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Print sections
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.
Pages
Unlikeemailsandwebpages,Printsectionscancontainmultiplepages.Pagesarenaturallylimitedby
theirsizeandmargins.Ifthecontentofasectiondoesn'tfitononepage,theoverflowgoestothenext
page.Thishappensautomatically,basedonthesection'spagesizeandmargins;see"Pagesettings:
size,marginsandbleed"onpage456.
TheminimumnumberofpagescanbesetviathePrintsectionproperties;see"Printsectionprop-
erties"onpage932.
Althoughgenerallythesamecontentelementscanbeusedinallthreecontexts(see"Contentele-
ments"onpage566),thespecificcharacteristicsofpagesmakeitpossibletousespecialelements,
suchaspagenumbers;see"Pagenumbers"onpage457.
See"Pages"onpage455foranoverviewofsettingsandelementsthatarespecificforpages.
Using headers, footers, tear-offs and repeated elements
InPrintsections,thereareoftenelementsthatneedtoberepeatedacrosspages,likeheaders,footers
andlogos.Inaddition,someelementsshouldappearoneachfirstpage,oronlyonpagesinbetween
thefirstandthelastpage,oronlyonthelastpage.Examplesareadifferentheaderonthefirstpage,
andatear-offslipthatshouldshowuponthelastpage.
ThisiswhatMasterPagesareusedfor.MasterPagescanonlybeusedinthePrintcontext.
See"MasterPages"onpage462foranexplanationofhowtofillthemandhowtoapplythemtodif-
ferentpages.
Using stationery (Media)
WhentheoutputofaPrintcontextismeanttobeprintedonpaperthatalreadyhasgraphicalandtext
elementsonit(calledstationery,orpreprintedsheets),youcanaddacopyofthismedia,intheformof
aPDFfile,totheMediafolder.
MediacanbeappliedtopagesinaPrintsection,tomakethemappearasabackgroundtothose
pages.ThisensuresthatelementsaddedtothePrintcontextwillcorrespondtotheircorrectlocationon
thepreprintedmedia.
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