Kofax Communications Manager Designer > Work with KCM Designer > Work with Corporate Design > Define the text styles of a document

Define the text styles of a document

  1. Navigate to Corporate Design and click the Brand you are working on.
    • To create a new Style Sheet, click Style Sheet and then click New Style Sheet in the New pane on the right.

      Enter a name for the new Style Sheet and click OK.

      The new object appears in the Style Sheet folder.

  2. Click the Style Sheet to edit and click Edit in the View and Edit pane on the right.
    Also, you can download the Style Sheet object to your computer to edit it in the editor of your choice and then upload it back to KCM Designer. To do so, click the object and then click Download for editing locally in the View and Edit pane on the right. Click Just download or click Lock and download to lock the object for other users. When you finish editing the object in your editor, save it and then click Upload locally edited file in KCM Designer to upload the file from your computer.

    Note The maximum supported size of the uploaded file is 40 MB.

  3. Microsoft Word opens. You can now edit the formatting styles that are added to the Style Sheet.
    For example, to format the basic text font, the item might be named ITP_normal.
    Note For the list of available ITP_ styles as well as for the information on defining the ITP_ custom styles, see the section Manage Text Blocks styles in the Kofax Communications Manager Template Scripting Language Developer's Guide.
  4. Make necessary changes and click OK.
    Changes are applied to every item with this style in result documents where this Style Sheet is applied. To apply the Style Sheet to a document, you need to use a command in KCM Template Script. For more information, see the section stylesheet in the Kofax Communications Manager Template Scripting Language Developer's Guide.
  5. Close the Microsoft Word document and save the changes when prompted to do so.

Format a table

You can use Style Sheets to create a custom table style, or format the ITP_table style. The steps below describe how to create a new table style to use in the documents.

Note ITP_table styles are only applied to tables in standard Text Blocks. Any other table style added to Style Sheets can only be used in a Rich Text Block.

  1. Navigate to Corporate Design and find the brand you are working on.
  2. Click Style Sheet and select the file to format.
  3. Click the file and then click Edit in the View and Edit pane on the right.
    Microsoft Word opens. You can preview the formatting styles.
  4. Place the cursor in the blank space at the end of the document, click the Insert tab in Microsoft Word, and then click Insert Table.
  5. Define the number of columns and rows and click OK.
    The table appears where you placed the cursor.
  6. Navigate to Table Tools > Design >Table Styles.
    Tip If this tab is not available, click the table you inserted and the Table Tools tab will appear.
  7. Click the small arrow located in the lower right corner to see more options.
  8. Click New Table Style.
    The Create New Style from Formatting window appears.
  9. Enter a name for the style in accordance with the names of the styles previewed in the document.
    Example ITP_table
  10. Make necessary changes and click OK.
    The new style appears in the Table Styles section.
  11. Click the new style to apply to your table.
  12. Close the Microsoft Word document and save the changes when prompted to do so.