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insync.
Afullcirclebeforethemessagemeansthelocalandremoteversionsofthatcommitareinsync.
Halfacircleonthelefthandsideoftheaxisindicatesthecommitwasmadelocallybuthasyettobe
publishedtotheonlinerepository.
Ifsomeoneweretomakechangestotheonlineversionthatthelocalversiondoesn’thaveyet,then
thathalfcirclewouldbeontherighthandsideoftheaxis.
Seealso:"Viewingprojecthistory"onpage95.
The Designer
TheDesignerisaWYSIWYG(whatyouseeiswhatyouget)editorthatletsyoucreatetemplatesfor
PrintandEmailoutput.
Atemplatemaycontaindesignsformultipleoutputchannels:aletterintendedforprintandane-mail
variantofthesamemessage,forexample.Content,likethebodyofthemessageorletter,canbe
sharedacrossthesecontexts.
Templatesarepersonalizedusingscriptsandvariabledata.Moreadvancedusersmayedittheunder-
lyingHTML,CSSandJavaScriptdirectly.
ThefollowingtopicswillhelptoquicklyfamiliarizeyourselfwiththeDesigner.
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"Designerbasics"onthenextpage.Thesearethebasicstepsforcreatinganddevelopingatem-
plate.
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"Features"onthenextpage.ThesearesomeofthekeyfeaturesintheDesigner.
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"DesignerUserInterface"onpage423.Thispartgivesanoverviewofallelementsinthe
DesignerUserInterface,likemenus,dialogsandpanes.
Morehelpcanbefoundhere:
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Learnsite:Watchanintroductoryvideo,followawalkthroughsample,orreadtheblogandprac-
ticalhow-tos.
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