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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. In the Document properties dialog box, click Compilation options and in the Caching method box,
select VDX. If you do not select VDX, the Create VDX action in PlanetPress Watch/Server does not
recognize the document as one it can convert to VDX format.
A. Caching method
4. Click OK.
5. Add a page to the document.
6. Double-click on the Page node to display the Page properties dialog box.
7. In the Page properties dialog box, click Basic attributes.
8. Set Page type to Virtual and select Cachable.
9. Click OK.
10. Add the content to the virtual page. You can use any of the objects available in PlanetPress Design to
add content to the virtual page. However, all of the content you add must be static.
11. Repeat step 5 through step 10 for each of the virtual pages you want to add to the document.
12. Create the normal pages of the document, using n-up objects as necessary to reference the content of
the virtual pages.
13. Save the document.
To display a virtual page on a normal page:
1. On the normal page, choose Home | N-Up Printing.
2. Move the pointer inside the Page area, click at the point at which you want to add the n-up object, and
release to display the N-Up properties dialog box.
3. In the N-Up properties dialog box, click Basic attributes and enter the name, position, size, style, and
condition properties for the n-up object.
4. In the N-Up properties dialog box, click N-Up options and in the Page to execute n-up box, select
the virtual page you want this n-up object to display.
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