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Page 2: ...n 4 Getting Around in ImageMixer Label Maker 5 Hiding the Tools Window 5 Making the Tools Window Bigger or Smaller 5 The Label Tabs 6 The Display Tracks Button 6 Backgrounds 7 Editing Background Image...

Page 3: ...stant Label Wizard 46 The Choose Label Type Page 47 The Choose Theme Page 47 The Tracks Page 47 The Additional Text Fields Page 48 The Finish Page 48 The Preferences Dialog 49 The Miscellaneous Page 4...

Page 4: ...he sort of thing and I blush to say so because I belong to this category that a programmer would do We ve tried to avoid the programmer s way and instead keep all your tools just a click away so the p...

Page 5: ...e pack of rabid unicycle beavers in chapter eleven And you d think Hey that s right But there was nothing you could do about it now It was out of your hands We don t have that problem We can keep rele...

Page 6: ...appear in the window underneath the search button We support jpg bmp png and pcx graphics types 2 Click on the Art Explore tab and parse through the explorer tree to see thumbnails of all the supporte...

Page 7: ...erent printer than the one you expected to print on Click the Print toolbar button to launch the Print dialog then check to see what printer is listed at the top of the dialog in the name field Is thi...

Page 8: ...nd it becomes your label s background Click on another one or use the arrow keys to select another one and now it becomes your label s new background We think that s pretty straightforward Hiding the...

Page 9: ...Display Tracks Button We presume that your CD or DVD has something on it Not many people make labels for blank CDs although if that s what you re doing we certainly have no objections And not many peo...

Page 10: ...es counterclockwise 180 degrees Rotate the background 180 degrees Flip vertical Flip the image vertically Flip horizontal Flip the image horizontally make a mirror image of it Convert to black and whi...

Page 11: ...own layout which will remove all layout specific elements from your current label Creating Your Own Layouts Creative genius that you are you probably won t have played with the program for very long...

Page 12: ...or you ve resized your tools window to be very narrow the clip art tabs might not be visible In this case you ll need to click the right arrow to scroll the clip art tabs into view before you can sele...

Page 13: ...u dropped it As soon as you drop it it should be in selected mode with sizing bars and a toolbar You can click on the image s sizing bars to resize the image you can click on the image s title bar or...

Page 14: ...p of the program s main window This will bring up our explorer tree clip art window Instead of a list of file names though our explore tab displays thumbnails of all the images in whatever folder is c...

Page 15: ...a submenu with these options 1 Centered overlap make the selected clip art image your background image and center it on the label This will cover the entire label with the selected image while preser...

Page 16: ...e name This will affect any other programs that expect to find the image under its old file name Delete file Deletes the actual clip art image file Use this option with caution Stuff You Can Do to a C...

Page 17: ...be transparent Lots of clip art images are designed to be displayed with a transparent background this option lets you do so Note this setting usually has little effect on JPEG files because the JPEG...

Page 18: ...button Once you release the mouse button the program will insert a text editing caret next to the text you clicked on Once a text object is selected it s got the title bar and resize bars clicking on...

Page 19: ...d he didn t hear you just because you didn t tell him how full you wanted the glass And if you click the bold button without any text selected we re pretty sure you don t mean act as if I don t exist...

Page 20: ...word processor If variable width mode each column of each row will be exactly as wide as required to display the amount of text The title for You ve Certainly Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts will be w...

Page 21: ...onal behavior for dialog windows which normally require you to press the OK button before showing you your changes But we hate the blundering around we have to do when we make changes in a dialog but...

Page 22: ...box on the left side of the text properties dialog If you had a section of text selected when you launched the text properties dialog changes on this page will only affect the text you ve got selected...

Page 23: ...he 270 degrees straight down checkbox your text will climb straight down the label If you click the 180 degrees upside down checkbox your text will display upside down starting at the bottom of your t...

Page 24: ...if you change the text color of a text selection you won t actually be able to see the color change until you close the dialog and unselect the text In the current incarnation of Imagemixer Label Mak...

Page 25: ...elements in your labels must be factors of the Fibonacci sequence or of the lotto numbers that made you a millionaire then this page will be just your pace In that case you can just type your favored...

Page 26: ...ving Straight With this setting your text will display in a straight line Since most of the other options on this page all relate to curved text they ll be disabled if you ve selected the straight tex...

Page 27: ...t edge of your text object If you ve chosen right orientation it will end at the rightmost edge of your text object If you ve chosen centered orientation the text should both start and finish an equal...

Page 28: ...lloon and your text object will have a triangular tail that you can drag around and resize until it points wherever you wish Select Thought Balloon and your text object will trail a series of little t...

Page 29: ...let you select the side of your text object on which you want to display your chat or thought balloon tail The Color Transparency Page This page lets you choose your text object s background color It...

Page 30: ...in the text object s boundaries Center Text will be centered horizontally within the text object s boundaries Right Text will be right justified within the text object s boundaries Vertical Top Text w...

Page 31: ...possible the text will word wrap wherever it can Best fit is the default and is best for most situations If you select Break on spaces only text will only word wrap at spaces The drawback of this appr...

