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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con-
figurations,JobCreationPresetsandOutputCreationPresetsthatareusedinthatconfiguration.
See:"SampleProjects"onpage918.
What's next?
Createdatamappingconfigurationstoextractdatafromavarietyofdatasources.See"DataMapper
basics"onpage199.
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"below.Startcreating,usingandsharingtemplates.
"Contexts"onpage431.Acontextcontainsoneormoredesignsforoneoutputchannel:
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"Print"onpage436.ThistopichelpsyoudesignandfillsectionsinthePrintcontext.
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"Email"onpage471.Thistopicshelpsyoudesignanemailtemplate.
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"Web"onpage492.Thistopichelpsyoudesignawebpage.
"Sections"onpage432.Sectionsinonecontextaredesignedforthesameoutputchannel.
"Contentelements"onpage566.Elementsmakeupthebiggestpartofthecontentofeachdesign.
"Snippets"onpage661.Snippetshelpsharecontentbetweencontexts,orinsertcontentconditionally.
"Stylingandformatting"onpage671.MakeyourDesignertemplateslookprettyandgivethemthe
samelookandfeelwithstylesheets.
"Personalizingcontent"onpage708.Personalizeyourcustomercommunicationsusingvariabledata.
"Writingyourownscripts"onpage808.Scriptingcantakepersonalizationmuchfurther.Learnhowto
scriptviathistopic.
"Generatingoutput"onpage1314.Learntheinsandoutsofgeneratingoutputfromeachofthecon-
texts.
Templates
TheDesignerisaWYSIWYG(whatyouseeiswhatyouget)tooltocreatetemplates.Thistopicgets
youstarted.Itexplainshowtocreateatemplate,whatisfoundinatemplatefile,andhowoutputcanbe
generated.
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