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The Designer
The Designer is a WYSIWIG (what you 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 extracted via the DataMapper.More
advanced users may use native HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
The following topics will help to quickly familiarize yourself with the Designer.
l "Basic Steps" on page 218. These are the basic steps for creating and developing a
template.
l "Features" on page 220. These are some of the key features in the Designer.
l "Designer User Interface" on page 452. This section gives an overview of all elements in
the Designer User Interface, like menus, dialogs and panes.
More help can be found here:
l Tutorials On Video: watch an introductory video, overview tutorials or practical how-to
videos.
l Forum: Browse the forum and feel free to ask questions about the use of Connect
software
l Demo site. Download demonstrations of OL products.
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API
Designer Scripts API
This page describes the different features available in scripts created inside the Scripts pane.
See "Write your own scripts" on page 376.
Features that are only available in Control Scripts are listed in the Control Script API. See
"Control Script API" on page 211.
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