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1. In the Page area, select the data selection object whose data selection you want to edit.
A red rectangle appears around the selected object. It contains eight resize handles, one on each corner, and one in the
middle of each edge of the rectangle.
2. Position the pointer over the appropriate resize handle to display the double-headed arrow pointer, then click and drag
to adjust the size of the object. Release when the object contains the data selection you require. Note that if you
defined the data selection in the object using PlanetPress Talk expressions, you cannot resize the object along any of
the edges defined by those expressions.
To edit the size of a data selection or reposition it on the data page using keyboard shortcuts:
1. In the Page area, select the data selection object whose data selection you want to edit.
2. Use the following keyboard shortcuts to resize or reposition the data selection.
PlanetPress Design updates the data selection in the selected object with each press of an ARROW key. More pre-
cisely, it adjusts the From line, To line, From column, and To column properties of the data selection in the selected
object to reflect the changes. The Data Pane also updates to reflect the changes to the data selection.
Resize
SHIFT+DOWN ARROW: Increase the size of the data selection by one line along its bottom edge.
SHIFT+UP ARROW Decrease the size of the data selection by one line along its bottom edge.
SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW: Increase the size of the data selection by one column along its right edge.
SHIFT+LEFT ARROW: Decrease the size of the data selection by one column along its right edge.
Reposition
ALT+UP ARROW: Move the selection up one line (or record in the case of a database emulation).
ALT+DOWN ARROW: Move the selection down one line.
ALT+LEFT ARROW: Move the selection to the left one column.
ALT+RIGHT ARROW: Move the selection to the right one column.
Postal Address Object
The Postal Address Object is used to display an address on your page and add specific address-related functionalities to
your document. You can of course display an address with other objects such as a Text Object or a Data Selection
Object, but the Postal Address Object includes features not available in other objects.
Metadata
The Postal Address Object was originally created in order to facilitate communication with postal sorting software, which uses
the metadata created by PlanetPress in order to sort the data and print in the correct order. However, this metadata can also
have other uses to you, and the exact level at which the metadata level is added (and what levels are created) depends on two
options: Use Data for Postal Sorting, and the Group ID input box. Please review the table below for more precise
details:
Group ID Present Postal Sorting Checked Metadata in level Group ID In Metadata Metadata divided on
No No Page No Datapage
Yes No Page Yes Datapage
No Yes Document No Document
Yes Yes Document Yes Group & Document
In addition to the common object properties, postal address objects have the following properties in the Address data tab:
Data Tab
PlanetPress Design Objects
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