resizing in the Print contexts. l Enable for Email Context: Check to enable
resizing in the Email contexts. Detail tables preview limit l Maximum number of records to show in preview: This setting limits the number of records to show in detail tables in the Designer (Preview tab).
recompiled. (A partial .scss file is meant to be imported in another .scss file. Its name starts with an underscore.) By default this option is enabled. Note l Re-compiling a .scss file overwrites any manual changes made to the .css file. l Partial .scss files cannot be compiled. l Single line comments (//...) are not added to the compiled .css file, whereas multiline comments (/* ... */) are maintained.
l l l Bleed box: This color delineates the printable area on a page; see "Page settings: size, margins and bleed" on page 149. Master pages: These edges are only visible on Master pages; see "Master Pages" on page 156. l l l Margins: This color delineates the content area on a page; see "Pages" on page 148. Header and Footer Margin: This color highlights the header and footer margin set for the Master page; see "Adding a header and footer" on page 157.
l l Email Address: Enter the email that is set by default in the "From Email" field in the Send Email and Send Test Email dialogs ("Send (Test) Email" on page 509). Litmus account Group: l Email Test address: If you have a Litmus account, enter the test address to use when sending a test email (see "Send (Test) Email" on page 509). For more information on Litmus, please see http://litmus.com/.
l Apply: This option applies the settings made within the current Preferences page, but does not close the Preferences dialog. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Emmet preferences Emmet is a framework that enables the lightning-fast creation of HTML code though the use of a simple and effective shortcut language resembling CSS Selectors (see "Emmet" on page 169).
Emmet Abbreviation preferences This Preferences tab lets you add and manage custom abbreviations. All standard abbreviations can be found in Emmet's documentation: Abbreviations. If there is no need to transform the text while expanding it, create an Emmet snippet instead (see below). l New: Add a new abbreviation. l Name: The name of the abbreviation is also its trigger. l Context: The context in which the abbreviation is enabled (HTML, CSS, etc.).
Emmet Snippets preferences Emmet Snippet are similar to abbreviations in that they are expanded when the Tab key is pressed, but they are just blocks of plain text. Anything in a snippet will be outputted “as is”, without any transformation. l New: Click to create a new snippet. l Name: The name of the abbreviation is also its trigger. l Context: The context in which the snippet is enabled (HTML, CSS, etc.). l Description: A short description of the snippet.
l Value: The value of the variable when the snippet is expanded. l New: Click to create a new variable and define its name and value. l Edit: Click to modify the currently selected Variable. l Remove: Click to delete the currently selected Variable. The Emmet preferences also provides you with buttons to : l l l Reload Engine. This allows you to reload the Emmet engine based upon the current settings. Restore Defaults. This option restores the preferences to Defaults.
This preferences page caters for both needs. The PKCS#11 Modules and Tokens table contains a list of Hardware devices that can be used by Connect. Hardware devices can be added, modified or deleted from the table using the following buttons: l l l Add: Add a new hardware device to the list. This launches the Add PKCS#11 Module dialog. Edit: Edit that information relating to an existing hardware device. This launches the Edit PKCS#11 Module dialog. Delete: Remove an existing hardware device from the list.
The Language Settings and Default Locale preferences also provides you with buttons to : l l Restore Defaults. This option restores the preferences to Defaults. This applies to the current Preferences page only, but not other Preferences. Apply: This option applies the settings made within the current Preferences page, but does not close the Preferences dialog.
conjunction with advice from OL support. l Rollover policy selection: Chose whether to retain Connect log files for a certain number of days (Daily logs) or based upon some predetermined hard disk usage limitations (Size-based logs). The selection are as follows: l Daily Logs: Use this setting to determine how many days Connect Logs are to be kept, before they are deleted. l l Size-based logs: Use this setting to restrict log file size, and to keep only a specified number of them.
l Log message preview display: This displays a real time example of the format and content of individual log file entries, based upon the Logging pattern setting. Advanced settings The Advanced settings over-ride the Overall logging settings, and provide a greater level of logging granularity. Warning Higher logging settings will have an impact upon Connect production speeds, as well as leading to substantially larger log files.
