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Table of contents 1 Other Documentation....................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 2 Understanding the PlanetPress Suite............................................................................................................................................................... 2 2.1 Key Concepts........................................................................
Table of contents 5.1.1 Sample Data File .................................................................................................................................................................................... 47 5.1.2 Spool File ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 47 5.1.3 Data Capture Tool ...................................................
Table of contents 8.2.5 Scroll on a Document Page...................................................................................................................................................................... 96 8.2.6 Navigate the Pages of a Document .......................................................................................................................................................... 96 8.2.7 Edit the Order of Pages...................................................................
Table of contents 10.6.21 Adjust Margins and Indents ............................................................................................................................................................... 143 10.6.22 Set Tabs........................................................................................................................................................................................... 144 10.6.23 Select, Cut, Copy, Paste, Move or Delete Text in a Text Object.................
Table of contents 13.14.1 Displaying the Image ........................................................................................................................................................................ 190 13.14.2 Optimization Factors ......................................................................................................................................................................... 190 13.14.3 Fit Setting .....................................................................
Table of contents 17.2 Detailed Directions ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 272 17.2.1 Create a Graybar Report ..................................................................................................................................................................... 272 18 Conditions ..................................................................
Table of contents 20.2.2 Delete Documents or Files on the Printer .............................................................................................................................................. 314 20.2.3 Control Versions of a Document........................................................................................................................................................... 315 20.2.4 Adjust Printer Settings .......................................................................
Table of contents 24.2 PlanetPress Talk Editor ................................................................................................................................................................................. 366 24.2.1 General .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 366 24.2.2 Show or Hide Areas of the Editor .................................
1 Other Documentation For more documentation on different PlanetPress Suite Products, refer to: PlanetPress PlanetPress Trigger and PlanetPress Design User Guide Talk Reference Guide Data Capture Guide Search User Guide Objectif Lune Inc.
2 Understanding the PlanetPress Suite This section introduces PlanetPress Suite and its components. This section contains answers to the following questions: • What is the PlanetPress Suite and what is the role of each product in the suite? (Page 3) • What is meant by the term document? (Page 3) • What is a variable content document and how does PlanetPress Design implement variable content documents? (Page 3) Objectif Lune Inc.
2.1 Key Concepts Before you begin to create documents, you should understand the following key concepts: • • • • The PlanetPress Suite (Page 3) Document (Page 5) Variable Content Document (Page 5) Date and Time Format (Page 5) 2.1.1 The PlanetPress Suite What is the PlanetPress Suite and what is the role of each product in the suite? PlanetPress Suite is a tightly integrated set of products for creating, executing, distributing, and archiving variable content documents.
Understanding the PlanetPress Suite - Key Concepts PlanetPress Search is a plug-in for Adobe® Acrobat® or Adobe® Reader® that you can use to search the PDF archives you create in PlanetPress Image. You define the search indices for a document when you create it in PlanetPress Design.
Understanding the PlanetPress Suite - Key Concepts You can define the number of times you want PlanetPress Fax to attempt to send the fax. If PlanetPress Fax is unable to transmit a fax successfully, it can print or email the fax, enabling you to track any faxes that do not successfully transmit. PlanetPress Fax also maintains a log of its operations that you can consult for information about its fax activity. PlanetPress Image PlanetPress Image adds PDF capabilities to PlanetPress Watch/Server.
Understanding the PlanetPress Suite - Key Concepts A variable content document is one that can dynamically change its content and appearance based on the data it receives at runtime. Objectif Lune Inc.
3 PlanetPress Design Basics This chapter provides basic information about the PlanetPress Design user interface and how to use it.
3.1 Key Concepts To use the PlanetPress Design interface effectively, you should understand the following key concepts: • The PlanetPress Design Program Window (Page 8) • Object Preview (Page 10) 3.1.
PlanetPress Design Basics - Key Concepts The PlanetPress Quick Access Toolbar The PlanetPress Design Quick Access Toolbar is displayed, by default, on the right side of the PlanetPress Design Button, and provides one-click shortcuts to commonly used functions and features. You may customize the commonly used shortcuts you want by right-clicking on any element you would like to assign to the Quick Access Toolbar and selecting Add to Quick Access Toolbar.
PlanetPress Design Basics - Key Concepts Object Inspector The Object Inspector displays the element’s properties (object, group, page, document, condition, style, attachment, image resource, global variable, global function) currently selected in the Structure area or in the Page area. If you select several elements, the Object Inspector displays values only for those properties that are common to all the selected elements. If you select an image resource, the Object Inspector also displays the image.
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PlanetPress Design Basics - Detailed Directions Related topics: • Resize the Program Window Area (Page 23) • Show or Hide Areas of the Program Window (Page 14) 3.2.2 Named Colors To display the Color Picker: • In the properties dialog box of an object, click . To select a color using the color box: 1. In the color spectrum box, click on a point, or click and drag a point to a new color. 2. Release when the pointer is over the color you want.
PlanetPress Design Basics - Detailed Directions Bear in mind that this option will modify the colors as they come out at the printer. Also note that colors on the printed page may differ depending on various factors, such as the color itself, the printer and the paper. A. The new under color removal feature; B. The amount of ink the printer will use to print the selected color; C.
PlanetPress Design Basics - Detailed Directions 3.2.4 Show or Hide Areas of the Program Window To show or hide a Program window area: • Choose View and then the area you want to show or hide. PlanetPress Design updates the Program window to reflect the requested show/hide. Related topics: • Dock and Undock Areas of the Program Window (Page 11) 3.2.5 Use the Messages Area To find the source of an error: • In the Messages area of the PlanetPress Design Program window, double-click the error.
PlanetPress Design Basics - Detailed Directions Related topics: • Object Inspector (Page 10) 3.2.7 Use the Object Preview The Object Preview window lets you see objects before they are actually created. The object preview window has its own Message area displaying PlanetPress Talk error messages. Note that if you hide the Object Preview, it will remain hidden for all objects and groups. Also note that the Object Preview remembers its last state. A) Object Preview toolbar. B) Object Preview window.
PlanetPress Design Basics - Detailed Directions To adjust the zoom in the Object Preview: • Click in the Zoom box of the Object Preview toolbar and enter a new zoom value. The zoom value can be any value from 10 to 1000. To reposition the contents of the Object Preview: • With the Hand tool selected, position the Hand tool pointer over the contents of the Object Preview, click and drag. 3.2.
PlanetPress Design Basics - Detailed Directions Related topics: • Exit PlanetPress Design (Page 17) 3.2.12 Exit PlanetPress Design 1. From the PlanetPress Design Button, choose Exit. Yes: Save all unsaved work and then exit. No: Exit without saving any unsaved work. Cancel: Cancel the exit request. Always save before closing: Check to have PlanetPress Design always save any unsaved work automatically before exiting. 2. Check the option if desired and click the appropriate button.
PlanetPress Design Basics - Detailed Directions 6. If any of the static image resources associated with the document are more recent than the copy in the document, confirm whether or not to update the copy in the dialog box displayed by PlanetPress Design. The first page of the document appears in the Page area of the program window. The sample data associated with the document appears in the Data Pane. To open a document edited with PlanetPress Design version 3: 1.
PlanetPress Design Basics - Detailed Directions Related topics: • Create a New Document (Page 17) • Open a Document (Page 17) • Refresh a Document 3.2.16 Save a Document To save a document: • From the PlanetPress Design Button, choose Save. If the document has been saved at least once, PlanetPress Design copies the last save of the file to a file bearing the name of the document with the extension .BAK, and then saves the document. To save a document under a new name: 1.
PlanetPress Design Basics - Detailed Directions To undo a command or a sequence of commands: 1. From the Quick Access Toolbar, click Undo. 2. Repeat step 1 as many times as necessary to move backwards through the sequence of commands. To reverse the effect of one or more undo commands: 1. From the Quick Access Toolbar, click Redo. 2. Repeat step 1 as many times as necessary to move backwards through the sequence of undo commands. 3.2.
PlanetPress Design Basics - Detailed Directions To select elements in the Structure area: • Do one of the following: ▪ Click an element to select it, and then CTRL+click each subsequent element you want to add to the selection. Note that you can only add elements at the same level in the Structure area hierarchy. You can also use SHIFT+UPARROW and SHIFT+DOWN ARROW to add the next element above or below the currently selected elements, to the selection.
PlanetPress Design Basics - Detailed Directions Related topics: • Document Structure Area (Page 9) • Change the Display Name of an Element in the Structure Area (Page 22) 3.2.24 Change the Display Name of an Element in the Structure Area To change the display name of an element in the Structure area: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. In the Structure area, locate the element you want to rename. Click the element to select it. Press F2 to highlight the elements display name. Edit the display name of the element.
PlanetPress Design Basics - Detailed Directions ▪ Into the Data pane:PlanetPress Design creates an image resource for each image file. ▪ Into the Object inspector: If you dropped multiple image files, PlanetPress Design creates an image resource for each image file. If you dropped a single image file, PlanetPress Design replaces the image resource currently displaying in the Object Inspector with the one you dragged and dropped.
4 Preferences and Toolbars This chapter provides basic information about the PlanetPress Design preferences and toolbars. Use these to adapt PlanetPress Design to your personal work style.
4.1 Key Concepts To use the PlanetPress Design interface effectively, you should understand the following key concept: • Toolbars (Page 25) • User Options (Page 26) 4.1.1 Toolbars What toolbars are available in PlanetPress Design? The built-in Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar contain commands that are frequently used and convenient to keep close at hand. You can minimize the Ribbon, and choose the position of the Quick Access Toolbar, as well as the commands it displays.
Preferences and Toolbars - Key Concepts • The Tools tab includes the Data, Advanced, Managers, Application and PressTalk Messages groups. ▪ The Data group contains: ▪ The Add New Data control allows you to associate multiple sample data files with your document. ▪ The Open Active Data loads the active sample data in the Data selector. ▪ The Save Active allows you to save a local copy of the active sample data file.
Preferences and Toolbars - Key Concepts • Modify the behavior and appearance of the PlanetPress Talk Editor. • Control the display of certain PlanetPress Design prompts and information messages. • Set the color of the different types of messages that appear in the Messages area of both the PlanetPress Design Program window and the Object Inspector, and set the behavior of the Messages area in the PlanetPress Design Program window when a new message arrives.
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Preferences and Toolbars - Detailed Directions Related topics: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • User Options (Page 26) Set User Options (Behavior): Notification Messages (Page 29) Set User Options (Behavior): Pictures (Page 31) Set User Options (Behavior): Color (Page 32) Set User Options (Behavior): Object Duplication (Page 32) Set User Options (Behavior): Miscellaneous (Page 33) Set User Options (PlanetPress Talk Editor): Editor (Page 35) Set User Options (PlanetPress Talk Editor): Display (Page 37) Set
Preferences and Toolbars - Detailed Directions New version of data file: Select to have PlanetPress Design monitor the sample data file and prompt for confirmation to update its copy when the original data file change. PlanetPress prompts for confirmation either when you return to PlanetPress after making the changes to the data file, or when the focus changes to an element that references the data.
Preferences and Toolbars - Detailed Directions Related topics: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • User Options (Page 26) Change Languages (Page 28) Set User Options (Behavior): Pictures (Page 31) Set User Options (Behavior): Color (Page 32) Set User Options (Behavior): Object Duplication (Page 32) Set User Options (Behavior): Miscellaneous (Page 33) Set User Options (PlanetPress Talk Editor): Editor (Page 35) Set User Options (PlanetPress Talk Editor): Display (Page 37) Set User Options (PlanetPress Talk Edit
Preferences and Toolbars - Detailed Directions • • • • • Set Set Set Set Set User User User User User Options Options Options Options Options (Appearance): Rulers (Page 41) (Appearance): Document Page (Page 41) (Appearance): Compiler Messages (Page 42) (Document default values): Document and Pages (Page 43) (Document default values): Pictures (Page 44) 4.2.4 Set User Options (Behavior): Color To set the Color options: 1. From the PlanetPress Design Button, choose Preferences. 2.
Preferences and Toolbars - Detailed Directions 2. If necessary, expand Behavior, and click Object duplication. 3. Adjust the Object Duplication options. Duplicate style: Select where you want PlanetPress Design to place the copy of any object, group, or selection of objects and/or groups you duplicate. Select Pack vertically to have PlanetPress Design align the copy along the Y axis, under and flush with the most recent copy.
Preferences and Toolbars - Detailed Directions 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Object selection mode: Use to determine where you must position the pointer on an object or group in order to select it. This is particularly important when you are selecting overlapping objects and/or groups. Select bounding box to select an object or group when the pointer is anywhere inside or along the perimeter of the bounding box of the object.
Preferences and Toolbars - Detailed Directions Related topics: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Use Guides User Options (Page 26) Change Languages (Page 28) Set User Options (Behavior): Notification Messages (Page 29) Set User Options (Behavior): Pictures (Page 31) Set User Options (Behavior): Color (Page 32) Set User Options (Behavior): Object Duplication (Page 32) Set User Options (PlanetPress Talk Editor): Editor (Page 35) Set User Options (PlanetPress Talk Editor): Display (Page 37) Set User Options (
Preferences and Toolbars - Detailed Directions Cursor beyond EOL: Select to make it possible to position the pointer beyond the last character entered to date on a line of code. This is useful if you prefer to enter code by clicking the pointer at any point on the line, rather than by manually entering characters or spaces to advance to that point. Clear to restrict the places on the line where you can position the pointer, to only the characters entered to date on that line.
Preferences and Toolbars - Detailed Directions Related topics: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • User Options (Page 26) Change Languages (Page 28) Set User Options (Behavior): Notification Messages (Page 29) Set User Options (Behavior): Pictures (Page 31) Set User Options (Behavior): Color (Page 32) Set User Options (Behavior): Object Duplication (Page 32) Set User Options (Behavior): Miscellaneous (Page 33) Set User Options (PlanetPress Talk Editor): Display (Page 37) Set User Options (PlanetPress Talk Edit
Preferences and Toolbars - Detailed Directions • • • • • • • • • Set Set Set Set Set Set Set Set Set User User User User User User User User User Options Options Options Options Options Options Options Options Options (PlanetPress Talk Editor): Editor (Page 35) (PlanetPress Talk Editor): Color (Page 38) (Appearance): Object Inspector (Page 39) (Appearance): Document Structure Area (Page 40) (Appearance): Rulers (Page 41) (Appearance): Document Page (Page 41) (Appearance): Compiler Messages (Page 42) (Do
Preferences and Toolbars - Detailed Directions Related topics: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • User Options (Page 26) Change Languages (Page 28) Set User Options (Behavior): Notification Messages (Page 29) Set User Options (Behavior): Pictures (Page 31) Set User Options (Behavior): Color (Page 32) Set User Options (Behavior): Object Duplication (Page 32) Set User Options (Behavior): Miscellaneous (Page 33) Set User Options (PlanetPress Talk Editor): Editor (Page 35) Set User Options (PlanetPress Talk Edito
Preferences and Toolbars - Detailed Directions • Set User Options (Appearance): Compiler Messages (Page 42) • Set User Options (Document default values): Document and Pages (Page 43) • Set User Options (Document default values): Pictures (Page 44) 4.2.11 Set User Options (Appearance): Document Structure Area You use these options to modify the appearance of the Document Structure area of the PlanetPress Design Program window.
Preferences and Toolbars - Detailed Directions • • • • Set Set Set Set User User User User Options Options Options Options (Appearance): Document Page (Page 41) (Appearance): Compiler Messages (Page 42) (Document default values): Document and Pages (Page 43) (Document default values): Pictures (Page 44) 4.2.12 Set User Options (Appearance): Rulers To configure the appearance of the rulers: 1. From the PlanetPress Design Button, choose Preferences. 2. If necessary, expand Appearance, and click Rulers.
