Auto Serialization allows you to set a number of options to create serialized copies of text objects.
- Select the desired objects.
- From the Arrange menu, select Auto Serialize.
Every word of selected text appears in the Text Selection box on the right side of the Serialization-Layout dialog box.
- Select the text to be replaced.
To select multiple items, click on them.
- Adjust the following parameters:
| Number of Copies | Copies Number of serialized copies to be created |
| Number of Columns | Number of columns containing the serialized text |
| Column Spacing | Spacing between columns |
| Row Spacing | Spacing between rows of serialized text |
| Data File | Lets you specify a delimited data file to serialize. (Leave this field empty to enter text manually.) |
| Browse | Click to find a file to serialize. |
| Edit File | Select to edit the content of the file you want to serialize. |
| Ignore first row in file | Select to edit the content of the file you want to serialize. |
- Click Next.
- To manually edit a text field:
- Select the desired field.
- Type new text in the Edit Text field.
- To move to the next field, press Tab, Enter, or left-click the desired field.
- To enter sequential data in the text fields, select a starting field and click Auto serialize.
The Serialization dialog box appears.
- Adjust the following parameters:
| Numeric | Enter a positive or negative integer. |
| Character | Enter a character or group of characters. (Both text and numbers are acceptable.) |
| Start | Enter a starting value according to the Type selected, Numeric or Character. |
| Increment | Specify the increment amount for the serial text. |
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To save the current configuration as a data file, click Export.
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Click Finish.
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If desired, ungroup the serialized text to edit just part of the job.
Changing Auto Serialization Attributes Using DesignCentral
You can use the Auto Serialization tab in DesignCentral to adjust the following parameters:
| Number of columns to receive copies of the serialized text | |
| Horizontal spacing between copies of the serialized text | |
| Vertical spacing between copies of the serialized text | |
| Total width and height of a single serialized object | |
| Distance between serialized objects from the bottom left of one object to the bottom left of the next | |
| Distance between serialized objects from the top right of one object to the bottom left of the next |