Brady LabelMark 5 User Manual
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Table of Contents
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Application Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
General Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Format Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Data Refresh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
File Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Breadcrumbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Help Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Graphical Label Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Create New Label File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Searching the Master Parts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
By Printer Compatibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
By Width or Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Two-Sided Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Label Copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Go To a Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Label Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Quick Zoom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Cursor Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Mouse Navigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Adding Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Graphical Label Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Print a Label File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Print Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Print Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Selecting a Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Printing Specific Labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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Formatting a Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Behavior Common to All Label Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Selecting an Object. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Locking Elements on a Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Move Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Center on Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Z-Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Rotating Elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Delete an Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Undo/Redo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Command Multiplier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Copy Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Copy Object(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Insert a New Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Text Element. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Adding Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Edit Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Delete Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Select Multiple Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Find/Replace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Text Element Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Flip-Flop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Image Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Add an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Resize Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Move the Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Image Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Line and Rectangle Elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Line Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Rectangle Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Barcode Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Add a Barcode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Barcode Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Data Bound (Linked) Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Edit Data Bound Objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Split Linked Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Deleting Data Bound Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Date and Time Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Add Date/Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Format Date/Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Remove Date/Time Element. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Check Label Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Errors and Information Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
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Label Errors List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Changing Label Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
WireMark Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Serialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
How Serialization Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Examples of Serialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Simple Serialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Format Serialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Advanced Serialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Edit Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Remove Serialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Label Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
File Naming Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Save Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Opening a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Open Upon Launch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
File Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Job Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Create a Job File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Add Label Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Save Job File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Open a Job File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Remove a Label File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Printing a Job File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Select a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Print from a Job File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Edit Print Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Close a Job File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Delete a Job File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Favorite Job Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Add to Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
View Favorite Job Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Search for Job Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Managing Custom Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Creating a Custom Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Export Custom Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Import Custom Parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Delete Custom Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
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Managing Favorite Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Add to Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Searching Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Remove from Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Using Favorites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Manage Printer/Part Pairings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Data Import/Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Adding External Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Advanced Options (for importing data). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Sorting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Save Data Import Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Using a Data Import Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Refresh Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Microsoft Visio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Selected Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Export All Text Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Microsoft Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
AutoCAD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Export All Text Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Export Current Selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Manage Data Import Schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Edit a Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Create New Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Apply to Label File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Manage Data Serialization Schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Edit a Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Create New Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Apply to Label File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Create a Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Use a Template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Edit a Template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Printing Labels From Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Application Wizards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Control Panel Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Wire Harness Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
110-Block Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Edit 110-Block Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
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Introduction
NoteNote
LabelMark is a label design and management package which enables you to design a label
based on material selection. It is designed to be used in an industrial environment with more
demands on speed, accuracy and reliability of output.
LabelMark is a multi-document application where you can open multiple label files. The
number of files that can be opened at any one time is constrained by system memory and
resources.
Application Window
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Application Window
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Open files display as tabbed documents, the name of the file appearing on the tab. If the
document has not yet been saved, “Untitled #” displays in the tab, where # is the number of the
untitled document on which you are working. The X on the tab is used to close that particular
document.
If you close the document without saving, you will lose the data. A message
displays asking if you want to save the document.
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Application Window
To move between different open documents:
1. Click the tab of the document you want to view.
The tab of the document accessed (the one in view) displays with a white background. The
other document tabs display slightly grayed. You can have multiple documents opened at one
time. If too many documents are open to display in one row of tabs, the screen displays another
row of tabs behind the first one.
Window Element Description
Menu Menus provide functions or commands available in
the LabelMark program.
Toolbar Collection of menu shortcuts displayed on buttons.
The toolbar contains standard Windows application
commands and commands specific to the LabelMark
software, enabling you to process label-making tasks.
Status Bar Located at the bottom of the workspace window, the
status bar displays relevant information about the
label and media on which you are working. The status
bar contains the selected label part number and total
number of labels in the current file.
Workspace The main area of the screen that displays the label file
on which you are working as well as other LabelMark
functionality, such as managing custom parts,
schemes, and favorites.
Properties Window Located on the right side of the Workspace window,
the properties window contains formatting functions
for the label element on which you are working. The
Properties window only displays when you are
working on labels or templates.
Document tabs Display the names of open files or functionality
screens. If a file is new and has not yet been saved,
the unsaved file is identified as “Untitled.”
Zoom Button Control Available for editing labels, templates, or custom
parts, the Zoom feature enables you to zoom in or out
on a label document by dragging the button left or
right. The zoom percentages range from 25% to
800%.
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Toolbars
Standard
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Toolbars
There are three toolbars that display in the editing window. They are:
•Standard
•Format
•Action
The toolbars display automatically when LabelMark is launched and contain the most
commonly used elements in the LabelMark software program. The buttons on the toolbar are
context sensitive, meaning their availability depends on what you are doing in the program.
The Standard toolbar consists of the following items:
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Creates a new label file,
template, or job.
Saves label files, templates, or
jobs.
Sends a label file or template
to the printer.
Cuts (removes) an element
from a label for placement on
another label or different area
of the same label.
Pastes Cut or Copied
elements on different labels,
or different areas on the same
label.