Preferences and Toolbars - Detailed Directions Overlay/underlay border color: Select the color for the border around overlay pages. The border around the overlay page appears in this color in the Page area. 5. Adjust the colors for imposed pages. Imposed page color: Select the color for virtual pages. The virtual page appears in this color in the Page area. Imposed page border color: Select the color for the border around virtual pages.
Preferences and Toolbars - Detailed Directions • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • User Options (Page 26) Change Languages (Page 28) Set User Options (Behavior): Notification Messages (Page 29) Set User Options (Behavior): Pictures (Page 31) Set User Options (Behavior): Color (Page 32) Set User Options (Behavior): Object Duplication (Page 32) Set User Options (Behavior): Miscellaneous (Page 33) Set User Options (PlanetPress Talk Editor): Editor (Page 35) Set User Options (PlanetPress Talk Editor): Display (Pag
Preferences and Toolbars - Detailed Directions • • • • • • • • • • • • Set Set Set Set Set Set Set Set Set Set Set Set User User User User User User User User User User User User Options Options Options Options Options Options Options Options Options Options Options Options (Behavior): Color (Page 32) (Behavior): Object Duplication (Page 32) (Behavior): Miscellaneous (Page 33) (PlanetPress Talk Editor): Editor (Page 35) (PlanetPress Talk Editor): Display (Page 37) (PlanetPress Talk Editor): Color (Page
Preferences and Toolbars - Detailed Directions • Set User Options (Appearance): Compiler Messages (Page 42) • Set User Options (Document default values): Document and Pages (Page 43) • Minimize and Customize the Ribbon (Page 45) 4.2.17 Minimize and Customize the Ribbon To minimize the Ribbon: 1. Right-click anywhere on the Ribbon and choose Minimize the Ribbon. To customize the Ribbon: 1. From the PlanetPress Design Button, choose Preferences. 2. If necessary, expand Appearance, and click Ribbon. 3.
5 Capturing Data To create your document, you need a reliable sample of the variable data you intend to use with the document. This chapter describes what a sample data file is and the two criteria that determine its reliability. It also provides general procedures for capturing a reliable sample data file. Consult the Trigger and Data Capture Guide for platform-specific data capture procedures.
5.1 Key Concepts To capture data files, you should understand the following key concepts: • Sample Data File (Page 47) • Spool File (Page 47) • Data Capture Tool (Page 47) 5.1.1 Sample Data File What is a sample data file? The sample data file is a text file that contains a representative sample of the input data destined for the document, as that input data arrives at a printer or a PlanetPress Watch/Server process. The following are the two criteria for a reliable sample data file: 1.
5.2 Detailed Directions This section includes the following procedures: • Capture Sample Data Using the Data Capture Tool (Page 48) 5.2.1 Capture Sample Data Using the Data Capture Tool Use this procedure to momentarily capture data sent to an input for the purpose of generating a sample data file, as well as to capture data for a document you install on a printer or in PlanetPress Watch/Server To capture sample data using the Data Capture tool: 1. In the PlanetPress main menu, choose Tools | Capture Data.
Capturing Data - Detailed Directions General tab LPD queue name: Enter the queue name for the LPD server. This is the queue name you use when sending jobs through an LPR client. LPD Input Options tab Log all Winsock and network messages: Select to have PlanetPress Design keep a log of all Winsock and other network messages that occur through the LPD service. These are messages related to jobs being sent from other systems through LPR, and being received by PlanetPress Design via LPD.
Capturing Data - Detailed Directions Job delimiters: Enter the strings that tell PlanetPress Design the data file being retrieved through the Serial input is complete. Each line in the Job delimiters text box is a different delimiter. You can enter as many delimiters as you want, one per line. Log: Select to keep a log of errors and other information related to the Serial input.
Capturing Data - Detailed Directions Objectif Lune Printer Driver (PS) Objectif Lune Printer Driver (PS) Introduction The Objectif Lune Printer Driver (PS) allows end-users to print directly to the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools from any Windows application, by using the familiar File|Print option. At the other end, PlanetPress Office and PlanetPress Production specifically can capture the incoming stream and convert it internally into a PDF file along with its metadata.
Capturing Data - Detailed Directions • This will create a PDF datafile when the option Create PDF (with Medatada) is checked. ▪ This format can be obtained using PlanetPress Design and PlanetPress Office or PlanetPress Production. By default, the Create PDF option is: • Checked if the incoming stream has been produced with the Objectif Lune Printer Driver. • Unchecked if the incoming stream comes from some other PostScript Driver. • Grayed out and unchecked if the incoming stream is not PostScript.
6 Setting Up a Document Once you have a sample data file to work with, you are ready to start creating your document in PlanetPress. This chapter describes how to set up a document, the first step in document creation.
6.1 Key Concepts To set up a document, you should understand the following key concepts: • Document Setup (Page 54) • Digit Substitution (Page 54) 6.1.1 Document Setup What does document setup involve? Document setup is the first step in creating a document and involves associating the document with a PPD. PPD files, or PostScript Printer Description files are used by PostScript printer drivers to print to PostScript devices.
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Setting Up a Document - Detailed Directions Default Page Size: Select the default paper format the document uses. In most cases, you never need to set this option, unless the same job, or multi-jobs require using various paper sizes. In a small number of printers however, when you are executing a document in which several consecutive pages use the same paper format, you may need to set this option.
Setting Up a Document - Detailed Directions FreeForm 2 and use the options that appear to make the current document a FreeForm 2 master document. To make the current document call a FreeForm 2 master document, select individual pages and use the options that appear in the Page properties dialog box. • Select VPS to cache all virtual and cachable pages. • Select VDX to cache only those pages of type virtual that are defined as cachable.
Setting Up a Document - Detailed Directions 7. 8. 9. 10. See Resolution (Page 172) and Adjust Image Resolution (Page 202) for help understanding and using these options. Conversion Options See Convert Color Images to Grayscale (Page 203). For help understanding and using the Scanline orientation option see Scanline Orientation (Page 352) and Adjust the Scanline Orientation of Images (Page 206).
Setting Up a Document - Detailed Directions • • • • Create a Document in VPS or VDX Format (Page 63) Set Up a Page (Page 92) Control Versions of a Document (Page 315) Adjust Printer Settings (Page 317) 6.2.2 View or Edit the Properties of a Document You can view or edit the properties of a document using either the Object Inspector or the Document properties dialog box. To view or edit properties using the Object Inspector: 1. In the Structure area, select the document icon. 2.
Setting Up a Document - Detailed Directions To add or edit an item in the attachments list: 1. 2. 3. 4. Double-click on the Document node to display the Document properties dialog box. In the Document properties dialog box, click Attachments. To add an attachment, right-click in the appropriate list and choose Add. Use the Attachment Selection dialog box to add a new item or edit an existing one. Attachment name: Select one of the existing attachment resources in the document.
Setting Up a Document - Detailed Directions A. Maximum data line length Maximum data line length: Define the number of columns in a data page, and thus the maximum length of a line of data. Enter the value, or use the spin buttons to increment or decrement the value. 6.2.
Setting Up a Document - Detailed Directions 6. Save the document. 7. From the PlanetPress Design Button, choose Print, select the printer or printers on which you want to install the master document, clear Optimized PostScript Stream, clear Print to file, set the Number of copies to 1, and click OK. Remember that the printers you select must be running FreeForm. To associate a FreeForm document with a FreeForm master document: 1.
Setting Up a Document - Detailed Directions To associate the pages of a FreeForm 2 document with a FreeForm 2 master document: 1. In PlanetPress Design, open the FreeForm 2 document that contains the pages that you want to associate with the FreeForm 2 master document. 2. In the Structure area, select the page you want to associate with a FreeForm 2 master document and double-click on it to display the Page properties dialog box. 3.
Setting Up a Document - Detailed Directions • When the process executes, the Create VDX action executes the document and converts the result to VDX format. In most cases the process also contains an output task that receives the result of the Create VDX action. For example, it may contain a send to folder output task that takes the result of the Create VDX action and saves it to the shared folder from which the printer picks up print jobs. To create a VPS or VDX document: 1.
Setting Up a Document - Detailed Directions This procedure describes how to set up a document in PlanetPress Design, so that the Create VDX action recognizes it and converts it to VDX format correctly. For help understanding and using the Create VDX action, see the PlanetPress Watch/Server6 User Guide Addendum. To create a document in VDX format: 1. In PlanetPress Design, create a new document. 2. Double-click on the Document node to display the Document properties dialog box. 3.
Setting Up a Document - Detailed Directions 5. Set both the horizontal and vertical Number of repeats to 1. 6. If necessary, use the Scale box to adjust the scale at which the n-up object displays the virtual page. 7. If necessary, click Basic attributes and adjust the Angle property to rotate the content of the n-up object. 8. Click OK to exit the N-Up properties dialog box. 6.2.
Setting Up a Document - Detailed Directions 2. In the Document properties dialog box, click Basic attributes, and then click the Refresh PPD List button. Related topics: • Add or Remove PPDs (Page 66) • Refresh the Font Lists (Page 131) • Refresh a Document (Page 18) 6.2.14 Define a Custom Paper Size To define a custom paper size: 1. In Windows, navigate to the PlanetPress Design PPD subfolder. 2. In the PPD subfolder, locate the PPD file you want to edit. 3.
7 Selecting an Emulation The emulation defines how your document receives and processes its input data. You select an emulation when you set up your document. This chapter explains what an emulation is, the different types of emulations available in PlanetPress Design, and how to fine-tune the emulation to your input data. Since you must first understand what a data page is before you can understand emulations, it also explains data pages, and introduces the Hex Viewer.
7.1 Key Concepts To select an emulation, you should understand the following key concepts: • • • • Data Page (Page 69) Hex Viewer (Page 69) Emulation (Page 70) Data Selector (Page 73) 7.1.1 Data Page What is a data page and what is the data page buffer? A data page is the amount of data that can be printed on a page.
7.2 Emulation What is an emulation and what emulations are available in PlanetPress Design? Emulation is the process by which PlanetPress Design imitates the behavior of a line printer by using a process that reads the data and replicates the data pages that would have been printed on such a printer. The emulation can replicate the behavior of a line printer using ASCII formatted data or channel skip data.
Selecting an Emulation - Emulation A form feed signals the end of a data page in ASCII emulation. If no form feed occurs in the data stream, the emulation adds data to the data page buffer until the buffer is full. 7.2.4 Channel Skip Emulation Channel skip emulation is a variant of line printer emulation. It tells the document to read the data stream one line at a time, and to treat the first character of each line as a code that indicates how to position the line of data in the data page buffer.
Selecting an Emulation - Emulation Like with every other emulation, it is possible to send a PlanetPress Design document set up to use the database emulation to a printer. But contrary to documents that use the other emulations, you cannot send a raw data file to the document and expect the document and data to merge and print automatically. In this case someone or something must query the database and extract the data that will populate the PlanetPress Design document. We can imagine two basic scenarios.
7.3 Data Selector What is the Data Selector? The Data Selector is the tool you use to choose your sample data file, to select the appropriate emulation, make data selections, and to stabilize your data. The major components of the Data Selector are the Data Options and Selector Options tabs, the Sample data file box, the Configuration area, and the Data Pane. A) Data Options and Selector Options tabs. B) Sample data file box. C) Configuration area. D) Data Pane.
Selecting an Emulation - Data Selector PDF Emulation If you use a PDF emulation, the Data Pane displays the data in a graphical fashion. A new zoom dropdown list is displayed, as well as a different status bar, displaying the (Left, Top) and (Right, Bottom) coordinate pairs. Metadata tab The Metadata tab allows users to either generate the metadata file for their active sample data file, or to associate an existing metadata file to their document.
7.4 Detailed Directions This section contains the following procedures: • • • • • • • • Use the Data Selector (Page 75) Associate Sample Data File(s) with a Document (Page 0) Select and Set Up an Emulation (Page 77) Stabilize Your Data (Page 79) Set Up a Database Emulation (Page 80) Export or Import a Database Emulation Configuration (Page 82) Create a User-Defined Emulation (Page 82) Use the Hex Viewer (Page 83) 7.4.1 Use the Data Selector To open the Data Selector: • Choose Tools | Open Active Data.
Selecting an Emulation - Detailed Directions To select the color the Show used cells option will use: • Click on the Select Color button . To set the font the Data Selector uses for all emulations except XML and PDF: 1. In the Data Selector, click the Selector Options tab. 2. Click Select Font. 3. In the Font dialog box, set the font you want PlanetPress Design to use to display the sample data file in the Data Pane. Font: Select the font you want to use to display the sample data file in the Data Pane.
Selecting an Emulation - Detailed Directions You can set the User Options to have PlanetPress Design monitor the original sample data file and prompt for confirmation to update its internal copy if it detects changes in the original. See Set User Options (Behavior): Notification Messages. 7.4.3 Select and Set Up an Emulation You need a sample data file to create a PlanetPress Design document and various emulations can be used to read the data. To select an emulation: 1. Choose Tools | Open Active Data.
Selecting an Emulation - Detailed Directions then individual fields may be split into multiple ones. Using text delimiters ensures that actual commas within the data will not be interpreted as delimiters. If backslashes (\) are used in the data as text delimiters, enter double backslashes (\\) in this box. You can also specify ASCII characters using octal values preceded by a single backslash (for example, \041 for an exclamation mark).
Selecting an Emulation - Detailed Directions • • • • • • User-Defined Emulation (Page 72) Use the Data Selector (Page 75) Associate Sample Data File(s) with a Document (Page 0) Stabilize Your Data (Page 79) Set Up a Database Emulation (Page 80) Create a User-Defined Emulation (Page 82) 7.4.4 Stabilize Your Data Stabilizing data is the process of defining the size of the data page and where the first data page occurs in the data stream.
Selecting an Emulation - Detailed Directions Pages in buffer: Enter the number of data pages you want the data page buffer to contain, or use the spin buttons to increment or decrement the value. Cut on FF character: Select to have the document start a new data page when it encounters a form feed character in the data stream. If you select Cut on FF character, you have two conditions that signal the end of a data page: the form feed character and the number of lines set in the Lines per page box. 7.
Selecting an Emulation - Detailed Directions 5. 6. 7. 8. Database: Enter the path of the Microsoft Access database or dBase file, or click the Browse button to the right of the box to navigate to, the database file. Recall that a Microsoft Access database file bears the extension .mdb, and a dBase file bears the extension .dbf. If the file is a dBase file, you must specify the folder that contains the .dbf file. The folder in this case is considered to be the database, and the individual .
Selecting an Emulation - Detailed Directions • • • • • • • • • Database Emulation (Page 71) XML Data Emulations (Page 71) User-Defined Emulation (Page 72) Use the Data Selector (Page 75) Associate Sample Data File(s) with a Document (Page 0) Select and Set Up an Emulation (Page 77) Stabilize Your Data (Page 79) Create a User-Defined Emulation (Page 82) Export or Import a Database Emulation Configuration (Page 82) 7.4.
Selecting an Emulation - Detailed Directions To set up a user-defined emulation: 1. 2. 3. 4. If you have not done so already, associate a sample data file with the document. Choose Tools | Open Active Data. In the Data Selector, in the Emulation box, select User-defined. In the Emulation options, click Use PlanetPress Talk Editor. The Code area of the Editor contains the code for a line printer emulation.
Selecting an Emulation - Detailed Directions A. Status area To open the Hex Viewer from within the Data Selector: 1. Choose Tools | Open Active Data. 2. In the Data Selector, click the Hex Viewer button. Note that this button is not available if you select a database emulation. To exit the Hex Viewer: • In the Hex Viewer, choose File | Exit. To open a sample data file in the Hex Viewer: If you have a sample data file associated with the document, it should automatically appear in the Hex Viewer.
Selecting an Emulation - Detailed Directions Caret style: Choose a style for the pointer. You can choose among an empty rectangle (Full block), a left line (Left line), and an underscore (Bottom line). You can also choose Auto to switch from one style to another. When you switch from one style to another, the Hex Viewer also switches between insert and overwrite mode. Offset display: Choose the representation for the byte offset numbers that appear on the left of the Hex Viewer.
