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1. Brightness 3 Contrast O Hue Saturation jj Sharpness Exposure Reset Image 3 Use the various controls to fine tune the image settings 4 Click the Reset Image button to reset the image back to its original state Cropping Cropping an image allows you to see only the portion of the image you d like to keep Cropping is non destructive which means you can change the crop at any time without permanently altering the image To crop an image 1 Select the image you wish to crop 2 Choose Format gt Crop Image or click the Crop button in the toolbar Rotate Fs Y Constrain image proportions Geometry None v Cancel 3 Select a common constrain option from the Geometry pop up menu Or drag the selection handles to re size the cropped area manually Hold down the Shift key if you do not want the proportions constrained when you re resizing the cropped area 4 Select Constrain image proportions if you want the original image proportions to be enforced 5 Click and drag on the crop to position it on the image 6 OPTIONAL ZOOM FEATURE Use the Zoom slider to zoom in out on the portion of the image visible in the crop 7 OPTIONAL ROTATE FEATURE Click on the image outside the crop and then hold down the Command key and position the mouse cursor over one of the image s selection handles The mouse cursor will change to a rotation cursor While holding down the Command key click and drag th
2. If you purchased this software directly from Chronos then the software can access your iPhoto or Aperture li brary anywhere on your computer If your iPhoto or Aperture library doesn t go by the default name or if you have more than one library you can manually choose the library you want the software to use 1 Open the Photos Browser 2 Choose Choose iPhoto Library or Choose Aperture Library from the Options pop up menu To manually choose your iPhoto or Aperture library Mac App Store version If you purchased this software from the Mac App Store then the software can only access your iPhoto or Aper ture library if it s located in your Pictures folder this folder is located in your Home folder If your iPhoto or Ap 58 erture library in your Pictures folder doesn t go by the default name or if you have more than one library you can manually choose the library you want the software to use 1 Open the Photos Browser 2 Choose Choose iPhoto Library or Choose Aperture Library from the Options pop up menu To search your iPhoto or Aperture library for specific photos 1 Open the Photos Browser 2 Expand the appropriate iPhoto or Aperture section w Select an album or event 4 Choose the type of search name date keyword rating you want to do from the pop up menu in the Search field Aperture currently only supports searching by photo name because Apple doesn t yet provide
3. Name Tags Primary Color Secondary Colors Actual Colors iScrapKits are available for the following genres Complete Kits Paper Kits Embellishment Kits Alphabet Kits Word Art Kits Stamp Kits Texture Overlay Kits Quick Page Kits Quick Album Kits The iScrapKits Browser shows you all of the iScrapKits that you have on your computer You can use the browser to look at the artwork in a kit or to search your kits for the perfect graphic To open the Artwork Browser 1 Click Show Browsers at the bottom of the window to open the browsers 2 Select Artwork flower icon at the top of the browsers To browse the graphics inside of a kit 1 Open the Artwork Browser 44 3 Kits A Artists Kit Types Image Types Q Colors a Last Import Select Kits All of your kits will appear in the browser Artwork All Kits Tis The Sea 2 Old To Be JMT art Camila Designs RD H U t s afta Aw Select the kit whose graphics you wish to see or select All Kits if you wish to view the graphics in all of your kits A list of the different types of graphics in the kit will appear 45 ALL TYPES Alphabet Embellishment Bow Brad Flower liss 4 Select the type of graphics you wish to see or select ALL TYPES if you wish to see everything All of the graphics in your selection will appear To add a graphic in the iScrapKits Browser to the Design Canvas 1
4. Greeting Card Shop User Guide Chronos Inc October 20 2013 2007 2013 Chronos Inc All rights reserved Under the copyright laws this user guide may not be copied in whole or in part without the written consent of Chronos Your rights to the software are governed by the accompanying software license agreement Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this user guide is accurate Chronos is not respon sible for printing or clerical errors Chronos Inc http www chronosnet com Greeting Card Shop the Greeting Card Shop logo and the Chronos logo are trademarks of Chronos Inc Apple iPhoto Mac Macintosh Mac OS and Finder are trademarks of Apple Inc registered in the U S and other countries All other trademarks registered trademarks service names product and or brand names are the sole property of their respective owners Mention of third party products is for informational purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation Chronos assumes no responsibility with regard to the per formance or use of these products Portions of this software use Drawkit under this Software License Agreement BSD License Copyright c 2009 Apptree net All rights reserved Redistribution and use of this software in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the follow ing conditions are met Redistributions of source code must reta
5. RR iScrapKit Library To open the iScrapkKit Library package and see all of the iScrapKits inside of it do the following 1 Control click or right click on the iScrapKit Library package A contextual menu will appear Choose Show Package Contents The iScrapKit Library will open and you ll see all of your iScrapKits WARNING Do not move rename or alter any of the iScrapKits inside of your iScrapKit Library Doing so will corrupt the iScrapKit Library 55 2 Each iScrapKit is also a special folder called a package and looks like this e Autumn Morning Papers iscrapkit You ll need to open the iScrapKit package to access the images inside of it Here s how 1 Control click or right click on the iScrapKit package A contextual menu will appear Choose Show Package Contents You ll see the following files and folders ry E XML TXT Artist jpg contents xml Copyright txt x gt es Images Kit_Preview jpg License pdf License png Thumbnails Thumbnails_Detailed 2 Open the Images folder This folder contains all of the actual high resolution 300 dpi images in the kit These are the image files you ll want to use from other applications WARNING Do not move or rename any of the image files or folders inside of an iScrapKit Doing so will corrupt the iScrapKit The following table describes each file and folder inside of an iScrapKit and is provided for informational pur poses only
6. The zoom slide tool located at the bottom of the Design Canvas The zoom pop up menu located in the bottom left corner of the Design Canvas Display Quality When the graphics on your design are displayed on the Canvas they are drawn at the resolution specified in the Image Display Quality button at the bottom of the window Fast Drawing 150 dpi This setting controls how detailed images appear when zoomed in and how quickly the software runs The rec ommended setting is 150 dpi If the software seems to be running slowly choose a lower dpi setting like 72 dpi If images appear blurry when zoomed in or at a 100 zoom level then choose a higher dpi setting like 300 dpi Depending upon the speed of your computer the 300 dpi setting can slow the software significantly so use it sparingly Note this setting only affects what you what you see on the screen When you print or export your design as a PDF file the Print Quality setting in the Printing preferences is used The default Print Quality is 300 dpi When you export your design in an image format like jpeg png or tiff you can specify the resolution to use U S Postal Guidelines To improve the deliverability of your mail you can turn on U S Postal Guidelines when you re designing enve lopes These guidelines will show you the regions of the envelopes where the sender address and recipient ad dress should go Everything outside of these two regions will be dimmed To t
7. 83 84 84 91 93 94 95 96 97 100 101 101 101 102 102 102 103 103 Printing Using Your Own Printer Printing Using a Commercial Print Shop Exporting Your Design Printer Calibration Printing Preferences 104 104 105 105 106 Chapter 1 Welcome Greeting Card Shop is the fastest way to produce amazing greeting cards and invitations Its next generation design is both easy and enjoyable to use It integrates seamlessly with Mac OS X Contacts and iPhoto so your information is always at your fingertips System Requirements Mac OS Xv10 8 4 or later 500 MB of available disk space 9GB for full artwork amp template collection Inkjet or laser printer optional Stunning results from all popular ink jet laser and color laser printers includ ing HP DYMO Seiko Brother Epson Canon Lexmark etc Don t Steal Artwork WARNING The artwork included with Greeting Card Shop is copyrighted by the respective artists and is only licensed to customers who have purchased Greeting Card Shop This artwork is governed by a license agree ment which dictates allowed and prohibited uses for the artwork Each iScrapKit whether included with the software or purchased elsewhere contains a License pdf file which you can open to read the license that gov erns the artwork in the kit Please remember that distributing or sharing this artwork with others is STEALING PIRACY similar to the u
8. MyFirst MyLast etc The most common place of using the Return fields is the return address on an envelope or label Delivery The Delivery fields will be populated with contact information based on the selected contact s in Preview mode Suppose you use the Addr home field on a shipping label Each contact that you select in Preview mode will have its home address populate the field on the label Misc The Miscellaneous fields are fields that don t have a direct correspondence with Contacts They can be used to create barcodes counters serial numbers etc 83 Specifying Me When fields are populated with contact data from Contacts the software needs to know which contact to get the data from You will need to specify which contact represents you This is called the Me contact To specify the Me contact 1 Choose Greeting Card Shop gt Preferences and click the Me button 2 Select your contact or the contact record that you want to use 3 Click Make This My Card To add remove a logo for Me You can set a logo for your contact There is a corresponding logo field that you can add to the design and it will be filled in with the logo you specify 1 Choose Greeting Card Shop gt Preferences and click the Me button 2 Click Set to choose an image from an Open dialog or drag an image from the Finder to the logo image well 3 Click Clear to remove the logo from the logo ima
9. The Live Address feature lets you change on the fly the address being used for a contact in the preview ona contact by contact basis Suppose for example that you re previewing a sheet of labels and notice that it would be better to use your friend s Work address instead of her Home address You can switch the address be ing used on just her label To change the address being used for particular contact 1 Choose View gt Preview Mode or click the Preview button in the toolbar 2 Select the Live Addresses check box 3 Move the cursor onto the preview page A triangle icon will appear in the upper left hand corner of each address block whose address you can change 4 Click the triangle icon of the address block you wish to change A pop up menu with your address choices will appear 5 Choose the address Active Quantities Each project type will have different options in Preview mode for controlling quantities These options include The number of times you wish to repeat your design If your design contains contact fields the value speci fied here refers to the number of times to repeat the design for each selected contact A change to any of these options will instantly be reflected in the Preview so you know exactly what will be printed Note that the different options presented depend on the type of project being previewed Layout Lines If your project contains fold lines light blue amp dashed or cut lines ligh
10. This chapter introduces you to the windows and tools you ll use to create amazing print projects When you create a new project you can choose an existing ready made design or you can start with a blank canvas You can drag objects onto your design such as graphics text and shapes to customize your design When you re ready to print you can preview your design If your design contains contact fields the fields will auto matically be filled in with your contacts The Template Chooser When you first launch the software a new window will appear and display the Template Chooser 090 Template Chooser Blank Greeting Cards Full Page 2 Per Page 3 Per Page 4 Per Page 3 6 Per Page gt Invitations Photo Cards Anniversary 6 Anniversary 7 Baby Announcement 1 Baby Announcement 2 Baby Announcement 3 Envelopes More Templates SCS ey Ta Baby Announcement 4 Baby Announcement 5 Birthday 1 Birthday 10 Birthday 11 sbitthdey we Birthday 2 Birthday 3 Birthday 4 Birthday 5 Birthday 6 Template size US Letter Open Existing File PE o Cancel Choose The Template Chooser walks you through a series of choices to quickly get you started 1 2 Project Type In the sidebar on the left choose the type of project you want to create You ll see a collec tion of templates to choose from or you can choose a blank template Format For some projects like envelopes click Format to edit the format
11. Use the size controls to adjust how big or small you want the endpoint to be To change the proportion or size of a certain aspect of a shape 1 Select the shape object 42 2 Click and drag the red circle 43 Chapter 7 Working With Graphics You can add many types of graphics to your design including artwork photos and even graphic files from other applications The software comes with a large collection of bundled artwork Plus you can access your iPhoto albums events and photos and Aperture albums events and photos directly within the software without switching to iPhoto or Aperture Most popular graphic file formats are supported including PICT GIF JPEG TIFF PDF PNG BMP and EPS Artwork Browser Artists from around the world have designed beautiful papers alphabets embellishments and more that you can use to create stunning designs You can download and purchase this artwork from http www iscrapbook com The artwork is packaged into kits of related graphics called iScrapKits An iScrapKit is more than just a collection of high quality graphics iScrapKits also contain built in information about the kit and the graphics in the kit This information makes it easy to browse and search for the perfect graphic without any setup on your part For example you can quickly search your iScrapKits for an orange bow made out of ribbon Among other things iScrapKits store the following information for each graphic
12. You ll need to open the Layers pane to add layers delete layers show hide layers merge layers rearrange lay ers etc 1 Click Show Layers at the bottom of the window to open the Layers pane 2 Click Hide Layers to close the Layers pane Layer v Background x Hide Layers EE Hide Browsers To choose which layer to work on You can only work with objects on a single layer at a time This means you need to first choose which layer to work on 1 Open the Layers pane 2 Select a layer in the Layers pane When you select a layer you will still be able to see the objects on the other layers but you won t be able to work with those objects in any way You ll only be able to work with 72 objects that belong to the currently selected layer Layers Foreground D Q Background D Q Background Image eS Q Layer y Background X Hide Layers TE Hide Browsers To add a layer 1 Open the Layers pane 2 Click the Add button 3 Name the new layer 4 Click OK To create a layer from a selection If you re working with some objects and you decide that you want those objects in their own layer you can eas ily do that 1 Hold down the Shift key and select all the objects you want in a new layer 2 Open the Layers pane 3 Choose New Layer With Selection from the Layer pop up menu 4 Name the new layer 5 Click OK To duplicate a layer When you duplicate a layer all the objects t
13. page size orientation etc Once complete the available templates will appear 14 Design amp Preview Modes You will work with your new project in one of two modes Design and Preview You design and edit your project in Design mode After you get your design just right you use the Preview mode to see how your design will look when printed If your design contains contact fields you can select in Preview mode the contacts you want to print your design for ae S Design Preview To switch to Preview mode 1 Click the Preview button on the toolbar Preview mode is used to view your design just like it will be printed As soon as you switch to Preview mode any contact fields on your design will be populated with contact information from Contacts based on the selected contact s or group As the name implies Preview mode is for viewing only no editing and is typically used in preparation for printing To switch to design mode 1 Click the Design button in the toolbar Design mode is used to edit your project When you are in design mode you can add text graphics and other objects to your design You can also use the inspector tools to change the attributes of objects on your design The Preview Mode Window When in Preview mode the window changes to show you an exact preview of how your design will look on the printed page The Preview window is comprised of two different sections the Preview Canvas and the Group amp
14. 1 Select the graphic object 2 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Effects 3 Choose the effect you wish to remove from the Effect pop up menu 4 Click the Minus button Optionally if you choose Original Image from the Effects pop up menu it will remove all effects that have been added to the graphic Image Perspective You can use the perspective feature to distort a two dimensional image to give the impression of depth 1 Select an image 2 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Dimensions 3 Click the Adjust button The adjust handles will appear at the corners of the image r 5 a ld 4 Click and drag any adjust handle to alter the perspective of the image Hold down the Shift key to constrain the plane 63 5 Click the Reset button to return the image to its original state Fill Shapes amp Text With An Image Shapes and text can be filled with any image Please note that when you fill text with an image the interior of each letter in the text is filled with the image not the text box itself If you have multiple lines of text only the first line will be filled with the image To fill a shape or text with an image 1 Add an image to the Design Canvas that you want to use to fill the text or shape with 2 Add a text box or shape to the Design Canvas If the shape you re using is a B zier shape it must be a closed B zier shape 3 Hold down the Shift key and select both the image and text box or shape 4
15. Contact Columns if your design contains contact fields 15 eoe Birthday 8 Card al lt m o a Design Preview Print Unlock Text ql BIRTHDAY WISH for Chelsey Smith Back of Card Repeat 1 time Your contact list is not displayed because the design contains no DELIVERY address fields The Preview Canvas The Preview Canvas is used to view one or more pages of your project laid out on the page like they will be when printed The Preview Canvas has the following controls at the bottom of the window to help you custom ize your printout Zoom Zooms in out on the Preview Canvas Repeat For labels this control lets you specify the number of times you want each label printed or whether you want a sheet of labels For envelopes this control lets you specify the number of times you want each envelope printed For letterhead this control lets you specify the number of times you want your letterhead printed Start Row Column For labels this control lets you choose the starting label position on the sheet of labels in case you want to re use a sheet Envelope Feed Use this control to specify how envelopes are fed into your printer For more information on this control see Envelope Printing Options For labels this control lets you choose if and where you want a barcode to appear whether you want page numbers to appear on your sheets of labels and whether you want the current date to appear on your sheets
