7.5
Table Of Contents
- Copyright Information
- Table of Content
- Overview
- Getting Started
- The PlanetPress Design Program
- Start PlanetPress Design
- The PlanetPress Suite Button
- The Quick Access Toolbar
- The PlanetPress Design Ribbon
- Document Structure Area
- Add a Metadata Field
- Data Pane
- Object Inspector
- Workspace Area
- Detailed Directions
- Debug an Object or Group
- Select Objects and/or Groups
- Lock and Unlock Objects and Groups
- Reposition Objects and/or Groups
- Resize Objects and/or Groups
- Delete Objects and/or Groups
- Align Objects and/or Groups
- Rotate Objects and/or Groups
- Duplicate Objects and/or Groups
- Snap or Unsnap Objects and/or Groups
- Copy Values of Properties between Objects and/or Groups
- Adding image resources to your document
- Messages Area
- PlanetPress Design Preferences
- Notification Messages Preferences
- Image Resources Preferences
- Color Preferences
- Object Duplication Preferences
- Miscellaneous Preferences
- Editor Preferences
- Display Preferences
- Color Preferences
- Ribbon Preferences
- Object Inspector Preferences
- Document Structure Area Preferences
- Rulers Preferences
- Form Pages Preferences
- Compiler Messages Preferences
- Document and Pages Preferences
- Image Resources Preferences
- PDF Text Extraction Tolerance Factors
- Data Selector Display Preferences
- PlanetPress Capture Preferences
- Dock and Undock Areas of the Program Window
- Minimize and Customize the Ribbon
- Show or Hide Areas of the Program Window
- Resize the Program Window Area
- Data in PlanetPress Design
- Setting Up a Document
- Setting Up Pages
- PlanetPress Design Objects
- Fonts and Styles
- Create a Style
- Apply a Style
- View or Edit the Properties of a Style
- Delete a Style
- Set the Default Style for New Objects and Groups
- Create a MICR Style for Account Information on Cheques
- Arabic Content in PlanetPress Design Documents
- CID-Keyed Fonts
- Double-byte Character Sets
- Encoding Tables
- Text and Box Object
- Data Selection Object
- Postal Address Object
- PlanetPress Talk Object
- Shape Object
- Picture Object
- Supported Barcodes
- Business Graphic Object
- Capture Field Object
- Capture Field Masks
- Document Resources
- Conditions
- Conditions
- Global Conditions
- Local Conditions
- Line Conditions
- Create or Remove a Line Condition
- PlanetPress Supports Global Variables in the Global Function Library Manager
- Create a Global Condition
- View or Edit the Properties of a Global Condition
- Apply or Remove a Global Condition
- Use a Global Condition as a Variable
- Combine Global Conditions
- Override a Global Condition
- Delete a Global Condition
- Create, Edit, or Delete Local Conditions
- Verify a Condition
- Add a Global Function
- View or Edit a Global Function
- Delete a Global Function
- PlanetPress Talk
- Variable PlanetPressTalk Properties
- The PlanetPress Talk Editor
- PlanetPress Talk Editor Features
- Debugging Features
- Code Execution in the Editor
- Enter a New Program in the Editor
- Import or Export a Program
- Save a Program
- Print a Program
- Exit the PlanetPress Talk Editor
- Show or Hide the Commands Area or Spy List
- Adjust the Sizes of the Commands Area, Code Area and Spy List
- Expand or Collapse Command Groups
- Enter Commands in the Editor
- Use Command and Variable Name Completion
- Dynamic Images
- PlanetPress Talk Expressions for Dynamic Images that Reference Image Resources
- PlanetPress Talk Expressions for Dynamic Images that Reference External Images
- Image Name and Pathname Resolution in Dynamic Images
- Creating and using Runpages
- PlanetPress Talk Basics
- Assumed Knowledge
- PlanetPress Talk
- PlanetPress Talk Terminology
- The Elements of PlanetPress Talk
- PlanetPress Talk Syntax
- Data Types
- Variables
- Create a Global Variable
- View or Edit a Global Variable
- Delete a Global Variable
- System Variables with Local Scope
- System Variables with Global Scope
- System Objects with Global Scope
- Current System Object
- Code Samples
- Language Reference
- Language Reference (Alphabetical)
- % (procedure)
- Current (system object)
- ¤titeration (variable)
- &Document (system object)
- &EOJob (system variable)
- &FirstSide (system variable)
- &Height (system variable)
- &iterationcount (variable)
- lastoverflowcount (variable)
- &Metamode (variable)
- Physical (system object)
- &PrinterMode (system variable)
- Script (system object)
- &Str (system variable)
- &system (system object)
- &watch (system object)
- &Width (system variable)
- @ (function)
- @name (function/procedure)
- @page (procedure)
- $element (procedure)
- + (operator & function)
- – (operator)
