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Tutorials and Manuals on DesignMerge Pro software for Adobe InDesign

The Tutorials and Manuals on Meadows DesignMerge Pro software for Adobe InDesign are now available online! You may use the link below to access the Meadows Downloads page where you will find a link to download the latest documentation for the Meadows...

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Where is documentation for DesignMerge Pro Layout & Imposition

Use the link below to access documentation for the DesignMerge Pro Layout & Imposition feature: https://meadowsps.com/imposition/ NOTE: The "Layout & Imposition" feature is a new feature that has

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Where do I find Release Notes for the DesignMerge Pro software package?

Release Notes for the Meadows DesignMerge Pro software package are now available online. You will find a link to the Release Notes near the top of the DesignMerge Downloads page. Or, for your convenience, you may use the Link below:  DesignMe...

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Questions about the new DesignMerge Document DDF?

The Document DDF is a new type of DDF that is available in the latest version of DesignMerge for InDesign CC 2014 and CC 2015. This DDF is a specialized DDF is that is always present for any user to use. The Document DDF automatically loads the DDF s...

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Which DesignMerge Print Driver should I use?

How to select the best DesignMerge VDP print format to use for a particular jobSo you have a job, and you are wondering which DesignMerge print driver format to use to obtain the best possible performance (both on the desktop, and at the printer). Th...

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Recommended application to confirm DesignMerge PPML output is valid

Meadows recommends using the PODi CheckPPML application whenever you wish to confirm that your DesignMerge PPML output is valid.  The PODi CheckPPML application is available for both Macintosh and Windows systems, and is available in two versio...

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Where do I find the USPS Intelligent Mail Bar Code font?

Where do I find the USPS Intelligent Mail Bar Code font?   ABOUT DESIGNMERGE PRO SOFTWARE   DesignMerge® Pro is a powerful suite of variable-data printing and data publishing software f

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What is a Database Definition (DDF)?

A Database Definition (DDF) describes a database file (a plain delimited text file that contains variable data) so that DesignMerge will know how to import data from that file. The settings in the DDF must match the settings being used in the ac...

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Code 128 Bar Codes have added a leading zero when scanned.

ABOUT DESIGNMERGE PRO SOFTWARE   DesignMerge® Pro is a powerful suite of variable-data printing and data publishing software for QuarkXPress or Adobe InDesign, that includes the ability to automatically produce variable USPS Intelligent Ma...

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About DesignMerge USPS Intelligent Mail Bar Code Support

ABOUT DESIGNMERGE PRO SOFTWARE   DesignMerge® Pro is a powerful suite of variable-data printing and data publishing software for that includes the ability to automatically produce variable USPS Intelligent Mail Bar Codes.  

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What is a database file?

DesignMerge® Pro is a powerful suite of variable-data printing and document assembly software for QuarkXPress or Adobe InDesign. DesignMerge provides the ability to merge a variable database file into a document. DesignMerge also includes ab...

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How to prepare a Microsoft Excel file for use with DesignMerge

To prepare the data in a Microsoft Excel file for use with DesignMerge, follow the steps below:   PREPARE THE MS-EXCEL WORKSHEET Place all of the data in a single worksheet in the Excel file. Format the data in the manner in which you wish...

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What is a DDF Set?

A DDF Set is a collection of Database Definitions (DDFs), which are a component of the AutoPrice and DesignMerge Pro software from Meadows Publishing Solutions. A Database Definition is a description of a database file (a plain de...

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Creo print servers and PPML (a performance tip on VDP jobs for a Creo)

Creo servers (Creo print controllers) do support the PPML format and can process PPML files as quickly as Creo VPS files. Additionally, Creo servers that support the PPML ZIP file format can process PPML ZIP files faster than Creo VPS files.  A...

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Transparency effects are not printing satisfactorily.

Many of the DesignMerge Print Drivers provide the ability to produce industry-standard optimized VDP output. This reduces the size of the output and enhances the performance of both DesignMerge and your digital print controller. However, this optimiz...

