CD Label Designer Manual
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1. CDDB options CDDB enabled CDDB server leave empty if you want to use default server Place album title on spine if CDDB entry is found on the server Numerate songs in the list if CDDB entry is found on the server Internet HTTP proxy settings Use proxy or not Server name Server port 2001 2015 Dataland Software Other information Part 72 CD Label Designer Manual 4 1 Other information Purchase We offer a free trial for CD Label Designer so you can investigate its benefits in detail before your final decision For any further assistance please contact us 747 Fully functional and unlimited version 30 day money back guarantee Free minor updates a discount for major updates Maximum priority technical support Order via secure servers Ooooo O Various payment options including credit card PayPal wire transfer purchase orders etc D Instant key delivering in some cases within 24 hours at most Buy now http www cd label designer com purchase html 2001 2015 Dataland Software Other information 73 4 2 Credits We would like to use this page to thank to developers who made their products and libraries available CodeGear Delphi Main development environment http www codegear com TMS Component Pack Various components http www tmssoftware com Interval Software Envision Components Graphic routines and compon2. User interface 41 5 New Label Wizard General Template file C Program Files CD Label Designer Default dt Read drive WV Replace title for audio CDs Select template file if you want to and enable disable drive reading or CDDB Replace title for audio CDs means that after successful retrieving of album data from CDDB title defined on next page will be replaced with Author Album name Page 2 Title 2001 2015 Dataland Software 42 CD Label Designer Manual z New Label Wizard Set title of disc choose font and select labels where it will be placed Page 3 Background Title Title text Title Title Place on Front Inside Spines Y DVD box Booklet first page Disk Business Card 2001 2015 Dataland Software User interface 5 New Label Wizard Background Background image Background 1 jpg Tiled Place on Front Inside v Back DVD box Booklet iw Disk v Business 43 Choose image for design background set Tiled option and select labels where background will be placed Page 4 Finish 2001 2015 Dataland Software 44 CD Label Designer Manual 7 New Label Wizard Finish Save immediately Print immediately If you want to open Save or Print dialog right away check t
3. PgDn Rotate submenu Rotate object to the right for 90s Rotate object for 180s Rotate object to the left for 90s Picture submenu Set selected picture as a background picture Reset size of the selected picture revert to the actual size Changes picture s height so its aspect ratio becomes equal to original Changes picture s weight so its aspect ratio becomes equal to original Choose background color of the object Choose transparent color of the selected picture Alt Enter Selected object properties If no object is selected it opens label properties 61 Booklet menu contains options to manage booklet pages Previous page Next page Add page Delete page Move page left Move page right Select previous page Select next page Add new page to the end Delete selected page Move selected page one step to left Move selected page one step to right 2001 2015 Dataland Software User interface 27 3 1 7 View menu This menu contains view options like zoom label selection and styles Style Toolbars ES View Front t View Inside TJ View Back View Sleeve y View DVD BD Box J View Booklet View Disc Business Card 2 Zoom In J Zoom Out s Zoom Selected JP Zoom Page 3 1 8 Tools menu Ctrl 1 Ctrl 2 Ctrl 3 Ctrl 4 Ctrl 5 Ctrl 6 Ctrl 7 Ctrl 8 Ctrl I Ctrl U User interface style submenu Toolbar 20 visibility
4. 2001 2015 Dataland Software 52 CD Label Designer Manual 3 4 7 Get from printer Original size Suggested size Accept New size Width Height Lock Half Double Change size on label See also Image properties 497 Image effects s Image Effects case image will use approximately 1 4 of memory than 600 DPI image but you probably won t be able to notice any loss of printout quality Get default printer resolution Original image size Suggested new size for the image based on DPI setting above and original size Accept suggested size When clicked suggested size will be transferred to New size values New image width New image height Lock aspect ratio to prevent image deformation Set the new size to half double of the current size When checked image boundaries on the label will be adjusted Use this window for basic image transformations Main idea is to save user from using another image editing software to apply simple effects 2001 2015 Dataland Software User interface Image effects Original image Brightness Contrast Reduce colors Smooth Negative Rotate Skew Emboss Blur Edge Sharpen Miscellaneous See also Effect Brightness Contrast Brightness I L gt LI 5383 y L E t LI L Ln LI 1 21 Contrast IGS ENS OA BE PICE 12 Brightness contrast and gamma transform Reduce number of i
5. 3 2 2 Edit toolbar Edit toolbar contains several editing options from the Object Edit and Label submenu ili E i EZ Picture v Text B Shape Circled Tet X GY ve A iii d EE fos mt 2001 2015 Dataland Software User interface 29 EZ Insert picture 4s Insert picture from disk Tp Insert text 5 Insert text object lb Insert shapes Insert shape Insert circled text 59 Insert circled text object X Delete Delete selected objects El Properties Selected object properties If no object is selected it opens label properties 617 E Get From Print Get label dimensions from an existing print layout Layout i Undo Undo last operation M Redo Redo last operation 4 Cut Cut selection to the clipboard 207 Ey Copy Copy selection to the clipboard 207 Paste Paste clipboard 20 content Qi Select All Select all objects on the label Group Group selected objects Ungroup Ungroup selected groups Lock Object Lock selected objects File Song List 621 Edit file or song list and set its options Increase Columns Increase number of file song list columns Decrease Columns Decrease number of file song list columns Read Drive CDDB 12 Read content of drive oQ om Ww owic Hl Custom Fields 60 Edit custom fields 3 2 3 Object toolbar Object toolbar contains object arrange options Ae Baek Sal a fa Center to Page Center objects to page horizontally Horizontally Center to Page Center objects to pag
6. Method 7 Click amp on the Edit toolbar 28 Method 8 Click El Get From Print Layout action in the Label toolbox 321 See also Label Properties dialog 61 Label toolbox 324 Configure application Method 1 From the main menu choose Tools Configuration Wizard Method 2 From the main menu choose Tools Options Method 3 Click Options on the Main toolbar 25 Method 4 Press Ctrl F on keyboard See also Configuration Wizard 387 Options dialog 647 Clipboard operations CD Label Designer uses clipboard to transfer objects from one label to another In addition you can exchange information between CD Label Designer and other applications too Texts are copied to the clipboard in RTF Rich Text Format format so you can copy text object to word processing application And vice versa you can copy part of text from word processing application and paste it to the label Pictures are also copied in its native format which means that you can exchange them between different application in a similar way 2001 2015 Dataland Software User interface Part 22 CD Label Designer Manual 3 User interface This is a detailed reference of user interface elements such are menus toolbars and windows Main menu 237 Toolbars 287 Toolbox 32 Dialogs 387 2001 2015 Dataland Software User interface 23 3 1 Mai n menu Use the main menu to access options
7. and hopefully you won t need to edit them Still if you have a different paper stock than initially supported you can easily make 477 your own layout for printing See also Print Layout 477 window 2001 2015 Dataland Software Getting started Part 10 CD Label Designer Manual 2 Getting started 2 1 Basic usage 2 1 1 Start new design Method 1 From the main menu choose File New Method 2 Click L New in the Main toolbar 28 Method 3 Press Ctrl N on keyboard See also Quickly make label 10 Use an earlier prepared template 17 Open saved label 10 2 1 2 Open saved label Method 1 From the main menu choose File Open Method 2 Click Open in the Main toolbar 287 Method 3 Press Ctrl O on keyboard See also Start new design 107 Use an earlier prepared template 17 2 1 3 Quickly make label Method 1 From the main menu choose File New Label Wizard Method 2 Click in the Main toolbar 28 Method 3 Press Ctrl W on keyboard See also Start new design 107 Use an earlier prepared template 17 New Label Wizard 407 2001 2015 Dataland Software Getting started 2 1 4 Change label view Method 1 From the main menu choose View View Front View View Inside View View Back View View DVD BD box View View Booklet or View View Disc View View Business Card Method 2 Click on one of buttons in a View tool
