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1. VARIEGATOR User Manual 2 112 WOO At Oboe PR o oaarecss sesctescneectecs snes veceseee ane save arecauecacs saaebessosesessseactmcssacetaceseensevesancecre 7 Vane gator FCALUINGS cuido 7 t Wa nablS OIG MS toi iii ico 7 2 AUC como Si dada dias 7 Se Element Manip lal ON nesese a 7 4 ADVOGUIMMECNE FORM AIS ainia ninia 7 5 Document COMM MOGSS intra dna 7 6 Database OMIM a reese o E ec ene eae rau 8 Organization Of this Manual 8 AS ON STAT OIA S A 9 IMD OMANT INTORMNATON esaii apee AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA 9 Men ODUOMS O ee T eetane 9 Starting Vanegas iii iii 10 Variegator Navigation cocinan ada 11 Basic Operation S a a aA A EE iE 13 A Creating Changing Saving and Opening Variegator DOCUMENTS ccceceeeeeeeeeeeees 13 1 Create a Variegator DOCUMENIS cccccccsecccseeceeeeceeeceeeceuceseuecseessusesseeesaeeseueeneeesaneens 13 2 Change your Variegator Document Properti8S oocccconcnccncccconcnconcnconncnnnnnnnnnncnonnnononanons 15 3 Save your Variegator COCUMENL cccccsecccseeeeceeeesseeeeceecesseeeesesessueeeseueesseeeeseeesseeeeas 16 4 Open an existing Variegator Document coocccocnccncncccnncncnconcnnnonnnncnonnconnnnnoncncnnronnnnnnncnnnnss 17 B Drawing and Setting the Size of Elements Accurately oooccccnonccccccnnccnncnnnncnncnnnncnnnnnnnnnns 18 1 Draw the rectangle using the Rectangle tOOl ooccconccccnniccnnccconccconncnconcnconacncnnranonacinnn 18 2 Positi
2. S S i lyr Distribute right edges Distribute Spacing ma m Distribute horizontal spacing ip Distribute vertical spacing 78 112 5 V1 1 Transform Property Panel The Transform panel is for setting the X and Y coordinates of reference points of the elements You can also set the width and height of the bounding box of the elements When the current text box is not in text entry mode typing the key d will switch focus to the Transform panel TRANSFORM Reference Corners 41 40398 mm 129 15894 mm 105 55629 mm Select the reference corner on the element for which the X and Y coordinates are read from or set to 73 43046 mm XY 1 These are the X and Y coordinates of the reference corner on the element from the top left corner of the document W H Set the width and height of the element Example 1 In this example we need to position the top left corner of a rectangle at X gomm and Y 100mm This means the top left corner of the rectangle is 50mm to the right from the left edge and 100mm down from the top edge To do so e we first select the rectangle by clicking on it e goto the Transform panel and click on the top left reference point so that the X and Y measurements we entered will be for the top left corner of the rectangle e enter X 5omm and Y 100mm Please see the illustration below for the correct settings and the effect of making these settings Document Top Docu
3. V1 1 Sar Reduction Factor Do igetasuhi l Far Reduccion Factor 0 73 Far Reriucian Factor 0 Sar Reduction Factor 0 3 Wide to Narrow Ratio This is a ratio between the wide bars and narrow bars The recommended ratio varies between 2 1 and 3 1 Depending on the barcode printer resolution and quality of barcode scanner this ratio can be increased or decreased to make sure the barcode is scanned correctly A lower ratio results in a higher barcode density and less occupied space but it requires high resolution printers laser printer quality and precise scanners in order to read the barcodes UTE A IA NE I HEN E 011 HTT See 10 Peers Pob 2577 MAR ede fee Paros gt Bar Spacing The distance between the bars The unit is 1 50 inch This means that entering 1 in this field will set the bar spacing to 0 508mm The recommended value for Pharmacode the only barcode that supports bar spacing is 1mm 0 1mm The following illustration shows a Pharmacode barcode with bar spacing setting to 1 9685 equivalent to 1mm as required for Pharmacode 75 112 V1 1 Quiet Zones The quiet zone is a blank area around the barcode that clearly delimitates the barcode symbol so the barcode reader does not consider external elements as part of the barcode The quiet zone is measured in multiples of XDimension which is the width of a narrow bar Top Bottom Left Right 2 default HH WT 12345678
4. Script Editor Samples V1 1 Functions Auto Number Extract value Mr lt firsthame gt lt lastName gt lt lt 4 uto Number start end increment step num_digits gt gt lt lt Auto Number 0 1 1 1 lt lt Auto Number 0 100 10 1 3 gt gt lt lt ExtractValue column separator index gt gt lf column Test contains data ABCD Field Descriptions Script Name Enter the name of the of the script Script Enter the script in this box Please note that a function must be enclosed with a pair of double angle brackets e g lt lt Function gt gt and a column name must be enclosed with a pair of angle brackets e g lt column gt Database The Database section lists all existing database columns Click once to select a column and click the move button lt to add the column name to the script at the insertion point You can also double click a column to move it to the script Functions The Functions section lists all existing functions Click once to select a function and click the move button lt to add the function to the script at the insertion point You can also double click a function to move it to the script 98 112 V1 1 D Script Functions Auto Number The Auto Number function generates a number automatically The format of the function is lt lt Auto Number start end increment step num_digits Field Descriptions start This is the value for the first
5. e ellipse e polygon e text e image e barcode 3 Element Manipulation An extensive collection of tools are provided to manipulate elements including move rotate scale arrange order group and ungroup align and distribute 4 Document Formats Variegator supports one or two page variable data documents 5 Document Color Modes Variegator documents can be created in CMYK or RGB colorspace Color swatches can also be defined as spot color or process color If a document is created under the color mode CMYK then all colors must be defined in CMYK colorspace The document can contain RGB or CMYK images either static or variable However all other element types i e vector fonts which will have their colors defined in Variegator can only have their colors in CMYK colorspace The same with documents created in RGB color mode the colors must be defined in RGB colorspace However the RGB document can contain images in CMYK or RGB colorspace TIAA V1 4 6 Database Format Variegator supports comma separated values or CSV files Organization of this Manual This manual is organized into 4 main chapters e Basic Operations e Reference e Appendices In the chapter Basic Operations you will learn how to perform basic operations like creating Variegator documents drawing moving and resizing elements manipulating multiple elements and outputting jobs In the chapter Reference you will learn all the functio
6. New ortype Ctr1 N The Document Setup dialog will be prompted Configure your new Variegator document in the Document Setup dialog Document Setup Preset Default Page Size A4 210x297 mm Width 210 mm Orientation Height 207 mm aj al Fages Margins Top Bleeds Top Oo mm Color Mode T OK Cancel Preset Page properties can be saved as a preset Re use the preset to create a document you will do repeatedly Selecting a preset from this menu will set all page properties according to the preset To save the current page properties as a preset press the Save button to the right of the menu You will be prompted to enter a name for the preset To delete document presets select the option Advanced Delete Document Presets 213 112 Page Size Width Height Orientation Pages Facing Pages Top Bottom Left Right Margins Top Bottom Left Right Bleeds V1 1 Select the page size for your document from the Page Size menu If the size you need is not in the menu click the Setup button to the right of the menu to prompt the Page Size Setup menu to create a new page size Page Size Setup Name AS 148 210mm Width 148 mm Height 210 mm Save Cancel The width and height of the selected page size are displayed in the Width and Height boxes Select whether the document is in landscape or portrait orientation Select the number of pages in the docum
7. Show all elements Zoom in to the current view A E Zoom out of the current view Fit the document in the window 51 112 V1 1 C Tool Bar The buttons in the tool bar are for drawing elements on the document or for manipulating the elements already on the document When any tool is being used other than the Selection tool if you press the Control key the current tool will change to the Selection tool until you release the Control key When the current tool is the Selection tool if you press the Control key the current tool will change to the Direct Selection tool until you release the Control key 1 Selection Tool kh Use the Selection tool to click and select an element or a group Press the Shift key while clicking to select more than one element s or group s When the current text box is not in text entry mode typing the key v will switch the current tool to the Selection tool O 2 Direct Selection Tool K Use the Direct Selection tool to select an element within a group When the current text box is not in text entry mode typing the key a will switch the currenttooltothe Direct Selection tool 52 112 V1 1 Text Tool T Use the Text tool to draw a text box on the document When the current tool is the Text tool the cursor changes to the crosshair There are 2 methods to draw a text box a press the mouse button on the document and drag to draw a rectangle The rectangl
8. e DataMatrix e MicroPDF417 e PDF417 e OR 110 112 IV Hot Keys for Menu Options The following hot keys are functional at all times Ctrl 3 Hide Element s Alt Ctrl 3 Ctrl N New Ctrl X Cut 144 142 V1 1 V Hot Keys for Tools The following hot keys are functional when the current text box is not in text entry mode CS NETTTCCTTT LS CTETENCCTO TEC COMINO EETESTOCCTTECN caera Se C COMO CETETCCECTN ERIR E
9. You will be prompted to confirm the removal Remove All Swatches Select this option to remove all swatches You will be prompted to confirm the removal Swatch Setup The Swatch Setup dialog is for configuring new swatches You will arrive at this dialog when you create duplicate or edit a swatch Swatch Setup Swatch Name Apple Red Color Type Spot Color Tone Value Color Cancel Swatch Name Enter the name for the swatch Color Type Select the color type of the swatch This can either be Spot Color or Process Color Tone Value This menu is shown only if Color Type is Spot Color Set the tonal percentage of the color values entered below for the spot color Color If document color mode is CMYK the color will be defined in CMYK color If document color mode is RGB the color will be defined in RGB color 86 112 267 4412 V1 1 8 Stroke Property Panel The Stroke panel is for setting the stroke weight and stroke style for the elements When the current text box is not in text entry mode typing the key k will switch focus to the Stroke panel STROKE Weight Weight 40 Select or enter the stroke weight in point W Dashed line El Dashed line 5 3 5 3 Check this box if the stroke is to be rendered as a dashed line dash gap dash gap dash gap dash Enter the length of the dash in point gap Enter the length of the gap between dashes in point 88 112 V1 1 9 Character Property Pa
10. and drag to draw a rectangle After releasing the mouse button the rectangle will turn into an ellipse within the bounding rectangle b Click on the document The Ellipse Setup dialog will be prompted for user to enter the width and height of the ellipse Ellipse Setup Width 400 mm Height 60 mm When the current text box is not in text entry mode typing the key will switch the current tool to the Ellipse tool Polygon Tool Y Use the Polygon tool to draw a polygon When the current tool is the Ellipse tool the cursor changes to the crosshair To draw a polygon click on the document to start drawing the first point of the polygon Move the cursor and click again to draw the second point of the polygon Move cursor and click as many times as needed to draw all the points on the polygon When you are done click on the starting point of the polygon to close it 56 112 V1 1 Image Box Tool sl Use the Image Box tool to draw an image box An image box may contain a static image or linked to the database to have variable images The Image Box supports these file formats as images TIFF e JPG PNG e PDF There are 2 methods to draw an image box a press the mouse button on the document and drag to draw a rectangle After releasing the mouse button the rectangle will turn into an image box within the bounding rectangle b Click on the document The Image Box dialog will be prompted for user to confi
