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Aiming at smallest workgroups, developer will directly distribute writing and editing program that integrates with its InDesign
WHILE ADOBE SYSTEMS AND QUARK VIE TO MAKE their writing-editing and design-pagination programs the preference of systems developers and publishers, Adobe is also preparing to sell its new InCopy CS directly to end-users as an editorial front end that integrates with its InDesign and other Creative Suite applications. Available by year's end as a CD and as a download from Adobe, InCopy CS will not be packaged for retail.
Acknowledging that relying on others to service customers and promote its products does lower Adobe's cost, Senior Product Marketing Manger Ian Manasco said Adobe will not abandon its integration partners - more than a dozen of whose systems optionally or exclusively relied on InCopy and InDesign.
Direct sale of InCopy CS with "Bridge Workflow" plug-ins allowing it to work with InDesign CS gives Adobe access to smaller vertical markets, according to the software firm's managers. At this level, users will have file-based operations. Anyone needing a database would look to third-party InCopy-InDesign solutions.
A one-person newsletter might rely on InDesign's story editor alone for...