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l Left:Enter the position (in inches)of the left boundary of your data selection.
l Top:Enter the position (in inches)of the upper boundary of your data selection.
l Right:Enter the position (in inches)of the right boundary of your data selection.
l Bottom:Enter the position (in inches)of the lower boundary of your data selection.
l Use Data Selector:Click to display the Data Selector to choose which area to use instead of entering the coordinates
manually.
Using the Sample Data Pane to create a data selection
You can create a PDF data selection by opening the Sample Data pane, selecting the data you wish to use with drag and drop,
then drag the selection on the page. The text contents of the selection appears on the page.
Edit Text-Based Data Selection Size
To edit the size of a data selection using the mouse:
1. In the Page area, select the data selection object whose data selection you want to edit.
A red rectangle appears around the selected object. It contains eight resize handles, one on each corner, and one in the
middle of each edge of the rectangle.
2. Position the pointer over the appropriate resize handle to display the double-headed arrow pointer, then click and drag
to adjust the size of the object. Release when the object contains the data selection you require. Note that if you
defined the data selection in the object using PlanetPress Talk expressions, you cannot resize the object along any of
the edges defined by those expressions.
To edit the size of a data selection or reposition it on the data page using keyboard shortcuts:
1. In the Page area, select the data selection object whose data selection you want to edit.
2. Use the following keyboard shortcuts to resize or reposition the data selection.
PlanetPress Design updates the data selection in the selected object with each press of an ARROW key. More pre-
cisely, it adjusts the From line, To line, From column, and To column properties of the data selection in the selected
object to reflect the changes. The Data Pane also updates to reflect the changes to the data selection.
Resize
SHIFT+DOWN ARROW: Increase the size of the data selection by one line along its bottom edge.
SHIFT+UP ARROW Decrease the size of the data selection by one line along its bottom edge.
SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW: Increase the size of the data selection by one column along its right edge.
SHIFT+LEFT ARROW: Decrease the size of the data selection by one column along its right edge.
Reposition
ALT+UP ARROW: Move the selection up one line (or record in the case of a database emulation).
ALT+DOWN ARROW: Move the selection down one line.
ALT+LEFT ARROW: Move the selection to the left one column.
ALT+RIGHT ARROW: Move the selection to the right one column.
Postal Address Object
The Postal Address Object is used to display an address on your page and add specific address-related functionalities to
your document. You can of course display an address with other objects such as a Text Object or a Data Selection
Object, but the Postal Address Object includes features not available in other objects.
Fonts and Styles
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