Specifications

34 Plan and Create the Card Design
ID Works Basic Version 5 Administrator’s Guide
Common Card Field Characteristics
Many field types have common characteristics, or properties. You can
change a field’s properties in the field properties dialog box. To
access the field properties dialog box, select the field and, from the
menu bar, select Edit and then Field Properties (or double-click on
the field). Most card fields have the following properties.
Names
All card fields, regardless of their type, are given a default name when
they are created. Named fields are necessary to connect card fields
with Production Form fields and to select fields using only the
computer keyboard. You can change the field name at any time,
replacing the default name (for example, Text Field 1) with a
meaningful, easy-to-remember name (such as FirstName).
Field names can be up to 100 characters long and can contain any
character you can type on your keyboard.
Alignment
Most fields have an alignment property. The choices available
depend on whether the field contains characters or graphical
information.
Sample Data
Variable fields that can contain characters let you supply sample data
for use when viewing the card design in Sample Data view and when
printing sample cards. You type information that might appear in the
field. Variable fields that can contain an image use a sample image
that is appropriate for the field type.