Section properties dialogs
Email Section Properties
Properties
Tab
The properties for an Email are minimal and contain the following
options:
- Name: Enter the name of
the Section in the Email . This has no effect on output.
- Subject: Enter a name for
the default Subject of any email sent out. This is superseded by an Email subject script, when it is present (see Email header settings).
Includes
Tab
This tab defines what other resources
are included in the output
- Stylesheets: What
CSS stylesheets to use in producing the output. Stylesheets are loaded
in the order shown, and styles in later Stylesheets overwrites earlier
ones when the same is used.
- JavaScript (Web and
Print only): Which JavaScript resources are included in the HTML header
of the web output.
- Up: Move the selected
StyleSheet or JavaScript up in priority.
- Down: Move
the selected StyleSheet or JavaScript down in priority.
Print Section Properties
The Section Properties dialog is separated in a few separate tabs depending
on the Context in which it resides:
General tab (all Contexts)
- Section group:
- Name: The name of the
Section.
- Show PDF data mapping input
as background image: Check this option to display each
page of a PDF data source when using a PDF data mapping configuration.
Each page of the PDF is shown, separated by the appropriate records.
Note that as many pages as there are in the PDF will be created
in the section.
- Pagegroup:
- Size: The named page
size.
- Width: The width of
the page.
- Height: The height
of the page.
- Portrait: Whether the
page is portrait (otherwise, it's landscape).
- Margins group: Defines
the margins where contents will not appear on the page.
- All sides: Check to
use the same margin setting for all sides. Note that this will
copy the Top value
to all margins, overwriting existing values.
- Top: The top
margin.
- Left: The left
margin.
- Bottom: The
bottom margin.
- Right: The right
margin.
- Bleed group: This group
defines the bleeds for the added within the print .
- All sides: Check to
define all bleeds identically using the Top
value.
- Top: The bleed at the
top of the page.
- Left: The bleed at
the left of the page.
- Bottom: The bleed at
the bottom of the page.
- Right: The bleed
at the right of the page.
Includes Tab
This tab defines what other resources are included in the output
- Stylesheets: What CSS stylesheets
to use in producing the output. Stylesheets are loaded in the order
shown, and styles in later Stylesheets overwrites earlier ones when
the same selector is used.
- JavaScript (Web and Print
only): Which JavaScript resources are included in the HTML header
of the web output.
- Up: Move the selected StyleSheet
or JavaScript up in priority.
- Down: Move the selected
StyleSheet or JavaScript down in priority.
Finishing tab
This tab defines finishing options for this section when it is printed.
- Binding group:
- Style: What type of
binding to request on the printer. This includes Stapled, Glued,
Stitched, etc.
- Side: On which side
the binding occurs, such as Bottom, Left, top, etc.
- Location: The location
of the binding, such as Saddle, Side, Corner, etc.
- Angle: If the binding
should be done horizontally, vertically, or at an angle.
- Item count: When certain
binding styles are selected which require multiple items (such
as Stapled or Stiched), use the Count option to specify the number
of items the printer should use, or select Default to let the
printer decide how many items to use.
- Area: The area where the binding can be applied.
- Hole making group:
- Number of holes: When
certain binding styles are selected which require the printer
to create holes in the paper, use this drop-down to select the
number of holes that should be created, or use Default to let
the printer decide.
- Pattern Catalog ID:
When the Number of Holes is not the default in the option above,
use the drop-down to select the Pattern Catalog ID for the hole
making.
Sheet Configuration Tab
This tab defines how different Print Context output on different
and using different .
There are multiple groups, each defining the settings for individual
position within the section as
it outputs: First, Middle
and Last sheet, as well as a group
for Single sheets.
This tab contains the following options:
- Duplex: Check to enable
content to be printed on the back of each sheet. Your printer must
support duplex for this option to work.
- Tumble: Check to enable
tumble mode so pages are duplexed as in a notebook (on Portrait output,
this would be equivalent to short-edge duplex).
- Same for all positions:
Check to enable a single group below, which defines the same options
for all positions in the document. If unchecked, individual position
options are available.
