GreenLight for Simon & Schuster Prerelease

New in 2025.1.4

1. ShowCase from cover foils now upload successfully when books have Spot UV
2. ShowCase now opens in MasterPlan Job Admin after upload and with the menu command View > View on MasterPlan
3. Extended the time that the ShowCase first upload message is able to be shown
4. ShowCase now respects the users preferred browser when opening URLs
5. ShowCase covers are correctly shown as JPEGs on Client Page
6. Removed the debug message being shown on PDF Export
7. Covers with no colour profile assigned no longer stall the GreenLight checking process
8. Document Colour Profile is set now added to all checklists except Simon & Schuster Internal Pages (Mono) checklist for 2025.1 users‍
9. Design System Tools panel layout updated and new Tool added Lookup selected font

Known issues in 2025.1.4

1. ShowCase is disrupted when a foil reference is added to foil name e.g. 'FOIL G11'

New in 2025.1.3

1. Moved some Run menu items to new Create menu:
   • Create Cover
   • Amend Cover
   • Create Interiors
   • Amend Interiors
   • Add Special Finishes
2. All commands in Export Menu have been renamed to use the word Export rather than Create.
3. Typography Tools renamed Type Tools‍
4. More mainstream Fresh Page Tools moved to the Type Tools panel
5. Other Fresh Page Tools renamed Design System Tools (beta)‍
6. Simon & Schuster Tools renamed Co-Edition Tools
7. Suggest a suitable file name tool added to Create menu‍
8. Removed the command Remove Alt text codes as they are no longer being added by the image description preparation process
9. Additional Co-Edition Panel tool added Text layer [Black] strokes to overprint
10. New Upload menu connects GreenLight to MasterPlan with the following menu commands:
    • Upload current spread
    • Upload a range of spreads
    • Upload all spreads
    • Set featured spreads
    • Upload flat cover
    • Upload ShowCase cover
    • Upload MasterPlan package
    • Upload MasterPlan folder
11. Upload ShowCase cover uploads GreenLight created cover files to MasterPlan WORK for a 3D simulation with interaction, lighting and special finishes
12. New View menu interacts with MasterPlan with the following menu commands:
    • View on MasterPlan
    • Copy Client URL
    • Copy Job URL
    • Copy Spread URL
13. Any layers with names starting with the word GUIDE are hidden when Exporting Print PDFs
14. Added a tip to advise amending the Pass Number when a filename already exists for cover export
15. Any layers with names starting with the word GUIDE are hidden when Exporting Print PDFs

New in 2025.0.22

1. Improvement for ISBN artwork matches stated ISBN to work with covers from GreenLight 2024.1 without live InDesign ISBN text
2. Prices on all flapped covers now 10mm inset from edge
3. Fix for some barcodes that were not updating for some imprint and flap combinations
4. Fix for a potential for Printing objects are inside bleed to not flag objects depending on the order of previous checks in a checklist

New in 2025.0.21

1. Additional of extra TM data into GreenLight Cover Info panel:
   • Division
   • Edition
   • TM Imprint as Imprint is already in use by GreenLight
2. RRP price now updating in artwork on new cover creation
3. Cover Spec Level now being pulled from TM on new cover creation ( Green / Primary / Basic / Medium / High )
4. Cover Spec Level moved from Publication options to Production options in GreenLight Cover Info panel
5. GreenLight info matches TM data check now checking additional fields Division, Edition, TM Imprint and Cover Spec Level match between panel and live TM data
6. Adaptation to add imprint layer with flaps for Children's Imprints jackets for:
   • Simon & Schuster Children’s
   • Gallery YA
   • Gallery Kids
7. No longer adding additional tic marks 10mm from edge for Paperback with flaps
8. Introduction of auto updated live InDesign text above Teacup barcodes to give users better control of the text styling
9. ISBN artwork matches stated ISBN now includes checking the live text above the ISBN as well as the barcode artwork, panel and file name
10. GreenLight Book Info label is properly reset to after exporting
11. From this version onwards GreenLight for Simon & Schuster will now alert the user when their version is out of date and direct them to an update link

New in 2025.0.16

1. Removed a developer alert message being shown to users in 2025.0.15
   

New in 2025.0.15

1. Fix for TM checks introduced in 2025.0.14 to only flag when data in GreenLight Info panels no longer matches TM data
2. Now writing retrieved TM data to Run Log for easier testing
3. New Tool Break link to [Basic Paragraph] tool added to Styles section of reordered Typogaphy & Text Design Tools‍
4. [Basic Paragraph] removed for all new covers‍
5. Create Cover improvements:
   1. Continues as expected when no ISBN supplied
   2. Default 10mm margins added to all pages except spine
   3. All imprint layers now removed when no imprint chosen when creating cover
   4. No longer opening a second window in InDesign 2024 when creating cover

