Adding content to white space in AFP files

Whitespace Manager can find areas of available white space in AFP files and then fill the white space with content, such as images or text.

You can define white space in AFP files by choosing known white space on a page or by searching for the first available white space in a page group. You can also modify or delete any white space definitions you have created. After white space is defined, you can assign image and text content to the white space areas by creating rules that determine what content is assigned and under what conditions it is assigned.

In this section:

  1. Creating definitions for known white space
    You can create a definition for white space that you know exists on the same page in all page groups.
  2. Creating definitions by searching for white space
    When you do not know where white space exists, you can search for the first available white space in a page group and create a definition. Whitespace Manager searches for the largest white space area on a page that meets the minimum dimensions specified.
  3. Modifying or deleting white space definitions
    After you define white space areas in an AFP file, you can modify or delete any of the definitions.
  4. Assigning content to white space
    You can assign image and text content to defined white space areas by creating rules that determine what content is assigned and under what conditions it is assigned.
  5. Adding steps to fill white space in AFP files
    After you define white space in a sample AFP file using RICOH Visual Workbench, you must add a step to one or more workflows to fill the white space with content in production AFP files that use the workflows. The step names the Visual Workbench control file that contains the definitions for the white space.

Related information:

Whitespace Manager
FillWhiteSpace
Parent topic: Working with sample AFP files