Print preferences Available Printers preferences The Available Printers preferences control which printer definitions are available when generating print output or creating Output Presets. Any printer that is unchecked in this dialog will not be visible in the "Model" drop-down of the Print Options dialog; see "Print options" on page 687 and "Adding print output Models to the Print Wizard" on page 933.
l l l Test Print Server URL. This button is only available for the General Print Preferences. It tests the Print Server URL settings made within that Preferences page. Restore Defaults. This option restores the preferences to Defaults. This applies to the current Preferences page only, but not other Preferences. Apply: This option applies the settings made within the current Preferences page, but does not close the Preferences dialog.
Auto Backup Connect Designer can automatically create a backup file when you manually save a template or data mapping configuration. The Auto Save function does not cause backup files to be created. l l l Enable: activate the Auto Backup function. Revisions to keep: Enter the maximum number of backup files. When the maximum is reached, Auto Backup will overwrite the oldest file. Destination: Select the directory in which the backups should be stored.
clicked, the expanded script will use either double (") or single (') quotation marks. Tip Using single quotation marks in a script simplifies adding HTML fragments, which typically use double quotes. l Designer scripting profiling group: l Number of iterations: Enter the number of times to run scripts when running the Profile Scripts dialog. The default is 1000. Accepted values are 1 to 1000000000.
Select how Connect jobs are to be processed. The choices are between: l Engines (separate processes): Select to have a number of separate engines (for Merging and Weaver, as appropriate) to process jobs. Note This is the best choice for production environments. l Connect Server (uses less memory): Select to have a single Connect Designer handle processing. Note This option should only really ever be used for low memory, non-production (testing) environments.
the machine CPUs/Processors (the number of cores) and available Memory (RAM). The default setting will likely be enough for most users. However, virtual machines can provide an exception to this. In some virtual environments the Connect installer cannot accurately determine the number of logical cores actually available to the virtual machine, and will thus use a lesser number than that which could actually be supported.
Specify the maximum amount of random access memory (RAM) in megabytes that will be used per engine in order to make optimal use of the machine's memory. The selections made here will apply to all Engines of that type. Note These settings only control the maximum size of the Java heap memory that an engine can use; the total amount of memory that will used by an engine is actually a bit higher. Also keep in mind that the Connect Server and the operating system itself will need memory to keep running.
if only for the duration of the production job(s). The maximum memory usage of a Weaver engine can be relevant for jobs with heavy graphics; or for jobs that use Cut & Stack impositioning; or for jobs using particular variables that entail page buffering (see "Content variables" on page 940). Multi-threading settings This group allows you to set Multi-threading rasterization options for form ripping when generating AFPDS or IPDS output.
of (logical) cores will likely give the best performance. ------------------Buttons The Engines preferences also provides you with buttons to : l l Restore Defaults. This option restores the preferences to Defaults. This applies to the current Preferences page only, but not other Preferences. Apply: This option applies the settings made within the current Preferences page, but does not close the Preferences dialog.
l Multi tasking group: When starting a new Content Creation task, the task will immediately commence if there is a Merge engine available. How many Merge engines to use is based on the number of records in the input data. Select from the following options: l Additional engine every (records) entry: This controls how many Merge engines are used for a Content Creation task. It means that for every additional 'x' records in the task, an additional Merge engine will be used.
Connect: a peek under the hood Connect consists of visible and invisible parts. The visible part is of course the Designer, that you use to create templates and Print Presets. The invisible parts process the Connect job to provide the actual output. This topic introduces you to those parts. Here's a simplified, graphical representation of the architecture of PrintShop Mail Connect. The Connect database The Connect database is the database back-end used by Connect itself when processing jobs.
Note Email content items are not stored in the Connect database. A clean-up of the database is performed at regular intervals in accordance with the settings (see "Clean-up Service preferences" on page 356). The File Store Connect has its own File Store which it uses for transient files. The Clean-up service takes care of removing obsolete files when those files are not marked as permanent (see "Clean-up Service preferences" on page 356). The engines DataMapper engine.
