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SpecifyingandpositioningMedia
Specifying a PDF for the front: the fast way
ToquicklyselectaPDFfileforthefrontofaMedia,dragthePDFfilefromtheWindowsExplorertoone
oftheMedia.TheSelectImagedialogopens;selectanimageandchecktheoptionSave with tem-
plateifyouwanttoinserttheimageintotheImagesfolderontheResourcespane.(ForPDFfiles
selectedbyURLthisoptionisalwayschecked.)
AlternativelyyoucouldfirstimportthePDFfiletotheImagesfolderontheResourcespane(using
drag&drop)anddragitfromthereononeoftheMediaintheMediafolder.
Eitherway,youcannotsetanyoptions.
TobeabletospecifyaPDFfileforboththefrontandthebackoftheMedia,andtospecifyapositionfor
theMedia'sPDFfiles,youhavetoeditthepropertiesoftheMedia.
Setting Media properties
Mediahaveanumberofpropertiesthatyoucanset.YoucanchangetheMedia'spagesizeandmar-
gins(aslongasitisn'tappliedtoasection),youcanspecifyaPDFfile(oranyothertypeofimagefile)
forboththefrontandthebackoftheMedia,andyoucandeterminehowthevirtualstationeryshouldbe
positionedonthepage.Thisisdoneasfollows:
1. OntheResourcespane,expandtheContextsfolder,expandtheMediafolder,right-clickthe
MediaandclickProperties.
2. NowyoucanchangethenameandpagesizeoftheMedia.Notethatitisn'tpossibletochange
thepagesizeoncetheMediaisappliedtoasection.Mediacanonlybeappliedtosectionsthat
havethesamesize.
3. OntheVirtual Stationerytab,youcanclicktheSelect ImagebuttontoselectaPDFimagefile.
EncryptedPDFfilesarenot supportedinPDF pass-throughmode.See"PDFOptions"on
page1092.
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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listsimagefilesthatresideinafolderonaharddrivethatisaccessiblefrom
yourcomputer.ClicktheBrowsebuttontoselectafolder(oranimageinafolder).
Asanalternativeitispossibletoenterthepathmanually.Youcangivealocalpath
(e.g.C:\Images\Test.jpg)orusethe"file"protocol.Thecompletesyntaxofafully
qualifiedURLwiththe"file"protocolis:file://<host>/<path>.Note:ifthehost
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