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Format elements via Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
It is highly recommended to use style sheets in templates right from the start. Even more so if
the communications are going to be output to different output channels, or if they consist of
different sections (for example, a covering letter followed by a policy). Using CSS with
templates allows a consistent look and feel to be applied. A style sheet can change the look of
multiple elements, making it unnecessary to format each and every element in the template,
time and again, when the company's layout preferences change. See "Styling templates with
CSS files" on page747.
Barcode
In PlanetPress Connect Designer, you can add a variety of barcodes to your template. The
supported Barcode types include 1d barcodes (the striped ones) and 2d barcodes (encoded
horizontally and vertically).
Adding a Barcode
Note
When generating Print output, you can add extra barcodes and OMR marks. The reason
why you would do this, is that at merge time more information is available about the
actual output document. The page count, for example, is not available at design time.
To add barcodes and OMR marks on the fly when generating Print output, select File >
Print and check the option Add additional content (see "Additional Content" on
page1214) in the Print Wizard. To have this done automatically, save this and other
output options in an Output Creation Preset: select File > Print Presets > Output
Creation Settings (see "Output Creation Presets Wizard" on page1186)and send the
preset to Workflow.
Before adding a Barcode, load data or at least a Data Model; see "Loading data" on page792.
You will need the field names when adding the Barcode. Then, to add a Barcode to a section,
Master Page or snippet:
1. Select Insert > Barcode on the menu or click the Barcode toolbar button.
2. Choose the desired barcode type. The list is divided between 1d and 2d barcodes.
3. Give the barcode an ID and/or class.
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