Selecting an Emulation - Detailed Directions To copy and paste a portion of the input data into a separate Hex Viewer file: 1. 2. 3. 4. Select the portion of the input data you want to paste into a separate file. Choose Edit | Copy. Choose Edit | New to display an empty file in the Hex Viewer. Choose Edit | Paste. To undo commands: 1. Choose Edit | Undo. 2. Repeat step 1 as many times as necessary. The Hex Viewer supports multiple Undo commands.
8 Setting Up Pages Each page of the document can have its own distinct characteristics. This chapter explains what is meant by a document page, describes the difference between a page that executes and one that outputs, introduces the features that can help you lay out your pages, and provides guidelines and procedures for working with pages.
8.1 Key Concepts To set up a page, you should understand the following key concepts: • • • • • • • Page (Page 88) Execution Order of Pages (Page 89) Executing a Page vs. Including a Page in Output (Page 89) N-Up Object (Page 90) Cut Marks (Page 90) Guidelines for Working with Pages (Page 90) Layout Features (Page 91) 8.1.1 Page What is a page? There are three types of pages in PlanetPress Design: normal pages, overlay pages, and virtual pages.
Setting Up Pages - Key Concepts • Guidelines for Working with Pages (Page 90) • Layout Features (Page 91) 8.1.2 Execution Order of Pages In what order does a document execute pages? The order in which the normal pages appear in the Structure area determines the order in which the document executes them. You can change the execution order of the pages by changing the order in which they appear in the Structure area. Related topics: • • • • • Page (Page 88) Executing a Page vs.
Setting Up Pages - Key Concepts 8.1.4 N-Up Object When do I use the n-up object? You use the n-up object when you want to execute a page n-up. N-up refers to executing a page such that two or more instances of it print on one side of a sheet of paper.The page you execute n-up must be of type virtual. You cannot execute either normal or overlay pages n-up, however, you can execute a virtual page that has one or more overlays associated with it.
Setting Up Pages - Key Concepts • Do not place objects you want to print, outside the printable area of the page. The PPD file you select for the document defines the printable area of the page. Use the Show imageable area option in the User Options dialog box to display a gray box that defines the printable area of the page. 8.1.
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Setting Up Pages - Detailed Directions Page ejects: Select to include this page in the output after it executes. This option applies only to pages that execute. In the Structure area, a red “X’ appears in the page symbol for a page that executes but does not output. Cachable: Select to have the printer cache this page. This option is enabled and is applied based on the document’s caching method and on the page type as follows: Document method: caching Result: None Option disabled. No images are cached.
Setting Up Pages - Detailed Directions 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. its list of supported paper formats. Before you define a custom paper size you should consult your printer documentation to verify your printer can handle the custom paper size you define. When you select a page size you should ensure you set the appropriate input and output trays for the page.
Setting Up Pages - Detailed Directions To add or edit an advanced paper handling operation: 1. In the Advanced paper handling area of the Page properties dialog box, do either of the following to display the Paper Handling dialog box: ▪ To add an operation, right-click and choose Add in the appropriate paper handling area. ▪ To edit an existing operation, double-click it. 2. In the Paper Handling dialog box, enter a new paper handling operation or edit the existing one.
Setting Up Pages - Detailed Directions Related topics: • • • • • • • • • • • • • Page (Page 88) Document Structure Area (Page 9) View or Edit the Properties of a Document (Page 59) Add a Document Page (Page 92) Navigate the Pages of a Document (Page 96) Edit the Order of Pages (Page 96) Duplicate a Page (Page 97) Delete a Page (Page 97) Create an Overlay Page (Page 98) Set User Options (Appearance): Document Page (Page 41) Select and Move Elements in the Structure Area (Page 20) Cut, Copy, and Paste Elemen
Setting Up Pages - Detailed Directions Related topics: • • • • • • Page (Page 88) Execution Order of Pages (Page 89) Executing a Page vs. Including a Page in Output (Page 89) Add a Document Page (Page 92) View or Edit the Properties of a Page (Page 95) Execute Pages N-Up (Page 98) 8.2.8 Duplicate a Page To duplicate one or more page(s): 1. In the Structure area, select the page(s) you want to duplicate. 2.
Setting Up Pages - Detailed Directions Related topics: • • • • • Page (Page 88) Add a Document Page (Page 92) View or Edit the Properties of a Page (Page 95) Edit the Order of Pages (Page 96) Duplicate a Page (Page 97) 8.2.10 Create an Overlay Page To create an overlay page: 1. If the page you want to make into an overlay does not currently exist, create it. 2.
Setting Up Pages - Detailed Directions Layout: Select the order in which the n-up object repeats the page. You use this option when you are printing in duplex mode, have an n-up object on both of the two pages that print duplex, and need to control how the contents of the two pages align. The image and text on the front of the invitation should have the same orientation as the text on the back of the invitation, so that when the recipient turns it over, they do not have to rotate it to read the text.
Setting Up Pages - Detailed Directions A normal page that uses two overlays 3. Click OK. Any overlays you add to a normal page are displayed as part of that page in the Page area, however, you cannot edit the content of an overlay from the normal page. Related topics: • • • • • • • Page (Page 88) Guidelines for Working with Pages (Page 90) Add a Document Page (Page 92) Set Up a Page (Page 92) View or Edit the Properties of a Page (Page 95) Create an Overlay Page (Page 98) Execute Pages N-Up (Page 98) 8.
Setting Up Pages - Detailed Directions Document page with one vertical and one horizontal guide To reposition a guide: • In the ruler, click and drag the black triangle of the guide to the new position. To edit the properties of a guide: 1. In the ruler, double-click the black triangle of the guide you want to edit. The Guide dialog box appears. 2. Edit the properties of the guide. Position: Enter the ruler position for the guide. Units are as set in the User Options dialog.
9 Selecting Data You use data selections to integrate your input data into your document. This chapter explains data selections and describes how to create them. It also explains data selection objects and the Data Selector.
9.1 Key Concepts To add data selections, you should understand the following key concepts: • • • • Data Selection (Page 103) Arabic Support in the Data Selector (Page 103) Data Selection Objects (Page 104) Postal Address Objects (Page 104) 9.1.1 Data Selection What is a data selection? A data selection is a set of input data characters that you select in the sample data file and associate with an object in a document. A data selection may be composed of contiguous or non-contiguous data. 9.1.
Selecting Data - Key Concepts Related topics: • • • • Data Selection Objects (Page 104) Data Page (Page 69) Emulation (Page 70) Data Selector (Page 73) 9.1.3 Data Selection Objects What is a data selection object? A data selection object adds a data selection to your document, and lets you do the following: • • • • Select the font in which to display the data. Adjust the vertical spacing, rotation, and alignment of the data as it appears in the document. Set a filter on the data selection.
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Selecting Data - Detailed Directions Text before each line: Enter any text you want to appear in the document before each line of the data selection. For example, if the data selection is lines 32 through 34, and you enter the string “ITEM:” in this text box, ITEM: appears three times in the document: before the data on line 32, before the data on line 33, and before the data on line 34. You can enter either text or a PlanetPress Talk expression that resolves to a text string in this box.
Selecting Data - Detailed Directions selection. Note that the Trim leading spaces and Trim trailing spaces boxes in the Data properties of the data selection object are independent from the Trim box here and have no effect on the data selection PlanetPress Image receives. Message text: Select to have PlanetPress Image use this data selection as the body text of the E-mail it sends with the PDF file.
Selecting Data - Detailed Directions From bottom to top: Select if you want the top of the object to move up or down, rather the bottom. When the Skip Empty Lines option is selected, address blocks of different sizes may appear on different documents at runtime. When the From bottom to top option is also selected, the bottom of the postal address object always remains in the same position regardless of its size, it is the top of the object that is stretched up or down. 8. Click OK.
Selecting Data - Detailed Directions ▪ To insert a line: Position the cursor on the line that precedes the position at which you want to insert the new line, and either press ENTER or right-click and choose Custom Data Selection CRLF. ▪ To delete a line: Highlight the contents of the line and press BACKSPACE twice. ▪ To reposition a line: Click the line you want to reposition and use the arrow buttons on the right of the Custom data selection area to move the line up or down in the String to display lines.
Selecting Data - Detailed Directions ▪ If necessary, click in the CRLF column, and indicate whether you want to include a CRLF at the end of this line. You enter either true or false, or a PlanetPress Talk expression that evaluates to true or false. If you enter true or false, you can subsequently double-click the value at any point to invert it. ▪ If your data selection extends beyond this line, press ENTER to advance to the next line.
Selecting Data - Detailed Directions 5. If necessary, step through the sample data file to verify the data selection is accurate for the record sets in the sample data file. To create a Custom data selection with an XML emulation: 1. 2. 3. 4. Open the properties dialog box for the object for which you want to create a data selection. In the properties dialog box, click Data. Select Custom data selection. Create the Custom data selection using PlanetPress Talk.
Selecting Data - Detailed Directions Click and drag the mouse over the region of the Data Pane you want to select. If you selected Show position hint in the User Options dialog box, PlanetPress Design displays information about the current mouse position in the Data Pane, under and to the right of the pointer. If the mouse is over a current data selection, or is dragging to create a data selection, PlanetPress Design displays the line and column numbers that define the selection.
Selecting Data - Detailed Directions Click in the field you want to use for the data selection, in the first of the records you want to include in the data selection, then drag the mouse to select the remaining records to include. Keyboard Shortcuts Click in the Data Pane and use any of the following keyboard shortcuts to navigate in the Data Pane. HOME, END: Move the currently active cell to the first field of the current record (HOME), or the last field of the current record (END).
Selecting Data - Detailed Directions 9.2.8 Define Email, PDF, and Index Information for PlanetPress Image You use data selection objects in PlanetPress Design to select the data that defines the address, subject line, and text of the email message that contains the PDF file, the data that defines each bookmark you want to set in the PDF, and the data that defines each index term you want to use to search the document in PlanetPress Search.
Selecting Data - Detailed Directions Related topics: • • • • • • The PlanetPress Suite (Page 3) Data Selection (Page 103) Data Selection Objects (Page 104) Add a Data Selection Object (Page 105) Define Email, PDF, and Index Information for PlanetPress Image (Page 114) Define Index Terms for PlanetPress Search (Page 114) 9.2.11 About PlanetPress Design XPath What is XPath? In supporting XML programming functionality, PlanetPress Design data selection makes use of a proprietary version of XPath.
Selecting Data - Detailed Directions 2. Click Basic Attributes and set the Basic Attributes for the data selection object. 3. Click Data to create the data selection. 4. Set options for the XML data selection: XPath: Specify the path in the structure for the data selection you want to obtain. From iteration and To iteration fields: Use these fields to specify the range of the data selection. The To iteration field allows a value of 0.
Selecting Data - Detailed Directions Related topics: • • • • • • Data Page (Page 69) Emulation (Page 70) Data Selector (Page 73) Use the Data Selector (Page 75) Associate Sample Data File(s) with a Document (Page 0) Navigate the Pages of a Document (Page 96) Objectif Lune Inc.
10 Adding Text This chapter explains how to add text to your document and how to format the text you add. It includes explanations of styles, PostScript vs. TrueType fonts, and encoding tables.
10.1 Key Concepts To add text, you should understand the following key concepts: • • • • • • Text and Box Objects (Page 119) Styles (Page 119) Encoding Tables (Page 120) Double-byte Character Sets (Page 121) CID-Keyed Fonts (Page 122) Arabic Content in PlanetPress Design Documents (Page 123) 10.1.1 Text and Box Objects What are the features of the text and box objects? You use the text and box objects in PlanetPress Design to do the following to your document: • • • • • • • • • • Enter text.
10.2 Encoding Tables What is an encoding table and why is there more than one? Encoding tables are tables computers use to map keystrokes to font glyphs. Your keystroke generates a numeric code and the computer consults an encoding table for the Helvetica font. The encoding table tells the computer which glyph is associated with that numeric code, in this case the glyph for the upper case ‘A’. The computer displays the upper case ‘A’ glyph for the Helvetica font on the screen. 10.2.
10.3 Double-byte Character Sets Does PlanetPress Design support double-byte character sets? Double-byte character sets are supported in the PlanetPress Suite. It is important to note that double-byte character sets occupy twice the amount of space as single-byte character sets. When working with Asian character sets and other non-Latin character sets that are double-byte, note that in the documentation, the length of strings is specified for single-byte character sets.
10.4 CID-Keyed Fonts What is a CID-keyed font? A CID-keyed font is a postscript (or Open Type) font designed to hold Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters efficiently. More accurately a CID font is a collection of several sub-fonts each with certain common features—one might hold all the latin letters, another all the kana, a third all the kanji. CID keyed fonts do not have an encoding built into the font, and the characters do not have names.
10.5 Arabic Content in PlanetPress Design Documents Can I include Arabic content in a PlanetPress Design document? Version 6 of the PlanetPress Suite provides you with two ways to add Arabic content to PlanetPress Design documents. Static text as well as variable data can be added using both Text objects and PlanetPress Talk objects. You can use Text objects to display both static text and variable content, such as data selections, in the same object.
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Adding Text - Detailed Directions 2. In the Object Inspector, select the style you want to associate with the selected objects and/or groups. Note that if you associate a style with a text object as a whole, that style overrides any others defined in the text object. PlanetPress Design applies the style to all text in the selected objects and/or groups. This style becomes the default style for any PlanetPress Talk code you add in the PlanetPress Talk properties of the objects/ groups. 10.6.
Adding Text - Detailed Directions Default style: Select to make this style the default style. The default style is the style PlanetPress Design associates by default with each new object it creates. It is the style that appears by default in the Style box in the Basic attributes properties of an object when you create that object. The current default style appears in bold in the Structure area. Font Definition Font type: Select the type of font for the style.
Adding Text - Detailed Directions select a font from the same family as the font you selected for the style in the Font name box. For example, if you selected Helvetica in the Font name box, you should select a Helvetica font (for example, Helvetica Oblique) in this box. This ensures all fonts the style references use the same encoding table, and thus prevents unpredictable results. Note that if the font you select exists in the PPD file of the document (i.e.
Adding Text - Detailed Directions Styles available: Select the style you want to use as the replacement reference. When you delete the style, PlanetPress Design replaces all references to the deleted style with a reference to the style you select here. You can use the Styles button to create a new style to add to this list. Style button: Click to create a new style. PlanetPress Design creates the new style, and selects it in the Styles available box.
Adding Text - Detailed Directions A. Encoding table B. Preview area 4. In the View box, select a view. View: Use to control the information that appears above each glyphin the table. The encoding table currently associated with the font determines the values associated with each glyph. Select Name to display the name of glyph. Select Decimal to display the position of each glyph in the encoding table as a decimal value.
Adding Text - Detailed Directions A. Transfer button 2. Repeat step 1 for each glyph you want to edit. To import an encoding table: 1. In the Font Encoding dialog box, click the Browse button ( ). The Import an Encoding dialog box appears. 2. In the Import an Encoding dialog box, navigate to the file containing the encoding table you want to import and click Open. Encoding files have an .enc file name extension. PlanetPress Design imports the encoding table and returns you to the Font Encoding dialog box.
Adding Text - Detailed Directions 6. In the Export Encoding dialog box, specify the folder and file name for the file in which you want to save the encoding table, and click Save. Files that contain encoding tables have an .enc file name extension. PlanetPress Design exports the encoding table and returns to the Font Encoding dialog box. 7. Click OK to exit the Font Encoding dialog box. 8. Click OK to exit the Style properties dialog box.
Adding Text - Detailed Directions 10.6.9 Set a Default Encoding Table This procedure describes how to set the encoding table that appears by default in the Encoding box in the Style properties dialog box. This is useful if most of the styles you create use the same encoding table, and you do not want to select it each time you create a style. To set a default encoding table: 1. From the PlanetPress Design Button, choose Preferences to display the Preferences dialog box. 2.