11. color 83 112 V1 1 Swatch Property Panel Swatches are colors that are defined by the user Colors can be process colors or spot colors Process colors can be defined in f CMYK or RGB colorspace If the document color mode is CMYK then process colors can only be defined in CMYK colorspace the document color mode is RGB then process colors can only be defined in RGB colorspace Substitution colors can also be defined for spot colors which can also be CMYK or RGB colors Again If the document color mode is CMYK then spot colors can only have substitution colors defined in CMYK colorspace If the document color mode is RGB then spot colors can only have substitution colors defined in RGB colorspace To set a swatch as the fill color first go to the Color panel or the Color tool in the Tool Bar to set the active color type to fill then go to the Swatch panel to select the swatch you want to use The selected swatch color will then be used as the current fill color To set a swatch as the stroke color first go to the Color panel or Color tool to set the current color type to stroke then go to the Swatch panel to select the swatch you want to use The selected swatch color will then be used as the active stroke color When the current text box is not in text entry mode typing the key w will switch focus to the Swatch panel Swatch None All existing swatches are listed in the Swatch panel For a document with color mode se
12. ere PITT TWh P H i 456789012 200 ng 123456 a l o 4 Vo 440 ag The barcode is scaled up by 200 horizontal and 140 vertically The scaling is non proportional 721112 V1 1 b Advanced Barcode Setup V1 1 Additional setups can be made by clicking the setup button LJ to the right of the Type menu in the Barcode Property Panel The Advanced Barcode Setup dialog will be prompted Advanced Barcode Setup StartiStop Character Include Checksum Bar width reduction Quiet Zones Top Bottom Lett Start Stop Character Include Checksum Bar width reduction Bar reduction factor Wide to narrow ratio Start and Stop characters mark the beginning and end of the barcode These characters are not returned by the barcode reader when the barcode is scanned Check this option to insert the barcode characters into the barcode Check this option to insert the checksum characters into the barcode Note that not all barcodes support checksum and some requires checksums This is a value used for reducing the bar width not the space width in order to compensate for ink bleeding when printing the barcode on various surfaces This is a factor applied to bar width for reducing enlarging the bars for special characters 1 2 7 8 The standard recommended value is 1 13 of bar width This is a ratio between the wide bars and narrow bars The recommended ratio v
13. few then you can select the few elements that you don t want to select then select the option Edit Select Inversion the elements you have selected will become deselected but the elements that were deselected become selected z297 112 V1 4 Grouping and Ungrouping Elements To group elements select the elements then select the option Elements Group or type Ctr1 G Elements can be grouped together as a group The group will be manipulated like a single element To group elements select the elements using one of the methods listed in the above section then select the option Elements Group Or you can right click on one of the selected elements right click forthe Element Options menu then select the option Group The following list shows the functions that can be performed on a group e When a group is transformed all elements in the group are transformed together e When the fill color or stroke color or stroke weight of a group is being changed all elements in the group are set to the same fill color or stroke color or stroke weight e When the character or paragraph styles of a group is being changed all text box elements in the group are set to the same character or paragraph styles e When a group is being aligned with other elements or groups the bounding box of the group is used to calculate the result for the align or distribute functions e When a group is being resized all elements within the gro
14. gt gt Field Descriptions column name Enter the name of the column in the database from which to read the value to extract from separator This is the separator character which separates the source values into multiple values For example a value may be separated by acomma e g the column value may be 23 99 index Specifies the position to retrieve the return value For example if you want to return the 2nd value enter 2 Example If the value of the column Price is 23 99 lt lt ExtractValue lt Price gt 1 gt gt will return 23 99 112 lt lt ExtractValue lt Price gt 2 gt gt will return 99 If the value of the column Size is XL XL1 X LARGE lt lt ExtractValue lt Size gt 1 gt gt will return XL lt lt ExtractValue lt Size gt AY 2 gt gt will return XLI1 lt lt ExtractValue lt Size gt AY 3 gt gt will return X LARGE 100 112 V1 1 101 112 V1 4 V1 1 12 Variable Swatch With a variable swatch the user can set a specific color according to the values found in a field A variable swatch can be applied to fill or stroke color The color can be a CMYK RGB or a spot color In addition the user can specific whether to overprint or knockout Please note that you can only use RGB color if the Color Mode specified in Document Properties when you create a new document is set to RGB If you set Color M
15. location Use the Transform panel to position an element accurately Although it is possible to set an element s size using the drag and drop action of the mouse this is not an accurate method To position the element accurately and to set the size accurately you can use the Transform panel With the rectangle still selected go to the Transform property panel 18 112 V1 1 Enter 20mm for X and 30mm for Y The rectangle is now positioned correctly at 20mm from left edge and 30mm from the top edge If you need to change the size of the rectangle you can enter the width and height in the W and H boxes The accuracy is up to 5 digits following the decimal point for mm and up to 4 digits for inches s197 112 V1 1 Moving Rotating and Scaling Elements Changing the Position of Elements by Drag and Drop To move an element you can simply drag it to the new position For a more accurate method to move elements you can use the Move dialog and the Transform panel These 2 options are discussed in the next 2 sections Changing the Position of Elements with Offsets Select the option Elements Transform MoveortypeCtrl1 Shift M to move elements accurately by offsets Changing the position of elements with offsets can be done in the Move dialog There are a few ways to prompt the Move dialog e Select the elements and then select the optionElements Transform Move e Select the elements and then type Ctr1 Sh
16. option Elements Transform Transform Again ortype Ctrl D 23 112 V1 1 Resizing Elements With Scaling Percentages To resize elements by scaling select the option Elements Transform Scaleoruse the Scale tool Elements can be resized at a percentage from the Scale dialog There are a few ways to prompt the Scale dialog e Select the elements and then select the optionElements Transform Scale e Select the element s Type the key s to switch the current tool to the Scale tool Click on the document with the Scale tool e Select the elements and then right click on one of the selected elements to prompt the Element Options menu and select the option Transform Scale Uniform Non unitorm Horizotal Vertical Cancel Select either uniform or non uniform scaling selecting the appropriate radio button If the scaling is uniform select the Uniform radio button The horizontal and vertical scaling percentages are the same in this case Enter the scaling percentages in the Scale box If the scaling is non uniform select the Non uni form radio button Enter the horizontal and vertical scaling percentages in the Horizontal and Vertical boxes respectively Check the box Scale strokes if you want to scale the stroke at the same percentage Uncheck this box if you do not want to scale the strokes If you want to repeat the rotation for other objects select other elements and then select the optio
17. record This must be an integer end The is the value for the last record If end is reached before all records are generated the Auto Number will reset to the start value and incremented again This must be an integer The end value can be omitted in which case there is no end value and the Auto Number will continue to be incremented until the last record increment This is the increment value The Auto Number will be incremented by this value for every new record This must be a positive or negative integer and cannot be o step The is the number of records for each increment For example the Auto Number may be incremented once for every 10 records The step value can be omitted in which case step is set to 1 num_digits Specifies the number of digits in the Auto Number The function will pad the returned value with preceding zeros if necessary The num_digits value can be omitted in which case the Auto Number will not be padded Examples lt lt Auto Number 1 20 1 1 2 gt gt The sequence of Auto Number generated will be 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 lt lt Auto Number 1 10 2 2 2 gt gt The sequence of Auto Number generated will be 01 01 03 03 05 05 07 07 09 09 01 01 03 03 ExtractValue The ExtractValue function extract one or more characters from a value The format of the function is lt lt ExtractValue lt column name gt separator index
18. select the rectangle and go to the Transform panel Select the bottom middle corner as the reference point Enter 100mm as the X coordinate and 175 mm as the Y coordinate The final result is shown below Document Top Document Left lt W 100 mm gt lt gt Daria V1 1 Rotating Elements Rotate elements by selecting the optionElements Transform Rotateorusethe Rotate tool Elements can be rotated at 90 degrees or multiples of 90 degrees positive or negative A positive rotation is counter clockwise A negative rotation is clockwise Rotating elements can be done in the Rotate dialog There are a few ways to prompt the Rotate dialog e Select the elements and then select the optionElements Transform Rotate e Select the element s Type the key r to switch the current tool to the Rotate tool Click on the document with the Rotate tool e Select the elements and then right click on one of the selected elements to prompt the Element Options menu and then select the option Transform Rotate Rotate Select the rotation angle from the Angle menu A positive angle is a counter clockwise rotation A negative angle is a clockwise rotation After selecting the rotation angle click OK to rotate the selected element s or click Copy to make a copy of the selected element s first and then rotate the copy If you want to repeat the rotation for other objects select other elements and then select the
