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Tosetthespacing:
1. Right-clicktheelementandclicktherespectiveelementontheshortcutmenu.
Alternatively,selecttheelement(see"Selectinganelement"onpage570)andontheFormat
menuclicktherespectiveelement.
2. ClicktheSpacingtab.
Note: AllsettingsintheFormattingdialogareinfactCSSstylerules.ClicktheAdvanced
buttontomanuallyaddCSSproperties(attheleft)andvalues(attheright).Formore
informationaboutCSS,see"Stylingandformatting"onpage671.
Itisalsopossibletochangeanelement'sformattingviaastylesheet;see"Stylingtem-
plateswithCSSfiles"onpage672.
3. Setthevalueforthepaddinginmeasureorpercentage.Youcandothisforeachsidesep-
arately,whichisequivalenttothepadding-top,padding-bottom,padding-leftorpadding-
rightpropertyinCSS.Tosetthesamepaddingforallsides,checktheoptionSame for all
sides.ThisisequivalenttothepaddingpropertyinCSS.
4. Setthevalueforthemargininmeasureorpercentage.Youcandothisforeachsideseparately,
whichisequivalenttothemargin-top,margin-bottom,margin-leftormargin-rightpropertyin
CSS.Tosetthesamemarginforallsides,checktheoptionSame for all sides.Thisisequi-
valenttothemarginpropertyinCSS.
5. ClickOK,orclickApplytoapplythechangeswithoutclosingthedialog.
Personalizing content
Variable-dataprintingisaformofdigitalprintinginwhichelementssuchastextandgraphicsmaybe
changedusinginformationfromadatabaseordatafile.Itprintsuniquedocumentswithcustomized
messagesforeachcustomer.ThisisexactlywhatyoucandowithOLConnect:usingvariabledatayou
canpersonalizeyourcompany'scommunications(includingbutnotlimitedtoprintedmatter).
Beforeyoucanstartpersonalizingthecontentofatemplate,youmustopenadatamappingcon-
figuration,DataModel,datafileordatabase;see:"Loadingdata"onpage710.
Alternatively,youcouldcreateaDataModel,withoutextractingdata,withintheDesigner;see
"ChangingtheDataModel"onpage974.
Themostcommonwaystopersonalizetemplatesarelistedbelow.
Variable data in the text
Variabledatacanbeinsertedinatemplatedirectly.Forexample,ifadatafieldinyourdataholdsaper-
son'slastname,thenameofthatdatafieldcanbeputinthetemplate,inanexpressionoraplace-
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