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APrintcontextwithonesectioninit;see"Printcontext"belowand"Printsections"onpage447.
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OneMasterPage.MasterPagesareusedforheadersandfooters,forimagesandotherele-
mentsthathavetoappearonmorethanonepage,andforspecialelementsliketear-offs.See
"MasterPages"onpage462.
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OneMedia.YoucanseethisontheResourcespane:expandtheMediafolder.Media 1isthe
VirtualStationerythatyouhaveselectedintheWizard.ItisappliedtoallpagesinthePrintsec-
tion,ascanbeseenintheSheetConfigurationdialog.(Toopenthisdialog,expandtheCon-
textsfolderontheResourcespane;expandthePrintfolderandright-click"Section1";then
selectSheet Configuration.)See"Media"onpage465.
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Selectorsforvariabledata,forexample:@Name@,@Amount@.Youwillwanttoreplacethese
bythenamesofactualfieldsinyourdata.See"Variabledatainthetext"onpage708.
TheWizardopensthePrintsection.Youcanaddtextandotherelements;see"Contentelements"on
page566.See"Stylingandformatting"onpage671tolearnhowtostyleelements..
Print context
ThePrintcontextisthefolderintheDesignerthatcancontainoneormorePrinttemplates.
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1316).
ThePrintcontextcanalsobeaddedtoEmailoutputasaPDFattachment;see"GeneratingEmailout-
put"onpage1340.
WhengeneratingoutputfromthePrintcontext,eachofthePrintsectionsisaddedtotheoutputdoc-
ument,oneaftertheotherinsequence,foreachrecord.
CreatingthePrintcontext
YoucanstartcreatingaPrinttemplatewithaWizard(see"CreatingaPrinttemplatewithaWizard"on
page437),oraddthePrintcontexttoanexistingtemplate(see"Addingacontext"onpage432).
Tip: EditingPDFfilesintheDesignerisnotpossible,butwhenthey'reusedasasection'sback-
ground,youcanaddtextandotherelements,suchasabarcode,tothem.
ThequickestwaytocreateaPrinttemplatebasedonaPDFfileistoright-clickthePDFfileinthe
WindowsExplorerandselectEnhance with Connect.Alternatively,startcreatinganewPrint
templatewithaWizard,usingthePDF-basedPrinttemplate(see"CreatingaPrinttemplatewith
aWizard"onpage437).
TouseaPDFfileasbackgroundimageforanexistingsection,see"UsingaPDFfileorother
imageasbackground"onpage451.
WhenaPrinttemplateiscreated,thefollowinghappens:
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