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Ifyouwouldlikethedrag-and-dropmethodtobehavelikeitdidinolderConnectversions,you
canchangeitsbehaviorviathePreferences(Window > Preferences > Editing),orholdthe
ALTkeywhiledraggingtochangeitsbehavioronthefly.
Formoretipstomakeatemplategenerateoutputfaster,see"Optimizingscripts"onpage380.
UsingtheTextScriptWizard
TheTextScriptWizardcaninsertoneormoredatafieldsintoyourtemplate,eachwithanoptionalpre-
fixandsuffix.ItisrecommendedtousetheTextScriptWizardforblocksofdata,suchasaddress
blocks,andwhendatafieldscanbeemptyorneedtobeformatteddifferently.
1. CreateanewtextscriptandopentheTextScriptWizard.Therearethreewaystodothis:
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OntheScriptspaneatthebottomleft,clicktheblacktriangleontheNewbuttonandclick
New Text Script.Anewscriptappearsinthelist.Double-clickthenewscripttoopenit.
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Selectawordinthecontent.Right-clicktheselectionandontheshortcutmenu,choose
Text Script.
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Dragadatafieldintothetemplateasdescribedabove,andthendouble-clickthenew
script.
TheTextScriptWizardappears.
2. Changethenameofthescripttomakeclearwhatitdoes.
Note: Scriptscanonlyhavethesamenamewhentheyarenotinthesamefolder.
3. Theselectordefineswhattolookforinthetemplate.Theresultscanbereplacedbythescript.
Tip: HoveroverthenameofascriptintheScriptspanetohighlightpartsofthetemplate
thatareaffectedbythescript.
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Text,forexample:@lastname@,or{sender}.Thetextdoesn'thavetohaveanyspecial
characters,butspecialcharactersdomakeiteasiertorecognizethetextforyourself.In
theTextScriptWizard,clickTextandtypethetexttofind.
Note: AscriptmadewiththeTextScriptWizardforablockofdataalreadyruns
fasterthanaseriesofindividualscripts,becauseitonlyhasoneselector.However,
searchingfortextcanbealengthyoperation,comparedtosearchingforanelement
withanID.Whenspeedmatters,selectoneofthetworemainingoptions:Selector
orSelector and Text.Seealso:"Testingscripts"onpage376and"Optimizing
scripts"onpage380.
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