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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
• 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.
A hard copy preview prints the output the document yields when it executes on a printer. When you perform a
hard copy preview, PlanetPress converts the document, adds a trigger to the PostScript code, and sends the
document to the printer along with the contents of the sample data file. In a hard copy preview, you cannot
preview PlanetPress Image or PlanetPress Fax output. You can preview the document on any printer available
on your local system. The printer you use for the preview and the printer on which the document is destined
to execute must both use the same, or a compatible, PPD file for the preview to be reliable. In a hard copy
preview, you can also save the output destined for the printer to a file instead of sending it to the printer.
If you are previewing a document that uses dynamic images that reference external images, remember that
to see the referenced images in the preview, those images must be accessible from the environment in which
the preview executes. Thus 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.
To print a document preview:
1. From the PlanetPress Design Button, choose Print.
2. In the Select printers list, select the printer or printers on which you want to perform the preview.
3. If you also want to save a copy of the converted document to a file, select Print to file.
4. Select the data pages you want to use for the preview.
All data pages: Select to use all data pages in the sample data file. It is important to understand that
this refers to data pages and not document pages. The presence or absence of an individual document
page in the preview depends on the output type of the page and the condition, if any, set on the page.
Use data page range: Select to perform the preview using a range of the data pages in the sample
data file. Use the From and To spin boxes to enter the range. It is important to understand that this
refers to data pages and not document pages.
From: Enter the page number of the first data page in the range of data pages you want to use for the
preview. You can type the page number or use the spin buttons to adjust the value. This option is
available only when you select Use data page range.
To: Enter the page number of the last data page in the range of data pages you want to use for the
preview. You can type the page number or use the spin buttons to adjust the value. This option is
available only when you select Use data page range.
5. Specify whether you want to execute the preview host-based or printer-based. This option is important
if your document contains dynamic images that reference external images.
Optimized PostScript Stream: Select to have PlanetPress Design execute the preview host-based.
Clear to have PlanetPress Design execute the preview printer-based. If you clear Optimized PostScript
Stream, the external images must reside on the printer on which you are printing the preview. If you
select Optimized PostScript Stream, the external images must reside either on the host on which
PlanetPress Design is running, or on the printer on which you are executing the preview. 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. Executing a document host-based decreases the time the printer spends
executing the document and can be useful if your concern is minimizing the time the document requires
to execute on the printer.
6. In the Number of copies box, enter the number of copies of the preview you want to print, or use the
spin buttons to adjust the value. This box is available only if you have at least one printer selected in
the Select printers list.
7. If your document uses database emulation, set the refresh option.
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