- What are the differences between MERGE FIELDS and SLDING?
a. MERGE FIELDS work on ALL MODES, SLIDING OBJECTS only work in PREVIEW MODE.
b. Any OBJECT on a layout can SLIDE, but there’s not way to incorporate pictures into MERGE FIELDS.
c. In BROWSE MODE, you can ENTER and EDIT data in SLIDING FIELDS, but NOT in MERGE FIELDS (They are only for display).
- How do you select an OBJECT to SLIDE?
Select one or more objects on the layout.
Choose FORMAT–>
SET SLIDING/PRINTING
Make the selection from the choices given.
Click OK.
- What are the OPTIONS given in the SET SLIDING/PRINTING dialog box?
a. Sliding left
b. Sliding up based on
c. Also reduce the size of the enclosing part
d. Do not print selected objects.
- How do you know which fields have been SET TO SLIDE?
VIEW–>
SHOW–>
SLIDING OBJECTS.
They are NOT VISIBLE in BROWSE MODE, only in PREVIEW and PRINTING.
- What’s the reason for setting SLIDING for only one object at a time?
There’s no reason to. SELECT ALL THE FIELDS that will slide FIRST, THEN to to the SET SLIDING/PRINTING dialog box.
- In general, an object can slide in what direction?
to the LEFT, UP, or BOTH.
- If you want something to JUST SLIDE TO THE LEFT, you:
turn on the SLIDING LEFT checkbox. When printing or in PREVIEW, the OBJECTS slide to the left when FIELD DATA is not long enough to fill the full width of the field.
- What if you want an object to slide up?
a. Turn on the SLIDING UP BASED ON checkbox
b. Choose ALL ABOVE or ONLY DIRECTLY ABOVE
- How do you get a PART to shrink?
SLIDING/PRINTING dialog box–>
turn on ALSO REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE ENCLOSING PART, and the PART the OBJECT is on SHRINKS TO FIT ITS CONTENTS.
p. 215. NOTE NOTE NOTE that IT REFERS TO A “PART”
- What if you have TWO sliding OBJECTS but only ONE is set to REDUCE THE BODY PART. How can the BODY BOTH reduce and NOT reduce?
The setting for ALSO REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE ENCLOSING PART only applies to the LOWEST OBJECT on the PART.