8. leave Server freedb freedb org default server Configure your proxy server if you are using it Proxy Use proxy server 2001 2015 Dataland Software 40 CD Label Designer Manual Enable or disable CDDB option input server and your proxy settings Page 4 Default label template Configuration Wizard Default label template 4 5 Set basic options of your default label design If you wish to change default design later just open Default cit file from Program Files folder design it and save it You can create unlimited number of custom templates Select defaults for read drive options Read drive options Only folders Columns 3 Max levels Column separators Draw on v Front v Inside vV Back v DVDBox v Booklet Bak Set some of default options for new labels Other options you can set if you load Default clt file into application and saving it afterwards For other information about creating templates see Design templates 17 topic Page 5 Finish page Finish page See also Options e 3 4 2 New Label Wizard When you need fast creating of labels use this option Wizard will ask you very few questions before label is being created When you set or check all options on one page click Next button to go to next step Your settings will be remembered so you don t need to set them again when you run this option next time Page 1 General 2001 2015 Dataland Software
9. Ctrl Z M Redo Ctrl Y Cut Ctrl X Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Q Select All Ctrl A See also Clipboard operations 207 3 1 3 Label menu This menu contains general label options such are background and file song list options Background Color BR Set Background Picture Pag Clear Background x Picture Ej Background Properties 49 E File Song List 62 Increase Columns Ctrl Decrease Columns Ctrl jj Read Drive CDDB 18 Ctrl F12 Custom Fields 60 zm Edit Spines 57 E Get From Print Layout E Label Properties 61 3 1 4 Insert menu Change label background color Choose label background picture Clear label background picture Set label background picture properties Edit file or song list and set its options Increase number of file song list columns Decrease number of file song list columns Read content of drive Edit custom fields Edit Back cover or DVD BD box spines Get label dimensions from an existing print layout Label properties label sizes This menu contains options for inserting new objects O 2001 2015 Dataland Software User interface 25 Picture 497 p Acquire lb Shapes Tp Text 544 Circled Text s 3 1 5 Object menu Insert picture from disk Insert picture from scanner or other TWAIN device Insert shape Insert text object Insert circled text object This menu contains options that are applied to the obj
10. Manual This is a reference of program windows Image Resizel 511 Configuration Wizard 387 New Label Wizard 407 Print dialog and print layouts 477 Picture Properties 49 Image Effects 524 Text Properties 547 Spine Text Properties 571 Circled Text Properties s Shape Properties 55 38 3 4 Dialogs Custom File List Options 3 4 1 Fields 60 gt Label Properties 617 ri ES Configuration Wizard At the first start of CD Label Designer Configuration Wizard will appear to let you set vital options for proper application working You can also run this wizard later by selecting Options Configuration Wizard option in the main menu The wizard will guide you through configuration pages When you set or check all options on one page click Next button to go to next step Page 1 Introduction Introduction page Page 2 General 2001 2015 Dataland Software User interface 39 Fr Configuration Wizard General Select your CD drive that you want to use for reading CD drive EA hd Check and set CD drive option in order to Read drive option works the way you wish Page 3 CDDB r Configuration Wizard 3 5 These are CDDB configuration parameters CDDB is internet service that delivers audio CD tite and track names If you are not planning to use it just disable it v Enabled if you are not sure
11. Open Picture Properties window 3 3 5 Shape toolbox Shape toolbox is a set of shape editing options Rectangle Frame 3 2 P hd Fill MS 4 EN aZ 2001 2015 Dataland Software 36 CD Label Designer Manual Rectangle M Ra Shape type Frame width No frame Frame color Fill style Fill color Gradient style Second gradient color Round Sides Change shape type Available options Rectangle Rounded Rectangle Circle Ellipse Diamond Star Polygon Line Top Line Center Horiz Line Bottom Line Left Line Center Vert Line Right Line Forward Diagonal Line Backward Diagonal Width of shape frame Turn on off shape frame Color of shape frame Change fill style Available options Solid Clear Horizontal lines Vertical lines Backward diagonal lines Forward diagonal lines Cross Diagonal cross Gradient Color of shape fill first color for gradient Gradient style available only if Fill style is Gradient Second gradient color available only if Fill style is Gradient Percent rounded available only if Shape type is Rounded Rectangle If shape type is Star or Polygon the Round slider becomes Sides slider used to select number of 2001 2015 Dataland Software User interface sides that star or polygon has 37 2001 2015 Dataland Software CD Label Designer
12. button LightScribe By clicking on the LightScribe button instead to the printer your design will be sent to a LightScribe compatible device if present on the system See also Print layouts overview 8 3 4 5 Picture Properties Edit pictures with this dialog 2001 2015 Dataland Software 50 CD Label Designer Manual IF Image Properties NNN T SSS CELI e Y h Qs E zuz Cr HN 00 Pan mode Select mode Load image Acquire Zoom Resize image 5 Crop Transparent Transparent color Tiled Flip horizontally Flip vertically Rotate left Rotate right Image effects 52 When selected use mouse to pan images that are too large for the window size When selected use mouse to mark part of image Load image from the disk Acquire image from the scanner or other TWAIN device Zoom level Change internal image size Crop selection Transparency on off Choose transparent color Click on button and then at image to get color from the screen Image tiled in the placeholder Otherwise it will be stretched Flip image horizontally Flip image vertically Rotate image left for 90 Rotate image right for 90 Open image effects dialog 2001 2015 Dataland Software User interface 51 3 4 6 See also Image resize 517 Image effects s Image Resize Although it s possible to resize pictures directly on label by dragging
13. of the software Menu is divided into categories submenus click on any horizontal word to drop down the list of underlaying options and then click one of options 3 1 1 File File menu 237 Edit menu 237 Label menu 247 Insert menu 247 Object menu 257 Booklet menu 267 View menu 27 Tools menu 27 menu This menu contains basic file operations for creating saving and printing designs Y La New 4 New Wizard 07 New From Template Open TI y Save Save As Close Ey Export 5 Printer Setup amp Print 47 Recent Files 6 Exit 3 1 2 Edit menu This menu contains options for clipboard operations 207 and undo redo options Ctrl N Ctrl W Ctrl T Ctrl O Ctrl S Ctrl P Open new design from the default template s Answer a series of questions to quickly make a design Open new design from the selected template Open previously saved design Save current design Save current design while choosing new file name Close current design Export submenu export labels to a picture files Choose printer and set its options Print current design Submenu of recently opened files Close application 2001 2015 Dataland Software 24 CD Label Designer Manual Undo last operation Redo last operation Cut selection to the clipboard 20 Copy selection to the clipboard 2 Paste clipboard 201 content Select all objects on the label i Undo
