Suitcase Fusion 3 User Guide for Mac OS - Extensis

Creating Sets from Open Documents
Suitcase Fusion includes auto-activation plug-ins for popular graphic design applications (including Adobe
Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, and QuarkXPress) that add a Create Document Set command
directly to the application. The Create Document Set feature creates a set consisting of all the fonts applied to
text on printing pages in the active document (or layout).
For example, a 20-page newsletter in InDesign might use 90 or more diverse fonts. Creating a set in Suitcase
Fusion and then locating and adding each font to it would be difficult and time consuming. The auto-activation
plug-ins can find the fonts and create the set automatically.
NOTE
When you’re using the plug-ins, it’s helpful if you design documents with fonts from only one library. The autoactivation
plug-ins are only able to auto-activate fonts and make font sets for fonts in a single library. They can,
however, collect fonts for output from multiple libraries.
To create a set from a document:
1. Open a document and make sure all the fonts are active. (In QuarkXPress, open a project and select a
layout.)
2. Select the desired library:
� In Adobe Photoshop, choose File > Automate > Extensis and choose a library from the Select
Library drop-down menu.
� In Adobe InDesign or Illustrator, choose Type > Suitcase Fusion > Library and select a library.
� In QuarkXPress, choose Utilities > Suitcase Fusion > Library and select a library.
3. Choose Create Document Set (from the Extensis dialog in Photoshop, the Type > Suitcase Fusion
submenu in Illustrator and InDesign, or the Utilities > Suitcase Fusion submenu in QuarkXPress).
4. Type a name for the set.
5. Click OK.
If the fonts in the file change, be sure to recreate the set or add the new fonts to the set manually.
Nesting Sets
When organizing fonts, you can place sets within other sets, then manipulate the sets individually or all at once.
For example, if you’re working on a magazine, you may have a set for the entire magazine that contains an
individual set for each section. When you’re printing a proof of the magazine, you can activate the entire set.
However, if you’re only editing one section, you can activate just the set for that section.
You can nest sets indefinitely. This way you can create a few “master sets” for storing all your other sets. You
can work with nested sets as follows:
• Nesting Existing Sets: To nest an existing set, select it and drag it onto another set.
• Removing a Set from its Nest: To move a set outside its parent set, drag it above the set name.
• Viewing Nested Sets: To see nested sets, click the triangle next to the set name to reveal all nested sets.
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