Replacing Pages Already Assigned

Page Lists View Mode

You can swap pages already assigned to a page list using drag-and-drop.

To do this, press and hold down the "Alt" key before you drag the pages. The page then selected is replaced by the page that you drag-and-drop there.

The use of the "Alt" key pressed for drag-and-drop is also indicated by the mouse pointer changing shape.

Note: This function is also available in the thumbnail view in the "Imposition" step.

Page Approval in the Gang Job

When pages in the gang job are approved interactively, a check is then run to see whether the source pages were changed.

You are prompted to refresh the pages if the source pages were changed.

Gang Job: Display of a Modified Page in the Customer Job

A gang job contains copies of the pages of the customer job. If a page in the customer job is modified, this is indicated in the gang job by a warning icon. A tooltip also provides additional information.

"View Properties (Pages)" Window

In this window, you can define settings for displaying the thumbnails.

Main Pane

Thumbnail Scaling

This is where you can set the size of the thumbnails (in %). You can either type the value directly into the box or use the slider to change the size.

Note: Thumbnails can be scaled up to 500%.

Show Status Icons

Status icons display to the right of each thumbnail if this function is enabled.

Thumbnail status icons

Show Full Page Name

The full page names display if this function is enabled.

Show Trim Box

The trim box displays in the thumbnails if this function is enabled.

Color

This is where you can select the color for the trim box if "Show Trim Box" is enabled.

Show grid

A grid displays between the thumbnails if this function is enabled.

Color

This is where you can select the hue for the grid if "Show grid" is enabled.

Show Source Job Number

When this function is enabled, the number of the job (source) from which the page was copied dis­plays.

Color

This is where you can select the hue for displaying the source job number if "Show Source Job Num­ber" is enabled.

"View Properties" (Thumbnails) Window

In this window, you can define settings for displaying the thumbnails.

Main Pane

Thumbnail Scaling

This is where you can set the size of the thumbnails (in %). You can either type the value directly into the box or use the slider to change the size.

Note: Thumbnails can be scaled up to 500%.

Show Thumbnails as Double Pages

The thumbnails displayed are grouped to double pages if this function is enabled.

Show Article Numbers

The relevant article numbers display if this function is enabled.

Color

This is where you can select the hue for displaying the article numbers if "Show Article Numbers" is enabled.

Show grid

A grid displays between the thumbnails if this function is enabled.

Color

This is where you can select the hue for the grid if "Show grid" is enabled.

"Create Page List" Window

You can create a new page list in the "Create Page List" window.

Main Pane

Product

This displays the name of the product.

"Select" button

Click the "Select" button to open a window where you can select the product/version in which the page list will be created.

Name

Enter a name of your choice for the page list. An error message will appear after you click "OK" if there already is a page list with the same name.

Start

After you select "Start", enter the page number the page list is to start with.

Size

Enter the number of pages in the page list in this box.

Range

If you selected "Range", you can enter the first and last position of the pages in the list, separated by a hyphen (e.g. 4-9). The system automatically calculates the number of pages. The page list can also have gaps. If you enter "2, 4, 6, 8, 10" in "Range", a page list with the specified positions will be gen­erated.

"Copy Page Lists from Other Jobs" Window

In this window, you can select page lists from other jobs and copy them including their content. You can filter by "letters" or "numbers" using the search function. The system looks for the related com­binations in the "Job Number", "Job Name" and "Project" columns.

Main Pane

Job Number

Displays the job number.

Job Name

Displays the job name.

Project

Displays the project ID.

Job Information

This displays the page lists of the selected job. Click the "+" button to add the selected job to the page list selection.

Note: A message displays if there are no page lists in the selected job.

Page List Selection

This displays the jobs selected with the "+" button. Click this box to remove or set the checkmark for marking a job. Only marked jobs are used by clicking "OK". Click the recycle bin icon to delete the job concerned from the page list selection.

"Select all" check box

Click this box to remove or set the checkmark for marking all jobs in the page list selection.

"OK" button

The marked jobs are used when you click the "OK" button. The window closes and the jobs display in the "Copy Page Lists" Window.

"Copy Page Lists" Window

"Select" button (copy page lists from other jobs)

Click "Select" to open the "Copy Page Lists from Other Jobs" Window.

Page lists

Source Page List(s)

This displays the jobs applied in the "Copy Page Lists from Other Jobs" window.

Target Page List(s)

This lets you select whether or not the target page list will be overwritten, added or ignored.

"Create Versions with Page Lists" Window

This is where you can create versions with page lists. The versions can be assigned to a level. You can create various layers from a combination of version and level.

