Dynamic Content menu

If your document does not yet contain dynamic content, selecting this option opens the Input Data Configuration dialog box, where you can define your input data using any of the following options:

• Manual Definition: This option allows you to start working on your document and make it fully dynamic before connecting to a data source. You design your document as usual, create content objects, variables, etc, and connect to a data source at any later stage, if needed.

• Data source file: Browse to a single table data source you wish to link to your document. uCreate Print automatically creates content objects for each column header in the data source.
  See Linking a Document to a Data Source.

• Counter: Aside from linking to common data sources (such as Microsoft Access, Excel etc.), XMPie allows you to create a counter data source type. A counter is a single-column database that stores sequential numbers with predefined intervals.
  See Linking a Document to a Data Source.

• Plan (& proofset): The plan is the campaign logic, defined with the uPlan application. Browse to the plan file you wish to link to your document. uCreate Print automatically creates the content objects defined in the plan.
  See Linking a Document to a Plan.

If dynamic content has already been defined for the document, selecting this option enables you to:

• Replace the data source

• Upload a proof set file (in case of a plan)

• Update the counter range

• Connect to a data source (in case of manually-defined objects)

Link the document to a different plan.

Specify a folder that contains the assets referenced by the rules that assign values to content objects.

Open documents which are stored on uProduce server.
See Opening a Document from uProduce and Opening a Document from Circle.

Save documents directly to uProduce. The document and other campaign resources are automatically uploaded to uProduce.
See Saving a Local Document to uProduce and Saving a Local Static Document to a Circle Touchpoint.

Import a document from an existing package file. This feature is useful for collaboration between uCreate Print users who do not share a data source, or as a download for design collaboration with print service providers.
See Using XMPie Packages.

Use your document to create any of the following file types:

• Document package files (*.dpkg)

• Proof set files (*.proof)

• Campaign package files (*.cpkg)

• Web campaign package Files (*.cpkg)

• XLIM package files (*.dpkg) - not available for uCreate Print Standard

• XLIM files (*.indx) - not available for uCreate Print Standard

• XLIM campaign package files (*.cpkg) - not available for uCreate Print Standard

If you export your document and related files as a package file, you can upload this package to a uProduce server, where it can become part of a cross-media campaign, drive the campaign from a more sophisticated database, or simply allow your print service provider to make last-minute changes and production-related design or data adjustments.
See Using XMPie Packages and Exchanging Documents with Other Users.

Create a print output file from the document using values from the source currently being used to drive the document's content objects. This print file is generated using values from your linked data source, proof set file, content samples or input data samples.
See Creating a Print File of a Dynamic Document.

INDD Preflight: Check the document for any design item that might cause performance issues during the production run when using transparency or contour wrapping techniques. Transparency techniques include drop shadow, feathering, opacity that is lower than 100% and transparent images. Contour wrapping refers to text that is wrapped around an object shape (that is, shape contour) either from one side or two sides of the object.

The tool provides information on techniques that affect production performance (that is, transparency and contour wrapping) and explains how the software will handle them. Furthermore, the design objects that relate to the problem are selected and displayed in the design for reference.

Preview a XLIM version of the InDesign document in PDF format. A preview is particularly useful before exporting the XLIM package to uProduce.

Set editing permissions for XLIM documents. These permissions are defined as lock options: a list of properties that are locked for editing.
See Setting Up XLIM Document Editing Permissions.

Display any of uCreate Print's panels: Dynamic Content, Audiences, XLIM Preflight and VDP Job Status.

Provides access to the following:

• XMPie's home page

• uCreate Print Help

• uImage Help

• Information on the current version of uCreate Print plug-in.

• Activate License: Add a product license. Note that you may add new licenses in addition to exiting licenses. For example, you may start with a uCreate Print license and then add a uChart license.

• Deactivate License: Deactivate your uCreate Print license, so you can reuse it when changing computers or upgrading your computer's operating system.

Provides access to the following:

• Counter to Database: When linked to a counter, selecting this option enables you to connect to a data source.

• Edit Rules in uPlan:  Open the linked plan file in the uPlan application, so you can make modifications to the plan objects. Note that this option is available only if uPlan is installed on your machine.

• Convert Rules to Plan: Convert the content object rules to a plan file and then continue your work using XMPie uPlan. See Converting Content Objects Rules to a Plan File.

• Link to Proofset: Link to a table of content object values that have been resolved for a subset of the recipients list. This table, known as a proof set file, allows you to view your document with actual data.

• Generate Proofset: Generate a proof set file. The proof set allows you to view the set of data values calculated for each recipient, as they are positioned in your design file.

• View Proofset: Open the table of resolved content object values to which your document is currently linked. This table, known as a proof set, is viewed using the proof set viewer tool of the uPlan application. Note that this option is available only if uPlan is installed on your machine.

• Remove Dynamic Content: Remove variable data from your document.

Edit the preferences of a uCreate print document. See Setting Document Preferences.