Adding Text - Detailed Directions Related topics: • • • • • • • • • Styles (Page 119) Encoding Tables (Page 120) Create a Style (Page 125) Edit the Encoding Table for a Style (Page 128) Set a Default Encoding Table (Page 132) Create a MICR Style for Account Information on Cheques (Page 125) Apply a Style (Page 124) View or Edit the Properties of a Style (Page 136) Manage PostScript and TrueType Fonts on a given workstation 10.6.
Adding Text - Detailed Directions Ignore words containing numbers: Select to prevent the spell check from spell checking any words that contain numbers. Ignore markup languages: Select to prevent the spell check from spell checking any words that are part of the HTML or XML markup languages. Ignore Internet addresses: Select to prevent the spell check from spell checking email or Web site addresses.
Adding Text - Detailed Directions Replace/With: Use these boxes to define an automatic correction you want the spell check to perform when it uses this custom dictionary. Type the string you want the spell check to automatically replace in the Replace box, and the replacement string in the With box. Click Add to add it to the Auto-correct pairs list. Auto correct pairs list: Displays the automatic corrections the spell check performs when it uses this custom dictionary.
Adding Text - Detailed Directions Replace with: Displays the word with which you want to replace the word that appears in the Looked up box. You can either enter the word manually or click a word in the Choices list. 3. Do any of the following: ▪ To replace the word with one of the words in the Choices list, click the word in the Choices list, then click Replace.
Adding Text - Detailed Directions 10.6.14 Add a Box Object A box object and a text object differ only in the way you add them to a document. To add a box object: 1. 2. 3. 4. Choose Home | Box. In the Page area, click and drag to create the box. Release the mouse. If necessary, reposition or resize the box. To edit the properties of the box object, double-click the box object to display the Box properties dialog box in the Structure area or in the Page area.
Adding Text - Detailed Directions 2. In the Glyphs available in TrueType font box, edit the glyph correspondence. Glyphs available in TrueType font: Select the TrueType glyph you want to associate with the PostScript glyph currently selected in the Glyphs list. When you select a glyph, PlanetPress Design immediately updates the Glyphs list to reflect the new correspondence. Things to Remember • Use PostScript fonts when possible to improve printer performance and reduce the file size of a document.
Adding Text - Detailed Directions ▪ Insert PlanetPress Talk code before or after individual paragraphs in the text object. ▪ Adjust the view to show or hide the rulers and/or control characters, or show or hide toolbars or toolbar items. ▪ Change the background color of the Text area. ▪ Change the width of the text object when you are working in the Text area. 5.
Adding Text - Detailed Directions Steps: Enter the number of gradations you want to use in the gradient, or use the spin buttons to set the value. The number of gradations determines how obvious the transition is between the Fill color and the Gradient fill color. The maximum number of gradations is 100. Gradient direction: Select the direction for the gradient. Reverse: Select to reverse the start and end colors for the gradient. Shadow Shadow: Select to display a drop shadow with the background box.
Adding Text - Detailed Directions 3. Set the width, style, and color for the line to use in the border. Again, use the Object Preview to verify the result as you work. Note that if you change the border you selected in the Settings area at any point, the new border uses the line settings in effect at the time of the change. Line width: Enter the width of the line to use in the border. Units are points. Line style: Select the style for the line. Line color box: View the current color for the line.
Adding Text - Detailed Directions • Insert PlanetPress Talk Code Before or After Individual Paragraphs (Page 131) 10.6.18 Change the View on the Text Properties To show or hide a toolbar: • In the menu bar or toolbars area of the Text properties, right-click and choose the toolbar you want to show or hide. To show or hide an individual item in a toolbar: 1. 2. 3. 4. In the toolbar on which you want to show or hide an item, click the edit arrow.
Adding Text - Detailed Directions 2. Position the pointer over the width marker to display the resize pointer, then click and drag the width marker to the new position.
Adding Text - Detailed Directions Left: Enter the left margin, relative to the left edge of the text object. The maximum value for the left margin is the width of the text or box object, minus the sum of the largest left indent and the largest first line indent. Top: Enter the top margin, relative to the top edge of the text object. Right: Enter the right margin, relative to the right edge of the text object. Bottom: Enter the bottom margin, relative to the bottom edge of the text object. 3. ClickOK.
Adding Text - Detailed Directions Default tab stop: Enter the space to leave between each default tab. This is also the initial ruler position for the first default tab. You can also use the spin buttons to adjust the value. Units are as set in the User Options dialog box. 3. Click OK. To clear the default tabs: 1. Click the tab tool to display the Tabs dialog box. 2. In the Tabs dialog box, set the value in the Default tab stop box to zero. 3. Click OK.
Adding Text - Detailed Directions Related topics: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Text and Box Objects (Page 119) Add a Text Object (Page 138) Define the Colors or Borders of a Box or Text Object (Page 139) Change the View on the Text Properties (Page 142) Change the Width of the Text Object in the Text Area (Page 142) Change the Background Color of the Text Area (Page 143) Adjust Margins and Indents (Page 143) Select, Cut, Copy, Paste, Move or Delete Text in a Text Object (Page 146) Undo or Redo Editi
Adding Text - Detailed Directions • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Add a Text Object (Page 138) Define the Colors or Borders of a Box or Text Object (Page 139) Change the View on the Text Properties (Page 142) Change the Width of the Text Object in the Text Area (Page 142) Change the Background Color of the Text Area (Page 143) Adjust Margins and Indents (Page 143) Set Tabs (Page 144) Undo or Redo Editing Operations (Page 147) Insert Text from an External Application into a Text Object (Page 148) Use Vari
Adding Text - Detailed Directions • Use the Thesaurus (Page 135) • Insert PlanetPress Talk Code Before or After Individual Paragraphs (Page 131) 10.6.25 Insert Text from an External Application into a Text Object To insert text from an external source: • In the external application, highlight the text you want to insert, and copy it to the Clipboard. In the Text area, click at the point at which you want to insert the text and press CTRL+V.
Adding Text - Detailed Directions To insert an existing variable: • Do one of the following: ▪ To insert a local variable Choose Variables | Data Selections Available. Then choose the local variable you want to insert from the menu that appears. ▪ To insert a global variable Choose Variables | Global Variables. Then choose the global variable you want to insert from the menu that appears.
Adding Text - Detailed Directions To delete a reference to a variable: • In the Text area, highlight the reference you want to delete and press any key. To delete a local variable in the Text area: 1. In the Text area, select any reference to the variable you want to delete. 2. Right-click and choose Delete data selection. To delete a local variable using the Variables dialog box: 1. 2. 3. 4. Choose Variables | Edit Data Selection. In the Variables list, select the local variable you want to delete.
Adding Text - Detailed Directions Choose Format | Font and click the New Style button. A. New Style button in the Font dialog box 2. In the Style properties dialog box, define the new style.
Adding Text - Detailed Directions Right justify the text. Center justify the text. Left and right justify the text. To adjust the lines per unit: 1. Do any of the following to define the region of text to which you want to apply a new lines per unit (LPU) setting: ▪ To change the LPU for a single paragraph, click anywhere in that paragraph. ▪ To change the LPU for one or more contiguous paragraphs, click and drag to highlight those paragraphs.
Adding Text - Detailed Directions Related topics: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Text and Box Objects (Page 119) Add a Text Object (Page 138) Define the Colors or Borders of a Box or Text Object (Page 139) Change the View on the Text Properties (Page 142) Change the Width of the Text Object in the Text Area (Page 142) Change the Background Color of the Text Area (Page 143) Adjust Margins and Indents (Page 143) Set Tabs (Page 144) Select, Cut, Copy, Paste, Move or Delete Text in a Text Object (Page 146
11 Adding Shapes This chapter describes the shape object and how to use it to add simple shapes to your document, or to create more complex shapes. In this section, you learn to: • Add a Shape (Page 156) This section also answers the following questions: • What are shapes in PlanetPress Design? (Page 155) Objectif Lune Inc.
11.1 Key Concepts To add line art, you should understand the following key concept: • Shapes (Page 155) 11.1.1 Shapes What are shapes in PlanetPress Design? Use the shape object to add a variety of lines, arrows, or geometric shapes to your document. Add shapes one at a time. You can also group one or more shapes that you add to the document and manipulate the group as a single shape, and you can also use the box type of shape object to create document elements such as tables. Objectif Lune Inc.
11.2 Detailed Directions The section includes the following procedure: • Add a Shape (Page 156) 11.2.1 Add a Shape To add a shape: 1. Choose Home | Shape. 2. Move the pointer inside the Page area, and click at the point at which you want to add the object, and release. 3. In the Shape properties dialog box, click Basic attributes and enter the name, position, size, style, and condition properties for the shape object. 4.
Adding Shapes - Detailed Directions 8. Add PlanetPress Talk code to the object. ▪ In the Shape properties dialog box, click PlanetPress Talk before to enter PlanetPress Talk code that you want the document to execute before it executes the shape object, or click PlanetPress Talk after to enter PlanetPress Talk code that you want the document to execute after it executes the shape object. 9. Click Repeat to set the Repeat properties for the shape object. 10. Click OK. Objectif Lune Inc.
12 Adding Resources Resources are external images or PostScript attachments you add to your document.
12.1 Key Concepts To add images, you should understand the following key concept: • Resources (Page 159) 12.1.1 Resources What are resources? Any PostScript Attachment you add to your document, and any image you add to your document to create a static image, is considered a resource. You add a resource once, and it becomes available for re-use throughout the document. All resources in the document appear in the Resources area of the document’s Structure area. Objectif Lune Inc.
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Adding Resources - Detailed Directions 12.2.3 Add PostScript Attachment Resources To add PostScript attachment resources: 1. Do the following to select the attachment or attachments you want to add to the document: Single POSTSCRIPT attachment resource ▪ Choose Home | Document | Attachment, and in the Open dialog box that appears, navigate to the attachment file you want to add and select it. Single or multiple POSTSCRIPT attachment resources ▪ Locate the attachment files on the desktop.
Adding Resources - Detailed Directions Related topics: • • • • • • • • • Resources (Page 159) Add Resources (Page 160) View or Edit the Properties of an Image Resource (Page 162) Edit an Image Resource (Page 163) Replace a Resource (Page 164) Delete a Resource (Page 164) Remove Unused Resources (Page 166) View the Individual Pages of a Multi-Page PDF Resource (Page 166) Change the Image Resource Associated with a Static Image (Page 197) 12.2.
Adding Resources - Detailed Directions Width (pixels): Adjust the number of pixels in the width of the bitmapped image resource. If you adjust this value PlanetPress Design also automatically adjusts the value in the Height box to maintain the aspect ratio of the image. When you import a PDF file into a PlanetPress Design document, its size may not be set accurately, so you should set it manually. Scanline orientation: Specify the scanline orientation for the image resource.
Adding Resources - Detailed Directions • • • • • • • • View the Individual Pages of a Multi-Page PDF Resource (Page 166) Change the Image Resource Associated with a Static Image (Page 197) Change the Size of an Image (Page 201) Adjust Image Resolution (Page 202) Convert Color Images to Grayscale (Page 203) Adjust the Pixel Dimensions of a Bitmapped Image (Page 204) Adjust the Image Quality Options (Page 204) Adjust the Scanline Orientation of Images (Page 206) 12.2.
Adding Resources - Detailed Directions Replace reference by: Select to delete the image resource and to replace all references to it with a reference to another image resource in the document. Image resources available: Select the image resource you want to use as the replacement reference. When you delete the image resource, PlanetPress Design replaces all references to the deleted image resource with a reference to the image resource you select here.
Adding Resources - Detailed Directions • • • • • Replace a Resource (Page 164) Remove Unused Resources (Page 166) View the Individual Pages of a Multi-Page PDF Resource (Page 166) Change the Image Resource Associated with a Static Image (Page 197) Add a Static Image (Page 195) 12.2.10 Remove Unused Resources You can remove all unused resources from the document by optimizing the document. See Optimization (Page 345).
13 Adding Images You can integrate images into the document itself, as well as have the document retrieve images at runtime.
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Adding Images - Key Concepts the expression resolves to the name of an image resource. In the case of a dynamic image that references external images, the expression resolves to the pathname of an image file. As the input data changes during document execution, each time the document resolves the expression, it obtains the name of a different image resource or to the pathname of a different image file.
Adding Images - Key Concepts • • • • • PlanetPress Talk Expressions for Dynamic Images that Reference Image Resources (Page 180) PlanetPress Talk Expressions for Dynamic Images that Reference External Images (Page 181) Image Name and Pathname Resolution in Dynamic Images (Page 187) Caches (Page 188) Guidelines for Optimizing Images (Page 189) Objectif Lune Inc.
13.2 Image Formats: Bitmapped, Vector, and Metafile Formats What is the difference between bitmapped, vector, and metafile image formats? Bitmapped (or raster) and vector are two broad categories of file formats for images. Metafile image formats can contain images in both bitmapped and vector formats. PlanetPress Design supports all three categories of formats. 13.2.1 Bitmapped File Format A bitmapped file format stores an image as a set of pixels. Common bitmapped formats are BMP, TIFF, PNG and JPEG.
13.3 Resolution What does resolution mean? Resolution is a broad term that can refer to different things in different contexts. A detailed discussion of the different meanings and interrelationships is beyond the scope of this guide. Instead we provide This section provides a brief overview of the different possible meanings to clarify our use of resolution in PlanetPress Design. Term: Means: Scan resolution The resolution at which you scan an image on a scanner.
Adding Images - Resolution Related topics: • • • • • • • • • • • • • Static and Dynamic Images (Page 168) Supported Image Formats (Page 169) Image Formats: Bitmapped, Vector, and Metafile Formats (Page 171) Color Depth (Page 192) Pixel Dimensions (Page 175) Image Quality (Page 176) Scanline Orientation (Page 352) Image Size on the Document Page (Page 179) PlanetPress Talk Expressions for Dynamic Images that Reference Image Resources (Page 180) PlanetPress Talk Expressions for Dynamic Images that Reference
13.4 Color Depth What does color depth mean? Color depth refers to the number of colors each individual pixel in a bitmapped image can display. Color depth is expressed in bits per pixel where each individual bit can take on one of two values (0 or 1).
13.5 Pixel Dimensions What are pixel dimensions? Pixel dimensions refer to the number of pixels in the width and height of a bitmapped image. Thus an image with pixel dimensions of 200 x 300 has a width of 200 pixels and a height of 300 pixels. Pixel dimensions do not define a fixed size for the bitmapped image. Rather the resolution determines the final physical dimensions of the image. See Resolution (Page 172) for help understanding resolution in PlanetPress Design.
13.6 Image Quality What is image quality in PlanetPress Design? Image quality in PlanetPress Design refers to the type of content a bitmapped image resource contains: line art or photo. This determines the type of compression PlanetPress Design applies to the bitmapped image resource. Compression reduces the size of the image resources, and consequently reduces the overall size of the document. 13.6.
13.7 Scanline Orientation What does scanline orientation refer to and why is it important? Scanline orientation refers to the way in which the laser in a laser printer writes the page image onto the printer drum. In PlanetPress Design you can use this information to minimize the amount of runtime processing bitmapped image resources require, and thereby contribute to minimizing the overall execution time of a document.
Adding Images - Scanline Orientation • • • • • • Image Size on the Document Page (Page 179) PlanetPress Talk Expressions for Dynamic Images that Reference Image Resources (Page 180) PlanetPress Talk Expressions for Dynamic Images that Reference External Images (Page 181) Image Name and Pathname Resolution in Dynamic Images (Page 187) Caches (Page 188) Guidelines for Optimizing Images (Page 189) Objectif Lune Inc.
13.8 Image Size on the Document Page How do I adjust the size of an image on the document page? The fit setting you select for an image in a picture object can determine the physical dimensions of the image as well as the way it can be resized using the image object’s resize handles. There are four possible fit settings: Constant resolution, Constant height, Constant width, and Best fit. All fit settings preserve the aspect ratio of the image. 1.
