Sonny Software

A few weeks ago, I wrote in a different thread how I use Mellel/Bookends/and Indesign to put together grant applications. Following my post, I noticed that there were many users disappointed in the inability to use Bookends with Pages (count me among them). Since Pages is, in many ways, Indesign Lite, I wonder if it would be possible for Bookends to work directly with Indesign, either by way of scripting or a plug-in. Ideally, Bookends would be able to scan individual text threads or all of the text threads in a document to compile a bibliography, and then output the bibliography directly into one of the Indesign text threads. I probably haven't played with this as much as I should to fully explore the capabilities of using RTF export and formatting to partially address Bookends compatibility, but I am curious to hear whether others use Indesign and Bookends in conjunction and whether direct future compatibility is something we can hope for (or would be useful to others)!

dave o

Hi dave o,

I'd be curious to hear, too. But at least for the foreseeable future, we have to plans to support any new file formats...

Jon
Sonny Software

Hi all, this was 5 years ago …
I wonder if an Indesign plug-in, to support Bookends scanning, is still not under way?
Hans-Reinhard

Hi,

No, I have no plans to specifically support Indesign. I have no idea if it does, but if it supports RTF that might be a solution.

Jon
Sonny Software