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If you’ve been following along, you’ll know that the variable data wizard is a powerful tool for quickly serializing and replacing data, eliminating some tedious design work and saving you time. We can use the same features for text replacement, but for images! To walk through this, we suggest using a tab delimited text file…

When working with the Variable Data Wizard, you can replace data with custom entries, or have it automatically serialize a set of data. This is useful for creating something like a series of hotel room badges with an increasing series of numbers. Lets go over how to do this! First, take a look at the…

With your variable data, applying cutlines can sometimes break the overall fit of your design. This can happen with text or detailed images, resulting in marooned sections that if cut as is, would result in separate pieces. The Merge feature of the contour cutting function in the Variable Data Wizard allows you to bring these…

The Variable Data Wizard is useful for things like quickly and easily replacing text in a workspace. Things can get complicated if that text has associated cut lines, but with contour cut settings in VDW, you’ll be able to replace text and have your cut lines automatically set to fit the new text. To start,…