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Table Of Contents
- Other Documentation
- Understanding the PlanetPress Suite
- PlanetPress Design Basics
- Key Concepts
- Detailed Directions
- Dock and Undock Areas of the Program Window
- Named Colors
- Remove Background Color
- Show or Hide Areas of the Program Window
- Use the Messages Area
- Use the Object Inspector
- Use the Object Preview
- Use the Zoom Tools
- Using the Work, Hand, and Zoom Tool Pointers
- Close a Document
- Start PlanetPress Design
- Exit PlanetPress Design
- Create a New Document
- Open a Document
- Refresh a Document
- Save a Document
- Save and Open a Document Template
- Set a Password on a Document
- Undo and Redo Commands
- Use Online Help
- Expand and Collapse Elements in the Structure Area
- Select and Move Elements in the Structure Area
- Cut, Copy, and Paste Elements in the Structure Area
- Change the Display Name of an Element in the Structure Area
- Drag and Drop Files into the Program Window Areas
- Resize the Program Window Area
- Preferences and Toolbars
- Key Concepts
- Detailed Directions
- Change Languages
- Set User Options (Behavior): Notification Messages
- Set User Options (Behavior): Pictures
- Set User Options (Behavior): Color
- Set User Options (Behavior): Object Duplication
- Set User Options (Behavior): Miscellaneous
- Set User Options (Editor): Editor
- Set User Options (Editor): Display
- Set User Options (Editor): Color
- Set User Options (Appearance): Object Inspector
- Set User Options (Appearance): Document Structure Area
- Set User Options (Appearance): Rulers
- Set User Options (Appearance): Document Page
- Set User Options (Appearance): Compiler Messages
- Set User Options (Document default values): Document and Pages
- Set User Options (Document default values): Pictures
- Minimize and Customize the Ribbon
- Capturing Data
- Setting Up a Document
- Key Concepts
- Detailed Directions
- Set Up a Document
- View or Edit the Properties of a Document
- Associate Attachments with a Document
- Set Up Pages: Cachable Execution Options
- Set the Maximum Data Line Length
- Create and Use FreeForm Documents in PlanetPress Design
- Create and Use FreeForm 2 Documents in PlanetPress Design
- Create a Document in VPS or VDX Format
- Create and Use a Document in VDX Format
- Use the VPS RIP
- Use the VIPP RIP
- Add or Remove PPDs
- Refresh the PPD Lists
- Define a Custom Paper Size
- Specify PlanetPress Suite Job Information in a PlanetPress Design Document
- Selecting an Emulation
- Setting Up Pages
- Selecting Data
- Key Concepts
- Detailed Directions
- Add a Data Selection Object
- Add a Postal Address Object
- Create Data Selections within Objects
- Create Data Selections in Database Emulation
- Create Data Selections in XML Emulation
- Use the Data Selector to Create a Data Selection
- Edit a Data Selection
- Define Email, PDF, and Index Information for PlanetPress Image
- Define Index Terms for PlanetPress Search
- Define Fax Information for PlanetPress Fax
- About PlanetPress Design XPath
- Associate XML Data Selection with Objects
- Setting Repeat Properties
- Navigate Data Pages
- Adding Text
- Key Concepts
- Encoding Tables
- Double-byte Character Sets
- CID-Keyed Fonts
- Arabic Content in PlanetPress Design Documents
- Detailed Directions
- Apply a Style
- Create a MICR Style for Account Information on Cheques
- Create a Style
- Delete a Style
- Edit the Encoding Table for a Style
- Export an Encoding Table
- Insert PlanetPress Talk Code Before or After Individual Paragraphs
- Refresh the Font Lists
- Set a Default Encoding Table
- Set the Default Style for New Objects and Groups
- Spell Check Text in a Text Object
- Use the Thesaurus
- View or Edit the Properties of a Style
- Add a Box Object
- Install a PostScript Font in PlanetPress Design
- Add a Text Object
- Define the Colors or Borders of a Box or Text Object
- Change the View on the Text Properties
- Change the Width of the Text Object in the Text Area
- Change the Background Color of the Text Area
- Adjust Margins and Indents
- Set Tabs
- Select, Cut, Copy, Paste, Move or Delete Text in a Text Object
- Undo or Redo Editing Operations
- Insert Text from an External Application into a Text Object
- Use Variables in a Text Object
- Apply a Style to Text in a Text Object
- Adjust Text Justification and Lines per Unit
- Position Text within the Text Object
- Turn Word Wrap On or Off
- Adding Shapes
- Adding Resources
- Key Concepts
- Detailed Directions
- Add Resources
- Update All Image Resources in the PP7 File
- Add PostScript Attachment Resources
