User Manual

Setting Description
[Format number] This button is available when you select a field of type "number".
• [Integer digits]
You can define a minimum number of digits to express the numbers from
the selected field(s). Leading zeros are used to pad the number. If the de-
fined number of digits is too small to express the number, the actual
number from the field is used.
• [Decimal digits]
You can define the number of digits displayed behind the [Decimal sepa-
rator].
• You can define the [Decimal separator] and the [Thousands separator].
[Format date/
time]
This button is available when you select a field of type "date/time".
You can define the [Time format] and the [Date format].
[Insert "Print
date/time"]
You can add the print date and print time as a stamp to the variable data.
Click [Format date/time] define the [Time format] and the [Date format].
[Insert counter] This button is available when one or more counters are available.
1. Select the counter that you want to use from the drop-down list and
click OK.
The counter is added to the text field.
2. You can configure the font and text attributes for each counter.
[Remove lines
with empty
fields]
A line of text in the frame can contain only one field from the data source.
An empty line is displayed when the value in the data source is empty. Ena-
ble this option to remove the empty line from the variable data document.
The lines below the empty line are moved up. If a line consists of more than
one field, the line is removed only if all fields are empty.
This option does not remove an empty line created by the operator. For ex-
ample, the operator can add an empty line in the frame by pressing the "En-
ter" button.
Example
Business cards can display a fax number. Enable this option to remove the
line containing the fax number when the concerning field has no value.
Text The text in the text box is added to the frame. Click [Insert field] to insert one
or more fields from the data source. You can also type text directly in the
text box. You can configure the font and text attributes at character level for
fixed text and for each field.
The [VDP] workspace does not offer automatic font detection. You must de-
termine yourself which font is used in the master document.
The [VDP] workspace does not offer a color picker. You must determine
yourself which color is used in the master document.
You can define the transparency of the text.
Bar code settings
Configure the barcode:
Add a text, image, or barcode frame
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Chapter 5 - The [VDP] workspace
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