Labels By Design

Labels By Design is a tool you can use to create mailing labels.

To learn how to use Help, press F1.

Commands

File Menu Commands

Edit Menu Commands

Text Menu Commands

Options Menu Commands

How To...

Change Text Styles

Choose Fonts and Font Sizes

Justify Text

Open a Graphics Library

Print Labels

Automatic Printing Of Labels

Select A Default Printer

Select A Label Type

Select Graphics

Use Keyboard Shortcuts

Use Snapshot

Use The Tool Bar


Changing Text Styles

You can use bold, italic, underline, and strikeout formats for the text you type.

To change the text style

From the Text menu, choose Format and the style you want to use.

To cancel a style (except for Normal), choose the style again.

The styles you select affect text until you change them.

You can also select a style in the Font dialog box.

To cancel all current style selections choose Regular from the Format Menu.

See Also

Choosing Fonts and Font Sizes

Text Menu Options


Justifying Text
Aligning Text

You can align text with the left margin, right margin or centered between the left and right margin.

To align the text

Select Justify from the Text Menu

Select Left, Right or Center.

See Also

Text Menu Options


Choosing Fonts and Font Sizes

Fonts  and font sizes you select affect text until you change them.

To choose a font or font size

From the Text menu, choose Fonts.

Select a font from the Font box.

Select a size from the Size box.

Choose the OK button.

See Also

Changing Text Styles

Text Menu Options

Using The Tool Bar


Using The Tool Bar

The Tool Bar provides quick access to several, often used, menu options. The available menu options are as follows:

Open...

Save...

Open Library...

Select Graphics...

Paste Graphics

Copy Graphics

SnapShot

Font...

Print...

New


Printing Labels
Printing a Label

If you have installed and connected a printer, you can print your labels.

To print the current label

From the File menu, choose Print.

Select the number of copies you want, and then choose the OK button.

See Also

Automatic Printing Of Labels

Using The Tool Bar


Automatic Printing of Lables
Automatic Printing of Labels

You can print all the labels saved on a disk or within a directory.

To Automatically Print saved labels

Select Auto Print from the File Menu.

You will be given two options for graphics. Selecting Original Graphics will print all labels using the graphics originally saved with the label. Selecting Current Graphics will print all labels using the Graphics currently in use.

To select more than one label to print, press and hold the CONTROL key while clicking on the file names. Selected files will remain hilighted.


Setup
Selecting A Default Printer

You can select a Default Printer to use when printing your labels.

To Select a Default Printer

From The File menu, choose Setup.

Select a printer from the list of Installed Printers.

Select Set As Default.

NOTE:

After selecting a default printer, select Setup and then Options. If your printer provides a Margins selection, then select Margins and set all four margins to zero. DO NOT make any other changes to the printer under Setup. Depending on the printer being used, making changes to the printer setup could prevent Label By Design  from printing properly.

Selecting A Label Type

You can also select a Label Type from the Setup Menu

Label By Design supports two Label Types.

Continuous-Feed Address Labels for DOT Matrix printers. Continuous feed 3 1/2" x 15/16" labels.

Laser Printer Address Labels for Laser and InkJet printers. Single sheet 4" x 1" labels.

NOTE: Only one side will be used when printing on Laser Printer Address Labels. After one side has been printed on, rotate the sheet and print on the other side.


Open a Graphics Library
Opening a Graphics Library

You can retrieve graphics in a variaty of formats to insert into a label.

To Open a Graphics Library

From the File menu, choose Open Library.

Type or select the filename.

To display specific types of files, select from the List Files Of Type box.

Choose the OK button.

See Also

Selecting Graphics

Using The Tool Bar


Selecting Graphics

You can select graphics from a Graphics Library that has been previously opened.

To Select a Graphic Image

From the File menu, choose Select Graphics.

Select the graphic image name.

Choose the OK button.

See Also

Open a Graphics Library

Using The Tool Bar


Snapshot

You can capture graphics from anywhere on the screen and import them into your label.

To capture a graphic image

From the Options menu, choose Snapshot.

Label By Design will disappear and the cursor will change into a Camera with a cross-hair.

Move the cursor to the upper right corner of the area you wish to capture and press and hold the left mouse button.

