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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. Use the arrow buttons to move the files that should be included to the list at the
right.
You can also change the order in which the CSS files are read. Note that moving a style
sheet up in the list gives it less weight. In case of conflicting rules, style sheets read later
will override previous ones; see "Determining the order in which style sheets are read" on
page497.
Using a PDF file as background image
In the Print context, a PDF file can be used as a section's background. It is different from the
Media in that the section considers the PDF to be content, so the number of pages in the
section will be the same as the number of pages taken from the PDF file.
With this feature it is possible to create a Print template from an arbitrary PDF file or from a PDF
file provided by the DataMapper. Of course, the PDF file itself can't be edited in a Designer
template, but when it is used as a section's background, text and other elements, such as a
barcode, can be added to it.
To use a PDF file as background image:
1.
On the Resources pane, expand the Print context, right-click the print section and click
Background.
2.
Click the downward pointing arrow after Image and select either From Datamapper
input or From PDF resource.
From Datamapper input uses the active Data Mapping Configuration to retrieve the PDF
file that was used as input file, or another type of input file, converted to a PDF file. With
this option you don't need to make any other settings; click OK to close the dialog.
3.
For a PDF resource, you have to specify where it is located. Click the Select Image
button.
Click Resources, Disk or Url, depending on where the image is located.
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Resources lists the images that are present in the Images folder on the Resources
pane.
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Disk lets you choose an image file that resides in a folder on a hard drive that is
accessible from your computer. Click the Browse button to select an image.
As an alternative it is possible to enter the path manually. The complete syntax
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