- Asterisk (*) operator
- / (operator)
- Greater than (>) operator
- Greater or equal to (>=) operator
- Less than (<) operator
- Less or equal to (<=) operator
- = (operator)
- <> (operator)
- Add (function)
- And (Boolean operator function)
- Arc and ArcN (procedures)
- BeginDocument/EndDocument (procedure)
- BeginGroup/EndGroup (procedure)
- BeginParagraph … EndParagraph (procedure)
- BeginUTF8Paragraph … EndUTF8Paragraph (procedure)
- BitmapWidth/BitmapHeight (function)
- Breakpoint (procedure)
- C128 (function)
- CallPPD (procedure)
- Ceil (function)
- Char (function)
- CharPath (procedure)
- ClearPage (procedure)
- ClipPath (procedure)
- ClosePath (procedure)
- Cos (function)
- CRLF (procedure)
- CurToStr (function)
- CurToFloat (function)
- CurveTo/RCurveTo (procedure)
- Date (function)
- Define (procedure)
- DefineData (procedure)
- DefineImageIndex (procedure)
- Definemeta (function)
- Div (function)
- DoForm (procedure)
- endpageset (procedure)
- EPSWidth/EPSHeight (function)
- Eq (function)
- ExecPage (procedure)
- ExecScriptFile (function)
- Exit (procedure)
- ExpandString (function)
- Field (function)
- FieldCount (function)
- FieldName (function)
- Fill (procedure)
- Find (function)
- FloatToCur (function)
- FloatToInt (function)
- FloatToStr (function)
- For… EndFor (procedure)
- Function @name (procedure)
- GE (function)
- Get (function)
- GetBlack (function)
- GetCyan (function)
- GetMagenta (function)
- Getmeta (function)
- Getmetacount (function)
- GetNextDataPage(procedure)
- GetYellow (function)
- GRestore (procedure)
- GSave (procedure)
- GT (function)
- If (function)
- If … ElseIf… EndIf (procedure)
- InStream... EndInStream (procedure)
- IntToCur (function)
- IntToFloat (function)
- IntToStr (function)
- IsNumber (function)
- IsPageEmpty (function)
- LE (function)
- Left (function)
- Length (function)
- LineTo/RLineTo (procedure)
- LowerCase (function)
- LT (function)
- MapUTF8 (function)
- Margin (procedure)
- Mid (function)
- Mod (function & procedure)
- MoveTo/RMoveTo (procedure)
- Mul (function)
- NE (function)
- Neg (function)
- Not (Boolean operator function)
- Object $name()... EndObject (procedure)
- Or (Boolean operator function)
- Ord (function)
- OutputDebugString (procedure)
- PassThrough (procedure)
- PDFPageCount (function)
- PDFWidth/PDFHeight (function)
- Pie (procedure)
- PixelHeight (function)
- PixelWidth (function)
- Pos (function)
- Put (procedure)
- Random (function)
- Rectangle (procedure)
- RectFill (procedure)
- RectFillStroke (procedure)
- RectStroke (procedure)
- Region (function)
- Regionline (function)
- Repeat... Until (procedure)
- ResourceType (function)
- Right (function)
- RunPS (procedure)
- Scale (procedure)
- Search … EndSearch (procedure)
- SelectMedia (procedure)
- SelectPrinter (procedure)
- Set (procedure)
- SetAngle (procedure)
- SetBodyText (procedure)
- SetDash(procedure)
- SetDataPage(procedure)
- SetEmailAddress (procedure)
- SetEmailSubject (procedure)
- SetEmulation(procedure)
- SetUserCRLF (procedure)
- SetFaxInformation (procedure)
- SetFaxNumber (procedure)
- SetFillColor (procedure)
- SetImageIndex (procedure)
- SetLineWidth (procedure)
- SetLPP(procedure)
- SetPDFBookmark (procedure)
- SetStrokeColor (procedure)
- SetStyle (procedure)
- SetStyleExt (procedure)
- Show / ShowCenter / ShowRight (procedure)
- ShowBarCode (procedure)
- ShowBarcode2of5(procedure)
- ShowBarcodeAustPost (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeAztec (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeCodabar (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeCodablockF (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeCode11 (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeCode128 (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeCode16k (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeCode39 (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeCode49 (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeCode93 (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeDatamatrix (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeEAN8 (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeEAN13 (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeFIM (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeI2of5 (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeISBN (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeJapanpost (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeMaxicode (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeMicroPDF (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeMicroQR (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeMSI (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeOnecode (procedure)
