Konica Minolta Darwin VDP Software - Manual (Page 54)

style result can cause the VDP output to print male names in italics
and female names in bold. Styles are defined in InDesign CS3.
See also:
Adding a complex image rule on page 30
Adding a new result to a rule on page 26
Adding a text rule
Add a rule that controls whether specific text will appear in
personalized VDP output and if so, which text will appear.
For example, you can define a rule that places the word "Mr." before the
recipient's last name in the VDP output for a male recipient and "Ms."
before the recipient's last name in the output for a female recipient.
1. In the Darwin workspace, click the ToolBox tab.
2. On the Tools panel, click Rules.
3. Click Add New Rule .
4. In the Name box, type a meaningful name for the rule.
5. (Optional) In the Comments box, type a comment about the rule.
6. In the Type list, select Text.
7. Click OK.
8. In the Rule Editor area, add at least one condition, as follows:
a. In the If list, select the desired field. For example, select Gender.
Note: The If list contains a list of all the fields in your Darwin job
and a list of the functions that you have defined.
b. In the list that appears, select the next component of the
condition. For example, select equals.
c. In the box that appears, type the next component of the
condition exactly as the text appears in the data source. For
example, type
Male .
In this example, the If statement reads "If Gender is equal to Male".
9. (Optional) To create a more complex If statement, such as "If City is
equal to Tulsa AND If Gender is equal to Female", click the AND
46 Chapter 7—Working with rules