Field Name

Applies To

Properties

Font Format

Text Fields Only

Allows formatting for size and style Line leading ranging from 1 point to 250 points Nine alignment settings Tracking increments ranging from +50 to -50 Points Opacity zero to 100%

Text Reformatting

Text Fields Only

Options include special case formatting, Telephone numbers, email, URL, European formats. Two check boxes include mandatory formatting and dynamic formatting to insure the text fits within the field being formatted. Always Reformat means that even if the customer changes the format, when they update the preview it will go back to the formatting you have set in the field.

Simple Title Case - The first letter in each word is capitalized.

Intelligent Title Case (English) - The first word in each word is capitalized with exceptions:

These words are always uppercase: PO RR CEO VP VP CFO COO III II IV CTO

These words are always left alone (unaltered): with, when, and, or, a, an, the, from, to. on, as, of, in, at, for, will

Preserve Spaces

Text Field Only

May be used when you want your customer to be able to use the space bar to insert more than one space between words. Normally multiple spaces are collapsed into a single space, according to HTML rules.

CMYK or Spot Color

Text Field and Barcode Field

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Blank values define a process color. If a spot color is needed, enter the spot color name in that textbox and ALSO enter the CMYK values to give the spot color’s approximate appearance. The CMYK appearance will be used on-screen and in color composite proofs.

Horizontal & Vertical Scaling

Text Field Only

Applies distortion to the text based on the value entered.

Font Outline

Text Field Only

Checkbox applies outline with settings for color and thickness. The color can only be CMYK here, not a spot color.

Stacking Order

Text Field Image Field

Barcode Field

Specifies layering of text or image in relation to an image or other object. (This use of the word “stacking” has nothing to do with “stacking groups”, described later.)

Options: -1 = below master PDF

1-100 = normal fields

101-110 = overlay fields - In Interactive Designer templates, these fields cannot be edited by the user and will always appear over user-added fields.

Rotation On

Text Field Image Field

Barcode Field

Applies an angle to text or image based on the value, in degrees entered into the field.

0° value =no change

90° = vertical text

180° upside down

-90° or 270° = vertical reversed

Image Border

Image Field Only

Draws a frame around image fields, with settable line thickness and line color.

Field Usage

Text Field Image Field

Barcode Field

Dropdown defines four options for how the field will be viewed.

“Proof and Production” viewable in all outputs

“Proofing Only” will exclude the field from the production file.

“Production Only” viewable on the proof, not included on the production file.

“Hide Field” conceals the field from both production and proof files. Use this for fields where the user enters a value that is used elsewhere in scripting formulas.

• “Proof and Production” viewable in all outputs

• “Proofing Only” will exclude the field from the production file.

• “Production Only” viewable on the proof, not included on the production file.

• “Hide Field” conceals the field from both production and proof files. Use this for fields where the user enters a value that is used elsewhere in scripting formulas.

Barcode Rendering

Barcode Field Only

Formatting options include native barcode generation for QR Codes, UPC (UPC-A and UPC-E), Postnet, Intelligent Mail Barcode, Planet Code, Data Matrix, PDF417, Type 128, and 3 of 9. All barcodes are CMYK (or spot color) vector based for optimal print quality.