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Creating the Print context
You can start creating a Print template with a Wizard (see "Creating a Print template with a
Wizard" on page107), or add the Print context to an existing template (see "Adding a context"
on page100).
Tip
Editing PDF files in the Designer is not possible, but when they're used as a section's
background, you can add text and other elements, such as a barcode, to them.
The quickest way to create a Print template based on a PDFfile is to right-click the PDF
file in the Windows Explorer and select Enhance with Connect. Alternatively, start
creating a new Print template with a Wizard, using the PDF-based Print template (see
"Creating a Print template with a Wizard" on page107).
To use a PDF file as background image for an existing section, see "Using a PDF file as
background image" on page119.
When a Print template is created, the following happens:
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The Print context is created and one Print section is added to it. You can see this on the
Resources pane: expand the Contexts folder, and then expand the Print folder.
The Print context can contain multiple sections: a covering letter and a policy, for
example, or one section that is meant to be attached to an email as a PDF file and
another one that is going to be printed out on paper. Only one Print section is added to it
at the beginning, but you can add as many print sections as you need; see "Adding a
Print section" on page116.
See "Print sections" on page115 to learn how to fill a Print section.
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One Master Page is added to the template, as can be seen on the Resources pane, in
the Master Page folder.
In Print sections, there are often elements that need to be repeated across pages, like
headers, footers and logos. In addition, some elements should appear on each first page,
or only on pages in between the first and the last page, or only on the last page.
Examples are a different header on the first page, and a tear-off slip that should show up
on the last page.
This is what Master Pages are used for. Master Pages can only be used in the Print
context.
See "Master Pages" on page131.
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