Connect Updates failing due to Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable product. Certain updates to Connect 2019.2 from earlier Connect versions are failing due to an issue with two specific Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable packages. These two versions of the Visual C++ Redistributables remove a registry entry which the Connect installer uses to determine whether or not it needs to install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable. These two versions are: l MSVC++ 2017 v14.14.26405.
team after the initial license update is complete and have them add the AFP input option back into your license. The Update Client OL for Connect 2019.1 does not cater for standalone Connect Print Manager installations The Connect Print Manager is a standalone Connect tool that is used in production sites to manage print jobs. It can be installed and run on standalone machines without a Connect license. The Update Client for Connect 2019.
Issue with image placement in 2019.1 when using some customized AFP and IPDS Printer Definitions An issue with image placement in Connect 2019.1 AFP and IPDS output was discovered just prior to the release. The issue is specific to AFP and IPDS 600 DPI Printer Definitions that are not set to "Scale to Fit". As "Scale to Fit" is now switched on by default in all standard Connect 2019.1 AFP and IPDS Printer Definitions, none of those should encounter the issue.
",database(),"` like '",@c,"' and"),'')," (@a:=concat_ws(',',@a,`Tables_in_ ",database(),"`))"); Prepare `bd` from @b; EXECUTE `bd`; DEALLOCATE PREPARE `bd`; set @a:=concat('optimize table ',@a); PREPARE `sql` FROM @a; EXECUTE `sql`; DEALLOCATE PREPARE `sql`; set @a=null,@b=null,@c=null; If using MySQL, the following script should be run in a query window: sp_updatestats Windows 10 Search service impacting Connect The Windows 10 Search service runs as a background task, indexing files and folders.
Business Graphics: Backward Compatibility Issues introduced in 2018.1 As a consequence of changes in both the user interface and the underlying technology, Business Graphics made with a version prior to PrintShop Mail Connect 2018.1 may not display correctly when opened in version 2019.2. The currently known backward compatibility issues are listed here: All charts l l Legend position: The position of the legend is not converted. It defaults to 'left' in a converted chart.
Windows Server 2016 issue As of PrintShop Mail Connect 2018.1 Connect is officially supported under Windows Server 2016. Please note, however, that the Objectif Lune Inc. Update Client application might be blocked by the enhanced security settings in Windows Server 2016. To fix this, add http://updates.ca.objectiflune.com to the list of trusted web sites on that machine, or lower the internet access rules.
Installation paths with multi-byte characters When installing the Traditional Chinese or Japanese versions of Connect, if the user specifies an alternative installation path containing multi-byte/wide-char characters it can break some of the links to the Connect-related shortcuts in the Start Menu and cause an error to appear at the end of the installer. The workaround for the moment is to use the default installation path. The problem will be addressed in a later release.
Available Printer Models Note that only the single Printer Model (Generic PDF) will appear on the Advanced page of the Print Wizard by default. To add additional printer models click on the settings entry box. button next to the Model selection Color Model in Style Sheets The color model of colors defined in a style sheet can sometimes change after editing the style sheet. This is a known issue and will be addressed in a subsequent release.
Uninstalling This topic provides some important information about uninstalling (removing) PrintShop Mail Connect2019.2. To uninstall PrintShop Mail Connect select the application from within the Add/Remove programs option under the Control Panel. This will start the PrintShop Mail Connect Setup Wizard in uninstall mode. Note The PrintShop Mail Connect Setup Wizard might take some seconds to appear. Important Note: Stop any active Anti-Virus software before uninstalling Connect.
1. PrintShop Mail Connect Setup: An information page, listing what will be uninstalled, and also warning about impacts upon running Applications and Services. 2. Data Management: A page that provides options for backing up or deleting Connect data.
General information Connect consists of visible and invisible parts. The invisible parts process the Connect job to provide the actual output. They are introduced to you in the topic: "Connect: a peek under the hood" below. For information about Connect logging, see "Log files" on page 107. For a list of all file types used in Connect, see: "Connect file types" on page 108.
The Connect database The Connect database is the database back-end used by Connect itself when processing jobs. It can be either the MySQL instance provided by the Connect installer, or a pre-existing (external) instance (see "Database Considerations" on page 18). All generated items (records, content items etc.) are stored in this database . Note Email content items are not stored in the Connect database.
The engines DataMapper engine. A DataMapper engine extracts data from a data file. This is an internal engine, for which there are no settings to make. Merge engine/s. A merge engine merges data with a template using the scripts in the template, in order to create (PrintorEmail) content items. The number of merge engines is configurable (see "Engines preferences" on page 86): it can be increased depending on the capacity of the machine that runs the solution (see "Performance Considerations" on page 28).
