Konica Minolta Darwin VDP Software - Manual (Page 5)

Contents
1 Install the software 1
Installing Darwin on Windows-based computer....................................................................................................................1
Software and hardware requirements..............................................................................................................................1
Installing Darwin 3.0 software ...........................................................................................................................................1
Installing Darwin 3.0 software without removing a previous Darwin version.......................................................2
Removing the software........................................................................................................................................................3
Installing Darwin in Mac OS.......................................................................................................................................................3
Requirements.........................................................................................................................................................................3
Installing Darwin 3.0 software .........................................................................................................................................4
Installing Darwin 3.0 software without removing a previous Darwin version......................................................4
Removing the software........................................................................................................................................................5
2 Darwin 3.0 overview 7
What is a Darwin job?..................................................................................................................................................................8
Darwin Pilot workspace...............................................................................................................................................................8
The Data Planner tab...........................................................................................................................................................9
The ToolBox tab...................................................................................................................................................................10
The Page Manager tab........................................................................................................................................................11
3 How do I create a VDP job? Hands-on tutorial 13
Overview........................................................................................................................................................................................13
Files supplied with the tutorial..................................................................................................................................................15
Creating a Darwin job from a data file....................................................................................................................................16
Adding InDesign CS3 pages to the Darwin job....................................................................................................................18
Assigning data fields to an InDesign CS3 page....................................................................................................................18
Adding a text rule.........................................................................................................................................................................21
Applying a text rule to an InDesign CS3 page..................................................................................................................... 24
Adding an image rule................................................................................................................................................................. 24
Applying an image rule to an InDesign page........................................................................................................................25
Adding a new result to a rule................................................................................................................................................... 26
Applying a color rule to an InDesign CS3 page................................................................................................................... 29
Adding a complex image rule..................................................................................................................................................30
Composing pages for VDP production.................................................................................................................................. 32
4 Creating a Darwin Job 35
Data overview...............................................................................................................................................................................35
Creating a job from a data file..................................................................................................................................................35
Creating a job manually.............................................................................................................................................................37
5 Working with fields and data 39
Adding a field............................................................................................................................................................................... 39
Types of fields supported by Darwin......................................................................................................................................39
Editing the list of fields..............................................................................................................................................................40