Add document

The Add document action task prepares a printer-centric PostScript job by adding a PostScript version of a selected PlanetPress Connect document and the trigger to execute it before the active data file.

For more information about printer-centric printing see Printer-centric printing.

Input

This task can support files in any emulation, however, the actual file that should be used is one that is compatible with the selected PlanetPress Design document.

Processing

This task takes the PostScript version of the document (.ps7), adds the trigger and then the active data file to it. If Metadata is present, the output is based on this Metadata (unselected data pages will not generate output, the sort order will be respected, etc). Otherwise the complete data file is merged.

Output

The output is a PostScript job that can be sent to any output task in "passthrough" mode, for example Create PDF, PlanetPress Image, etc. Metadata is not generated by this task.

Task properties

General tab

• Documents: Select a specific PlanetPress Design document if you want all the jobs to be merged with that document (see PlanetPress Design documents).
• Add job information to the document: Select to prompt your PlanetPress Workflow to add the available job information elements in the header of the generated file. Note that this option is only enabled if a document was selected.

On Error Tab

For a description of the options on the On Error tab see Using the On Error tab.

Miscellaneous Tab

The Miscellaneous tab is common to all tasks.

It contains a text area (Task comments) that lets you write comments about the task. These comments are saved when the dialog is closed with the OK button and are displayed in The Task Comments Pane.

Check the option Use as step description to display the text next to the icon of the plugin in the Process area.

The tab also provides an option to highlight the task in The Process area with the default color, set in the Preferences (see Colors), or the color selected or defined under Highlight color on this tab.
To revert the selected highlight color to the default color, open this tab, turn the Highlight option off and close the dialog with the OK button; then turn highlighting back on.
Highlighting can also be turned on and off via the task's contextual menu and with the Highlight button on the View ribbon.