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6. Click OK.
To display the name of a variable in the Text area:
l Pause the pointer over the variable.
To edit the definition of a local variable:
1. Choose Variables | EditDataSelection.
2. In the Variables list, select the variable you want to edit.
3. Right-click the variable name and choose Rename. Edit the name, then click outside the variable name.
4. In the Variable value area, edit the value of the local variable.
5. Click OK.
To delete a reference to a variable:
l In the Text area, highlight the reference you want to delete and press any key.
To delete a local variable in the Text area:
1. In the Text area, select any reference to the variable you want to delete.
2. Right-click and choose Delete data selection.
To delete a local variable using the Variables dialog box:
1. Choose Variables | EditDataSelection.
2. In the Variableslist, select the local variable you want to delete.
3. Press DELETE.
4. Click OK.
To avoid an empty line in output when a line contains only variables, none of which contain data:
1. In the Format toolbar, locate the Skip Empty Paragraphs icon. If this toolbar is not visible, right-click in the toolbar
area of the Text area and choose Format.
2. Set the Skip empty paragraphs option. Click to turn this option on or off. When the option is on, if a line in the Text
area contains only variables, and none of those variables contain data, the line does not appear in the output. When this
option is off, an empty line appears in the output.
Data Selection Object
Data Selections are used to retrieve and display information from your data file with simple formatting. It is normally used
either for Line Repeat, or as triggers for PlanetPress Image, PlanetPress Fax and PlanetPress Search metadata.
In addition to the common object properties, Data Selections have the following properties:
Data
l Data Selection: This section changes depending on your emulation:
l For Line Printer, ASCII, Channel Skip and User-Defined emulations, see
l For Database and CSVemulations, see
l For XMLemulations, see
l For PDFemulations, see
l You can also use Custom Data Selections using a PlanetPress Talk command. See Custom Data Selections.
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