Note that actions of the Cleanup service are only logged in the Server's log file. (See also: "Clean-up Service preferences" on page 356.) Tip For more information about Connect's architecture, see: "Connect: a peek under the hood" on page 105. Name The name of a log file consists of the component's name, a time stamp and the Windows process ID.
sent via email or other means. l l l .OL-template: A Designer Template file (see "Templates" on page 112). Is linked to a data mapping configuration by default, but not necessarily. .OL-datamodel: A data model file which can be imported or exported into either a data mapping configuration or a template. Contains a list of fields and their data type (date, currency, string, etc). See The Data Model.
The Designer The Designer is a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor that lets you create templates for various output channels: Print, Email and Web. A template may contain designs for multiple output channels: a letter intended for print and an e-mail variant of the same message, for example. Content, like the body of the message or letter, can be shared across these contexts. Templates are personalized using scripts and variable data.
page 112. 2. Fill the template Add text, images and other elements to the template and style them. See "Content elements" on page 190 and "Styling and formatting" on page 286. 3. Personalize the content Personalize the content using variable data. See "Personalizing content" on page 328. 4. Generate output Adjust the settings, test the template and generate output: letters andemails. See "Generating output" on page 920. Note that steps 2 and 3 are not necessarily to be followed in this order.
"Personalizing content" on page 328. Personalize your customer communications using variable data. "Writing your own scripts" on page 380. Scripting can take personalization much further. Learn how to script via this topic. "Generating output" on page 920. Learn the ins and outs of generating output from each of the contexts. Templates The Designer is a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) tool to create templates. This topic gets you started.
After creating a template you can add the other contexts (see "Contexts" on page 119), as well as extra sections (see "Sections" on page 121), to the template. It is, however, not possible to use a Template Wizard when adding a context or section to an existing template. Tip When you add an Email context to an existing template you get a 'basic action email'.
Saving a template A Designer template file has the extension .OL-template. It is a zip file that includes up to 3 contexts, all the related resources and scripts, and (optionally) a link to a data mapping configuration. To save a template, select File > Save or press Ctrl+S. The first time you'll have to give the template a name. File > Save as allows you to save the template with a different name. Tip To quickly copy the name of any other file, set Save as type to Any file (*.*) in the Save dialog.
Auto Backup Connect Designer can automatically create a backup file when you manually save a template. To configure Auto Backup: 1. Select the menu option Window > Preferences > Save. 2. Under Auto backup, check the option Enable to activate the Auto Backup function. 3. Type the number of revisions to keep. 4. Select the directory in which the backups should be stored.
To save a copy, follow the same procedure without selecting a previous version of the software. Sharing a template To share a template, you can send the template file itself, or save the template to a package file, optionally together with a Job Creation Preset and an Output Creation Preset. (See "Job Creation Presets Wizard" on page 672 and "Output Creation Presets Wizard" on page 686 for more details.) To create a package file, select File >Package file, see "Templates" on page 112.
configuration that are used to generate the standard template report: http://help.objectiflune.com/en/archive/report-template.zip. Generating output from the Designer Output can be generated directly from the Designer; see "Generating Print output" on page 921, and"Generating Email output" on page 945. To test a template first, select Context > Preflight. Preflights execute the template without actually producing output and it displays any issues once it's done (see also: "Testing scripts" on page 390).
Alternatively you could import resources and scripts from another template; click File > Import Resources... in the menu and select a template to import resources from (see ). Once added or imported, internal resources are accessed using a relative path, depending where they're called from. Resources can be located in the following folders: l images/ contains the files in the Images folder. l fonts/ contains the files in the Fonts folder. l css/ contains the files in the Stylesheets folder.
Network paths are similar: results.loadhtml("file://servername/sharename/folder/snippet.html"); (note that in this case file is followed by 2 slashes only). Some limitations l l Style sheets cannot refer to external resources. The Connect Server user needs access to whichever network path is used. If the network path is on a domain, the Connect Server must be identified with domain credentials that have access to the domain resources.