16. Gradient 4 Click the left color well and select a color 5 Click the right color well and select a color 6 Adjust the Center Size and Angle of the gradient 7 Select Swap Colors to swap the the left and right colors of the gradient Converting Text to Outlines a Shape You can convert all of the text in a text box or along a shape to outlines Once the text has been converted to outlines it is no longer editable as regular text Instead it behaves like a shape since the converted text is now a complex shape This means you can resize the text outlines like any other shape and even stretch them in ei 38 ther direction for special effects You can also change the stroke style color and fill color of the converted text just like you do a shape Note converting text to outlines is useful for situations where you want to share your design with someone who doesn t own the font you used for the text 1 Select the text box or text along a shape that you wish to convert 2 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Font 3 Click Convert to Outlines The text will be converted from editable text to outlines which effectively con verts it into a shape 39 Chapter 6 Working With Shapes You can add many types of shapes to your design The software ships with many different types of standard shapes smart shapes that can be customized and even a B zier shape feature for truly custom shapes Shapes Browser The Shapes Browser cont
17. Ifyou select List a font sample will be listed for each font in the currently selected collection 3 If you select Animation a font sample will be shown in each font in the currently selected collection as an animation that you can sit back and watch Fonts cannot be selected in animation mode since animation mode is used to simply help you identify fonts you like 32 Font Preview Re 48 forto CO MUDDY FACES MUDDY FACES Muddy Faces Muddy Faces Nudity Faces gt Muddy Faces To control the animation settings 1 Choose Random Directions from the Action pop up menu if you want the animation to be totally random 2 Choose Horizontal Scroll from the Action pop up menu if you want the animation to scroll horizontally 3 Choose Vertical Scroll from the Action pop up menu if you want the animation to scroll vertically To set other Font Preview options 1 Choose Show Font Labels from the Action pop up menu if you want the name and size of the font to ap pear in small light gray text above each font sample 2 Choose Show Each Face in Family from the Action pop up menu if you want each face in a font family to be displayed For example selecting this option will show you each available face for a font including variations like bold italic black condensed etc If you deselect this option then you ll only see the regular face for the font which will significantly reduce the number o
18. Perfect Balance For Text Use the Perfect Balance For Text option to automatically balance text within its bounding text box This power ful option is especially useful for text boxes that contain fields since it s impossible to predict in advance how much or how little text will be in a text box after the fields are filled in For example you can create a text box 35 with right justified text and then center the final right justified text in the text box once all the fields are filled in Perfect Balance For Text lets you choose how the final text will be positioned horizontally and vertically Bear in mind that Perfect Balance For Text acts independently from left center right and justified text alignment In other words you can use both simultaneously Consider for example a text box that contains fields for a con tact from Contacts Some contacts have long names and addresses while others have short Use Perfect Balance For Text to make the final text box content look good on your design no matter the length of the contact data To balance the final content in a text box 1 Select the text box 2 Click a horizontal and or vertical balancing button in the Typography tools Text Case When working with text you may want to change the text so it appear in all uppercase all lowercase or lower case with just the first letter of each word capitalized To format text as all uppercase all lowercase or lowercase with the first
19. and select the iScrapKit s to import them 5 i OR click the Add button at the top of the iScrapKits Browser and then choose your iScrapKit s 53 To view the kits you last added imported into your Library 1 Click the Home button at the top of the iScrapKits Browser La 2 Select Last Import The kits you last imported will appear To delete an existing iScrapKit from your library 1 2 3 Click the Delete button at the top of the iScrapKits Browser The Delete Kits sheet will appear Select the kits you want to delete Hangin Alphabet Pink Peacock Designs Happy Land Herbanella Happy Land Quick Album Herbanella Haunted Pink Peacock Designs Moot Haunted Papers Pink Peacock Designs HeartstringZ DesignZ by DeDe HeartstringZ Papers DesignZ by DeDe Layered Flower Brads Embellishements JMT art Let s Polka Blue Alphabet Amanda R Designs Little Star Embellishments Amy Leigh s Designs Little Star Papers Amy Leigh s Designs Love It DesignZ by DeDe Select the kits you wish to delete Click Deleted Selected Kits To view information about a kit 1 Click the Get Info i button at the top of the iScrapKits Browser The Kit Info sheet will appear 54 Belle Catherine Designs Belle LTR Catherine Designs Boo Spooky Boo Jady Day Studio Bulletin Board 1 Alphabet Pink Peacock Designs X DESCRIPTION Celebrate those cute and funn
20. apart Font Preview The Font Preview shows you exactly how your text will look in different fonts and lets you choose the font you like best The Font Preview has two modes a standard list mode and an animated mode where the text moves across the screen so you can sit back and watch for the ideal font To use Font Preview 1 Select the text box or text you want to change If you select the text box then any attributes you change will be applied to all of the text in the text box If you select individual text within the text box then any attributes you change will only be applied to the selected text 2 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Font Preview The Font Preview will appear 31 Designer 48 font s LIFE IS LIKE A STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE LFE IS LIKE A STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE on LIPS IS LIKE A STRAWBERRY CHEBSROARE is ike a strawberry cheesecake X Life is like a strawberry cheesecake 3 Select the collection of fonts you want to view your text in from the Collection pop up menu You can cre ate and edit collections in the Font Book application that comes with Mac OS X 4 Select the font you want to use and text will change to that font in your selected text box 5 Move the font size slider to your desired text size The text will change to that font size in your selected text box To switch between List and Animation modes 1 Select List or Animation in the upper left hand corner of the window 2
21. best Templates When you create a new project you can base your new project on a blank page or a template Templates make it easy to create your project because they contain either artwork or artwork placeholders to help you get started There are two types of templates Pre Designed Templates A pre designed template contains both artwork and photo placeholders that have already been laid out for you in a pleasing design All you have to do is drag and drop your own pho tos onto the placeholders to complete the project Here s an example 19 pieg jo yoeg Smart Templates A smart template does not contain any artwork Rather it contains placeholders for artwork photos and text that have already been laid out for you in a pleasing design All you have to do is drag and drop your own artwork and photos onto the placeholders to complete the project Here s an ex ample Happy N alentines The software ships with a collection of pre designed templates and smart templates If your templates contain licensed artwork then please see the below warning before sharing templates a a a a a a ea ey _ Don t Steal Digital Artwork WARNING The artwork included with Greeting Card Shop is copyrighted by the respective artists and is only licensed to customers who have purchased Greeting Card Shop This artwork is governed by a license agree ment which dictates allowed and prohibited uses for the artwork Each iScrapKit
22. functionality MISCELLANEOUS There are several Miscellaneous field that don t fall under any specific category in cluding the powerful dependency fields Long Date The current date in the default long format as specified in the Mac OS X System Prefer ences gt International Example Friday January 20 2004 Short Date The current date in the default short format as specified in the Mac OS X System Prefer ences gt International Example 1 20 04 Custom Date The Custom Date lets you choose a custom date format using One Click Formatting For more information on the Custom Date field and One Click Formatting see One Click For matting The current time in the default format Custom Time The Custom Time lets you choose a custom time format using One Click Formatting For more information on the Custom Time field and One Click Formatting see One Click Formatting Starts a text dependency For more information on Text Dependencies see Dependency Fields Ends a text dependency For more information on Text Dependencies see Dependency Fields 90 Field Name Field Definition LABELS Each of the fields in the Label group displays the label for a particular field For ex ample the PhLabel 1 will display the label for the first phone number not the phone number itself It s best to use the label fields in conjunction with the fields they represent ALL FIELDS It s possible to have a custom f
23. gt Barcode WwW Choose Get from Contacts 4 Click the Zip postal pop up menu and select a code A barcode will be generated in Preview mode for each selected contact using the selected zip postal code field Barcode Definitions The following table contains a list of supported barcodes their definitions allowed characters and the number of characters supported Please note that some barcodes contain checksum digits When you provide the data for such barcodes the checksum digits are optional If you don t provide the checksum digits the software will calculate them for you If you do include the checksum digits and the checksum digits are incorrect the bar code will not be included in the Preview mode Barcode Name Valid Charac ters POSTNET A barcode symbology used primarily by the U S Postal Service for 123456789 mail sorting PLANET A barcode symbology that extends the POSTNET format It s pri 123456789 marily used for mail sorting and tracking uses U K Royal Mail A barcode symbology used primarily in the UK for mail sorting 0123456789AB CDEFGHIUKLM NOPQS TUVWXYZ 5 9 or11 characters 12 or 14 characters Variable No fixed length A barcode symbology used primarily in Japan for mail sorting a a UPC A A barcode symbology used primarily in the retail industry for la 123456789 12 0r8 beling packages characters UPC E A barcode symbology that is shorter in length from UPC A andi
24. label for the address For example if the label is home then click on home and a pop up menu will appear Choose Change Address Format in this menu and then choose the correct country The reason the software doesn t use the Country field to determine the country of the address is because the Country field can have mis spellings different versions of the name etc For example you might type U S in one contact s record but United States in another Live Editing The Preview mode supports live editing which means you can edit any text you see in the preview When edit ing text in Preview mode there are two important modes to be familiar with Unlock mode Unlock mode will allow you to edit any text box on any page Lock mode Lock mode will not allow you to make any changes on any page and will show the original text content Lock mode should not be confused with locking in your changes Lock mode is a way to revert back to the original text Any changes made in unlock mode will be lost if you switch to lock mode To lock or unlock text 101 1 Click the Lock Text Unlock Text button to switch between lock and unlock modes The lock on the button will display which mode you re in To edit text in Preview mode 1 Choose View gt Preview Mode or click the Preview button in the toolbar 2 Click Unlock Text to unlock text editing 3 Double click the text that you wish to edit 4 Edit the text Live Addresses
25. object You can also hold down the Shift key during a drag resize to have the opposite behavior of the Con strain Proportions button when it s not selected Images are constrained by default 66 To move an object 1 Select the object to make the selection handles appear 2 Place the pointer somewhere towards the center of the object and drag the object to a new location Avoid dragging the object by the selection handles because you may inadvertently resize the object 3 OR choose View gt Show Tools gt Dimensions to move an object more precisely Arranging Objects You can control whether objects appear in front of or behind other objects To arrange an object in front or in back of another object 1 Select the object you would like to arrange 2 Choose Format gt Arrange gt Bring Forward or Send Backward Repeat this step to continue arranging the object to the front or back until it s in your desired position 3 OR choose View gt Show Tools gt Arrange Click the Bring Forward button or Send Backward button To arrange an object in front or in back of all other objects 1 Select the object you want in front or in back of all other objects 2 Choose Format gt Arrange gt Bring to Front or Send to Back 3 OR choose View gt Show Tools gt Arrange Click the Bring to Front button or Send to Back button Distributing Objects You can evenly space objects horizontally or vertically on the Design Canvas T
26. of colors The interior of a shape can also be filled with a linear or radial gradient which is a blend between two colors You can adjust the angle size and location of the gradient 1 Select the shape whose gradient you want to set 2 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Color 3 Select either a Linear or Radial Gradient 4 Click the left color well and select a color 5 Click the right color well and select a color 6 Adjust the Center Size and Angle of the gradient 7 Select Swap Colors to swap the the left and right colors of the gradient Smart Shape Properties Certain shapes have specialized settings that can be applied to them that aren t available for other shapes For example the star burst shape allows you to adjust the number of points it has and the depth of the points To adjust the number of points on a shape 1 Select the shape object 2 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Points ix Points 3 Use the slider to increase decrease the number of points To adjust the number of sides on a shape 1 Select the shape object 2 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Sides ix Sides 3 Use the slider to increase decrease the number of sides To add endpoints on a line shape 1 Select the shape object 2 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Color CJ Stroke Endpoints 3 Choose an endpoint style from the pop up menu s You can add endpoints to both ends of the line or just one end of a line 4
27. printed in a certain order 1 Choose Greeting Card Shop gt Preferences and click the Appearance button 2 Choose a sort field in the Sort By menu Country You can choose whether to include the country name in the addresses that appear in the preview if your design includes an address field This option does not apply if your design includes individual address component fields street city state zip country etc since you have explicit control when using these address compo nents You can choose to always include the country never include the country or only include the country if the country is different from your own To choose whether to include the country name in addresses 1 Choose Greeting Card Shop gt Preferences 2 Click Appearance to open the Appearance preferences 3 Choose an option in the Country menu Note A contact record has a Country field and a Country Code CC field The software uses the Country Code field to determine whether or not an address has the same country as your address The software uses the Country Code field instead of the Country fields because it s possible that the Country Name field is set to France but the Country Code field is set to US or some other country code You can see the Country Code field by dragging the CC field to your design and then switching to Preview mode To correctly set the Country Code for a contact in Contacts simply select the contact and then click the
28. shape or text box can be turned into a placeholder A placeholder indicates the size and placement of an image or text on the Design Canvas It shows you where the author of the design intended for images and text to appear on the design Simply drag an image to an image placeholder to replace it with your image or simply double click a text placeholder to edit the text in the placeholder f f f f f f f Drag Photo Here i f f f f f f In the case of image placeholders not only does the placeholder define the size and position of the image that eventually resides in the placeholder but it also defines any special effects or attributes that should be applied to the eventual image For example if the designer intends for the eventual image to appear in a sepia color tone then the sepia color tone can simply be applied to the image placeholder Similarly the designer can specify the font and font size of text in a text placeholder To turn a text box into a placeholder 1 Select the text box you wish to use as a placeholder 2 Choose Format gt Define as Placeholder A sheet will appear asking you if you want to define it as a regular text placeholder or a text image placeholder What kind of text placeholder do you want A REGULAR TEXT placeholder is a text box where users can enter their own text A TEXT IMAGE placeholder is a text box onto which an image can be dropped The image will then be cropped to the outlines
29. the Preview mode lets you preview your design to see exactly how it will be printed but that s where the similarity ends The Preview mode differs in that it is dynamic This means you can naturally change aspects of the preview on the fly and see the outcome in real time For example you can change where your design will print on a page change quantities specify which contacts in Contacts you want to populate your design with automatically place design elements like a POSTNET barcode and coolest of all you can edit any text on the page including data that came from Contacts or another source All the while you ll see exactly how your design will print on each page and how many pages will be printed To access Preview mode 1 Choose View gt Preview Mode or click the Preview button in the toolbar On The Fly Contacts Integration You can populate the fields in your design with contact information taken directly from Contacts so you don t have to re enter information The Preview mode displays Group and Contact columns similar to those found in Contacts so you can easily select the contact s you wish to use to populate your design To select contact s in Preview mode 1 Choose View gt Preview Mode or click the Preview button in the toolbar 2 Select the contact s from the Contact column Hold down the shift key to select multiple contiguous con tacts Hold down the command key to select multiple contacts in a non contiguous fashi
