User guide

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To add a Counter object
1 Select the Designer tab.
2 Double-click Counter.
A new Counter object containing 001 is added to your label.
3 Right-click the object, and then choose Properties.
4 Make any desired changes in the Counter Object Properties dialog box, and then click OK.
5 Move and resize the object as necessary.
Tip To resize an object, select the object and drag a handle on the bounding box.
Counter Object Properties
Text to include Before - Enter any text that you want to appear before the counter.
After - Enter any text that you want to appear after the counter.
For example, if you want to create labels for a set of 10 CDs,
numbered sequentially, you can enter "Disc " in the Before box and
" of 10" in the After box. When you print your labels, the first label
will read "Disc 1 of 10," the second label will read "Disc 2 of 10,"
and so on.
Start at Enter the number to start the counter at.
Count by Enter the number to increment by.
Width Enter the minimum number of spaces to reserve on the label for the
counter.
Print leading zeros Include leading zeros before counter numbers.
Use the Width and Print Leading Zeros options together to print zeros in
front of smaller numbers.
For example, suppose you enter 5 for the width and you select Print
Leading Zeros . In this case, when you print a label numbered 10,
the number will print as "00010" (5 characters wide with leading
zeros). If you do not select Print Leading Zeros, the label will print
as "10" with three blank spaces in front of the number.
Font and color Font (Windows) - Change the font type, size, and style.
Font (Mac) - Change the font type, size, style, and color.
Text color (Windows) - Select a color for your text.
Background color - Select a background color for the object.
Vertical text
Place the text vertically within the object.
Mirror
Add a mirror image of the text on your label.
Text scaling None - Do not resize the text to fit the object.
Shrink To Fit - Shrink the text to fit within the object.
Always Fit - Shrink or enlarge the text to fit the object.
Horizontal alignment Left - Left align the text within the object.
Center - Center the text within the object.
Right - Right align the text within the object.
Vertical alignment Top - Align the text at the top of the object.
Middle - Center the text vertically within the object.
Bottom - Align the text at the bottom of the object.