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In order to ensure that data sets with multiple rows fit neatly in a PowerPoint presentation, PowerPointWriter allows for customization of the way data is imported.
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When used by itself, MaxRowsPerSlide will stop importing data when the initial row limit has been reached, and no more data from that data set will be imported into the presentation. For example, if your data set has 12 rows of data, but MaxRowsPerSlide is set to 5, PowerPointWriter will import 5 rows of data initially. To import all of the data in a data set, MaxRowsPerSlide must be used with the Continue modifier or Repeat RepeatSlide marker.
The Continue Modifier
The Continue modifier allows data from a single data source to be imported across multiple slides. When data is being imported into a data source, and the MaxRowsPerSlide limit is reached, PowerPointWriter will look in the presentation for a the next copy of the same data marker, but with the Continue modifier. It will then begin importing data into this data markerat the new location, starting with the next row of data in the data source.
The Continue modifier should be placed in parentheses at the end of a data marker.
Ex: %%=DataSource.DataCol(Continue)continue). The data marker with the Continue modifier must also be placed in a list or table to enable PowerPointWriter's automatic repeating behavior. If it is not in a list or table, only 1 additional row of data will be imported.
If a presentation contains multiple appearances of the same data marker and the Continue modifier is not used, PowerPointWriter will begin importing data from the first row in the data source for each instance of the data marker.
The continue modifier can also be used to import multiple batches of data onto a single slide:
RepeatSlide
PowerPoint's RepeatSlide marker makes it easy to import data onto multiple slides with the same layout. With RepeatSlide it is not necessary to know the size of the data set you are importing.
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