Specifications

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ID Works Standard and Enterprise Version 5 Administrator’s Guide
of text. The font size shrinks to a minimum of 6 points. If at 6-point
type the text still does not fit, characters are dropped from the end.
Text Field Colors
You can select both a foreground and background color for your text
fields. The foreground color refers to the color of the text in the field.
If you specify black for the foreground color of a text, static text, or
date field, you can choose to have the text printed using the black
panel (K-panel) of the printer ribbon if the card printer is using a
ribbon with a black panel. The black panel produces a truer black and
sharper characters than printing using a combination of the cyan,
magenta, and yellow panels. You can either specify that the
background be transparent (the default) or that it be a solid color.
The printer does not print white. If you define the field to print in white
text, the printer will “knock out” the characters, allowing the surface of
the card (usually white) to show through. The Use topcoat panel
check box also becomes available when white is the selected color.
See “Topcoat” on page 21 for more information.
Arranging Fields on the Card
Each time you insert a field on the card, ID Works Designer places it,
with default values for properties, in the upper left corner of the card.
You need to change its properties to suit your needs and move it to
the correct location on the card. Use the alignment commands on the
Format menu to make sure fields are perfectly lined up either
horizontally or vertically.