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# About the Main Tab

The Main tab allows the selection and configuration of printers, and also the text format of the source document content, for Print Document Steps. Printer Definitions may be created to provide uniquely named configurations of specific printer settings. They are then included for selection in the drop down list of available printers, thus avoiding having to configure common printer settings for the Step. Additionally, a Printer Definition may be selected dynamically when the Step is run by dragging and dropping a column, property or variable from the Task Browser dialog box into the Printer field containing the name of the Printer Definition to be used. The Main tab contains the following: | Click the image to view full size.

|  | Printer — The following options are provided:

|  | Printer — Displays a list of available printers or Printer Definitions for selection. In addition, where printer details are contained in a database column, they may be added dynamically as stated above.

|  | Properties — Displays the Printer Definition dialog box which allows configuration of the settings for the selected printer or Printer Definition.

|  | Page Range — Not currently used.

|  | Text Output Format — The font, font size and line spacing to be used for the text in the printed document may be selected.

|  | Copies — The number of print copies required may be specified manually in the Number of copies field or dynamically when the Task is run by dragging and dropping a column, property or variable from the Task Browser dialog box into the field. NOTE: These features are only available when printing a document from a Format as Text Step.

|  | Memory — Displays the Memory Definitions dialog box through which a Repository may be created to memorise some or all of the recordset used by the Step.

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