19. square represents the stroke color At any one time only one color type can be set The example above has the solid square on top of the hollow square hence the current active color type is Fill color To switch the active color type to Stroke click once on the hollow square 4 VA The hollow square is now on top of the solid square which means the active color type is Stroke color 82 112 V1 1 Swapping Colors Now click the curved line with arrows on both sides This button is for swapping the fill and stroke colors ki VA Setting Fill or Stroke Color to None The square at the bottom left corner with the red line across it is the None button It is for setting either the fill or stroke color to None A color of none means no color is used at all and the bottom will show through Now click the None button ki VA The stroke color has been set to None As a result the stroke color square has no color and there is a red line going through it Setting Color If you need to set the fill color click on the Fill Color square to set it to the active color type to Fill color You can then set the colors in one of 3 methods e Drag the sliders for each color component to change the color value of the component e Enter the color value for each component in the boxes to the right e Click on the Swatch tab to expand the Swatch panel the click on a swatch to set the color to the swatch
20. the Color tool to set the fill and stroke color for the selected element s Switching between Fill and Stroke Colors ki LA The solid square represents the fill color The hollow square represents the stroke color At any one time only one color type can be set The example above has the solid square on top of the hollow square hence the current active color type is Fill color To switch the active colortype to Stroke click once on the hollow square The hollow square is now on top of the solid square which means the active color type is Stroke color Swapping Colors Now click the curved line with arrows on both sides This button is for swapping the fill and stroke colors s LA Setting Fill or Stroke Color to None The square at the bottom left corner with the red line across it is the None button It is for setting either the fill or stroke color to None A color of none means no color is used at all and the bottom will show through Now click the None button 63 112 V1 1 ki LA The stroke color has been set to None As a result the stroke color square has no color and there is a red line going through it Setting Color If you need to set the fill color click on the Fill Color square to set it to the active color type to Fill color You can then set the colors in one of 3 methods e Drag the sliders for each color component to change the color value of the component e Enter the color
21. the Save button inthe Document Setup dialog or the Save button in the Pages panel Select the option Advanced Delete Document Presets to promptthe Delete Document Preset dialog for user to delete saved document presets Delete Document Preset Name AS 1pg No Bleeds 441 pg No Bleeds All existing document presets are listed in this dialog Select the ones you want to delete You can select multiple document presets by pressing the Control key and click on the document presets you want to select You can also click on a document preset press the Shift key then click on a second document preset to select both document presets clicked on and all document presets in between After selecting the document presets click the Delete button to delete them You will be prompted to confirm the deletion 38 112 V1 1 Reference Section In this chapter you will find detailed explanation of the Main Menu Control Bar Tools Bar Property Panels Status Bar and Work Area A Main Menu File Edt Elements Type Database View Advanced Explanations for the 7 menus in the main menu will be explained in the sub sections below 1 File Menu New Ctrl N Open Ctr O Close Ctrl V Save Ctres Save As CtreShitt S Document Properties Generate Ctri P Preview by Reader File Menu Options New Select the New option to create a new Variegator document Or type Ctr1 N to perform the same action The Document Setup window will be p
22. to horizontal vertical or 45 degrees only No key is pressed Shift key is pressed Movement is unrestricted Movement is restricted to O 45 90 degrees 92 112 V1 1 C Duplicate while Move When an element is being dragged if the ALT key is pressed the element is duplicated at the new location where the mouse button is released Please see illustration below for the effects of pressing of ALT key when dragging and dropping an element No key pressed Element is moved ALT key pressed Element is copied d Deleting Elements To delete the selected element s select the element and the select the option Edit Delete ortypethe Delete key 93 112 3 V1 1 Element Options Menu There are two methods to show the Element Options menu right click on an element or select a number of elements and then right click on one of them EY Undo Redo Duplicate a Delete H Group Transform Arrange Undo Redo Duplicate Delete Group Transform Undo or Redo the last actions A total of 32 undo levels are provided Duplicate the element right clicked on Delete the element right clicked on If more than one elements are selected when the user right clicks on the document the Group option is enabled Select the Group option to group those elements together as a group If the user right clicks on a group the Group option will be replaced by the Ungroup option Select Ungroup
23. uniform select the Uniform radio button The horizontal and vertical scaling percentages are the same in this case Enter the scaling percentages in the Scale box If the scaling is non uniform select the Non uni form radio button Enter the horizontal and vertical scaling percentages in the Horizontal and Vertical boxes respectively Check the box Scale strokes if you want to scale the stroke at the same percentage Uncheck this box if you do not want to scale the strokes If you want to repeat the scaling for other objects select other elements and then select the option Elements Transform Transform Again ortype Ctrl D When the current text box is not in text entry mode typing the key s will switch the current tool to the Scale tool 60 112 13 V1 1 Eyedropper Tool Fa Use the Eyedropper tool to copy the fill and stroke or character styles from an element onto another element First select the element to copy to then use the Eyedropper tool to click on the other element which you want to copy the fill and stroke or character styles from STEP 1 Select the element s for which you want to copy the fill and stroke properties from another element In the diagram below the square with fill color red and stroke color blue is the element which you want to copy the fill and stroke properties from The square with no fill color and black stroke now selected is the element for which you want to copy the fill and strok
24. value for each component in the boxes to the right e Click on the Swatch tab to expand the Swatch panel the click on a swatch to set the color to the swatch color 64 112 D Property Panels V1 1 The Property Panels provide the functions to configure elements placed in the document There are a total of 10 property panels To expand a property panel click on its tab once To expand a property panel for fill the entire property panel bar double click on the tab of the property panel To set properties using one of the property panels first select the element s then switch to the appropriate property panel and make changes FRAME Frame Type Text Box Frame Source Style code Data Source F Scale font size if text exceeds frame box Align oe E To oll Distribute Objects 222 00 ol di Distribute Spacing ql Pages Properties The Pages property panel allows the user to set the various properties for the document Frame Properties Frame property panel is for setting various properties relating the variable data element including the column of the database the element is associated to the source of data in case this is a variable image box element Barcode Properties Barcode property panel is for setting all properties for a barcode element Align Properties Align properties is for aligning elements to a certain edge or distributing elements along a selected edge or simply to distribute t
25. 2015 4 47 PM Type File folder File folder File folder File folder File folder File folder File folder File folder File folder File folder File folder File folder File folder File folder VLO File 375 KB File name Sample VLO tor EMO e 177112 V1 1 B Drawing and Setting the Size of Elements Accurately Although it is possible to draw an element using the mouse and move it around on the document this is not an accurate method To position the element accurately and to set it to the correct size you can use the Transform panel The following example shows you how to draw a rectangle that is 100 x 60mm 20mm from the left edge and 30mm from the top edge of the document You can follow similar steps to draw other types of elements 1 Draw the rectangle using the Rectangle tool To draw an element in accurate size click on the document with the tool to create the element instead of drag and drop Although it is possible to draw an element via drag and drop with the mouse this is not an accurate method Click on the Rectangle tool in the Tool Bar The Rectangle tool is the one with the icon Click the Rectangle tool on the document The Rectangle Setup dialog appears Rectangle Setup Enter 100mm for the Width and 6omm for the Height Width The rectangle will be drawn at the location where you click on the Height document with the Rectangle tool 2 Position the rectangle at specific
26. 90128 Se psss Top 20 Bottom Left Right 2 E O j LUIL 1234567890128 Top Bottom 5 Left Right 10 O co angi oa eal T 1234567890128 76 112 h V1 1 Barcode Text Justification Check this option to justify the barcode text with the left and right edges of the barcode EA AO NAAA ee di ps 1234567890123 12345676090123 Barcode Text Location Select the location to insert the barcode text This can either be Above Above Embedded Below or Below Embedded Text Location Below 1234567890123 WI 1234567890123 Text location Below Embedded Text location Above Text location Above Embedded 771412 V1 1 4 Align Property Panel The Align panel allows users to align edges of elements and to distribute elements at equal spaces When the current text box is not in text entry mode typing the key n will switch focus to the Align panel Align Objects E E E a Ty BE dll Align Left lc to Align Horizontal Center 22860 tl Wl Distribute Spacing Align Right Ol Align Top Align Vertical Center Align Bottom o ae lit Distribute top edges Distribute vertical centers Distribute bottom edges Distribute left edges Distribute horizontal centers
27. A E F J K 0 P T U Z Others d Select the Document Font option to show the fonts that are being used in the current document The option will expand into a sub menu with the fonts that are being used listed Select one of those fonts to assign the font to the selected text boxes Arial Bodoni MT Century 45 112 V1 1 Size Select the Size option to assign the font size to the selected text boxes The menu expands into a sub menu with various font sizes Select Other if you want to enter a custom size Other 6 9 10 11 12 14 Character Styles Select the Character Styles option or type Ctrl T to configure the character styles The Character property panel will be expanded Paragraph Styles Select the Paragraph Styles option to configure the paragraph styles The Paragraph property panel will be expanded 46 112 5 Database Menu y Connect to Database V1 1 a Disconnect from Database Database Menu Options Connect to Database Disconnect from Database Select the Connect to Database option to connect the current document to a database The user will be prompted to select a supported database file Selectthe Disconnect from Database option to disconnect the database from the current document 47 112 6 View Menu Master Links Zoom In Zoom Out Fit Artwork in Window Ruler Grid snap to Grid Toolbars View Menu Option
