DuraLabel Kodiak - Creating Signs and Labels; Label Designer

DuraLabelKodiakUserGuidev0.6(Prerelease)Page13of28
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Creating Signs and Labels
Kodiakincludesseveralwaystocreatenewlabelsorsigns.Eachofthelabelingmodulesisavailable
throughtheLabelmenuonthemainscreen.
Label Designer
TheLabelDesignermoduleismeantforcreatingoreditingcompletelycustomdesigns,usingtext,
images,orbarcodes.Theseitemscanbeplacedandmodifiedwiththemenus,andcanbemoved
aroundyourlabelbydraggingthemonthedesignarea.
[Imageneeded.Callouts:Toolbar,DesignArea,Insertmenu,Dimensionsmenu,Ordermenu,Details
menu,Colormenu,DataSourcemenu,LabelSettingsmenu,PrintSettingsmenu]
Toolbar
ThetoolbaracrossthetopofthescreenshowssomecommoncontrolsandoptionsfortheLabel
Designer.
 HamburgerMenu:Accesscommonfileoptions,suchascreatinganewdesign,savingand
loadingdesigns,andchoosingprogramsettings.
 QuickSave:Savethecurrentlabeldesignwithitscurrentfilename.Ifyouhaven’tsavedthefile
yet,youwillbepromptedtochooseafilenameandlocation.
 Group/Ungroup:Setagroupofselectedobjectstoactasasinglelargeobject,orreversesthis
selection.
 Undo/Redo:Cancelarecentaction,orrepeatacanceledaction.
 Copy/Paste/Delete:Duplicateorremovetheselectedobject.
 ZoomOut/In/Fit:Adjustyourviewofthedesigntoallowfinetuning.
 Close:ClosetheLabelDesigner.
Insert Menu
Thismenuallowsyoutoadddifferenttypesofcontenttoyourdesign.Clickonthedesireditemtypeto
addittothecenterofyourlabel.Whenanobjecthasbeenaddedtothedesign,thenewobjectwill
automaticallybeselectedforediting.
 Text:Addsimpletextitemstoyourlabel,usefulforheadersorstaticinformation.Basictextcan
besettoafixedsizeorlockedinplace.
 RichText:Addrichtextitems,usefulfordescriptiveordynamiccontent.Richtextcanwrap
withinabox,anddifferentpartsofthesameitemcanusedifferentfontstyles.
 LinearBarcode:Addaline‐stylebarcodeinavarietyofformats.Supportedformats:Codabar,
Code128,Code128B,Code2of5(Interleaved2of5),Code39,EAN13(ISBN),EAN8(8‐2,8‐5),
UPC‐A(A2,A5),andUPC‐E(A2,A5).
 2DBarcode:Addagrid‐stylebarcodeinavarietyofformats.Supportedformats:DataMatrix,
PDF417,QRCode.
 Image:Importacustomimage,suchasacompanylogo.Supportedfiletypes:.bmp,.gif,
.jpg/.jpeg,.png,.svg.
 Shape:Addgeometricshapessuchaslines,rectangles,andcirclestoyourdesign.
 Symbols:Addstandardizedsymbolsfromamassivelibrary,sortedbycategoriessuchas
“Arrows,”“Injury,”and“Prohibited.”