- ShowBarcodePDF417 (procedure)
- ShowBarcodePlessey (procedure)
- ShowBarcodePostnet (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeQRCode (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeRoyalMail (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeRSS (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeUPCA (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeUPCE (procedure)
- ShowBitmap (procedure)
- ShowCaptureUserArea (procedure)
- ShowEPS (procedure)
- ShowLeftRight (procedure)
- ShowPage (procedure)
- ShowPDF (procedure)
- ShowUTF8 (procedure)
- ShowUTF8Left / ShowUTF8Right / ShowUTF8Center (procedure)
- Sin (function)
- StopJob (procedure)
- Store (procedure)
- StringReplace (function)
- StringWidth (function)
- StringWidthUTF8 (function)
- Strip (function)
- Stroke (procedure)
- StrokeAndFill (procedure)
- StrToCur (function)
- StrToFloat (function)
- StrToInt (function)
- Sub (function)
- SubRecCount (function)
- Time (function)
- Translate (procedure)
- Trim (function)
- TrimLeft (function)
- TrimRight (function)
- UpperCase (function)
- xmlCount()
- xmlGet()
- XOr (Boolean operator function)
- Language Reference (by element type)
- System Variables
- &EOJob (system variable)
- &FirstSide (system variable)
- &Height (system variable)
- &PrinterMode (system variable)
- &Str (system variable)
- &Width (system variable)
- System Objects
- Current (system object)
- Physical (system object)
- &system (system object)
- Assignment Operator
- = (operator)
- Mathematical Operators and Operator Functions
- + (operator & function)
- Add (function)
- – (operator)
- Sub (function)
- Asterisk (*) operator
- Mul (function)
- / (operator)
- Div (function)
- Neg (function)
- Cos (function)
- Sin (function)
- Random (function)
- Ceil (function)
- String Operator
- + (operator & function)
- Boolean Operator Functions
- And (Boolean operator function)
- Not (Boolean operator function)
- Or (Boolean operator function)
- XOr (Boolean operator function)
- Comparison Operators and Operator Functions
- GT (function)
- Greater than (>) operator
- GE (function)
- Greater or equal to (>=) operator
- LT (function)
- Less than (<) operator
- LE (function)
- Less or equal to (<=) operator
- Eq (function)
- = (operator)
- NE (function)
- <> (operator)
- Conversion Operator Functions
- FloatToCur (function)
- FloatToInt (function)
- FloatToStr (function)
- IntToCur (function)
- IntToFloat (function)
- IntToStr (function)
- StrToCur (function)
- StrToFloat (function)
- StrToInt (function)
- Loop Structures
- For… EndFor (procedure)
- Repeat... Until (procedure)
- Search … EndSearch (procedure)
- Exit (procedure)
- Condition Structures
- If … ElseIf… EndIf (procedure)
- If (function)
- Procedures
- % (procedure)
- @name (function/procedure)
- @page (procedure)
- $element (procedure)
- Arc and ArcN (procedures)
- BeginDocument/EndDocument (procedure)
- BeginGroup/EndGroup (procedure)
- BeginParagraph … EndParagraph (procedure)
- BeginUTF8Paragraph … EndUTF8Paragraph (procedure)
- Breakpoint (procedure)
- CallPPD (procedure)
- CharPath (procedure)
- ClearPage (procedure)
- ClipPath (procedure)
- ClosePath (procedure)
- CRLF (procedure)
- CurveTo/RCurveTo (procedure)
- Define (procedure)
- DefineData (procedure)
- DefineImageIndex (procedure)
- DoForm (procedure)
- endpageset (procedure)
- ExecPage (procedure)
- Exit (procedure)
- Fill (procedure)
- For… EndFor (procedure)
- Function @name (procedure)
- GetNextDataPage(procedure)
- GRestore (procedure)
- GSave (procedure)
- If … ElseIf… EndIf (procedure)
- InStream... EndInStream (procedure)
- LineTo/RLineTo (procedure)
- Margin (procedure)
- MoveTo/RMoveTo (procedure)
- Object $name()... EndObject (procedure)
- OutputDebugString (procedure)
- PassThrough (procedure)
- Pie (procedure)
- Put (procedure)
- Rectangle (procedure)
- RectFill (procedure)
- RectFillStroke (procedure)
- RectStroke (procedure)
- Repeat... Until (procedure)
- RunPS (procedure)
- Scale (procedure)
- Search … EndSearch (procedure)
- SelectMedia (procedure)
- SelectPrinter (procedure)
- Set (procedure)
- SetAngle (procedure)
- SetBodyText (procedure)
- SetDash(procedure)
- SetDataPage(procedure)
- SetEmailAddress (procedure)
- SetEmailSubject (procedure)
- SetEmulation(procedure)
- SetUserCRLF (procedure)
- SetFaxInformation (procedure)
- SetFaxNumber (procedure)
- SetFillColor (procedure)
- SetImageIndex (procedure)
- SetLineWidth (procedure)
- SetLPP(procedure)
- SetPDFBookmark (procedure)
- SetStrokeColor (procedure)
- SetStyle (procedure)
- SetStyleExt (procedure)