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Performance Tips for DesignMerge

BENCHMARK YOUR DESIGNMERGE SYSTEM DesignMerge performance is primarily influenced by the hardware capabilities of your system (faster processor, faster hard disk drive, etc.). When your hardware is faster, DesignMerge works faster! In order to assess...

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Troubleshooting Variable Bar Codes (Variable Barcodes)

There are several considerations when troubleshooting DesignMerge variable bar codes (variable barcodes). These include the data, the Variable Link settings, the barcode font, the styling of the barcode text in the document, your merge settings, and ...

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How to produce VDP output of document containing spreads or facing pages

If you are using the DesignMerge PDF or Optimized PostScript Driver, set up the facing pages document as you normally would and merge just as you would any other job.  

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Which font should I use on a DesignMerge Code 128 Barcode Keyword Link?

Any of the Code 128 A fonts and Code 128 B fonts that are provided with the Meadows Bar Code Module can be applied to any of the three subsets of this barcode (Code128 A Barcode, Code128 B Barcode, or Code128 C Barcode). The difference between the Co...

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Xerox FreeFlow Print Server doesn't print PPML content correctly.

Xerox has informed us that there is a conflict in the new Monochrome Enhanced VI Caching feature in FreeFlow Print Server v6 and above which causes the FreeFlow Print Server to print PPML content incorrectly (does not print the correct cont...

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Why is DesignMerge asking me to locate the file for a Variable Picture (Image) or Article Link (text file)?

When merging a Variable Picture Link or Variable Article Link, DesignMerge will search for the file that is specified by the Link's data (either the data that a Field is providing the Link, or the data that a Link Rule is setting for the Link). This ...

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Text did not wrap in DesignMerge for InDesign PPML or Creo VPS output.

The DesignMerge PPML and Creo VPS Drivers for InDesign automatically optimize a document's content, and this optimization may interfere with a text wrap when the wrapping items are dissimilar. To retain text wrap between dissimilar items in PPML and ...

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Print Driver output omits pages due to Overset Error

By default, DesignMerge will omit a record's pages from Print Driver output if a variable text box is overset when the record is merged into the document. The Print Driver session's Summary Report will list the records that encountered an Overset Err...

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How do I select Color and Transparency Flattener settings for PPML, Creo VPS, or Xerox VIPP output?

This information applies to all versions of DesignMerge for QuarkXPress. Additionally, this information applies to versions of DesignMerge for InDesign that precede v5.50 (CS5/CS5.5) and v6.50 (CS6). However, this information does not apply to more r...

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Unexpected quote mark or inch mark in Links?

If you are seeing an unexpected quote mark or inch mark at the beginning or end of a DesignMerge Text Link when you merge a document, then your database file is using that quote mark as a Text Qualifier.    To keep these quote marks from being displa...

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How do I remove a preceding Line Ending when a Link is empty?

To set up a Link to remove a preceding Line Ending character when the Link is empty, do the following: Open the Variable Links window. In the list of Links on the left side of the Variable Links

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How do I place a DesignMerge Variable 2D Bar Code in a document?

The Meadows 2D Bar Code Module is currently available as an optional module in DesignMerge for InDesign. This module provides the ability to place a 2D barcode in a document. The bar code can then be made variable by simply tagging the frame containi...

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Encountered a Bad Tag warning

A Bad Tag error condition indicates a Link in the document is assigned to something that no longer exists in the Current DDF (for example, a Variable Link, a Link Rule, o

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Performance Tip for printing to a digital print controller that supports PPML or VPS but not in a ZIP file format

Setting up DesignMerge PPML or Creo VPS merge sessions to produce ZIP File Containers allows for the best performance by DesignMerge and may also improve the performance of your print controller.    If you are using a print controller tha...

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DesignMerge Print Drivers and Transparency Effects

If your document has transparency effects (including Drop Shadows) applied to any objects, examine the document to determine which objects must be printed together to produce the transparency effect. This will determine which DesignMerge Print Driver...

