Release Notes

February 12, 2015 released PXM 8.0 rev. 150202


Compatibility

This version is compatible with Sitecore XP 8.0. It can also be used with Sitecore versions 7.1 or later versions up to 7.5 XP.


Highlights

InDesign Connector and InCopy Connector:

  • New version of InDesign Connector plugins for Adobe InDesign CC (MAC & Windows). 
  • New version of InCopy Connector plugins for Adobe InCopy CC (MAC & Windows). 
  • New version of InDesign Connector plugins for Adobe InDesign CC 2014 (MAC & Windows). 
  • New version of InCopy Connector plugins for Adobe InCopy CC 2014 (MAC & Windows).

InDesign Server Engine:

  • New version of InDesign Server Engine plugin, for Adobe InDesign CC Server.
  • New version of InDesign Server Engine plugin, for Adobe InDesign CC 2014 Server.

Sitecore Print Studio InDesign Processing Service:

  • New version of Sitecore Print Studio InDesign Processing Service.

Sitecore Print Studio Dashboard Server:

  • New version of Sitecore Print Studio Dashboard Server.

New features and improvements

InDesign Connector and InCopy Connector:

  • Supported secure (SSL) connection PXM with Sitecore.
  • The tree performance for the Content panel is improved. It scrolls and expands large number of items without much delay.

InDesign Connector:

  • Added ability to flow text automatically in as many pages as the text requires. The flow feature allows: many text frames to be threaded independently; flowing many text frames in one flow with predefined order; using flow-layout that differs from the start page for the autogenerated pages.
  • Added ability to convert static IDC project items into dynamic that fetch values from Sitecore.
  • Added support for the native InDesign image frame fitting options.

Deprecated and removed features

InDesign Connector:

  • The option to scale images in the Change Image Frame dialog is removed.

Resolved issues

InDesign Connector:

  • Master documents that contain a paragraph style with leading value auto are stored correctly in Sitecore. The value is no longer hardcoded.
  • Save operation in IDC project over large number of image frames no longer causes InDesign/InCopy to become irresponsive.