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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 128)
l "Data Selection Object" (page 138)
l "Picture Object" (page 148)
l "N-Up Object" (page 147)
l "Postal Address Object" (page 144)
l "PlanetPress Talk Object" (page 145)
l Pitney Bowes Scan Code
l "Shape Object" (page 147)
l "Barcode Object" (page 150)
l "Business Graphic Object" (page 162)
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.
l Position and size Note that you can also click and drag on the object after you add it to the document to adjust its
position and/or size. Also note that the unit of measure used is the one set in the PlanetPress Design User Options
PlanetPress Design Objects
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