DuraLabelKodiakUserGuidev0.6(Prerelease)Page14of28
Dimensions Menu
Whenanobjectisselected,usethismenutopreciselycontroltheobject’ssize,location,orrotation.You
canalsoquicklycontrolaselectedobject’ssizebydraggingthecontrolboxesatitscorners,ormovethe
objectbydraggingitacrossthedesignarea.
Order Menu
Whenanobjectisselected,usethismenutoadjusttheobject’sarrangementrelativetootherobjectsor
thelabelasawhole.Youcancenterobjectsonthelabel,oralignmultipleselectedobjectstoeach
other.Youcanalsocontrolwhetheranobjectcoversupanother,oriscoveredinstead.
Details Menu
Whenanobjectisselected,usethismenutoadjusttheuniqueoptionsavailableforthattypeofobject.
Forexample,fortextobjects,youcanchangethefontandsize,whileforbarcodeobjects,youcan
choosethebarcodeformat.
Color Menu
Whenanobjectisselected,usethismenutochoosethecolorsforthatobject.Youcanselectawide
varietyofcolors,eveniftheappropriatesuppliesarenotcurrentlyloaded,butonlycolorsthatmatch
yourloadedsuppliescanbeprintedaccurately.
Data Source Menu
Connectyourlabeldesigntoadatabase.Thedesignwillautomaticallyupdateforabatchoflabels,with
eachlabelusinginformationfromagivenrowinyourspreadsheetordatabase.Inthismenu,youcan
choosewhichcolumnofdatashouldbeshownintheselectedobject.Youcanalsochoosewhichrecord
(orrow)isusedforthecurrentlabel.
Label Settings Menu
Choosebasiclabeldesignoptions,suchasthesizeofthelabelyouarecreating(oradynamicsize,which
extendsorshrinkstomatchyourcontent)andthesuppliesyouplantousewhenprintingyourlabel.
Print Settings Menu
Adjustprintingoptions,suchasthecommonprintingpreferences,aswellaschoosingwhichlabelsto
printfromanautomatically‐generatedsetoflabelsthatuseaDataSource.
Arc Flash
TheArcFlashmoduleusesasearchable,editabledatabasetokeeptrackofyourequipmentdetails,and
simplifythetaskofcreatingarcflashwarninglabelsthatmatchtheNFPA70EandCSAZ462standards.
[Imageneeded.Callouts:Toolbar,DesignArea,NewRecordbutton,Editbutton,SaveDatabasebutton,
SaveLabelbutton,DeleteRecordbutton,LabelSettingsmenu,PrintSettingsmenu]
Toolbar
ThetoolbaracrossthetopofthescreenshowssomecommoncontrolsandoptionsfortheArcFlash
labelingmodule.