New in 2025.0.13

1. Two new checks GreenLight info matches TM data & GreenLight info matches TM data (exceptions) to flag when data in GreenLight Info panels no longer matches TM data
2. Data matching exceptions added to Add / Remove Check Exceptions
3. Copied ISBNs with dashes are picked up by Create Cover
4. Slug at bottom applied by Create Cover increased to match the offset at top
5. Add Special Finishes amended to still work when user has Paste Remembers Layers off in InDesign Pages Panel

New in 2025.0.10

1. ISBN artwork matches stated ISBN fixed. Now checking panel info against document name and placed artwork.

New in 2025.0.7

1. Added Summit Books as new imprint for Create Cover
2. Cover template adjusted to open without alerts in InDesign 2024 as it did before 2025.0.5
3. Successfully tested with live TM data

New in 2025.0.5

1. New command Run menu > Switch off cover objects repostioning to choose to prevent imprint objects e.g. logos and barcodes from moving when amending cover

New in 2025.0.2

1. TM data is pulled in when creating a new cover based on an entered ISBN
2. New checks Book Info matches TM data and Book Info matches TM data (exceptions)  ready to test with 2025.0 checklists
3. Add Special Finishes offered as an extra option when creating new covers. If checked, user then chooses which special finsihes to add from a list
4. New command Run menu > Add Special Finishes to introduce spot colours and layers at any part of the process
5. Create / Alter Cover command split into Create Cover and Amend Cover to allow new covers to be created when existing ones are open

New in 2025.0.1

1. Creating new covers updated to work with InDesign 2025

New in 2024.1.9

1. Added Lamination and Spec Levels to Cover creation and amendment dialogs
2. Added Lamination and Spec Levels to GreenLight Cover Panel
3. Removing unneeded rows from GreenLight Cover Panel to save space e.g. removing Brass and Case overhang for Paperbacks
4. Adding extra tic marks for flaps on export
5. No longer making separated Print PDFs for Mono covers for CPI
6. No longer asking the user which type of proof to make
7. Changed to refer to 'Laser / Circulation Proofs' as Proof PDFs which are created form the GreenLight Export menu
8. Changed to refer to 'Digi / Final Signoff Proof / Final Print Files' as Print Ready PDFs which are created form the GreenLight Export menu
9. Removal of menu option to make Proof and Print files together
10. Minor updates to cover template to remove CBS info lines
11. Altering SPOTUV to SPOT UV to better suit CPI. Amended in cover templates, in Spots are layered and overprint check, in PDF Exporting and updated the File Creation Policy‍
12. Added a Create InDesign Package command to the Export menu
    1. Asks user to choose where to package
    2. Exports INDD, Links, Fonts
    3. ZIPs the fonts folder
    4. Runs Fonts listing to CSV‍
13. Altered the PDF Export location to be next to the InDesign file with an option to open the folder after export
14. BRASS added to File Creation Policy and now treated as another special when exporting PDFs

New in 2024.1.7

1. When pushing out Simon & Schuster settings to new installs GreenLight now checks that colour settings files have arrived and, if not, opens the folder in Finder with more info on how to fix folder permissions
2. Minor updates to covers to fix the missing image alert and barcode position for Scribner flapped
3. Cover info panel better positioned and labels are no longer running to two lines
4. Folder opening after export to reveal PDFs improved
5. Changed naming for proofs to Circulation Proof & Final Signoff Proof‍
6. Combine PDFs command updated

New in 2024.1.5

1. Book Info is now shown in a new Book Info Panel on the pasteboard to the left of the first spread
2. Book Info is initially set using the same Add / Amend Book Info command
3. Data in the Book Info Panel is live and can be amending directly in the panel or with the Add / Amend Book Info command
4. Adaptation to Correct layer naming and structure (Final) & Document is named correctly to expect MONO section identifier and Book Info Panel

New in 2024.1.2

1. Amendments to Create Cover dialogs
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   • RRP price added to create dialog
   • Integration with Teacup BarcodeMaker for auto updating professionally styled barcodes
2. Artwork updated for all imprints and additions for Gallery YT, Gallery Kids + Simon & Schuster Children's
3. New check ISBN artwork matches stated ISBN
4. New check Artwork price matches stated price
5. Speed increase when starting the greenlight process
6. Extra panel added for info specific to printed inside covers
7. Special finishes list in GreenLight Book Cover Panel is updated when the GreenLight process runs
8. Rewrite of the cover creation and update process to cater for more alignment and positioning options for imprint elements
9. Proofs now include a ‘visual’ mockup which shows foils as solid colours (not overprinting) and without any other specials
10. User asked a choice of ‘Digi’ or ‘Laser’ proof, laser proof only showing special finish layer that are visible in InDesign
11. Updated proof naming to match S+S ProofHQ requirements

New in 2024.1.0

1. Start of this new version for Simon & Schuster :)