User Manual
5.
[Size and position] of the text frame:
Setting Description
[Width] / [Height] You can define the width and height of the frame.
You can also change the size of the frame with your mouse in the [Preview]
view.
[Horizontal shift] /
[Vertical shift]
You can define the exact position of the frame on the page(s).
[Rotation] You can rotate the frame.
6.
Use the variable data in combination with static text:
Setting Description
[Insert field] The drop-down list contains the available column headers of the selected
data source. Select one or more column headers from the data source. For
each selected row, the variable data is taken from each field of the selected
column. The variable data is printed on the master document.
You can use fields of type:
• String
• Number
• Date and time
[Insert row num-
ber]
You can add the number of each row in the data source to the variable data.
• [Number format]
Select the format for the row numbers.
• [Insert total number of rows]
Select this option to add the total number of rows of the data source to
the row numbering.
The row number is displayed as: <current row number>/<total number of
rows>.
• [Number of digits]
You can define a fixed number of digits to express the row number. Lead-
ing zeros are used to pad the row number. If the defined number of digits
is too small to express the number of rows, the actual number of rows is
used.
[Format number]
This button is available when you select a field of type "number".
• [Integer digits]
You can define a minimum number of digits to express the numbers from
the selected field(s). Leading zeros are used to pad the number. If the de-
fined number of digits is too small to express the number, the actual
number from the field is used.
• [Decimal digits]
You can define the number of digits displayed behind the [Decimal sepa-
rator].
• You can define the [Decimal separator] and the [Thousands separator].
[Format date/
time]
This button is available when you select a field of type "date/time".
You can define the [Time format] and the [Date format].
[Insert "Print
date/time"]
You can add the print date and print time as a stamp to the variable data.
Click [Format date/time] define the [Time format] and the [Date format].
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Add a text frame
Chapter 3 - The [VDP] workspace
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