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9.2 Detailed Directions
This section includes the following procedures:
• Add a Data Selection Object (Page 105)
• Add a Postal Address Object (Page 107)
• Create Data Selections within Objects (Page 108)
• Create Data Selections in Database Emulation (Page 109)
• Create Data Selections in XML Emulation (Page 110)
• Use the Data Selector to Create a Data Selection (Page 111)
• Edit a Data Selection (Page 113)
• Define Email, PDF, and Index Information for PlanetPress Image (Page 114)
• Define Index Terms for PlanetPress Search (Page 114)
• Define Fax Information for PlanetPress Fax (Page 114)
• Associate XML Data Selection with Objects (Page 115)
• Setting Repeat Properties (Page 116)
• Navigate Data Pages (Page 116)
9.2.1 Add a Data Selection Object
To add a data selection object using the Data Pane of the Program window:
1. In the Data Pane, click and drag to select a region of data, or click and use any of the Data Pane
keyboard shortcuts. If you are using a database emulation, and want to select all records in the record
set for a given field, you can click the column header for that field.
If you selected Show position hint in the Data Selector, PlanetPress Design displays information about
the current mouse position in the Data Pane, under and to the right of the pointer.
2. Right-click on the selected region, drag it into the Page area and release. In the menu that appears,
choose Add Data Selection.
3. If necessary, edit the properties of the new data selection object.
To add a data selection object using the Data Selection Object properties dialog box:
1. Choose Home | Data Selection.
2. Move the pointer inside the Page area, and click at the point at which you want to add the object and
drag to define an initial size for the object. A rectangular guide appears as you drag, indicating the size
of the object. Then release.
3. In the Data Selection Object properties dialog box, click Basic attributes and enter the name,
position, size, style, and condition properties for the data selection object.
4. Click Data to show the data selection you want to display.
5. Set the options for the data selection.
Lines per inch: Set the lines per inch for the data selection object. This makes sense only for data
selection objects that contain two or more lines, or two or more records in the case of a database
emulation.
Alignment: Align the data selection within the data selection object, as well as the data selection object
itself. The alignment of the data selection object is with respect to the Left position setting. For example,
if Left=3.5000, and you select a Right alignment, PlanetPress Design aligns the data selection on the
right edge of the object and aligns the right edge of the object to 3.5000.
Trim leading spaces: Remove any ASCII space characters that appear before the data in the data
selection.
Trim trailing spaces: Remove any ASCII space characters that appear after the data in the data
selection.
6. In the Data Selection Object properties dialog box, click Lines and specify how you want the
document to handle each line of data.
Text before/after each line of data (or record)
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