Create a data source document to use with the variable data document workflow in FreeForm Create.

1. From your spreadsheet application, enter variable names in the first row. Use one variable name per cell.
   • The first row of the spreadsheet functions as column headers and names the variable fields.
   • Columns specify the variable field.
   • A data source document with 10 columns will have 10 variable fields.
2. Denote image type and barcode type variables in the first row with file accelerators.

   Variable type	File accelerator	Example column header	Variable entry in data source	Variable file location
   Image	[]	[]images	C:/users/John/pictures/pic001.png	C:/users/John/pictures/pic001.png
   Image	[]	[C:/users/John/pictures]images	pic002.png	C:/users/John/pictures/pic002.png
   Image	[~]	[~/images]images	./pic003.png	C:/users/John/project/images/pic003.png When the data source file is located at C:/users/John/project
   PDF	{}	{}pdfs	C:/users/John/pdfs/pdf001.pdf	C:/users/John/pdfs/pdf001.pdf
   PDF	{}	{C:/users/John/pdfs}pdfs	pdf002.pdf	C:/users/John/pdfs/pdf002.pdf
   PDF	{~}	{~}pdfs	./pdf003.pdf	C:/users/John/project/pdfs/pdf003.pdf When the data source file is located at C:/users/John/project
   Barcode (Example: URL in a QR code)	|	|barcodes	http://examplesite.com/barcodes/A001	http://examplesite.com/barcodes/A001
   Quantity	#	#quantity	200

3. Enter the records.
   • Each row specifies the variables for a single record.
   • A data source document with 10 rows will have 10 records.
4. Save the file.
   Note: FreeForm Create requires the data source document be in .xlsx, .xls, or .csv formats.