By default, composite fields retain their existing values until the value is changed even if the field is not present on the current page, whereas regular fields remain undefined. To change this so that all fields maintain their values until they are next encountered:
| 1. | Select Edit... from the Fields menu, or
click Ctrl D. |
| 3. | Tick Persistent fields check-box. |
The change will be saved in the field definitions file.
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| 1. | Select Edit... from the Fields menu or
press Ctrl D keys. |
| 3. | Click Browse... and select an .EE field definition file (you may need to change drive/folder to find the previously defined file) or
type the name in the 'Field Definition File' box and press Enter or
click Load. |
| 4. | If you wish to view the fields and their coordinates, click the Definitions tab. |
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A 'header' file will be processed before the main file. It may contain font and macro definitions used by the main file, or a printable page (e.g. banner page) to be output ahead of the main file. It may be overridden by /HEADER command.
| 1. | Select Edit... from the Fields menu or
press Ctrl D keys. |
| 3. | Type the name in the File name of header page box or
Click Browse... and select the header file. |
| 4. | Tick Retain PCL state for subsequent pages if the file is to be reused, for example, when it contains a set of fonts common to numerous other pages. See also Handling fonts. |
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Tips
The previous version of any .EE field definition file is saved as .~EE for backup purposes. The 'Edit' menu has an entry Undo Field Changes which will reload the .EE file or, if no changes have been made to the current file it will reload from .~EE file.
Select Show from the 'Fields' menu to view the position of fields and tags on the page, see Viewing data fields and tags.
Fields may be used in the compilation of a PDF Table of Contents.
The area defined for a field may be reused as a clip-region in an IDF document.
Links
About exporting data
Defining fields and tags
Editing fields and tags