14. options 20 27 38 64 options editing 65 options general 64 options print 68 overview 2 P paste 20 pay 72 picture 11 picture effects 52 picture properties 49 picture resize 51 picture toolbox 34 place circled text 12 place picture 11 place scanned picture 11 place shape 13 place text 12 polygon 35 55 print 47 print overedge 68 print booklet 68 printdesign 15 print disk label 68 print exact edge 68 print layouts 8 18 47 print options 68 printing 8 proxy settings 69 purchase 72 Q quickly make label 10 2001 2015 Dataland Software Index 77 R read drive 18 19 register 72 resize image 51 resize picture automatically 67 rotate objects 14 2G save design 15 scanner 11 settings 20 64 shadow 33 shape 13 shape toolbox 35 55 size toolbar 31 snap to grid 65 song list 62 spine text direction 65 spine text properties 57 spines 13 star 35 55 stocks 8 support 74 switch label 11 zT templates 17 text 12 text font 67 text on spines 13 text properties 54 text toolbox 33 toolbars 28 toolbox 32 tools menu 27 transformations 52 transparency 33 TWAIN 11 U undo levels 65 units of measure 64 update check 64 use template 17 view change 11 view menu 27 view toolbar 30 W web 44 windows 38 wizards 38 40 work area 4 work area background color 64 world wide web 44 www 44 Ay ae zoom toolbar 30 2001 2015 D
15. or insert custom fields Undo Undo last operation M Redo Redo last operation Font name Change font name 2001 2015 Dataland Software User interface 55 Font size Text color Bold Italic Underline Align left Centered Align right MI di WW MW io m e Justified Align top Centered vertically Align bottom See also Spine Text Properties 57 Circled Text Properties 597 Custom Fields 601 3 4 9 Shape Edit Change font size Change text color Font bold Font italic Font underline Align paragraph to the left Center paragraph Align paragraph to the right Justify paragraph to both sides Align text to the top Center text vertically Align text to the bottom Here you can edit shape properties like shape type colors etc 2001 2015 Dataland Software CD Label Designer Manual Edit Shape cde TE gt Sides Star Shape type Change shape type Available options Rectangle Rounded Rectangle Circle Ellipse Diamond Star Polygon Line Top Line Center Horiz Line Bottom Line Left Line Center Vert Line Right Line Forward Diagonal Line Backward Diagonal 7 Frame width Width of shape frame No frame Turn on off shape frame 2001 2015 Dataland Software User interface 57 SH Frame color ENEN Fill style Fill color Co Gradient style Second gra
16. picture is a Background picture See also Image Properties 49 Image Resize 511 Image Effects 524 Image Toolbox 341 Image Browser 4 Text Text objects are RTF Rich Text Format enabled and in addition to standard text object they can be circled or spine text with similar set of options Text can be formatted with any standard text formatting options font styles paragraph alignments colors etc It also can be rotated by any angle See also Text Edit 54 Text Toolbox 337 Shape Shapes are meant to fulfill your design and make it more appealing Shape can be rectangle rounded rectangle circle ellipse diamond star polygon or line You can change frame properties and fill patterns including number of types of two color gradients See also Shape Edit 557 Shape Toolbox 357 O 2001 2015 Dataland Software CD Label Designer Manual 1 4 Print layouts Print layouts are predefined paper sizes and label positions used for printing If you use commercial paper stocks you should create layouts for each of them Print layout definition files are located in Layouts subfolder of program folder usually Program Files CD Label Designer Layouts Each layout is placed in own XML file and you can easily exchange them by using provided options you can export them to a file or import them from files or from the web CD Label Designer is deployed with number of popular print layouts
17. while moving or resizing to temporary change snapping v Allow moving outside labels Undo levels Clear after save Back spine text direction Left Right DVD Moving and resizing Grid size Grid dots Snap to grid Snap to label edges Allow moving outside labels Maximum number of undo steps Clear undo after saving design Select text direction for back label spines Left spine Right spine DVD BD spine Editing grid options Grid size in pixels Draw grid dots Snap objects to grid when moving or resizing Snap objects to label edges and folding lines Allow moving objects outside label boundaries 2001 2015 Dataland Software User interface 67 While moving or resizing press and hold Alt key to temporary modify Snap to grid option For example if snapping is turned on holding Alt will result in smooth unsnapped moving and resizing 3 4 15 3 Defaults Use Defaults section to set some program defaults r Options Pas General Text Default text font E Editing Sample text Defaults W Print Default large picture action Ask CDDB 5 Resize keep aspect ratio D Resize 5 Crop C Leave as is Set default template Default settings Default text font Default font for new text objects Default large picture action Set what action will be taken if inserted picture is larger than a label Ask Ask every time it happens Resize keep
18. 51 E O NO 52 Text Properties 54 Shape e Ti e 55 Spine Text Propertics ee m 57 Circled Text Properties nas 59 CUSTOM D ovio A aaiae aAA ran Ean aiaa iS 60 Label Properties e 61 File E AS 62 A ES 64 iura M 64 zo Lao END PEDEM 65 DAS E M 67 Rrini MD SN E ESTA 68 CDDB a ateak 69 Part IV Other information 72 llic m rcs 72 ECCO mE 73 3 Contact used uei deer Ah ee ks 74 Index 75 2001 2015 Dataland Software Introduction Part CD Label Designer Manual Introduction CD Label Designer is an application that will help you design and print CD DVD covers labels and booklets It features a powerful set of design capabilities and highly configurable output options You can enter RTF formatted text insert pictures from number of popular formats and draw shapes with customizable fill and borders One of main strengths of this software is possibility to place labels anywhere on the paper or to change label size By allowing size change it becomes utility for printing any kind of labels or stickers not just CD DVD covers and labels From the first version of software our users categorized CD Label Designer as extremely easy to use while giving you necessary tools for designing professional looking lab
19. 7 Design templates ARR 17 Usea templ te oeiia M R 17 Export label eec EA 18 LL CN ascia anitsi aian 18 Read drive or CDDB 18 AS O NON 19 Change label dimensions hi iaa 19 C nfi re App GA O ar rra prr tia r aeai 20 Clipboard Operations ida 20 Part Ill User interface 22 1 Main menu File menu Edit menu IESU EET NN 24 Insert MENU DILDO 24 l L um aaa 25 Booklet menu 26 MOBILE 27 2001 2015 Dataland Software ll CD Label Designer Manual Tools menu PB Kolo lor x ac c Main Cere i ECHTE 28 Edit iO 28 Obj ttoo DaT i ara r e ranee ae a a Ee a aa A 29 ZOOM OOM Dal e E ET E T 30 View oTo oX deo E E TA E A E ETE 30 Size toolbar 31 Booklet toolbar 31 A A ATETA A E A E T 32 Labels ODIA E oe 32 Effects toolbox we 33 aqq E E ETT E E daa 33 Picture toOlbOx qs NINEN NINES EAEE MIC c DP E E E TEE 34 Shape toolbox piirata A aaaea aa Enaaak e iarainn ree P AMED 35 A DIAlOGS so A O E O OT 38 Configuration Mi eds 38 New Label Wizard a cria 40 Image BrOWSER EDU 44 Print dialog and print layouts sssri eee aeaaaee nrnnnarinnrnr nn massa 47 Picture Tr DE PR ON 49 IMAGE RESIZE mee E
20. CD Label Designer Manual 2001 2015 Dataland Software CD Label Designer User Manual by Dataland Software Thank you for choosing CD Label Designer We are certain that you won t be dissapointed with its abilities to make proffesional looking labels We hope that this manual will serve you well as an additional guide Contents l Table of Contents Part Introduction 2 UNITE PE 4 2 Label types r1 nein ree een eese red E estt iter 6 Bi ODJOCULY DOS D 7 2 Print IayOUls ioco eerte eee ebore erre petente cp saccess excunceseuzouccaesuescecssSesecueh ds scteecssaduaceests eccuces 8 Part Il Getting started 10 T BASIC US AGC fica Rm 10 Start A 10 I MJOELVILSAEDIIMEN EE 10 Quickly Make label 10 Change label Wiew AS AO 11 INS ETE PIC UTO DTP 11 Insert scanned picture 11 AO Mc 12 Insert circled iii A A dei 12 INSert SHAPE irc E E E O A G 13 Edit SPINES 5 Iron ini ar di 13 Edit object properties 13 A ONO 14 atelier iure 14 Change background Color tree crie iine eter ISI cree ente elei Vente demde race a eaa Aea Ea ae Ui iaa 14 Set Clear background picture 5 cec ind 15 Save design 15 Print label 15 2 Advanced usage 2 1n eL EEA RANEE AAAA IEAA EEA AE EAEE 1
