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Cacidi Extreme CC is the most advanced and yet easy to use standard software available for automating graphic design. Whether you produce catalogs, brochures, pricelists, business cards, or other single or multipage documents containing text, image and barcode content, Cacidi Extreme CC optimizes your production by bringing down tedious and repetitive tasks like copy pasting and local formatting of text, manually importing and scaling images and barcodes, as well as updating content for future productions, to an absolute minimum.

Cacidi Extreme CC offers four different production methods of choice, allowing any type of job the most suitable production flow. The production methods included with Cacidi Extreme CC are:

Step'n Repeat method
Create one single either simple or advanced design with Adobe InDesign¨, save it as a Cacidi Extreme Item Design and have Cacidi Extreme CC automatically produce as many content variable objects as number of records in your data source. The Step?n Repeat method is very often used for simple but effective production of business cards, mail merges, price tags, labels, etc.

Pre-defined method
Combine as many Cacidi Extreme Item Designs as you like on a single page or queue of pages, and
build your automated documents totally controlled by the designers choice of layout. Very often used for brochures and catalogs with a page range from
1 to 50 pages, where the designers general overview is in charge of the production flow.

AutoCalc method
Using the AutoCalc method allows a production setup partly driven by the designers full creative freedom combined with a database setup for arranging records in groups, select pre-defined Adobe InDesign paragraph- and character styles, define Cacidi Extreme module use, etc., that will let Cacidi Extreme automatically dispatch and arrange the layout in the Adobe InDesign¨ document. The AutoCalc method is very often the better choice for production of extensive catalogs, price lists, manuals, brochures, etc., typically including from 50 pages up to thousands of pages.

Update method
The Cacidi Extreme Update method applies to all the methods above. No matter what type of production method a first build of your document is based upon, the Cacidi Extreme Update method will at any time let you progressively update text, image and barcode content in your layout, as changes apply to the data source. Practically all Cacidi Extreme customers utilise the Update method, when publishing future editions of their initially automated productions.

New Cacidi Extreme CC features:

New and improved user interface
The Cacidi Extreme CC has been optimized to take advantage of the most high-end technical and designer friendly features, and is now in full integration with the Cacidi LiveMerge CC product (see specific product sheet for Cacidi LiveMerge CC).

Direct database connection
Cacidi Extreme CC allows you to connect directly to a MySQL database for a live feed of data. With no stops in between, you draw data directly from the database during your catalogue production. This new feature builds on top of the existing and previously implemented feature for building the catalogue based on a static text file export. Optionally you are able to query directly from Cacidi Extreme CC by SQL queries or regular text search directly within your database.
Each separate project created with Cacidi Extreme is allowed it?s own settings and definitions for database and querying.

Built-in data grouping
Using an intuitive user interface, you can set up preferences for product group selections, directly within the Cacidi Extreme CC project settings. This feature makes it easy to create complex price lists and similar productions, without the necessity for external consultancy services.