By selecting the Origin
tab, you can mark responses at the time of printing from either a
constant or from incoming data. This is known as “pre-slugging” when
done from data.
The Field
is set as Constant
but pulls down to show a list of data fields.
Select
constant or pull down to show a list of already defined fields or press
the button to add a new field. opens one of
these dialogues where you can enter the field Name only for
delimited files or Name,
Start
and Length.
Data files and fields are fully discussed in Defining your data file.
Delimited
Fixed
Encode
method is a pull-down list of available encoding methods.
Choose one (and for Random zones make sure the field choices are
defined
in the same order).
Encode
value is used to pre-slug the response positions. Enter a
value that is covered by the encoding method (and check the number of
digits required).
Encoding
marks allow the size of the black response mark to be
defined from either a pre-defined set or
individually. Generally a response mark of 33 x 15 (1/300th
units) is used. Where the data is taken from a field, the
response will vary according to the record contents and is very
commonly used for pre-slugging the sheet recipient (and would also have
his written name elsewhere on the sheet).
This is an example pre-slugged response from the example above (the
human readable is inserted as text).
There is no requirement to have response shapes for pre-slugging and
you can use the Null
shape to hide what is being encoded (only the black encoding marks
appear).
button to add a new field.
