Cross-Screen Creator
Keep writing, reviewing, and collaborating in Word. Cross-Screen Creator prepares your communication for reading across phones, tablets, laptops, and larger screens.
The result is a responsive publication: a single file that can be stored and distributed as a document while adapting its presentation to the reader's screen.
View a sample publicationImportant documents have a job to do
An executive briefing, policy paper, research report, client recommendation, white paper, or advisory is created because someone needs to understand, decide, approve, align, or act.
A great deal of care goes into getting it right - what it says, how it's structured, whether it's accurate, and what the reader needs to understand. The reading experience is part of the communication.
Reading happens across screens
An important communication may be opened first on a phone, returned to later on a laptop, or read across several screens.
Adobe surveyed 1,000 employees from a variety of U.S. industries about how they use mobile devices for work.
46%
review documents on mobile devices
62%
say the smaller screen makes work difficult
36%
do mobile work while traveling or commuting
Source: Adobe—Mobile Devices are Shaping the Modern Workday
Same communication. Different reading experience.
Fixed-page PDF on a phone
Responsive publication on a phone
How Cross-Screen Creator works
Write and structure in Word
Use the familiar authoring and workflow you already know.
Prepare for responsive reading
The software transforms the presentation for changing screen sizes.
Distribute a responsive publication
A self-contained publication that adapts to the available reading space.
Your documents stay on your computer. Cross-Screen Creator does not upload your content to an external server.
Responsive elements are designed to work across screens
The included Word template includes a small set of responsive elements chosen because they can adapt as the reading space changes. For example, two related items can sit side by side when space permits and stack when the screen becomes narrow. Tables can scroll horizontally on a phone rather than being squeezed into the available width.
The sample publication, The Changing Reading Environment, tells the story behind Cross-Screen Creator—and is itself an example of the responsive reading experience.
Try it on your computer and your phone and see how they adapt to each screen.
Scan to open on your phone
See the Word document used to create this publication.
From Word document to responsive publication
Start with the Cross-Screen Creator Word Template.
The template provides the document structure and Responsive Elements designed to work across different screen sizes.
Use your familiar Word workflow.
Write, revise, comment, use Track Changes, circulate drafts, and complete your normal review and approval process in Microsoft Word.
Create the responsive publication.
When the communication is ready, open the Word document in Cross-Screen Creator, review the result, and create the finished responsive publication.
Cross-Screen Creator — Individual License
$129 introductory price
Regular price $149
One-time purchase. No subscription.