Typefi 8.5 system requirements

Typefi 8.5

Workgroup Server

• Microsoft Windows Server 2016 or Windows Server 2012; macOS Mojave (10.14), High Sierra (10.13), Sierra (10.12); OS X El Capitan (10.11)
  • Oracle JDK 8 (for OS X and Linux only; bundled with our installer for Windows)
  • An LDAP-compliant directory service
• Adobe InDesign Server 2018 (13.x), InDesign Server 2017 (12.x), or InDesign Server 2015 (11.x)
• Typefi workflow plug-ins: 
  • InDesign v20 or later
  • Microsoft Word v11 or later
• 8 GB of RAM (16 GB recommended) and an additional 2–8 GB per instance of Adobe InDesign CC Server^†
• 2.4 GHz or faster multi-core (64-bit) processor^†
• Fast disk/storage I/O^†
• Optional additional packages and tools:
  • Apache Ant 1.9.4 or later
  • PDFtk Server 2.03 or later

Typefi 8.5 Clients

Designer for Adobe InDesign

• Microsoft Windows 10 or Windows 8.1; macOS Mojave (10.14), High Sierra (10.13), Sierra (10.12); OS X El Capitan (10.11)
• Adobe InDesign 2018 (13.x), InDesign 2017 (12.x), or InDesign 2015 (11.x); see also notice below
• 2 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended)^†

Writer for Microsoft Word

• Microsoft Windows 10 or Windows 8.1
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or later
• Microsoft Word 2019 or 2016 (32-bit only) on Semi-annual (deferred) update channel, Microsoft Word 2013 (32-bit only) with security update KB3039794, or Word 2010 (32-bit only) with security update KB2881029
• Microsoft Excel (optional; required for Microsoft Excel import)

Typefi 8.5 Desktop

• Microsoft Windows 10 or Windows 8.1; macOS Mojave (10.14), High Sierra (10.13), Sierra (10.12); OS X El Capitan (10.11)
  • Oracle JDK 8 (for OS X and Linux only; bundled with our installer for Windows)
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or later (for Windows only)
• Adobe InDesign 2018 (13.x), InDesign 2017 (12.x), or InDesign 2015 (11.x); see also notice below
• Microsoft Word 2019 or 2016 (32-bit only) on Semi-annual update channel, Microsoft Word 2013 (32-bit only) with security update KB3039794, or Word 2010 (32-bit only) with security update KB2881029
• 2 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended)^†

† These system requirements are baseline requirements, but your number of users, number of assets, and number of asset revisions affect system performance. The requirements with an asterisk (†) are affected by these variables.

Notices

Every product has a lifecycle. The lifecycle begins when a product is released and ends when it is no longer supported.

For more information about our end of support policies, see Typefi Product Support Lifecycle.

Adobe Creative Cloud compatibility

Adobe updates and adds new features to the Creative Cloud on an ongoing basis. Creative Cloud updates are optional and must first be certified for compatibility by Typefi before installing. The latest supported Creative Cloud release for Typefi 8.5 is Adobe InDesign 2018 (13.x). In May 2019, Adobe announced changes to Creative Cloud download availability that limit direct download access to the two most recent major versions of Creative Cloud desktop applications (currently InDesign 2020 and InDesign 2019). However, Typefi continues to support the three recent major versions (InDesign 2020 coming in Q1 2020, InDesign 2019, InDesign 2018, and InDesign 2017).

Adobe stopped all sales of the Creative Suite on 9 January 2017 and ended support for Creative Suite applications (including InDesign CS6 Server) on 30 April 2017.

• With the release of Typefi Designer 8.3 (22 August 2017), support for InDesign CS6 (8.x) and InDesign CC (9.x) was officially deprecated and then ended on 31 October 2017.
• With the release of Typefi Designer 8.4 (16 January 2018), support for InDesign 2014 (13.x) transitioned to end of life.
• With the release of Typefi Designer 8.6 (19 February 2019), support for InDesign 2015 (14.x) transitioned to end of life.

For more information about our end of support policies, see Typefi Product Support Lifecycle.

Microsoft Office compatibility

One of the benefits of Office 365 is that Microsoft provides new features for Office apps on a regular basis. The schedule for these updates depends on your selected update channel. Typefi only certifies Writer compatibility with the Semi-annual update channel. While the Monthly (formerly "Current") channel delivers new or updated features, and security and non-security updates at least once each month, these releases are only supported by Microsoft until the next monthly channel release is available and may break compatibility with line-of-business applications like Typefi Writer (for example, the August 2017 "Monthly" update introduced a bug in a critical component used by Writer). For these reasons, Typefi strongly recommends selecting the Semi-annual (formerly "Deferred") update channel, which also delivers new or updated features, and security and non-security updates, but on a slower schedule of two (formerly three) updates each year. The Semi-annual update channel also extends support to 18 months from first release. For more information about the channel releases for Office 365 client applications, see Office 365 client update channel releases.

To change your update channel to Semi-annual (formerly "Deferred"), do the following:

1. Run Command Prompt (cmd) as Administrator
2. Enter the following commands:

   cd "\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun"
   OfficeC2RClient.exe /changesetting Channel=Deferred
   OfficeC2RClient.exe /update user
   exit
   

3. Wait for the updates to download and install

With the release of Typefi Writer 8.3, support for Microsoft Word 2007 was officially deprecated. In addition, in accordance with Microsoft Lifecycle Policy, support for Word 2007 ended on 10 October 2017. For more information about our end of support policies, see Typefi Product Support Lifecycle.

OS X Mavericks (v10.9) end of support notice

In addition, support for OS X Mavericks (v10.9) was been officially deprecated with the release of Typefi Server 8.3 and Typefi Designer 8.3. Later releases will require OS X Yosemite (v10.10) or later.*

* Adobe does not support Adobe InDesign CC 2018 (v13.x) with OS X Yosemite (v10.10).

Linux support statement

Typefi will provide installation support for distributions based on the Linux 2.6 kernel or later to customers with Gold or Platinum Support Agreements.