PageMaker How-To: Merging Data Records into Layouts

Customized content is high on the must-have list for many clients. But for designers, cutting and pasting all those data fields into a layout is, quite frankly, a drag. Here's how PageMaker's data-merge features can lighten the load.
Written on July 12, 2002

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Delivering customized content is all the rage, but producing it can put you in a rage. You don't have to spend all your time cutting and pasting names into fields nor do you have to spend a lot of money on a high-end database-publishing solution when you can accomplish the objective in PageMaker 7. This week, Adobe's PageMaker team shows you how to merge data into a publication.

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