- View or Edit the Properties of a PostScript Attachment Resource
- Edit a PostScript Attachment Resource
- View or Edit the Properties of an Image Resource
- Edit an Image Resource
- Replace a Resource
- Delete a Resource
- Remove Unused Resources
- View the Individual Pages of a Multi-Page PDF Resource
- Adding Images
- Key Concepts
- Image Formats: Bitmapped, Vector, and Metafile Formats
- Resolution
- Color Depth
- Pixel Dimensions
- Image Quality
- Scanline Orientation
- Image Size on the Document Page
- PlanetPress Talk Expressions for Dynamic Images that Reference Image Resources
- PlanetPress Talk Expressions for Dynamic Images that Reference External Images
- Image Name and Pathname Resolution in Dynamic Images
- Caches
- Guidelines for Optimizing Images
- Optimization
- Detailed Directions
- Add a Static Image
- Change the Image Resource Associated with a Static Image
- Add a Dynamic Image that References Image Resources
- Add a Dynamic Image that References External Images
- Change the Size of an Image
- Adjust Image Resolution
- Convert Color Images to Grayscale
- Adjust the Pixel Dimensions of a Bitmapped Image
- Adjust the Image Quality Options
- Adjust the Scanline Orientation of Images
- Copy External Images for a Dynamic Image to the Runtime Environment
- Troubleshoot Image Problems
- Barcodes and Business Graphics
- Working with Objects
- Key Concepts
- Detailed Directions
- Convert an Object to PlanetPress Talk
- Debug an Object or Group
- Set the Basic Attributes of an Object or Group
- Set the Manipulation Properties of an Object or Group
- Select Objects and/or Groups
- Lock and Unlock Objects and Groups
- Reposition Objects and/or Groups
- Resize Objects and/or Groups
- View or Edit the Properties of an Object or Group
- Delete Objects and/or Groups
- Align Objects and/or Groups
- Rotate Objects and/or Groups
- Duplicate Objects and/or Groups
- Snap or Unsnap Objects and/or Groups
- Group and Ungroup Objects and/or Groups
- Use the Repeat Properties of an Object or Group
- Edit the Layering Order of Objects
- Copy Values of Properties between Objects and/or Groups
- Working with Metadata
- Graybar Reports
- Conditions
- Key Concepts
- Detailed Directions
- Add a PlanetPress Talk Object
- Enter a PlanetPress Talk Expression in a Text Box
- PlanetPress Supports Global Variables in the Global Function Library Manager
- Use the PlanetPress Talk Properties
- Create a Global Condition
- View or Edit the Properties of a Global Condition
- Apply or Remove a Global Condition
- Use a Global Condition as a Variable
- Create a Global Variable
- View or Edit a Global Variable
- Delete a Global Variable
- Combine Global Conditions
- Override a Global Condition
- Delete a Global Condition
- Create, Edit, or Delete Local Conditions
- Create or Remove a Line Condition
- Verify a Condition
- Add a Global Function
- View or Edit a Global Function
- Delete a Global Function
- Code Samples
- Printing a Document
- Managing Documents and Printers
- Previewing and Installing Documents
- Key Concepts
- Detailed Directions
- Preview a Document On Screen
- Print a Document Preview
- Print Using a Windows Driver
- Generate a Soft Proof
- Convert a Document and Save It to a File
- Control Access to Your Locally Installed Services
- Install a Document
- Perform a Batch Conversion and/or Installation
- Print a Document without Data
- Exclude the Sample Data File from the PP7 File
- Move a Document between PlanetPress Design Installations
- Color Management
- Optimization
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- PlanetPress Design General
- Exit PlanetPress Design
- Use the Help System
- Show or Hide Areas of the Program Window
- Work with Hierarchies
- Work in the Document Structure Area
- Work with Documents
- Preview and Install Documents
- Work with Pages
- Adjust the Zoom
- Use Basic Editing Commands
- Work in the Data Pane
- Work with the Data File
- Work with Data Selections
- Use the Hex Viewer
- Work with Objects
- Work in the Text Properties of a Text Object
- PlanetPress Talk Editor
- General
- Show or Hide Areas of the Editor
- Expand or Collapse Groups in the Commands Area
- Work in the Code Area
- Use Command Name Completion/Argument Insertion
- Undo Commands
- Work with Selections
- Add/Remove Comments
- Indent Code
- Search
- Jump to a Specific Line
- Use Bookmarks
- Execute a Program
- Debug Code
- Print the Script
- PlanetPress Design General
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. Consult the PlanetPress
Watch/Server User Guide for more complete information.
