Overview
Document automation refers to the ability to link data and/or text directly into a document such that the document renders itself based on the value of the data, and can possibly update itself in real time as the data changes.
Document Types
The first choice to make when automating a document is to choose what type of document to automate. There are two primary types that the davinci platform currently supports
- HTML: the language of the web page. Html documents are documents that are hosted on the web and displayed in a browser.
- Latex: is the document preparation language/system originally created
by Leslie Lamport. Latex documents are prepared in straight ASCII text, which contains all the formatting and rendering
information necessary to render the document, which is usually rendered into a pdf file.
Because Latex source documents use only standard text, it is easy to make changes to the document and to automate. Latex is the standard document preparation system used by many (if not most) professional publishing companies.
Demos
Automated Documents Introduction
Demonstrates basic documents tools on the davinci platform, including
text app and the
latex app
and the use of
Dynamic Text