Paris Designer is a PC based WYSIWYG application design system that allows the user to determine the appearance of the document, including the addition of an electronic form and the position and appearance of the data.

The user has the ability to implement and design documents that work, with no changes to the business application. With Paris Designer, elements such as text, lines, boxes, circles, charts and graphics can be added to an electronic form. Individual characteristics for each element of the form can be defined, including the border or colour of a box or the point size and line spacing of a font. Forms may be edited at any time - either as a separate operation or as part of a complete document.

Variable data is identified as "fields" in Paris Designer. Fields can be filled with variable data or static text and inserted anywhere in a document by the use of conditional processing or tests. Fields can be used for calculating new values from the application program, such as totals or taxes based on a total, and for entirely creating a bar or pie chart. Field attributes, such as font or colour, can be altered where and when the field is used.

The document design process is greatly enhanced by the capability of switching between the application data and the form, allowing absolute control over the fine-tuning process of manipulating data and form to arrive at the final document.