| 1. | Select Edit... from the 'Fields' menu (ctrl + d) and click on the field you wish to edit in the Fields list.
or
Right-click on a field on the page and select Edit field... |
| 2. | Click the Advanced tab. |
| o | Omit from output The data for this field will be omitted from the output. Any other actions (such as processing sub-field or causing a new file to be started) will still occur. |
| o | This field starts a new XML level 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. |
| • | in the file name If you opt to split the file into sections, the field name is used as part of the file name. For example, 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 |
| • | in the page name 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 TIFF images file export). |
| 4. | Set up the 'Action' condition (in the case of Composite fields, the 'Action' box on the Definitions page of the dialog remains gray until an action occurs; a tick is then shown): |
| o | Each time field found The 'Action' occurs every time the field is found, or |
| o | When field changes 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, or |
| o | When field absent 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. |
| 5. | Choose whether the 'Action' relates to the page where the field is found - This page - or to the Next page. |
| o | Use another fields file When an Action condition is met, the value of the field supplies the name of a field definitions file (the default extension is .EE and the default folder is that of the current field definitions file). The "new" field definitions file is loaded and applied immediately, up to once per page. |
| o | Omit page Omits the current page from the output. |
| o | Write log record When requested by Log file options, a log record is written for any page on which the field is found. |
| o | Start a new log file each time an Action condition is met (instead of accumulating all log entries in a single log file). |
| o | Start a new set When jog offsetting or stapling has been requested for a PS printer: a new set is started, automatically ending the current set (if there is one). See More options for PS export. |
| o | End set Ends a jog offsetting or stapling set on a PS printer. (This does not need to be specified if there are no sheets between this set and the next - 'Start a new set' ends the current set automatically). See More options for PS export. |
| o | Tray 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. |
| o | Bin Enter an output bin number to force the use of that bin when the Action condition is met. |
| o | Overlay number 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. |
| o | New back page Creates a new 'back' page if the Action condition is met. This page will be blank unless this field (or another on the 'front' page) adds something with a Plugin using the 'On the back' option, see below: |
| o | Call Plugin 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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