Creating templates with the Catsy plugin

  1. Open up InDesign 
  2. If you have not already, install the Catsy plug-in. Directions on how to do this can be found here for Windows and here for Mac
  3. Log into the plugin by clicking on the Catsy toolbar icon at the top and  Select "login"



  4. Click the Catsy toolbar again and select template builder



  5. Create a text box for the fields by clicking the T icon on the left hand tool and dragging your mouse to create a box



  6. In the Catsy Template builder window, select if you want fields on the family level, Item level or event level



  7. Scroll through until you find the field you want to add to your template and drag the field into the text box you created



  8. Add all the fields you need to the text box or create more text boxes to house the fields 
  9. If you want to change the font or the size, select the field and click the font drop down. Select the font you want



  10. Next to the font drop down you will find the text size drop down. Here you can change the text size



  11. Underneath the text size you will find the line spacing drop down. This lets you choose how the space in between each line 



  12. To add an item or family image scroll down near the bottom of the template builder and select the image type you want
  13. Drag it into your documentÂ