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29. Please see the next section for details for barcode text location Include Supplement Check this box to draw barcode supplement together with the barcode Note not all barcode types support supplement Please see Appendix 1 to see which barcode type supports barcode supplement BUEN MAN ete sa es Data Source Barcode supplement data must be from the database Select the database column where the barcode supplement is located Location Select the location of the barcode text This can either be Below Below Embedded Above and Above Embedded Please see the next section for details for barcode text location 70 112 V1 1 a Setting Barcode Size The following table shows the different settings of the Scale configuration in the Barcode panel scale Fit in Barcode Box e TT p proportionally H 400 wo F a W 100 of The barcode completely fills the barcode box ___ 123496789012 a scale Fit in Barcode Box eo ors OS J proportionally H 100 Y j j v 100 ag 123456789012 The barcode fills the barcode box but the scaling is proportional SA scale Fitin Barcode Box TTT T e proportonaly IM So H 100 ag 3 W 100 ag The barcode is drawn at the actual 100 size scale Fit in Barcode Box mT Te TTT P proportionally m T f H 200 7 m 3 123456789012 v o 200 of ia ei The barcode is scaled up by 200 proportionally 71 112 scale Fit in Barcode Box
30. Preferences dialog will be prompted Preferences Unit General ram Stroke point Grid Color Gray Style m Gridlines 25 4 mm Subdivisions Languages User Interface Defaults Key click Distance 4mm 34 112 Unit General Stroke Grid Color Style Gridlines Subdivision Languages User Interface Defaults Key click Distance Color Settings V1 4 Select the unit for general measurement Select the unit for setting stroke weight Set the color of the grid lines Set the style of the grid lines This can either be Lines or Dots Enter the distance between major grid lines Enter the number of subdivision between 2 major grid lines Select the language for the user interface Select System to use the system default language Other choices include US English and Japanese This is the distance that an element will be moved per click of the arrow keys Select the Color Settings option to prompt the Color Settings dialog for selecting the ICC Color Profiles for CMYK or RGB colorspace These profiles are used to convert the color values for more accurate display on the monitor 35 112 Color Settings 36 112 V1 1 Page Size Management Select the Page Size Management option to prompt the Page Size Management dialogs Please see the section Configuring Variegator Defaults in the chapter Basic Operations for more information on the Page Size Manageme
31. Save button lll to the right of the menu You will be prompted Orientation to enter a name for the preset Pages Page Size Facing Pages Select the page size for your document from the Page Size menu If the size you need is not in the menu click the Setup button to the right of the menu to prompt the Page Size Top Setup menu to create a new page size Page Size Setup Name AS 148x210mm Width 148 mm Height 210 mm Save Cancel Width Height The width and height of the selected page size are displayed in the Width and Height boxes Orientation Select whether the document is in landscape or portrait orientation Pages Facing Pages Select the number of pages in the document This can be either 1 or 2 If number of pages is 2 then the Facing pages option will be enabled Check this box to mirror to left and right margins for page 1and 2 Top Bottom Left Right Margins These are the top bottom left and right margins for the document Clicking the button on the right side Lal to set all margins to the Top margin Top Bottom Left Right Bleeds These are the top bottom left and right bleeds for the document Clicking the button on the right side Lal to set all bleeds to the Top bleed 66 112 V1 4 Frame Property Panel The Frame panel is for configuring variable data elements You can configure the database column from which the variable data will be from For variable image box
32. a CO ue pee fee ja ECO cc CAMAS COMA CO m CIS CAM COMA CO CTO ca ECC COMA CI 106 112 107 112 V1 1 1D Barcode Supported Features The following table shows all supported features for 1D barcode symbologies Please note that the information provided below may be subjected to change Barcode Checksum Wide to narrow Bar reduction ratio factor Codabar Not supported N Code 128 Bar spacing Application Identifier Always Required Code 128A Code 128B Always Required Code 128C Always Required N ot a Code 2 of 5 Interleaved Code 32 e a Code 93 Always Required Code 93 Extended Always Required a N MO 108 112 V1 1 Bar reduction factor Wide to narrow ratio Barcode Checksum Bar spacing Application Identifier EAN 13 Always Required EAN 8 Always Required FedEx Ground 96 IATA 2 of 15 Optional Identcode Optional Optional Optional JAN 13 Optional Leitcode Matrix 2 of 5 Optional MSI Plessey Optional Pharmacode Planet Always Required N N Always Required 109 112 Postnet ce ERP p fl fi CECE CCE V1 1 i factor Identifier Pop O a Always Required Singapore Post Always Required Always Required Always Required USPS Horizontal USPS PIC lil 2D Barcodes Symbologies The following 2D Barcodes are supported e CODABLOCK F e Code 16K
33. ame Source image xy Data Source C Jobs App Veloc Reference Point 0 mm mm Frame Source should be set to the database column which provides the name of the image to use for each record Each record must contain a complete file name of an image file Data Source should be set to the path where the image files will be found Variegator will look for image files with names written in the records for the column specified inthe Frame Source For example if Frame Source specifies a column with these records Imageo1 TIF Imageo2 TIF Imageo3 TIF then the Data Source should specify a path that contains these files Imageo2 TIF Imageoz2 TIF Imageo3 TIF 58 112 10 11 V1 1 Barcode Tool Use the Barcode tool to draw a barcode box A barcode box may contain a static barcode or linked to the database to have variable barcodes To draw a barcode box press the mouse button on the document and drag to draw a rectangle After releasing the mouse button the rectangle will turn into a barcode box within the bounding rectangle If the barcode box contains a static barcode after drawing the barcode box double click on the barcode box using the Selection tool to prompt the Barcode dialog Barcode Data 1234567890123 Enter the static barcode data inthe Barcode Data field and click OK to draw the barcode If the barcode box contains a variable barcode with the barcode box selected go t
34. aries between 2 1 and 3 1 Depending on the barcode printer resolution and quality of barcode scanner this ratio can be increased or decreased to make sure the barcode is scanned correctly A lower ratio results in a higher barcode density and less occupied space but it requires high resolution printers laser printer quality and precise scanners in order to read the barcodes 731 112 V1 1 Bar spacing The distance between the bars The unit is 1 50 inch Quiet zones Top The quiet zone is a blank area around the barcode that clearly delimitates the Bottom Left Right barcode symbol so the barcode reader does not consider external elements as part of the barcode The quiet zone is measured in multiples of XDimension which is the width of a narrow bar Bar Width Reduction This is a value used for reducing the bar width not the space width in order to compensate for ink bleeding when printing the barcode on various surfaces The unit is point 1 point equals 1 72 inch or 0 3528mm The following shows the effect of bar reduction factor o default 0 2 and 0 4 which is equivalent to reduction of 0 07056mm 0 2 and 0 1411mm 0 4 Bar idth Reduction bierfan lt Bar Width Reduction 12 Bar Width Reduction Dl Bar Reduction Factor This is a factor applied to bar width for reducing enlarging the bars for special characters 1 2 7 8 The standard recommended value is 1 13 of bar width 74 112
35. e properties to B STEP 2 Select the Eyedropper tool and place the Eyedropper tool on top of the element from which you want to copy the fill and stroke property from IM STEP 3 Click on the element from which you want to copy the fill and stroke property from using the Eyedropper tool The element on the right will then inherit the fill and stroke properties from the element the Eyedropper tool clicked on the one on the left The above example is for copying the fill and stroke properties The operation is the same if you have two text boxes and you want to copy the character styles from one text box to the other When the current text box is not in text entry mode typing the key i will switch the current tool to the Eyedropper tool 61 112 14 15 V1 1 Hand Tool When the view is too small to display the entire document select the Hand tool and drag the document within the Work Area to view different area of the document When the current text box is not in text entry mode typing the key h will switch the current tool to the Hand tool Zoom Tool Y Use the Zoom In tool to zoom in to the current view of the document To zoom out press the ALT key to change the Zoom In tool to the Zoom Out tool and click to zoom out When the current text box is not in text entry mode typing the key z will switch the current tool to the Zoom In tool 62 112 16 V1 1 Color Tool Use
36. e Edit Elements Type Database View Advanced jig ey Undo A AN h fy Redo Ctri Shift Z p ca TP i FRAME 23 Copy Ctri C Frame Type Text Box Paste Ctri W Frame Source LY Paste In Front Ctri F Data Source Gy Paste in Back Ctrl B 7 Scale font size if text exceeds frame box RM Delete Ame Scale text width if text exceeds frame box SelectAll Ctra 7 Suppress blank lines Deselect All Select Inverse cee rasos Select Next Element gt Stroke Color 1 158032 in Stroke Weight 0 138004 in Fill Color 0 96603in 1 008493 in R ik LJ O Q Q E Q 5 2 Z Q a 0 17x 0 58 inch 4 98 125 Page1 gt Connected database None 28 112 To select all 3 square elements with orange fill select one of them in the example the top left one and then select the option Edit Select Same Fill and Stroke l Fie Edit Elements Type Database View Advanced AORBU SA IMSBSEUBIOHAHBIASR New Document 2 98 CMYK FRAME Frame Type Text Box Frame Source g y Data Source Scale font size if text exceeds frame box Scale text width if text exceeds frame box Suppress blank lines TRANSFORM 1 158032 in 0 138004 in 0 96603in 1 008493 in R R E LJ O O O E m Q El Z W Q a All 3 square elements with orange fill color are now selected Select Others If you want to select most elements in the document except for a
37. e document properties except color mode are available in the Pages panel You can change your document properties there as well 15 112 3 Save your Variegator document To save your Variegator document select the option File SaveortypeCtrl S To save your Variegator document select the option File Saveortype Ctr1 S If this is the first time you save your document you will be prompted to select the path to save the document and to enter the name for your document Save As Ou amp Computer Local Disk C gt v Organize v New folder E v e 3 Dropbox 7 Name Date modified Type Size A l Downloads Decit d CIP3PPF 10 17 2014 1 41 PM File folder eskto ee e Li Compose 6 20 2014 2 34PM File folder neDrive A Le epson 8 14 2014 3 58 PM Filefolder ae e gdsfsd 6 24 2014 4 32PM Filefolder E Libraries ea 3 D d InstallShield 2014 Projects 9 29 2014 4 18PM Filefolder Documents rye e Intel 4 2 2014 2 47 PM File folder usic pi MSOCache 4 1 2014 5 12 PM File folder t Pictures s g e dJ My Bulk Mailer Files 8 22 2014 4 16PM Filefolder ideos s di Navigator 1 5 2015 11 43 AM File folder Bic de pagefeatures 8 14 2014 3 40 PM File folder i omputer 2 di PerfLogs 7 13 2009 11 20 PM File folder amp Local Disk C z ERER z de Program Files 1 5 2015 10 49 AM File folder a DVD RW Drive D Navigator 9 CA A A AS r 4 m r Filename Sample VLO z Save as type Va
38. e see the section Rearranging Order of Elements in the chapter Basic Operations for more information 43 112 Group Ungroup Hide Show V1 1 Select the Group option to group the selected element s as a group so that they can be selected and transformed as one element Please see the section Group and Ungrouping Elements in the chapter Basic Operations for more information Select the Ungroup option to ungroup the currently selected group s back into individual elements Please see the section Group and Ungrouping Elements in the chapter Basic Operations for more information Select the Hide option to hide the selected element s or all elements or only variable elements or only static elements The option expands into a sub menu Element s Ctri 3 All Only Variable Elements Ctri Alt Only Static Elements Ctria lt S Select the Show option to show all elements or only variable elements or only static elements The option expands into a sub menu E All CtritAlt 3 E Only Variable Elements Ctrl Alt El Only Static Elements Ctri lt S 44 112 4 Type Menu Font Document Font Size Character Styles Paragraph Styles Type Menu Options Font Document Font CtrHT V1 1 Select the Font option to to assign a selected font to the selected text boxes Because of the large number of fonts the font names are sorted alphabetically and arranged in sub menus
