Here are some of the best-selling productivity plug-ins for QuarkXPress and InDesign, as compiled by ThePowerXChange. As they say: “Automation is the Future!”

QuarkXPress:

• BlackLining for QXP 9
• CopyFlow Gold for QXP 8/9
• MadeToPrint XT for QXP 9
• Math Grabber for QXP 9
• Sonar Bookends for QXP 8/9
• Xcatalog Pro for QXP 8/9
• Xdata for QXP 8/9

InDesign:

• CtrlChanges Pro for InCopy/ID CS6
• CopyFlow Gold for ID CS6
• InData for ID CS5/CS6
• InCatalog Pro for ID CS5/6
• MadeToPrint for ID CS6
• Output Factory
• Sonar Bookends InDex Pro for ID
• vjoon Overset Manager v9

Jay Nelson

Jay Nelson is the editorial director of PlanetQuark.com, and the editor and publisher of Design Tools Monthly. He’s also the author of the QuarkXPress 8 and QuarkXPress 7 training titles at Lynda.com, as well as the training videos Quark includes in the box with QuarkXPress 7 . In addition, Jay writes regularly for Macworld and Photoshop User magazines and speaks at industry events.