Add Headers & Footers

The Add Header Footer tab is used to add headers and footers to PDF files. The tab allows the user to set options regarding the headers and footers and then allows for routing of the output file after optionally changing its name. The tab has the following sections:

Headers / Footers Settings

Use this section to set options regarding the headers and footers that will be applied to the PDF documents when being processed.

Margins

Units - Units to use when calculating the position of the header and footer. This can be inches, centimeters, or points. Points are calculated in the PDF standard, 72 points per inch.

Top - The distance of the margin from the top

Bottom - The distance of the margin from the bottom

Left - The distance of the margin from the left

Right - The distance of the margin from the right

Note: The top margin applies to headers only, the bottom margin applies to footers only.

Appearance

Font - The font for the header and footer

Font Size - The font size for the header and footer

Font Color - The font color for the header and footer

B - Makes all of the text Bold

I - Makes all of the text Italic

Border - Sets a border around the header and footer text

Background - Background color settings for the header and footer text

Pages 

Page Range - The range of pages to apply headers and footers.

Header & Footer

This section defines the text content for the different mark areas in the document

Header Left - Text placed in the left of the header

Header Center - Text placed in the center of the header

Header Right - Text placed in the right of the header

Footer Left - Text placed in the left of the footer

Footer Center - Text placed in the center of the footer

Footer Right - Text placed in the right of the footer

Insert - Use these options to insert custom variables within the content sections. Place the cursor where you would like the text and then click on the variable option you want to insert. These variables will be used when the headers and footers are placed on the document

Preview

Allows you to see how the header and footer will look on a PDF document of your choice. Click "Browse" to select a document to use for the preview. You can use the arrow buttons and drop down to navigate and preview a different page in the document. Once complete click on "Go Back" to return to the header & footer settings.

 

Output Routing Options

This section determines what happens once the PDF document has successfully been processed. If the processing fails for any reason the document will instead rout the document using the settings set in the Trouble Handling tab.

Print the PDF Document  

Change the Output File Name

Save the Output File to a Folder

FTP the Output File

E-Mail the Output File