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How do I print multiple pages on a sheet of paper?

If your digital print controller has an Imposition feature, then you can simply set up the DesignMerge document as a single-up or 1-up document (where the document page size is the size of one page that you wish to impose on the paper). Once the Desi...

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How to apply printer settings to DesignMerge Print Driver output

The InDesign PostScript File printing process, which is the process that the DesignMerge PostScript Driver uses, does not include printer settings. Therefore the DesignMerge PostScript Driver cannot include a specific printer's settings in its output...

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Changing the case of Variable Data (Upper Case, Lower Case, Title Case, Sentence Case, All Caps, Small Caps)

You may be able to set up a DesignMerge job to apply a specific letter case to the variable text that DesignMerge merges into a document. You may do this by applying a character style or character format to the Text Link that is in the document ...

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I need punctuation or a space between two Text Links but only when both Links are not empty

To set up a DesignMerge job so that punctuation or a space appears between two Variable Text Links only when both Links are not empty, please reference the following article:  

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How do I use DesignMerge to produce variable data output?

There are four basic steps in using DesignMerge to produce variable data output. Once you have installed DesignMerge and have a database file (a plain delimited text file that contains the variable data for the job), then do the following:  &nb...

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Links are not merging correct data or are prompting to locate wrong file

If one or more Links do not seem to be merging the correct data, review the following settings in your job:  Confirm you are selecting a Database that is in a Delimited Text File format. Confirm the Database Definition's (DDF

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Pictures are not sized or positioned or printing as expected.

When DesignMerge imports a variable picture, the picture will first be sized and positioned as it normally would if you had used the InDesign "Place" command to import this picture into the picture box, and then the Picture Variable Link's "Posi...

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How do I remove Empty Fields, and Empty Lines?

To set up a Link to be removed if the data for that link is empty, please follow these steps: Open the Variable Links window (DesignMerge > Setup > Variable Links...) In the list of Links on the left side of the Variable Links window, select th...

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How do I embed Text Links in a text file for a Variable Article

To embed Text Links in a text file for a Variable Article, the text file must be in your page layout application's Tagged Text File format. To produce this type of text file, follow the steps below: Enter the content for the text file in a text bo...

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CopyFit is wrapping lines (allowing a line of text to break to a new line)

CopyFit is designed to fit text into a text frame/box by adjusting any of the following formats: Tracking, Horizontal Scale, Point Size, Leading, Space Before and Space After. CopyFit will not adjust any other character or paragraph formatting that ...

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How do I set up a DesignMerge job to merge variable pictures (images)?

For information on setting up a job to merge variable pictures, please see the following DesignMerge Documentation: Tutorial #1a (The Basics) in the DesignMerge Tutorial Manual provides an example of setting up a job to merge variable pictures. A...

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Merged Links display extra spaces

If the data in a database contains extra spaces, these extra spaces will be merged into the document. DesignMerge will merge all of the characters that are in a field.   Therefore, to prevent these spaces from being merged into a Link, the spa...

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DesignMerge PostScript output of an InDesign document is not retaining printer settings, such as duplexing or paper tray selection.

The InDesign PostScript File printing process, which is the process that the DesignMerge PostScript Driver uses, does not include printer settings. Therefore the DesignMerge PostScript Driver cannot include printer settings in its output. You would s...

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DesignMerge is not merging Links embedded inside a Variable Article

First, confirm the Variable Article Link is assigned to a text box or text frame, and has not been assigned instead to a selection of text. The ability to merge Links that are embedded inside a Variable Article's text file has been designed specifica...

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Using a Link Rule to apply Styling but the results are not what I expected

First, confirm the Link Rule is applying Style Sheets that have been set up in the document. Please note that the name of the Style Sheet that the Link

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Error reading database file

If your DesignMerge installation displays an error that indicates DesignMerge is having difficulty reading the database (for example: "DBM: Error reading database file while checking for BOM"), confirm the following settings: Your Current DDF...

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What is a Variable Link?