21. More options Font name Tr Arial Y 12 Font size Font color IN b Background color Background transparent Bold Italic E sx J Underline Align left Centered Align right Justify Angle More options 54 Picture toolbox Choose font for text Choose font size Choose font color Choose background color Turn on off background transparency Font bold Font italic Font underline Align paragraphs to left Center paragraphs Align paragraphs to right Justify paragraphs to both left and right Change text angle Open Text Properties window Text toolbox is a set of shortcuts for more important picture editing options Full set of options is accessible through Picture Edit 4 window 2001 2015 Dataland Software User interface 35 e 5H gl More options Kx Set As Set selected picture as a background picture Background w Resize picture s Resize picture internally e Reset size Reset size of the selected picture revert to the actual size amp Reset Ratio Keep Changes picture s height so its aspect ratio becomes equal to original Width vax Reset Ratio Keep Changes picture s width so its aspect ratio becomes equal to original Height amp Flip horizontally Flip picture horizontally Flip vertically Flip picture vertically ss Tile Turn on off picture tiling WW Picture effects Open Picture Effects window 527 tj More options
22. again Print second batch in Select this option to print second batch in reverse order Set this reverse order option according to your printer and its settings Print page numbers under Print page numbers under the label label Show warning when size don t Show warning if size of label on print layout and design don t match match When printing disc labels you have two solutions you can print them on special CD label paper with already cut edges or print them on plain paper and cut them with the scissors for example if you are patient enough In the first case Print over edge printing of only visible part of label would be inappropriate a small mistake caused by imprecise determining of positions or way printer takes paper would result with ugly whiteness on edges of label Because of that there is possible to print somewhat larger label with visible belt beyond edges In this case cut lines are not printed In the second case Print exact edge you will probably want to print only visible part of label with cut lines visible CDDB Use CDDB section to set CDDB and internet options 2001 2015 Dataland Software 70 CD Label Designer Manual m Options CDDB iv Enabled Server freedb freedb org v Place title on spine Numerate songs Proxy Use proxy server CDDB Enabled Server Place title on spine Numerate songs Proxy Use proxy server Server Port
23. and choose name After this your label template is ready and you can use it by choosing File New From Template and File New Label Wizard options You can also make it a default template in Options dialog 67 Default template Default clt is loaded when you choose File New option See also Use earlier prepared template 177 2 2 2 Use a template First you must prepare one or more template designs as described in previous topic 17 Directly Method 1 From main menu choose File New From Template Method 2 Press Ctrl T on keyboard From the New Label Wizard Start New Label Wizard 4 and on Page 1 General choose desired template file Note By choosing File New option CD Label Designer loads default template file Default clt To change default template either edit it directly by opening it by File Open menu option or use Options Defaults 67 gt See also Design templates 7 Quickly make label 10 New Label Wizard 49 2001 2015 Dataland Software 18 CD Label Designer Manual Options Defaults s 2 2 3 Export label From the main menu choose File Exportto save label picture to a disk You can print this picture with some other software or send it to the printing office After selecting file name you should choose export resolution for the best results If you are not sure what resolution to use it s best to ask your printing service company but ge
24. aspect ratio Resize picture but preserve aspect ration Resize Resize picture to the exact bounds of label Crop Crop picture to the bounds of label 2001 2015 Dataland Software 68 CD Label Designer Manual Leave as is Set default template Leave picture size as is Choose template file and copy it over the Default clt Default clt file is template used when File New option is selected While moving or resizing Alt key is a modifying key for Snap to grid option For example if snapping is turned on holding Alt will result in smooth unsnapped moving and resizing and vice versa 3 4 15 4 Print Use Print section to set printing options E Options Lines Cut line Fold line Disc label Lines Cut line Fold line Disk label 9 Print over edge C Print exact edge Booklet v Print on both sides two batches v Print second batch in reverse order v Print page numbers under label v Show warning if size don t match Set line types solid dashed clear Set cut line Set folding line Disc label printing see below 2001 2015 Dataland Software User interface 69 3 4 15 5 Print over edge Print slightly larger area Print exact edge Print exactly same size Booklet Booklet printing options Print on both sides Print booklet on both sides of paper Software will pause after half of pages to allow feeding them to the printer tray
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26. bar 307 Method 3 Press Ctrl 1 Ctrl 2 Ctrl 3 Ctrl 4 Ctrl 5 Ctrl 6 or Ctrl 7 on keyboard Method 4 Use Labels toolbox s actions 2 1 5 Insert picture Method 1 From the main menu choose nsert Picture Method 2 Click on in the Edit toolbar 2 Method 3 Right click on label and choose nsert Picture Method 4 Drag image file from Windows Explorer and drop it to a label Method 5 Paste it from the clipboard 207 See also Insert scanned picture 1 Insert text 127 Insert circled text 127 Insert shape 134 Picture Properties Window 49 Picture Toolbox 34 2 1 6 Insert scanned picture Method 1 From the main menu choose Insert Acquire Method 2 Right click on label and choose Insert Acquire See also Insert picture 117 Insert text 127 2001 2015 Dataland Software 12 CD Label Designer Manual 2 1 7 Insert circled text 127 Insert shape 134 Picture Properties Window 49 Picture Toolbox 34 Insert text Method 1 From the main menu choose nsert Text Method 2 Click T in the Edit toolbar 28 Method 3 Right click on a label and choose Insert Text Method 4 Paste it from the clipboard 207 See also Insert picture 11 Insert scanned picture 11 Insert circled text 127 Insert shape 13 Text Properties Window s Text Toolbox 337 Insert circled text Method 1 From the main menu choose Insert Circled Text Metho
27. black square handles internally software still keeps original image This way it ensures that best possible quality will be used while printing label If you put extremely large picture to the label for example scanned high resolution image sometimes it will use too much computer memory and reduce performance In this case it would be advisable to internally resize image to improve memory usage while keeping same quality of printouts Another possible use of this option is to change size of one tile in case when Tiled option is used n Picture resize Depending on printer resolution images that are too large don t affect quality but can take considerable amount of memory and slow down performance Use this tool to reduce memory usage while keeping the quality Note calculation uses current object size on the label as a base Suggest size Output resolution 300DPI 22 Get from printer Original size 96 x 96 pixels Suggested size no change New size Width 96 a Y Height 96 Change size on label accordingly C9 J cae Suggest size Output resolution Choose desired DPI resolution Dots Per Inch Note that you can and it s usually recommended set smaller resolution than maximum printer resolution While printing images are resized by using optimized algorithm that assures maximum quality For example if your printer s resolution is 600 DPI you can safely set this value to 300 DPI In this
28. d 2 Click in the Edit toolbar 28 Method 3 Right click on a label and choose nsert Circled Text See also Insert picture 117 Insert scanned picture 1 Insert text 127 Insert shape 13 Circled Text Properties Window 5 Text Toolbox 337 2001 2015 Dataland Software Getting started 13 2 1 9 Insert shape Method 1 From the main menu choose Insert Shape Method 2 Click W in the Edit toolbar 5 Method 3 Right click on a label and choose Insert Shape See also Insert picture 11 Insert scanned picture 11 Insert text 127 Insert circled text 12 Shape Edit 59 Shape Toolbox 357 2 1 10 Edit spines Method 1 From the main menu choose Label Edit Spines Method 2 Right click on a spine and choose Properties Method 3 Double click on a spine Note Back label or DVD BD Box view should be selected See also Insert text 127 Change label view 117 Spine Text Properties Window 577 2 1 11 Edit object properties Method 1 Select object and from the main menu choose Object Properties Method 2 Select object and click on al in the Edit toolbar 287 Method 3 Right click on a object and choose Properties Method 4 Select object and press Alt Enter Method 5 Double click on object See also Picture Properties Window 49 O 2001 2015 Dataland Software 14 CD Label Designer Manual Text Properties Window s Circled Text Properties Wi
