User Manual

Introduction
PRISMAprepare is a professional and productive make-ready application. The application offers
three dedicated workspaces to prepare your document:
• The [Pages] workspace
Collect the pages for your document and adjust the content of the pages.
• The [VDP] workspace
Use basic functions to generate documents with variable data. The variable data is retrieved
from an external data source.
• The [Document] workspace
Transform a set of pages into a fully prepared document.
• The [Production] workspace
Use the production settings to prepare your document for printing.
This documentation contains a chapter for each workspace. Actions that are unique for the
concerning workspace are described in that chapter. Generic options are described in chapter
"Options available in all workspaces."
The context menu
You can access the context menu when you right mouse-click a page. This allows quick access to
the actions most often used. The context menu is available in the [Preview] and [Structure] view.
User interface
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The user interface contains the following elements:
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The menu bar
Use the menu bar to select an action and open the Help file.
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The toolbar
Use the toolbar for quick access to most used actions.
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The [Structure] view
Introduction
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Chapter 3 - Generic options for all workspaces
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