Page 32: ...esume printing until you ve gotten to the bottom of it The Columns Page This page which only appears on the properties dialogs of tracks text objects gives you the option to display your CD tracks in...

Page 33: ...s control to be 2 or more Column Number specifies which column the Horizontal Orientation and Hole Wrapping controls apply to Horizontal Orientation specifes the horizontal orientation for text in the...

Page 34: ...apply and these controls will be disabled 1st Line cm Lets you specify in centimeters extra indentation for the first line of every paragraph Other Lines cm Lets you specify in centimeters extra inde...

Page 35: ...er how wide individual track numbers may be When you re in variable width fields mode and you drag the field borders in the header bar you re actually editing the width between the fields rather than...

Page 36: ...fixed width fields mode you can set this on the fields page If you re not a numbers oriented sort of person you can also do this outside the text properties dialog by clicking on the text object to se...

Page 37: ...ish to cause pain to any of our users so I added a right side up editing window to use when your text isn t upright When you set your text to be sideways or upside down the text object s toolbar will...

Page 38: ...ce the contents list has the keyboard focus you can also move from field to field by using the arrow keys or the tab key There are several other ways to get a field into edit mode Here s the lot press...

Page 39: ...cdplayer ini or cdburner ini the program will use it if not it will try to look up a tracks listing for your CD over the Internet Done closes the window Display tracks on current label If you check t...

Page 40: ...ace combo box lists the font in which the currently selected field will display Size Use this combo box to change the font size in which the currently selected field will display Bold Check or uncheck...

Page 41: ...ple matches they re usually multiple copies of nearly identical playlists with slight variations in genre year or other fields that Imagemixer Label Maker doesn t really care about As long as the arti...

Page 42: ...on it and haven t clicked on anything else in the meantime Once you click on a shape that you ve added to a label you should see a little shape editing toolbar appear beneath it If there s no toolbar...

Page 43: ...ecific information at the bottom of the dialog The Printer Section Name Gives you a list of all the printers attached to your computer Choose the one you want to use Paper Bin Lets you choose which bi...

Page 44: ...If you check this box for the jewel case back the program will print lines indicating where to fold the two spines If you check this box for the jewel case front inside the program will print a line...

Page 45: ...it and then you ll be asked to reinsert the paper upside down so the program can print the jewel case inside on the back of the paper Make sure the fronts have finished printing and you ve reinserted...

Page 46: ...our label It won t look good If your printer is consistently wrong which is often the case you can use the Printer Offsets section of this dialog to correct it If the printer always prints a millimete...

Page 47: ...it overlaps your printer s unprintable area or even the edges of the paper itself you ll get to spend some time with this dialog You can t print your label full size in all its glory but the Label Mak...

Page 48: ...t to print this label after all Help we suspect you ve already got some experience with this button But if you enjoy this help page feel free to click it whenever you want What else If you ve got more...

Page 49: ...us who ve had some experience with the wizard have been known to get through it in under fifteen seconds Every page of the wizard contains a series of buttons that let you navigate through the wizard...

Page 50: ...far you re rapidly getting the hang of this wizard business This page lets you type in your tracks listing either your song list for an audio CD or your chapter list for a DVD If you re running the a...

Page 51: ...cdburner ini the program will use it if not it will try to look up a tracks listing for your CD over the Internet Once you ve got all your tracks info just the way you want it click the Next button t...

Page 52: ...of the dialog Main Toolbar Auto Run Options Printer Alignment Stretch Labels Printing Fold Lines The Miscellaneous Page This page lets you set miscellaneous options The label maker isn t very miscella...

Page 53: ...e are your options Big icons with text each toolbar button will have a 32 by 32 icon plus text describing what the button does Big icons no text each toolbar button will have just the 32 by 32 icon Sm...

Page 54: ...t the software creates a blank CD project when it starts If you check this box it will remember the project type CD DVD or mini CD you were working on the last time you used the software and create a...

Page 55: ...osed to you can use this dialog to tell the program to always print labels one millimeter to the left of where they d normally go which will cancel out the printer s imprecision and make things print...

Page 56: ...label borders or the CD hole unless you have a fabulously reliable printer because otherwise it stands a good chance of getting chopped off when you print it But don t stretch plain paper labels This...

Page 57: ...ou check this radio button the program will print solid fold lines Dashed Lines If you you check this radio button the program will print dashed fold lines Print lines outside the label only If you do...

Page 58: ...your changes until you click the OK button to exit the dialog 150 DPI This option will tile the image at 150 dots per inch It s the default option for bitmap based images For vector based images such...

Page 59: ...s or objects on them a photograph of clouds for instance would be a good candidate for the blend edges effect If you re not sure whether or not it will work for your image go ahead and check the box a...

Page 60: ...afford to add new features and make more high quality easy to use software it s easy Purchase You can buy a registration code now over the Internet and receive the code via e mail within minutes Just...

Page 61: ...hanks to Ronnie Nijmeh Lois Clarke Donda Bird Greg Birkel and the Beta Team Avery and all Avery brands product names and codes are trademarks of Avery Dennison Corporation For more information on Aver...

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