30. the software are stored at the following location on your computer where denotes your HOME folder Library Containers com chronos GreetingCardShop Data Library Application Support Chronos iScrapKit Library Transferring Your Artwork To Another Computer Chronos Version The occasion may arise when you need to transfer your digital artwork to another computer The below steps describe this process 1 Install Greeting Card Shop on your new computer but don t launch it If you do launch Greeting Card Shop on your new computer then it will create some support files folders on the computer that will be replaced by the below steps a potentially dangerous operation since you ll lose the data in the replaced files Make sure you abide by your license when installing Greeting Card Shop on other computers For more informa tion on Chronos licensing see http www chronosnet com company licenseagreement html 2 There is one folder you ll need to copy from your current computer to your new computer The folder is lo cated at the following path in either your main Library folder or your home Library folder e Library Application Support Chronos iScrapKit Library This folder contains all of your iScrapKits digital artwork You will need to copy this folder to the exact same location on your new computer The method you use to copy this folder will vary upon your setup size of the folder and computer expertise If this fol
31. they have any re quirements for the dpi setting for graphics and other types of objects For more information on print qual ity settings see Printing Preferences Most if not all print shops require designs to be submitted in PDF JPEG TIFF or PNG format This is easily accomplished with the software To have a commercial print shop print your project 1 Choose View gt Preview Mode or click the Preview button in the toolbar 2 Customize any print options quantities positions as you desire Ww Choose File gt Print Online 4 Follow the on screen instructions Exporting Your Design You can export your design to PDF JPEG TIFF or PNG format This will be necessary to do if you have your de sign printed at a commercial print shop To export your design 1 Choose File gt Export 2 Name the export file 3 Depending on your project type you will be asked to select whether you wish to export a single copy of your design or a full sheet of your design If you choose full sheet then the crop mark and bleed settings in the Printer preference pane will be applied 4 Choose the output format from the Format pop up menu 5 Adjust any other settings available to the format you you selected 6 Click Save Printer Calibration When you print your design it may not line up correctly on the stock There are several reasons this sometimes happens The stock is thick enough that it causes your print
32. to the close up which can be done near instantaneously 1 Press the Shift key to see the close up of each graphic in the iScrapKits browser Release the Shift key to view as normal again 47 Artwork gt Ribbon Curvy Ribbon Curvy Ribbon Dill Ribbon Dot Ribbon Dot Ribbon Earthtones Ribbon To quickly view the artist that created a kit You can quickly see the artist that created a particular kit whenever the iScrapKits Browser is displaying kits Suppose for example that you re currently browsing some kits 1 Press the Shift key to see a picture of the artist that created each kit Release the Shift key to view as normal again 48 Preview Another Kin Antique Pap Artist In Me Mel Hains Desi Roberta Taron Karla Dudley To view a large preview of a kit or graphic 1 Control click on the kit or graphic in the iScrapKits Browser A large preview will appear The preview will also show you other pertinent information about the preview like name artist description and tags 49 Birthday Bliss Digital Kits 1 the quality or state of being happy 2 good fortune pleasure Blomming DK Desisgns BookwormZ Designz by DeDe eee e gD Dexipe Blooming iScrapbs alae 100 Oprtyfhbcen ft Rife Recevet your digital scrapbooking store name Blomming DK Desisgns description Blooming is such a bright fun kit It has a lot of fun elements to
33. whether included with the software or purchased elsewhere contains a License pdf file which you can open to read the license that gov erns the artwork in the kit Please remember that distributing or sharing this artwork with others is STEALING 20 PIRACY similar to the unauthorized distribution or sharing of digital music For more information see the legal pages on http www chronosnet com or http www iscrapbook com To use a template that has been added to the software 1 Create a new project The Project Chooser will appear 2 Choose a pre designed template or smart template that you like The contents of the template will appear on your project 3 Double click the placeholder If the placeholder is a photo placeholder the Photo Browser will conven iently open and show you all of your photos If the placeholder is an artwork placeholder for images like papers ribbons frames and more then the iScrapKit Browser will automatically open and show you the relevant artwork If the placeholder is a text placeholder all of the text in the placeholder will be selected and you can start typing to edit 4 Photo amp Artwork Placeholders Only Drag a photo or artwork image to the image placeholder The contents of the placeholder will be replaced with the new image which will automatically be scaled and positioned according to the placeholders dimensions As long as the image is defined as an image placeholder you can repeate
34. work with and great colorful papers tags Bright Blooming Fun Summer Spring Birds Trees Bloom Happy To use the Cover Flow Window to browse your kits 1 Open the Artwork Browser 2 Select Kits All of your kits will appear in the browser 50 Preview All Kits Rp u U t s afta amp x Tis The Sea JMT art 2 Old To Be Camila Designs 3 Click Preview The Cover Flow window will open so you can browse your kits iScrapbeek com your di jigital scrapbooking store 17 kit s 4 Slide the scroller to the kit you want to open and click Choose To drill down and browse graphics by artist kit type image type or color 51 La taaluma Kits Artists Kit Types Image Types Q Colors aL Last Import 1 Select Artists Kit Types Image Types or Colors 2 Continue to drill down based on the next set of selections that appear If you re drilling down by color you can select the Consider Primary Color Only button at the bottom of the iScrapKits Browser if you only want it to filter graphics based on the primary color of each graphic and ignore secondary colors C Consider Primary Color Only To search for a particular kit or graphic Every kit and graphic in an iScrapKit is assigned a name and relevant tags to help users search for kits or graph ics by word or phrase A search field appears at the bottom of the iScrapKits Browser whenever it is p
35. 27 28 29 29 30 30 31 33 34 36 36 37 37 38 40 40 Shape Properties Smart Shape Properties Chapter 7 Working With Graphics Artwork Browser Photos Browser Image Fine Tuning Cropping Special Effects Image Perspective Fill Shapes amp Text With An Image Chapter 8 Working With Objects Precision Positioning Sizing amp Rotating Of Objects Alignment Guides Resizing amp Moving Objects Arranging Objects Distributing Objects Flipping Objects Grouping Objects Locking Objects Duplicating Objects Aligning Objects Chapter 9 Special Object Properties Transparency Shadows Reflections Chapter 10 Layers 41 42 44 57 60 60 61 63 64 65 66 66 67 67 67 68 68 68 69 70 70 71 Working With Layers Special Background Layers Chapter 11 Favorites Browser Chapter 12 Placeholders Chapter 13 Working With Fields Using Fields Return Delivery amp Misc Fields Specifying Me Field Definitions Barcode Fields Counter or Automatic Numbering Fields Importing Tab Delimited Files Dependency Fields One Click Formatting Field Formatting Options Chapter 14 Dynamic Preview On The Fly Contacts Integration Sorting Country Live Editing Live Addresses Active Quantities Layout Lines Dynamic POSTNET Barcodes U S Postal Facing Identification Marks FIM Chapter 15 Printing 83
36. Artist jpg This is an image of the artist who created the kit contents xml This xml file contains metadata about each image in the kit Metadata includes information about the kit itself name description etc and the images in the kit name tags colors etc Software products like product use this metadata for display and searching purposes Copyright txt This file contains copyright information for the kit and images therein Images This folder contains all of the actual high resolution 300 dpi images in the kit These are the images you ll want to use in 3rd party software products like Photoshop 56 Kit_Preview jpg This file is a large screen resolution preview that shows a collage of all the images in the kit License pdf This file contains the license that governs all the images in the kit It lists the prohibited and non prohibited uses of the images in the kit License png This file is an image that contains a warning about not stealing digital artwork Thumbnails This folder contains a small thumbnail image for each full size image in the main Images folder Software products like this product use these thumbnail images for quickly displaying small previews of each image in the kit You should never use the images in this folder in third party products like Pho toshop since they won t be sufficiently high resolution Thumbnails Detailed This folder contains a small close up thumbnail image for each full size
37. Choose Format gt Crop With Shape Text The text box or shape will be moved on top of the image and the Crop tools will appear in the Inspector window Rotate Fs V Constrain image proportions Geometry None Cancel 5 Select a constrain option from the Geometry pop up menu Or drag the selection handles on the text box or shape over the part of the image you want to feature Hold down the Shift key if you don t want the pro portions of the text box or shape to be constrained 6 Click OK or press the return key To remove an image fill from an object 1 Select the object that you wish to remove the image fill from 2 Choose Format gt Uncrop Image 64 Chapter 8 Working With Objects This chapter describes some of the more advanced features for customizing objects on the Design Canvas These include properties like transparency shadow color line style etc This chapter will also discuss some amazing effects you can apply to objects on your design including color gradients Super Masks special effects etc Precision Positioning Sizing amp Rotating Of Objects When you re working with objects you can change the object s size angle and location on the Design Canvas using precision tools To place an object at a precise location on the design 1 Select the object you wish to place at a precise location 2 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Dimensions ix Dimensions Position 0 08in s 0 24in 5
38. Drag the graphic to the Design Canvas 2 OR double click the graphic 3 OR choose Edit gt Copy to copy the graphic and then click on the Design Canvas and choose Edit gt Paste to paste the graphic Multiple graphics can be copied and pasted at once If the graphic you re adding to the Design Canvas is a paper the software will ask if you want to add it as the background for the page or as a regular graphic Likewise if you add a quick page graphic to the Design Can vas the software will ask if you want it added in its own new layer or in the current layer Adding the quick page in its own layer makes it possible to place photos behind it in a lower layer For more information on layers see Layers 46 To adjust the zoom level of the graphics in the iScrapKits Browser 1 Drag the Zoom slider so that the graphics appear at a size to your liking The number of graphics that are visible at one time will change depending upon the size you choose 0 G C To quickly view a close up of each graphic in the iScrapKits Browser Each graphic has a special close up to show you in more detail what the graphic is like For example consider how the following ribbons appear in the iScrapKits Browser Sarr Curvy Ribbon Curvy Ribbon Dill Ribbon nena aera Adjusting the Zoom slider to increase the size of each graphic won t really help much in getting a better feel for what each ribbon is really like Instead try switching
39. This layer holds a single image that you want to use as your background Background Placeholder This layer holds an image placeholder that fills the entire Design Canvas You can later drag and drop an image on this layer to fill the entire Design Canvas with that image Once you ve dragged an image to a Background Placeholder the name of this layer changes to Background Image since it now contains an image For more information on placeholders see Placeholders The above layers always appear behind the regular Background layer and can t be reordered To add or edit the Background Color layer 1 2 Ww 4 5 Open the Layers pane Choose Color from the Background pop up menu Click the color well and choose a color Select the Include Color in Printout checkbox if you want the Background Color layer to be printed when you print your design Click OK To add the Background Image layer Open the Layers pane Choose Image from the Background pop up menu The standard open dialog box will appear where you can choose the image and click Open Set the position scale and transparency of the image in the sheet that appears If the image is centered it will remain its current size and appear centered on the Design Canvas If the image is tiled it will remain its current size but will repeat as needed in order to fill the entire Design Canvas If the image is scaled to fit it will be stretched t
40. V 12345 The prefix plus the full name plus and the complete address fields combined Example Mr John Doe 1345 E Summerhill Lane Las Vegas NV 12345 The company name plus the complete address fields combined Example ABC Company 1345 E Summerhill Lane Las Vegas NV 12345 The full name plus the complete address fields combined Example John Doe ABC Company 1345 E Summerhill Lane Las Vegas NV 12345 The company name plus the text Attention plus the full name and the complete address fields combined Example ABC Company Attention John Doe 1345 E Summerhill Lane Las Vegas NV 12345 The full name plus the job title plus the company name and complete address fields combined Example John Doe Manager ABC Company 1345 E Summerhill Lane Las Vegas NV 12345 85 Field Name Name Dept Company Name Title Dept Com pany Name Spouse Wedding Invitation Field Definition The full name plus the department name plus the company name and complete address fields combined Example John Doe Auto Body Department ABC Company 1345 E Summerhill Lane Las Vegas NV 12345 The full name plus the job title plus the department plus the company name and com plete address fields combined Example John Doe Manager Auto Body Department ABC Company 1345 E Summerhill Lane Las Vegas NV 12345 The full name plus the text and plus the spouse name and complete address fields com bined Examp
41. X Y Size 3 33in 152in Width Height V Constrain proportions 3 Enter the X coordinate 4 Enter the Y coordinate The coordinates you enter are based on the unit of measurement specified in the Appearance preference pane choose Greeting Card Shop gt Preferences and click Appearance The origin of the coordinate system in the design is the top left corner For example if you place a square in the top left corner of the design the X Y co ordinates will be 0 0 To change the size of an object 1 Select the object you wish to resize 2 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Dimensions 3 Enter the width and height 4 Select the Constrain proportions checkbox if you want to keep the proportions of the object in tact The measurements you enter are based on the unit of measurement specified in the Appearance preference pane choose Greeting Card Shop gt Preferences and click Appearance To rotate an object Shapes graphics and text can all be rotated at any angle 1 Select the object you wish to rotate 2 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Rotation 65 x Rotation Rotate 3 Use the Rotate wheel to rotate the object OR use the Angle field to select a common angle OR enter an angle To rotate an object via a selection handle Objects can all be quickly rotated without using the Inspector window 1 Select the object you wish to rotate 2 Hold down the Command key and position the mouse cursor ov
42. ains a wide selection of popular shapes that you can use on your design Once a shape is on the Design Canvas you can change its stroke color fill color and other properties To open the Shapes Browser 1 Click Show Browsers at the bottom of the window to open the browsers 2 Select Shapes star icon at the top of the browsers To add a shape see below for B zier shapes to the Design Canvas 1 Open the Shapes Browser 2 Drag a shape to the Design Canvas 3 Drag the selection handles to resize the shape Bezier Shapes A B zier shape is based on parametric curves that you have complete control over This means that you can literally create your own shape from scratch A B zier shape can be closed or left open When left open you can think of it more as a custom curve than a custom shape To add a B zier shape to the Design Canvas 1 Open the Shapes Browser 2 Drag the B zier shape to the Design Canvas The first point of the shape will be placed on the canvas 3 Toadd a straight segment to the shape s path click in a second location on the Design Canvas Repeat as necessary 4 To add a curved segment to the shape s path click in a second location and drag the mouse to change the angle of the curve and or extend the curve Release the mouse when the curve is to your liking Repeat as necessary 5 Click the starting point to stop drawing and close the shape This is called a closed B zier shape 6 OR press ESC
43. appears on the final printout To preview your project 1 Choose View gt Preview Mode or click the Preview button in the toolbar To select which contact s to use Designs that have contact fields on them will require that you first select the contacts you wish to produce your design for If your design does not have contact fields skip this option 1 Select the contact s from the Contact column Hold down the shift key to select multiple contiguous con tacts Hold down the command key to select multiple contacts in a non contiguous fashion A label enve lope or letterhead will be created for each selected contact To specify the number of times to print your design 1 Choose your desired selection from the Repeat pop up button If your design contains contact fields the value specified here refers to the number of copies of the design to print for each contact Step 4 Print a Project The final step is to set up your printer and print your project To set up the printer 1 Choose File gt Page Setup 2 Verify that each of the settings are correct for your printer To print your design 1 Choose File gt Print 2 Verify that each of the settings are correct for your printer Settings will vary from printer to printer so it s important that you re familiar with your printer s settings 3 Click Print You can also have your project printed at a commercial printer For more information on using a commercial pr
44. art you want masked 6 Adjust the size and softness of the mask 7 Click the Reverse button to invert the mask 8 Click the Rotate button to rotate the mask 9 Click the Add button to add the effect to the graphic Example To add the sparkle effect The sparkle effect like its name suggests will add a sparkle to a graphic You can control where the sparkle is on the graphic and you can add as many sparkles as you would like Furthermore you can choose the sparkle s color size ray length and more 1 Select the graphic 2 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Effects 3 Choose Sparkle from the Effect pop up menu A single sparkle will be added to the center of the graphic 62 Effects Effect sparkie Size Ray Length Ray Angle Ray Opacity Ray Width Color E 4 Click and drag the bull s eye icon on the graphic object to where you want the sparkle located 5 Click the color well button to change the color of glow that the sparkle gives off 6 Adjust the Size Ray Length Ray Angle Ray Opacity and Ray Width of the sparkle 7 Click the Add button The sparkle will be added to the graphic and a new sparkle will appear in the cen ter of the graphic 8 Click the Minus button to remove the second sparkle that was just added if you only want the first spar kle on the graphic Otherwise repeat the above steps to add mores sparkles to the graphic To remove an effect from a graphic object
