Saving overlays

To enable the use of an overlay in the PageOUT tool, you must save the overlay in an internal StreamServe format called LXF (Layout eXchange Format). The LXF file is used both for previewing the overlay in the PageOUT tool, and for printing the overlay on the output page.

Stand-alone formats

If you run the Overlay Editor in stand-alone mode, you can save the overlay in formats other than the LXF format. Such overlays cannot be used directly in the PageOUT tool, but can be used as templates when creating similar overlays.

The following stand-alone formats are available:

•	Fill-In Overlay Editor Form (*.ffd) – A standard Overlay Editor format.

•	Fill-In Overlay Editor Compressed (*.fdz) – A compressed version of the standard Overlay Editor format.

PRN and EMF formats

In previous versions of StreamServe, you exported an overlay to one PRN file (PCL or PostScript print file) and one EMF file (Enhanced MetaFile). These files were then used in StreamServe Projects.

Nowadays, you should always create and use overlays in LXF format. However, you can still use your old overlays in PRN/EMF format in new Projects. For more information, see the PageOUT documentation.