Searching Options

This area allows you to specify how Enrichment will search the print stream to find the field.

  • Pages to Search: Select one of the following options from the drop-down list or specify a range of pages to search in the (range) field.
    • First Page Only: Searches only the first page of each document for this field.
    • Last Page Only: Searches only the last page of each document for this field.
    • All Except First: Searches all pages of a document except the first for the field.
    • All Except Last: Searches all pages of a document except the last for the field.
    • All Pages: Searches all pages of all documents for the field.
    • Middle Pages (not first or last): Searches all pages of each document except the first and last.
    • Page Range Specified Below: Searches only the pages you specify in the (range) field.
  • (range): This field is available only if you select Page Range Specified Below in the Pages to Search field. Specify the range of pages in which you want to search using one of the following formats (where num is a number or page number:
    • num: Look for the field information on a specific page in each document.
    • num1 num2: Look for the field information in a range of pages in each document. Separate the page specifications with a space
    • num L: Look for the field information in a range of pages that begins at page num and ends at the last page in each document. Separate the page specifications with a space.
    • num1 L-num2: Look for the field information in a range of pages that begins at page num1 and ends num2 pages before the last page in each document. Separate the page specifications with a space.
    • L-num: Look for the field information on a specific page that is num pages before the last page in each document.
    • L-num L: Look for the field information in a range of pages that begins num pages before the last page and ends on the last page in each document. Separate the page specifications with a space.
    • L-num1 L-num2: Look for the field information in a range of pages that begins num1 pages before the last page and ends num2 pages before the last page in each document. Separate the page specifications with a space. For example, 3 L-1 indicates a range from page 3 to the second-to-last page.
  • Number to Find: Determines when Enrichment should act upon a field. The options are:
    • First One Only: Finds and acts upon only the first occurrence of the field in each document within the specified page range.
    • First on Each Page: Finds and acts upon the first occurrence of the field on each page within the specified page range.
    • All: Finds and acts upon all occurrences of the field within the specified page range.
      Note: This option does not apply to fields that are used to identify the top or bottom of a document or page.
  • Remove blanks from extracted field: Determines when to remove blanks from the extracted field.
    • Left (leading): Removes blank characters to the left of the field information.
    • Right (trailing): Removes blank characters to the right of the field information.
    • None: Does not remove blanks from the field information.
    • Both: Removes blank characters on both the right and left side of the field information.
  • Extract Text Until: Displays the <TEXTUNTIL> tag specifications. Click Extract Text Until to modify the specifications. For more information on <TEXTUNTIL>, refer to the Enrichment Language Reference Guide.