LABEL MATRIX Help Table of Contents Introduction ..................................................................................................................................1 Help with Online Help .....................................................................................................................3 About the Help Window................................................................................................................3 Display Help using the Contents Tab ...........................................................................................3 Display Help using the Index Tab ...............................................................................................3 Display Help using the Search Tab..............................................................................................3 Searching Help ...........................................................................................................................3 Printing a Help Topic....................................................................................................................3 Installing and Uninstalling the Program.............................................................................................5 System Requirements..................................................................................................................5 Uninstalling the Label Design Software ..........................................................................................6 Exploring the Design Environment....................................................................................................7 The Menu Bar .............................................................................................................................7 Toolbars.....................................................................................................................................7 Wizards .....................................................................................................................................7 Keyboard Shortcuts .....................................................................................................................7 Customizing the Design Environment ...............................................................................................9 Modifying Display Settings............................................................................................................9 Changing the Interface Language..................................................................................................9 Adding Your Own Menu Options ....................................................................................................9 Creating, Opening, and Saving Labels............................................................................................. 11 New Label Wizard...................................................................................................................... 11 Opening an Existing Label .......................................................................................................... 11 Converting Old Label Files .......................................................................................................... 12 Importing a Label File ................................................................................................................ 13 Saving a Label .......................................................................................................................... 13 iii LABEL MATRIX Help Label Properties........................................................................................................................... 15 Label Properties ........................................................................................................................ 15 General tab .............................................................................................................................. 15 Printer tab................................................................................................................................ 16 Page Size tab............................................................................................................................ 16 Margins tab .............................................................................................................................. 17 Multiple tab .............................................................................................................................. 18 Database tab ............................................................................................................................ 20 Counter Tab ............................................................................................................................. 20 Keyboard tab............................................................................................................................ 21 Duplicates tab........................................................................................................................... 21 Job Modifier tab ........................................................................................................................ 22 Security tab.............................................................................................................................. 22 Write Data tab .......................................................................................................................... 23 AutoPrint tab ............................................................................................................................ 23 RFID Tag tab ............................................................................................................................ 24 Block Options......................................................................................................................... 24 Data Origins ................................................................................................................................ 27 About Data Origins .................................................................................................................... 27 The "Constant" Data Origin ........................................................................................................ 27 The "Database" Data Origin ........................................................................................................ 27 The "Keyboard Input" Data Origin ............................................................................................... 28 The "Counter" Data Origin.......................................................................................................... 28 The "Copy" Data Origin .............................................................................................................. 29 The "Combination" Data Origin ...................................................................................................29 The "Date" Data Origin .............................................................................................................. 30 The "Time" Data Origin .............................................................................................................. 32 iv Table Of Contents Text & Paragraphs ....................................................................................................................... 35 Adding Text.............................................................................................................................. 35 Adding Reversed Text ................................................................................................................ 35 Text Properties ......................................................................................................................... 35 Adding a Paragraph ................................................................................................................... 36 Paragraph Properties ................................................................................................................. 36 About the RTF Editor ................................................................................................................. 37 Bar Codes ................................................................................................................................... 39 Bar Code Types......................................................................................................................... 39 Adding a Bar Code..................................................................................................................... 43 Bar Code tab ............................................................................................................................ 43 Adding a 2D Bar Code................................................................................................................ 45 2D Bar Code Properties.............................................................................................................. 45 Linear Bar Code Symbologies...................................................................................................... 46 Linear Bar Code Symbologies................................................................................................... 46 Australia Post 4-State ............................................................................................................. 47 Code 39