29. dient color Round Sides 3 4 10 Spine Text Properties Color of shape frame Change fill style Available options Solid Clear Horizontal lines Vertical lines Backward diagonal lines Forward diagonal lines Cross Diagonal cross Gradient Color of shape fill first color for gradient Gradient style available only if Fill style is Gradient Second gradient color available only if Fill style is Gradient Percent rounded available only if Shape type is Rounded Rectangle If shape type is Star or Polygon the Round slider becomes Sides slider used to select number of sides that star or polygon has Use this dialog to edit case cover spine text As you can see in the screenshot it is possible to mix formatting fonts and colors for each word letter individually similarly as you would do with regular word processing application 2001 2015 Dataland Software 58 CD Label Designer Manual r JE Edit Text A M QM Comic Sans MS 16 mA I u CD Label Designer Change font Open standard font change window Custom Fields 6 Edit or insert custom fields Undo Undo last operation M Redo Redo last operation Font name Change font name Font size Change font size A Text color Change text color B Bold Font bold Z Malic Font italic U Underline Font underline Align left Align paragraph to the left Centered Center paragra
30. e vertically Vertically 2001 2015 Dataland Software 30 CD Label Designer Manual Lj Center Center objects inside selection bounds horizontally Horizontally Center Center objects inside selection bounds vertically Vertically E Align Left Align selected objects to the left edge of selection bounds Y Align Right Align selected objects to the right edge of selection bounds Em Align Top Align selected objects to the top edge of selection bounds gil Align Bottom Align selected objects to the bottom edge of selection bounds Move Up Move object one step up in Z order Move Down Move object one step down in Z order fj Move to Front Move object to the front in Z order Ej Move to Back Move object to the back in Z order 3 2 4 Zoom toolbar Zoom toolbar contains zoom options In the Zoom percent field you can type arbitrary zoom level use Enter key to confirm 100 2 06 0 100 is cnet atk e P 100 Zoom percent Zoom percent value 2 Zoom In Zoom in J Zoom Out Zoom out E Zoom Selected Zoom to fit selected objects P Zoom Page Zoom to fit current label 3 2 5 View toolbar Use view toolbar to quickly switch between labels 60088 njo a ig View Front View front cover m View Inside View inside cover iB View Back View back cover 2001 2015 Dataland Software User interface View Sleeve gg View DVD BD Box 83 View Booklet View Disc 9 Business Card j Label Prope
31. ect or group of objects x Delete Group 2 Ungroup j Lock Object Arrange Center to Page Horizontally Center to Page Vertically Center Horizontally Center Vertically Align Left Align Right Align Top E A hb F amp de MMEA Align Bottom Move Up Move Down Move to Front Move to Back Del Ctrl G Ctrl U Ctrl L Ctrl E Ctrl R Ctrl PgUp Ctrl PgDn Ctrl Alt PgUp Ctrl Alt Delete selected objects Group selected objects Ungroup selected groups Lock selected objects Arrange submenu Center objects to page horizontally Center objects to page vertically Center objects inside selection bounds horizontally Center objects inside selection bounds vertically Align selected objects to the left edge of selection bounds Align selected objects to the right edge of selection bounds Align selected objects to the top edge of selection bounds Align selected objects to the bottom edge of selection bounds Move object one step up in Z order Move object one step down in Z order Move object to the front in Z order Move object to the back in Z order 2001 2015 Dataland Software 26 CD Label Designer Manual Rotate o Rotate right for 902 Rotate for 180 O Rotate left for 902 Picture Set As Background x Reset size E Reset Ratio Keep Width Wack Reset Ratio Keep Height Object Background Color 4 Transparent Color gj Properties 3 1 6 Booklet menu
32. els Its simplicity combined with powerful design features makes it suitable for both home and professional use Features overview Designing CD covers DVD BD boxes booklets disc round and business card labels Compatible with any printer type LightScribe compatible Support for images 49 texts 54 circled texts 591 and shapes 357 Configurable label size 61 gt Defining unlimited number of print layouts s number of which are already included in the installation RTF Rich Text Format support Spreadsheet like custom fields editor Scanner support Choosing transparent color for images Image effects and transformations 52 Tiled images and backgrounds Gradient style 35 for shapes Spine 57 editing Reading disc files folders 18 and placing on labels Reading song titles from MP3 and WMA 1 files Access to CDDB 187 audio discs database 2001 2015 Dataland Software Introduction 3 Multi level undo redo Export labels 18 to high quality image files Object locking to prevent accidental moving Rotating images and texts by any angle Wizards to help fast and easy label creation Manual content Manual is divided into several chapters 1 Introduction Chapter Introduction you are reading it right now contains general information about software and about this manual It shows basic information about main screen and explains few most important points 2 Getting sta
33. ents http www intervalsoftware com SpTBXLib Menus toolbars and custom themes skins http www silverpointdevelopment com sptbxlib JEDI components Various components http www delphi jedi org MaxComponents Auto update component http www maxcomponents net Icons http www icons icons com http www famfamfam com http www dsbglobal com ports 2001 2015 Dataland Software 74 CD Label Designer Manual 4 3 Contact WWW Company page http www datalandsoftware com Product website http www cd label designer com E mail Tech support support datalandsoftware com General office datalandsoftware com 2001 2015 Dataland Software Index 75 Index A address 74 align objects 14 arrange 14 auto check forupdates 64 B back 6 back spine text direction 65 background color 14 background picture 15 booklet 6 booklet export 18 booklet printing 68 booklet toolbar 31 browse internet 44 browse local disk 44 business card 6 buy 72 O CD drive setting 64 CDDB 18 69 change label dimensions 61 check for updates 64 circle 35 55 circled text 12 circled text properties 59 clear undo aftersave 65 clipboard 20 configuration 20 64 configuration wizard 38 configure 38 contact information 74 copy 20 Credits 73 custom fields 60 cut 20 cut line 68 D default text font 67 default zoom level 64 defaul
34. he next one will be used in the future in this case you ll need to save design file after printing r Custom Fields Editor 3881023 John Doe New York 8847202 Jane Doe Los Angeles 7482002 Nr EN 2 3 Custom fields editor window is similar to spreadsheet applications such is MS Excel You can define number of fields give them a name and type values You can also change Used column to control which record will be printed next Using custom fields To use custom fields simply type lt FIELD_NAME gt somewhere in the text You can also use Custom Fields drop down button to insert fields more easily As with regular text format each field according to your preference 2001 2015 Dataland Software User interface 61 SEP eS tm US UN UTA Ss NE Ns vs TL eee sa m E was mmy MARARRARARRANARRRERRRAHRRRRARARARRRRARRATARARHRRRHRHA E 10 20 30 40 50 60 7 80 9b 100 aternet mu Edit Text A 04 fy Ange 0 Frame 0 1 QU Courier New r 12 m B z U Y NAME 9s pa CITY John Doe SNUMBER New York a 8847202 E E In this screenshot you can see how the text object and its output looks like Note that output contains data from the first unused record See also Text Properties 5 Spine Text Properties 57 Circled Text Properties 597 3 4 13 Label Properties Use Label Properties window t
