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This procedure describes how to set up a document in PlanetPress Design, so that the Create VDX action recognizes it and con-
verts it to VDX format correctly. For help understanding and using the PlanetPress Image action, see the PlanetPress Watch
or Server 6 User Guide Addendum.
To create a document in VDX format:
1. In PlanetPress Design, create a new document.
2. Double-click on the Document node to display the Document properties dialog box.
3. In the Document properties dialog box, click Compilation options and in the Caching method box, select VDX. If
you do not select VDX, the Create VDX action in PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool does not recognize the document as
one it can convert to VDX format.
4. Click OK.
5. Add a page to the document.
6. Double-click on the Page node to display the Page properties dialog box.
7. In the Page properties dialog box, click Basic attributes.
8. Set Page type to Virtual and select Cachable.
9. Click OK.
10. Add the content to the virtual page. You can use any of the objects available in PlanetPress Design to add content to the
virtual page. However, all of the content you add must be static.
11. Repeat step 5 through step 10 for each of the virtual pages you want to add to the document.
12. Create the normal pages of the document, using n-up objects as necessary to reference the content of the virtual
pages.
13. Save the document.
To display a virtual page on a normal page:
1. On the normal page, choose Home | N-UpPrinting.
2. Move the pointer inside the Page area, click at the point at which you want to add the n-up object, and release to dis-
play the N-Up properties dialog box.
3. In the N-Up properties dialog box, click Basic attributes and enter the name, position, size, style, and condition
properties for the n-up object.
4. In the N-Up properties dialog box, click N-Up options and in the Page to execute n-up box, select the virtual
page you want this n-up object to display.
5. Set both the horizontal and vertical Number of repeats to 1.
6. If necessary, use the Scale box to adjust the scale at which the n-up object displays the virtual page.
7. If necessary, click Basic attributes and adjust the Angle property to rotate the content of the n-up object.
8. Click OK to exit the N-Up properties dialog box.
PPDSetup
PPD files, or PostScript Printer Description files are used by PostScript printer drivers to print to PostScript devices. PPDs con-
tain printer-specific postscript commands that are used to control printer features, such as duplexing, stapling and sub-set sta-
pling, tray calls and more. PPDs can be specific to a certain printer model, to a model line, or to a manufacturer. Generic all-
purpose PPDs are provided with PlanetPress Suite and contain commands that should be understood by a large number of
printers, but using the appropriate PPD is always better.
PPDs are only used when printing through Optimized PostScript Stream or Printer-Centric mode. They are completely
ignored when using Windows Driver output.
The PPD, along with the sample data file you associate with the document and the emulation you select define how your doc-
ument handles its input data, and consequently determine the accuracy of the output the document produces with the data
stream it receives at runtime.
Setting Up a Document
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