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page is created in the Print section.
l One empty Master Page. Master Pages are used for headers, footers, images and other
elements that have to appear on more than one page, and for special elements like tear-
offs. See "Master Pages" on page404.
l One empty Media. Media, also called Virtual Stationery, can be applied to all pages in the
Print section. See "Media" on page408.
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 directly to a printer or a printer stream/spool file, or to a PDF file (see "Generating Print
output" on page1104).
The Print context can also be added to Email output as a PDF attachment; see "Generating
Email output" on page1123.
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381), or add the Print context to an existing template (see "Adding a context"
on page374).
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381).
To use a PDF file as background image for an existing section, see "Using a PDF file as
background image" on page393.
When a Print template is created, the following happens:
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