This is one of the 4 types of email that you can choose from when you start a template with an Email Template Wizard; see "Creating an Email template with a Wizard" on page 171. Outputting and combining contexts All contexts can be present in any template and they can all be used to output documents; see "Generating Email output" on page 945, "Generating Print output" on page 921 and Generating Web output. They can even be combined in output.
Warning If you don't have a backup of the template, the only way to recover a deleted section, is to click Undo on the Edit menu, until the deleted section is restored. After closing and reopening the template it is no longer possible to restore the deleted context this way. In the Saving Preferences you can set whether a backup file should be created when you save the template; see "Save preferences" on page 378. Sections Sections are parts of one of the contexts in a template: Print orEmail.
Editing a section To open a section, expand the Contexts folder on the Resources pane, expand the respective context (Print orEmail) and double-click a section to open it. Each section can contain text, images and many other elements (see "Content elements" on page 190), including variable data and other dynamic elements (see "Personalizing content" on page 328). To preview a section, open the Preview tab in the Workspace (see "Workspace" on page 560). Copying a section To copy a section: 1.
Deleting a section To delete a section: l On the Resources pane, expand the Contexts folder, expand the folder of the respective context, right-click the name of the section, and then click Delete. Warning No backup files are maintained in the template. The only way to recover a deleted section, is to click Undo on the Edit menu, until the deleted section is restored, or by reverting to the last saved state (click File > Revert, on the menu).
1. Click and hold the mouse button on the style sheet on the Resources pane. 2. Move the mouse cursor within the Resources pane to the section to which the style sheet should be applied. 3. Release the mouse button. Using the Includes dialog 1. On the Resources pane, right-click the section, then click Includes. 2. From the File types dropdown, select Stylesheets. 3. Choose which CSS files should be applied to this section. The available files are listed at the left.
l On the Resources pane, expand the Contexts folder, expand the folder of the respective context, and then drag and drop sections to change the order they are in. Alternatively, right-click a section and click Arrange. In the Arrange Sections dialog you can change the order of the sections in the same context by clicking the name of a section and moving it using the Up and Down buttons. Outputting sections Which sections are added to the output, depends on the type of context they are in.
With the Designer you can create one or more Print templates and merge the template with a data set to generate personal letters, invoices, policies, or any other type of letter you can think of. The Print context is the folder in the Designer that can contain one or more Print sections. Print templates (also called Print sections), are part of the Print context. They are meant to be printed directly to a printer or a printer stream/spool file, or to a PDF file (see "Generating Print output" on page 921).
Headers, footers, tear-offs and repeated elements (Master page) In Print sections, there are often elements that need to be repeated across pages, like headers, footers and logos. In addition, some elements should appear on each first page, or only on pages in between the first and the last page, or only on the last page. Examples are a different header on the first page, and a tear-off slip that should show up on the last page. This is what Master Pages are used for.
Creating a Print template with a Wizard A Print template may consist of various parts, such as a covering letter and a policy. Start with one of the Template Wizards for the first part; other parts (called 'sections') can be added later. Print template wizards can be found in the Welcome screen and on the File menu. In the Welcome screen that appears after startup: l l Choose Template Wizards and scroll down until you see the Basic Print templates or ERP templates and select one of them.
Basic Print template wizards There are two 'basic' Print Template wizards: one for a formal letter, and one for a postcard. Postcard The Postcard Wizard lets you choose a page size and two background images, one for the front and one for the back of the postcard. When you click Finish, the Wizard creates: l l l l l A Print context with one section in it, that has duplex printing (printing on both sides) enabled. See "Printing on both sides" on page 135.
l l l l Duplex means double-sided printing. The margins define where your text flow will go. The actual printable space on a page depends on your printer. The bleed is the printable space around a page. It can be used on some printers to ensure that no unprinted edges occur in the final trimmed document. Printers that can’t print a bleed, will misinterpret this setting. Set the bleed to zero to avoid this. The number of sections is the number of parts in the Print context.
initially invisible. The address lines will stick to the bottom of that cell, even when the address has fewer lines. See "Styling and formatting" on page 286 to learn how to style elements. Tip Click the Edges button on the toolbar t emporarily adds a frame to certain elements on the Design tab. These will not .Print or output.
page is created in the Print section. l l One empty Master Page. Master Pages are used for headers, footers, images and other elements that have to appear on more than one page, and for special elements like tearoffs. See "Master Pages" on page 156. One empty Media. Media, also called Virtual Stationery, can be applied to all pages in the Print section. See "Media" on page 159. ERP templates The ERP template wizard creates a business document.
