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Get: Click to select a search region. The coordinates of the selected region will be
added to the Word is in line box and the Word is between columns group below.
The Generic Splitter will look for changes in the string of characters appearing in
that region.
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Word is in line: Enter the line on which to search for the word change. If you enter
1, the Generic Splitter will consider only in the first line of every page. Note that the
actual search region is a combination of the vertical and horizontal search regions.
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Word is between columns group
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From and To: Enter a horizontal search region defined as starting from a
given column and ending at a given column. If you enter 1 in the From box and
1 in the To box, the Generic Splitter will search for the string of characters
entered above only in the first column of the line selected above. If you enter 1
in the From box and 10 in the To box, the Generic Splitter will search in the ten
first columns of the line selected above.
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Consider case: Select to force the Generic Splitter to consider a change in
character casing as a word change. If this option is selected, “DAY” will be
considered as different from “day”.
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Trim selection: Select to force the Generic Splitter to trim empty characters at
the beginning and end of the data found in the search region. If this option is
not selected, “DAY” will be considered as different from “DAY”.
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Where to split group
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Pages: Enter exactly where to split the file. Enter 1 to split the file 1 page
before or after the string, 2 to split the file 2 pages before or after the string, or 0
to split the file immediately before or after the string.
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Before or after: In the previous box, you entered exactly where you wanted to
split the file, here is where you specify whether you want the split before or
after.
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Split when word changed: You may not want to split the file every time the string of
characters entered above changes, but only every other time, or every third time. If
so, enter the number of times in this box.
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A page number: If you choose A page number in the Split data file on list box (the Use
emulation option must be selected), the following boxes are displayed.
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Pages per output file: Enter a number of pages after which to split the file. If you
enter 3, for example, the Generic Splitter will split the file every time it has counted
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