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How To Make A Strip Like This
(Or: Using Bitmap Images to Get Different Styles in One Zone)
This is an
inserted image.
Notice there
are three fonts,
three font sizes,
and two styles
in one zone!
In this version of PowisPrint™ software, you can’t directly enter different fonts and styles in the same zone—i.e.,
you can’t have a zone that reads, “
Happy
friendly
dog
.” But you can do this by using a zone for each word,
or creating your own bitmap image. Creating your own bitmap allows you to type your title exactly as you want it
to look on your strip. All you do is open a drawing program, type your title, save it as a bitmap, and then insert it
on the strip as an image. Let’s try.
1. Open a drawing program. (In Windows, go to the Start menu, then Accessories, and select Paint.)
2. Using the text tool, type your title text. We typed, “ALIENS STOLE MY CAT! By Rita Pilleggity” and then
formatted it. Notice that we used three different fonts, three font sizes, and two different styles.
3. Save it as a monochromatic bitmap image. (Under “Save as type,” select “Monochrome bitmap.”) Remember
where you’re saving it, so you can retrieve it.
4. Close Paint.
5. Open a new PowisPrint™Design Window.
6. Insert the bitmap image you just created. If you’ve forgotten how to insert an image, here’s how:
a. Go to Insert
è
Image.
b. Click the “Load Image” button.
c. Navigate to the location where you saved your bitmap.
d. Click “Open.”
e. Once the system returns to the “Load Image” screen, click “OK.”
7. Format your strip as usual. We added two more zones: one with text (“neptune books”), and one with an
image (a star). Easy as pie!
In future versions of PowisPrint™, you will be able to directly use different fonts and styles in one zone.
G E T T I N G T H E M O S T F R O M P O W I S P R I N T ™
