User manual ARTS PDF VARIFORM LITE 1.3

[. . . ] ARTS PDF Variform Lite Version 1. 3 ARTS PDF Variform Lite TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. 0 INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1. 1 Product Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2. 0 ARTS PDF VARIFORM LITE SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2. 1 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Text boxes allow you to create a field into which you can enter text using the keyboard. Radio buttons allow your user to select one item from the displayed options. Digital signature fields allow you to create a form field that your user can then fill in with a signature and a printable representation. This field can be set to lock other fields after it is signed. Text boxes allow you to create a field into which you can enter text using the keyboard. · · · Page 7 of 19 ARTS PDF Variform Lite 1. 3 Copyright © 2004 ARTS PDF ARTS PDF Variform Lite 4. 1 Appearance When creating form fields, Acrobat allows the user to define a number of items affecting the field's appearance. These include such things as border color, width, and style, background color, text color, font and font size. ARTS PDF Variform Lite supports all of these choices and the output from ARTS PDF Variform Lite will include them. The user may also choose whether the form field is read only and/or required. Neither of these has any effect on ARTS PDF Variform Lite's ability to merge and print the data. Finally, the user has several choices about the form field's visibility. The only choice here which has any effect on ARTS PDF Variform Lite is "Visible but doesn't print". ARTS PDF Variform Lite supports the use of calculations and the merged output will include the results of any calculations defined in the form. Note: In order for calculations to merge correctly you may not use a custom font for the field which contains the calculations. This is because ARTS PDF Variform Lite must put additional data for the custom font in the field when performing a merge. Page 9 of 19 ARTS PDF Variform Lite 1. 3 Copyright © 2004 ARTS PDF ARTS PDF Variform Lite 5. 0 PREFERENCES The preferences for ARTS PDF Variform Lite can be set using the standard Acrobat method of File -> Preferences -> ARTS PDF Variform Lite. After making changes in this window click "OK" to make them permanent. Clicking "Cancel" will return the preferences to the last values stored. 5. 1 Default Data File Folder This determines the default path where ARTS PDF Variform Lite will look for data files when it is launched. The path may be entered manually, or by using the "Set. . . " button to browse to select a folder. 5. 2 Embed Custom Fonts Selecting "Embed Custom Fonts" here will embed any custom fonts in the saved PDF, otherwise they are not embedded. If no custom fonts are selected using the "Select Fonts" function then this setting has no effect. There are two cases which can cause fonts to be embedded. First, selecting custom fonts, then saving the file will embed them. Second, printing a file with custom fonts, then closing the file without saving it will cause Acrobat to prompt the user to save the file. Answering "yes" will save and embed the fonts. Answering "no" will save the file without embedding the fonts. 5. 3 Ignore Field Formats This function allows ARTS PDF Variform Lite to ignore all Acrobat form field formats when merging data. [. . . ] The third folder is named "Error". This is where any files which fail to process will be placed. When active, ARTS PDF Variform Lite constantly scans the watched folders. When it sees a new data file to be processed, it will begin the merge process using the settings for that watched folder. [. . . ]