Q: What is Cacidi Contact Sheet Pro?
A: Contact Sheet Pro is a plug-in for Adobe InDesign that allows you to create advanced customized contact sheet or picture packages, and even include up to 69 different types of XMP or EXIF metadata information.

Q: How does it work?
A: By simply creating standard Adobe InDesign objects such as image and text boxes in any shape, color, angle, etc. by your choice, and saving groups of these as Contact Sheet Pro items, you can automatically import entire folders or volumes containing images and instantly create your customized contact sheets or picture packages.

Q: What image formats are supported by Contact Sheet Pro
A: Any image format that is supported by Adobe InDesign. Please see your Adobe InDesign documentation for supported formats.

Q: What is metadata?
A: Metadata such as XMP or EXIF is additional information that can be included in image files, like for instance information about file size, type, format, copyright, etc. Typically this information is included by either an image editing application like Adobe PhotoShop, or automatically included by digital cameras, scanners or similar equipment.

Q: I know several image editing applications are able to create contact sheets or picture packages. What is the added value of Contact Sheet Pro 5.0?
A: It is correct there are numerous applications designed to create picture packages and contact sheets. However, these are typically very limited in their functionality, meaning that they only have very few pre-designed templates for contact sheets or picture packages, or are not able to include metadata information, etc.
Contact Sheet Pro is designed as a second-to-none tool in functionality, fulfilling the demands of professional photographers, demanding ease of use features for designing advanced customized contact sheets and picture packages. With Contact Sheet Pro, only your own creativity is limit to variation in design.

Q: When my print service provider opens the document he gets a "Missing plug-in" alert. Why?
A: A data field with information about the job has been added to the document, the print service provider can ignore the message and click OK to open the document. The job will be printed without problems.

Q: What are the system requirements for Cacidi Contact Sheet Pro?
A: A computer running Windows 2000, Windows XP or Mac OS X and Adobe InDesign.

Q: How do I install Cacidi Contact Sheet Pro?
A: After downloading Cacidi Contact Sheet Pro, copy the Cacidi plug-ins folder to the "Plug-Ins" folder withing the Adobe InDesign application folder. After launching Adobe InDesign, you will find the Cacidi Contact Sheet Pro menu item in the Adobe InDesign "Window" menu.

Q: Can I try out Cacidi Contact Sheet Pro to see if it's the right product for me before I decide to buy it?
A:Absolutely. When you start to use the plug-in, you are allowed to work with the software for 2 weeks before you have to enter a serial number in the "Activation" menu.

Q: After the trial period, when I decide to buy Cacidi Contact Sheet Pro, how do I enter my serial number?
A: Enter your purchased serial number in the "Activation" menu and click "Activate".