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Print sections
Printtemplates(alsocalledPrintsections),arepartofthePrintcontext.Theyaremeanttobeprinted
directlytoaprinteroraprinterstream/spoolfile,ortoaPDFfile(see"GeneratingPrintoutput"on
page858).
ThePrintcontextcanalsobeaddedtoEmailoutputasaPDFattachment;see"GeneratingEmailout-
put"onpage876.
WhengeneratingoutputfromthePrintcontext,eachofthePrintsectionsisaddedtotheoutputdoc-
ument,oneaftertheotherinsequence,foreachrecord.
Pages
Unlikeemails,Printsectionscancontainmultiplepages.Pagesarenaturallylimitedbytheirsizeand
margins.Ifthecontentofasectiondoesn'tfitononepage,theoverflowgoestothenextpage.Thishap-
pensautomatically,basedonthesection'spagesizeandmargins;see"Pagesettings:size,margins
andbleed"onpage135.
TheminimumnumberofpagescanbesetviathePrintsectionproperties;see"Printsectionprop-
erties"onpage485.
Althoughgenerallythesamecontentelementscanbeusedinallthreecontexts(see"Contentele-
ments"onpage170),thespecificcharacteristicsofpagesmakeitpossibletousespecialelements,
suchaspagenumbers;see"Pagenumbers"onpage136.
See"Pages"onpage134foranoverviewofsettingsandelementsthatarespecificforpages.
Using headers, footers, tear-offs and repeated elements
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141foranexplanationofhowtofillthemandhowtoapplythemtodif-
ferentpages.
Using stationery (Media)
WhentheoutputofaPrintcontextismeanttobeprintedonpaperthatalreadyhasgraphicalandtext
elementsonit(calledstationery,orpreprintedsheets),youcanaddacopyofthismedia,intheformof
aPDFfile,totheMediafolder.
MediacanbeappliedtopagesinaPrintsection,tomakethemappearasabackgroundtothose
pages.ThisensuresthatelementsaddedtothePrintcontextwillcorrespondtotheircorrectlocationon
thepreprintedmedia.
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