- Show / ShowCenter / ShowRight (procedure)
- ShowBarCode (procedure)
- ShowBarcode2of5(procedure)
- ShowBarcodeAustPost (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeAztec (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeCodabar (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeCodablockF (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeCode11 (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeCode128 (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeCode16k (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeCode39 (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeCode49 (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeCode93 (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeDatamatrix (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeEAN8 (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeEAN13 (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeFIM (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeI2of5 (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeISBN (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeJapanpost (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeMaxicode (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeMicroPDF (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeMicroQR (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeMSI (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeOnecode (procedure)
- ShowBarcodePDF417 (procedure)
- ShowBarcodePlessey (procedure)
- ShowBarcodePostnet (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeQRCode (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeRoyalMail (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeRSS (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeUPCA (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeUPCE (procedure)
- ShowBitmap (procedure)
- ShowCaptureUserArea (procedure)
- ShowEPS (procedure)
- ShowLeftRight (procedure)
- ShowPage (procedure)
- ShowPDF (procedure)
- ShowUTF8 (procedure)
- ShowUTF8Left / ShowUTF8Right / ShowUTF8Center (procedure)
- StopJob (procedure)
- Store (procedure)
- Stroke (procedure)
- StrokeAndFill (procedure)
- Translate (procedure)
- Functions
- @ (function)
- @name (function/procedure)
- BitmapWidth/BitmapHeight (function)
- C128 (function)
- Ceil (function)
- Char (function)
- Date (function)
- Definemeta (function)
- EPSWidth/EPSHeight (function)
- ExecScriptFile (function)
- ExpandString (function)
- Field (function)
- FieldCount (function)
- FieldName (function)
- Find (function)
- Get (function)
- GetBlack (function)
- GetCyan (function)
- GetMagenta (function)
- Getmeta (function)
- Getmetacount (function)
- GetYellow (function)
- IsNumber (function)
- IsPageEmpty (function)
- Left (function)
- Length (function)
- LowerCase (function)
- MapUTF8 (function)
- Mid (function)
- Mul (function)
- Ord (function)
- PDFPageCount (function)
- PDFWidth/PDFHeight (function)
- PixelHeight (function)
- PixelWidth (function)
- Pos (function)
- Random (function)
- Region (function)
- Regionline (function)
- ResourceType (function)
- Right (function)
- StringReplace (function)
- StringWidth (function)
- StringWidthUTF8 (function)
- Strip (function)
- Sub (function)
- SubRecCount (function)
- Time (function)
- Trim (function)
- TrimLeft (function)
- TrimRight (function)
- UpperCase (function)
- xmlCount()
- xmlGet()
- System Variables (by data type)
- Functions (by return value data type)
- Currency
- Add (function)
- FloatToCur (function)
- IntToCur (function)
- StrToCur (function)
- Integer
- Add (function)
- Ceil (function)
- Div (function)
- FieldCount (function)
- FloatToInt (function)
- Get (function)
- GetBlack (function)
- GetCyan (function)
- GetMagenta (function)
- GetYellow (function)
- Getmetacount (function)
- If (function)
- Length (function)
- Mod (function & procedure)
- Mul (function)
- Neg (function)
- Ord (function)
- PDFPageCount (function)
- PixelHeight (function)
- PixelWidth (function)
- Pos (function)
- ResourceType (function)
- StrToInt (function)
- Sub (function)
- SubRecCount (function)
- xmlCount()
- Measure
- Add (function)
- BitmapWidth/BitmapHeight (function)
- Cos (function)
- CurToFloat (function)
- Div (function)
- EPSWidth/EPSHeight (function)
- Get (function)
- If (function)
- IntToFloat (function)
- Mul (function)
- Neg (function)
- PDFWidth/PDFHeight (function)
- Random (function)
- Sin (function)
- StringWidth (function)
- StringWidthUTF8 (function)
- StrToFloat (function)
- Sub (function)
- String
- @ (function)
- C128 (function)
- Char (function)
- CurToStr (function)
- ExpandString (function)
- Field (function)
