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Text and special characters

Thevastmajorityoftemplatesforpersonalizedcustomercommunicationscontain,ofcourse,text.

Whilethemostcommontextelementisa<p>orparagraph,otherelementssuchasHeadings(<h1>

through<h6>)arealsoconsideredtextelements.Textelementscanbepresentwithinothertypesof

elementssuchastablecells(<td>),boxes(<div>),etc.

Addingtext

Toaddtext,simplytypeintheworkspaceinthemiddle.

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PressEntertoinsertanewparagraph.

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PressShift+Entertoinsertalinebreak.

Alternatively,usetheInsert Lorem Ipsumtoolbarbuttontoinsertdummytext,orcopy-pastetextinto

thetemplate.

SelectPaste as Plain TextfromtheEditmenuorthecontextualmenutoinsertthetextwithoutany

HTMLstylesorformatting.

Textthatprecedesorfollowsthevalueofadata fieldcanbeaddedbytheHandlebarsHelperWizard

(inthecaseofexpressions;see"UsingtheHelperWizard"onpage310)andtheTextScriptWizard

(see"UsingtheTextScriptWizard"onpage314).

Note: ItisnotpossibletoopenaWordfileintheDesigner.WhenyoucopytextfromaWorddoc-

ument,however,basicstylecharacteristicstravelwiththecontenttoPrintShopMailConnect

Designer.Formattingoptionslikebold,italicandformatslikeHeading1,Heading2aremain-

tained.

Extra spaces

WhenyouaddspacesinDesignorPreviewmodetheeditorautomaticallypreservesanyextraspaces

byconvertingthemtonon-breakingspaces(" "inHTML).ItdoesthisbecauseinHTMLextra

spacesaregenerallyremoved.TakethisintoaccountwhenyoueditthetemplateinSourcemode(i.e.

inHTML)oraddtextviaascript.

Thishow-todescribesanotherwaytomaintainextraspacesinthetext:Maintainextraspacesintext.

Addingspecialcharacters

Toaddspecialcharacters:

1. Positionthecursorwherethecharactershouldbeinserted.

2. OntheInsertmenu,pointtoSpecial CharactersclickSymbols,Dashes and Spaces,Arrows,

orGeometric Shapes,andclickoneoftheavailablespecialcharacters.

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