You can add or remove them from the active table with the shortcuts "Ctrl+Plus" or "Ctrl+Minus".

Use the "Tab" key to go to the next table cell.

Main Pane

Versions

Click the "+" button to create a new version. You can change the default name.

Click the "-" to delete the enabled version.

The master version is the version with the dot in the circle before the name. To make a version the master version, click the circle in front of the version you want.

Enter a description of the generated version in "Description".

In "Pages" you can enter the number of pages in the version.

Click the "-" to delete the enabled version.

Levels

Click the "+" button to create a new level. You can change the default name.

Note: The first level is always the base.

Click the "-" to delete the enabled level.

Click the "up" or "down" button to move the selected row upwards or downwards.

Layers

Click the "+" button to create a new layer. You can change the default name in "Page List".

Click the "-" to delete the enabled layer.

You can filter by the version you want using the filter function.

The version names display in "Versions".

The level names display in "Level".

"Product Part Name" displays what type of product it is (e.g. end product).

"Move Page List Position(s)" Window

Main Pane

Positions

Shows the selected position(s) of a page list that will be moved.

First new Position

Type the value of the first new position. If several positions are selected, use the first value of the new positions.

"Preview" Button

Click this button to check the shift in position that is shown in "Preview". The "OK" button is enabled.

Note: A change is denied if the target position(s) is (are) already available. Any pages assigned to the page positions are retained.

Preview

Shows the position where the selected position(s) of a page list are located.

"Insert Positions" Window

Main Pane

Name

This displays the name of the page list that will be modified.

Positions

Enter which new position(s) you will insert. The "OK" button is then enabled.

Note: You cannot insert if a position already exists.

"Page Geometry" Window

This is where you can change the position of the page in its page placeholder.

Main Pane

Apply to

This option lets you select whether your settings will apply to all the pages (All Positions), to even pages (Even Positions) or odd pages (Odd Positions). The number of pages affected displays to the right of this.

Source

Select the source for positioning.

Trim Box

The source is the trim box.

User-defined

The user defines the source. As a result, offset, scale and rotation are enabled and can be used.

Offset

Type in the offset of the currently selected pages in x and y direction.

You can also use +,-, *, / as operators when entering the value. The algorithm of "multiplication and division first, then addition and subtraction" is applied for evaluation of the input.

Inputs nested by parentheses are also supported.

Note: The input is evaluated when you quit the box and is replaced by the corresponding value.

Example:

Scale

This shows the scale (%) used to position the page on the layout.

Media Box

The media box data (starting position of the corner and size) are shown in this column. The values are for your information and are read-only.

Trim Box

The trim box data (starting position of the corner and size) are shown in this column. The values are for your information and are read-only.

Rotation

Select from the defaults by how many degrees the page will be rotated when positioned on the layout.

Note: Rotation is counterclockwise.

Edit PDF

When "Edit PDF" is enabled, changes to the page geometry are made in the PDF and not in the JDF.

"Delete Elements" Window

You can delete elements that you selected beforehand in the "Delete Elements" window.

Main Pane

"Open" button

Click "Open" to open another window where you can view details about the selected page position.

"The following elements will be deleted"

This displays the elements that will be deleted when you click "OK".

Properties of Page

This shows the page properties. You can choose between the "Properties", "Saved Versions" and "History" tabs.

The properties can display as part of the window and in their own separate window. You can switch between these two displays using the "Detach from main window" and "Attach to main window" but­tons.

"Properties" Tab

The page properties are shown in the "Properties" tab. You will find a description of most of the data in the section Columns in the Pages view.

History of Document Versions

This shows the progress of the document revisions (if any) with document name and date.

"Saved Versions" Tab

Saved versions of the sequence are shown in the "Saved Versions" tab.

"History" Tab

You can also view history details about the selected documents in the "History" tab.

"Details" button

Any additional details display when you click the "Details" button.

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Properties of Page Lists

This shows the page list properties. You can choose between the "Properties", "Colors" and "History" tabs.

The properties can display as part of the window and in their own separate window. You can switch between these two displays using the "Detach from main window" and "Attach to main window" but­tons.

"Properties" Tab

You can view page list properties in the "Properties" tab. The data shown are for your information only and can not be changed in this section.

You will find a description of most of the data in the section Columns in the Page Lists view.

"Colors" tab

In the "Colors" tab, you can view the product colors for page lists, map colors to another color and change the printing order of the colors. You will find more information in the section "Colors" Section.

Color List

You can select between the following view modes in the list box:

•All Colors

All available product colors are shown in "Page List Colors" if you select "All Colors".

