User manual

Setting Up ZebraDesigner Software

User Interface

11/29/2011 13857L-003

Using the Keyboard and Mouse Effectively

When selecting objects, use the Ctrl key to adjust object’s anchoring point by clicking the

object placeholders.

If you have a Wheel Mouse, you can use the wheel to scroll the label up and down. Holding

Ctrl when rotating the wheel adjusts zoom factor, and Shift scrolls the label left or right.

Double-click on the printer’s name in status bar at the bottom of the screen to open printer

properties dialog box in which you can set various options for the currently selected printer.

You can quickly move objects from one open label to another by dragging the desired object to

another window while holding

Alt. If you want to copy objects instead, hold both Alt and Ctrl.

Note that you must have both label windows visible to do that.

You can select different objects on a label using the

Tab and Shift +Tab keys.

Pressing the cursor keys while holding the

Ctrl key can move the selected object. You can use

this to fine-tune the position of the object. Holding

Shift while pressing cursor keys will resize

the object.

You can use the right mouse button almost anywhere on the label to access the most common

options for that area/object. For example, if you click an object with the right mouse button, a

pop-up menu appears that contains options and actions that can be performed on the selected

object. Similarly clicking other parts of the label produces pop-up menus with options for that

part of the label.

You can select multiple objects by holding

Shift while clicking them.

Use the element shortcuts in toolbars whenever possible. Each label element that can be

connected to some Contents Provider has a shortcut enabled to quickly access existing

variables or define new ones. Click the element’s shortcut handle, shown as a small arrow by

the side of some toolbox icons.