- FieldName (function)
- FloatToStr (function)
- Get (function)
- If (function)
- IntToStr (function)
- Left (function)
- LowerCase (function)
- Mid (function)
- Right (function)
- StringReplace (function)
- Strip (function)
- Trim (function)
- TrimLeft (function)
- TrimRight (function)
- UpperCase (function)
- xmlGet()
- Boolean
- Add (function)
- Eq (function)
- Find (function)
- GE (function)
- GT (function)
- If (function)
- IsNumber (function)
- IsPageEmpty (function)
- LE (function)
- LT (function)
- NE (function)
- Not (Boolean operator function)
- Or (Boolean operator function)
- XOr (Boolean operator function)
- Procedures (by category)
- Debugging
- Breakpoint (procedure)
- OutputDebugString (procedure)
- Variables
- Define (procedure)
- Put (procedure)
- Set (procedure)
- Global Functions
- @name (function/procedure)
- Function @name (procedure)
- Comments
- % (procedure)
- Graphics State
- GRestore (procedure)
- GSave (procedure)
- Scale (procedure)
- SetAngle (procedure)
- SetDash(procedure)
- SetFillColor (procedure)
- SetLineWidth (procedure)
- SetStrokeColor (procedure)
- Translate (procedure)
- Path
- Arc and ArcN (procedures)
- ClosePath (procedure)
- CurveTo/RCurveTo (procedure)
- Fill (procedure)
- LineTo/RLineTo (procedure)
- MoveTo/RMoveTo (procedure)
- Pie (procedure)
- Rectangle (procedure)
- RectFill (procedure)
- RectFillStroke (procedure)
- RectStroke (procedure)
- Stroke (procedure)
- StrokeAndFill (procedure)
- Paragraphs and Text
- BeginParagraph … EndParagraph (procedure)
- BeginUTF8Paragraph … EndUTF8Paragraph (procedure)
- CRLF (procedure)
- Margin (procedure)
- ShowLeftRight (procedure)
- Show / ShowCenter / ShowRight (procedure)
- Styles
- SetStyle (procedure)
- SetStyleExt (procedure)
- Objects
- Object $name()... EndObject (procedure)
- Bar Codes
- ShowBarCode (procedure)
- ShowBarcode2of5(procedure)
- ShowBarcodeAustPost (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeAztec (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeCodabar (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeCodablockF (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeCode11 (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeCode128 (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeCode16k (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeCode39 (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeCode49 (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeCode93 (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeDatamatrix (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeEAN8 (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeEAN13 (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeFIM (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeI2of5 (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeISBN (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeJapanpost (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeMaxicode (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeMicroPDF (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeMicroQR (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeMSI (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeOnecode (procedure)
- ShowBarcodePDF417 (procedure)
- ShowBarcodePlessey (procedure)
- ShowBarcodePostnet (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeQRCode (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeRoyalMail (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeRSS (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeUPCA (procedure)
- ShowBarcodeUPCE (procedure)
- Resources
- InStream... EndInStream (procedure)
- ShowBitmap (procedure)
- ShowEPS (procedure)
- ShowPDF (procedure)
- Elements
- $element (procedure)
- Emulation, Data File, and Data Pages
- ClearPage (procedure)
- DefineData (procedure)
- DoForm (procedure)
- GetNextDataPage(procedure)
- SetDataPage(procedure)
- SetEmulation(procedure)
- SetLPP(procedure)
- Store (procedure)
- Data Destined for PlanetPress Image, PlanetPress Fax and PlanetPress Search
- DefineImageIndex (procedure)
- SetBodyText (procedure)
- SetEmailAddress (procedure)
- SetEmailSubject (procedure)
- SetFaxInformation (procedure)
- SetFaxNumber (procedure)
- SetImageIndex (procedure)
- SetPDFBookmark (procedure)
- Document Pages
- @page (procedure)
- ExecPage (procedure)
- ShowPage (procedure)
- PPDs and PostScript
- CallPPD (procedure)
- PassThrough (procedure)
- RunPS (procedure)
- SelectMedia (procedure)
- Program Control
- Exit (procedure)
- For… EndFor (procedure)
- If … ElseIf… EndIf (procedure)
- Repeat... Until (procedure)
- Search … EndSearch (procedure)
- StopJob (procedure)