45. aution must be taken when uninstalling certain items since other Chronos software may share or rely on them 1 The Greeting Card Shop Application The Greeting Card Shop application is stored at the following loca tion on your computer unless you installed it elsewhere Applications Greeting Card Shop 2 Greeting Card Shop Resources This folder contains your favorites text styles etc It is stored at the fol lowing location on your computer where denotes your HOME folder Library Application Support Chronos Greeting Card Shop 3 Your Artwork This file contains all of the iScrapKits you have imported into the software Since it likely contains iScrapKits that you have purchased please make sure you have a copy of the original kits else where before deleting It is stored at the following location on your computer where denotes your HOME folder Library Application Support Chronos iScrapKit Library 4 Your Preferences This file contains your preferences and settings for the software It is located at the fol lowing location on your computer where denotes your HOME folder Library Preferences com chronos GreetingCardShop plist Uninstalling Greeting Card Shop Mac App Store Version Delete the below items in the Finder to completely uninstall all of the software components and data related to Greeting Card Shop Caution must be taken when uninstalling certain items since other Chronos software may share or rely on
46. box far enough up to accommodate all of the text 98 Expand text box down This option expands the height of the text box far enough down to accommo date all of the text NARROWER than the text box When text fields are filled in with actual contact data if the result is narrower than the text box use one of these options Increase the font size This option will increase the font size so that the text will fit the size of the text box If this option is selected the Expand text box down option will automati cally be selected so that the text box can accommodate the height change that comes from increasing the font size Increase the letter spacing This option will increase the letter spacing so that the text will fit the size of the text box Field Case When working with fields you may want to force the contents of a particular field displayed in all uppercase or all lowercase Note forcing the case of a field to all uppercase or all lowercase does not change any of the ac tual data in Contacts it simply controls how the data is displayed in Preview mode To format text as all uppercase all lowercase or lowercase with the first letter of each word capitalized 1 Select the field s you want to change the case of 2 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Typography 3 Click the Upper Case Lower Case or Capitalize buttons in the Typography tools 99 Chapter 14 Dynamic Preview Like the Mac s built in print preview
47. can control the transparency height and offsets of the reflection to get the exact effect you re after To add a reflection to an object 1 Select the graphic shape or text box object 2 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Reflection Reflection V Reflection Transparency Height Horizontal Offset Vertical Offset 3 Customize the reflection as desired oo 71 Chapter 10 Layers Layers provide an easy way to work with related objects without disturbing other objects on the Design Canvas Think of a layer as a completely transparent sheet of material like a transparency Objects can be placed on the transparent sheet and you can have multiple transparent sheets of material stacked on top of each other Lay ers work in a similar manner Working With Layers You can create an unlimited number of layers and you can order the layers from top to bottom however you wish Wherever there is no object on a layer you will be able to see through to the other layers below By de fault every Design Canvas starts out with two layers for your convenience Foreground and Background Typi cally you will use the Background layer for a background image or colored shape You can then use the Fore ground layer for other text and graphic objects This approach lets you easily select and move objects in the Foreground layer without accidentally selecting and moving objects in the Background layer To open close the Layers pane
48. can have multiple text boxes on a single design To create a text box and enter text 1 Choose Insert gt Text Box or choose Insert Text Box from the Text Box button in the toolbar A new text box will be created in the center of the Design Canvas and it will be immediately ready for you to start editing the text in this box 2 Enter your text The text box will grow dynamically as you type your text 3 Click outside the text box when you re finished typing to deselect the text box To edit text in a text box 1 Double click in the text you wish to edit 2 Edit the text 3 Click outside of the text box when you are finished editing the text Creating A Curved Text Box A curved text box is similar to a text box except that the text inside a curved text box is drawn along an imagi nary circular path that fits inside the box To create a curved text box and enter text 1 Choose Insert gt Curved Text Box or choose Insert Curved Text Box from the Text Box button in the toolbar A new curved text box will be created in the center of the Design Canvas and it will be immediately ready for you to start editing the text in this box 2 Enter your text The text box will grow dynamically as you type your text 3 Click outside the text box when you re finished typing to deselect the text box The text will appear along an imaginary circular path inside the text box To edit text in a curved text box 1 Double click in the cur
49. ck or Control click any object in the group A pop up menu will appear listing all the objects in the group 2 Choose the object in the pop up menu that you wish to edit The object will be selected so that you can edit any of its properties using the Inspector window Locking Objects You can lock objects on the Design Canvas so that they do not get moved on accident or modified in anyway Locked objects can t be grouped with other objects Further object locking is done on a per layer basis To lock object s 1 Hold down the Shift key and select each object you wish to lock 2 Choose Format gt Lock To unlock objects 1 Hold down the Shift key and select each object you wish to unlock 2 Choose Format gt Unlock Duplicating Objects Any object on the design canvas can be easily duplicated To duplicate a selected object 1 Select the object 2 Choose Edit gt Duplicate To duplicate an object via drag and drop 68 1 Hold down the Option key and with the Option key held down drag and drop the object you wish to du plicate to a different spot on the canvas A duplicate of the original object will be created at the drop loca tion Aligning Objects Once you have multiple objects on the Design Canvas you may need to align certain objects so they look good together You may also want to make similar objects the same width and height or even symmetrical To align objects 1 Select the first object you woul
50. d Formatting Options A powerful set of text formatting options is available to make sure text and text fields always look good For example there are options to make sure text and text fields fit their enclosing text boxes Text Fitting It s sometimes hard to predict how much space a field will occupy once it is filled in with actual contact data The powerful text fitting features help you make sure your field data always fits and looks good in it enclosing text box Address fields provide a good example of how text fitting can be useful Suppose you have an address field in a small text box and choose to fill in the design with a contact that has a long address The contact s ad dress probably won t fit in the text box and will thus appear cut off in Preview mode Text fitting allows you to choose one of several options to make sure the contact s address fits inside its enclosing the text box 97 You can specify that the font size of the text in the text box be automatically increased or decreased as necessary You can specify that the spacing between letters in a text field be automatically increased or decreased as necessary You can tell the text box to automatically expand one of its sides far enough to accommodate all the text To add text fitting to a text box 1 Select the text box you wish to add text fitting to Text fitting options only apply to text boxes that contain fields since text boxes that don t contain an
51. d like other objects to be aligned with 2 Hold down the Shift key to select additional objects 3 Choose Format gt Align gt Left Edges Right Edges Top Edges Bottom Edges Horizontal Centers or Vertical Centers 4 ORchoose View gt Show Tools gt Arrange and then click the alignment buttons To make objects the same width and height 1 Select the object whose width height you would like to apply to other objects 2 Hold down the Shift key to select additional objects WW Choose Format gt Size gt Make Same Width or Make Same Height 4 OR choose View gt Show Tools gt Arrange and then click the Make Same Width or Make Same Height but ton To revert an object back to its natural size To revert an object back to its natural size means that the object will be restored to its natural width to height ratio An oval shape for example will be restored to its natural ratio of 1 1 which is a circle A stretched photo graph will be restored to its original ratio of 4 3 or whatever the original or natural ratio was so it no longer ap pears stretched 1 Select the object s you would like to make symmetrical 2 Choose Format gt Size gt Make Natural Size 3 OR choose View gt Show Tools gt Arrange and then click the Natural Size button 69 Chapter 9 Special Object Properties Text shape and graphic objects all contain several special properties that you can change for design effect This c
52. date keyword and rating information to 3rd party applications 5 Enter or select the appropriate search terms date keywords or rating You ll see the photos in the selected album or event that match your search criteria To add your own folders of images to the Photo Browser 1 Open the Photos Browser 2 Expand the FOLDERS section so you can see the folders you ve already added 3 Click Add looks like a icon to add a folder from the Finder A standard choose folder dialog will appear so you can locate and choose the folder Photos Drag or double click an image Options gt IPHOTO ALBUMS gt IPHOTO EVENTS f Documents F Pictures xD To remove a folder you ve already added to the Photo Browser 1 Open the Photos Browser 2 Expand the FOLDERS section so you can see the folders you ve already added Ww Select the folder you want to delete 4 Click Delete looks like a x icon to delete the selected folder To sort your photos 1 Open the Photos Browser 2 Choose Sort iPhoto or Sort Aperture or Sort Folders from the Options pop up menu depending upon which photos you wish to sort and then choose your sort options 59 Image Fine Tuning You can adjust the brightness contrast and other settings of a graphic to improve the overall look or create a designer look 1 Select the image object 2 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Image ix Settings
53. de variety of popular address formats are pro vided To change the address format in an existing Address block 1 Click the tab at the top of the Address Block to open the format pop up menu 2 Choose a new address format Essential Fields With One Click Formatting The Essential fields is a group of fields that represent basic contact information Each of the Essential fields ei ther directly corresponds to a field in Contacts or smartly combines more than one field in Contacts Some of the Essential fields including Address Phone Fax Email and Address 1 line by default use their primary value For example the Address field will be populated with the primary address of a contact The primary address is defined as the first address listed for a contact record in Contacts To select which value to use for one of the Essential fields 1 Move the cursor over the field the cursor will change to a pop up menu triangle 2 Click the mouse to open the pop up menu 3 Choose a value Custom Date and Custom Time Fields With One Click Formatting The Custom Date and Time fields can have many formats applied to them For example the Custom Date field can be formatted to show the day of the week or the year first To select which format to use for the Custom Date and Time fields 1 Move the cursor over the field the cursor will change to a pop up menu triangle 2 Click the mouse to open the pop up menu 3 Choose a format Fiel
54. der isn t too big it s probably easiest to copy it to a writeable CD DVD or USB thumb drive and then copy it from there to your new computer If it s large in size then you can first copy it to an external hard disk and then copy it 11 from there to your new computer If your computers are networked then you can simply copy the folder over your network Transferring Your Artwork To Another Computer Mac App Store Version The occasion may arise when you need to transfer your digital artwork to another computer The below steps describe this process 1 Install Greeting Card Shop on your new computer but don t launch it If you do launch Greeting Card Shop on your new computer then it will create some support files folders on the computer that will be replaced by the below steps a potentially dangerous operation since you ll lose the data in the replaced files Make sure you abide by your license when installing Greeting Card Shop on other computers For more informa tion on Chronos licensing see http www chronosnet com company licenseagreement html 2 There is one folder you ll need to copy from your current computer to your new computer The folder is lo cated at the following location on your computer where denotes your HOME folder e Your Artwork This folder contains all of your iScrapKits digital artwork It is stored at the following location on your computer where denotes your HOME folder Library Contai
55. dly drag images to the image placeholder in this manner 5 Text Image Placeholders Only Drag an image to the textt image placeholder The text in the placeholder will crop the image Happy To save a custom template If you create a project that you want to be able to re use as a template follow the below steps 1 Open the project you want to re use as a template N Choose File gt Save as Template ww Type a name for your template 4 Choose the folder where you want to save your template By default the template will be saved at the fol lowing location on your computer where denotes your HOME folder Library Application Support Chronos Greeting Card Shop Templates My Templates You can organize your templates into folders Simply visit the above Templates folder and create other folders like the My Templates folder Each folder name is used as a template category in the Template Chooser 21 5 Click Save To use a custom template You can easily use custom templates that you have created and saved 1 Choose File gt New The Template Chooser will appear Near the bottom of the sidebar on the left you ll see an item named My Templates You ll also see listed any other folders of custom templates that you ve cre ated 2 Select My Templates or any other custom folder that you created All of your templates in that folder will appear 3 Choose the custom template o
56. e available to help you turn your text into an interesting design element These advanced typography options are all centrally located in the Typography tools To access the Typography tools 1 Select the text or a text box 2 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Typography x Typography Spacing Kern letter space gt Default Line multiplier inter line spacing Paragraph spacing Indenting First line Other lines Perfect Balance For Text Capitalization Ara a A Aa Kerning Spacing Between Letters You can increase or decrease the space between each letter in your text For example you can increase the let ter spacing of the word CHRONOS to look like C HRON OS To change the amount of spacing between letters 1 Select the text you wish to kern 2 Click the Kern buttons to increase or decrease the spacing in the Typography tools 34 3 Click the Default button to return to the default kerning value Line Height Line height is the distance from the top of a line to the top of the line below it Use the line height multiplier to change line height by multiplying the current line height by the specified amount For example choose a line height multiplier of 2 0 for double spaced text Use 1 0 to restore the text to its default line height To change the line height of text 1 Select the text you wish to change the line height of 2 Specify a line height multiplier using the Li
57. e dependent Note There must be at least one field between the Start and End text dependency fields If there is more than one field between the Start and End text dependency fields then the entire contents will be displayed if even one field has data entered in for it One Click Formatting The One Click Formatting features lets you change on the fly which value of a field is used without altering your design For example the Phone field can be switched to use the Home or Work phone number on the fly One Click Formatting can be used on Phone Fields Address Blocks Essentials Fields and Custom Date and Time Fields Phone Fields With One Click Formatting Phone formatting lets you specify how you d like the digits in a phone number formatted independently of how they re entered in the contact record For example the telephone number 888 555 7777 can be formatted as 888 555 7777 888 555 7777 etc To apply formatting to a phone field 1 Move the cursor over a phone field the cursor will change to a pop up menu triangle 2 Click the mouse to open the pop up menu 3 Choose a phone number format 96 Address Blocks With One Click Formatting Address Blocks smartly combine several fields in Contacts and text into a pre formatted block that you can drag right onto your design Once an address book block is on your design you can use the One Click Formatting feature to quickly change the format of the block on the fly A wi
58. e selection handle to rotate the object The image will rotate but the crop will remain as is 8 OPTIONAL FLIP FEATURE Click the Flip Vertically or Flip Horizontally buttons to conveniently flip the image 9 Click OK or press the return key To uncrop a graphic 1 Select the graphic you wish to uncrop 2 Choose Format gt Uncrop Image The original image will be restored To change a crop 1 Select the cropped graphic that you wish to change 2 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Crop and then change the crop as desired 3 OR double click the cropped image and then change the crop as desired Special Effects You can easily apply many advanced special effects to graphics such as sepia Gaussian blur motion etc The best way to see what an effect does to a graphic is to simply apply it and see if you like it This section will show you how to add effects to a graphic and will also show a few examples Please note that effects do not permanently alter the graphic so you can change or remove effects at any time without altering the original image To add an effect to a graphic You can add as many effects to a graphic as you wish Please be aware that adding effects to graphics can bea very processor intensive task Depending on the speed of your computer you may have to be patient a little patient from the time you add an effect to a graphic to the time that you see the effect 1 Select the graphic 2 Choose View gt Sho
59. ed of fields Within the tab delimited file itself each row is separated by a return character and each field is separated by a tab character hence the name tab delimited file The software supports an unlimited number of records with up to twenty fields per record The following table shows a sample tab delimited file in a spreadsheet This tab delimited file is comprised of three records and each record contains five fields first name last name phone number city state First Name Field Last Name Field Phone Number Field City Field State Field 94 Using a Tab Delimited File There are two simple steps to using a tab delimited file First you must import the tab delimited file Second you must place special import fields on your design to represent the imported data To import a tab delimited file The first thing to do when creating a design that will be populated with information from a tab delimited file is to import the file 1 Choose File gt Import Tab Delimited File 2 Select the tab delimited file from the Open dialog box 3 Click OK to choose the tab delimited file 4 Click Import to import the tab delimited file When a tab delimited file is imported the information is stored in memory and saved with the document The information retrieved from the tab delimited file is not visible until the design is displayed in Preview mode To clear the tab delimited file from memory 1 Choose File gt Clear Imp