13.9 PlanetPress Talk Expressions for Dynamic Images that Reference Image Resources What do I need to know to construct a PlanetPress Talk expression for a dynamic image that references image resources? What are some examples of these expressions? You must be able to construct a PlanetPress Talk expression that resolves to the name of an image resource.
13.10 PlanetPress Talk Expressions for Dynamic Images that Reference External Images What do I need to take into account when I construct a PlanetPress Talk expression for a dynamic image that references external images? What are some examples of these expressions? The PlanetPress Talk expression you define references a selection of input data so that as the input data varies, so does the image that appears in the picture object.
Adding Images - PlanetPress Talk Expressions for Dynamic Images that Reference External Images If you select host-based when you perform either a screen or hard copy preview in PlanetPress Design, the images can exist either on the local PlanetPress Design Suite virtual disk or in a folder on the host. The pathname in the picture object determines which of the two locations the document uses.
Adding Images - PlanetPress Talk Expressions for Dynamic Images that Reference External Images 13.10.4 Summary of Execution Environments The following summarizes the different execution environments, and where the external images must reside in each case. Recall that external images on either a printer or the local PlanetPress Design Suite virtual disk must be in the PostScript format generated by the Image Downloader. External images in a folder must be in one or more of the supported formats.
Adding Images - PlanetPress Talk Expressions for Dynamic Images that Reference External Images 13.10.5 Examples of PlanetPress Talk Expressions that Resolve to Pathnames The following are examples of PlanetPress Talk expressions that resolve to pathnames. The expression can thus include global and system variables.If the images exist on both a host and a printer, you can define an expression that specifies when to use the images on the host, and when to use those in the printer.
Adding Images - PlanetPress Talk Expressions for Dynamic Images that Reference External Images Expression: Specifies: ='map' An image resource internal to the document. If no image resource exists by that name, the document looks for an image in the root folder of the default disk of the printer or an image in the local PlanetPress Design Suite virtual disk. If the image file is on either the printer disk or the local PlanetPress Design Suite virtual disk, it is in PostScript format. =trim( '.
Adding Images - PlanetPress Talk Expressions for Dynamic Images that Reference External Images • • • • • • • • • • • Image Formats: Bitmapped, Vector, and Metafile Formats (Page 171) Resolution (Page 172) Color Depth (Page 192) Pixel Dimensions (Page 175) Image Quality (Page 176) Scanline Orientation (Page 352) Image Size on the Document Page (Page 179) PlanetPress Talk Expressions for Dynamic Images that Reference Image Resources (Page 180) Image Name and Pathname Resolution in Dynamic Images (Page 187) C
13.11 Image Name and Pathname Resolution in Dynamic Images How does the document resolve image names and pathnames in dynamic images? When the document executes, it evaluates the PlanetPress Talk expression. Once it has the name or pathname, it proceeds as follows until it encounters an image file that matches that name or pathname. 1. It compares the result to the image resources in the document. Thus if you entered the PlanetPress Talk expression ='house.
13.12 Caches What is a cache and what caches can a document use when it executes? A cache is an amount of RAM set aside to hold items that the document references during execution. In the case of PlanetPress Design and PlanetPress Watch/Server these items are images. The cache improves performance by providing faster access to images that the document uses more than once. There are two caches: a host-based cache, and a printer-based cache. You can adjust the sizes of both of these caches.
13.13 Guidelines for Optimizing Images What are some guidelines for optimizing the images my document uses? Images increase the execution time of a document and in the case of image resources, also increase the file size of a document. Tuning images to the execution environment of the document and the image quality required in the output, keeps document file size and execution time to a minimum.
13.14 Optimization How are images optimized Images are either Vector based or Raster based. Vector based images are affected not by image size, but by image complexity. Conversely, raster based images are described on a dot-by-dot basis and the image is directly affected by image size and by the degree of precision and digitalization. Vector based images take full advantage of printer resolution, whereas raster based images are affected by printer resolution.
Adding Images - Optimization 13.14.4 Image Resolution Guideline: Use the recommended image resolution settings, or, if the document executes on a high-end printer with a printer resolution greater than 600 DPI, tune the resolution settings in PlanetPress Design to the resolution of that printer. Recall that for best results, the image resolution you set for the document in PlanetPress Design should divide evenly into the resolution of the printer on which you intend to execute the document.
Adding Images - Optimization Guideline: Use a fit setting of Constant resolution and downsample images as necessary to achieve the size of image you want at the resolution you set for that type of image in the Document dialog box. For example, consider the case where the document executes on a 600 DPI printer. You set the color image resolution to 200 DPI. You have a color image with pixel dimensions of 600x600. At Constant resolution it occupies a 3-inch x 3-inch area on the page.
Adding Images - Optimization • • • • PlanetPress Talk Expressions for Dynamic Images that Reference External Images (Page 181) Image Name and Pathname Resolution in Dynamic Images (Page 187) Caches (Page 188) Guidelines for Optimizing Images (Page 189) 13.14.6 Scanline Orientation Guideline: Set the appropriate scanline orientation for bitmapped image resources. Advantage: Reduces the amount of runtime processing these image resources require.
Adding Images - Optimization • Image Name and Pathname Resolution in Dynamic Images (Page 187) • Caches (Page 188) Objectif Lune Inc.
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Adding Images - Detailed Directions 4. In the Picture properties dialog box, click Settings and use one of the following to associate an image with the picture object. Image: Specify the image resource to associate with the picture object. Select or type the name of the image resource you want to associate with the picture object. The image resource must already exist in the document. Browse button: Click to select an image file using the Open dialog box.
Adding Images - Detailed Directions Related topics: • • • • • • Static and Dynamic Images (Page 0) Drag and Drop Files into the Program Window Areas (Page 0) View or Edit the Properties of an Image Resource (Page 0) Change the Image Resource Associated with a Static Image (Page 0) Change the Size of an Image (Page 0) Adjust the Image Quality Options (Page 0) 13.15.
Adding Images - Detailed Directions 9. 10. 11. 12. retrieves an image. If you clear a type, and the document encounters an image of that type when it executes, it treats it as a missing image and responds according to the setting in the On error box (see step 10). EPS: Select to have this picture object accept images in EPS format. For performance reasons, PlanetPress Design displays EPS files as grayscale images during document design.
Adding Images - Detailed Directions 13. If necessary, add PlanetPress Talk code to the object: ▪ In the Picture properties dialog box, click PlanetPress Talk before to enter PlanetPress Talk code that you want the document to execute before it executes the picture object, or click PlanetPress Talk after to enter PlanetPress Talk code that you want the document to execute after it executes the picture object. 14. If necessary, click Repeat to set the Repeat properties for the picture object. 15. Click OK.
Adding Images - Detailed Directions Page: Enter the page number of the PDF that you want to use as the image. You can also use a PlanetPress Talk expression in this box to specify the page number. Bitmaps Bitmaps: Select to have this picture object accept bitmapped images in any of the following formats: BMP, JPEG, PNG, TIFF.
Adding Images - Detailed Directions Related topics: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Static and Dynamic Images (Page 168) Image Formats: Bitmapped, Vector, and Metafile Formats (Page 171) PlanetPress Talk Expressions for Dynamic Images that Reference External Images (Page 181) Image Name and Pathname Resolution in Dynamic Images (Page 187) Guidelines for Optimizing Images (Page 189) Add a Static Image (Page 195) Add a Dynamic Image that References Image Resources (Page 197) Change the Size of an Image (Page 201
Adding Images - Detailed Directions • • • • • • • View or Edit the Properties of an Image Resource (Page 162) Adjust Image Resolution (Page 202) Convert Color Images to Grayscale (Page 203) Adjust the Pixel Dimensions of a Bitmapped Image (Page 204) Adjust the Image Quality Options (Page 204) Adjust the Scanline Orientation of Images (Page 206) Copy External Images for a Dynamic Image to the Runtime Environment (Page 206) 13.15.6 Adjust Image Resolution To set a default image resolution for images: 1.
Adding Images - Detailed Directions Any bitmapped images embedded in PDF or EPS files that exceed the resolutions set are downsampled to this resolution. This downsampling occurs for image resources at document conversion and for external images in supported image formats, at runtime. In both cases the maximum resolution is the one in effect at document conversion. No downsampling occurs for images you download using the Image Downloader.
Adding Images - Detailed Directions • Copy External Images for a Dynamic Image to the Runtime Environment (Page 206) 13.15.8 Adjust the Pixel Dimensions of a Bitmapped Image You adjust the pixel dimensions of a bitmapped image to adjust the size it occupies at a given resolution. This is called resampling the image, and it is particularly useful for large image files that contain more pixels than are necessary to produce the highest quality output.
Adding Images - Detailed Directions Some formats such as JPEG compression may cause image degradation, whereas LZW compression does not. The user can select the type and degree of depression PlanetPress Design uses to send to the printer. A. Force PostScript mode option; B. Refresh List button; C.
Adding Images - Detailed Directions • • • • Convert Color Images to Grayscale (Page 203) Adjust the Pixel Dimensions of a Bitmapped Image (Page 204) Adjust the Scanline Orientation of Images (Page 206) Copy External Images for a Dynamic Image to the Runtime Environment (Page 206) 13.15.10 Adjust the Scanline Orientation of Images 1. Double-click on the Document node. 2.
Adding Images - Detailed Directions 4. Adjust the image settings for the download. The Image Downloader applies these settings to all of the images in the Files to download list. Note that they affect only the copy of each image; the original image remains unchanged. Scan orientation: Select the scanline orientation for all bitmapped images in the Files to download list.
Adding Images - Detailed Directions 5. In the Save As dialog box, navigate to folder in which you want to save the file, and enter a name for the file. 6. Click Save. To select the images to download or save in a file: 1. In the Image Downloader dialog box, click the Browse button at the top right of the Files to download list to display the Open dialog box. A. Browse B. Delete C. Clear 2.
Adding Images - Detailed Directions • • • • • Change the Size of an Image (Page 201) Adjust Image Resolution (Page 202) Convert Color Images to Grayscale (Page 203) Adjust the Pixel Dimensions of a Bitmapped Image (Page 204) Adjust the Scanline Orientation of Images (Page 206) 13.15.12 Troubleshoot Image Problems Cannot add an image resource to the document You receive an error message when you attempt to add an image resource to the document.
14 Barcodes and Business Graphics This chapter covers barcodes and business graphics and how they can be added to your PlanetPress Design documents.
14.1 Key Concepts To add bar codes or business graphs, you should understand the following key concepts: • • • • Barcodes (Page 211) Information on the Barcodes Supported by PlanetPress Design (Page 211) Business Graphics (Page 227) Excel Business Graphics (Page 228) 14.1.1 Barcodes How does PlanetPress Design support barcodes? The most commonly known barcodes are composed of a sequence of vertical bars and spaces varying in width.
Barcodes and Business Graphics - Key Concepts • Symbols: space and # (pound). A checksum is automatically calculated. Aztec This 2D barcode can currently only be used in documents that will be printed using either the Optimized Postscript or Windows Printing mode (printer centric mode will be added in a future release). This barcode can be used to generate Normal, Compact or Full Aztec barcodes.
Barcodes and Business Graphics - Key Concepts Code16k This 2D barcode can currently only be used in documents that will be printed using either the Optimized Postscript or Windows Printing mode (printer centric mode will be added in a future release). This barcode supports the full ASCII character set based on the 3 alphabets used in the Code128 barcode (see below). A maximum of 5 characters per row over 16 rows is permitted.
Barcodes and Business Graphics - Key Concepts To use extended characters, use the encodings listed in the following table: Objectif Lune Inc.
Barcodes and Business Graphics - Key Concepts CharacterEncode asCharacterEncode asCharacterEncode asCharacter Encode as NUL %U SP Space @ %V ` %W SOH $A ! /A A A a +A STX $B “ /B B B b +B ETX $C # /C C C c +C EOT $D $ /D D D d +D ENQ $E % /E E E e +E ACK $F & /F F F f +F BEL $G ' /G G G g +G BS $H ( /H H H H +H HT $I ) /I I I i +I LF $J * /J J J j +J VT $K + /K K K k +K FF $L , /L L L l +L CR $M - -
Barcodes and Business Graphics - Key Concepts FS %B << %G \ %L | %Q GS %C = %H ] %M } %R RS %D > %I ^ %N ~ %S YS %E ? %J _ %O DEL %T,%X,%Y,%Z A checksum is optional, but should be added to ensure data reliability. Code49 This 2D barcode can currently only be used in documents that will be printed using either the Optimized Postscript or Windows Printing mode (printer centric mode will be added in a future release).
Barcodes and Business Graphics - Key Concepts To use extended characters, use the encodings listed in the following table: Objectif Lune Inc.
Barcodes and Business Graphics - Key Concepts Character Encode Encode Encode Character Character Character as as as Encode as NUL (%)U SP Space @ (%)V ` (%)W SOH ($)A ! (/)A A A a (+)A STX ($)B “ (/)B B B b (+)B ETX ($)C # (/)C C C c (+)C EOT ($)D $ (/)D D D d (+)D ENQ ($)E % (/)E E E e (+)E ACK ($)F & (/)F F F f (+)F BEL ($)G ' (/)G G G g (+)G BS ($)H ( (/)H H H H (+)H HT ($)I ) (/)I I I i (+)I LF ($)J * (/)J J J j (
Barcodes and Business Graphics - Key Concepts ESC (%)A ; (%)F [ (%)K { (%)P FS (%)B << (%)G \ (%)L | (%)Q GS (%)C = (%)H ] (%)M } (%)R RS (%)D > (%)I ^ (%)N ~ (%)S YS (%)E ? (%)J _ (%)O DEL (%)T, (%)Z (%)X, (%)Y, A checksum is mandatory for this barcode (it is always added automatically). Code 128 Code 128 uses 3 alphabets, each containing 106 characters: • Alphabet A contains no lower case characters but includes special characters, such as NUL, ACK and FF.
Barcodes and Business Graphics - Key Concepts The following table lists the characters that can be used in all three alphabets: Objectif Lune Inc.
Barcodes and Business Graphics - Key Concepts OrdinalValue in alphabet A B Encoding Ordinal Value in alphabet C A B Encoding C 00 SP SP 00 11011001100 53 U U 53 11011101110 01 ! ! 01 11001101100 54 V V 54 11101011000 02 “ “ 02 11001100110 55 W W 55 11101000110 03 # # 03 10010011000 56 X X 56 11100010110 04 $ $ 04 10010001100 57 Y Y 57 11101101000 05 % % 05 10001001100 58 Z Z 58 11101100010 06 & & 06 10011001000 59 [ [ 59 1110001
Barcodes and Business Graphics - Key Concepts 26 : : 26 11100100110 79 SI o 79 10001111010 27 ; ; 27 11101100100 80 DLE p 80 10100111100 28 < < 28 11100110100 81 DC1 q 81 10010111100 29 = = 29 11100110010 82 DC2 r 82 10010011110 30 > > 30 11011011000 83 DC3 s 83 10111100100 31 ? ? 31 11011000110 84 DC4 t 84 10011110100 32 @ @ 32 11000110110 85 NAK u 85 10011110010 33 A A 33 10100011000 86 SYN v 86 11110100100 34 B B 34 1000
Barcodes and Business Graphics - Key Concepts This 2D barcode can currently only be used in documents that will be printed using either the Optimized Postscript or Windows Printing mode (printer centric mode will be added in a future release). This barcode supports the full ASCII character set and its maximum data capacity depends on the data type and the selected barcode mode: • Square: Up to 2046 double-digits (00 to 99), or up to 2047 alphanumeric characters.
Barcodes and Business Graphics - Key Concepts The following characters are valid for this barcode: • Digits (0 to 9). Bearer bars are optional, but can be added for added reliability. The checksum is optional and can be added with the checksum option. ISBN Standard ISBN barcodes contain 10 digits (9 digits for the data plus 1 checksum digit) or 13 digits (a 3 digit prefix, 9 digits for the data plus 1 checksum digit). • ISBN 10 digit codes typically include 4 sections and 3 hyphens or spaces.