- Conversion Tables
- ASCII Conversion Table
- Points to Inches or Centimeters
- Line Height as a Function of Lines Per Unit (LPU)
- Variable PlanetPressTalk Properties
- Tools and Utilities
- Document Output and Preview
- About Previewing and Printing
- Install a Document
- Perform a Batch Conversion and/or Installation
- How a Variable Content Document Runs on a Printer
- Techniques for Inserting Triggers
- Trigger Syntax
- Trigger Syntax for Documents Installed on a Hard Disk
- Trigger Syntax for Documents Installed in RAM
- Trigger Syntax for Documents Installed in Flash Memory
- Run a Document Installed on a Printer
- Run a Document Installed in a PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool
- Run a Document that Uses a Database Emulation
- Run Several Documents as a Single Job
- Troubleshoot Execution Problems
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- PlanetPress Design General
- Exit PlanetPress Design
- Use the Help System
- Show or Hide Areas of the Program Window
- Work with Hierarchies
- Work in the Document Structure Area
- Work with Documents
- Preview and Install Documents
- Work with Pages
- Adjust the Zoom
- Use Basic Editing Commands
- Work in the Data Pane
- Work with the Data File
- Work with Data Selections
- Use the Hex Viewer
- Work with Objects
- Work in the Text Properties of a Text Object
- PlanetPress Talk Editor
- General
- Show or Hide Areas of the Editor
- Expand or Collapse Groups in the Commands Area
- Work in the Code Area
- Use Command Name Completion/Argument Insertion
- Undo Commands
- Work with Selections
- Add/Remove Comments
- Indent Code
- Search
- Jump to a Specific Line
- Use Bookmarks
- Execute a Program
- Debug Code
- Print the Script
- Converted Document
- About Documents
- About Data Selections
- About Objects
- PPD File
- PlanetPress Design General
Group and Ungroup Objects and/or Groups
A group is a set of objects that you group together to treat as a single unit. A group may be composed of individual objects,
groups, or both. There is no restriction on the type of object you can include in a group, or on the number of different types of
objects you can include in a single group. However, any objects and groups you want to include in the group must exist on the
same page of a document.
To create a group:
1. Select the objects and/or groups you want to include in the group.
2. Choose Page Layout | Arrange | Group.
To ungroup a group:
1. In the Structure area or the Page area, select the group you want to ungroup.
2. Choose Page Layout | Arrange | Ungroup.
Data Pane
The Data Pane is a view on your input data, and one of the ways you can select data to include in your document. The Data
Pane is a component of the Data Selector and its contents and appearance reflect the options set for it in the Data Selector.
You can drag and drop a data selection directly from the Data Pane into the Page area to quickly create a data selection object,
a bar code object, or a business graphic object.
In the Document Structure area or in the Page area, when you select a data selection, bar code, or business graphic that uses
a Contiguous data selection, PlanetPress Design highlights the data selection for that object in the Data Pane.
For more information on the data pane and data selections, see the chapter on Data in PlanetPress Design.
Object Inspector
The Object Inspector displays the properties of the element currently selected in the Document structure area or in the Page
area. If you select several elements, the Object Inspector displays values only for those properties that are common to all the
selected elements. If you select an image resource, the Object Inspector also displays the image.
The number of elements currently selected appears in the upper left of the Object Inspector, and you use the Object Inspector
to view and edit properties.
To edit properties Using the Object Inspector:
1. Select the element (object, page, document, condition, style, attachment) you want to change. To change multiple ele-
ments, do a multiple selection (CTRL-click).
2. In the Object Inspector, select the property you want to edit. If you selected multiple elements, only those properties
common to all of the selected elements appear in the Object Inspector. If necessary use the scroll bar and/or the
expand/collapse button.
3. Edit the property using the appropriate method, as described below:
l If the property lets you enter any value, type in the new value and press ENTER.
l If the property is associated with a list of possible values, select the new value from the list.
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