Tip Nice to know: your info and preferences are saved and will be reused the next time you create an ERP template. When you click Finish, the Wizard creates: l l l l A Print context with one section in it; see "Print context" below and "Print sections" on page 138. One Master Page. Master Pages are used for headers and footers, for images and other elements that have to appear on more than one page, and for special elements like tearoffs. See "Master Pages" on page 156. One Media.
Creating the Print context You can start creating a Print template with a Wizard (see "Creating a Print template with a Wizard" on page 128), or add the Print context to an existing template (see "Adding a context" on page 120). Tip Editing PDF files in the Designer is not possible, but when they're used as a section's background, you can add text and other elements, such as a barcode, to them.
Initially, the (empty) master page that has been created with the Print context will be applied to all pages in the Print section, but more Master Pages can be added and applied to different pages. l l One Media is added to the template, as is visible on the Resources pane, in the Media folder. This folder can hold the company's stationery in the form of PDF files.
Note Your printer must support duplex for this option to work. Setting the binding style for the Print context The Print context , as well as each of the Print sections, can have its own Finishing settings. In printing, Finishing is the way pages are bound together after they have been printed. Which binding styles can be applied depends on the type of printer that you are using. To set the binding style of the Print context: 1.
Overprint and black overprint Normally, when two colors overlap in Print output, the underlying color is not printed. It is "knocked out", for two reasons: firstly, the underlying color may affect the top color, especially if the top color is lighter than the underlying color. Secondly, not printing an underlying color, which is not visible anyway, will save ink or toner.
Print sections Print templates (also called Print sections), are part of the Print context. They are meant to be printed directly to a printer or a printer stream/spool file, or to a PDF file (see "Generating Print output" on page 921). The Print context can also be added to Email output as a PDF attachment; see "Generating Email output" on page 945. When generating output from the Print context, each of the Print sections is added to the output document, one after the other in sequence, for each record.
Using stationery (Media) When the output of a Print context is meant to be printed on paper that already has graphical and text elements on it (called stationery, or preprinted sheets), you can add a copy of this media, in the form of a PDF file, to the Media folder. Media can be applied to pages in a Print section, to make them appear as a background to those pages. This ensures that elements added to the Print context will correspond to their correct location on the preprinted media.
To add a section to a context: l On the Resources pane, expand the Contexts folder, right-click the Print context , and then click New section. Note that the new section automatically gets the same properties as the first section.
consider using the Conditional Print Section script wizard; see "Conditional Print sections" on page 350. You can use the Conditional Content script wizard to hide parts of the content of a section; see "Showing content conditionally" on page 348. Importing a Print section To import a section from another template, click File > Import Resources... in the menu. See: "Import Resources dialog" on page 468. Remember also to add or import any related source files, such as images.
sections in the Print context changes the order in which they are outputted to the final document. To rearrange sections in a context: l l On the Resources pane, expand the Print context and drag and drop sections to change the order they are in. Alternatively, on the Resources pane, right-click a section in the Print context and click Arrange. In the Arrange Sections dialog you can change the order of the sections by clicking the name of a section and moving it using the Up and Down buttons.
Note Style sheets are applied in the order in which they are included in a section. The styles in each following style sheet add up to the styles found in previously read style sheets. When style sheets have a conflicting rule for the same element, class or ID, the last style sheet ‘wins’ and overrides the rule found in the previous style sheet. Note Style sheets that are linked to (i.e. included in) a section show a chain icon in the Resources pane (see "Resources pane" on page 548).
l l Disk lists image files that reside in a folder on a hard drive that is accessible from your computer. Click the Browse button to select a folder (or an image in a folder). As an alternative it is possible to enter the path manually. You can give a local path (e.g. C:\Images\Test.jpg) or use the "file" protocol. The complete syntax of a fully qualified URL with the "file" protocol is: file:///.
l Absolute places the PDF at a specific location on the page. Use the Top field to specify the distance between the top side of the page and the top side of the PDF, and the Left field to specify the distance between the left side of the page and the left side of the PDF. The Top and Left offset can be specified in the usual units of measurement or as a percentage of the page (for example: a Left value of 25% means it will be placed at 25% of the page width). 6.