Barcodes and Business Graphics - Key Concepts Note that the error correction level is always set automatically. MicroQR This 2D barcode can currently only be used in documents that will be printed using either the Optimized Postscript or Windows Printing mode (printer centric mode will be added in a future release). This barcode supports various data types and the maximum number of characters allowed is based on the selected barcode mode: • Numeric: Numeric characters up to a maximum of 35 digits.
Barcodes and Business Graphics - Key Concepts • Upper case letters: A to F. A two-digit checksum is added automatically. PostnetPostnet Standard Postnet codes must contain exactly 5 characters. The following characters are valid for this barcode: • Digits: 0 to 9. Apart from the standard Postnet code, two additional codes can also be used: • Postnet+4 (5 digits + 4 supplemental digits). • Postnet+6 (5 digits + 6 supplemental digits). A checksum is added automatically.
Barcodes and Business Graphics - Key Concepts Standard UPC-A codes must contain exactly 12 characters (including the checksum character). The following characters are valid for this barcode: • Digits: 0 to 9. Apart from the standard UPC-A code, two additional codes can also be used: • UPC-A+2 (12 digits + 2 supplemental digits). • UPC-A+5 (12 digits + 5 supplemental digits). A checksum is added automatically.
Barcodes and Business Graphics - Key Concepts Line graph Pie charts Related topics: • Excel Business Graphics (Page 228) • Add a Business Graphic (Page 230) 14.1.4 Excel Business Graphics Can I use Excel business graphics in PlanetPress Design documents? Microsoft Excel graphics can be added to your PlanetPress Design documents just like any other PlanetPress Design business graphic.
Barcodes and Business Graphics - Key Concepts • Add an Excel Business Graphic (Page 232) Objectif Lune Inc.
14.2 Detailed Directions This section includes the following procedures: • Add a Barcode (Page 230) • Add a Business Graphic (Page 230) • Add an Excel Business Graphic (Page 232) 14.2.1 Add a Barcode There are two ways you can add barcodes. The first method lets you select data from the data pane and add a Code 128 barcode in a single operation. The second one lets you add any type of barcode, but requires that you select the data afterwards.
Barcodes and Business Graphics - Detailed Directions 5. Set the properties for the type of business graphic you selected. PlanetPress Design grays out properties that are not available for a specific type of business graphic. Bar graph Show text on graphic: Select to display the data as text under the bar. Baseline value: Enter a baseline value for the bar graph. Spacing percentage: Enter the amount of space, expressed as a percentage, to leave to the right of each bar.
Barcodes and Business Graphics - Detailed Directions Color list: Displays the colors the graph uses. Each entry you add to the list displays both a sample of the color and the numerical value of the color in the color model you are currently using. Recall that you select the default color model in the User Options dialog box. The order in which you organize the colors in the Color list determines the assignment of colors to the lines, bars, or pie sections of the graph.
Barcodes and Business Graphics - Detailed Directions A) The source data cells. These cells contain the data displayed by the graph. At runtime, the data from your job file replaces the sample data from these cells. B) A table placed on the same sheet for the purpose of organizing the data that will appear in the graph. C) A cell from the table. As you can see, this cell only contains a reference to one of the sample data cells. ▪ The graph itself must be placed on a new sheet.
Barcodes and Business Graphics - Detailed Directions ▪ Bear in mind that when you design a document, only a placeholder is displayed. The actual graphs are only appear when documents are generated. Excel Business Graphics properties are as follows: Graphic page Excel template: Select the template you want to use for your graphic. Click the Refresh button to redisplay all the currently available templates.
15 Working with Objects PlanetPress Design provides many ways to work with objects either individually or in groups. This chapter explains the concept of objects and groups, and describes properties and procedures common to all objects and groups. It also explains the layering order of objects in PlanetPress Design, and presents suggestions on how to create some common document elements using boxes.
15.1 Key Concepts To work with document objects, you should understand the following key concepts: • • • • • PlanetPress Design Object (Page 236) Object Layering Order (Page 236) Group (Page 236) Snapping Points (Page 237) Repeat Properties of an Object or Group (Page 240) 15.1.
Working with Objects - Key Concepts A group is a set of objects that you group together to treat as a single unit. A group may be composed of individual objects, groups, or both. There is no restriction on the type of object you can include in a group, or on the number of different types of objects you can include in a single group. However, any objects and groups you want to include in the group must exist on the same page of a document.
Working with Objects - Key Concepts PlanetPress Design snaps one object/group to another by positioning the two snapping points one on top of the other You can also set a horizontal and/or vertical offset for a snapping point. You can do this to control the spacing between the two objects/groups. In the following example, the white circle marks a snapping point on the horizontal rectangle. That point snaps to a snapping point set on the upper-right corner of the vertical rectangle. A. No offset B.
Working with Objects - Key Concepts You snap one object to another by setting the appropriate snapping point property in each of the two objects/groups. 4. Object/group PlanetPress Design moves to accomplish the snap When PlanetPress Design snaps two objects/groups together, in most cases, it must move one of the two in the Page area to accomplish the snap. It always moves the one lower in the Structure area hierarchy.
Working with Objects - Key Concepts Case 1: Snap C to B, and B to A. Case 2: Snap C to B, and B to A, using different snapping points for B and C. Case 3: Snap both B and C to A, and use a vertical offset for C. In all three cases, A is the only object that does not have its Snap to previous object property set, and thus is the only object you can move or resize along any of its edges.
Working with Objects - Key Concepts Note that in both cases, the specific line number you define in the Data properties of the object or objects is not important. You determine the start and end lines for the repeats when you set up the line repeat. When you do this, PlanetPress Design automatically sets the values of the From line and To line boxes in the Data properties of each object to ¤t.line. This ensures the data selection changes with each repeat.
Working with Objects - Key Concepts A) If you do not know in advance how many lines of data each data page contains, enter a 0 value in the To line property to ensure that all the lines of data will be processed by the object. B) If this object can be used to process no more than 15 lines of data, for example, use the &iteration count variable in the Condition to exit and overflow property and equate it (>=) with a fixed value of 15.
Working with Objects - Key Concepts select the line range you want the line repeat to use. PlanetPress Design automatically adjusts the From line and To line boxes in the Data properties to ¤t.line. The result is that for each repeat of the objects in the group, the data selections change to reflect the line change in the data page. Objectif Lune Inc.
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Working with Objects - Detailed Directions This procedure applies only to objects. You cannot convert a group, or a page, to PlanetPress Talk. To convert an object to PlanetPress Talk: 1. Select the object. 2. Choose Tools | Advanced | Convert to PlanetPress Talk.
Working with Objects - Detailed Directions manually adjust this width. When you adjust the width of a group, PlanetPress Design scales the width of each element in the group, such that the new width of the group accommodates all the elements and preserves their spatial relationships.
Working with Objects - Detailed Directions Related topics: • Set the Manipulation Properties of an Object or Group (Page 247) • Snap or Unsnap Objects and/or Groups (Page 254) 15.2.4 Set the Manipulation Properties of an Object or Group To set the Manipulation properties of an object or group: • In the properties dialog box, click Manipulation and define any constraints you want to set on resizing, moving, or selecting the object/group with the mouse or with keyboard shortcuts.
Working with Objects - Detailed Directions To select one or more objects and/or groups in the Structure area: 1. In the Structure area, if necessary, expand the page containing the objects and/or groups you want to select. 2. Click an object or group, and then CTRL+click each subsequent object or group you want to include in the selection. SHIFT+click to select all objects between the currently selected object or group and the last object or group selected.
Working with Objects - Detailed Directions • • • • • • • Object Layering Order (Page 236) Group (Page 236) Select Objects and/or Groups (Page 247) View or Edit the Properties of an Object or Group (Page 251) Copy Values of Properties between Objects and/or Groups (Page 259) Group and Ungroup Objects and/or Groups (Page 256) 15.2.7 Reposition Objects and/or Groups To reposition objects and/or groups: 1. Select the objects and/or groups you want to reposition.
Working with Objects - Detailed Directions If you resize a text object that uses a background box, it is important to understand how the background box resizes with respect to the text in the object. First, the margins and indents remain constant when you resize a text object. Thus the top edge of the text is always the same distance from the top edge of the background box, and the left edge of the text is always the same distance from the left edge of the background box.
Working with Objects - Detailed Directions 15.2.9 View or Edit the Properties of an Object or Group To view or edit properties using the Object Inspector: 1. Select the object or group. 2. In the Object Inspector, make any necessary modifications to the properties. To view or edit properties using the properties dialog box: 1. Double-click the object or group. 2. Edit the Properties for the object or group. 3. Click OK.
Working with Objects - Detailed Directions Related topics: • • • • • • • • • • PlanetPress Design Object (Page 236) Group (Page 236) Select Objects and/or Groups (Page 247) Lock and Unlock Objects and Groups (Page 248) Group and Ungroup Objects and/or Groups (Page 256) View or Edit the Properties of an Object or Group (Page 251) Rotate Objects and/or Groups (Page 253) Duplicate Objects and/or Groups (Page 253) Edit the Layering Order of Objects (Page 258) Copy Values of Properties between Objects and/or Gr
Working with Objects - Detailed Directions Related topics: • • • • • • • • • PlanetPress Design Object (Page 236) Object Layering Order (Page 236) Layout Features (Page 91) Select Objects and/or Groups (Page 247) Lock and Unlock Objects and Groups (Page 248) Reposition Objects and/or Groups (Page 249) Rotate Objects and/or Groups (Page 253) View or Edit the Properties of an Object or Group (Page 251) Copy Values of Properties between Objects and/or Groups (Page 259) 15.2.
Working with Objects - Detailed Directions Related topics: • • • • • • • • • PlanetPress Design Object (Page 236) Object Layering Order (Page 236) Group (Page 236) Repeat Properties of an Object or Group (Page 240) Select Objects and/or Groups (Page 247) Lock and Unlock Objects and Groups (Page 248) View or Edit the Properties of an Object or Group (Page 251) Group and Ungroup Objects and/or Groups (Page 256) Copy Values of Properties between Objects and/or Groups (Page 259) 15.2.
Working with Objects - Detailed Directions A. Selected snapping point 7. If necessary, set offsets for the snapping point. Horizontal offset: Enter a horizontal offset for the snapping point. Vertical offset: Enter a vertical offset for the snapping point. 8. In the properties dialog box, click OK. If the Set snapping point property is already set in the object/group of the two that is higher in the Structure area hierarchy, you have completed this procedure. Otherwise, proceed to step 9. 9.
Working with Objects - Detailed Directions 2. In the properties dialog box, click Snapping points. 3. Clear Set snapping point before. 4. In the properties dialog box, click OK. If the object/group you just unsnapped was not the only one snapped to the other object/group, you have completed this procedure. Otherwise, proceed to step 5 to clear the Set snapping point property of the second of the two objects/groups. 5.
Working with Objects - Detailed Directions Number of repeats: Enter the number of times you want to repeat the object or group along the horizontal axis. Space between each repeat: Enter the amount of space to leave between each repeat of the object or group, along the horizontal axis. Vertically Number of repeat: Enter the number of times you want to repeat the object or group along the vertical axis.
Working with Objects - Detailed Directions line properties of any data selections in the source object or group that you want to tie to the value of ¤t.line. Clear this option when one or more data selections that you do not want to modify within each repeat. Iteration condition: Set a condition on the current line of data. This is effective only within the line range defined in the From/to line property.
Working with Objects - Detailed Directions • • • • Select Objects and/or Groups (Page 247) Lock and Unlock Objects and Groups (Page 248) Reposition Objects and/or Groups (Page 249) Group and Ungroup Objects and/or Groups (Page 256) 15.2.18 Copy Values of Properties between Objects and/or Groups To copy values of properties between objects: 1. Select the reference object or group. This is the object/group that contains the properties whose values you want to copy. 2.
16 Working with Metadata PlanetPress Design provides many new and intuitive ways to work with job metadata. This chapter explains the concept of metadata, and describes metadata objects. • Add a Metadata Field (Page 0) For a deeper understanding of the theory behind PlanetPress Design metadata fields, refer to PlanetPress Design Reference Guide (English only). • Metadata Manipulation API Reference • More on Metadata Structure (Page 261) Objectif Lune Inc.
16.1 More on Metadata Simply put, metadata is data about data. It is information tagged to data. For example, data about a given PDF file can include the file size, the date it was last modified, etc. {At the page level, metadata can include the page size, whether it is a front or back page, the page number, etc..} PlanetPress Suite 7.0 introduces a user interface to easily input and output metadata with PlanetPress Design, and use this metadata in your PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool.
Working with Metadata - More on Metadata A single JOB can be composed of GROUPS of DOCUMENTS, which themselves are composed of phyisical PAGES produced by executing a PlanetPress Design document on one or more DATAPAGES. Metadata Elements Each metadata node (i.e. Job, Group, Document, etc.) is described with a series of elements, that is, systemdefined attributes or user-defined fields holding static or dynamic information about the node they are attached to. Each element has a name and a value.
Working with Metadata - More on Metadata of the metadata. In the following table, the last 5 columns indicate at which level the corresponding attribute is available. Objectif Lune Inc.
Working with Metadata - More on Metadata Attribute Description Category Job Group Document DataEncoding (optional) Name of the character encoding. Production X X X DataFile (optional) Path and name of the data file used by the PlanetPress Design Document. Production X X X Date Date the metadata was created in ISO format. Production X X X Time Time the metadata was created in ISO format. Production X X X Title Title of the source document.
Working with Metadata - More on Metadata Side "Front" or "Back"; indicate whether the page is on the front or the back of the paper sheet. This attribute is a "best effort" and is device-dependent. Finishing Duplex "None", "DuplexTumble" or "DuplexNoTumble"; indicate a change of the duplex status. Finishing X X X X InputSlot Device-dependent identifier of the media source. Finishing X X X X OutputBin Device-dependent identifier of the media destination.
Working with Metadata - More on Metadata SelectedCount Index/ Count X X SelectedDocumentCount Index/ Count X SelectedDatapageCount Index/ Count X X SelectedPageCount Index/ Count X X SelectedIndexInDocument Index/ Count SelectedIndexInGroup Index/ Count SelectedIndexInJob Index/ Count X X Table 1: Description of metadata attributes. Metadata Tools PlanetPress Suite version 7 includes a complete set of metadata-related functionnalities, which can be referred to as Metadata Tools.
Working with Metadata - More on Metadata by clicking on the Open Active Data button available in the ribbon. The Data Selector is equipped with a new tab labelled Metadata. Firstly, two buttons at the top right corner of this tab allows to load or save a metadata file generated for the current sample datafile. Secondly, the metadata tab graphically displays all elements (i.e. attributes and fields) available at the current level (i.e. Page, Datapage, Document, etc.).
Working with Metadata - More on Metadata Metadata Fields in the properties of a PlanetPress Design document allows to easily define documents or groups. Metadata PressTalk Commands See PlanetPress Talk Reference Guide. Objectif Lune Inc.
16.2 Add a Metadata Field To add a metadata field: • Choose Home | Document | Metadata Field. • Move the pointer inside the Page area, and click at the point at which you want to add the object, and release. • Enter the PlanetPress Talk ID, the unique identifier for your new metadata field (Note that Metadata objects do not possess a Display Name attribute). • Choose the Level where your new field should be created in the metadata structure.
17 Graybar Reports This chapter explains graybar reports and how to create them in PlanetPress Design. In this section, you learn to: • Create a Graybar Report (Page 272) This section also answers the following question: • What is a graybar report? (Page 271) Objectif Lune Inc.
17.1 Key Concepts To create graybar reports, you should understand the following key concept: • Graybar Report (Page 271) 17.1.1 Graybar Report What is a graybar report? A graybar report is a report that uses bands of gray printed across each page of the report. The bands make it easier to quickly locate information on the page. Graybar Reports in PlanetPress Design PlanetPress Design extends the properties of the traditional graybar report.
