Regions tab

The Regions tab is supported by the following locator methods:

This tab has the following settings:

Enable locator for

Select one or more of the following values:

  • All pages (Default: Selected)

  • First page

  • Middle pages

  • Last page

This setting restricts the actual locator to the selected page. If you want to restrict a specific region, use the Page setting for that region in the table once it is added. The two values cannot conflict each other however. For example, you cannot restrict the locator to the first page and then search for a region on the last page.

Access

Select one of the following to restrict the region:

  • Outside the regions (Default: Selected)

  • Inside the regions

The table displays any added regions. Use the following buttons to manage the regions:

Button

Description

Add icon   Add

Adds a new region with default settings to the table. For the best results, resize and reposition the region using the Document Viewer and your mouse.

Delete icon   Delete

Removes the selected region.

The table has the following columns:

Name

By default, every added region is given a name. Double-click to rename the region to something more descriptive. For example, if you are drawing a region to indicate where a bar code is expected, name the region "Bar code" or something similar.

Page

This setting restricts the region to one or more pages. This setting is separate, yet dependent on the "Enable locator for" setting above. This means that if the locator itself is restricted to the first page only, this setting cannot conflict, or the data is not found.

For example, you cannot restrict the locator to the last page of a document and then try to use a region to find something on the first page of the document. Since the locator is already restricted to search the last page only, the region is ignored.

Left

The value in this column indicates where the region is located with respect to the left side of the page. Selecting a percentage value means that the region starts at that percentage away from the left margin. For example, a value of "100%" actually aligns the region to the right side of the page. However, you should modify this setting only if you are not using a width of 100%.

Top

The value in this column indicates where the region is located with respect to the top of the page. Selecting 100% aligns the region to the bottom of the page, while a value of 0mm or 0% aligns the region to the top of the page.

Width

The value in this column shows the width of the region. This value can be specified in millimeters or a percentage.

Height

The value in this column shows the height of the region. This value can be specified in millimeters or a percentage.

The following buttons are available at the bottom of this window:

Button

Description

Close

Closes the window and saves your changes.

Test icon   Test

Tests the locator settings. The results are displayed on the Test Results tab that is displayed automatically when you click this button.

Depending on the locator method, this button may have additional modes if the locator uses other locators as input.

Help icon  Help

Displays the help for the open window.