60. er one of the object s selection handles The mouse cursor will change to a rotation cursor 3 While holding down the Command key click and drag the selection handle to rotate the object To flip an object Objects can all be flipped horizontally or vertically 1 Select the object you wish to flip 2 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Rotation 3 Click the Flip buttons to flip the object either horizontally or vertically Alignment Guides As you move your object around on the Design Canvas you will notice alignment guides appearing and disap pearing These alignment guides will appear as blue dotted lines These guides are built into the Design Canvas to help you center and align objects with each other They appear whenever the center or edge of an object aligns with the center or edge of another object including the Design Canvas edges To show or hide real time alignment guides 1 Choose View gt Draw Alignment Guides Resizing amp Moving Objects Once text and graphic objects are on the Design Canvas they can be easily resized and moved To resize one or more objects 1 Select the object s to make the selection handles appear 2 Drag a selection handle to expand or shrink the object s in the direction of your drag 3 OR choose View gt Show Tools gt Dimensions to resize the object s more precisely Note select the Constrain Proportions button in the Dimensions tool to constrain the proportion of the resized
61. er or Automatic Numbering Fields Counter or automatic numbering fields can be used to create raffle tickets sheets of serial numbers numbered groups of shipping cartons and more Counter Total Count of Total and Serial Number fields along with so phisticated options are all included for precise control Counter Field The Counter field is used when each copy of your design needs to have a unique number on it The Counter field can begin counting at any number and increment by any value For example the Counter field an begin counting at the number 5 and increment each time by 3 5 8 11 14 etc Additionally the Counter field can be formatted with leading zeros 00001 00002 00003 etc To specify the settings for the Counter field 1 Drag the Counter field to the Design Canvas 93 2 Move the cursor over the Counter field until the cursor changes to a pop up triangle 3 Click to open the Counter Settings sheet 4 Enter the counter start value 5 Enter the increment value 6 Enable Show leading zeros if you want the counter to always be the same number of digits 7 Click OK to save the settings Total Field The Total field displays the total number of your design that are generated in Preview mode For example if 9 labels are generated each of those labels will have its Total field populated with the number 9 The Total field has formatting options similar to the Counter field and they can be accessed in a si
62. er to not pull it through perfectly The printer alignment guides are off slightly Glossy type stock may slip when it s being fed into the printer The built in printer calibration feature attempts to solve these common problems Printer calibration may not solve all problems but it will improve the alignment issues as best it can Printer calibration attempts to resolve these issues by adjusting for the difference of what you see on the screen versus what is printed out To set up printer calibration 1 Choose File gt Printer Calibration 2 Choose a printer from the pop up menu 3 Insert a sheet of stock into your printer 105 4 Click the Print button Some printer calibration marks will be printed on the stock 5 Enter the value of the tick mark closest to the RIGHT side and BOTTOM side of the top left design on the stock into the Horizontal and Vertical text boxes 6 Click the OK button when finished You can set up calibrations for each printer that you use This can be accomplished by going through each of the steps in the Printer Calibration dialog for each printer Printer calibration is not necessary for some projects like envelopes letterhead et cetera or certain printers like DYMO LabelWriters Seiko label printers or Brother label printers Printing Preferences The printing preferences includes tools to ensure that you get professional results from your own printer or a commercial print shop These to
63. es of the characters in the placeholder To use an image placeholder 1 Double click the placeholder If the placeholder is a photo placeholder the Photo Browser will conven iently open and show you all of your photos If the placeholder is an artwork placeholder for images like 81 papers ribbons frames and more then the iScrapKit Browser will automatically open and show you the relevant artwork 2 Drag a photo or artwork image to the placeholder The contents of the placeholder will be replaced with the new image which will automatically be scaled and positioned according to the placeholders dimen sions As long as the image is defined as a placeholder you can repeatedly drag images to the placeholder in this manner To turn a placeholder into a regular image shape or text box again 1 Select the placeholder 2 Choose Format gt Define as Placeholder To see if an object is defined as a placeholder 1 Select the object 2 See ifthe Format gt Define as Placeholder menu item is checked off 82 Chapter 13 Working With Fields Fields allow you to populate your design with contact information The software integrates directly with Con tacts so populating a design with contact information is easy and doesn t require contact data re entry Using Fields Adding fields to your design is very easy This section will focus on the basics of accessing fields adding fields and using fields To access field
64. f fonts you re previewing To search for a particular font or fonts 1 Enter the name of the font you want to find in the Search field Only font samples for fonts in the currently selected collection that contain your search terms will be shown To see a font sample that differs from your selected text 1 Enter a word or phrase into the text field at the bottom of the Font Preview The font sample shown for each font in the current collection will change to display your word or phrase This feature allows you to test other words or phrases without altering your text in the selected text box on the Design Canvas 2 Click the pop up menu associated with this text field to see other recently used words or phrases Tab Stops All text boxes have default tab stops already set You can see the tab stops on the horizontal ruler when you choose View gt Show Ruler and select text in a text box By changing tab stops you can indent text and create lists that line up correctly 33 To change a tab stop 1 Select the text you want to adjust 2 On the horizontal ruler drag the tab stop to change its location To add a tab stop 1 Select the text you want to adjust 2 Drag the type of tab stop left center etc you want onto the horizontal ruler To remove a tab stop 1 Select the text you want to adjust 2 Drag the tab stop off the horizontal ruler and release Advanced Typography Options Powerful typography options ar
65. f your choice 4 Click Continue and follow any remaining onscreen steps 22 Chapter 3 Creating and Printing Projects This chapter outlines the basic tasks and steps you might go through to create and print a professional quality project When you create a new project your entire design including any graphics text and shapes is saved in a document that can be easily moved from one computer to another Step 1 Select a Template To start a new project double click the Greeting Card Shop icon to open the software The software comes with a large collection of templates to choose from By using a template you can start with a cohesive looking de sign that you can customize or use as is You can also choose a blank design if you prefer to start from scratch To create a project using a ready made design 1 Choose File gt New 2 Choose the type of project you want to create from the sidebar on the left You can choose from envelopes greeting cards invitations etc 3 Click Format to choose the format page size and layout if your project comes in different formats 4 Choose a template from the collection that appears or choose a blank template if you wish to start com pletely from scratch 5 Click Continue and follow any remaining onscreen steps To create a custom project size 1 Choose File gt New 2 Choose the type of project you want to create from the sidebar on the left 3 Click Format to choose the f
66. from three different sources manual entry a tab delimited file or Contacts You can choose which method to use on a barcode by barcode basis on your design Once you switch to Preview mode the barcode will change to represent the ac tual data source specified To enter barcode data manually 1 Select the barcode on the Design Canvas N Choose View gt Show Tools gt Barcode BR W Choose Enter data string manually Type the data into the box 5 Click Enter to save the data Note A single barcode containing the manually entered data will be generated in Preview mode If you select multiple contacts in Preview mode then the design for each contact will use the same barcode 91 To retrieve barcode data from an import file The following steps assume that a tab delimited file is already imported If this is not the case a tab delimited file will need to be imported For information on importing tab delimited files see the section on importing later in this chapter 1 Select the barcode on the Design Canvas 2 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Barcode 3 Choose Get from tab delimited import file 4 Select an import field from the pop up menu A barcode will be generated in Preview mode for each record in the tab delimited file using the selected import field To retrieve barcode data from Contacts 1 Select the barcode on the Design Canvas N Choose View gt Show Tools
67. ge well To add remove a signature for Me You can set a signature for your contact There is a corresponding signature field that you can add to the design and it will be filled in with the signature you specify 1 Choose Greeting Card Shop gt Preferences and click the Me button 2 Click Set to choose an image from an Open dialog or drag an image from the Finder to the signature im age well 3 Click Create to have the software create a signature automatically for you 4 Click Clear to remove the signature from the signature image well Field Definitions This section will provide definitions for each of the fields that the software supports Most of these fields corre late with the fields in Contacts Others are smart fields that extract portions of fields or smartly combine multi ple fields for ease of use Field Name Field Definition ADDRESS BLOCKS Address Blocks smartly combine several fields in Contacts and text into a pre formatted block that you can drag right onto your design Further once an address block is on your design the One Click Formatting feature lets you change the for mat on the fly For more information on using Address blocks see One Click For matting 84 Field Name Field Definition CompanyAddress Name Company Company Attention Name Title Company The full name plus the complete address fields combined Example John Doe 1345 E Summerhill Lane Las Vegas N
68. hapter discusses these properties which include transparency shadows and reflections Transparency You can adjust the transparency of any object Transparency allows you to overlap objects so that objects be hind others can be highly visible partly obscured or completely blocked from view depending on the trans parency level To adjust the transparency of an object 1 Select the object whose transparency you wish to adjust 2 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Transparency 3 Adjust the Transparency slider as desired Shadows Adding a shadow to an object lets you introduce an element of depth to your design You can adjust the shad ows blur factor the position of the shadow in relation to the object etc To add a shadow to an object 1 Select the object you wish to add a shadow to 2 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Shadow Shadow L 7 shadow 315 Offset 3 pt Blur Opacity 3 Select the Shadow checkbox to add a shadow for the object 4 Use the Offset controls to adjust the height of the shadow relative to the object 5 Use the Angle wheel to adjust the angle of the shadow relative to the object 6 Use the Blur controls to adjust the shadow s blurriness 7 Use the Opacity control to adjust the shadow s opacity 8 Click the color well and choose a color 70 Reflections You can easily add a reflection to any graphic shape or text box and the reflection is customizable You
69. hat are part of that layer will be duplicated in addition to the layer itself 1 Open the Layers pane 2 Select the layer you wish to duplicate 3 Choose Duplicate Layer from the Layer pop up menu 4 Name the new layer 5 Click OK 73 To merge down layers When you merge down layers the selected layer will be merged with the layer immediately below it The ob jects on the selected layer are combined with the objects on the underlying layer and the underlying layer is deleted 1 Open the Layers pane 2 Select the layer that you want to merge with the layer below it 3 Choose Merge Down from the Layer pop up menu To delete a layer When you delete a layer any objects on that layer will be deleted along with it 1 Open the Layers pane 2 Select the layer you wish to delete 3 Click the Minus button The Background layer can t be deleted To choose which layer s are visible As you work on your design you may want to hide some layers while keeping other layers visible For example you might have two variations of a layout that you want to quickly switch between to see which you like best When a layer is visible all objects on that layer will be be visible Similarly if a layer is not visible then all objects on that layer will be hidden 1 Open the Layers pane 2 Click the Visible icon looks like an eye next to each layer you wish to show hide To temporarily preview the contents of a single laye
70. he Text Browser are stored at the following location on your com puter where denotes your HOME folder Library Application Support Chronos Greeting Card Shop Text Library iScrapKit Artwork The iScrapKits you import into the software are stored at the following location on your computer where denotes your HOME folder Library Application Support Chronos iScrapKit Library 10 Where Does Greeting Card Shop Store My Impor tant Files Mac App Store Version Greeting Card Shop stores your important files related to the software at the following locations on your com puter Favorites The favorites you add to the Favorites Browser are stored at the following location on your com puter where denotes your HOME folder Library Containers com chronos GreetingCardShop Data Library Application Support Chronos Greeting Card Shop Favorites Templates Templates that you import into the software are stored at the following location on your com puter where denotes your HOME folder Library Containers com chronos GreetingCardShop Data Library Application Support Chronos Greeting Card Shop Templates Text Styles The text styles you add to the Text Browser are stored at the following location on your com puter where denotes your HOME folder Library Containers com chronos GreetingCardShop Data Library Application Support Chronos Greeting Card Shop Text Library iScrapKit Artwork The iScrapKits you import into
71. he preferred printer menu will list the printers that have been set up on your computer Note If you re printing on DYMO Seiko or Brother stock the software will automatically select your printer To print greeting cards invitations and other similar project types 1 Choose the number of times to repeat your design in Preview mode If your design contains contact fields the value specified here refers to the number of times to repeat the design for each selected contact 2 If your design contains contact fields select the contact s from the Contact column that you wish to pro duce your design for Hold down the shift key to select multiple contiguous contacts Hold down the com mand key to select multiple contacts in a non contiguous fashion A copy of your design will be created and populated for each selected contact 3 Choose File gt Page Setup 4 Verify that each of the settings are correct for your printer and exit the Page Setup dialog 5 Choose File gt Print and verify each of the settings are correct for your printer 6 Click Print Printing Using a Commercial Print Shop Use the built in support for online commercial printers to get your documents commercially printed You can also take your design to any local print shop of your choice There are a few things to keep in mind when using a commercial print shop 104 Print Quality should be set at 300 dpi or higher Consult with the print shop first to see if
72. hich is the first address listed in Contacts Addr 1 line 2 The complete second address which is the second address listed in Contacts Addr 1 line home The complete home address which is the address labeled as Home in the Address Book Addr 1 line work The complete work address which is the address labeled as Work in Contacts 88 Field Name Field Definition ADDRESS FIELDS Each of these fields are the individual parts that make up an address This list will only define the individual parts of the primary address which is the first address listed in Contacts The same definitions for these fields can be applied to the other fields in this group which include home work etc poe etn lei espargon number The phone number labeled Work in Contacts The phone number labeled Home in Contacts The phone number labeled Mobile in Contacts The phone number labeled Home Fax in Contacts The phone number labeled Pager in Contacts The email address labeled Work in Contacts 89 Field Name Field Definition There are five types of messaging fields AIM Jabber MSN Yahoo and ICQ Listed below are the definitions for only the AIM related fields The same definitions can be applied to the other messaging types The AIM account labeled Work in Contacts Each of these fields either directly corresponds to a Contacts field handles miscel laneous information or provides special
73. ield that doesn t show up in the above categories of fields since the above categories only list common fields The All Fields categories lists every field currently in use in Contacts so you can use any field To rescan the list of fields being used by Contacts choose Reload All Fields from the Options but ton below the list of fields Barcode Fields A wide variety of barcode formats can be added to a design A barcode consists of bars and spaces that repre sent a number or combination of numbers and letters For example a POSTNET barcode represents a 5 9 or 11 digit zip code Once a barcode is added to a design it behaves like any other image and can be resized rotated etc This section will discuss how to add a barcode to a design different barcode options including how to specify the data from which to generate the barcode and the definitions for each barcode type To add a barcode to the design canvas 1 Click the Fields tab 2 Click Misc to access the miscellaneous fields and then expand the Barcodes section 3 Drag a barcode field to your design canvas Alternatively the Preview mode contains a special control for adding POSTNET barcodes to designs just prior to printing without affecting the original design For more information on dynamic POSTNET barcode generation see Dynamic POSTNET Barcodes Barcode Data Source Options Barcodes are generated from numeric or alpha numeric data This data can be acquired
74. ies elsewhere on your computer including external hard drives While iPhoto and Aperture are al lowed to access photo libraries wherever they are stored third party applications sold on the Mac App Store cannot If you re storing your photo library somewhere other than your Pictures folder you ll need to move it to your Pictures folder in order for this application to access it Follow the steps in iPhoto s or Aperture s help sys tem to move your photo library back to your Pictures folder To open the Photos Browser 1 Click Show Browsers at the bottom of the window to open the browsers 57 2 Select Photos camera icon at the top of the browsers To add a photo from iPhoto or Aperture to a design 1 Open the Photos Browser 2 Expand the appropriate iPhoto or Aperture section 3 Select an album or event 4 Locate the photo you want to add and drag it to the Design Canvas PE Photos Drag or double click an image Options v gy Photos Pe Flagged A Last 12 Months Last Import To refresh the list of information from iPhoto or Aperture 1 Open the Photos Browser 2 Choose Reload from the Options pop up menu above the Photo Browser to refresh the iPhoto and Aper ture information If you update your albums events or photos in iPhoto or Aperture while you re using the software you ll need to use this option to see your latest changes To manually choose your iPhoto or Aperture library Chronos version