17.2 Detailed Directions This section includes the following procedure: • Create a Graybar Report (Page 272) 17.2.1 Create a Graybar Report You use the Graybar Wizard to: • • • • Enter a name for the graybar report document. Associate a data file with the document. Select the PPD you want the document to use. Define the properties of the graybar page. These properties are the page format, page orientation, duplexing, and the height, color, and border of each bar in the band.
Graybar Reports - Detailed Directions 6. 7. 8. 9. attachment created in another application. You rotate the document page instead of the attachment. Note that you should not adjust the paper orientation for the graybar page once you exit the Graybar Wizard; the bands of the graybar page do not adjust to reflect a change. Duplexing: Select the duplexing options for the document. The duplexing options available depend on the PPD you selected for the document.
Graybar Reports - Detailed Directions Related topics: • Graybar Report (Page 271) Objectif Lune Inc.
18 Conditions This chapter explains conditions, variables, and PlanetPress Talk and how to use these features in your document.
18.1 Key Concepts To add intelligence to your document you should understand the following key concepts: • • • • • Conditions (Page 276) Global Conditions (Page 276) Local Conditions (Page 277) Line Conditions (Page 277) Variables (Page 278) 18.1.1 Conditions What is a condition? A condition is a PlanetPress Talk expression that performs a test on the data page and resolves to either True or False. The condition may be as simple or as complex as you require.
Conditions - Key Concepts Related topics: • • • • Conditions (Page 276) Local Conditions (Page 277) Line Conditions (Page 277) Data Selection Objects (Page 104) 18.1.3 Local Conditions What is a local condition ? A local condition is one that you associate with a particular page, object, or group. It is not available to any other page, object, or group in the document, and appears only within the element in which you define it; it does not appear in the Structure area.
Conditions - Key Concepts object that spans the entire area in which the data selection can appear, and set a line condition to test for the presence of the string “PREF.” The data selection applies only to those lines in the data selection region that contain the string “PREF.” Related topics: • • • • • Line Conditions (Page 277) Conditions (Page 276) Global Conditions (Page 276) Local Conditions (Page 277) Data Selection Objects (Page 104) 18.1.
Conditions - Key Concepts Related topics: • Variables (Page 278) Global Variables You can insert global variables of type string, measure, integer, and currency in the Text properties of a text object. A submenu of variable types appears when you choose Variables | Global Variables, or right-click at the point at which you want to insert the variable and choose Global Variables, or in the Variables toolbar, click Global Variables. You use this submenu to select the global variable you want to insert.
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Conditions - Detailed Directions A. Maroon label The following procedure describes how to enter a PlanetPress Talk expression in such a text box. You can enter the complete PlanetPress Talk expression by hand, build it using items from the menu that appears when you right-click in the text box, or create it using a combination of the two. For help with PlanetPress Talk, consult the PlanetPress Talk Language Reference.
Conditions - Detailed Directions 2. Construct the PlanetPress Talk expression using one or more of the following methods. ▪ Type directly in the text box. Note that if you want to use an apostrophe (‘) or a backslash (\) in a string, you must precede it by a backslash. For example: show( 'Don\'t miss this offer!' ) ▪ Click in the text box at the position at which you want to insert a variable, function, or data selection, then right-click and use the menu to choose the item you want to insert.
Conditions - Detailed Directions A. Code area Objectif Lune Inc.
Conditions - Detailed Directions The Code area of the PlanetPress Talk properties provides the following subset of the functionality offered in the Code area of the PlanetPress Talk Editor. For help with these features, consult the PlanetPress Talk Language Reference. Features marked with an asterisk work using keyboard shortcuts only.
Conditions - Detailed Directions To enter code using the PlanetPress Talk Editor: 1. Click Use PlanetPress Talk Editor. 2. Enter the code in the PlanetPress Talk Editor. Note that if you want to use an apostrophe (‘) or a backslash (\) in a string, you must precede it by a backslash. For example: show( 'Don\'t miss this offer!' ) 3. Exit the PlanetPress Talk Editor. To preview the result of executing the object or page: 1. If necessary, make the Object Preview visible. 2.
Conditions - Detailed Directions data page is 1506. The comparison operator first compares “1” to “1”; since it cannot determine from this comparison which is greater, it must proceed to a comparison of the next two characters, “3” and “5”. This comparison permits it to determine which is greater thus it does not proceed with further comparisons of the string. If you select a location operator, for all except On page, you must specify the appropriate data page coordinates in the boxes that appear.
Conditions - Detailed Directions Related topics: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Conditions (Page 276) Global Conditions (Page 276) Local Conditions (Page 277) Line Conditions (Page 277) View or Edit the Properties of a Global Condition (Page 287) Apply or Remove a Global Condition (Page 287) Use a Global Condition as a Variable (Page 288) Delete a Global Condition (Page 294) Combine Global Conditions (Page 291) Override a Global Condition (Page 293) Create, Edit, or Delete Local Conditions (Page 295) Create o
Conditions - Detailed Directions To remove an applied global condition: • Select the page, object, or group from which you want to remove the applied global condition, and then, in the Object Inspector, locate the Condition property. Highlight the contents of the Condition property and press BACKSPACE to clear the property.
Conditions - Detailed Directions • • • • • Combine Global Conditions (Page 291) Override a Global Condition (Page 293) Create, Edit, or Delete Local Conditions (Page 295) Create or Remove a Line Condition (Page 296) Enter a PlanetPress Talk Expression in a Text Box (Page 280) 18.2.9 Create a Global Variable To create a global variable: 1. Choose Home | Document | Global Variable. 2. Enter the name and type of the global variable you want to create. Name: Enter a name for the global variable.
Conditions - Detailed Directions If you made a modification that may cause execution problems in the document, PlanetPress Design reports an error in the Messages area. If you make a modification that may cause execution problems in the document , PlanetPress Design requests confirmation before proceeding with the modification. To view or edit the properties of a global variable using the Global Variable dialog box: 1. In the Structure area, double-click the global variable.
Conditions - Detailed Directions Global variables available: Select the global variable you want to use as the replacement reference. When you delete the global variable, PlanetPress Design replaces all references to the deleted global variable with a reference to the global variable you select here. You can use the Global Variables button to create a new global variable to add to this box. Global Variables button: Click to create a new global variable.
Conditions - Detailed Directions PlanetPress Design uses standard Boolean precedence rules: Operator Precedence () 1 AND 2 NOT 2 OR 3 Thus, the contents of parentheses are always evaluated first. If two operators in an expression have the same precedence, they are evaluated left to right. Since parentheses have the highest precedence, you can override the precedence of a lower-precedence operator by enclosing it in parentheses.
Conditions - Detailed Directions A. Status area ▪ Type directly in the Completed condition box. Names of conditions and Boolean operators are both case-insensitive. Note that if you want to use a NOT operator, you must enclose the condition on which you want it to operate in parenthesis. Thus you enter NOT (&black) rather than NOT &black. ▪ Drag and drop conditions from the Conditions available for concatenation box.
Conditions - Detailed Directions • • • • • • • Use a Global Condition as a Variable (Page 288) Delete a Global Condition (Page 294) Combine Global Conditions (Page 291) Create, Edit, or Delete Local Conditions (Page 295) Create or Remove a Line Condition (Page 296) Verify a Condition (Page 297) Enter a PlanetPress Talk Expression in a Text Box (Page 280) 18.2.14 Delete a Global Condition To delete one or more global conditions: 1. Select the global conditions you want to delete. 2.
Conditions - Detailed Directions Related topics: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Conditions (Page 276) Global Conditions (Page 276) Local Conditions (Page 277) Line Conditions (Page 277) Create a Global Condition (Page 285) View or Edit the Properties of a Global Condition (Page 287) Apply or Remove a Global Condition (Page 287) Use a Global Condition as a Variable (Page 288) Combine Global Conditions (Page 291) Override a Global Condition (Page 293) Create, Edit, or Delete Local Conditions (Page 295) Create o
Conditions - Detailed Directions Related topics: • • • • • • • • • • • • • Conditions (Page 276) Global Conditions (Page 276) Local Conditions (Page 277) Line Conditions (Page 277) Create a Global Condition (Page 285) Apply or Remove a Global Condition (Page 287) Use a Global Condition as a Variable (Page 288) Delete a Global Condition (Page 294) Combine Global Conditions (Page 291) Override a Global Condition (Page 293) Create or Remove a Line Condition (Page 296) Verify a Condition (Page 297) Enter a Pla
Conditions - Detailed Directions When advanced condition is true This box appears when you select When advanced condition is true in the Line condition box. Line displays if: Enter the PlanetPress Talk expression that defines the line condition. Remember that a condition, and thus this expression, must always resolve to either True or False. 4. Define whether or not you want the document to display a blank line when the line condition resolves to False for a given line (or record).
Conditions - Detailed Directions To verify a local condition: 1. In the Structure area, locate the page, object, or group whose local condition you want to verify. The color of the condition indicator on the upper-left corner of the page, object, or group symbol in the Structure area reflects the current value of the condition. The indicator appears in green when the condition is True and in red when the condition is False. 2. Navigate through the sample data file.
Conditions - Detailed Directions To change the name of a global function: • Do any of the following: ▪ Rename the function in the Structure area: In the Structure area, select the function, then press F2 or click the name of the function a second time to select the name. Edit the name. You can press ESC at any point to abort the rename operation. When you have completed the modification, press ENTER or click outside the name.
18.3 Code Samples This section presents short samples of PlanetPress Talk code that may be useful, and that may also stimulate your imagination for the ways in which you can use PlanetPress Talk in your documents. Consult the PlanetPress Talk Language Reference for help understanding specific commands.
Conditions - Code Samples The sample uses two global variables: Variable: Type: Initialized to: Description: &six Integer 0 The code on the runpage uses this as a counter for the number of rows (6) on the printed page. The data selection on DOCPAGE also use this variable to set the line for the data selection. &two Integer 0 The code on the runpage uses this as a counter for the number of columns (2) on the printed page. 18.3.
19 Printing a Document How you print a document depends on where you installed it. If you installed the document on a printer, you use a trigger to print the document. If you installed the document into your PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool, you create a PlanetPress Suite process to print the document. This chapter explains triggers, describes how a variable content document runs on a printer, and provides general procedures for printing a document.
19.1 Key Concepts To print a document, you should understand the following key concepts: • • • • Trigger (Page 303) Trigger Syntax (Page 304) Techniques for Inserting Triggers (Page 306) How a Variable Content Document Runs on a Printer (Page 307) 19.1.1 Trigger What is a trigger? A trigger is two lines of PostScript that immediately precede the input data, and “triggers” the execution of a document.The trigger puts the printer in PostScript mode, and tells the printer which document to launch.
19.2 Trigger Syntax What is the syntax of a trigger? In all syntax descriptions in this section, italics denote a variable, square brackets indicate the element is optional, denotes a carriage return and denotes a line feed. The general syntax for the first line of the trigger is the same for all triggers. [ printer-specific_commands ] %!PS-Adobe The first line of the trigger uses the string “%!PS-Adobe” to put the printer in PostScript mode. It may also include printer-specific commands.
Printing a Document - Trigger Syntax [ printer-specific_commands ] %!PS-Adobe (%flash%name_of_document) run name_of_document An example of the trigger for a document named PAYROLL that resides in the printer’s Flash memory: %!PS-Adobe (%flash%PAYROLL) run PAYROLL Note that using this syntax on some printers that have only Flash memory (no hard disk) may return an error messages saying that the file or the Flash device cannot be found.
19.3 Techniques for Inserting Triggers What are the common techniques for inserting a trigger? How you create and insert a trigger is operating system dependent. There are four common techniques to insert a trigger manually: 1. Manually concatenating two files With this technique, you add a trigger by concatenating two files where the first contains the trigger and the second contains the input data.
19.4 How a Variable Content Document Runs on a Printer How does a variable content document runs on a printer? If you run a document installed on a printer directly, you send a trigger, followed by the input data, to the printer. If you run a document into your PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool, the document may or may not be installed in the printer, depending on the PlanetPress Suite process you created for the document.
19.5 Detailed Directions This section includes the following procedures: • Run a Document Installed on a Printer (Page 308) • Run a Document Installed in a PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool (Page 308) • Run a Document that Uses a Database Emulation (Page 309) • Run Several Documents as a Single Job (Page 309) • Troubleshoot Execution Problems (Page 310) 19.5.
Printing a Document - Detailed Directions When you install a document on a PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool server, you should make sure the fonts included in the document are actually available on the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool server. To install TrueType fonts, use the standard Windows procedure. To install PostScript fonts, use the Install PostScript Font command in your PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool.
Printing a Document - Detailed Directions You can embed the EOJ strings in the single job in one of two ways: either within the triggers or at the end of input data. This section describes how to construct a job by embedding EOJ strings within a trigger and how to construct a job by appending EOJ strings to the end of input data. It also includes a procedure that explains how to define an EOJ string for a document. 19.5.
20 Managing Documents and Printers This chapter presents the features of PlanetPress Design that you can use to manage document on a printer, and to adjust printer settings.
20.1 Key Concepts To manage documents and printers, you should understand the following key concepts: • Information about Documents on a Printer (Page 312) • Printer Settings (Page 313) • Form Cache (Page 313) 20.1.1 Information about Documents on a Printer What document-related information can I request from a printer? You can request a PlanetPress Design printer status page, a listing of all files on the printer, and a listing of all variable content documents on the printer.
Managing Documents and Printers - Key Concepts 20.1.3 Printer Settings What printer settings can I adjust in PlanetPress Design? There are five printer settings you can set from PlanetPress Design: Form cache, Manual feed timeout, Wait timeout, Print PostScript error, and Do Sys/Start. Related topics: • Information about Documents on a Printer (Page 312) • Form Cache (Page 313) 20.1.
20.2 Detailed Directions This section includes the following procedures: • • • • Obtain Information from a Printer (Page 314) Delete Documents or Files on the Printer (Page 314) Control Versions of a Document (Page 315) Adjust Printer Settings (Page 317) 20.2.1 Obtain Information from a Printer To obtain information from a printer: 1. Choose Tools | Managers | Printer Utilities. 2. In the Select information to request list, select the information you require.
Managing Documents and Printers - Detailed Directions 3. In the Name of document to delete box, enter the path of the first document or file you want to delete. The path syntax depends on whether the file is located on the hard disk or in flash memory. Path syntax: Deletes a file: %% On the hard disk. If the printer has more than one hard disk, you must specify the one on which the document or file you want to delete resides.
Managing Documents and Printers - Detailed Directions To set the version number of a document: 1. Double-click on the Document node in the Document Structure area. 2. Click Conversion options and locate the version options. 3. Adjust the version options. Use document versioning at printer level: Select to use version numbers with the document. Use the Document version box to enter the version number for this document.
Managing Documents and Printers - Detailed Directions • Delete Documents or Files on the Printer (Page 314) 20.2.4 Adjust Printer Settings There are five printer settings you can set from PlanetPress Design: Form cache, Manual feed timeout, Wait timeout, Print PostScript error, and Do Sys/Start. To adjust printer settings: 1. 2. 3. 4. Choose Tools | Managers | Printer Utilities. In the Select information to request list, select Set printer’s advanced options.
21 Previewing and Installing Documents You preview a document during the design phase to verify it produces the output you intend, and to catch any errors early on in the variable content document design workflow. Once you are confident that your document produces the results you want, you are ready to install it. This chapter describes the procedures for previewing and installing documents.
21.1 Key Concepts To preview and install documents, you should understand the following key concepts: • • • • • • Converted Document (Page 319) PP7 File (Page 320) PTK File (Page 320) Printing Using a Windows Driver (Page 320) Soft Proofs (Page 320) Previews of Documents that Use ASCII Emulation (Page 321) 21.1.1 Converted Document What is a converted document? A converted document is the final format of a document in PlanetPress Design: a PostScript program.