A Variable Link is a component of a DesignMerge or AutoPrice Database Definition (DDF) and is used to associate content in a document to a field of data in a database file. Each Variable Link can have specific settings assigned to it, such as how it...

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Master page content shifts when applied by DesignMerge?

If content from a Master Page is not being positioned as expected when a DesignMerge Page Rule applies the Master Page, confirm that you have not assigned a Page Rule to any of the document's Master Pages.  Please note that DesignMerge Page Rul...

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IMPORTANT NOTE on DesignMerge v5.50 and v6.50 for Adobe InDesign

IMPORTANT NOTE: Changes to DesignMerge Rules that are made using the new v5.50 or v6.50 versions may not be backward compatible with earlier versions of DesignMerge. To avoid any issues, please be sure to upgrade all of your copies of DesignMerge to ...

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Printing problem when using the PostScript Driver? Confirm you have selected a PostScript PPD.

To avoid unexpected problems when using the DesignMerge PostScript Driver, confirm that you have selected a PostScript PPD on the Print window. You may encounter unexpected results if you select "Device-Independent Driver" or a non-PostScript Driver ...

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About the DesignMerge Tag Converter Utility for Adobe InDesign

The DesignMerge Tag Converter Utility allows you to convert DesignMerge Text Links in an InDesign document to MPS Tagged Text representing the Links. Additionally, this utility allows you to convert MPS Tagged Text representing DesignMerge Text Links...

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Document will not merge

There are several conditions that will prevent DesignMerge from merging a document. To determine why DesignMerge cannot merge your document, examine the following:   If an error message is displayed, you may need to repair this error condition...

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Link is deleted or line is removed even though a record has data for the Link or line

If you ran a Data Preview Test or Merge Current Document Test merge session on a document where a Link has been set up to be deleted if empty, and chose to Delete the

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CopyFit changes are not resetting between records

If you run a Data Preview Test or a Merge Current Document Test merge session that has been set up to apply CopyFit, and CopyFit applies formatting changes when the session merges a record into the document, then these CopyFit changes will be retaine...

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Job is merging extra records that aren't in the database.

A job may merge more records than expected if the database is not in a plain delimited text file format, if there are empty lines in the database file, or if the job's DDF does not have appropriate settings. To determine why your job is merging unexp...

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In an InDesign document, what styling will be applied to text that is imported by a Variable Article Link?

If the Variable Article Link is assigned to a Text Frame, the styling of the imported text will be similar to the styling that you would see if you were to use File > Place to import a plain text file into that frame. For examp...

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A Text Link does not merge Tagged Text data correctly

First, confirm that you have set up the Variable Link to use the appropriate Import Filter. For more information about this Variable Link setting, see Tutorial #1a (The Basics) in the DesignMerge Tutorial Manual, which is available in PDF format...

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The Database Definitions window will not let me select a different DDF or create a new one.

If you are not encountering an error (see below), then whether you can select or create a DDF depends on Always use Document DDF DesignMerge preference, which is currently available only in DesignMerge for InDesign. By default, this prefere...

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How do I set up a Link to not print if it is empty?

By default, Variable Links in a new DDF are not set to delete if they are empty (unless you changed your DesignMerge installation's default settings for new Variable Links).   However, you can change a Variable Link's settings whenever you wis...

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I need help finding an overset text box (overset text frame)

You can use CopyFit to find overset text boxes (overset text frames) in a document.   To do this, simply open the document and the CopyFit palette.  

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How to include a Line Ending in data for a Variable Text Link

To include a line ending in data for a variable text link, use either the InDesign Tag or the MPS Tag for the line ending. Then, set up the Variable Link to use the appropriate Import Filter.  For example, to include a New Line (soft return / s...

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DesignMerge is producing fewer pages than expected.

If DesignMerge is producing fewer pages than expected, check the following settings: Confirm the document template that you are merging contains all of the pages that you would like in each new varation of the document. For example, if you would l...

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Digital print controller is not imposing a job correctly.

