Basic functionality
C3 is a InDesign panel, it ca float freely as a window or be docked in the toolbar. C3 have the following parts:
Browser
: List of dataLinks
: Shows placed data, = links.Settings
: Controls some of C3 functionality.Menu
: Menu with misc. comands.Details
: Show content of the selected data node.
Workflow
The basic workflow:
- Navigate and select data from the browser tree.
- Insert data and create a link between the data source and the document.
- If the data source changes, update links.
Browser
The browser displays the data as a list or a tree structure, depending on the data source. Tree nodes of the structure may be opened or closed. Above the tree is a search box where the search terms can be entered. The data is filtered based on the search text. Exactly how the search is working to depends on the data source.
F1. Tree Navigation
- Nodes in the tree can be opened or closed by a click on ► or ▼.
- When a node are selected the content is showed in the details area.
Details
In the area under the tree details or node content are displayed.
Languages
Above the tree there is a drop down that contains the languages of the data source. (If its empty, no languages are defined).
F2. Change language
- Select another language in the language drop down.
If you data don't contain any languages the drop down shows All Languages
.
F3. Update language
You find the Update language to the right of the language selector:
- Placed content gets a language code. This function changes the language code on all placed data to the selected one.
- After that, you can Update Links, then the real change of content takes place.
F4. Search
With C3 you can search the data source.
- If you data is in a file, C3 makes a free text search.
- If your data is in a data base, C3 deliver what ever result the database provides.
Montera data i dokumentet
Montera flera noder med data
Man kan montera flera noder av data på en gång. Det kan vara exempelvis tre produkter som skall monteras i ett flöde. När man markerar flera noder i trädet, visas vilka noder som är markerade, samt i vilken ordning man markerat dem.
- Klicka på den första noden
- Ctrl-Klicka på den andra noden, osv...
- Klicka på Insert, för att infoga
Montera flödande data
När man monterar data som skall flöda, med HTML-Mapper:
- Ställ textmarkören i en textram
- Markera en eller flera noder i trädet
- Klicka på
Insert
Montera data i platshållare
När man monterar data i en eller flera platshållare, med RAW-Mapper, måste man först markera vilka xml-element som skall placeras var.
- Markera de taggade objekten
- Markera en eller flera noder i trädet
- Klicka på
Insert
Links
When you place data in the document, C3 creates a link. They are listed in the Links tab.
F5. Refresh links
Some times you need to refresh the link list, like when the data source have changed.
- Click on Refresh in the top right corner.
Link status
The links can have four different statuses:
- (Pen) =
Local Change
: Data has been changed in the document - (Warning) =
Need Update
: Data source has changes and the document need update - (Circel) = Mix of the abowe, both document and source has changes
- (?) =
Missing
: Placed data no longer exists in data source - Links that are OK have no symbol!
F6. Filter links
You can shoose to fileter the type of links you like to see in the links list.
- Click on any of the link symbols above the link list.
F7. Group links
Links can also be grouped, this might give you a better overview. Click on the button below to the right to toggle between different groupings.
None
= No groupingID
= Group links with the same IDType
= Group links with the same Type
The label of the group button changes when you click on it, and it shows the next group option:
Update
F8. Update All
Update all updates one of the following:
- If no filter is active, all links are updated.
- If a filter is active, only the listed links are updated.
F9. Update
Update updates selected links.
- Select one or many links in the list. Ctrl+Click to select many.
- Clicka on Update
F10. Highigting links
There are two ways to highligting data and links.
- Double click a link in the link list. The object are now selected on the page.
- Place your cursor in any linked data on the page. The link are highlighted in the link list.
Menu
There is a menu in the absolute right top of the C3 panel. The cotent is customizable, and ther content may vary. Normally this is what you can see:
Settings
: Opens the C3 settings.Clear Structure
: Clean the document from empty or unused links.About
: Information and version.