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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 &current.line. This ensures the data selection changes with each repeat. If you
use a Custom data selection, you must manually adjust the references to the line (or record) to
&current.line; if you do not make this adjustment, the Custom data selection remains the same for all
repeats.
The start and end lines you define in the Repeat properties also determines the total number of repeats. In
the Repeat properties you also define the layout you want to create, the horizontal and/or vertical order in
which you want the data selection changes to occur. An Iteration condition can also be applied to determine
whether the data selections that reference the current line or record that are being processed appear in the
output.
When is a Line Repeat Useful?
A line repeat is useful when all of the following are true:
• The input data contains two or more contiguous lines or records with the same structure.
• In your document, you want to reference the data on those lines or records by proceeding
consecutively, one line or record at a time.
• You cannot accomplish your goal only by creating data selections that cover the line range.
• The input data contains more text than a PlanetPress Design document page can accommodate, due to
layout or paper size constraints.
Data Overflow
When a data page contains more information than can be printed on a document page, data overflow allows
PlanetPress Design to dynamically generate additional pages.
Line Repeat and Data Overflow
When a data page contains more text than can be fitted on a document page due to layout or paper size
constraints, data overflow allows PlanetPress Design to accommodate the surplus data by dynamically
generating additional document pages.
You can implement simple data overflow on a document page by using objects with repeat properties that
have a set condition to exit and overflow.
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