables

In a lot of cases, a good start is to add variables to your document.
Allow end-users to input on the fly, or connect with a datasource.

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Getting started with variable data

Datasources

Structured Text Import

Your data can originate from a source, where meta-data or tagged information is available. Use this tagged text to automatically apply styles to tags in the text.

Structured Text Import

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Alternate Layout

Provide not 1, but several output sizes in 1 document. This enables you to have only one document, one source of truth, but several output sizes.

Alternate Layouts

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Dynamic Layouts

If several output sizes is not enough, you can make your layout dynamic.

Don’t design with a fixed size in mind, but give your frame relative dimansionsdimensions, relative to the size of your document.

Dynamic layouts

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Dynamic asset Providers

Dynamic Asset Providers

Actions

Document Actions

Variable actions

Image fitting

Make sure your image fits the frame, once the frame has resized due to your document resizing.

Image Frame (fitting)

Smart Cropping