This tab is only enabled if you have either selected the Manual detection method or if you train a table layout via the Edit Document window.

Use the Master Item tab to define a representative row for the table. This row serves as the master item used to identify other rows in the table.

You can only draw a line item when the Design Document is displayed within the viewer.

Line Settings

This group has the following options:

Optional lines

Sometimes a row in a table may take up several lines on the document. In some cases, the second and subsequent lines may be optional. The Optional Lines field shows the number of optional lines in the row based on what lines were flagged optional in the Lines area below. In the viewer, click a text line showing the master item to add or remove a text line from this list of optional lines. The value for this option is set to empty by default.

Many comments per item

Select this option if your tables might have large gaps caused by comments or other items between the line items. This option is cleared by default.

Lines

This group shows a larger version of the currently selected master item. You can click a row in the master item to flag it as an optional line. Optional lines are displayed in a lighter shade of green, and the number of flagged lines is shown in the Optional Lines field in the Line Settings area.

Registration

This group has the following options:

Text anchor

Select this option is you want to use a text anchor to help find a line item. This option is cleared by default.

Input locator

This option is only enabled if the Text anchor option is selected. Select the locator method that determines the text anchor from the list of available locator methods. Refresh the list in order to save the anchor position on the reference document. The value for this option is set to empty by default.

Important This input locator can only be a Format Locator, and can point to a single word only on the document. The user needs to be sure that this word is located on all documents of that class. When a document is processed, the entire document is shifted in relation to the anchor word.

Automatic

Select this option if you wan to use automatic registration to locate line items. This option is cleared by default.

Minimum registration confidence

This option is only enabled when the Automatic option is selected. Set the minimum confidence needed in order for automatic registration to return a result. The value for this option is set to 50% by default.

Maximum horizontal offset

This option is only enabled when the Automatic option is selected. Specify the maximum horizontal distance that can be between the reference document and the current document. The value for this option is set to 40.0mm by default.

Maximum vertical offset

This option is only enabled when the Automatic option is selected. Specify the maximum vertical distance that can be between the reference document and the current document. The value for this option is set to 25.0mm by default.

Definitions for the buttons at the bottom of this window can be found in Common Transformation Designer Buttons.