View: Select the information you want Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader to display along with the pages
of the PDF file generated by the preview. Select Page only to leave the tabs area to the left of the PDF
pages empty. Select Bookmarks and page to display the contents of the Bookmarks tab alongside the
PDF pages. Select Pages tab and page to display the content of the Pages tab alongside the PDF pages.
Select Full screen to hide all screen contents except the PDF page, and expand the PDF page to the
maximum size it can occupy on screen. You can press ESCAPE to restore the screen contents. Note that
Full screen overrides the setting in the Zoom factor box. This is the same option available in the PDF
options for the PlanetPress Image output task in PlanetPress Watch/Server. Consult the PlanetPress
Watch/Server User Guide for more complete information.
5. Select your preferred run mode in the Run mode group. Note that this option is important if your
document contains dynamic images that reference external images.
Printer centric: Select to have PlanetPress Design execute the preview as if the document were run on
the printer itself. Note that for screen previews, documents are always physically run on the host on
which you are running PlanetPress Design.
Optimized PostScript Stream: Select to have PlanetPress Design execute the preview using the
Optimized PostScript Stream option. Note that the external images included in the document must
reside in a folder on the host on which PlanetPress Design is running. Obviously the PlanetPress Talk
expression you entered in the Image box for each of the dynamic images that reference external
images, must resolve to the correct pathnames for the external images in the preview environment.
6. Select the PostScript interpreter you want to use in the PostScript interpreter group.
Internal interpreter: Select to use the PostScript interpreter built in to PlanetPress Design.
System default: Select to use the PostScript interpreter your system uses as its default. Note that this
option will use whatever application is associated with the .ps extension to create the preview file. If
this application is not able to perform postscript conversions and to generate PDF files, the preview
process will fail. Refer to your Windows documentation for information on how to associate filename
extensions and applications.
To verify the program associated with a PS file:
▪ Open Windows Explorer.
▪ Choose Tools | Folder Options.
▪ Click theFile Types tab.
▪ Scroll to select the PS file type and the associated program. In this example, the associated
program is Adobe® Distiller®. This program is appropriate for converting PS files to PDF files.
Programs such as Microsoft® Word and Notepad cannot convert PS files to PDF files.
7. If your document uses database emulation, set the refresh option.
Refresh data from database: Select to have PlanetPress Design refresh the sample data file by
repeating the SQL query before creating the 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
preview. Clear to have PlanetPress Design use the metadata file in the current state, without
regenerating it.
8. Click OK.
PlanetPress Design closes the Preview dialog box, performs the preview, and displays the resulting PDF
file. Note that the Objectif Lune watermark appears on all on-screen previews.
If you are using color management, recall that color in on-screen previews may not match color in
printed output. The color settings of the PDF viewer you use for on-screen previews determine the color
in an on-screen preview of a document, and thus whether that color matches that in the printed output.
Related topics:
• Converted Document (Page 319)
• Print a Document Preview (Page 326)
• Print Using a Windows Driver (Page 327)
• Generate a Soft Proof (Page 329)
• Optimization (Page 345)
• Convert a Document and Save It to a File (Page 331)
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