39. e will become a new text box once you release the mouse button b Click on the document The Text Box Setup dialog will be prompted for user to enter the width and height of the text box Text Box Setup p After drawing a text box the text box enters text entry mode immediately and the text insertion point appears and you can start entering text immediately if it is a static text field After entering text press the Control key to temporarily convert the text tool to the Selection tool and click outside the text box to exit the text entry mode Release the Control key to draw another text box When the current text box is not in text entry mode typing the key t will switch the current tool to the Text tool 53 112 V1 1 Line Tool A Use the Line tool to draw a straight line on the document When the current tool is the Line tool the cursor changes to the crosshair There are 2 methods to draw a line a press the mouse button on the document and drag to draw a rectangle The rectangle will turn into a line along the diagonal of the rectangle when you release the mouse button b Click on the document The Line Setup dialog will be prompted for user to enter the X and Y starting point of the line the Line Lengthandthe Line Angle Line Setup start Point A 40 mm 60 mm Line Length 100 mm Line Angle Cancel 54 112 V1 1 Rectangle Tool LJ Use the Rectangle tool to draw a rectangle on
40. ed CMYK RGB and Spot To specify a CMYK color enter CMYK C M Y K where C M Y K are the value in percentages for the cyan magenta yellow and black colorants For example if you want to specify a color with C 90 M 80 Y 70 and K 60 you should enter CMYK 90 80 70 60 Note that there is no need to enter the percentage symbol To specify an RGB color enter RGB R G B whereR G B are the value for the red green and blue colorants The value is an integer from o to 255 For example if you want to specify a color with R 200 G 190 B 180 you should enter RGB 200 190 180 To specify a spot color enter SPOT name tone C M Y K where name is the name of the Pantone color enclosed in quotation marks tone is the tonal value for the spot color For example if the color is 80 of the spot color enter a value of 80 C M Y K are the value in percentages for the cyan magenta yellow and black colorants For example if you want to specify a spot color named PANTONE 123 C used at 75 with a CMYK equivalent color of C 90 M 80 Y 70 and K 60 you should enter 103 112 V1 1 Field Descriptions SPOT PANTONE 123 C 75 90 80 70 60 overprint mode You can specify the overprint mode The overprint mode specifies here will override the overprint setting in the OVERPRINT panel Enter OverPrint if the color is to overprint Enter Knockout if the color i
41. elect None if no fitting is necessary and the original size of the images are used Select Fit content Proportionally to fit the images within the image box Select Fit content width in frame to fit the width of the images to the image box Select Fit content height in frame to fit the height of the images to the image box Select Fill Frame to fill the images inside the image box note that this option will scale the images non proportionally 68 112 3 Barcode Property Panel V1 1 Barcode boxes are drawn with the Barcode tool inthe Tool Bar The Barcode panel is for configuring the barcode in the barcode box When the current text box is not in text entry mode typing the key b will switch focus to the Barcode panel Type USDA NW Code 2 of T Scale Fit in Barcode Box proportionally H 100 vV 4100 W Barcode text E Justify Type Arial Style Regular Size g r Location Below Include Supplement Below Scale The size of barcode can be set in 2 different methods Type Select the type of barcode for the currently selected barcode box The alias of the selected barcode type is shown below the Type menu in the illustration to the left the selected barcode type is Codabar and it is also known as USD 4 NW 7 or Code 2 of 7 Please see Appendix 1 for the complete list of supported barcode types Additional setups can be made by clicking the setup button B to the right
42. elements you ca also configure where the image files can be found at as well as how the images will fit inside the variable image box When the current text box is not in text entry mode typing the key will switch focus to the Frame panel 267 112 V1 1 FRAME Frame Type Frame Type e Bo e OR The Frame Type box shows the type of element for the Frame Source image la g X ay currently selected element Data Source C Jobs App Veloc m Frame Source Reference Point en X Omm Select the database column to which the current variable Y 0mm element is linked to Note you must have previously connected to ds a database for the database columns to be listed in this menu Frame Fitting Fitting Fit content Proportionally bl Data Source This box is only used if the currently selected element is an image box You should click the Setup button to the right to set this to the path where the variable images can be located Reference Point This field is only available if the currently selected element is an image box This field allows the user to define the position of images within the image box Select the anchor point on the image box from which the images are placed and then enter the offset the images should be placed from the anchor point Frame Fitting This field is only available if the currently selected element is an image box This menu specifies how the images are fitted in the image box S
43. ements forward by one level Type Ctr1 for the same function Send Backward Send the selected elements backward by one level Type Ctr1 for the same function Send to Back Send the selected elements to the back Type Ctr1 Shift for the same function 327 112 Example In the example to the right the red square is at the back and the blue square is in front ie the blue square is above the green square which in turn is above the red square The user can select the red square and then select the option Bring Forward or type Ctr1 to bring it forward by one level The red square is now above the green square but below the blue square The user can also select the red square and select the option Bring to Front or type Ctrl Shift The red square is now in the front and is above the green and blue squares If the user wants to move the red square to the back again simply select the red square and then select the option Send to back or type Ctr1 Shift the red square will be at the back again under the green and blue squares AAA 33 112 V1 1 F REPLACE G Configuring Variegator Defaults There are four types of Variegator defaults that need to be configured including application preferences color settings for more accurate display of colors default page sizes as well as document presets management 1 Preferences To configure application preferences select the option Advanced Preferences The
44. ent This can be either 1 or 2 If number of pages is 2 then the Facing pages option will be enabled Check this box to mirror to left and right margins for page 1 and 2 These are the top bottom left and right margins for the document Clicking the button on the right side Alto set all margins to the Top margin These are the top bottom left and right bleeds for the document Clicking the button on the right side Lal to set all bleeds to the Top bleed 47 112 V1 1 Change your Variegator Document Properties To view or change Variegator document properties select the option File Document Properties After creating the Variegator document if you need to change your document properties make sure the document you want to change the properties for is the active document ie the one you are viewing now and select the option File Document Properties TheDocument Setup dialog will be prompted and you can change your document properties in this dialog Note that the document color mode cannot be changed If you have previously set the wrong document color mode you will need to create a new Variegator document and set the correct color mode Alternatively you can go to the Pages panel Double click on the Pages panel tab The Pages panel will be expanded PAGES Preset Default Page Size AS 148x210mn Width 148 mm Height 210 mm Orientation aA O 2 Pages 4 Facing Pages Margins Top All th
45. expand into a submenu as shown below Element Type Stroke Weight Fill Color Fill and Stroke The user can choose the select elements with the same element type stroke color stroke weight fill color and fill and stroke Select the Select Next Element option to select the element which is above or below the currently selected element The option will expand into a submenu as shown below Above Below 42 112 3 Elements Menu Transform Arrange Group V1 1 Ctra Ungroup 3 CtreShiftHs Hide Show Elements Menu Options Transform Arrange Select the Transform option to move rotate or scale or repeat the previous transform on the currently selected element s The option expands into a sub menu Transform Again CtreD Move CtreShitt h Rotate Scale Please see the section Moving Rotating and Scaling Elements in the chapter Basic Operations for more information Elements drawn at different time are not located in the same surface Elements that are drawn later are closer to the top while elements that are drawn earlier are closer to the bottom Elements that are on top of other elements will cover those elements Select the Arrange option to move an element to the top or bring it forward send it backward or send it to the bottom The option expands into a sub menu Bring to Front Ctri Shift Bring Forward Ctrl send Backward Ctr send to Back Ctrl Shift Pleas
46. gure the image box Image Source CA Jobs App Velociyimages 00001 jpg Width 100 mm Height amp 0 mm Use Image Size Fitting Fit content Proportionally Image Source This box is used ONLY if the image box contains a static image such as in the case when a static image is used as the background for the document Select an image file in Image Source if the image box contains a static image If the image box contains variable image leave this box blank Width Height Enter the width and height of the image box in the Width and Height boxes Use Image Size Check the box Use Image Size if the original image size will be used 57 112 V1 1 Fitting Select the appropriate Fitting method None No fitting is done The image is not scaled if it is smaller than the image box If the image is larger than the image box the image will be cropped to the size of the image box Fit content Proportionally Images can be fit proportionally within the image box so that the entire image is within the image box Fit content width in frame Fit the width of the image within the image box width Fit content height in frame Fit the height of the image within the image box height Fill frame The image is scaled in both horizontal and vertical direction so it fills up the image box If the image box contains variable images go to the Frame property panel and configure the frame source and data source FRAME Frame Type Image Box Fr
