7.4

Setting Up a Document
Once you have a sample data file to work with, you are ready to start creating your document in PlanetPress. This chapter
describes how to set up a document, the first step in document creation.
Set Up a Document
You can view or edit the properties of a document using either the Object Inspector or the Document properties dialog box.
To view or edit properties using the Object Inspector:
1. In the Structure area, select the document icon.
2. In the Object Inspector, make any necessary modifications to the properties.
To view or edit properties using the Document properties dialog box:
1. Double-click on the Document node to display the Document properties dialog box.
2. Use the Document properties dialog box to edit the document properties, if necessary.
3. In the Document properties dialog box, click OK.
The properties of a document are as follows:
Basic Attributes
l Description: Enter a short text description of the document.
l PlanetPress Talk ID:Enter a name under which the document is known in PlanetPress Talk commands. This also
servers as the document's name if it is sent to a printer drive and used in Printer-Centric mode. The name you choose
should be both descriptive and unique, cannot begin with a number, and can contain only the following ASCII char-
acters: underscore (_), upper and lower case letters of the alphabet, all digits 0 through 9.If you use an underscore in
the name, it should not appear as either the first or last character of the name as this may cause internal conflicts in the
software. Names are case-insensitive and must be unique; no two elements in a document can have the same name.
Names can be a maximum of 50 characters in length. Finally, PlanetPress Talk variable and command names are
reserved words; you cannot use any of these reserved words as a name.
l Designed For: Select a PPD for the document. The contents of the PPD subfolder in the PlanetPress program folder
determine the contents of this list. In PlanetPress Design, you can now open PPD files as well as other attachments
emanating from Macintosh and UNIX workstations.The PPD that appears by default here is the one selected in the
Default printer box in the User Options dialog box. The Default printer is an optimized PPD. Rather than send a request
for a setting to the printer, it first queries the printer to see if that setting is already in effect. The Alternate default
printer PPD does not query the printer before it sends a request for a setting.
l Printer Password: Enter the password for the printer on which you intend to install the document. A password value
of 0 means there is no password for the printer. You can determine whether a printer requires a password by printing a
PlanetPress Design printer status page.
l Printer Working Path: Enter the path of the folder on the printer in which you want to install the document. This is
necessary only if you plan to install the document in a specific folder on the printer’s hard drive or in a specific folder in
its flash memory.
l Digit Substitution:Choose to display numbers in either Arabic, Hindi or Farsi characters.
l Notes: Enter any notes you want to insert at the head of the document. Notes do not print as part of the output of the
document.
l Sign: Click to append the current date and time, the name of the owner of this copy of PlanetPress Design, and the
name of the company to which this copy is licensed.
Paper Handling
Setting Up a Document
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