Previewing and Installing Documents - Key Concepts Related topics: • PP7 File (Page 320) • PTK File (Page 320) 21.1.2 PP7 File What is a PP7 file? A PP7 file is a file that contains all the information PlanetPress Design requires to convert and execute the document. It includes a description of the visual layout of the document, the sample data file, the PPD for the document, all the static images for the document, and all page and document attachments. By default it also includes the sample data file.
Previewing and Installing Documents - Key Concepts The Soft Proof command lets you generate limited previews of your documents that show no watermarks. With this feature, you can create PDF files of up to 10 pages. This means that if you generate a 10 page soft proof of a 5 page document, your PDF will show a maximum of two data pages. The generated file can be displayed, saved to file or attached to an email message. See Generate a Soft Proof (Page 329).
Previewing and Installing Documents - Key Concepts across the network and identifies workstations on which PlanetPress Suite products are installed (note that PlanetPress Suite Messenger 6 only works with version 6 components). In this way, users can share image files, documents, and jobs. Use the Access Manager to assign permission for other computers to access your workstation. Related topics: • ASCII Emulation (Page 70) • Printing Using a Windows Driver (Page 320) • Soft Proofs (Page 320) 21.1.
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Previewing and Installing Documents - Detailed Directions A. PlanetPress Image Options button 2. Select the data pages you want to use for the preview in the Data page range group. All data pages: Select to use all data pages (or in the case of a database emulation, all record sets) in the sample data file. It is important to understand that this refers to data pages and not document pages.
Previewing and Installing Documents - Detailed Directions Zoom factor: Select the zoom factor at which you want Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader to open the PDF file generated by the preview. Select Fit in window to adjust the zoom factor such that each page of the PDF occupies a full screen, or select a specific zoom factor. This is the same option available in the PDF options for the PlanetPress Image output task in PlanetPress Watch/Server.
Previewing and Installing Documents - Detailed Directions • • • • Install a Document (Page 333) Perform a Batch Conversion and/or Installation (Page 336) Print a Document without Data (Page 337) Move a Document between PlanetPress Design Installations (Page 338) 21.2.2 Print a Document Preview It is common to preview a document often during the creation process and it is strongly recommended you preview the final document before you install it.
Previewing and Installing Documents - Detailed Directions Refresh data from database: Select to have PlanetPress Design refresh the sample data file by repeating the SQL query before creating the soft proof preview. Clear to have PlanetPress Design use the sample data file in its current state. This option is available only when your document uses database emulation. Refresh Metadata: Select to have PlanetPress Design refresh the metadata file before creating the soft proof preview.
Previewing and Installing Documents - Detailed Directions 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Windows displays the Print dialog box. Those options which are greyed out are not available when printing from PlanetPress Design. Any options, such as the paper size or media type, you may set by clicking the Preferences button are managed by the Windows print driver. Although PlanetPress Design provides available to the Windows print driver, it cannot ensure that these options will be correctly applied.
Previewing and Installing Documents - Detailed Directions • • • • • Convert a Document and Save It to a File (Page 331) Install a Document (Page 333) Perform a Batch Conversion and/or Installation (Page 336) Print a Document without Data (Page 337) Move a Document between PlanetPress Design Installations (Page 338) 21.2.4 Generate a Soft Proof Soft proofs are document previews that show no watermarks.
Previewing and Installing Documents - Detailed Directions Zoom factor: Select the zoom factor at which you want Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader to open the PDF file generated by the preview. Select Fit in window to adjust the zoom factor such that each page of the PDF occupies a full screen, or select a specific zoom factor. This is the same option available in the PDF options for the PlanetPress Image output task in PlanetPress Watch/Server.
Previewing and Installing Documents - Detailed Directions • Print a Document without Data (Page 337) • Move a Document between PlanetPress Design Installations (Page 338) 21.2.5 Convert a Document and Save It to a File Compiling a document and saving it to a file can also be useful for debugging purposes or for acquainting yourself with the contents of a converted document. Before you convert a document, you may want to optimize it to create a smaller and more efficient converted document.
Previewing and Installing Documents - Detailed Directions Force PostScript mode: Select this option when the destination printer is used for printing jobs in other formats such as PJL, and when PlanetPress is not sending the output to the printer’s hard disk. When this option is selected, PlanetPress Design inserts the following command statement [Esc]%-12345X@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = POSTSCRIPT to precede the document as well as any other command statement.
Previewing and Installing Documents - Detailed Directions 2. Grant or deny access to the services installed on this computer by checking the corresponding boxes next to the listed computers. If required, add computers to the list. Host name: The name of those computers on which PlanetPress Suite software are currently installed or which have been manually added. IP address: Enter a computer’s IP address and click to add this computer to the list displayed below.
Previewing and Installing Documents - Detailed Directions 2. From the PlanetPress Design Button, choose Send to | Printer.... 3. In the Send to Printers dialog box, set the options for the install. Select printers list: Select each of the printers on which you want to install the document. If the printers on which you want to install the document require either a password, a hard drive path, or both, be sure you have set these properly in the Document properties dialog box.
Previewing and Installing Documents - Detailed Directions To install a document in a PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool installation not accessible from PlanetPress Design: 1. Verify the Conversion options and Resource options settings in the Document properties dialog box are the ones you want for this document. 2. From the PlanetPress Design Button, choose Send to | PlanetPress Suite Workflow . 3. In the Send to PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools dialog, click Save PTK File. 4.
Previewing and Installing Documents - Detailed Directions A message appears indicating the document has been sent successfully, otherwise an error message appears. If you want a printer based document sent through Codehost BrightQ, first send the document to the printer, and then send the document to Codehost BrightQ. 21.2.
Previewing and Installing Documents - Detailed Directions 4. Click and drag the selected documents to the Selected documents list, then release. 5. Repeat step 2 through step 4 until the Selected documents list contains all of the documents you want to convert and/or install. Related topics: • Preview a Document On Screen (Page 323) • Convert a Document and Save It to a File (Page 331) • Install a Document (Page 333) 21.2.9 Print a Document without Data To print a document without the sample data file: 1.
Previewing and Installing Documents - Detailed Directions Related topics: • • • • • • • • • Converted Document (Page 319) PP7 File (Page 320) PTK File (Page 320) Optimization (Page 345) Convert a Document and Save It to a File (Page 331) Preview a Document On Screen (Page 323) Install a Document (Page 333) Print a Document without Data (Page 337) Move a Document between PlanetPress Design Installations (Page 338) 21.2.11 Move a Document between PlanetPress Design Installations To move a document: 1.
22 Color Management This chapter introduces color management, describes how PlanetPress Design implements color management, and explains how to set up color management in PlanetPress Design.
22.1 Key Concepts To use color management effectively, you should understand the following key concept: • Color in PlanetPress Design (Page 340) 22.1.
Color Management - Key Concepts Color Management Systems The material for a given project may originate on a variety of devices (digital camera, scanner) and/or be produced or edited using a variety of software applications (QuarkXPress™, Adobe® Photoshop®, CorelDRAW®, the GIMP). Furthermore, the project might use a variety of proofing methods and require output in more than one medium.
Color Management - Key Concepts Once you set up color management, PlanetPress Design handles color in the document as follows: Color source: PlanetPress Design color management: Document color When you select colors using the Color Picker or define colors using numerical values, PlanetPress Design displays the specified colors by first assuming they are in the color space of the selected printer profile and then translating them into the color space of the selected monitor profile.
22.2 Detailed Directions This section includes the following procedures: • Install Profiles (Page 343) • Set Up Color Management in PlanetPress Design (Page 343) 22.2.1 Install Profiles Before you can set up color management in PlanetPress Design, you must first install the necessary profiles. • Generic profiles A generic profile uses approximations that apply to all devices of a given type.
Color Management - Detailed Directions 3. Perform a hard copy preview of the document and compare the printed result with what appears onscreen in PlanetPress Design. 4. If the match between the printed and on-screen colors is not as exact as you need or expect, you may be able to fine-tune it by playing with the calibration of either or both of the monitor and printer. Calibration adjusts the device to a well-defined setting that you can re-establish if the device strays from this setting over time.
23 Optimization This chapter provides a list of things to check if documents seem to execute abnormally slowly, or if you want to optimize document execution time. This section contains information on optimizing: • • • • • • • Maximum Line Length (Page 346) Comma Separated Value (CSV) and Database Emulations (Page 347) User-Defined Emulation (Page 348) Optimize Search in User-Defined Emulation (Page 349) Conditions (Page 350) Fonts (Page 351) Images (Page 352) Objectif Lune Inc.
23.1 Maximum Line Length What to check Maximum line length setting in the Conversion options of the Document dialog box, if you are executing a printer-based document. This option has no effect when you execute a host-based document. Objectif Lune Inc.
23.2 Comma Separated Value (CSV) and Database Emulations What to check Data containing one or more fields that are always empty. Instead, include only the fields that you will actually use as empty fields tend to slow down performance. Objectif Lune Inc.
23.3 User-Defined Emulation What to check Presence of several loops in the PlanetPress Talk code of a user-defined emulation. Objectif Lune Inc.
23.4 Optimize Search in User-Defined Emulation If you have a user-defined emulation that spies the data for certain criteria, avoid using PlanetPress Talk objects. Apply the data filter and search in one pass with the user-defined emulation. Objectif Lune Inc.
23.5 Conditions Scope of Condition What to check Scope of text-based conditions is greater than what is necessary. Objectif Lune Inc.
23.6 Fonts PostScript versus TrueType Fonts What to check All styles in the document that use TrueType fonts. Styles should use PostScript fonts wherever possible. Objectif Lune Inc.
23.7 Images Dynamic Image Location What to check Location of any external dynamic images the document references. 23.7.1 Scanline Orientation What does scanline orientation refer to and why is it important? Scanline orientation refers to the way in which the laser in a laser printer writes the page image onto the printer drum.
Optimization - Dynamic Image Location Related topics: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Adjust the scanline orientation (Page 206) Static and Dynamic Images (Page 168) Supported Image Formats (Page 169) Image Formats: Bitmapped, Vector, and Metafile Formats (Page 171) Resolution (Page 172) Color Depth (Page 192) Pixel Dimensions (Page 175) Image Quality (Page 176) Image Size on the Document Page (Page 179) PlanetPress Talk Expressions for Dynamic Images that Reference Image Resources (Page 180) PlanetPress Talk
Optimization - Dynamic Image Location 23.7.4 Image Quality Guideline: Set the appropriate image quality for each bitmapped image resource, and an appropriate compression level for all photo quality bitmapped image resources. Advantage: In the case of line art quality, ensures the compression PlanetPress Design applies to the image is lossless. In the case of photo quality, permits a level of compression that reduces file size without compromising visual quality.
24 Keyboard Shortcuts This appendix provides a complete list of all keyboard shortcuts available in PlanetPress Design6. Most Common User Access (CUA) shortcuts, the shortcuts available on most personal computers, also work in PlanetPress Design6. Where a CUA shortcut conflicts with a PlanetPress Design shortcut, the PlanetPress Design shortcut takes precedence. Objectif Lune Inc.
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Keyboard Shortcuts - PlanetPress Design General 24.1.4 Work with Hierarchies Use: To: CTRL+T Move the focus to the hierarchical view. For example, in the Program window, the focus moves to the Structure area. In a properties dialog box, the focus moves to the hierarchical view on the left side of the dialog box. In the PlanetPress Talk Editor, it moves to the Commands area. UP ARROW, DOWN ARROW Move up or down in the hierarchy.
Keyboard Shortcuts - PlanetPress Design General 24.1.7 Preview and Install Documents Use: To: F9 Perform an on-screen preview. CTRL+P Perform a hard copy preview. CTRL+ALT+P Install the document on one or more printers. CTRL+ALT+W Install the document in one or more installations of PlanetPress Watch/Server. CTRL+ALT+H Install the document on one or more hosts. 24.1.8 Work with Pages Use: To: F6 Display the Page properties dialog box for the current page.
Keyboard Shortcuts - PlanetPress Design General 24.1.9 Adjust the Zoom Use: To: Plus sign (+) sign on numeric keypad Zoom in on the Page area using the Zoom factor set in the User Options dialog box. If the pointer is over the Page area, PlanetPress Design centers the zoom around the pointer. SHIFT+ plus sign (+) key on numeric keypad Zoom in on the Page area using the Fine zoom factor set in the User Options dialog box.
Keyboard Shortcuts - PlanetPress Design General 24.1.11 Work in the Data Pane Use: To: HOME END Move the currently active cell to the first cell of the current line (HOME), or the last cell of the current line (END). This shortcut collapses the current data selection to include only the currently active cell.
Keyboard Shortcuts - PlanetPress Design General 24.1.13 Work with Data Selections Use: To: ALT+ARROW (after selecting one or more data selection objects on the document page) Move the data selection in a data selection object. The size of the data selection remains stable; the shortcut changes the position of the selection on the data page.
Keyboard Shortcuts - PlanetPress Design General 24.1.15 Work with Objects Objectif Lune Inc.
Keyboard Shortcuts - PlanetPress Design General Use: To: F2 (in the Structure area, after selecting an object or a group) Rename the object or group. CTRL+click (on an object or a group in the Structure area) Add the object or group to the current selection, or, if it is already selected, remove it from the selection. SHIFT+click or CTRL+click (on an object or a group in the Page area) Add the object or group to the current selection, or, if it is already selected, remove it from the selection.
Keyboard Shortcuts - PlanetPress Design General Use: To: CTRL+ALT+D Duplicate the currently selected objects and/or groups and align the copy along the Y axis, under and flush with, the most recent copy. This overrides the Duplicate style setting in the User Options dialog box. It uses the data page offsets set in the User Options dialog box. CTRL+SHIFT+ UP ARROW Move the currently selected objects and/or groups backward one layer.
Keyboard Shortcuts - PlanetPress Design General 24.1.16 Work in the Text Properties of a Text Object Use: To: CTRL+Z Undo the most recently entered editing operation. Repeat to move backwards through the sequence of editing operations entered to date, reversing the effect of each command. CTRL+SHIFT+Z Reverse the effect of the most recent Undo command. Repeat to move backwards through the sequence of undo commands entered to date, reversing the effect of each command.
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Keyboard Shortcuts - PlanetPress Talk Editor 24.2.3 Expand or Collapse Groups in the Commands Area Use: To: Multiplication symbol (*) followed by minus sign (–) (on numeric keypad) Expand or collapse the selected command group. LEFT ARROW, RIGHT ARROW Expand (LEFT ARROW), or collapse (RIGHT ARROW) the selected command group. CTRL+SHIFT+O Collapse all command groups. CTRL+SHIFT+E Expand all command groups. 24.2.4 Work in the Code Area Use: To: CTRL+N Insert a carriage return.
Keyboard Shortcuts - PlanetPress Talk Editor 24.2.7 Work with Selections Use: To: CTRL+A Select the complete contents of the Code area. SHIFT+ARROW Increase or decrease the size of the current selection one line at a time (up or down arrow), or one character at a time (left or right arrow). CTRL+SHIFT+ LEFT/RIGHT ARROW Increase or decrease the size of the current selection one word at a time.
Keyboard Shortcuts - PlanetPress Talk Editor 24.2.10 Search Use: To: CTRL+F Display the Find Text dialog box. F3 Find again. CTRL+R Replace. 24.2.11 Jump to a Specific Line Use: To: ALT+G Display the Go to Line dialog box. This shortcut functions only when the current pointer position is in the Code area. 24.2.12 Use Bookmarks Use: To: CTRL+SHIFT+digit Set or remove a bookmark, where digit is the number (0 through 9) of that bookmark. If the bookmark is already set, this sequence removes it.
Keyboard Shortcuts - PlanetPress Talk Editor 24.2.15 Print the Script Use: To: CTRL+P Print the contents of the Code area. Objectif Lune Inc.
