K4 Publishing System

K4 is a sophisticated editorial, design, and production system built within Adobe's Creative Suite framework. The benefits of implementing a K4 system include:

• Ease of use
• Deep integration with Adobe InDesign and InCopy
• Customizable dashboard for navigation (Query Palette)
• Collaboration
• Multiple users can edit content on the same layout
• Real-time alerts for editors and designers when content or layout has changed
• Streamlined communication with change tracking, inline notes, and version comments
• Shared H&J, styles, colors and geometry between editorial and design
• Workflow Improvements
• Manage multiple publications with one secure login
• Automate trafficking and minimize errors with status-based routing
• Monitor the status and progress of all content in the system

K4's key features include:

• Check-in/check-out of content
• Concurrent workflow between editorial and design
• Exact copyfitting to layout
• Notes, red lining and edit tracking
• Change notifications
• Status tracking and status-based routing and assignments
• Customizable revision control
• Robust workflow querying
• Template management for text and layout files
• XML-based hierarchical content organization for extracting and repurposing content
• User privilege controls

K4 has a number of plug-ins and modules that can enhance the system's utility:

• Notes Manager Plug-in: Monitor in-line notes by sorting and filtering them by author, date, or content in the K4 Notes Palette.
• Revision Manager Plug-in: Compare text versions side by side or in a combined file, during or after editing.
• Overset Manager Plug-in: See at a glance if a layout contains overset and review the overset copy on the page in its own WYSIWYG frame; set preferences to generate warning dialogs for overset text on check-in or printing.
• K4 File Manager: Manage images, ads, audio-visual content, and other objects by checking them into the K4 workflow with K4 File Manager.
• K4 Overview: View a graphical overview of the entire publication and related workflow statuses in real time, in any standard Web browser.
• K4 XML Exporter: Export K4 documents for archiving or repurposing for Web or syndication.
• MadeToPrint Auto for K4: Automate preflighting, packaging, proofing, and PDF generation of InDesign files directly from the K4 database.
• Database Backup Module: Run backups during production with MEI’s multi-platform data backup solution.
• PrimeBase Replication Server: Keep a full backup of your server, dynamically replicated and kept up to date in real time, for quick restoration if the K4 production server becomes unavailable.

DPCI will be delighted to help you implement K4 and integrate this technology into your existing workflow environment. Please contact us at 212.575.5609 and we will be happy to tell you more about K4 and how DPCI can help you with your project needs.

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