75. im age in the main Images folder Software products like this product use these close up thumbnail images for quickly displaying small close up previews of each image in the kit Please remember that distributing or sharing the images in any kit with others is STEALING PIRACY similar to the unauthorized distribution or sharing of digital music I Don t Steal _ aya Digital Artwork Photos Browser Use the built in Photos Browser to directly access your iPhoto albums events and photos and Aperture al bums events and photos without leaving the software IMPORTANT NOTE FOR MAC APP STORE PURCHASERS For security reasons Apple now restricts where third party applications sold on the Mac App Store can access iPhoto and Aperture photos The only location currently allowed by Apple is your Pictures folders which is located in your home folder Your home folder has the same name as your user account and is represented by a house icon when you re logged in to your account It contains folders that hold your personal files including Desktop Documents Pictures and more These fold ers may also appear in the Finder window sidebar if you choose to keep them there Your Pictures folder is lo cated inside of your home folder It is the default location used by both iPhoto and Aperture for storing your photo library Both iPhoto and Aperture support storing your photos in multiple photo libraries They also support storing photo librar
76. in the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution Neither the name of Apptree Graham Cox nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission of Apptree THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS AS IS AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPE CIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERV ICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFT WARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE Chapter 1 Welcome System Requirements Don t Steal Artwork Included Artwork amp Templates Installing Greeting Card Shop Chronos Version Installing Greeting Card Shop Mac App Store Version Important Librar
77. indow The Inspector window is a semi transparent window that floats above everything on the Design Canvas The Inspector window includes all the tools needed for working with text shapes and graphics It differs from In spector windows found in other software programs in that it only shows the tools applicable to the selected object so you re not burdened with a bunch of disabled options You can open and use as many Inspector win dows as you need Plus there is a Smart Inspector window discussed in the next section which works and looks like a regular Inspector window but it only appears when and where needed Dimensions Position 253m Usin xX Y Size oleoin F 0 69 in Width Height Constrain proportions To open an Inspector window 1 Choose View gt New Inspector Repeat this step to open multiple Inspector windows You can move the Inspector window anywhere you would like To select a specific tool 1 Select a tool from the pop up menu in the title bar of the Inspector window Optionally you can choose View gt Show Tools gt and choose a specific tool in the Inspector window To use the Inspector window 1 Select a text shape or graphic object on the Design Canvas 2 Open the Inspector window if it s not already open and select a tool you wish to use on the selected object 3 Use the tool according to the object you selected For example if you re using the Dimensions tool you can precisely set the pos
78. indow along side one or more regular Inspector windows To use the Smart Inspector window 18 Once you ve made the Smart Inspector window visible it will appear anytime you select an object on the De sign Canvas The Smart Inspector automatically positions itself below the selected object and automatically moves with the selected object 1 Select an object on the Design Canvas 2 Select a tool from the arrow pop up menu The Smart Inspector will expand to show you the complete set of controls for the selected tool i Dimensions Position 1 14 in R 0 24 in X Y Size Woes F 0 53in F Width Height Constrain proportions 3 Click the Minus button in the upper left hand corner to collapse the Smart Inspector window back to a minimized state The state of the Smart Inspector window will be remembered from object to object For example if you mini mize the Smart Inspector window after working on one object when you select another object the Smart In spector window will remain minimized and vice versa To specify the amount of space between the Smart Inspector window and selected object The Smart Inspector automatically positions itself below the selected object You can control the amount of space or gap between the Smart Inspector and the selected object 1 Choose Greeting Card Shop gt Preferences and click the Appearance button 2 Choose a gap size from the Smart Inspector pop up menu that suits you
79. inter see Printing 24 Advanced Custom Layouts As you begin working with your project you can change its format or its dimensions orientation etc To change the layout of your project 1 Choose File gt Document Setup 2 Select a new format 3 OR click Custom to manually change the layout settings of your project For a description of the various layout settings see the Layout Definitions table below 4 Click Choose Layout Definitions Common Settings Paper Size This pop up menu allows you to choose from common paper sizes You can also choose to create a custom paper size Orientation This is the orientation of the paper 25 Chapter 4 The Design Canvas The Design Canvas is where most of your creative work takes place This chapter describes a few basic tools that the Design Canvas offers to make your life a little easier Rulers As you move your text shapes or graphics around on the Design Canvas you can turn on rulers to help you precisely place objects Rulers show you how far an object is from the top edge and the left edge of the design Also as you drag objects around on the Design Canvas guidelines will appear in the ruler to show you exactly where the object will be placed To turn on rulers 1 Choose View gt Show Rulers To change the units of measurement in the rulers 1 Choose Greeting Card Shop gt Preferences and click the General button 2 Click the Units pop up me
80. ition and size of the selected object As you make changes in the Inspector window they will be applied immediately to the selected object The Smart Inspector Window The Smart Inspector window differs from a regular Inspector window in that it only appears when an object is selected and it only appears near the selected object You can think of it as a context sensitive Inspector win dow The Smart Inspector offers four main advantages over a regular Inspector window It frees up screen real estate You don t have to find a permanent home for the Smart Inspector window on your screen because it appears next to your selected object on the design canvas It reduces screen clutter Your screen won t be cluttered with Inspector windows because it appears di rectly on top of the Design Canvas when you need it It s unobtrusive The Smart Inspector window only appears when an object is selected and disappears just as quickly Its unobtrusive nature makes it easier for you to focus on your design and not the software Less mousing around Because the Smart Inspector window appears near the selected object you don t have to move your mouse as far to reach the tools you need With a regular Inspector window you typically have to move the mouse across the screen to reach the Inspector window To show hide the Smart Inspector window 1 Choose View gt Show Hide Smart Inspector Please note that you can use the Smart Inspector w
81. l Service s website To place FIM marks on an envelope 1 Choose View gt Preview Mode or click the Preview button in the toolbar 2 Choose your desired FIM from the Options pop up menu 103 Chapter 15 Printing You can use your own printer or a commercial print shop to print your design The purpose of this chapter is to discuss the different options you have for printing your design and the tools you ll need to achieve the best results possible Printing Using Your Own Printer When you use your own printer to print there are a few things you should keep in mind Use stock that your printer supports Most if not all consumer printers do not support especially thick stock Consult your printer manual or manufacturer for information on the type of stock your printer sup ports For especially thick stock you should consider using a commercial print shop Use stock that is specific to your type of printer for best results When choosing stock the stock manufac turer will let you know if the stock was designed for ink jet monochrome laser or color laser printers To change the preferred printer Mac OS X lets you specify a default printer However the occasion frequently rises when you want to use a printer other than the system default You can specify a preferred printer that may be different than the system default printer for convenience sake 1 Choose File gt Preferred Printer and select your preferred printer T
82. le John and Betty Doe 1345 E Summerhill Lane Las Vegas NV 12345 The text The plus the last name plus the text Family and complete address fields com bined Example The Doe Family 1345 E Summerhill Lane Las Vegas NV 12345 The text Mr and Mrs plus the full name and complete address fields combined Example Mr and Mrs John Doe 1345 E Summerhill Lane Las Vegas NV 12345 86 Field Name Field Definition ESSENTIALS Each of these fields either directly corresponds to a field in Contacts or smartly combines more than one field in Contacts The Address Phone Fax Email and Address 1 line fields by default use their pri mary value For example the Address field will be populated with the primary ad dress of a contact The primary address is defined as the first address listed for a contact record in Contacts The One Click Formatting features lets change on the fly which value of a field is used For example the Phone field can be switched to use the Home or Work phone number on the fly For more information on Essentials Fields and One Click For matting see One Click Formatting The picture that is assigned to a contact in Contacts Logo The logo found in the Me preference When the logo field gets filled in it will always main tains the aspect ratio of your logo It will not distort the logo nor will it increase the size of the logo For example if your logo is 1 x 1 in size and yo
83. letter of each word capitalized 1 Select the text you wish to change the case of 2 Click the Upper Case Lower Case or Capitalize buttons in the Typography tools Text Style Grabber The attributes assigned to a selection of text such as font font size and color are collectively called the style of the text It s often useful to apply the style from one text selection to another without having to individually set each text attribute manually To copy the text style from one selection of text to another 1 Select the text you want to copy the style from 2 Choose Format gt Font gt Copy Style 3 Select the text you want to apply or paste the style to 4 Choose Format gt Font gt Paste Style You can also copy and paste styled text in a text box and make sure it matches the style of text nearby Select and copy the text then choose Edit gt Paste and Match Style The pasted text loses its original style and takes on the style of surrounding text The Text Browser The attributes assigned to a selection of text such as font font size and color are collectively called the style of the text Changing the style of text in text boxes every time you create a new text box can be a time consuming task The Text Browser makes it easy to save and re use text styles that you use repeatedly To open the Text Browser 1 Click Show Browsers at the bottom of the window to open the browsers 2 Select Text T icon a
84. ll it from the Mac App Store then the below steps describe how 1 Open the App Store application 2 Click Purchases at the top of the App Store window You ll see a list of all the applications you ve purchased on the Mac App Store 3 Locate Greeting Card Shop in the list of purchased applications and click Install Important Library Folder Information In order to uninstall or transfer certain files folders you ll need to be able to locate the Library folder inside of your Home folder This Library folder is different from the Library folder located at the root level of your your computer which sometimes causes some confusion Starting in Mac OS X 10 7 or later locating the Library folder inside of your Home folder is a little harder than it used to be because Apple now hides this folder To make this Library folder visible in the Finder hold down the Option key on the keyboard as you click the Go menu in the menu bar at the top of the screen When you do this you ll see a Library menu item in the menu that appears This Library menu item only appears if you hold down the Option key when selecting this menu Simply choose this Library menu item and a Finder window will open and show you the contents of this normally hidden Library folder Uninstalling Greeting Card Shop Chronos Version Delete the below items in the Finder to completely uninstall all of the software components and data related to Greeting Card Shop C
85. lor 6 Adjust the Center Size and Angle of the gradient Text Box Properties You can choose a color and style for the line that defines the text box the stroke Likewise the interior of a text box can be filled with any color or a gradient of colors 37 Stroke Fill Center Size To set the stroke color and style for a text box 1 Select the text box whose stroke you want to customize 2 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Color 3 Choose the stroke style from the style pop up menu Choose None if you don t want to have a stroke 4 Click the stroke color well and choose a color 5 Enter a stroke thickness or use the up down arrows to adjust the thickness of the stroke To fill the text box with a color 1 Select the text box whose fill color you want to change 2 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Color 3 Choose whether you wish to fill the text box with a solid color or a soft color If you choose a soft color fill then a series of control will appear so you can create a non uniform fill of color 4 Click the fill color well and choose a color To fill the text box with a gradient of colors The interior of a text box can also be filled with a linear or radial gradient which is a blend between two colors You can adjust the angle size and location of the gradient 1 Select the text box whose gradient you want to set 2 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Color 3 Select either a Linear or Radial
86. milar manner Count of Total Field The Count of Total field displays the current count along with a total and is useful for shipping labels where multiple cartons comprise a single shipment e g Carton 1 of 2 Carton 2 of 2 The Count of Total field has for matting options similar to the Counter field and they can be accessed in a similar manner Serial Number Field The SerialNumber field is nearly identical to a normal Counter field except that it by default shows leading zeros when displayed Since Counter fields and Serial Number fields operate independently from one another they can be used simultaneously with different start and increment valued Importing Tab Delimited Files You can populate your design with data from a tab delimited file in addition to Contacts A tab delimited file is a text file that contains fields and records Tab delimited files can be created from most applications including Microsoft Excel FileMaker Personal Organizer etc For information on how to create tab delimited files in other applications you ll need to consult their user manual or help system About Tab Delimited Files In order to understand how the tab delimited import works some terminology needs to be explained A tab delimited file when viewed in a spreadsheet is simply a collection of data organized in rows and columns The rows of the spreadsheet are called records The columns of the spreadsheet are called fields Each record is compris
87. nauthorized distribution or sharing of digital music For more information see the legal pages on http www chronosnet com or http www iscrapbook com gay Don t Steal 5 Gaas Digital Artwork Included Artwork amp Templates Greeting Card Shop comes with a collection of built in artwork and templates to help you get started Addi tional artwork and templates may be available as separate downloads from the Chronos website due to their large size Click Download Free iScrapKits in the home page of the iScrapKits Browser to view additional art work on the Chronos website Click More Templates in the sidebar on the left side of the Template Chooser to download additional templates from the Chronos website If these buttons don t show up in the software then additional artwork and templates are not currently available Installing Greeting Card Shop Chronos Version If you downloaded Greeting Card Shop from the Chronos website you should see a Greeting Card Shop disk image on your desktop 1 Open the Greeting Card Shop disk image on your desktop 2 Drag and drop the Greeting Card Shop application icon into your Applications folder or other folder of your choice Installing Greeting Card Shop Mac App Store Ver sion If you purchased Greeting Card Shop from the Mac App Store then OS X will automatically install the software on your computer in your Applications folder If you deleted the application and wish to reinsta
88. ncel Goe 3 Change the options accordingly 4 Click OK To use the Background Placeholder layer 1 Open the Layers pane 2 Select the Background Placeholder layer in the Layers pane 3 Double click on the Design Canvas The iScrapKit Browser will automatically open and show you all of your paper artwork images 4 Drag an artwork image to the background image placeholder The background will be replaced with the new image which will automatically be scaled and positioned according to the placeholders dimensions Once the background image placeholder has been replaced by an image it is no longer a background im age placeholder The name of the layer will thus change to Background Image You can still drag other im ages to this layer but you ll now be asked if you want to replace the current image 76 Chapter 11 Favorites Browser You can conveniently store objects that you have customized in the Favorites Browser so you can reuse them later on other designs Suppose for example you have a text box laid out exactly how you want it or a cropped graphic with a fancy drop shadow that you think you ll need to use again You can store these objects for later use in the Favorites Browser Plus you can organize your favorite objects into collections that you create Ob jects stored in the Favorites Browser will be accessible every time you use the software To open the Favorites Browser 1 Click Show Browsers at the bottom
89. ne multiplier control in the Typography tools Inter line Spacing Leading Inter line spacing or leading is the distance from the bottom of a line to the top of the line below it To change the inter line spacing of text 1 Select the text you wish to change the inter line spacing of 2 Specify the inter line spacing value in points using the Inter line spacing control in the Typography tools Paragraph Spacing Paragraph spacing is the distance from the bottom of a paragraph to the top of the first line in the paragraph below it To change the paragraph spacing of text 1 Select the text you wish to change the paragraph spacing of 2 Specify the paragraph spacing value in points using the Paragraph spacing control in the Typography tools First Line Indenting The left indent of the first line in a paragraph can automatically be indented without setting a tab stop To set first line indenting 1 Select the text for which you wish to have the first line indented 2 Specify the indent value in points using the First Line control in the Typography tools Other Lines Indenting Not only can you left indent the first line of a paragraph but you can independently left indent subsequent lines as well To set indenting for lines other than the first line 1 Select the text for which you wish to have lines other than the first indented 2 Specify the indent value in points using the Other Lines control in the Typography tools
