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Note: Beforeyoucanaddvariabledatafieldstothecontentsofyourtemplateyouneedtoload

datafromadatafileordatabase(see"Loadingdata"onpage299).

Howtopreventemptylinesandextraspaces

Youcaninsertplaceholdersandcreatetheaccompanyingscriptsviathedrag-and-dropordouble-

clickmethod,orusingawizard.

Thedrag-and-dropordouble-clickmethodisbestforsimplefieldsthatdonotneedtobeprecededor

followedbyaspace,linebreakortext.

Arethereemptyfieldsinthedata?Andisthevalueofadatafieldprecededorfollowedbyaspace,line

breakortextinthetemplate?Thenitisbettertouseawizard.Otherwise,emptydatafieldswillcause

emptylinesandsuperfluouswhitespacestoshowupinthetext.Youshouldalsousethismethodfor

blocksofdata,suchasaddressblocks.Thewizardmakesiteasytoformatdatadifferently,for

example,displayanumberasacurrency.

Bothmethodsaredescribedindetailbelow.

Insertingplaceholdersviadrag-and-drop/double-click

Aneasy,quickanddirectwaytoinsertplaceholdersforvariabledatainthecontentisviadrag-and-

droporadouble-click.

1. Openthesectionyouwanttoaddthedatafieldto.

2. Either:

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Drag and dropadatafieldfromtheData Modelpaneatthebottomrightintothecontent

ofyourtemplate.Toselectandinsertmultipledatafieldsatthesametime,pressShiftor

Ctrl,whilstselectingfieldsintheDataModelpane.

Tip: PresstheCtrlkeywhiledraggingtowraptheplaceholder(s)inanabsoluteposi-

tionedbox(adiv)atthecursorposition.Eachplaceholderinsidetheboxiswrapped

inaSpan,andeachSpangetsitsownclass.

ThismethodisparticularlyusefulwhenthedocumentmainlyconsistsofaPDFused

asthebackgroundimageofasection(see"UsingaPDFfileorotherimageasback-

ground"onpage130).

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Placethecursorinthetemplatewhereyouwantthedatatobeinsertedandthendouble-

clickthedatafieldintheDataModelpane.

Whathappensisthat:

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