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Note: Stylesheetsthatarelinkedto(i.e.includedin)asectionshowachainiconinthe
Resourcespane(see"Resourcespane"onpage521).
UsingaPDFfileorotherimageasbackground
InthePrintcontext,aPDFfilecanbeusedasasection'sbackground.ItisdifferentfromtheMediain
thatthesectionconsidersthePDFtobecontent,sothenumberofpagesinthesectionwillbethe
sameasthenumberofpagestakenfromthePDFfile.
WiththisfeatureitispossibletocreateaPrinttemplatefromanarbitraryPDFfile.Ofcourse,thePDF
fileitselfcan'tbeeditedinaDesignertemplate,butwhenitisusedasasection'sbackground,textand
otherelements,suchasabarcode,canbeaddedtoit.
EncryptedPDFfilesarenot supportedinPDF pass-throughmode.
TouseaPDFfileasbackgroundimage:
1. OntheResourcespane,expandthePrintcontext,right-clicktheprintsectionandclickBack-
ground.
2. ClickthedownwardpointingarrowafterImageandselectFrom PDF resource.
3. ForaPDFresource,youhavetospecifythepath.ClickingtheSelect Imagebuttonopensthe
SelectImagedialog(see"SelectImagedialog"onpage488).
4.
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ClickResources,DiskorUrl,dependingonwheretheimageislocated.
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ResourcesliststheimagesthatarepresentintheImagesfolderontheResources
pane.
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Disklistsimagefilesthatresideinafolderonaharddrivethatisaccessiblefrom
yourcomputer.ClicktheBrowsebuttontoselectafolder(oranimageinafolder).
Asanalternativeitispossibletoenterthepathmanually.Youcangivealocalpath
(e.g.C:\Images\Test.jpg)orusethe"file"protocol.Thecompletesyntaxofafully
qualifiedURLwiththe"file"protocolis:file://<host>/<path>.Note:ifthehost
is"localhost",itcanbeomitted,resultinginfile:///<path>,forexample:
file:///c:/resources/images/image.jpg.
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Urllistsimagefilesfromaspecificwebaddress.Selecttheprotocol(httporhttps),
andthenenterawebaddress(forexample,http://www.mys-
ite.com/images/image.jpg).
Note: IfaURLdoesn'thaveafileextension,andtheoptionSavewithtemplateis
notselected,theSelectImagedialogautomaticallyaddsthefiletypeparameter
withthefileextensionasitsvalue(forexample:?filetype=pdf(ifitisthefirst
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