90. ners com chronos GreetingCardShop You will need to copy this folder to the exact same location on your new computer The method you use to copy this folder will vary upon your setup size of the folder and computer expertise If this folder isn t too big it s probably easiest to copy it to a writeable CD DVD or USB thumb drive and then copy it from there to your new computer If it s large in size then you can first copy it to an external hard disk and then copy it from there to your new computer If your computers are networked then you can simply copy the folder over your network Learning to Use Greeting Card Shop To learn how to use Greeting Card Shop consult these resources User Guide This guide describes the features and shows how to use the software Onscreen Help Help tags are available for many of the items you see in the software To see the help tags let the pointer rest over an item for a couple of seconds Ready Made Designs The software ships with numerous ready made designs for labels envelopes and letterhead Examining how these ready made designs were put together will help you design your own Technical Support Chronos provides various support options for its software products See http www chronosnet com Support index html for technical support options 12 Web Resources Go to http www chronosnet com Products index html to get the latest software and updates 13 Chapter 2 Overview
91. nu and select a unit of measurement Grid As you drag text shapes or graphics around on the Design Canvas you can enable the grid to help you pre cisely align and place objects The grid shows you exactly where the object will be placed on the Design Canvas You can enable snap to grid to automatically align objects to the grid when you drop them on the Design Can vas or move them Furthermore you can choose to have the grid appear above or below the artwork on your Design Canvas adjust the spacing between each grid line and adjust how often a guideline appears To enable the grid and snap to grid 1 Choose View gt Grid and choose either Show Grid ABOVE artwork or Show Grid BELOW Artwork If you want to hide the grid choose View gt Grid gt Hide Grid 2 Choose View gt Snap to Grid To adjust the spacing between grid lines 1 Choose Greeting Card Shop gt Preferences and click the Appearance button 2 Enter the amount of spacing you want in the Spacing field To adjust how often a guideline appears A guideline is a thicker grid line on the grid You can adjust how often these guidelines appear 1 Choose Greeting Card Shop gt Preferences and click the Appearance button 2 Enter how often a guideline should appear in the Guideline every field 26 Zoom When working with your design you may want to zoom in or out to get a better view There are two mecha nisms for zooming in and out on your design
92. o evenly distribute or space several selected objects 1 Hold down the Shift key and select three or more objects you wish to distribute or space evenly 2 Choose Format gt Distribute gt Horizontally or Vertically 3 OR choose View gt Show Tools gt Arrange Click the Distribute Horizontally button or Distribute Vertically button Flipping Objects Text and graphic objects can be flipped horizontally and vertically This is useful for example if you want a per son in a photograph to face left instead of right To flip an object 1 Select the object you wish to flip 2 Move the pointer to a selection handle and click and hold it w Drag the selection handle past its opposite horizontal or vertical edge The object will flip accordingly 4 OR choose View gt Show Tools gt Rotation Click the Flip Horizontally or Flip Vertically button 67 Grouping Objects You can group multiple objects together so that you can move copy resize and arrange them as a single ob ject Even though the multiple grouped objects act as a single entity you can still individually select and edit the properties of any object in the group To group objects together 1 Hold down the Shift key and select each object you want grouped together 2 Choose Format gt Group To ungroup a grouped object 1 Select the grouped object 2 Choose Format gt Ungroup To select a single object in a group for editing 1 Double cli
93. o fit the entire Design Canvas even if it means the image is distorted If the image is proportional it will be made to fit the Design Canvas without being distorted To set the Background Image layer to a selected image 1 2 3 4 Select an image on the Design Canvas Open the Layers pane Choose Selected Image from the Background pop up menu The Image Settings sheet will appear so you can specify the image position scale and transparency Click Done To edit the settings for the Background Image layer 1 2 3 Open the Layers pane Choose Image Settings from the Background pop up menu The Image Settings sheet will appear so you can specify the image position scale and transparency Click Done To add or edit the Background Placeholder layer 75 You turn the entire background into an image placeholder Using a background image placeholder is easier and preferable to creating a shape that fills the entire background and then turning the shape into a placeholder 1 Open the Layers pane 2 Choose Placeholder from the Background pop up menu A sheet will appear containing placeholder op tions for the background By default background image placeholders show paper images from your iS crapKits when double clicked on a final design Placeholder Settings Color Pattern E None Prompt Text Drag Background Paper Herel Color Position Bottom Right E Horizontal Text 4 Ca
94. of labels For envelopes this control lets you choose if and where you want a barcode to appear Group amp Contact Columns The group and contact columns section is used to let you choose which contact s or group to use to populate your design These columns contain the same information as Contacts If you need to add or edit a contact you can quickly launch Contacts via the Contacts button below these columns 16 The Design Mode Window When in Design mode the window changes to provide you with a special environment for designing your pro ject The content of the window is divided into two basic regions Design Canvas This region on the left is where you design and edit your project Browsers This region on the right contains Shapes Artwork Photos Text and Favorites browsers Each browser contains objects that you can drag to the Design Canvas e0ae Happy Birthday Card wa A a c ee e s fe ee e aa Design Preview Text Box Crop Forward Backward Group Lock Rulers Grid Trim Off Show Postal Guidelines Shapes Drag or double click a shape OOo l N7Z Ava DA o0oaDdx x a we wpPpoO AA O O IN gt NN mae gt D cy D Q a E D0009 QIP Qngngas REJ A a OO rr Zz EO ae Inside Top Happy Birthday Layers FRETA e ee Foreground Q poe Si 2 Background Q Inside Bottom Se Eon Slow Drawing 300 dpi 81 o Hide Layers BA Hide Browsers The Inspector W
95. of the characters in the text _ Do not show this message again _ Cancel _ Text image gt Regular Text 3 3 Click Regular Text if you want the placeholder to remain as a text box where the user can edit the text 4 Click Text Image if you want the placeholder to accept dropped images In this case the outlines of the characters in the text will be used to crop the image To edit an existing text placeholder 1 Select the text placeholder 2 Choose Format gt Edit Placeholder Settings The sheet will appear that asks if you want the placeholder to be a regular text placeholder or a text image placeholder 79 To turn an image or shape into a placeholder 1 2 Select the image or shape you wish to use as a placeholder Choose Format gt Define as Placeholder A sheet will appear containing several options that you can cus tomize Placeholder Settings Type Photo hed a Color Pattern None M Hide outline in final image Prompt Text Drag Photo Here Color ii Position Center 4 Horizontal Text req Cancel C O 9 Select the type of image that you intend for others to drop onto the placeholder For example if you intend for the placeholder to hold a photograph from the user s iPhoto library then choose Photo If you intend for the placeholder to contain a flower then choose Flower When a user later uses the placeholder they can simply double click on
96. of the window to open the browsers 2 Select Favorites heart icon at the top of the browsers To add a collection A collection is a way to categorize the objects you wish to store For example you can create a collection named Business and then store your business related objects there 1 Open the Favorites Browser 2 Click the Add button below the collections list 3 Name your collection 4 Click OK To remove a collection 1 Open the Favorites Browser 2 Select the collection you wish to delete from the collections list 3 Click the Minus button below the collections list To store an object in a collection for later use 1 Open the Favorites Browser 2 Selecta collection from the collections list 3 Drag the object from the Design Canvas to an empty cell in the Favorites Browser To import a graphics file into a collection for later use You can add your own graphic files to any of your collections 1 Click the Add button at the bottom of the Favorites Browser A standard Open dialog window will ap pear 2 Select the graphic file you wish to import 3 Click Open To remove object s from the Favorites Browser 1 Open the Favorites Browser 2 Select the object you wish to delete or hold down the Shift key and select multiple objects you want to delete 77 3 Click the Minus button at the bottom of the Favorites Browser 78 Chapter 12 Placeholders Any image
97. ols include crop marks print quality and bleed controls To access the printing preferences 1 Choose Greeting Card Shop gt Preferences 2 Click Printing to open the Printing preferences Print Quality The print quality setting allows you to set the dpi dots per inch for objects that include gradients Such objects will require a high dpi setting to look good when printed Anything above 300 dpi will be sufficient for most jobs If you are having your design printed at a commercial print shop they may offer suggestions for this dpi setting 106
98. on A copy of your design will be created and populated for each selected contact IMPORTANT TIP The contact columns only appear in Preview mode when your design contains one or more Delivery fields different from Return fields There are actually two different types of fields Return address fields and Delivery address fields Return address fields represent you personally Delivery address fields repre sent the contact s in Contacts that you re creating the project for If your design does not contain one or more Delivery fields then there isn t a reason for the Contacts columns to appear because there isn t any place on your design to put information from Contacts To add a Design field to your design and make the contact columns appear 1 Switch to Design mode Click the Fields tab 2 Click Delivery to access the Delivery fields Drag any of the Delivery fields to the Design Canvas You may have to expand one of the field sections to see all of the fields in that section 4 Switch to Preview mode You ll now see the contact columns 5 Select the contact s from the Contact column Hold down the shift key to select multiple contiguous con tacts Hold down the command key to select multiple contacts in a non contiguous fashion A copy of your design will be created and populated for each selected contact 100 Sorting You can choose the order that contacts appear in the Contact column which is useful if you need contacts
99. or vertically These options are especially useful when one placeholder overlaps another such that you can t completely read the covered prompt HINT if a placeholder is small in size then the prompt text might be very small and hard to read 80 Greg Prats Hare You can make the text bigger by breaking the prompt phrase into multiple lines by pressing return after each word in the prompt Prompt brag Photo Here Text Doing so will allow each line to be drawn at a bigger font point size L j Drag Photo Here 7 Click OK The selected shape or image will now draw as a placeholder on the Design Canvas To edit an existing image placeholder 1 Select the image placeholder 2 Choose Format gt Edit Placeholder Settings 3 Edit the settings accordingly To use a regular text placeholder 1 Double click the text placeholder All of the text in the placeholder will be selected 2 Start typing to edit the text At this point the text placeholder will become a regular text box and is no longer defined as a placeholder To use a text image placeholder 1 Drag an image to the text image placeholder The contents of the placeholder will be replaced with the new image which will automatically be scaled and positioned according to the placeholders dimensions The Crop tools will appear in the Smart Inspector 2 Adjust the crop settings as desired and then click OK The image will be cropped using the outlin
100. ormat page size and layout of your project 4 Click Custom and the fill in the appropriate information for your layout For a description of the various lay out settings see Advanced Custom Layouts later in this chapter 5 Follow any remaining onscreen steps To create a project using a recent design 1 Choose File gt Open or choose File gt Open Recent and select a recent design 2 OR choose File gt New and then click Open Existing File Step 2 Edit a Project After you choose a template it will appear on the Design Canvas If you like the way everything looks at this point you can skip to the next step Otherwise you can edit the design by customizing it with text shapes and graphics Before you can edit the design you will need to switch from Preview mode to Design mode Choose View gt Design Mode To add text to the design Double click in an existing text box and type your text 23 Choose Insert gt Text Box To add shapes and graphics 1 Open the Shapes Artwork or Photos browser 2 Drag a shape or graphic object to the Design Canvas Step 3 Preview a Project When you re finished editing your design you ll probably want to preview how it will look when printed When you switch to Preview mode any contact fields in your design will be populated with contact information from Contacts based on the selected contact s or group There are also several options that you can use to control exactly what
101. ort File This will clear the tab delimited file from memory and another tab delimited file can be imported To populate a design with information from a tab delimited file Each record in a tab delimited file will create a copy of your design in Preview mode In order to see the data in each record you ll need to place special import fields on your design There are a total of twenty possible Tab Delimited Import fields Import 1 Import 2 Import 3 etc Each field will be populated with data from the corre sponding field in the tab delimited file For example the Import 1 field corresponds to the first field in the tab delimited file Dependency Fields A contact in Contacts may not have data entered in for a particular field that appears on your design In such cases you may want to hide other text related to that field The Start and End text dependency fields allow you to not display certain text or fields if the contact does not have data for a particular field Suppose there are two contacts John Doe and Suzy and Suzy does not have a last name in her contact record Further suppose that a particular design includes first and last name fields with the text labels First and Last preceding those fields Figure 1 shows the Design Canvas for this example before the fields are filled in with a contact s information Figure 1 1 shows the design filled in with John Doe s contact record Figure 1 2 shows the design filled in with Su
102. ossible to search the currently visible kits or graphics Qr staple 1 Enter a word or phrase into the Search field The currently visible kits or graphics will be searched and the results displayed 2 If you re searching kits click the Search pop up menu in the Search field to choose the size of kits you wish to consider v All Kit Sizes 12x12 inches 8 5x11 inches 4x6 inches Not Specified 3 If you re searching graphics click the Search pop up menu in the Search field to choose the orientation of graphics you wish to consider 52 v All Orientations Portrait Landscape Square 4 If you re searching papers you will also be able to choose the style of paper you re looking for v All Orientations Portrait Landscape Square v All Paper Styles Artistic Overlay Pattern Plaid Solid Striped Texture Vellum 5 If you re searching quick pages you will also be able to choose the number of picture placeholders in each quick page that you want v All Orientations Portrait Landscape Square v All Quick Pages 1 Picture 2 Pictures 3 Pictures 4 Pictures 5 Pictures 6 Pictures To add import iScrapKit s to your library 1 Download or purchase iScrapKit s from http www iscrapbook com N Double click the iScrapKit s in the Finder to automatically import them BR W OR drag the iScrapKit s in the Finder to the application icon in the Dock to automatically import them OR choose File gt Open
103. r You can quickly view the contents of a single layer on its own 1 Open the Layers pane 2 Click and hold down the mouse button on the Preview icon looks like a magnifying glass next to the layer you wish to preview All other visible layers will be hidden as long as you hold down the mouse button To rearrange the order in which layers appear You can rearrange the order in which layers appear in your design If layer A is above layer B then objects in layer A will appear on top of objects in layer B 1 Open the Layers pane 2 Click and drag a layer in the list to where you want it rearranged The Background layer is always the bottom layer Special Background Layers By default every Design Canvas starts out with two layers for your convenience Foreground and Background In addition to these two layers there are three other special types of layers that can optionally be added to the Design Canvas 74 Background Color This layer always appears behind all other layers and is a single solid color that you specify The Background Color layer is useful when you ll be printing your design on a paper that isn t pure white For example you can set the Background Color layer to a cream color so you can see on your screen how your design will look when printed In this case you would turn off the Background Color layer from actually being printed since you don t want the cream color to be printed Background Image
104. s 1 Click the Fields tab The fields are grouped by category e g all the phone fields are in the phone category To access a particular field 1 Click the disclosure triangle button next to a category name to see a list of the fields in that category To add fields to your design 1 Click the Fields tab 2 Click the disclosure triangle button to show a category of fields 3 Drag the field you want to use from the Fields Browser to the Design Canvas You may alternatively select the field and then click the Insert In Text button to insert the field where the cursor is located in a text box Once a field is on the Design Canvas it behaves exactly like ordinary text You can move resize change the color and modify other properties of the field just as you would any other text This means you can add text to the text box that contains the field If you would like multiple fields to be aligned on your design you should consider creating a text box and placing all the fields to be aligned within the same text box This way you only have to align one text box instead of multiple text boxes Return Delivery amp Misc Fields There are three sets of of fields Return Delivery and Misc Each type is described below Return The Return fields represent fields that correspond with your personal contact card in Contacts Each of the Return fields will begin with My to distinguish them from other fields on the design canvas e g