The settings in a script take precedence over the settings made in the Print Section Properties dialog. Setting the binding style for a Print section In printing, Finishing is the binding style, or the way pages are bound together. Each Print section can have its own Finishing settings, as well as the Print context as a whole; see "Setting the binding style for the Print context" on page 136. To set the binding style of a Print section: 1.
1. On the Resources pane, expand the Print context, right-click the print section and click Sheet configuration. 2. Check Duplex to enable content to be printed on the back of each sheet. 3. When Duplex printing is enabled, further options become available. l Check Omit empty back side for Last or Single sheet to reset a page to Simplex if it has an empty back side. This changes the Duplex job into a Mixplex job.
Pages Unlike emails, Print sections can contain multiple pages. Pages are naturally limited by their size and margins. If the content of a section doesn't fit on one page, the overflow goes to the next page. This happens automatically, based on the section's page size and margins; see "Page settings: size, margins and bleed" on the next page. The minimum number of pages can be set via the Print section properties; see "Print section properties" on page 507.
Positioning and aligning elements Sometimes, in a Print template, you don't want content to move up or down with the text flow. To prevent that, put that content in a Positioned Box. See "Content elements" on page 190. When it comes to positioning elements on a page, Guides can be useful, as well as Tables. See "How to position elements" on page 302. Page settings: size, margins and bleed On paper, whether it is real or virtual, content is naturally limited by the page size and margins.
extra pages created just for promotional data. 'Whitespace elements' are elements that will only appear on the page if there is enough space for them. To convert an element into a whitespace element: 1. Import the promotional image or snippet; see "Images" on page 269 and "Snippets" on page 282. 2. Insert the promotional image or snippet in the content. Note l l Only a top-level element (for example, a paragraph that is not inside a table or div) can function as a whitespace element.
l l l l l l Page number: The current page number in the document. If a page is empty or does not display a page number, it is still added to the page count. Page count: The total number of pages in the document, including pages with no contents or without a page number. Content page number: The current page number in the document, counting only pages with contents that are supplied by the Print section.
contents" on page 833. For a multi-page, cross-section table of contents you must use a Post Pagination Script; see "Creating a Table Of Contents" on page 428. The basics of script-writing in the Designer are explained in the following topic: "Writing your own scripts" on page 380. Configuring page numbers By default the page numbers are Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, etc.) without leading zeros nor prefix, and page numbering starts with page 1 for each section. But this can be changed. To do that: 1.
lines get separated from the rest of the paragraph. The same applies to list items (in unordered, numbered and description lists). The number of lines that should be considered a widow or orphan can be changed for the entire Print context, and per paragraph and in tables. Note Widows and orphans are ignored if the page-break-inside property of the paragraph is set to avoid; see "Preventing a page break" on page 155. In the entire Print context To prevent widows and orphans in the entire Print context: 1.
l Right-click the paragraph and select Paragraph... from the contextual menu. 2. After Widows and Orphans, type the minimum number of lines that should be kept together. In tables The CSS properties widows and orphans can be used in tables to prevent a number of rows from being separated from the rest of the table. A Standard Table doesn't flow over multiple pages by default. Splitting a Standard Table over multiple pages requires setting the Connect-specific data-breakable attribute on all of its rows.
1. Select the element (see "Selecting an element" on page 195). 2. On the Format menu select the respective element to open the Formatting dialog. 3. In the Breaks group, set the before or after property. l l Before: Sets whether a page break should occur before the element. This is equivalent to the page-break-before property in CSS; see CSS page-break-before property for an explanation of the available options. After: Sets whether a page break should occur after the element.
Adding blank pages to a section How to add a blank page to a section is described in a how-to: Create blank page on field value. Master Pages In Print sections, there are often elements that need to be repeated across pages, like headers, footers and logos. In addition, some elements should appear only on specific pages, such as only the first page, or the last page, or only on pages in-between. Examples are a different header on the first page, and a tear-off slip that shows up on the last page.
l l Optionally, set the margin for the header and footer. See "Adding a header and footer" below. Click OK. Initially, the master page that has been created together with the Print context will be applied to all pages in the Print section. After adding more Master Pages, different Master Pages can be applied to different pages; see "Applying a Master Page to a page in a Print section" on the facing page.