First, confirm you have selected the appropriate Paper Size when you started the DesignMerge Print Driver merge session. Additionally, for PostScript Driver output, confirm you have selected a specific paper size; do not select Defined by Driver (see...

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DesignMerge Print Driver output is missing fonts

The most common reasons a font cannot be downloaded for inclusion in Print Driver output are: Font management software is not activating the font as quickly as DesignMerge is producing the output; The font has downloading restrictions built into ...

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How do I setup keyboard shortcuts in DesignMerge?

DesignMerge is enabled with keyboard shortcut support for most functions and commands in the software. In InDesign, go to the menu command Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts. On the dialog that opens, in newer versions of the DesignMerge software, se...

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Link is not merging - Link does not change when document is merged

There are several different settings that will prevent a Link from being changed by a merge session:  Confirm the content that is not changing has been assigned to a Variable Link. To determine this, you can set the document to show DesignMer...

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Line breaks (line endings) disappear when the document is merged?

If a Line Ending character is included inside a text link, the Line Ending character will be removed because incoming variable data will replace all of the characters that are inside the text link, including the Line Ending character.   There ...

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How to vary the color of a Meadows Variable Bar Code (Variable Barcode)

To vary the color of a Variable Bar Code (Variable Barcode), use a DesignMerge Link Rule to apply various Character Styles (or Character Style Sheets) based on the conditions that you specify in the Rule.   When setting up Character Styles for...

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Where do I find the font for a DesignMerge Variable EAN bar code (EAN barcode)?

Use a UPC font for an EAN bar code (EAN barcode), because an EAN bar code is the European version of a UPC bar code, as described on the Meadows Bar Code Utility dialog window. You can find the UPC bar code fonts for DesignMerge Variable UPC and...

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Where do I find fonts for DesignMerge Bar Code Module Linear bar codes?

All of the fonts for DesignMerge Bar Code Module Linear bar codes are now available online:   

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DesignMerge Palette is not showing

First, confirm that you have set the DesignMerge palette to be shown. To do this, open the DesignMerge menu and select View > Show DesignMerge Palette.    If you still cannot see the palette, it may have been moved off your d

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The DesignMerge Links have disappeared from my InDesign document!

If you cannot see the DesignMerge Links in a document, please check the following:  (1) Either the DesignMerge software or the DesignMerge Tag Display Module must be installed to see DesignMerge Links. The DesignMerge Tag Display Module is...

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A merged Link is displaying a text filename instead of importing the named text file.

If you would like a Link to import a text file, you must select Article for the Variable Link's Link Type setting. When the Link Type is set to Text, the Link will treat the data as text (the Link will display the filename as text). When the Link Typ...

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DesignMerge PostScript output is not printing at the correct paper size.

The paper size of DesignMerge PostScript output is determined by the Paper Size setting that you select on the Print window. Select a specific Paper Size. Do not select Defined by Driver.   If you have selected the a

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DesignMerge is producing more pages than expected.

If DesignMerge is producing more pages than expected, check the following settings: Confirm the document template that you are merging does not contain any extra pages. For example, if you would like to produce a two-page document for each variati...

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Why does DesignMerge keep prompting me to select the database file?

By default, DesignMerge will prompt you to select a database file each time DesignMerge wishes to use one.   If

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InDesign or QuarkXPress displays error when DesignMerge tries to merge a graphic file

If InDesign or QuarkXPress is displaying an error when DesignMerge is trying to merge a graphic file into a variable picture link, confirm the following: Are you able to use the InDesign "File>Place" or QuarkXPress "File>Import" command to p...

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Missing content when print DesignMerge PPML output?

Meadows Publishing Solutions recently changed the manner in which DesignMerge for InDesign collects clipping information for reusable content in PPML output to resolve a problem where an InDesign document might provide incorrect clipping information ...