105. s 123456789 12 0r8 primarily used for labeling small items characters 92 Barcode Name Valid Charac Length ters EAN13 An international standard barcode symbology used primarily out 123456789 13 charac side the U S for retail food packages ters EAN8 An international barcode symbology used primarily outside the 123456789 8 charac U S for labeling small items ters Industrial 2 0f 5 A barcode symbology used primarily in industrial applications 123456789 Variable and mechanical numbering systems No fixed Interleaved 2 of A barcode symbology primarily used in the warehouse industry 123456789 Variable No fixed Modified A barcode symbology primarily used in library applications 123456789 Variable Plessey No fixed Code 39 A barcode symbology primarily used in the non retail environ 0123456789 Sp Variable ment ace JABCDEFGHI No fixed JKLMNOPQRST length UVWXYZ Code 39 Ex A barcode symbology that extends the Code 39 format 0123456789 Sp Variable tended ace JABCDEFGHI No fixed JKLMNOPQRST length UVWXYZ amp lt gt A_ abcdefghij Code 128 A barcode symbology primarily used by many industry applica Nearly the Variable tions such as the shipping and packaging industries complete ASCII No fixed character set length including con Codabar A barcode symbology primarily used in libraries medicine and 01234567898 Variable overnight package delivery No fixed Count
106. t blue amp solid you can choose whether you want these lines to appear in the preview To turn ON OFF the layout lines 1 Choose View gt Preview Mode or click the Preview button in the toolbar 2 Select the Print Layout Lines check box 102 Dynamic POSTNET Barcodes If your design contains a Delivery Address Block you may want to quickly add a POSTNET barcode to expedite shipping with the U S Postal Service Once again the dynamic nature of the Preview mode allows you to dy namically add a POSTNET barcode without altering your design There are three positions that conform to U S P S standards for POSTNET barcode placement above the address below the address or in the lower right position on envelopes only To dynamically add a POSTNET barcode to your design 1 Choose View gt Preview Mode or click the Preview button in the toolbar 2 Choose your desired POSTNET barcode position from the Options pop up menu The POSTNET barcode will automatically be generated for each selected contact s zip postal code U S Postal Facing Identification Marks FIM The U S Postal Services uses facing identification marks FIM to orient and separate certain types of First Class Mail during the facing canceling process The software supports placing the FIM A FIM B FIM C and FIM D pat terns on envelopes These marks appear in the upper right hand corner of the envelope For more information on FIM and its uses see the U S Posta
107. t the top of the browsers 36 To create a new text box using a style already in the Text Browser 1 Open the Text Browser A list of text boxes will appear Each text box will appear using its custom text at tributes so you can see exactly how it will appear on the Design Canvas 2 Drag or double click a text style to add it to your design To add a new text style to the Text Browser 1 Create a text box and enter some text that describes the style 2 Assign any text attributes to the text such as font font size color alignment etc 3 Open the Text Browser 4 Drag and drop the text box from the Design Canvas to the list of text styles A visual indicator will let you know where in the list it will be added To delete a text style 1 Open the Text Browser 2 Select a text style you wish to delete 3 Press the Delete key Text Gradients Text customization goes beyond the standard typographical functions such as font font size text color etc You can also change the fill of the text to either a linear or radial gradient Text gt Text To fill text with a gradient 1 Select the text box you wish to fill 2 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Text Gradient 3 Select either Linear or Radial Gradient 4 Select the left color well to open the color selection window for the first color and select a color 5 Select the right color well to open the color selection window for the second color and select a co
108. the placeholder to have the soft ware automatically show them relevant images For example if the user double clicks a photo place holder the software will open the Photo Browser If the user double clicks a ribbon placeholder the soft ware will automatically show them all of their ribbons in the iScrapKit Browser Choose a color and pattern that you want the background of the placeholder to be filled with If your de sign contains many placeholders it s often useful to assign different colors and patterns to make the place holders stand out from one another This is especially important when placeholders overlap Note photo placeholders automatically have the silhouette of a person drawn as an overlay to help users more easily identify the placeholder as one that should be used for photo images as opposed to artwork images Select whether you want the current outline or stroke of the shape image to be hidden when an image is dropped on the placeholder For example your shape may currently have a thick pink outline that you want preserved after a user drags an image to the placeholder By default image placeholders are drawn with a black thin dashed outline to help identify them as a placeholder Choose how you want the prompt i e Drag Photo Here that appears within the placeholder to appear Besides changing what the prompt says you can also choose its colors its position and whether it is drawn horizontally
109. them 1 The Greeting Card Shop Application The Greeting Card Shop application is stored at the following loca tion on your computer unless you installed it elsewhere Applications Greeting Card Shop Your Greeting Card Shop Resources Artwork and Preferences This folder contains your resources fa vorites text styles etc your artwork all of the iScrapKits you ve imported into the software and your preference settings for the software Because this folder contains all of the iScrapKits you have purchased and imported into the software please make sure you have a copy of the original kits elsewhere before deleting This folder is stored at the following location on your computer where denotes your HOME folder Library Containers com chronos GreetingCardShop Where Does Greeting Card Shop Store My Impor tant Files Chronos Version Greeting Card Shop stores your important files related to the software at the following locations on your com puter Favorites The favorites you add to the Favorites Browser are stored at the following location on your com puter where denotes your HOME folder Library Application Support Chronos Greeting Card Shop Favorites Templates Templates that you import into the software are stored at the following location on your com puter where denotes your HOME folder Library Application Support Chronos Greeting Card Shop Templates Text Styles The text styles you add to t
110. to stop drawing and leave the shape open This is called an open B zier shape To edit a B zier shape on the Design Canvas 1 Select the B zier shape 2 Select a red control point on the B zier shape 3 Adjust either end of the handle on the control point by changing its angle or length 4 Press the Delete key to permanently remove the control point from the B zier path if you no longer need it 40 Shape Properties You can choose a color and style for the line that defines the shape the stroke Likewise the interior of a shape can be filled with any color or a gradient of colors Stroke Fill Center Size To set the stroke color and style for a shape 1 Select the shape whose stroke you want to customize 2 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Color 3 Choose the stroke style from the style pop up menu Choose None if you don t want to have a stroke 4 Click the stroke color well and choose a color 5 Enter a stroke thickness or use the up down arrows to adjust the thickness of the stroke To fill the shape with a color 1 Select the shape whose fill color you want to change 2 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Color 3 Choose whether you wish to fill the shape with a solid color or a soft color If you choose a soft color fill then a series of control will appear so you can create a non uniform fill of color 4 Click the fill color well and choose a color To fill the shape with a gradient
111. u stretch the Logo field to 2 x 2 when the logo field gets filled in the logo will only be 1 x1 However if you make the logo field 1 2 x 1 2 when the logo field gets field in the logo will be 1 2 x 1 2 The signature found in the Me preference 87 ADDRESS complete Each of these fields will be filled in with a complete address that has been smartly formatted for the address s country A complete address includes all of the fields that make up an address such as a street city state postal code etc Addr primary The complete primary address The primary address is the first address of a contact in Con tacts Addr 1 The complete first address which is the first address listed in Contacts Addr 2 The complete second address which is the second address listed in Contacts Addr home The complete home address which is the address labeled as Home in the Address Book Addr work The complete work address which is the address labeled as Work in Contacts ADDRESS 1 LINE Each of these fields will be filled in with the complete address that has been smartly formatted to fit on a single line A complete address includes all of the fields that make up an address such as a street city state postal code etc Any carriage re turns in an address will be ignored Addr 1 line primary The complete primary address which is the first address listed in Contacts Addr 1 line 1 The complete first address w
112. urn on U S Postal Guidelines 1 Choose View gt Draw Postal Guidelines 2 OR click the Show Postal Guidelines button in the toolbar Saving Your Work When saving your design all related objects such as shapes and graphics are saved in a single file This makes it convenient for backups and transferring files to other computers To save your design 1 Choose File gt Save 2 Type a title for your design and choose the location where you want it saved 3 Click Save 27 Recovered Files A backup of your design is periodically saved in case the computer crashes or a power outage occurs If such an event occurs the next time you launch the software it will automatically open any temporary backups it can find and mark them as recovered files You can then save them to your hard disk by choosing File gt Save As To specify how often a backup is created 1 Choose Greeting Card Shop gt Preferences and click the General button 2 Choose an option from the Save AutoRecover File popup menu When the software creates an automatic backup of your design it is saved in the following directory where is your home directory Library Caches com chronos applicationname Temporary Files 28 Chapter 5 Working With Text An important part of any design is text This chapter describes in detail how to work with text on the Design Canvas Creating A Text Box All text resides on the Design Canvas in a text box You
113. ved text box you wish to edit 2 Edit the text 3 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Curved Text 4 Choose whether you want the text to follow a pure circular path or a spiral path If you choose a spiral path then you can also choose the rate of the spiral 29 5 Set the angle of the text and choose whether you want the text drawn outside or inside the imaginary cir cular path 6 Resize the text box as necessary 7 Click outside of the text box when you are finished editing the text Adding Text Along The Path Of Any Shape You can add text along the path that defines any shape including B zier shapes This extremely useful when you want text to flow in a non linear fashion The quick brown fox ju Np oA nt xO UMOJG 4IINb y To add text to any shape ed over the fen 2 2uaj ay 1340 P 1 Select a shape on the Design Canvas 2 Choose Insert gt Add Text to Shape or choose Add Text to Shape from the Text Box button in the toolbar A new text box will appear where the shape is and it will be immediately ready for you to start editing the text in this box 3 Enter your text The text box will grow dynamically as you type your text 4 Click outside the text box when you r finished typing to deselect the text box The text will appear along the path of the shape The stroke and fill of the shape will no longer appear To edit text along the path of a shape 1 Double click in the curved text box
114. w Tools gt Effects Effects Effect Sepia Intensity 3 Choose an effect from the Effect pop up menu Once you choose an effect it will be applied to the graphic so that you can see what it looks like 4 Adjust any settings that are specific to the effect For example if you select the Sepia effect then you can use the Intensity slider to adjust the intensity of the effect Any changes you make will be applied instantly 61 to the graphic The examples below will show you how to use some of the more advance settings that are available for some effects 5 Click the Add button to add the effect to the graphic Repeat these steps for each effect you want to add to a graphic When you click the Effect pop up menu a dot will appear next to each effect that has been applied to the graphic Example To add the mask effect Masks filter what portion of an image appears on the Design Canvas Because masks can contain a texture or pattern some interesting effects can be achieved In addition to traditional mask effects you can also use Super Masks to achieve even finer control over mask placement size and softness _ Select the graphic N Choose View gt Show Tools gt Effects Ww Choose Mask from the Effects pop up menu Effect Shape Size Softness Reverse Rotate 4 Choose a mask shape from the Shape pop up menu 5 Click and drag the bull s eye icon on the graphic object to the p
115. y Folder Information Uninstalling Greeting Card Shop Chronos Version Uninstalling Greeting Card Shop Mac App Store Version Where Does Greeting Card Shop Store My Important Files Chronos Version Where Does Greeting Card Shop Store My Important Files Mac App Store Version Transferring Your Artwork To Another Computer Chronos Version Transferring Your Artwork To Another Computer Mac App Store Version Learning to Use Greeting Card Shop Chapter 2 Overview The Template Chooser Design amp Preview Modes The Preview Mode Window The Inspector Window The Smart Inspector Window Templates Chapter 3 Creating and Printing Projects Step 1 Select a Template Step 2 Edit a Project Step 3 Preview a Project 10 10 11 11 12 12 14 15 15 17 18 19 23 23 24 Step 4 Print a Project Advanced Custom Layouts Chapter 4 The Design Canvas Rulers Grid Zoom Display Quality U S Postal Guidelines Saving Your Work Recovered Files Chapter 5 Working With Text Creating A Text Box Creating A Curved Text Box Adding Text Along The Path Of Any Shape Changing Basic Text Attributes Font Preview Tab Stops Advanced Typography Options Text Style Grabber The Text Browser Text Gradients Text Box Properties Converting Text to Outlines a Shape Chapter 6 Working With Shapes Shapes Browser B zier Shapes 24 25 26 26 27 27 27
116. y Halloween pictures by making adorable and amazing pages with this wonderful kit perfectly showcasing what Halloween is all about Fun fun fun TAGS halloween seasonal holiday witch ghost frank frankenstein child children play costume pretend night cute spooky scary trick treat bat orange black green TYPE amp SIZE Complete Kit 12x12 inches Artist Owner License History Name Jady Day Studio Contact Yari Mower URL http www iscrapbook com spotlights yajaria_mowe Go Email help iscrapbook com Phone Address Description 2 Select the kit whose information you wish to view To access the artwork inside of your iScrapKits from other applications When you import an iScrapKit into the software a copy of the iScrapKit is saved at the following path in either your main Library folder or your home Library folder Library Application Support Chronos iScrapKit Library The original kit that you downloaded will remain wherever you downloaded it You should move the original kit to a safe location on your hard disk or external hard disk for safe keeping If you want to access the artwork in side of your iScrapKits from other applications you can access your iScrapkKits at either the above path in your iScrapKit Library or wherever you saved the original iScrapkKits The iScrapKit Library will appear as special folder called a package and looks like this
117. y fields know the size of their contents in advance 2 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Contact Fields x Contact Fields When contact info fields are filled in the text may become too large or too small for the selected text box If the text is WIDER than the text box Expand text box left Expand text box right Reduce the font size TALLER than the text box Expand text box up Expand text box down NARROWER than the text box Increase the font size Increase the letter spacing 3 Select one of the text fitting options multiple selections can be made depending on the options you se lect The following table provides a definition for each of the text fitting options WIDER than the text box When text fields are filled in with actual contact data if the result is wider than the text box use one of these options Expand text box left This option expands the width of the text box far enough left to accommodate all of the text Expand text box right This option expands the width of the text box far enough right to accommo date all of the text Reduce the font size This option will reduce the size of the text font so that the text will fit inside of the text box TALLER than the text box When text fields are filled in with actual contact data if the result is taller than the text box use one of these options Expand text box up This option expands the height of the text
118. you wish to edit 2 Edit the text 3 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Text Position 4 Choose the position of text on the path 5 Choose whether you want to reverse the direction of the text 6 Resize the text box as necessary 7 Click outside of the text box when you are finished editing the text Changing Basic Text Attributes Once you have added text to your design you may want to adjust its look including the font font size color etc To change the font font size text color and alignment of text 30 1 Select the text box or text you want to change If you select the text box then any attributes you change will be applied to all of the text in the text box If you select individual text within the text box then any attributes you change will only be applied to the selected text 2 Choose View gt Show Tools gt Font Family Lucida Grande Typeface amp Size Regular Alignment amp Color 3 Set the various settings that you want applied to the text To adjust the spacing between lines of text 1 Select the text you want to change 2 Choose View gt Show Rulers Ww Click the Spacing button at the top of the window 4 Select a spacing option To adjust the spacing between characters 1 Select the text you want to change 2 Choose Format gt Font gt Kern 3 Select Tighten if you want the characters closer together or select Loosen if you want the characters far ther
119. zy s contact record Suzy does not have a last name in her contact record so the last name field is blank Fiqure 1 Figure 1 1 Figure 1 2 First First John First Suzy Last Last Doe Last The dependency fields make it possible to omit the Last label and the last name field if a contact does not have a last name entered in Simply place a Start text dependency field before the Last label and place an End 95 text Dependency field after the last name field as shown in Figure 2 The text dependency fields tell the soft ware to not display any of the contents between the Start and End dependency fields if the last name field does not contain information Figure 2 Figure 2 1 Figure 2 2 First F First John First Suzy Last Last Doe Figure 2 1 shows the design filled in with John Doe s contact record Figure 2 2 shows the design filled in with Suzy s contact record Since Suzy does not have a last name entered in her contact record so neither the Last label nor the last name field are displayed To add dependency fields to a design 1 Click the Fields tab 2 Add a text box to the Design Canvas 3 Drag the fields that you want to be dependent upon a value inside the text box 4 Drag and place the Start text dependency field before the collection of text and text fields that you want to make dependent 5 Drag and place the End text dependency field after the collection of text and text fields that you want to mak

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