7.4

PlanetPress Design Objects
Objects are the pieces of your document that are inserted in your page, such as text boxes, barcodes, images and data selec-
tions. This chapter explains each object and its unique properties.
The following objects are available to you in PlanetPress Design:
l "Text and Box Object" (page 130)
l "Data Selection Object" (page 140)
l "Picture Object" (page 150)
l "N-Up Object" (page 149)
l "Postal Address Object" (page 146)
l "PlanetPress Talk Object" (page 147)
l Pitney Bowes Scan Code
l "Shape Object" (page 149)
l "Barcode Object" (page 152)
l "Business Graphic Object" (page 164)
l Capture Field Object
While some properties are common to all objects, they each have their unique properties, which will be described in this chap-
ter.
View or Edit the Properties of an Object
To view or edit properties using the Object Inspector Pane:
1. Select the object.
2. In the Object Inspector Pane, make any necessary modifications to the properties.
To view or edit properties using the properties dialog box:
1. Double-click the object.
2. Edit the Properties for the object.
3. Click OK.
Common Object Properties
The following properties are common to all objects in PlanetPress Design:
Basic Attributes
l Display Name: Enter a name for the object. Although PlanetPress Design supplies a default name, it is recommended
you choose a name that reflects the content or purpose of the object.
l Name:Enter a name by which the object can be referred to through PlanetPress Talk. The name you choose should be
both descriptive and unique, cannot begin with a number, and can contain only the following ASCII characters: under-
score (_), 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.
PlanetPress Design Objects
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