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How to display Variable Middle-Eastern Unicode Text correctly in InDesign

To correctly display text (Fixed or Variable) in a Middle-Eastern language in an InDesign document, apply the Adobe World-Ready Composer feature, which is first available in InDesign CS

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Where can I get the fonts for the Meadows Linear (1D) Bar Code Module

The fonts for Meadows Linear Bar Codes that are generated by the Meadows Bar Code Module are now available online on the Meadows Documentation page (www.meadowsps.com/documentation).

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Helpful information about DDFs and the "Always use Document DDF" preference

DesignMerge stores the settings for each of your DDFs in your user preferences on a computer, and additionally stores inside a document a copy of the DDF's settings that were last used on that document. Each time you save a document after assigning o...

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How to choose a font for a Meadows Linear Bar Code

The Meadows Linear Bar Code Module produces bar codes in a format that is only compatible with the Rivers Edge Linear Bar Code Fonts that are provided in the Bar Code Module software package and in the DesignMerge Pro software package. ...

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Merged Link is empty although there is data in Database for this Link

This can happen if the database file is using a double-quote (") text qualifier setting but the DDF's "Text Qualifier" setting is set to "None". To determine whether your database file is using a Text Qualifier, do the following: Open the database...

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Does DesignMerge support multi-user environments?

The short answer to this is no, DesignMerge software does not support shared or multi-user configurations. The software license for DesignMerge does not allow the user to operate the software via remote access, screen sharing, or any other method th...

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Where can I get the font for the Meadows 2D Bar Code Module?

The font for the Meadows 2D Bar Code is now available online on the Meadows Documentation page (www.meadowsps.com/documentation).

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Page numbering in DesignMerge output

For PPML, VPS, and PostScript output, we create a “workfile” document, which is a duplicate copy of the original file. It is the workfile document that is merged and printed so the original version of the file is never touched.In this wor...

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File path specifications of Meadows DesignMerge software

Below is a link to review the current specifications of the Meadows DesignMerge® Pro software for filenames and file paths of external files for Links. Please note that these specifications are currently in the progress of being enhanced. These e...

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Error during fixed layer creation for PPML in DesignMerge for QuarkXPress

If you are encountering an error during the fixed layer creation for a PPML merge session when using DesignMerge for QuarkXPress, quit QuarkXPress and confirm the "OPI.xnt" XTensions file and also the "PDF Filter.xnt" XTensions file are inside your Q...

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PostScript Driver in DesignMerge for QuarkXPress auto-cancels when click Continue

If the PostScript Driver in DesignMerge for QuarkXPress auto-cancels without any warning or report after you click "Continue" on the "PostScript Driver" dialog, quit QuarkXPress and confirm the "OPI.xnt" XTensions file and also the "PDF Filter.xnt" X...

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How large of an output file can a DesignMerge Print Driver produce

If you are using a version of DesignMerge for InDesign Creative Cloud,  DesignMerge Print Drivers do not restrict the size of a DesignMerge Print Driver output file. However, the size must not exceed the limitations of the version of operati...

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Can DesignMerge format variable price data that is not in a dollar and cents format?

Yes, this can be achieved by adding the the DesignMerge Pro Pack to your DesignMerge Pro Software Order.   The DesignMerge Pro Pack provides a set of utility functions or modules that have been integrated with DesignMerge (and AutoPri...

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Can DesignMerge delete empty table rows?

Yes, this can be achieved by adding the the DesignMerge Pro Pack to your DesignMerge Pro Software Order.   The DesignMerge Pro Pack provides a set of utility functions or modules that have been integrated with DesignMerge (and AutoPri...

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Can DesignMerge omit a page when variable text does not flow to it?

Yes, this can be achieved by adding the the DesignMerge Pro Pack to your DesignMerge Pro Software Order.   The DesignMerge Pro Pack provides a set of utility functions or modules that have been integrated with DesignMerge (and AutoPri...

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Can DesignMerge change the Letter Case of data to Title Case?

Yes, this can be achieved by adding the the DesignMerge Pro Pack to your DesignMerge Pro Software Order.   The DesignMerge Pro Pack provides a set of utility functions or modules that have been integrated with DesignMerge (and AutoPri...