35. hese options on When you finish click on Finish button You can abandon creating any time by clicking at Cancel button 3 4 8 Image Browser Use Image Browse panel to find and place images more easily To place image on the label simply drag it from the Image Browser Local disk 2001 2015 Dataland Software User interface 45 O4 Local disk Internet QO DA Hr Y Favorites d aland All in One Label Designer bin Backgrounds Download more backgrounds 002 jpg 003 jpg This is a window similar to Windows Explorer You can browse through folders of local portable or network disk change view type list icons thumbnails and save most visited folders to Favorites section Internet 2001 2015 Dataland Software 46 CD Label Designer Manual nananana O Local disk Internet GO 2 E Y Favorites Address Search http fimages google comfimage 450 x 337 11k jpg biow Find similar images Find simila 4 Not every image available on the Internetis free to use in your designs Please check specific artwork terms CD Label Designer embeds Internet Explorer window to allow you to browse World Wide Web You can type web address directly or type keywords to search for images via Google Images search engine You can define home page and save websites to Favorites list Note that images that can be fou
36. ight click anywhere on working area and choose Side Set Background Picture Method 3 Right click on a picture object and choose Picture Set As Background Method 4 Click Bel in the Picture toolbox 347 Clear Method 1 From the main menu choose Label Clear Background Picture Method 2 Right click anywhere on working area and choose Side Background Clear Background Picture See also Change background color 14 Picture properties 49 Save design Method 1 From the main menu choose File Save Method 2 Click tl in the Main toolbar 2 Method 3 Press Ctrl S on keyboard Change name and save From the main menu choose File Save As See also Start new design 107 Open saved label 107 Print label Step 1 Method 1 From the main menu choose File Print Method 2 Click 2 in the Main toolbar 281 Method 3 Press Ctrl P on keyboard 2001 2015 Dataland Software 16 CD Label Designer Manual Step 2 Select appropriate layout and click Print or LightScribe button See also Print layouts overview Print Layout Window 47 2001 2015 Dataland Software Getting started 17 2 2 Advanced usage 2 2 4 Design templates Step 1 Design your template in a same way you design regular label You can set sizes place initial pictures and texts choose colors etc Step 2 Choose File Save As change File Type to CD Label Designer Template Files clt
37. it file list Ljaex ev 3 Folder 1 Node Type i File 1a Folder Group File 1b Ey Folder 2 File Item File 2a Settings Only folders Max levels Columns 3 Column separators Draw on front Draw on inside Draw on back Draw on sleeve Draw on DVD box Draw on booklet Folder Group font File Item font i S S amp Tp Create Text List editing _ New New item ale Rename Rename selected item x Delete Delete selected item 4 Move Up Move selected items up Move Down Move selected items down je Read Drive CDDB Get list from the drive You can drag and drop items from one parent node to another by using your mouse or right click on nodes to call pop up menu By using node type radio group you can change type of selected node s Note that you cannot change folder group type to file item type if node has children 2001 2015 Dataland Software 64 CD Label Designer Manual Settings Only directories read only directories when choosing Read drive option Max levels maximum number of directory levels to read level 0 corresponds to reading root only Columns number of columns list will be formatted in Column separator draw print column separator lines Draw on front inside sleeve back DVD BD box Booklet select on which side s list will be placed Folder Group font and File Item font choose fonts for those tw
38. m the main menu choose Label Read Drive CDDB Method 2 Click T in the Edit toolbar 2 Method 3 Press Ctrl F12 on keyboard Method 4 In the File List dialog click on T in the toolbar If data CD is in drive software will read file folder structure and place it on the label If it s an audio CD CDA software will contact CDDB over internet If i s a data CD and it contains MP3 or WMA files software will automatically read file tags and search for song titles See also Options CDDB 69 Format file list 197 2 2 06 Format file list Method 1 From the main menu choose Label File Songs List Method 2 Right click on label and choose File Song List Formatting options can be set In File List dialog 621 See also File List dialog 627 Read drive or CDDB 187 2 2 7 Change label dimensions Method 1 From the main menu choose Label Properties Method 2 Deselect all objects and click a on the Edit toolbar 281 Method 3 Right click on label NOT at objects and NOT at background if it exists and choose Properties Method 4 Deselect all objects and press Alt Enter on keyboard Method 5 Double click somewhere on work area NOT at object and NOT at background if it exists Get label dimensions from an existing Print Layout Method 6 From the main menu choose Label Get From Print Layout option 2001 2015 Dataland Software 20 CD Label Designer Manual 2 2 8 2 2 9
39. mage colors dithering option is available Smooth image Invert colors Rotate for arbitrary angle Skew image horizontally Emboss effect colored light medium dark Several blur methods Edge enhancing and detection Several sharpen methods Miscellaneous effects Glow Prewitt Trace etc 53 2001 2015 Dataland Software 54 CD Label Designer Manual 3 4 8 Image properties 49 Image resize 511 Text Properties Use this dialog to edit text objects As you can see in the screenshot it is possible to mix formatting fonts and colors for each word letter individually similarly as you would do with regular word processing application F Edit Text A Lr H 4 Angle 0 Frame 0 B amp M QU Arial 12 r BZU 2 CD Label Designer Software to create stunning CD DVD labels and covers Change font Open standard font change window Background color Choose background color not used if transparent A Hj Stretch text to Stretch text to text object boundaries Note if you are not satisfied frame with stretched text quality enlarge Font size Autosize Automatically adjust frame size to fit size of the text fy Transparent Transparent background Angle Text angle any value between 0 and 360 is allowed Frame width Frame line width Frame color Frame line color 4j Read drive CDDB Read drive CDDB list and put it into text box Custom Fields e Edit
40. nd on Internet might be copyrighted in which case you are not allowed to use them without paying a royalty fee or meet usage terms in some other way Important Because of the Internet Explorer limitation it s not possible to directly drag and drop images that link to other pages for example Google Images results list Often you will be able to follow this link to view larger image and then drag it to the label However sometimes this won t be the case and you ll need to 1 Right click on image in embedded browser 2 Select Copy option 3 Right click on label 4 Select Paste option See also 2001 2015 Dataland Software User interface 47 Image properties 49 Image resize 511 Image effects s 3 4 4 Print dialog and print layouts Note You can view general information about print layouts in the introductory topic 8 When you choose Print option window similar to this will appear 287 K bed Printer PDFCreator o Te Copies Find Print layout properties Print layouts Name Avery 5824 Avery 5824 3 Units inches X Avery 5931 Avery 8931 Orientation Al AS Avery CD Back 1 Avery CD Back 2 Media Type Default Avery J8431 Case Front Page size Avery 18432 Case Back 1 Printer page size Avery J8434 J8435 Case t Avery 18612 NOR17 d Width 8 500 Height 11 000 Notes Labels Label lt Select label to edit
41. ndow 597 Spine Text Properties Window 577 Shape Properties Window 557 Label Properties Window e 2 1 12 Arrange objects Method 1 Select object and from the main menu choose Object Arrange submenu Method 2 Right click on a object and choose Arrange submenu Method 3 Select object and use Object toolbar 297 2 1 13 Rotate objects Method 1 Select object and from the main menu choose Object Rotate submenu Method 2 Right click on object and choose Rotate submenu Pictures any angle Method 3 Click Bf in the Picture toolbox 347to open Image effects 521 window and then choose Rotate option Method 4 Use Picture Properties 9 dialog click Ef to open Image effects 5 window and choose Rotate option Texts any angle Method 3 Adjust Angle slider in the Text toolbox 33 Method 4 Use Text Properties 547 dialog to enter the angle See also Picture Properties Window 497 Text Properties Window 54 Image effects s Picture toolbox 34 Text toolbox 337 2 1 14 Change background color Method 1 From the main menu choose Label Background Color Method 2 Right click anywhere on working area and choose Side Background Background Color 2001 2015 Dataland Software Getting started 15 2 1 15 2 1 16 2 1 17 See also Set Clear background picture 157 Set Clear background picture Set Method 1 From the main menu choose Label Set Background Picture Method 2 R
