| 1. | Select Edit... from the 'Fields' menu (ctrl + d) and click on the field you wish to edit on the field name list.
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Right-click on a field on the page and select Edit field... |
| 2. | Click the Advanced tab. |
Omit from output
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To omit the data for this field from the output. Any other actions (such as processing sub-field or causing a new file to be started) will still occur.
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This field starts a new XML level
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If this tag is the parent of any sub-fields then these sub-fields are contained within this field in the resultant XML, otherwise they are on the same level as their parent.
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Use this field in the file name
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If you opt to split the file into sections, the field name is used as part of the file name, e.g. if the file is called TEST.PCL, the field contains ABCD and the output specification is *=.PDF then the output file name will be TESTABCD.PDF
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Use this field in the page name
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To use the field name when creating multi-page TIFF image files (i.e. when 'Multi-page TIFFs' is selected in the Export options, see Exporting files to TIFF images).
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| 4. | Set up the Action condition: |
Each time field found
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The 'Action' occurs every time the field is found.
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or
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When field changes
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The 'Action' occurs only when the contents of the field change (not meaningful for tags, as they are set up to search for occurrences of the same text string). The sub-fields of Composite fields will only be exported if the contents of their parent field have changed.
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or
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When field absent
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The 'Action' occurs only when the field is not detected. This is only useful if a search criterion such as a tag or font characteristic is specified, or the field is a sub-field of a field with such a criterion.
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In the case of Composite fields, the "Action" box on the Definitions page of the dialogue remains grey until an action occurs: a tick is then shown.
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| 5. | Choose whether the action relates to the page where the field is found - before - or to the next page - after. |
Start a new file
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Creates a new output file each time an Action condition is met. See also Filenames and wildcards.
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Reset sheet count
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Set the sheets of paper count back to zero; see Composed strings.
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Omit page
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Omits the current page from the output.
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Tray
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Enter an input tray number to force the use of that tray when the Action condition is met. This is useful for cases where coloured paper is required for a header or trailer page.
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Bin
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Enter an output bin number to force the use of that bin when the Action condition is met.
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Overlay number
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A tag can be linked to an overlay. Type the macro number in the box and select whether that overlay is to be turned on or off when it recognizes the selected tag.
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Call Plugin
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Select one of the Plugin options from the drop down list. This list will depend on which plug-ins are installed on your system, see Using plugins. An image or text may be added to the back of the target page: tick the On the back checkbox. This forces duplex printing even on simplex jobs (long-edge binding if portrait and short-edge binding if landscape).
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To set fixed-pitch text export options
| 1. | Select Edit... from the 'Fields' menu (ctrl + d) and click on the field you wish to edit on the field name list.
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Right-click on a field on the page and select Edit field... |
| 2. | Click the Advanced tab. |
| 3. | Set up a space-filling option: |
Trim
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Removes leading or trailing spaces from the extracted field data.
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Align - Left
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Uses spaces to fill out the extracted field data to the column width so that the text is aligned to the left.
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Align - Right
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Uses spaces to fill out the extracted field data to the column width so that the text is aligned to the right.
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Spacing
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Type in the width of the column to be filled by aligned text, measured in the units set up in the Configuration dialogue (default unit is 1/300 inch).
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Tip
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