User Guide
Creating and manipulating fixed objects ............................................................................................ 28
Creating objects ............................................................................................................................. 28
Modifying an object ........................................................................................................................ 29
To create a text object ....................................................................................................................... 29
Creating a barcode object .................................................................................................................. 31
Drawing a line .................................................................................................................................... 32
Drawing a circle or an ellipse ............................................................................................................. 32
To import an image ............................................................................................................................ 33
Creating a document using variable objects and data sources ............................................................. 35
About data sources ............................................................................................................................ 35
Creating a data source ....................................................................................................................... 35
The Database data source ................................................................................................................. 36
Creating a query ................................................................................................................................ 36
The Table lookup data source ........................................................................................................... 38
Defining the properties of a Table lookup data source ...................................................................... 38
The Date data source ........................................................................................................................ 39
Defining the properties of a Date data source ................................................................................... 40
The Counter data source ................................................................................................................... 40
Defining the properties of a Counter data source .............................................................................. 40
The Formula data source ................................................................................................................... 41
Defining the properties of a Formula data source.............................................................................. 41
The When Printed data source .......................................................................................................... 43
To create a customized Form with the Form Editor ........................................................................... 43
To display the form ................................................................................................
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To personalize the Form .................................................................................................................... 44
To create a customized Form with the Form Editor ........................................................................... 44
Using the Form Editor ........................................................................................................................ 44
Modify the order in which data is entered into the form ..................................................................... 46
Defining the properties of a When Printed data source ..................................................................... 46
The Advanced data source ................................................................................................................ 47
Defining the properties of a Advanced data source ........................................................................... 47
Variable object creation ..................................................................................................................... 48
Creating a variable object linked to an existing data source ............................................................. 48
Creating a variable object linked to a new data source ..................................................................... 49
Printing ................................................................................................................................................... 51
A powerful print engine ...................................................................................................................... 51
Printing a document ........................................................................................................................... 51
Labels in the series ............................................................................................................................ 52
Copies of each label .......................................................................................................................... 52
Copies of each page .......................................................................................................................... 52
To launch a print merge ..................................................................................................................... 54
Printing using the form ....................................................................................................................... 54
To summarize .................................................................................................................................... 55
Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................................. 55