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page477.
2. Fill the template
Add text, images and other elements to the template and style them. See "Content
elements" on page664 and "Styling and formatting" on page785.
3. Personalize the content
Personalize the content using variable data. See "Personalizing content" on page830.
4. Generate output
Adjust the settings, test the template and generate output: letters, emails, and/or web
pages. See "Generating output" on page1529.
Note that steps 2 and 3 are not necessarily to be followed in this order. For example, as you
add elements to a template, you may start personalizing them right away, before adding other
elements to the template.
Tip
Alternatively you could start with a Sample Project which creates an entire Connect
solution:a Workflow configuration, as well as any Connect templates, data mapping
configurations, Job Creation Presets and Output Creation Presets that are used in that
configuration. See: "Sample Projects" on page1060.
What's next?
Create data mapping configurations to extract data from a variety of data sources. See
"DataMapper basics" on page221.
Use Workflow to automate your customer communications.
Features
The Designer is Connect's module to create templates for personalized customer
communications. These are some of the key features in the Designer:
"Templates" on the next page. Start creating, using and sharing templates.
"Contexts" on page498. A context contains one or more designs for one output channel:
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