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Asset Management
Things to know The Asset Management module is a basic repository for your assets (images, pdfs, ...). It is not meant to be a full Digital Asset Management Solution, but rather provide basic storage for images to be used in CHILI Editor. ...
Barcodes/QR Codes
Barcode definition Define the barcodes in the backoffice. Go to Documents > Barcode Types You will see a list of defined barcodes, or you can add, delete or copy a barcode-preset. Each preset can hold the name you want to give t...
Blank Document Templates
Concept For each document you create from scratch, it is possible to start from a template. You can find the Blank Document Templates in the main navigation under Settings > Document Settings. List of templates You can filter, add new, copy ...
Fonts
Just like documents, fonts are organized in Libraries and Folders. You can organize these in the same way as other resources. You can access your environment fonts via Resources > Documents > Fonts. You'll see an overview of the available ...
Managing Document Constraints
Concept Tempo is built around the concept of giving users full or limited access to the same document. This concept works all the way through up to the smallest element, a document frame. The restrictions you can apply are called constraints. Co...
Object Alignment
Concept Object Alignment is a way to automatically arrange multiple objects. Using object alignment To access the alignment tools, first select two or more objects. Then at the bottom toolbar will appear twelve new icons, six for alignment and ...
Outputs
PDF Output In most cases, PDFs won't be generated from within CHILI Editor, but rather as part of the external workflow in Tempo. CHILI Editor does provide direct access to PDF generation, though (most often used by administrators, ...
Renders
A render is generated when you select “Generate Output” and create a publication within the DAM. For example: If you make 1 change and create a PDF, that is 1 render. If you make 20 changes and create a PDF that contains those 20 chan...
Variable Data
Concept Variable Data allows you to configure CHILI documents to be manipulated through an input form, rather than through inline editing. Rules can be created in the variable fields to make the user experience as easy as needed, and to force b...