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APrintcontextwithonesectioninit;see"Printcontext"onpage443and"Printsections"on
page447.
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OneemptyMasterPage.MasterPagesareusedforheadersandfooters,for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462.
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OneMedia.YoucanseethisontheResourcespane:expandtheMediafolder.Media 1isthe
VirtualStationerythatyouhaveselectedintheWizard.ItisappliedtoallpagesinthePrintsec-
tion,ascanbeseenintheSheetConfigurationdialog.(Toopenthisdialog,expandtheCon-
textsfolderontheResourcespane;expandthePrintfolderandright-click"Section1";then
selectSheet Configuration.)See"Media"onpage465.
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Selectorsforvariabledata,forexample:@Recipient@.Youwillwanttoreplacethesebythe
namesoffieldsinyourdata.See"Variabledatainthetext"onpage708.
TheWizardopensthePrintsection.Youcanaddtextandotherelements;see"Contentelements"on
page566.
Theformallettertemplatealreadyhasanaddressonit.Theaddresslinesareparagraphs,locatedin
onecellinatablewiththeIDaddress-block-table.Asthetablehasnoborders,itisinitiallyinvisible.
Theaddresslineswillsticktothebottomofthatcell,evenwhentheaddresshasfewerlines.See"Styl-
ingandformatting"onpage671tolearnhowtostyleelements.
Tip: ClicktheEdgesbuttononthetoolbartemporarilyaddsaframetocertainelementsonthe
Designtab.ThesewillnotPrintoroutput.
PDF-basedPrinttemplate
Tip: 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.
ThePDF-basedPrinttemplatewizardcreatesadocumentfromanexistingPDFfile:abrochure,
voucher,letter,etc.ThePDFisusedasthebackgroundimageofthePrintsection(see"UsingaPDF
fileorotherimageasbackground"onpage451).Variableandpersonalizedelements,likeareseller
address,vouchercodesandsoon,canbeaddedinfrontofit(see"Personalizingcontent"on
page708).
Bydefault,thePDFitselfisaddedtotheImagefolderlocatedintheResourcespane.Uncheckthe
optionSave with templateifthePDFshouldnotbeimportedinthetemplate.Ifitisn'tsavedwiththe
template,theimageremainsexternal.Notethatexternalimagesneedtobeavailablewhenthetem-
plateismergedwitharecordsettogenerateoutput,andthattheirlocationshouldbeaccessiblefrom
themachineonwhichthetemplate'soutputisproduced.Externalimagesareupdated(retrieved)atthe
timetheoutputisgenerated.
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