47. he space between elements Transform Properties The Transform property panel is for setting the X and Y coordinates of a specific reference point of the bounding box of the selected element The width and height of the bounding box can also be changed This panel provides an accurate method to set the position and size of elements Color Properties The Color property panel is for setting the fill and stroke color of elements Swatch Properties A swatch is a color specification either in CMYK or RGB It can bea process color specification or a spot color specification Swatches can be assigned to fill or stroke color of elements Stroke Properties Stroke property panel is for assigning stroke properties to elements In addition to the weight the stroke can also be set to be a dashed line and the dash and gap lengths can be set Character Properties Character property panel is for setting character styles Paragraph Properties Paragraph property panel is for setting paragraph styles 65 112 V1 1 1 Page Property Panel The Page panel provides the settings to change the document properties Preset PAGES Preset Page properties can be saved as preset so you can re use the preset to create a document you will do a lot Selecting a preset Fage Size from this menu will set all page properties according to the Width 148 mm preset To save the current page properties as a preset press the Height 0 mm
48. ift M to prompt the Move dialog e Select the elements and then right click on one of the selected elements to prompt the Element Options menu and then select the option Transform Move option Horizontal 10 mm Vertical 499999 mm Distance 11 16034 mm Angle 35 565 lt a cones Enter the Horizontal or Vertical distances to move the selected element s Or enter the Distance and the Angle to move them After enter the correct values click OK to move the element s or click Copy to make a copy of the selected element s first and then move the copy 207412 V1 1 3 Changing the Position of Elements by entering the New Position Set the location to move the elements to in the Transform panel You can change the position of elements by entering the new coordinates to move the elements to with the Transform Property Panel TRANSFORM Reference Corners 41 40398 mm 129 15694 mm 105 55629 mm 73 43045 mm Select the reference corner on the element for which the X and Y coordinates are read from or set to X Y These are the X and Y coordinates of the reference corner on the element from the top left corner of the document The origin o o of the coordinate system is at the top left corner of the document For example if X 27mm and Y 53mm then the point will be located 27mm to the right from the left edge of the document and 53mm downward from the top edge of the document W H Set the wid
49. lements are the same Xo X xX X q ra ra bid r l i i t t I I I I I E I I i I I i t I i I t i I t i i I i I i j I I i i i 1 1 1 1 1 31 112 V1 1 Cc Distribute Space dl Select the elements and use one of the distribute space options so the selected elements are spaced equally In the example below the distances between the 1st and 2nd elements between the 2nd and 3rd elements between the 3rd and 4th elements and between the 4th and 5th elements are the same x xX xX X Rearranging Order of Elements To re arrange the order of elements select the options in the sub menu Elements Arrange There is a top to bottom order of elements An element that is drawn later than another element will be above the element that was drawn earlier An element that is on top of another element will cover the elements that is below it It is possible to rearrange this order using the Arrange menu There are a few ways to access the Arrange menu e Select the elements Click on the Elements menu and you will see the Arrange menu e Select the elements and then right click on one of the selected elements to prompt the Element Options menu You will see the Arrange menu The four options in the Arrange menu are Bring to Front Bring the selected elements to the top Type Ctr1 Shift for the same function Bring Forward Bring the selected el
50. ment Left lt gt W 100 mm 79 112 80 112 V1 1 Example 2 In this example we need to position the bottom middle point of a rectangle at X 100mm and Y 175mm This means the bottom middle point of the rectangle is 100mm to the right from the left edge and 175mm down from the top edge To do so e we first select the rectangle by clicking on it go to the Transform panel and click on the bottom middle reference point so that the X and Y measurements we entered will be for the top left corner of the rectangle e enter X 100mm and Y 175mm Please see the illustration below for the correct settings and the effect of making these settings Document Top Document Left lt W 100 mm gt 261 112 V1 1 6 Color Property Panel The Color panel is for setting the fill and stroke color of elements When the current text box is not in text entry mode typing the key e will switch focus to the Color panel C M Y K Set the C M Y K values These options are available if the document color mode is set to CMYK R G B Set the R G B values These options are available if the document color mode is set to RGB Color Tool The Color tool in the Color panel provides several functions for setting fill and stroke colors The basic functions are listed below Switching between Fill and Stroke Colors 3 VA The solid square represents the fill color The hollow
51. n Elements Transform Transform Again ortype Ctrl D 247 412 V1 1 Resizing Elements to a Specific Size To resize elements to a specific size use the Transform panel Elements can be resized by selecting first the element and then enter the new width and height in the Transform panel in the W and H boxes Example 1 In this example the width of the rectangle is changed from 100mm to 200mm and the height is changed from 75mm to 175mm The reference point is set to the top left corner of the rectangle As you can see in the illustration below the top left corner of the rectangle is not moved but the right edge of the rectangle extends towards the right until the width of the rectangle is equal to the new width entered by the user and the bottom edge of the rectangle is moved downward until the height of the rectangle is equal to the new height entered by the user The red arrows indicates the movement of the right and bottom edges of the rectangle Document Top TRAM S FORE 50 men 100 mm 200 mer Document Left 125 mm 125mm H 25 112 V1 1 Example 2 In this example the width of the rectangle is changed from 100mm to 200mm and the height is changed from 75mm to 175mm The reference point is set to the bottom middle point of the rectangle As you can see in the illustration below the bottom middle point of the rectangle is not moved but the right edge of the rectangle extend
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53. nel The Character panel is for setting the character styles for the text in the currently selected text boxes Note that the character styles are always applied to all text in the text box Type Ctr1 T to switch focus to the Paragraph panel CHARACTER Font Ay a Ara Select the font for the text in the text box Regular Style T 3 0 Select the font style for the text in the text box Font Size Y Select or enter the font size for the text in the text box Leading T tT Select or enter the leading for the text in the text box Kerning AV Select or enter the kerning or character spacing for the text in the text box 89 112 V1 1 10 Paragraph Property Panel The Paragraph panel is for setting the paragraph styles for the text in the currently selected text boxes Note that the paragraph styles are always applied to all text in the text box When the current text box is not in text entry mode typing the key p will switch focus to the Paragraph panel Justification Select the justification for the text in the text box Align Left Align Center Align Right Justify with last line aligned left Justify with last line aligned center Justify with last line aligned right Justify all lines Left Indent HE Enter the left indent for the paragraph Right Indent Enter the right indent for the paragraph First Line Left Indent T Enter the left indent for the fir
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55. ns in Variegator including the Main Menu items all the buttons in the Control Bar and Tool Bar using the Property Panels and the Status Bar In the chapter Appendices you will find useful information on barcode support and hot keys that let you quickly get things done in Variegator ze di2 V1 4 Conventions Important Information This is important information Important information will be placed in a box like the one above These boxes usually contain a summary of what you need to do to perform a certain action If you are a lazy or minimalist documentation reader these boxes are for you Menu Options Throughout the menu we will use the following convention to denote application menu options lt menu gt lt option gt or lt menu gt lt sub menu gt lt option gt where lt menu gt is the name of the menu lt sub menu gt is the name of the sub menu lt option gt is the name of the option There can be more than one level of sub menus For example the New option in the File menu will be written as File New To access this option you need to click on the File menu so it expands to reveal the options then click on the option New 9 112 V1 4 Starting Variegator To start Variegator double click on the Variegator icon on your desktop or launch the Variegator application from the Xitron program group in the start menu 24107412 Variegator Navigation The Variegator dialog i
56. nt SetColor lt Size gt L SPOT PANTONE 804 C7 100 0 47 67 0 QverPrint OverPrint Formats SetColor Column Data SPOT Spot Name Tone M Y K OverPrint OwerPrint SetColor Column gt Data CW K C M Y K OverPrint OwerPrint SetColor Column Data RGB R G B OverPrint OwerPrint Samples SetColor lt Size XL 16 18 SPOT Pantone 123 Cv 100 100 0 0 0 OverPrint OwerPrint SetColor Size gt XL 16 18 CAYK 100 0 0 0 OverPrint Knockout setColor lt Size gt XL 16 16 RGB 255 0 0 The script should be entered in the Script box The script may contain one or more statement After entering one statement please press the enter key to create a new line before you enter the next statement The format of each statement is in the following format SetColor lt column name gt value color OverPrint overprint mode Field Descriptions column name Enter the name of the column in the database which will determine the color The column name must be enclosed in angle brackets For example if the name of the column is Size the column name should be written as lt Size gt value Enterthe value to match with the value found in the column specified in column name The value must be enclosed in quotation marks For example if the value is Large the value must be written as Large color Enter the color 3 types of color are support
57. nt dialog Users can add or remove page sizes that user can select inthe Page Size menu inthe Document Setup dialog r Page Size Management Name Width Height 2 AS 148x210mm 143 mm 210 mm A4 210x297mm 210 mm 297 mm A3 297x420mm 297 mm 420 mm BS 182x257mm 182 mm 257 mm B4 257x364mm 257 mm 364 mm US Letter 8 5x11in 215 9 mm 279 4 mm US Legal 8 5x14in 215 9 mm 355 6 mm Tabloid 11x17in 279 4 mm 431 8 mm Envelop 10 105x241mm 105 mm 241 mm Envelop BS 176x250mm 176 mm 250 mm Envelop C5 162x279mm 162 mm 279 mm Envelan D_ 110x22Nmm 110 mm 22 mm i Add Duplicate Edt Delete Add Click the Add button to add a new page size The Page Size Setup dialog will be prompted Page Size Setup Name Ad 210x297 mm Width 210 mm Height 297 mm ans Enter a name for the new page size Enterthe Width and Height forthe page Click Save to save the new page size or Cancel to abort without saving changes Duplicate Select a page size and click Duplicate to create a page size based on the selected page size The Page Size Setup dialog will be prompted Edit Select a page size and click Edit to edit the selected page size The Page Size Setup dialog will be prompted Delete Select a page size and click Delete to delete the selected page size The user will be prompted to confirm the deletion 37 112 V1 1 Document Presets Document Presets are created when user click
