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thatyoumayrestoreatemplatethatwasaccidentallyopenedandsavedinanewerversion,orsharea
templatewithusersofapreviousversionofConnect.
Notethatitmaynotalwaysbepossibletodown-saveatemplate.Ifatemplateusesafeaturethatdid
notexistinacertainolderversion,itwon'tbepossibletodown-saveittothatolderversion.
Todown-saveatemplate,selectFile > Save a Copy,fromthemenu.Selectthesoftwareversionand
clickOK.Nextyoucanselectalocationandgivethetemplateaname,asusual.
Tosave a copy,followthesameprocedurewithoutselectingapreviousversionofthesoftware.
Creatingpackagefiles
Apackagefile(*.OL-package)containsoneormoretemplatesandPrintPresets.
PrintPresetsmakeitpossibletodosuchthingsasfilteringandsortingrecords,groupingdocuments
andsplittingtheprintjobsintosmallerprintjobs,aswellasthemorestandardselectionofprinting
options,suchasbinding,OMRmarkingsandthelike.See"PrintPresets"onpage861formoredetails.
PackagefilescanbeopenedbyotherConnectusers.
ToopenthePackagedialog,selectFile > Package....ForanexplanationoftheoptionsinthePackage
dialog,see"Packagedialog"onpage464.
GeneratingoutputfromtheDesigner
OutputcanbegenerateddirectlyfromtheDesigner;see"GeneratingPrintoutput"onpage858,and
"GeneratingEmailoutput"onpage876.
Totestatemplatefirst,selectContext > Preflight.Preflightsexecutethetemplatewithoutactuallypro-
ducingoutputanditdisplaysanyissuesonceit'sdone(seealso:"Testingscripts"onpage376).
Exportingatemplatereport
Atemplatereportcanbeusedforarchivingpurposesortoprovideinformationaboutthetemplateto
peoplewhodonothaveaccesstoConnect.SuchareportcanbeexportedinPDForXMLformat.By
defaultitcontainsasummaryofthetemplatewithanoverviewofallthesettingsandresourcesthatare
usedinthetemplate:media,masterpages,contexts,sections,images,scripts,runtimeparameters,
etc.Thefilepropertiesareincludedaswell(see"FilePropertiesdialog"onpage442).
ToopentheExportTemplateReportwizard,selectFile > Export Report.Foradescriptionofall
options,see"ExportTemplateReportwizard"onpage441.
Creating a custom template report
TheExportTemplateReportwizardalsooffersthepossibilitytoexportcustomtemplatereports(in
PDFformatonly).Acustomtemplatereportcouldcontainanotherselectionofinformationandpresent
thatdifferently,e.g.withthelogoofyourcompany.
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