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InDesign Crashing in Print Driver Session

Please try each of the following recommendations to resolve this:  1) First try to preview at least a dozen or so records to be sure that there is nothing wrong with the merging process itself. If you are encountering a problem while previewing...

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Controlling DesignMerge Paper Tray Pulls and Finishing Options using PostScript

Controlling DesignMerge Paper Tray Pulls and Finishing Options using PostScript This document describes how to embed PostScript commands into a variable data merge session to control paper tray pulls and other finishing options.Newer versions of Desi...

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Recommended settings for PDF/VT Output

ABOUT PDF/VTA PDF/VT file is a PDF file that has been optimized for use with variable data. When processing a PDF/VT file, all of the static content in the document (such as a background PDF image) will be downloaded only one time. It is then cached ...

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PDF Crop and Transparent Background Preferences

This article applies only to users that are merging variable PDF files with DesignMerge.BACKGROUNDIn versions of DesignMerge prior to the CC 2018 version, when users merged variable PDF files, the PDF files where imported and cropped using the InDesi...

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Options for DesignMerge EOF! Errors

This article applies only to users that are creating multi-up layouts with DesignMerge, and have encountered an EOF! error condition.BACKGROUNDThe built-in sequencing and multi-up imposition features of DesignMerge are totally unique among the VDP so...

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Create vCard or MeCard QR Code

For instructions on creating a variable vCard or MeCard QR code, please download instructions and samples (the instructions are included in the InDesign document):   http://www.meadowsps.com/downloads/support/Create-Variable-QR-Code-vCard-MeCa...

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Punctuation and Spacing Control for Empty Link Conditions

Sometimes, you need to have a space in between two Variable Text Links, but only when *both* of the links contain data.For example, your Data may contain a Salutation (Mr., Ms., Mrs., etc.), and also a Name, but the Salutation may not be available fo...

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How to Create a VDP Package

The VDP Packager is a standard feature of DesignMerge Pro software that will collect all of the variable assets required for any VDP job, and store those assets together in a folder. We call this the VDP Package Folder. For technical support request...

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Working with Embedded Links

Working with Embedded Links DesignMerge software supports a unique feature called Embedded Links. An Embedded Link is a reference to a DesignMerge Variable Link that can be included (using a simple text string format) within the data being imported b...

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Breaking up a VDP Job (the Page Sets per Job feature)

Breaking up a VDP Job (the Page Sets per Job feature) Each of the DesignMerge print drivers includes a feature called Page Sets per Job. This feature allows you to specify the number of pages of VDP output to produce before sending the job to the pr...

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How to create individual, personalized PDF files with unique names

How to create individual, personalized PDF files with unique namesEach of the DesignMerge print drivers, including the PDF driver, includes a feature called Page Sets per Job. This feature allows you to specify the number of pages of VDP output to pr...

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Tips for Successful Addressing

This article was downloaded from the USPS web site, and discusses the basics of addressing. The article provides a few tips to ensure that your direct mailpiece can be successfully read by automated mail processing systems. First off, it is important...

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Bulk Mail Sorting, CASS Certification, and Intelligent Mail Bar Coding

ABOUT BULK MAILING AND BAR CODINGIf you are printing a bulk mail piece, including an Intelligent Mail Bar Code on each piece generally results in lower postage rates per piece than with non-barcoded bulk mail. Although you generally are not required ...

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How to Create a Royal Mail Mailmark® 2D Bar Code

This document describes the appropriate settings for the DesignMerge 2D bar code module to create variable Royal Mail Mailmark® 2D bar codes.ABOUT ROYAL MAIL MAILMARK BAR CODESA 2D Mailmark barcode is a type of Data Matrix bar code that must be added...

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How to Reset Your DesignMerge Software Activation

Sometimes when you install a new version of your DesignMerge software, or if you move the software to a different computer, you may receive error messages related to the software activation. To remedy these conditions, there are two options available...

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