42. ndow to easily access images located on the local disk or on the web To Browser 4 place image to design just drag it from here Work area This is a main screen area for design drawing Status bar Status bar contains information about current cursor position on the label and short description of option under the cursor Rulers Use rulers as a guide while you design 2001 2015 Dataland Software Introduction 2001 2015 Dataland Software CD Label Designer Manual 1 2 Label types These are label types mentioned in the user interface but please note that their usage is not limited by label names CD Label Designer is initially designed for creating CD and DVD covers and labels therefore its user interface and option names are named accordingly Despite of that thanks to Label Properties e and Print Layout 471 options you can design any kind of labels or stickers ISl Front Represents design of front CD box cover It s a rectangular surface that easily can be resized to fit any other type of labels or stickers I Inside Inside cover represents inner surface that is visible when CD box is opened Technically it s a same as Front cover and its size can t be changed independently Ld Back Back cover is a rectangular CD box tray insert with two spines Sleeve This is a template to create sleeve envelope You can design front and back side and they will be properly sliced and arranged
43. nerally you probably don t want to go below 300 DPI or 600 DPI In addition you can also choose to include a so called bleed around label edges which is often required by printing companies The bleed should contain a background extended by 1 8 inch 3 mm on each side and it shouldn t contain any texts or important parts of design While desiging in the main Screen bleed area is indicated by dashed border around label e Output resolution Output resolution 300 DPI X Indude 1 8 bleed around label Fi Ok Jl cancel Exporting booklets Booklets usually have more than one page Some image formats support multiple pages in one file like TIFF If you choose TIFF for your export format pages will be saved to a single file with separate pages lf any other format is used CD Label Designer will export each page in the separate file and add page number to the file name 2 2 4 Make print layout For the reference about print layouts see Print layouts overview 8 Print Layout window 4 3 2 2 5 Read drive or CDDB CDDB CD DataBase is free web service that collects large number of audio CD titles It is supported by CD Label Designer if you insert audio CD in your drive and start this option application will connect to this database and retrieve album and songs titles if they exist If more than one match is found you will be able to choose the one you prefer 2001 2015 Dataland Software Getting started 19 Method 1 Fro
44. o categories Use Create Text button to place the list content into regular text object so you can move and format it freely like any other text See also Read drive or CDDBI 121 3 4 15 Options Use Options dialog to change program settings Settings are separated into five sections General 64 Editing 65 gt Defaults 67 Print 687 CDDB e 3 4 15 1 General Use General section to set general application options 2001 2015 Dataland Software User interface 65 Options Es aK seneral E Editing PG Defaults CD drive Background color Default zoom 100 Unit of measure Millimeters Y Auto check for updates CD Drive Background color Default zoom Unit of measure Auto check for updates 3 4 15 2 Editing Set CD drive for drive reading option Set background color of work area Set default zoom value Set measurement units to be used by default Automatically check for software updates by using internet connection Use Editing section to set editing options 2001 2015 Dataland Software 66 CD Label Designer Manual a Options General md Gf Defaults Undo Undo levels v Clear after save Spine text direction Left Bottom to Top Right Top to Bottom DVD Bottom to Top Moving and resizing Grid size v Grid dots Snap to grid v Snap to label edges Press and hold Alt
45. o change label dimensions It s important to understand that in general label dimensions changing is not mandatory although it does help the design process Different manufacturers produce differently sized pre made labels and that sizes should be entered in the print layout s When printing CD Label Designer automatically resizes label to the correct size defined in the print layout As long as size difference is not too large you Will still get high quality outputs 2001 2015 Dataland Software 62 CD Label Designer Manual Y Visible Outer diameter 4 600 Inner diameter 0 787 Presets Delete preset Save preset Get from Print Layout Units See also Print layouts overview 8 Print Layout dialog 47 3 4 14 File List Here you can edit list of files or make your own groups items tree for including on case label printout Choose item from the list to get dimensions from the pre defined preset Delete selected preset Save current dimensions to the preset Get dimensions from the print layout After you choose print layout from the list only labels that are contained in the layout will be changed while other labels will remain unchanged Thus you can consecutively choose more than one layout For example select Avery disc layout and then select Neato cover layout Units of measure 2001 2015 Dataland Software User interface 63 JE Ed
46. ph Align right Align paragraph to the right ES Justified Justify paragraph to both sides See also Text Properties 54 2001 2015 Dataland Software User interface 59 Circled Text Properties 5 Custom Fields 607 3 4 11 Circled Text Properties Use this dialog to edit circled text objects As you can see in the screenshot it is possible to mix formatting fonts and colors for each word letter individually similarly as you would do with regular word processing application F JE Edit Text AX Angle 0 gt Bea M Qi Comic Sans MS 716 A BZU CD Label Designer Change font Open standard font change window Angle Text angle any value between 0 and 360 is allowed Direction Circled text direction T5 Read drive CDDB Read drive CDDB list and put it into text box Custom Fields e Edit or insert custom fields i Undo Undo last operation 4 Redo Redo last operation Font name Change font name Font size Change font size A Text color Change text color B Bold Font bold Z italic Font italic 2001 2015 Dataland Software 60 CD Label Designer Manual 3 4 12 U Underline Font underline See also Text Properties 547 Spine Text Properties s Custom Fields 607 Custom Fields With CD Label Designer you can maintain list of custom dynamic texts that you can place on the labels Once when record row is printed software will mark it and t
47. position V o Disc Print position v Odisc Qi Absolute Top Left X Left 2 000 Top 0 500 Label size _ From design Outer 4 500 an Inner 1 600 or Toolbar Compact Turn on and off compact dialog Compact dialog doesn t contain editing options just print layout list and simple preview f Exchange Exchange layouts with others Import from file Import XML file from the disk Import from Import XML file from the WWW note proxy settings s must be URL configured 2001 2015 Dataland Software 48 CD Label Designer Manual Export to file Export layout to XML file L3 New Create new print layout Copy layout Create a copy of selected layout for further editing x Delete Delete currently selected print layout Save Save currently selected print layout Printer Setup Choose printer and its options Tray Select paper source tray bin to use Copies Number of copies to print Print layouts This is a list of installed print layouts Create delete and edit layouts and choose the layout you want to be printed Print layout properties Edit layout properties Name Units Orientation Media Type select disc or type of paper Printer page size if this option is on page setup will be retrieved from the selected printer Custom page size if Printer page size is off here you can edit custom paper size Labels In this area you can add or delete individual labels and define their
