If you typed the ASSIGN statement in the
Raw APA File
view, the
wild cards have the names
Start
and
PgPosition
. You can check the
wild card names by moving the cursor over the wild card icons.
When the APA instruction is executed, the resulting page assignments
will be:
Page_01_27.p1.pdf is assigned to page position 1.
Page_01_27.p2.pdf is assigned to page position 2.
Page_01_27.p3.pdf is assigned to page position 3.
... Page_01_27.p27.pdf is assigned to page position 27.
Page_28_56.p1.pdf is assigned to page position 28 + 1 - 1 = 28.
Page_28_56.p1.pdf is assigned to page position 28 + 2 - 1 = 29.
Page_28_56.p1.pdf is assigned to page position 28 + 3 - 1 = 30.
... Page_28_56.p56.pdf is assigned to page position 28 + 56 -1 = 83.
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Match Letters
Match letters (a-z A-Z) in the page filename. For example
.p1.pdf matches filenames Book.p1.pdf, Front matter.p1.pdf,
and JobXYZ.p1.pdf.
You can also specify the number of characters that this wild
card will match.
To verify the number of characters that will be matched, move
the cursor over the icon and check the length that is listed.
Match Digits
Match numbers (0-9) in the page filename. For example .p
.pdf matches filenames 12345.p1.pdf, 05282003.p2.pdf, and
01.p165.pdf..
You can also specify the number of characters that this wild
card will match.
To verify the number of characters that will be matched, move
the cursor over the icon and check the length that is listed.
Match Either
Match letters or numbers (a-z A-Z, 0-9) in the page filename.
For example .p .pdf matches filenames 12345.p1.pdf,
ABCDE.p2.pdf, Book cover99.p76.pdf, Book052803.p205.pdf.
Note:
.p .pdf matches the same filenames.
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