Move the cursor to the lower left corner of the area you wish to capture and release the left mouse button.

The area within the dotted rectangle will be resized to fit in the graphics area of your label.

See Also

Using The Tool Bar


File Menu Commands

New

Opens a new label.

When you choose New, you can save changes to the label you have been working on.

Open...

Opens a saved label.

When you choose Open, you can save changes to the label you have been working on.

Save...

Saves changes to the label you have been working on.

When you choose Save, the label remains open so you can continue working on it.

Open Library...

Access PrintMaster, Print Shop or New Print Shop Graphics.

When you choose Open Library, you can import graphics from PrintMaster, Print Shop or New Print Shop Graphics Libraries.

Select Graphics...

Access a previously opened graphics library.

When you choose Select Graphics, you can import graphics from a graphic library previously opened with Open Library.

Print...

Prints one or more copies of the current label.

Force Print

Forces all labels on que to be printed. This option is available only when using Laser Printer Labels.

Auto Print...

Prints all the selected labels in a specified dirctory.

Setup...

Allows you to select a default printer.

Exit

Closes the label you have been working on and quits Labels By Design. You can save the label before quitting.

See Also

Open a Graphics Library

Selecting Graphics

Printing a Label

Automatic Printing Of Labels

Setup

Selecting Graphics

Snapshot

Using The Tool Bar


Edit Menu Commands

Copy Graphics

Copies the graphics from a label onto the Clipboard, leaving the original intact and replacing the previous Clipboard contents.

Paste Graphics

Pastes a copy of the Clipboard contents (Bitmap graphics) into the graphics area of your label.

Cut Graphics

Deletes the graphic image from a label and copies it onto the Clipboard.

Snapshot

Captures a portion of the screen and imports it into your label as a bitmap graphic image.

Clear Text

Deletes the text from a label, but does not copy it onto the Clipboard.

See Also

Snapshot

Using The Tool Bar


Text Menu Commands

Font...

Changes the Font  style, size, color, or attribute.

Format

You can change the text attribute and add emphasis to characters by applying formats such as bold. italic, and underline.

Justify

Aligns text with the left margin, right margin or centered between the left and right margin.

See Also

Choosing Fonts and Font Sizes

Justify

Using The Tool Bar


Options Menu Commands

Use Graphics

When Use Graphics is checked, graphics can be placed on the left side of the label. PrintMaster, Print Shop and New Print Shopgraphics can be accessed directly from disk. Graphics can also be inserted from the clipboard or captured directly from the screen using the Snapshot feature.

When Use Graphics is not checked, graphics can not be used. Instead, the entire window will be available for text.

Keep On Top

Causes Label By Design to remain visible (On Top) even when another window is active.

See Also

Snapshot

Using The Tool Bar


Keyboard Shortcuts

Deleting Text and Text Lines

[ESC] - Deletes all the text from the selected line. If the selected line has no text and is the last line, pressing the [ESC] key will delete the line.

Scrolling

[CTRL][UP ARROW] - Scrolls the text up one pixel.

[CTRL][DOWN ARROW] - Scrolls the text down one pixel.

[CTRL][PAGE UP] - Scrolls the text up ten pixels.

[CTRL][PAGE DOWN] - Scrolls the text down ten pixels.

Moving The Caret

[DOWN ARROW] - Moves the caret down one line.

[UP ARROW] - Moves the caret up one line.

[END] - Moves the caret to the last line of text.

[HOME] - Moves the caret to the first line of text.


Alignment

The horizontal position of text within the width of a line.


Caret

The blinking line in the text area that marks where the next typed letter will be displayed.


Bitmap

Blocks of pixel data that can be output directly to the display or printer.


Font

A collection of type faces or styles used to give your text a particular look.


PrintMaster (TM) Unison World Incorporated


Print Shop (TM) Broderbund Software


New Print Shop (TM) Broderbund Software


Clipboard

A temporary storage area for cut or copied graphics. You can paste the contents of the Clipboard into the graphics area of any label or into another application. The Clipboard holds the information until you cut or copy new graphics from Labels By Design or new text or graphics from another application.


Labels By Design (C) 1993 John A. Spicer