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Print context
The Print context is the folder in the Designer that can contain one or more Print templates.
Print templates, also called Print sections, are part of the Print context. They are meant to be
printed to a printer or printer stream, or to a PDF file (see "Generating Print output" on
page956).
The Print context can also be added to Email output as a PDF attachment; see "Generating
Email output" on page973. When generating output from the Print context, each of the Print
sections is added to the output document, one after the other in sequence, for each record.
Creating the Print context
You can start creating a Print template with a Wizard (see "Creating a Print template with a
Wizard" on page327), or add the Print context to an existing template (see "Adding a context"
on page321).
Tip
Editing PDF files in the Designer is not possible, but when they're used as a section's
background, you can add text and other elements, such as a barcode, to them.
The quickest way to create a Print template based on a PDFfile is to right-click the PDF
file in the Windows Explorer and select Enhance with Connect. Alternatively, start
creating a new Print template with a Wizard, using the PDF-based Print template (see
"Creating a Print template with a Wizard" on page327).
To use a PDF file as background image for an existing section, see "Using a PDF file as
background image" on page339.
When a Print template is created, the following happens:
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The Print context is created and one Print section is added to it. You can see this on the
Resources pane: expand the Contexts folder, and then expand the Print folder.
The Print context can contain multiple sections: a covering letter and a policy, for
example, or one section that is meant to be attached to an email as a PDF file and
another one that is going to be printed out on paper. Only one Print section is added to it
at the beginning, but you can add as many print sections as you need; see "Adding a
Print section" on page336.
See "Print sections" on page335 to learn how to fill a Print section.
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