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Chapter 2. Introduction to the Overlay Utility ................. 23
Print Form and Overlay ................................ 23
Source Overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Overlay Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Overlay Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Design Overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Operation Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Chapter 3. Getting Started with the Overlay Utility .............. 29
Step 1 - Starting the Overlay Utility ......................... 30
Step 2 - Creating a Source Overlay File ...................... 31
Step 3 - Creating a Source Overlay ......................... 33
Defining a Text Element .............................. 34
Defining a Line Element .............................. 37
Defining a Box Element .............................. 38
Defining a Bar Code Element ........................... 40
Placing a Graphics Element ............................ 42
| Viewing the Overlay with the AFP Workbench Viewer ............. 44
| Saving the Source Overlay ............................. 45
Step 4 - Changing a Source Overlay ........................ 48
Placing a Page Segment .............................. 48
Creating an Overlay from a Source Overlay ................... 53
Step 5 - Using an Overlay ............................... 55
Overriding a Printer File .............................. 55
Using the Printer File ................................ 55
Printing Overlays with AFP Utilities for AS/400 ................. 56
Chapter 4. Starting and Ending the Overlay Utility .............. 57
Starting the Overlay Utility ............................... 57
Option 1 (Work with source overlays) ...................... 58
Option 2 (Work with source overlay files) .................... 58
Ending the Overlay Utility ............................... 58
Chapter 5. Work with Source Overlays ..................... 59
Prompts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Showing a Source Overlay List ............................ 62
Selecting a Source Overlay from a List ....................... 62
1=Create a Source Overlay .............................. 63
Define Overlay Specifications ........................... 64
Change Overlay Specifications ......................... 67
Confirm Delete of Elements .......................... 69
Work with Source Overlay Fonts ......................... 70
Design Overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Saving a Source Overlay ............................ 71
2=Change a Source Overlay ............................. 73
3=Copy a Source Overlay ............................... 74
4=Delete a Source Overlay .............................. 75
6=Print a Source Overlay ............................... 76
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