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Comments Tab
The Comments tab is common to all tasks. It contains a text area (Task comments)that lets
you write comments about the task. These comments are saved when the dialog is closed with
the OKbutton, and are displayed in the Task Comments Pane.
Check the option Use as step description to display the text next to the icon of the plugin in
the Process area.
Metadata Tasks
Metadata tasks are plugins that can create or edit metadata for a job file.For more information
about the metadata structure and elements, see "Metadata" on page38.
l "Create Metadata" below
l "Embed/Extract PlanetPress Workflow Metadata" on page512
l "Metadata Fields Management" on page515
l "Metadata File Management" on page519
l "Metadata Filter" on page521
l "Metadata Level Creation" on page524
l "Metadata Sequencer" on page528
l "Metadata Sorter" on page530
l "Metadata to PDI" on page532
l "Metadata-Based N-Up" on page535
Create Metadata
Creates all the metadata that is either the result of the merging between a data file and a
PlanetPress Design document, or the information about a PDFFile.
Input
Either a data file in any supported Emulation, or a PDFFile.
Processing
If a data file and document are selected, the metadata is generated by merging the data file and
document and retrieving only the metadata generated by this merge. The Metadata levels will
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