To create a header and footer: 1. First insert elements that form the header or footer, such as the company logo and address, on the Master Page; see "Editing a Master Page" on the previous page. 2. Next, define the margins for the header and footer. The margins for a header and footer are set in the Master Page properties. This does not change the content placement within the Master Page itself; in Master Pages, elements can go everywhere on the page.
3. If the option Same for all positions is checked, the same Master Page will be applied to every page in the print section (and to both the front and the back side of the page if duplex printing is enabled). Uncheck this option. 4. Decide which Master Page should be linked to which sheet (position): click the downward pointing arrow after Master Page Front and select a Master Page.
For further explanation about how to apply Media to different pages, see "Applying Media to a page in a Print section" on page 163. Media will not be printed, unless you want them to; see below. Per Media, a front and back can be specified and you can specify on what kind of paper the output is meant to be printed on. This includes paper weight, quality, coating and finishing; see "Setting Media properties" below.
type of image file) for both the front and the back of the Media, and you can determine how the virtual stationery should be positioned on the page. This is done as follows: 1. On the Resources pane, expand the Contexts folder, expand the Media folder, rightclick the Media and click Properties. 2. Now you can change the name and page size of the Media. Note that it isn't possible to change the page size once the Media is applied to a section. Media can only be applied to sections that have the same size. 3.
not selected, the Select Image dialog automatically adds the filetype parameter with the file extension as its value (for example: ?filetype=pdf (if it is the first parameter) or &filetype=pdf). The filetype, page and nopreview parameters are not sent to the host; they are used internally. Therefore, URLs that rely on one of these parameters cannot be used. l With an external image, you can check the option Save with template.
Setting the paper's characteristics To set a Media's paper characteristics: 1. On the Resources pane, expand the Contexts folder, expand the Media folder, and right-click the Media. Click Characteristics. 2. Specify the paper's characteristics: l l l l l l l Media Type: The type of paper, such as Plain, Continuous, Envelope, Labels, Stationery, etc. Weight: The intended weight of the media in grammage (g/m2).
To apply Media to specific page positions in a Print section: 1. On the Resources pane, expand the Print context; right-click the Print section, and click Sheet configuration. 2. Optionally, check Duplex to enable content to be printed on the back of each sheet. Your printer must support duplex for this option to work.
1. On the Resources pane, expand the Contexts folder, expand the Print context, rightclick the print section and click Sheet configuration. 2. Decide which pages should have dynamically switching media: every first page in the Print section, every last page, one of the pages in between (a 'middle page'), or a single page. (Uncheck the option Same for all positions, to see all page positions.) 3. In the area for the respective sheet position, click the Edit script button next to Media.
Note l l Any Virtual Stationery settings made for the Media also influence how the Media is displayed in each section (see "Setting Media properties" on page 160). Section backgrounds are rotated separately (see "Using a PDF file as background image" on page 143). If in the Media properties, the Virtual Stationery position is set to Absolute, any offset given by the Top and Left values will be applied after rotation.
Designing HTML email that displays properly on a variety of devices and screen sizes is challenging. Building an email is not like building for the web. While web browsers comply with standards (to a significant extent), email clients do not. Different email clients interpret the same HTML and CSS styles in totally different ways.
This topic explains why designing HTML email design is as challenging as it is, which solutions are used in the Email Template Wizards and it lists good practices, for example regarding the use of images in HTML email. It will help you to create the best possible Email templates in the Designer. HTML email challenges Creating HTML email isn't like designing for the Web. That's because email clients aren't like web browsers.
Tip Click the Edges button on the toolbar to make borders of elements visible on the Design tab. The borders will not be visible on the Preview tab or in the output. Litmus There are several tools to preview how email will be rendered on a variety of clients. We recommend using Litmus. Support for Litmus is integrated into the Designer; the Send Test Email dialog has an option to "Send to Litmus".
Preferences To change the way Emmet works in the Designer, select Window > Preferences, and in the Preferences dialog, select Emmet; see "Emmet preferences" on page 369. Using CSS files with HTML email Email clients do not read CSS files and some even remove a
