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dots, such as Statement.%y.@(1,1,1,1,25,KeepCase,Trim) or Job.%f, for example, you must add quotation marks at
the beginning and end of the file name (“Statement.%y.%m.@(1,1,1,1,25,KeepCase,Trim)” or ”Job.%f”). Otherwise,
when the file is saved, anything appearing after the last dot is replaced by the file’s extension characters (and the file
name thus becomes Statement.2005.pdf instead of Statement.2005.255842.pdf, or Job.tif instead of Job.544872.tif).
Failing to add the quotation marks may result in files being overwritten.
l Index group: This group lets you specify which type of index must be created for each document generated by this
task. PDIfiles are used by PlanetPress Search as indexing information.
l None: Select if you do not want this task to add an index file to the generated document.
l PDI: Select if you want this task to add a PDI index file to the generated document.
l XML and PDI: Select if you want this task to add both an XML and a PDI index file to the generated document.
PDF tab
If you chose PDF as the output type in the General tab, use this tab to choose the appropriate PDF options. Note that all the
options available in this tab are only used with PDF files.
l Job options: Select the PDF output option that best describes your needs. This loads all the standard settings for the
selected usage scenario. These settings can be changed as required. Note that if you make changes and then select a
different output option, your changes will be lost. PlanetPress Image supports numerous PDF standards: Standard,
High Quality, Custom, and a variety of PDF/A and PDF/X formats.
l General group
l ASCII format: Select to create the PDF file using ASCII characters (instead of the usual 8-bit binary format).
This option produces a file suitable for transmission over a 7-bit
l ASCII link. This option is useful if the PDFs need to be opened in a text editor, sent across networks, or sent
via email using a program that does not support binary files. This option also generates smaller files.
l Compress text and line art: Select to compress the text and line work in the file using the Flate com-
pression filter. Flate is a compression method that works well on elements with large areas of single colors or
repeating patterns, as well as on black-and-white elements that contain repeating patterns.
l Auto-rotate pages: Select to automatically rotate pages based on the orientation of the text or DSC com-
ments.
l Optimize for fast web view: Select to minimize file size and facilitate page downloading.
l Title: Enter a title for the document. If you leave this box empty, the document’s name will be used as the doc-
ument’s title. Since this is a variable property box, you may use variables and data selections and let Plan-
etPress Suite Workflow Tools interpret this information at runtime.
l Author: You may enter the name of the author of the document. Since this is a variable property box, you may
use variables and data selections and let PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools interpret this information at runtime.
l Subject: You may enter the subject of the document. Since this is a variable property box, you may use var-
iables and data selections and letPlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools interpret this information at runtime. Note
that if you use a data selection in this box, you must be sure that the data that will be selected at runtime will not
contain any parentheses, as this would cause the task to fail. If you suspect that the data may contain paren-
theses, you should use a Run script action task (see Run Script Action Task Property) with a Strip() function to
strip them out.
l Keywords: You may enter keywords for the document. Since this is a variable property box, you may use var-
iables and data selections and let PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools interpret this information at runtime.
l Monochrome images group
l Monochrome compression: Select the compression to use for the monochrome images. Flate compression
is lossless, so no data is lost during compression. Flate Mono works well on images with large areas of solid
shades or repeating patterns, such as screen shots and simple images created with paint or drawing programs.
CCITT typically yields the best compression of monochrome images. It is the compression method developed
for fax transmissions. Note that configurations that were created with an earlier version of PlanetPress Suite
Workflow Tools and that included tasks set not to use any compression will by default be set to use the Flate
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