vjoon K4 speeds up your editorial and design workflow. vjoon K4 is a database-based publishing platform connected to Adobe Creative Suite, which allows everyone involved in the process of newspaper, magazine, corporate publishing, tablet or Web portal production to work on InCopy® and InDesign® documents simultaneously. Particularly beneficial: the task-based workflow of version 6.

Thanks to the K4 Admin you can control and edit your production via an graphical editor and increase your production security by integrating rewinds and dependencies into your workflow. You can also split it up for as many output channels as you wish to deliver with your content. vjoon K4 offers interfaces into complex production environments (since 6.0 via Web Services).

vjoon K4 features at a glance:

Creative Processes

• Multiple users can edit content in the same layout simultaneously
• Automatic notification when layout, article or pictures have changed
• All jobs are presented in a convenient hierarchical list view
• Version control, workflow routing, status tracking
• Variants for different languages or regional editions
• Write text to fit in Adobe InCopy or K4 Web Editor
• Editors can edit their articles in a layout view or without any layout
• Individually configurable working environment
• Targeted search inside the current, previous and/or next issue
• Advanced and easy query mode for instant search results

Production Support

• Efficient production tracking in a Web browser with K4 Overview
• Automatic, status-based transfer of data
• Layouts, articles, images, ads, audio/video, Microsoft Word manuscripts, Excel spreadsheets, or any other type of file can be managed within the system
• XML export for cross-media production or archiving
• Easy connection for remote editiorial offices using K4 Web Editor or K4 Web Importer

Administration and Technical Background

• Web-based administration
• Fully customizable workflows, access privileges and metadata fields
• Scripting for automating customer-specific processes
• High-performance SQL database
• Support of Mac OS X and Windows clients in mixed-platform environments
• Server software is available for Mac OS X Server, Windows, Linux and Sun Solaris
• Open interfaces for maximum flexibility
• Seamless integration of applications or other enterprise solutions

• magazines
• newspapers
• book publishers
• corporate publishers (agencies, companies)