User guide
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- What Version 7 Users Need to Know
- Helping to Improve DYMO Products (Windows Only)
- Tour DYMO Label v.8
- Getting Started
- For Sheet Label Users
- How To...
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Printing Labels
- Designing a Layout
- Creating a New Layout
- Modifying a Sample Layout
- Saving a Layout
- Adding Design Objects
- Using Clip Art
- Adding a Screen Grab to Your Label
- Changing the Font
- Inserting a Symbol
- Aligning Text
- Creating Vertical Text
- Aligning Objects
- Rotating Objects
- Resizing Objects
- Adding a Border to an Image
- Adding a Border to a Tape Label
- Adding Shading to Objects
- Creating a Variable Text Object
- Using the Address Book
- Creating a New Address Book
- Adding an Address
- Adding an Address from a Label
- Editing an Address
- Deleting an Address
- Using Outlook Contacts
- Using the Mac Address Book
- Switching Address Books
- Searching the Address Book
- Exporting an Address Book
- Importing Data to an Address Book
- Editing Address Book Keywords (Windows Only)
- Printing Labels from Other Programs
- Customizing DYMO Label
- About Labels
- About Network Printing
- Updating the Software
- Developer and SDK Information
- Contacting DYMO
- Glossary
Designing a Layout
Aligning Text
You can choose how to align the text within a Text, Address, Counter, or Date and Time
object. To align the object on the label, see Aligning Objects.
To align text
1. Select the object that contains the text you want to align.
2. Click Properties in the toolbar.
The Properties dialog box for the selected object appears.
3. Select the alignment options you want under Horizontal alignment and Vertical
alignment, and then click OK.
You can also adjust the alignment options using the formatting toolbar.
Creating Vertical Text
You can print any text within a Text, Counter, or Date and Time object vertically. With
vertical text, each character of the first line in the object prints on a separate line, with each
character placed on top of the previous one. Each line of text within the object prints as a
separate column.
You can use this option to quickly create vertically-oriented text for video spine labels or
binders.
To create vertical text
1. Double-click the object that contains the text you want to make vertical.
The Properties dialog box for that object appears.
2. Select the Vertical text check box under Text effects, and then click OK.
The text now appears vertically within the selected object.
Aligning Objects
You can accurately align multiple objects horizontally, vertically, or both. The objects are
aligned based on the location of the first selected object. For example, if you have a Text
object, an Address object, and a line object and you want the Address and line objects to
have their left sides start at the same point as the Text object, select the Text object first,
followed by the other two objects.
You can edit the text in an Address or Text object at any time. However, you must
have the Insert tab selected to make any other modifications to an object.
To align objects
1. Select the objects that you want to align.
2. Choose Align Objects from the Layout menu.
3. Select the horizontal and vertical alignment options that you want to apply.
4. Click OK.
The objects are aligned on the label according to your selections.
Select Center on label to center all objects horizontally or vertically on the label.
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