With Roman text, the Character Inspector can also be used to alter the position of characters in a word interactively (here “YSL”). For this example you only need one text object with three characters which you can move. This saves having several text objects or time-consuming character spacing and baseline offset settings.
Character Inspector (1)
VivaDesigner supports ALL languages and writing directions. With the Character Inspector, the position of so-called “dia-critical characters” can be corrected manually. This is particularly useful for example in Arabic, where words may contain many “dia-critical characters”.
Multilingual Text Editing
Editing of ALL languages AND writing directions in one single uniform application and document format (incl. Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese, Korean).
Headers & Footers
Define headers and footers for each text object in any height. Work with Running Titles in several levels that show the first and last occurrence or a character string in the headers or footers. Enter Endnotes and define their position (End of text or end of layout). Use the integrated footnote management with extensive options for numbering, separators, columns and position.
Optical Alignment
Improve the display of your text with the automatic optical alignment that can be applied to any character. Create Drop Caps in any size and optimize the typography with an automatic runaround of the Drop Cap shape. Display characters with a colored outline.
VivaImpose: Millions of publications. One program.
What is VivaImpose?
VIVAIMPOSE is the leading tool for automatic digital imposition. Already on the market since 1995, the program has since then been setting new standards in speed, safety, flexibility and functionality.
Developed in co-operation with leading printers in both sheet-fed and web offset, VIVAIMPOSE is able to process documents with a speed and precision which has never before been achieved. It’s no wonder then that millions of publications are produced with VIVAIMPOSE every year. Our customers produce books, brochures, newspapers and magazines, catalogues and much more for countless industrial customers such as Microsoft, Audi, etc. and naturally for publishers such as Rowohlt, Fischer, Piper, Ullstein, Springer, Klett, Carlsen and many others. Therefore you will surely at least once have held a printed product in your hand which our software helped to produce!
How does VivaImpose work?
From the very beginning VIVA has followed a completely new and revolutionary path in electronic imposition.
The starting point for the development was that our customers wanted to be able to manage the complex technology as simply as possible. Just three simple steps are necessary in the Workstation Version of VIVAIMPOSE to process a job completely in just a few minutes: data import, imposition and output. Only one step is necessary in the Server Version of VIVAIMPOSE to complete a job in seconds: to transfer data to the server, which delivers the imposition fully automatically.
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System Requirements
General requirements for desktop versions
- Computer with a present multi-core processor (recommended not older than 3-4 years).
- A 64 Bit operating system.
- Computer mouse or touchpad or pen.
- 1 GB of available hard disk space.
- 1 GB of free RAM, 2 GB of free RAM or more recommended.
- 32-bit video card with 1 GB RAM. 2 GB or more recommended.
- Monitor resolution: 1920 x 1080 or more. UHD Screens (i.e. Retina-Displays) are supported. Please refer to the technical hints using multiple monitors with different resolutions.
- USB 2.0 port for optional hardware protection of the operation of the software.
- Internet connection and email address for registration, upgrading and operation of the software. After registration the internet connection is not permanently necessary.
*Note: Installation on other versions of the mentioned operating systems are possible but NOT officially supported.
Windows desktop version
- VIVA Version 11.x:
Microsoft Windows 10 to Windows 11, each 64-Bit and with the latest Service Pack installation*.
- VIVA Version 10.x:
Microsoft Windows 7 to Windows 11, each 64-Bit and with the latest Service Pack installation*.
- VIVA Version 9.x:
Microsoft Windows Vista to Windows 10, each with the latest Service Pack installation*.
- VIVA Version 8.x:
Microsoft Windows Vista to Windows 10, each with the latest Service Pack installation*.
- VIVA Version 7.x:
Microsoft Windows XP to Windows 10 each with the latest Service Pack installation*.
macOS desktop version (Intel or Apple “M” processor)
- VIVA Version 11.5:
macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) to macOS 26 (Tahoe), each with the latest version*. - VIVA Version 11.0-11.4:
macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) to macOS 15 (Sequoia), each with the latest version*.
- VIVA Version 10.x :
OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) to macOS 12 (Monterey), each with the latest version*.
- VIVA Version 9.x:
OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) to macOS 10.13 (High Sierra), each with the latest version*.
- VIVA Version 8.x:
OS X 10.7 to 10.12*.
- VIVA Version 7.x:
OS X 10.6.8 to 10.12*.
Linux desktop version
- VIVA Version 11.x (64-Bit, AppImage):
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS to 24.04 LTS
Mint 18-22 LTS
Debian 9-11,
openSUSE 42.3 (Leap) and 15.1 (Leap).
- VIVA Version 10.x (64-Bit, AppImage):
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to 19.04 LTS
Mint 17-19 LTS
Debian 8-10
openSUSE 42.3 (Leap) and 15.1 (Leap)
- VIVA Version 9.x (64-Bit, AppImage):
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, 15.10, 16.04 LTS
Mint 17 LTS
Debian 7 & 8
openSUSE 42.2 (Leap)*.
- VIVA Version 7.x/8.x/9.x:
32-Bit: Debian 7, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS, Mint 17 LTS*.
64-Bit: Debian 7 & 8, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, 15.10, 16.04 LTS, Mint 17 LTS*.
General requirements for Web-Browser version
- Computer with a present multi-core processor (recommended not older than 3-4 years).
- Current versions of Firefox or Chrome. Edge, Safari or Opera are possible but not officially supported.
- 32-bit video card with 1 GB RAM. 2 GB or more recommended.
- Monitor resolution: 1920 x 1080 or more.
Ultra High Definition (UHD) Screens (i.e. Retina-Displays) are supported (from version 10).
Please refer to the technical hints using multiple monitors with different resolutions. - Internet connection with at least 20 Mbit/s or more (50 Mbit/s or more recommended).
System Requirements Server
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Important Note: VivaDesigner 9 is supplied as a 32-Bit and as a 64-Bit application version. When a full version is ordered, both versions will be supplied. When you download a Free Edition or a Demo version of VivaDesigner 9, only the 64-Bit version will be supplied. With all other versions (7.1, 8.0) a 32-Bit version will be supplied in all cases.
Visual Image Preflight
With the VivaDesigner Preflight option you can define the minimum resolution and tolerance for printing images. VivaDesigner automatically displays colored frames around images that either will not be printed correctly (red) or are within the tolerance (yellow). In this way even a beginner can see directly where there will be printing problems with a specific image scaling.
