Separation stencil

The Separation stencil is used to automatically separate documents by barcode, page count, or blank pages.

Tip: Once a document has passed through a separation stencil, you can use the %@sectionindex% substitution variable to add the section identifier from the separation step.

Available connections

There are two outgoing connections from a Separation stencil: green if the separation process was successful and red if the separation process failed.

Configuration

1. To access stencil properties, double-click a Separation stencil. Or, right-click a Separation stencil and select Properties.

2. Select the type of separation you want to be performed during the workflow step. The following options are available: 

   • Separate documents by barcode: Separates documents into new documents when a barcode is found on the page. Any RegEx function can be used with the value you are looking for. See Regex examples.

     Example: To break documents everywhere a value of 00F00 is found, you would enter ^00FF00$.

   • Separate documents by page count: Separates documents into new documents after the number of pages that is specified in the Page Count to Break At box.
   • Separate documents by blank page: Separates documents into new documents when a blank page is detected. The blank page is not retained in the document.

   

3. Click Save.