ClassForce is an easy-to-use classified pagination system designed for small- to mid-size publications.

ClassForce provides a convenient Flow Palette for accessing displays and liners, flowing items to pages, and monitoring images.

 

Quick and easy classified pages
ClassForce reads advertising text and image files from most front-end booking systems — including all systems currently integrated with CLS — and builds a runsheet of the classified items. The system's point-and-shoot pagination tools allow users to build complete classified pages, quickly and easily. Finished sections can be opened in QuarkXPress or Adobe InDesign for pagination.

You're in control
ClassForce provides semi-automatic flow of liners and display ads coupled with classification-based controls for header and filler positioning.

Step up to a digital workflow
With ClassForce, you get a cost-effective electronic solution for your classified pagination needs. It's the perfect tool for newspapers that do not require the level of customized automation provided by MEI's Page Director CLS and its rules-based placement engine.

• Split items across columns with support for breakable liners.
• Vertically justify areas and pages based on user-defined parameters.
• Use the Flow Palette to point and shoot or drag and drop items to pages fast.
• Speed up pagination with semi-automatic placement of displays and liner ads.
• Use interactive drawing tools to define and pinpoint areas for flowing and squaring.
• Control header and filler placement on a classification-by-classification basis.
• Automatically place spread ads through double-truck support.
• Define virtually all layout parameters on a classification-by-classification basis.
• Arrange items easily with the single-click tools of the Align Palette.
• Monitor the total placed and unplaced inches of each classification.
• Includes a measurement configuration for user-defineable points-per-unit values and abbreviations.
• Use multiple column models within an issue.

Macintosh computer with Intel processor

• Macintosh OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
• 1 GB RAM

Click here for a QuarkXPress/Adobe InDesign product compatibility chart.

Opening the ClassForce issue in QuarkXPress requires the installation of CLS XT, and Adobe InDesign requires the Ad Import plug-in. All compatible plug-ins and XTensions, for Macintosh and Windows, are included in the ClassForce installation disc.

CLS XT is available for QuarkXPress versions 7 through 8.1; Ad Import is available for InDesign CS3 and CS4.

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