•Existing Colors

Only the product colors in the page list are shown in "Page List Colors" if you select "Existing Colors".

"History" Tab

You can also view history details about the selected page lists in the "History" tab.

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Properties of Page Position

This shows the page properties (page positions). You can choose between the "Properties" tab and the "Colors" tab.

The properties can display as part of the window and in their own separate window. You can switch between these two displays using the "Detach from main window" and "Attach to main window" but­tons.

"Properties" Tab

In the "Properties" tab, you can view page position properties, not only those of the current pages but also of previously assigned pages (history of assigned positions). Besides the page, the date it was assigned and the name of the user who did this also display.

The data shown in the properties are for your information only and can not be changed in this sec­tion..

You will find a description of most of the data in the section Columns in the Page Lists view.

"Colors" tab

In the "Colors" tab, you can view the product colors for page positions, map colors to another color and change the printing order of the colors. You will find more information in the section "Colors" Section.

Color List

You can select between the following view modes in the list box:

•All Colors

All available product colors are shown in "Page Position Colors" if you select "All Colors".

•Existing Colors

Only the product colors in the page list are shown in "Page Position Colors" if you select "Existing Colors".

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"Assign Pages" Window

You can assign the page(s) you selected to a layout or a page list in the "Assign Pages" window.

The main pane of the window is divided into the following panels:

•The top panel shows the page lists of the job. Select a list to display information about the num­ber of positions and those assigned.

•You enter your assign data in the middle panel.

•As a check, the lower panel lists the positions the pages would have after confirmation.

Main Pane

Auto

The list box is enabled when you select "Auto" and you can select one of the following settings:

"Positions" list box

•All Positions

The pages are assigned to the positions right from the starting position. Any existing assigned positions are replaced following a confirmation.

•Even Positions

The pages are assigned only to even positions right from the starting position. Any existing assigned positions are replaced following a confirmation.

•Odd Positions

The pages are assigned only to odd positions right from the starting position. Any existing assigned positions are replaced following a confirmation.

•Unassigned Positions

The pages are assigned only to unassigned positions right from the starting position.

Start at

The first starting position possible displays automatically in this box, depending on the position you selected. This is where you enter the starting position you want if you want a different starting posi­tion.

Range

When you check the "Range” option, you can assign pages to specific positions with this function. Click the "Preview" button if you wish to check the positions the pages would have after confirmation.

•Example 1

Input of: 1, 3-5, 7

The first page is assigned to position 1, pages two thru four to positions 3-5, page five to position 7.

•Example 2

Multiple assignment of a page by setting input in parentheses: (2, 7-11, 32)

The page would then be assigned to positions 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 32.

Note: Based on this, you can also assign a multiple selection of pages. The values in paren­theses only have to be separated by commas.

·Example:

Page X and Y were selected, page X is to go to position 2, 7, 32 and page Y to 1, 5, 17.

Your input is then: (2, 7, 32), (1, 5, 17).

"Preview" Button

Click the "Preview" button if you wish to check in the lower panel of the window the positions the pages would have after confirmation.

"Continue Element Processing" Window

The "Continue Element Processing" window shows you the comments that you may have entered in the sequence settings.

You can enter a comment in the "Comment" box. At the same time, the page is opened in Acrobat. Now do the work you scheduled and save the document. After you close the Acrobat window, you can edit and/or add to the comments in the "Continue Element Processing" window.

The window closes after you click "Continue..." and job processing resumes.

If you did not save any changes to the document in Acrobat, the "Continue Element Processing" win­dow closes automatically when you close the document in Acrobat.

Note: The "Continue Element Processing" window remains open in the background while you are editing the PDF document. Use this window only after you have edited the PDF doc­ument and saved your changes.

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"Approval of Selected Elements" Window

You can set a customer or production approval status for selected pages/sheets/plates/proofs in this window. You can also type a comment, if necessary.

Note: The name of the window tells you what approval is for (pages/sheets/plates/proofs).

Top Part of Window

The upper part shows the selected elements.

Bottom Part of Window

Customer

Select this function if you wish to set a customer approval status.

Production

Select this function if you wish to set a production approval status.

"Approved" button

The selected element will be approved (see icon in Customer or Production Approval).

"Not Approved" button

The selected element will not be approved (see icon in Customer or Production Approval).

"Unchecked" button

The selected element will neither be approved nor not approved. (see icon in Customer or Production Approval).

Comment

This is where you can type in a comment that will display in the "Customer Approval Comment" or "Production Approval Comment" columns of the steps.

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