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New project

Click the PROJECT icon

Set tittle and description

Define page level (2 at 4)

Set page format by selecting in the listor affect custom dimension (1/100mm).Click invert to invert width and height

Click create

Close the form

At first the new demo_project is an empty page

To resize page ? Double-click page width, page height type custom dimension or select an other page format…and click set to current project

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Manipulate group

Click page to select itThe GRP2 icon will light.Click GRP2 icon to open group form !

The Group form tittle indicate the level and the name of current selecting group

The group form allows you to define all group attributes.Click Common, Shape, Control, or Batch to access different sub-form attributes.

Check or uncheck editable to lock/unlock the group for edit…

Click New child for create a new child group in the page

Click to confirm group creation

The new group apear to the top-left corner of the pageYou have to resize and move it as you like as indicate by the move or the resize cursor

Resize the shape

Move the shape

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Create style and component

Click the TEXT icon to open Text style form

Click New button to create a new TEXT STYLE

Click OK to confirm

Click the rename buttonRename the component in dialog box and click OK

Define police, size, color and other attributes of the style

You see the result in the preview

Create any TEXT-STYLE you need, with different properties police, size, color…

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Create component

Click the level 1 Group to select it

Click CPNT iconto open Component form

Click New button to create a new component and confirm when dialog box apear

Select the component style in style name list.The list contains the names of the style you created

Define component attributesdescription, size, position, value, data, shape attributes, control attributes…

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Scale and grid

Click Scale preset 1 at 4 to change proportion of the graphic space to a predefined value.

Ajust the scale in %Define the origine point x-y

Show hide the gridActive/unactive magnetic gridDefine position unitDefine grid spacement unit

affect the current settings to the preset

Grid spacement set at 50mm

Shape size and dimension are automaticaly set to positionning unit multiple in manual move and size operations !

You can use the mouse wheel to zoom/unzoom when the mouse cursor is on the inspection tool or the tool bar(this change the scale)

This change the origin coordinates in the scale forme

The inspection tool allows you to explore the document simply by moving the mouse on !

The reset button reset scale to 100% and origin x/y to there default values

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Duplicate groups and components

Sometime you need a components arraylike this

Click a component to select it

Click the DUPLI icon to open the duplication form

Define the number of vertical and horizontal elements and there spacement

Click duplicate to create the array

Click delete to erase the duplicated elements of current selected group

The red element is master of the group

When resize or move it All of the elements of the group resize and move together

When move a blue element his new position is set in the array scale create by the natural spacement of elements

Resize and move together although their locations have changed

Update spacement of the elements

Detach the elements of the array structure and move them anywhere They are always linked for resizing

Check mode cadre to do this when duplicate

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Undo/redo

Click UNDO icon to open the undo/redo form

Click the UNDO button to go to the previous step.

The undo/redo form record each principal edition steps of your project.It allows you to go back before a critical point, or have an overview of all what you do from beginning to end of your current session.

Scroll to a step

Number of the current step

Play the sequence from the end to the start

Play the sequence from the start to the end

Go to previous step

Go to next step

Pause/stop

The auto save option record the last edition step :none = offon_change = the step is recorded when any property changeon_inactivity = the step is recorded when mouse stop moving a time

auto save generate a session file that you can get in the project form by clicking the buttonrestore last session

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Display options

Click the DSPL button to open the display options form

The display options form allows you to show/hide shape, component contains and text informations :

The show containt zone regard linked elements content.

The show shape zone regard the shape appearence of elements.

preset button suggest some basic configurations.

The default and set as default button affect the user preferences

Show info text allows you to select text infos that’s appear at the top-left corner of any elements.This functionnality can be used to control attribute values, identify or locate an element…

All shapes hidden !

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Duplicate groups and components

Click SEL icon to open selection tool

To activ an existing selection select it in the list

new selection button create a new selection index

delete all button delete all existing selections

apply to define a global selection method :In this case same type/colunm

Affect the same attribute value to all elements of the current selection !

A selection can include different type and level elements :In the current exemple the selection include text, image and group elements

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PDF overview

Click PDF icon to generate a PDF sample document…

Click OK to include shape in the document !And wait the end of the process

PDF with shape !

PDF with no shape

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SCP (Smart composer project)Exchange file format

Click save as scp fileClick the link download file to open it in a new window

Put the file on the desktop or other directory !to send it by mail

Click the FILES icon to open upload form select scp file for exemple client_project_test.scp and click open…

Select sc_projects in file type click parcourir

Click the upload button to upload the file to scp directory.

Verify if the file is corectly upload…in the list folder content

To open scp file :Open project formselect .scp fileclick LOAD buttonclick OK to confirm…

Project is loaded !

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Inspection data

Display a job dataset in Smart composer :Click data button to open Data inspection form

Select data header

Select page of data

!The data inspection tool require data exists

in Kontrol print data base Look article and spool creation for more informations

Cliquer sur le titre pour ordonner asc/desc alternativement

Cliquer sur la valeur pour afficher les valeurs similaires

Presser F5 pour recharger la page entière

Cliquer sur le bouton rouge pour afficher les actions disponibles

Modifier les paramètres d’impression