Sales / Rental Brochure

Creating a brochure starts on the listing card’s Marketing materials tab.

Editing the brochure is divided into the Layout and Data fields sections. On the Layout tab, you can adjust the brochure’s visual appearance, while on the Data fields tab you can, for example, fine-tune the order and content of the data fields. The editing options are explained in more detail below.

When creating or editing a brochure, you can preview in real time how the brochure will look after your changes. The brochure preview opens on the left side of the brochure editor when you click the Preview button.

While you are editing a brochure, the system automatically saves draft changes in the background. However, a new brochure / brochure version is only saved to the system once you click Save new version in the bottom-right corner. Therefore, always remember to manually save a new version whenever needed.

Before opening the brochure editor, you can see whether there are unsaved changes, as well as the latest saved version number and its save date. From this view, you can also download, preview, and send (e.g. to a potential buyer) the latest saved brochure version. Please ensure that you do not have any unsaved changes on the brochure.

Note: All brochure versions are saved in the listing’s archive, but only the latest saved brochure version is visible in document management.

Editing the brochure layout

In the brochure editor, under the Layout tab, you can edit the following elements, among others:

• The cover page and the cover image type
• Whether the data fields are listed in one or two columns
• Whether a new brochure version is identified with a version number or a timestamp (in addition to the date, the brochure will also show the exact time it was saved).
• Whether the living area, total area and/or plot area is shown on the cover page
• Whether a QR code is shown on the back cover (sales brochure only). The QR code links to the listing’s DIXU publication if the listing has been published on DIXU
• Whether the brochure includes introduction text. If you want, you can also edit the introduction text so that it differs in the brochure from what is entered in the property description attachment (publication)
• Whether the listing price (debt-free) is shown on the cover page
• Whether the brochure includes a floor plan image and, if so, whether it appears at the end of the brochure or instead of the introduction text (at the beginning)
• Choose the number of photo pages (1–10)
  • Choose the layout for a photo page, e.g. one photo, two photos stacked, or a collage of multiple photos.
  • Hide a photo page from the brochure by clicking Delete.
  • If the brochure includes photo pages, you can select the image(s) to show from the right-hand side of the editor. The image(s) can be selected from those that have previously been added to the listing. If an image is already used on another photo page, it can no longer be selected, which prevents the same image from appearing twice in the brochure
• Whether the cover pages or the first information page show the contact details of one agent, two agents, or only the brokerage

Note: The brand colours and contact details used on the brochure covers can be edited in company settings.

Editing the brochure’s data fields

By default, the brochure prints the contents of the data fields exactly as they have been saved in the listing details (property description attachment / housing information form). If no value has been entered for a field in the listing details, that data field will not appear in the brochure. However, in the brochure editor, on the Data fields tab, you can type content into an empty data field, and the information will then be printed in the brochure. In addition, the editor allows you to add and hide data fields in the brochure, or edit a field so that its content differs from what is saved in the listing details. 

The data fields are grouped under headings. You can also edit the heading names and order, or hide an entire heading (including its data fields) from the brochure.

More details about the editing options in the Data fields section below:

1. Edit property details is a shortcut to the listing details. Editing the listing details also affects what is shown in the listing’s publication. If you want slightly different text in the brochure than what is entered in the listing details, you can edit the brochure text instead (see item 4). For example, in the listing details, some fields may only allow a numeric value. In the brochure editor, you can add text to that spot. Example with a sauna fee:
2. You can change the order of both headings and the data fields under each heading by first clicking Change field order. You change the order by dragging a row using the “hand” drag handle. The handle appears when you hover over the dotted square. After editing, click Save order.
   
3. Click the right-pointing arrow to display the data fields under a heading.
4. When you click a heading/data field name or the pencil icon on the right, a window opens where you can edit the information shown in the brochure. If you edit a data field, it turns purple to indicate that the brochure shows a different value than the property description attachment / housing information form. Click Restore Listing Details value to reset your changes.
   Note: If you have edited a data field in the brochure editor, that field will no longer update automatically in the brochure from the listing details if changes are made there later.
5. The orange box determines which data fields are shown in the brochure. In the example image, Schools and Kindergarten would be hidden. Please also note that you can add your own custom fields under a heading to show in the brochure. After adding a field, you can move it to the appropriate place (see item 2).
    
6. Keep in mind that you can Preview the brochure while making edits. 
7. Always remember to save a new version of the brochure once you are done with your edits.

Changes to the property description attachment / housing information form 

When details on a signed property description attachment / housing information form are edited, a new brochure version with the updated information is created automatically. When correcting an unsigned property description attachment / housing information form, the system will indicate that the brochure data has changed, and you will then need to save a new version manually.