To plan and design a catalog in STEP Flatplanner, you will use a publication template, page templates, and product templates.
You can design page templates directly in STEP. However, before you start using Flatplanner, the publication template and product template(s) must be created in InDesign and stored in STEP. For more information, see the STEP'n'design User Guide.
The following is a brief description of the different types of templates.
A page template allows you to define the layout of a page such as defining where you are allowed to place a product and the related product template. For more information, see Creating Page Templates in the Flatplanner documentation
A product template enables you to mount fully formatted product presentations directly to the page. The product template controls the following:
A publication template defines the document size and margins and contains information about static elements such as page tabs. It also contains definitions of all paragraph and character styles to be used from the product templates.
A publication template is used to create the PDF files of your pages, to create a preview of your pages, and it is also used when mounting the pages in InDesign.
For more information about creating product templates and publication templates, see the following sections of the STEP'n'design documentation:
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