58. nu Options Undo Redo Cut Copy Paste Paste In Front Paste In Back Delete V1 1 Select the Undo option or type Ctr1 Z to undo the last action A total of 32 undos can be done Select Redo or type Ctr1 Shift zZ to redo the previous action Select the Cut option to save the currently selected element s to the clip board and then remove them from the document Or type Ctr1 X to perform the same action Select the Copy option to copy the currently selected element s and save them to the clip board Or type Ctr1 C to perform the same action Select one of the three Paste options to paste the element s in the clipboard to the current document Or type Ctrl V to perform the same action When the user selects Paste In Front the element s are pasted to the top When the user selects Paste In Back the element s are pasted to the bottom Select the Delete option to delete the currently selected element s from the document HA p Select All Deselect All Select Inverse Select Same Select Next Element V1 1 Select the Select All option or type Ctr1 A to select all elements or the Deselect All options to deselect all elements Select the Select Inverse option to select all elements that are currently not selected and deselect all elements that are currently selected Select the Select Same option to select elements with the same properties as the currently selected element The option will
59. o the Frame panel and select the column to use for the barcode box Configure the barcode in the Barcode panel For more information on the configuration of barcode please see the section Barcode Panel in the Property Panels section in the chapter Reference Rotate Tool The Rotate tool is for rotating elements on the document Select the element s to rotate then select the Rotate tool and click on the document the Rotate dialog will be prompted ox Cancel Select the rotation angle from the Angle menu A positive angle is a counter clockwise rotation A negative angle is a clockwise rotation After selecting the rotation angle click OK to rotate the selected element s or click Copy to make a copy of the selected element s first and then rotate the copy If you want to repeat the rotation for other objects select other elements and then select the option Elements Transform Transform Again ortype Ctrl D When the current text box is not in text entry mode typing the key r will switch the current tool to the Rotate tool 59 112 V1 1 12 Scale Tool The Scale tool is for scaling elements on the document Select the element s to scale then select the Scale tool and click on the document the Scale dialog will be prompted Uniform Non unitorm Horizotal Vertical Cancel Select either uniform or non uniform scaling selecting the appropriate radio button If the scaling is
60. ode to CMYK you can only create variable swatch in CMYK or Spot color A Create a variable swatch To create a variable swatch go to the SWATCH panel and click the option button to the right and select the option Create New Variable Swatch B Edit a variable swatch To edit an existing variable swatch select the variable swatch and in the option menu select the option Edit Swatch C Delete a variable swatch To delete an existing variable swatch select the variable swatch and in the option menu select the option Remove Swatch When creating or editing a variable swatch the Variable Swatch Setup dialog will be prompted Variable Swatch Setup Swatch Name Color by size Expression Swatch Color m Enter the name of the swatch in the Swatch Name field This name will appear in the SWATCH panel Next select the Swatch Color by clicking on the square patch to the right of the Swatch Color label This color will only be used if the variable swatch field is not equal to any entered values This color will also appear to the left of the variable swatch color name in the SWATCH panel Finally click the button labelled xy in the top right of the dialog The Color Script Editor dialog will be prompted 02 442 Color Script Editor Script SetColor lt Size gt 5 SPOT PANTONE 1235 C 100 0 34 88 0 QverPrint OverPrint SetColor lt Size gt M SPOT PANTONE 234 100 31 100 19 12 OverPrint OverPri
61. of the menu the Advanced Barcode Setup dialog will then be prompted Please see the next section for details on the Advanced Barcode Setup dialog The ID button to the right is for setting the application ID for the barcode Note that not all barcodes support the application ID property Select the Fit in Barcode Box option to scale the barcode so it fits inside the barcode box You can also optionally check the box proportionally so that the scaling is done proportionally Select the H and V option to enter the horizontal and vertically scaling percentages You can also click the Lock icon to change it into an Unlock icon so that scaling can be done non proportionally Click the Unlock icon to change it back to the Lock icon so that the scaling must be done proportionally Most barcodes should be scaled proportionally from between 80 to 200 Barcode text Check this box to draw barcode text together with the barcode 69 112 V1 1 Justify Check this box to justify the barcode text to the left and right edges of the barcode Please see the next section for more information on barcode text justification Type Style Size If the Barcode text checkbox is checked the Type Style and Size options are enabled You can set the font font style and font size respectively for the barcode text Location Select the location of the barcode text This can either be Below Below Embedded Above and Above Embedded
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63. riegator VLO amp Hide Folders Cancel If you have previously saved your document this will save the document to the path previously selected under the name previously entered If you have previously saved your document but would now like to save it to a new path or under a new name select the option File Save AsortypeCtr1 Shift sS You will be prompted to select a new path and to enter a new name for the document 16 112 Open an existing Variegator Document To open an existing document select the option File Openortype Ctr1 o Select the Variegator document you want to open and click Open The Variegator document will then be opened for editing vy 2 Organize v New folder Ft Favorites E Recent Places 3 Dropbox de Downloads HZ Desktop A OneDrive Libraries Es Documents A Music Pictures El Videos Computer amp Local Disk C 9 DVD RW Drive D Name E e InstallShield 2014 Projects db Intel _ MSOCache de My Bulk Mailer Files di Navigator de pagefeatures de PerfLogs di Program Files d Program Files x86 _ ProgramData di temp de Users Le Windows di Xitron Sample VLO Date modified 9 29 2014 4 18 PM 4 2 2014 2 47 PM 4 1 2014 5 12 PM 8 22 2014 4 16 PM 1 5 2015 11 43 AM 8 14 2014 3 40 PM 7 13 2009 11 20 PM 1 5 2015 10 49 AM 1 5 2015 11 43 AM 1 7 2015 4 12 PM 12 23 2014 12 50 12 18 2014 4 00 PM 12 18 2014 4 00 PM 10 10 2014 2 28 PM 1 7
64. rompted Configure the measurements for the new document and click the OK button to create a new Variegator document Open Select the Open option to open a previously saved Variegator document Or type Ctr1 0 to perform the same action The user will be prompted to select the path and the Variegator document to open Close Select the Close option to close the current Variegator document Ortype Ctrl Wto perform the same action 39 112 Save Save As Document Properties Generate Preview by Reader V1 4 Select the Save option to save the current Variegator document Or type Ctr1 S to perform the same action If the document has not been saved previously the user will be prompted to enter the name of the document and select the path to save the document Select the Save As option to save the current Variegator document under anew name Or type Ctr1 Shift S to perform the same action The user will be prompted to enter the name of the document and select the path to save the document Select the Document Properties option to view and change the current document properties REPLACE Preview the current record in Acrobat Reader 40 112 2 Edit Menu Edit A fy iG Y Y at Undo CtrHh2 Redo CtrkShift 2 Cut CtriX Copy Ctre Faste Ctr Paste In Front Ctri F Paste In Back Ctri B Delete Select All Ctri A Deselect All Select Inverse Select Same Select Next Element Edit Me
65. s Links Zoom In Zoom Out Fit Artwork in Window Ruler Grid Snap to Grid V1 1 Ctr Ctri 0 Ctri R Ctrl Select the Links option to view the paths and names of image files that are used as static images Select the Zoom In Ctrl or Zoom Out Ctrl option to zoom in or out of the current view Select the Fit Artwork In Window option to fit the current document in the Work Area of the Variegator window Select the Ruler option to toggle the ruler display on or off Select the Grid option to toggle the grid display on or off Select the Snap to Grid option to toggle the snap to grid option on or off 48 112 Toolbars Select the Toolbars option to configure which tool bar to display or hide The option expands into a sub menu Selecting one of the 4 toolbars will toggle its display on or off Tool Bar Control Bar Property Bar status Bar 49 112 V1 1 T Advanced Menu Advanced i q Preferences Color Settings Page size Management ll Delete Document Preset Advanced Menu Options Preferences Color Settings Page Size Management Delete Document Preset V1 1 Select the Preferences option to prompt the Preferences dialog for entering default settings for Variegator Please see the section Configuring Variegator Defaults in the chapter Basic Operations for more information on the Preferences dialog Select the Color Settings option to promptthe Color Se
66. s divided into several parts as indicated in the diagram below Main Menu AL SmartSize PROPERTIES Teresa Kidwell 351 Carter Street Bartelso IL 62218 Tool Bar Work Area AA Main Menu Control Bar Tool Bar Property Panel Status Bar Work Area Rulers V1 4 This is the main menu for Variegator Use the Control Bar to manage documents and elements on the current document The Tool Bar allows the user to add elements to the current document to perform various functions such as rotate scale scroll zoom copy properties eyedropper and change fill and stroke colors Use the Property Panel to configure variable and static elements placed on the document The Status Bar shows the current page and record numbers as well as the name of the connected database if there is one Users can also scroll to the next or previous page or scroll to the first previous next or last records The Work Area displays the current document Users can zoom in or out and scroll to view different areas of the document All layout work is done within this area The horizontal and vertical rulers show the current position of the cursor S127 112 V1 1 Basic Operations A Creating Changing Saving and Opening Variegator Documents 1 Create a Variegator Document To create a new Variegator document select File New or type Ctr1 N To create a new Variegator document select the option File
67. s to knockout 04 4412 V1 1 A sample script is shown below SetColor lt EUROPE gt S CMYK 0 100 0 0 OverPrint Knockout SetColor lt EUROPE gt M SPOT PANTONE 123 C 100 0 0 15 85 OverPrint OverPrint SetColor lt EUROPE gt L SPOT PANTONE 23 C 70 15 O 0 15 OverPrint OverPrint For the following script if the value from the column Europe is S the returned color is a CMYK color with M 100 If the value from the column Europe is M the returned color is a spot color with the name PANTONE 123 C at 100 with a CMYK equivalent color of Y 15 and K 85 If the value from the column Europe is L the returned color is a spot color with the name PANTONE 234 C at 70 with a CMYK equivalent color of C 15 and K 15 Appendices I 1D Barcode Symbologies The following table shows all supported 1D barcode symbologies their data lengths type of characters as well as whether it supports barcode supplements Please note that the information provided below may be subjected to change 105 112 V1 4 Ee CC CA owes eon ee A ea pe A AO m pe ECC CO ECT rc CC COMMAIAAIAA 7 peoa pea CI COMA CON inn eee pee eee CE II CI O CN ECON IIA EN CEA ECON rr CEC CEA ECO rca CE CEA po pe a e pe p e CON Pr CECI ETC CE CI pi pr pe S pr pr pe E Cr CC CAMA COMA CI CO cio EEC COMA CI CA cc ESTE COMA CA a peee CC p CI C ETC COMA CI emn ECC A CC CA m