The next options are identical for all positions, but of course only
affects the position where you change the options:
- Allow content on: Selects
on which face of the sheet content is allowed. If "Front only"
or "Back Only" is selected, the other page may contain a
, but no contents will be printed on it. As such it does
not count in the "Content Page Number" and "Content
Page Count" markers which can be inserted via the Insert
menu.
- Media: Defines the
that is used. If the Media has Preprinted
Media defined, the selected preprinted media image is
shown as a background to each page that correspond to the media's
sheet position.
- Edit Script:
Click to open a Script
Editor dialog. The script defines what Media is used, so it
can be dynamically defined using data from the source record or
the .
- Master Page Front: Defines
the Master Page used for the front of the selected sheet's position.
Disabled if "Back Only" is selected under Allow content
on.
- Master Page Back: Defines
the Master Page used for the front of the selected sheet's position. Disabled
if "Back Only" is selected under Allow content on, or if
Duplex is unchecked.
Background Tab
This tab defines the background for the current Print Context Section. It contains the following options:
- General group:
- PDF: Select the PDF to use as the section's background: a PDF Datamapper Input or a PDF Resource.
- Path: The path to a PDF Resource. Enter a path and file name or click the Browse button to open the Select Image dialog; see Select Image dialog.
- Position:
- Centered: The PDF will be centered on the page and will not be resized.
- Fit to Media: The PDF will be resized to fit the Media.
- Absolute. Set a position for the top left corner of the PDF. The PDF will not be resized.
- Top: the distance between the top of the page and the top of the PDF
- Left: the distance between the left side of the page and the left side of the PDF.
- Pages group:
- All: Use all pages in the PDF file as the section's background. For each page in the PDF file one page will be added to the Print section.
- Pages: Select a number of pages from the PDF file. For each page in the range, one page will be added to the Print section.
Web Section Properties
The Web Section Properties defines some of the web page properties,
especially details appearing in the header.
Properties Tab
- Section Group:
- Name: Enter the name
of the Section in the Web Context. This has no effect on output.
- Page Title: Enter the
title for the page. This is the contents of the <title>
HTML tag.
- Shortcut Icon: Enter
the path to the favicon.ico file, for instance images/favicon.ico.
If a valid favicon image is dragged to the Web Section, it will
automatically be set as a shortcut icon.
- Meta Information Group:
This lists all <meta> tags that are added to the header of the
HTML file generated in the output. For more information on <meta>
tags, see W3Schools - HTML meta tag.
- Type: Select the type
of <meta> tag. This is either name or http-equiv.
- Value: Enter the value
of the <meta> tag, for instance when name is selected, this could be keywords or description.
- Content: Enter the
desired contents of the <meta> tag.
- Add: Click to add a
new <meta> tag. to the list.
- Delete: Click to delete
the currently selected <meta> tag.
- Move up: Click to move
the currently selected <meta> tag up one position.
- Move down: Click to
move the currently selected <meta> tag down one position.
Includes Tab
This tab defines what other resources are included in the output
- Stylesheets: What CSS stylesheets
to use in producing the output. Stylesheets are loaded in the order
shown, and styles in later Stylesheets overwrites earlier ones when
the same selector is used.
- JavaScript (Web and Print
only): Which JavaScript resources are included in the HTML header
of the web output.
- Up: Move the selected StyleSheet
or JavaScript up in priority.
- Down: Move the selected
StyleSheet or JavaScript down in priority.
Arrange Sections
The Arrange dialog is used to change the order of sections within a
context. To access the Arrange dialog, right-click on any section or the
context containing them, and click Arrange.
- Name: Displays the
name of each section within the context.
- Move Up: Click to move
the currently selected section up one position.
- Move Down: Click to
move the currently selected section down one position.
Section Includes
This dialog defines what other resources are included in the output
- Stylesheets: What CSS stylesheets to use in producing the output. Stylesheets are loaded in the order shown, and styles in later Stylesheets overwrites earlier ones when the same selector is used.
- JavaScript (Web and Print only): Which JavaScript resources are included in the HTML header of the web output.
- Up: Move the selected StyleSheet or JavaScript up in priority.
- Down: Move the selected StyleSheet or JavaScript down in priority.
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