48. positions Position can be Absolute Top Left Aligned to other label or Absolute Center If you choose absolute top left position you should enter distance of label from left and top edges of paper Similarly if you choose absolute center position you should enter position of center of label This is particularly useful when label size is set to From design In that case center of label will remain same regardless of size If you select aligned position you will be able to select other label to align with In this case if you change position of one label the other will be moved automatically Additionally you can use a EE button to easily create a grid like layout Just define number of rows and columns distances from paper edges and from each other and software will automatically create a complete layout for you 2001 2015 Dataland Software User interface 49 5 Create grid layout This tool calculates label positions based on number size and distances Label type Front or any rectangular Rows 1 a Columns Distance from the page edge Left 0 000 Top Label size Width 120 650 Height 119 327 Distance from each other Horizontal 0 000 Vertical 0 000 Cancel Before printing use check boxes next to label names to turn off labels that you don t want to be printed this time Simple preview Here you can see rough sample of printout To see high quality preview click on Preview
49. rted Second chapter helps you start using CD Label Designer by explaining basic and advanced operations 3 User interface Third chapter is a detailed reference of user interface elements such are menus toolbars and windows 4 Other information Last fourth chapter contains other non technical information 2001 2015 Dataland Software 4 CD Label Designer Manual 1 1 Main screen On the picture you can see elements of main screen Fla Edt Label incet Object Booklet os Hee em lt dopen dd cnm opon Tapers sier ep Dam 1X es p He Ext T len b Supe Honest d D Ge 8 0 x BRED fee jes di ec Re P mi Md 000 e aa ws 000 jg Pease dr ae QO t E Bine de alan Min Cre Late Desire or act eue e A Donbase moe toog ounde Rulers sel i G Get From frre Layas El Lard prooeroes Toolbox Main menu 23 Use the main menu to access options of the software Menu is divided into categories submenus click on any horizontal word to drop down the list of underlaying options and then click one of options Toolbars Main menu options that are often used are also accessible through toolbars The visibility of each toolbar can be adjusted independently Toolbox 32 Toolbox is a handy window with mostly used object editing options such is font for texts fills for shapes etc Additionally you can use it to select label view Image Use this wi
50. rties 3 2 6 Size toolbar Size toolbar can be used to change size and position of selected object i3 635 0 Y 8 20 X position Y position Width Height Lock ratio 3 2 7 Booklet toolbar T View sleeve View DVD BD box cover View booklet View disc label View business card Label properties label sizes Distance from the left edge of label Distance from the top edge of label Width of object Height of object Lock object ratio Booklet toolbar contains options to manage booklet pages iua 2 4 Mia Booklet pages Add page Delete page S Move page left Move page right 31 Current page number total number of pages and Previous and Next page buttons Add new page to the end Delete selected page Move selected page one step to left Move selected page one step to right 2001 2015 Dataland Software 32 CD Label Designer Manual 3 3 3 3 1 Toolbox Toolbox is a handy window with mostly used object editing options such is font for texts fills for shapes etc Additionally you can use it to select label view Labels toolbox 327 Effects toolbox 331 Text toolbox 337 Picture toolbox 34 Shape toolbox 357 Labels toolbox Labels toolbox is another shortcut for the View menul 27 options another shortcut is View toolbar 307 E Front Inside E Back E Sleeve IB ovojsD Box a Booklet amp Busine
51. so you can easily assemble the sleeve after printing El DVD BD Box This is a rectangular insert for DVD BD boxes with one spine in the middle of surface a Booklet Booklet is a design that can contain more than one page All pages are sized equally and all have same background picture When printed pages are rearranged for easy assembly Disc Label This is a round label with a hole in the middle Size of outer and inner diameter depends on the paper stock you have When printed because of simplicity the content of the hole in the middle will not be removed Thus only inner diameter s purpose is to guide a design but it s not necessary to be extremely precisely measured Business This is label that behaves similarly as Disc Label You can use it to print labels for Card business card sized discs See also Explaining Print Layouts 8 Label Properties 61 Print Layout window 4 3 2001 2015 Dataland Software Introduction 7 1 3 Object types On the label designs you can place three types of objects pictures texts and shapes Additionally there is a file song list that can be placed on the background of labels Picture Pictures can be loaded from disk acquired from TWAIN device such is scanner or dragged from the Web page You can resize them internally 5 or just visually or apply a number of transformations 521 like rotation brightness and contrast adjusting etc Special case of
52. ss Card Generic Sleeve E Get From Print Layout fe Label properties ig Front d Inside E Back Sleeve ga DVD BD Box 8 Booklet 3 Disc View front cover View inside cover View back cover View sleeve envelope View DVD BD box cover View booklet View disc label 2001 2015 Dataland Software User interface 33 Business View business card Card Canon iP4200 Layout name Quickly select printing template for the current label E Get From Get label dimensions from an existing print layout Print Layout tj Label Label properties label sizes Properties 3 3 2 Effects toolbox Effects toolbox contains several special effects options applicable to all types of objects texts images shapes v Shadow OffsstX 5 Y Shadow transparency Transparency The level of global transparency of selected objects 0 10095 Shadow Draw drop shadow Offset X Y Shadow offset relative to object position Shadow The level of shadow transparency 0 100 transparency 3 3 3 Text toolbox Text toolbox is a set of shortcuts for more important text editing options Full set of options is accessible through Text Edit 547 window Text formatting options apply to whole text in the object while formatting through Text Edit 511 window allows different styles in the same text object 2001 2015 Dataland Software 34 CD Label Designer Manual 3 3 4 Fr Arial Ei
53. submenu View front cover View inside cover View back cover View sleeve View DVD BD box cover View booklet View disc label View business card Zoom in Zoom out Zoom to fit selected objects Zoom to fit current label This menu contains options for configuration Configuration Wizard 38 gt E Options amp Language Ctrl F Configure most important options through this wizard Configure application options Change user interface language 2001 2015 Dataland Software 28 CD Label Designer Manual 3 2 Toolbars Main menu options that are often used are also accessible through toolbars The visibility of each toolbar can be adjusted independently Main toolbar 28 Edit toolbar 285 Object toolbar 227 Zoom toolbar 30 View toolbar 30 Size toolbar 31 Booklet toolbar 317 3 2 4 Main toolbar This toolbar contains several most important options of the software P New X Open Print SB Export Options Style Help 0 Exit a New Open new design from the default template s New Wizard Answer a series of questions to quickly make a design 403 e Open Open previously saved design lJ Save Save current design amp Print 47 Print current design Ey Export 181 Export submenu export labels to a picture files Options 6 Configure application options Style Change user interface style Help Open help file j Exit Close application
54. ts options 67 designtemplates 17 dialogs 38 diamond 35 55 disc label 6 disc label printing 68 drop shadow 33 DVD BD box 6 2 edit circled text 59 edit file song list 62 editmenu 23 edit spine text 57 edit spines 13 edit text 54 edit toolbar 28 editing options 65 effects 52 effects toolbox 33 export booklets 18 export resolution 18 export to image file 18 Fe features 2 fields editor 60 file list 18 19 62 file menu 23 fill 35 55 fold line 68 font default 67 format file list 19 62 front 6 Gi general options 64 gradient 35 55 grid settings 65 2001 2015 Dataland Software 76 CD Label Designer Manual image browser 44 image effects 52 image properties 49 image resize 51 image toolbox 34 insert circled text 12 insert menu 23 24 insert picture 11 insert scanned picture 11 insert shape 13 insert text 12 inside 6 internet 44 introduction 2 i n label dimensions 19 61 label format 19 label formats 61 label menu 24 26 label properties 19 61 label stocks 8 label toolbox 32 labeltypes 6 labels 6 large picture action 67 lightscribe 47 line 35 55 local disk 44 main menu reference 23 main screen 4 main toolbar 28 main window 4 make print layout 18 47 measurement units 64 N new design 10 new label wizard 10 40 O object menu 25 object properties 13 object toolbar 29 object types 7 objects 7 opendesign 10 optinios defaults 67
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