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Scriptsareusedtopersonalizetemplates.Tostartlearningmoreaboutscripts,see"Personalizingcon-
tent"onpage297and"Writingyourownscripts"onpage368.
Styling and formatting an element
Formatelementsdirectly
Imagesandothergraphicalelementscanberesizedbyclickingonthemanddraggingtheresize
handles.Therearetoolbarbuttonstocolor,indentorstyletext.Othertoolbarbuttonscanleft-align,
right-align,orrotategraphicalelements.
Thetoolbarbuttonsonlyrepresentaselectionoftheformattingoptionsforeachelement.Thereareno
toolbarbuttonstochangeanelement'smargins,ortoaddabordertoit,forexample.Toaccessall
formattingpropertiesofanelement,youhavetoopentheFormattingdialog.Therearetwowaystodo
this:
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Right-clicktheelementandselectthetypeofelementontheshortcutmenu.
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Selecttheelement(see"Selectinganelement"onthepreviouspage)andselectthetypeofele-
mentontheFormatmenu.
See"Stylingandformatting"onpage260formoreinformationabouttheformattingoptions.
FormatelementsviaCascadingStyleSheets(CSS)
Itishighlyrecommendedtousestylesheetsintemplatesrightfromthestart.Evenmoresoifthecom-
municationsaregoingtobeoutputtodifferentoutputchannels,oriftheyconsistofdifferentsections
(forexample,acoveringletterfollowedbyapolicy).UsingCSSwithtemplatesallowsaconsistentlook
andfeeltobeapplied.Astylesheetcanchangethelookofmultipleelements,makingitunnecessaryto
formateachandeveryelementinthetemplate,timeandagain,whenthecompany'slayoutpref-
erenceschange.See"StylingtemplateswithCSSfiles"onpage261.
Barcode
InPrintShopMailConnectDesigner,youcanaddavarietyofbarcodestoyourtemplate.Thesup-
portedBarcodetypesinclude1dbarcodes(thestripedones)and2dbarcodes(encodedhorizontally
andvertically).
AddingaBarcode
Note: WhengeneratingPrintoutput,youcanaddextrabarcodesandOMRmarks.Thereason
whyyouwoulddothis,isthatatmergetimemoreinformationisavailableabouttheactualoutput
document.Thepagecount,forexample,isnotavailableatdesigntime.
ToaddbarcodesandOMRmarksontheflywhengeneratingPrintoutput,selectFile > Printand
checktheoptionAdd additional content(see"AdditionalContent"onpage653)inthePrintWiz-
ard.Tohavethisdoneautomatically,savethisandotheroutputoptionsinanOutputCreation
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