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l Generate metadata for any given sample datafile.
l Graphically retrieve the value of a metadata attribute or field for use in any design object.
l Define documents and groups using any condition.
l Define custom metadata fields.
l Manipulate Metadata with PlanetPress Talk commands.
Following is a description of the PlanetPress Design Metadata tools which allows to perform the above tasks.
Metadata Generation using Data Capture with PlanetPress Printer
The Objectif Lune Printer Driver (PS) allows end-users to print directly to PlanetPress Design from any Windows application,
by using the familiar File|Print option. At the other end, PlanetPress Design can capture the incoming stream and convert it
internally into a PDF file along with its metadata. By default, capturing a document input using a PlanetPress Printer will gen-
erate a PDF along with its metadata.
Metadata Generation and Refresh without using PlanetPress Printer
It is possible to generate or refresh metadata for any given sample datafile by using the Refresh Metadata option available
when right-clicking on the Metadata Fields folder found in the Document Structure Window. For example, metadata can be gen-
erated this way for a Line Printer sample datafile captured using an LPD Queue Input.
Metadata Selector
PlanetPress Design's Data Selector window is accessible by double clicking inside the Sample Data window or by clicking on
the Open Active Data button available in the ribbon. The Data Selector is equipped with a new tab labeled Metadata.
Firstly, two buttons at the top right corner of this tab allows to load or save a metadata file generated for the current sample
datafile.
Secondly, the metadata tab graphically displays all elements (i.e. attributes and fields) available at the current level (i.e.
Page, Datapage, Document, etc.). More importantly, these elements are graphically selectable, like any other part of the sam-
ple datafile when using the 'Select Data' option inside a Text object, for example.
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