Tag Display Software

About Tag Display Software

A FREE set of plug-in modules for AccurioPro Variable Data software customers!

The free Tag Display software modules are designed to visualize all of the AccurioPro Variable Data product tags in the document, and permit normal editing of the document without loss of tagged information. Please see below for additional details, or visit our Downloads Page and scroll to the Free Software section to locate the download for the Tag Display modules.

More Information

Documents that have been prepared with AccurioPro Variable Data software contain hidden, proprietary information known as “tags”. As an example, a AccurioPro VDP user may tag a range of text in an InDesign document to identify where variable data should be merged onto the page, and a AccurioPro Catalog user may tag a range of text on a page to identify where pricing information should be placed onto the page. These tags have “visual indicators” associated with them, which generally appear as a colored underscore for text ranges or a special icon for frame tags.

Documents that have been tagged by one of these products can be edited in the normal fashion on any other workstation, however, if the workstation has not been equipped with a full copy of the AccurioPro software that created the tags, then the user will not be able to see where the tags have been placed in the document. In addition, if the user performs copy/paste or other editing functions on tagged text, the tag information may become lost or corrupt.

IMPORTANT: The tag information referenced above may become lost or corrupt if a document is edited using Adobe InDesign and the corresponding AccurioPro software or Tag Display Module is not installed.

To allow for proper editing of such documents, we provide a FREE Tag Display Module for every AccurioPro Variable Data product that utilizes some form of tagging. By installing the Tag Display module, documents containing AccurioPro Variable Data software tag information can be edited without risk of deleting the tag information (of course, the user can always choose to intentionally delete text or frames which contain the tag information). The Tag Display plug-in modules support the software products listed below:

The Tag Display software can be installed on as many workstations as you wish, however, the software may only be operated subject to the terms of the Meadows Software License Agreement, available on this web site at www.meadowsps.com/license.

Note that an AccurioPro Tag Display Module is not intended to be used with the full version of the corresponding software product. As an example, if you already have a full copy of AccurioPro VDP or AccurioPro Catalog installed, then you do not need to install the Tag Display module (but if the workstation next to you does not have AccurioPro VDP or AccurioPro Catalog software installed, and they will be editing AccurioPro-tagged documents, then they should install a copy of the free Tag Display module).

Please visit our Downloads Page and scroll to the Free Software section to locate the download for the Tag Display modules.

Installation Instructions

1. Download the Tag Display Modules.
   
2. Quit the Adobe InDesign application where you wish to install the Tag Display Modules.
   
3. Expand the .DMG or .ZIP file that you downloaded. The expanded file provides several folders.
   
4. Open the folder that contains the version of the Tag Display Module that you wish to install (must match your InDesign version).
5. Inside of the folder will be with be an Installer, or a single folder named Meadows.
6. If there is an Installer, simply run the Installer and follow the prompts and you are done. If instead you find a single Meadows folder, then continue with the instructions below.
7. Drag the entire Meadows folder into the folder location indicated below (NOTE: If there is an existing Meadows folder in this location, you may already have the software installed, or you may have other Meadows software installed. In this case, copy the contents of the tag display folder into the Meadows folder that already exists in the plug-ins folder.

Adobe InDesign/Plug-Ins/

8. Start your copy of the Adobe InDesign application. If the Tag Display Module loads successfully, it should not display any warnings or error messages and you should see a AccurioPro Tag Display menu in the InDesign menu bar.

If installation is successful, when you open an AccurioPro-tagged document, you should see the text tags appear as green underscores, and picture tags appear with a green box (as shown in the screen shot at the start of this page). You can hide and show these by using the View option under the AccurioPro Tag Display menu.

If you encounter any problems downloading or installing this software, please open a support ticket by clicking here.