68. s towards the right and the left edge of the left edge of the rectangle extends towards the left until the rectangle s width is equal to the new width entered by the user The bottom edge of the rectangle is moved upward until the rectangle s height is equal to the new height entered by the user The red arrows indicates the movement of the left right and top edges of the rectangle Document Top TRANSFORM 50 eon 100 mm 00 mm Document Left 125 mm Perform the Same Transformation Again It is possible to repeat the previous transformation movement rotation or scaling for other objects There are a couple of ways to achieve this e select other elements and then select the option Elements Transform Transform Again or type Ctrl D e select other elements right click to prompt the Element Options menu and then select the option Transform Transform Again e select other elements and then type Ctrl D to runthe Transform Again function 26 112 V1 1 D Setting Fill and Stroke Properties for Elements Use the Color tool and Color panel to set fill and stroke colors Use the Stroke panel to set stroke weight and style To set the stroke color select the element go to the Color property panel click onthe Stroke Color box the hollow square then set the stroke color using the slider accordingly You can also go to the Swatch panel and select a swatch to use as the stroke color To set the s
69. st line in the paragraph Space before paragraph Enter the space before the paragraph Space after paragraph Enter the space after the paragraph Tin 90 112 V1 1 E Status Bar The Status Bar is located at the bottom of the Variegator window It shows various information such as the current view zoom ratio the page number record number and name of connected database Controls are also provided to scroll to the next or previous page and to scroll to the first previous next and last records assuming if the document is connected to a database A For the connected database name if no database is connected the text is displayed in red and the name of the connected base is None 91 112 V1 1 Work Area Document View Variegator documents are displayed in the Work Area To zoom in or out use the Zoom In or Zoom Out tool in the Tool Bar or the Zoom In and Zoom out tools in the Control Bar You can also fit the view within the Work Area using the Fit Artwork in Window tool in the Control Bar When the document is too large for the entire document to be viewed in the Work Area you can use the Hand tool in the Tool Bar to scroll to different areas of the document Keyboard amp Mouse Actions a Drag and Drop Elements can be dragged around the document by drag and drop using the mouse b Restricting Movement Ifthe Shift key is pressed when element s are being dragged the movement is restricted
70. t to CMYK only swatches created White Black from CMYK color are listed For document with color mode set to CMYK Red CMYK Yellow CMYK Green CMYK Cyan CMYK Blue CMYK Magenta G 15 M 100 Y 90 K 10 C 0 M 80 Y 85 K 0 C D0 M 50 Y 95 K 0 C 0 M 50 Y 100 K 0 C 0 M 35 Y 85 K 0 C 5 M 0 Y 90 K 0 C 20 M 0 Y 100 K 0 C 50 M 0 Y 100 K 0 C 75 M 0 Y 100 K 0 C 85 M 10 Y 100 K 10 C 50 M 30 Y 100 K 30 C 75 M 0 Y 75 K 0 C 50 M 10 Y 45 C 70 M 15 Y 0 K 0 C 05 M 50 Y 0 K 0 C 100 M 95 Y 5 K 0 amm E a mm 2 mm ar mm RGB only swatches created from RGB color are listed To create edit duplicate or delete swatches click the Blue arrow to the right of the Swatch panel the Swatch Options menu will be shown Create New Swatch Edit Swatch Duplicate Swatch Remove Swatch Remove All Swatches Create New Swatch Select this option to create a new swatch The Swatch Setup dialog will be prompted Please see the next section for more information onthe Swatch Setup dialog Edit Swatch Select a swatch by clicking on it and the select this option to edit the selected swatch inthe Swatch Setup dialog 84 112 85 112 V1 1 Duplicate Swatch Select a swatch by clicking on it and the select this option to create a new swatch based on the selected swatch in the Swatch Setup dialog Remove Swatch Select a swatch by clicking on it and the select this option to remove the selected swatch
71. th and height of the element When changing the width and height the selected reference point becomes the anchor If the top left corner is the reference point and the width of a rectangle is changed from 20mm to 30mm then the top left corner of the rectangle is not moved and the rectangle s width is increased towards the right If however the reference corner is the top right corner then the top right corner is not moved but the width of the rectangle is increased towards the left lt 2 112 gt V1 1 Example 1 In this example the top left corner of a rectangle is to be moved to 5omm to the right from the left edge and 100mm down from the top edge of the document To move a rectangle so that the top left corner of the rectangle is 50 mm to the right of the left edge of the document and 100 mm down from the top edge of the document select the rectangle and go to the Transform panel Select the top left corner as the reference corner Enter 50mm as the X coordinate and 100 mm as the Y coordinate The final result is shown below Document Top Document Left W 100 mm Example 2 In this example the bottom middle point of a rectangle is to be moved to 100mm to the right from the left edge and 175 down from the top edge of the document To move a rectangle so that the bottom middle point of the rectangle is 100 mm to the right of the left edge of the document and 175 mm down from the top edge of the document
72. the document When the current tool is the Rectangle tool the cursor changes to the crosshair There are 2 methods to draw a rectangle a press the mouse button on the document and drag to draw a rectangle b Click on the document The Rectangle Setup dialog will be prompted for user to enter the width and height of the rectangle Rectangle Setup Width 100 mm Height 60 mm Cancel When the current text box is not in text entry mode typing the key m will switch the current tool to the Rectangle tool Rounded Rectangle Tool UY Use the Rounded Rectangle tool to draw a rounded rectangle on the document When the current tool is the Rounded Rectangle tool the cursor changes to the crosshair There are 2 methods to draw a rounded rectangle a press the mouse button on the document and drag to draw a rectangle After releasing the mouse button the rectangle will turn into a rounded rectangle within the bounding rectangle b Click on the document The Rounded Rectangle Setup dialog will be prompted for user to enter the width and height and corner radius of the rounded rectangle Rounded Rectangle Setup Width 100 mm Height 60 mm Corner Radius 4 mm 55 112 V1 1 Ellipse Tool Use the Ellipse tool to draw an ellipse on the document When the current tool is the Ellipse tool the cursor changes to the crosshair There are 2 methods to draw an ellipse a press the mouse button on the document
73. to ungroup the selected group back to individual elements Select the Transform option to move rotate or scale or repeat the previous transform on the currently selected element s The option expands into a sub menu Transform Again Move Rotate Scale Please see the section Moving Rotating and Scaling Elements in the chapter Basic Operations for more information 94 112 Arrange Provides the four Arrange options Bring to Front Bring Forward Send Backward Send to Back Bring te Front Bring Forward Send Backward Send to Back V1 1 Please see the section Rearranging Order of Elements in the chapter Basic Operations for more information 95 112 96 112 V1 1 11 Scripting To create a script go to the FRAME panel and click the button labelled xy to the right of the Frame Source field The Script Manager dialog will be prompted Script Manager Name Name Address A list of all existing script will be shown A Create a script Click on the Add button to create a script You can also select an existing script and click the Duplicate button to create a script based on the selected script B Edit a script Select an existing script and click the Edit button to edit the selected script C Delete a script Select an existing script and click the Delete button to delete the selected script When creating or editing a script the Script Editor dialog will be prompted 97 112
74. troke weight select the element go to the Stroke panel select or enter the weight you need in the Weight menu STROKE Weight H 40 F eehed ling gap dash gap dash gap To set the fill color select the element go to the Color panel click on the Fill Color box the solid square then set the fill color using the slider accordingly You can also go to the Swatch panel and select a swatch to use as the fill color 27 1112 V1 1 Managing Multiple Elements Selecting Multiple Elements There are a few ways to select more than one element at a time Shift Click on Elements Click on an element to select it Press the Shift key and click on other elements to select the first element and all subsequent elements you clicked on with the Shift key pressed Mouse Drag to Include Elements Use the mouse the drag over the elements you want to select This is useful only when the elements you want to select are in the same area Select Same Properties If you want to select similar elements for example elements with the same fill and stroke you can select an element with the fill and stroke you need then select the option Edit Select Same Fill and Stroke You can use the option in the Select Same menu to select elements with the same element type stroke color stroke weight fill color or fill and stroke The illustration below shows a document with 9 elements 3 of them filled with orange colors Fil
75. ttings dialog for selecting the ICC Color Profiles for CMYK or RGB colorspace Please see the section Configuring Variegator Defaults in the chapter Basic Operations for more information on the Color Settings dialog Select the Page Size Management option to prompt the Page Size Management dialogs Please see the section Configuring Variegator Defaults in the chapter Basic Operations for more information on the Page Size Management dialog Prompt the Delete Document Preset dialog for user to delete saved document presets Please see the section Configuring Variegator Defaults in the chapter Basic Operations for more information onthe Delete Document Presets dialog 50 112 B Control Bar Please see the following table for explanation of the Control Bar buttons Fi Create a new Variegator document El Open a previously saved Variegator document fl Close the current Variegator document H Save the current Variegator document A Preview the current record in Acrobat Reader m Group the selected elements H Ungroup the selected groups Bring the current element s to the top Equivalent to typing Ctrl Shift Ld Bring the current element s forward Equivalent to typing Ctrl dl Send the current element s backward Equivalent to typing Ctrl f r al Send the current element s to the back Equivalent to typing Ctrl Shift f Hide the selected element s Hide all variable elements ua Hide all static elements
76. up are resized and re positioned according to the scaling percentages for the group e When a group contains 2 or more barcode boxes and when you change the barcode type or any barcode properties the changes will be applied to all barcode boxes within the group To ungroup one or more groups select those groups then select the option Elements Ungroup or right click on one of the groups for the Element Options menu then select the option Ungroup To ungroup select the group s then select the option Elements Ungroup ortype Ctrl1 Shift G 30 112 V1 1 Align amp Distribute Use the Align panel to align or distribute elements The align and distribute functions are to align elements to specific edges or distribute them so either their centers are spaced equally and there are equal space between elements a Alignment Ed Set off Select the elements and use one of the align options to align a specific edge In the example below the top edges of the 5 selected elements are aligned b Distribute E amp e Hi 610 0 Select the elements and use one of the distribute options to so the centers of selected elements are spaced equally In the example below the horizontal centers of the 5 selected elements are distributed This means that the distances between horizontal centers if the 1st and 2nd elements between the 2nd and 3rd elements between the 3rd and 4th elements and between the 4th and 5th e

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