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It is, however, possible to include or exclude sections when the output is generated, or to set
another section as the 'default', depending on a value in the data. A Control Script can do this;
see "Control Scripts" on page235.
See "Generating output" on page488 to learn how to generate Print documents or Email.
Features
The Designer is Connect's module to create templates for personalized customer
communications. These are some of the key features in the Designer:
"Templates" on page37. Start creating, using and sharing templates.
"Contexts" on page42. A context contains one or more designs for one output channel:
l "Print" on the facing page. This topic helps you design and fill sections in the Print
context.
l "Email" on page80. This topics helps you design an email template.
l Web. This topic helps you design a web page.
"Sections" on page43. Sections in one context are designed for the same output channel.
"Content elements" on page99. Elements make up the biggest part of the content of each
design.
"Snippets" on page163. Snippets help share content between contexts, or insert content
conditionally.
"Styling and formatting" on page165. Make your Designer templates look pretty and give them
the same look and feel with style sheets.
"Personalizing content" on page197. Personalize your customer communications using
variable data.
"Writing your own scripts" on page218. Scripting can take personalization much further. Learn
how to script via this topic.
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