Redo - Returns the label/
document to the state before
the Undo action was taken.
Opens a previously saved
label file, template, or job.
Displays information about
printers currently available to
LabelMark.
Previews a label file or
template before it is printed.
Copies (duplicates) elements
on a label.
Undo - Returns the label/
document to the state before
the last action was taken.
Permanently removes
elements from a label, or a
label from a label file.
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Toolbars
Format
The Format toolbar consists of the following items:
Button Function Button Function
Select a different font
(typeface) and/or font size
for a text element.
Horizontal Justification
used to justify text (left,
center, right) within the
text element’s boundaries
Horizontal Text Alignment
used to horizontally align
elements on a label to
each other (left, center,
right).
Center Objects Vertical/
Horizontal centers
elements vertically or
horizontally to the label
boundaries.
Font attributes used to
apply Bold, Italics, or
Underline to text
elements.
Vertical Text Alignment
used to vertically align
elements on a label to
each other (top, middle,
bottom).
Rotation used to rotate
elements on a label, left or
right, 90 degrees at a
time.
Bring to Front/Send to
Back rearranges
overlapping elements to
allow visibility of all layers
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Used to view the first side,
second side, or both sides
of a 2-sided label.
Available only when using
2-sided labels.
Action
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Toolbars
With the exception of the Selection Arrow tool, all other tools on the Action toolbar are only
available when in Graphical Label Design mode.
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Selects elements on a label,
placing handles around the
element to indicate it is
selected.
Used to insert a graphic on a
label.
Used to draw a horizontal,
vertical, or diagonal line on the
label.
Used to enter text on a label.
Used to insert a barcode on a
label.
Used to draw a square or
rectangle on the label.
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Options
Options
If you use a specific font most of the time, or you always print to a certain printer, you can set
these features as defaults, thereby enabling you to bypass a number of formatting options
whenever you create a label file.
To change the default settings:
1. Choose Tools>Options.
There are four categories of default settings listed on the left side of the Options dialog box.
2. Click the category containing the settings you want to change.
General Options
General Options set the following default options:
•Printer
• Units of Measure
•Language
• Allow graphical label design
• Show label copies user interface
Format Options
The Format Options is used to set the following default options:
•Font
•Size
• Style
• Horizontal Justification
• Line Spacing
• Automatic Text Formatting (including Auto sizing and the Flip character to use when
applying the Flip-Flop function)
Auto Size
Selecting this option automatically adjusts the text size to fit the element size. As the text
overflows the element width, the font is decreased until it fits the line or reaches the minimum
font size of 6 points. After this point, text overflows beyond the zone. If you delete characters,
the font size starts increasing up to the original font size.
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Data Refresh
The Data Refresh option is used to set the defaults for the following:
• Date/Time Refresh options
• Imported Data Refresh options
File Paths
The File Paths option is used to set the directory locations for the following:
• Label Files
• Template Files
•Image Files
•Jobs Files
• Serialization Files
• Custom Parts Files
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Help
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Help
The Help function of LabelMark 5.0 is an electronic reference manual that shows you how to
work with many of the features of the LabelMark 5.0 software. You can access the Help files at
any time while working with the LabelMark 5.0 software. To access Help:
1. Choose Help>User Guide.
OR
Press [F1].
The contents are arranged into books. To view and/or hide the contents of a specific book:
2. Double click the book.
The subcontents are displayed.
To open a particular subtopic, displaying its contents:
3. Click the page icon.
Many of the Help topics are cross-referenced and are displayed as links in the form of colored
underlined words, or phrases. Clicking these links jumps to the referenced topic.
To return to the previous Help screen:
1. Click Back button.
OR
Press [Backspace].
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Help
Breadcrumbs
The content hierarchy displays in the upper right corner of every screen. This hierarchy is
known as “breadcrumbs.” To return to any topic listed in the breadcrumb trail:
1. Click the specific topic.
Help Search
To get Help on a particular word or topic:
1. Click Search tab.
2. Enter the word or topic for which you are searching.
The search string is not case sensitive and you can enter spaces between words of
the search string.
3. Click List Topics.
4. Click the item in the list, then click Display.
The searched-for word/phrases are highlighted throughout the topic.
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Getting Started
This section describes the process of creating a label with minimal formatting, basic editing
techniques, and printing the label.
Graphical Label Design
Before designing a label, determine what needs to be placed on the label. If your label design
includes graphics, lines, rectangles, or barcodes, you must be in Graphical Label Design mode.
If you do not select Allow Graphical Label Design, the label part number selected will display
with lines available only for text.
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Graphic Label Design - OFF Graphic Label Design - ON
When you select a part number in the Create New/Open dialog box, you can turn the Graphical
Label Design option on or off by clicking the Graphical Label Design option box. However, if
you want to ensure that Graphical Label Design is always turned on (or off), set the property in
the Tools>Options>General Options dialog box. (See page 6 for more information.)
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Create New Label File
Create New Label File
A label file can be one label or multiple labels saved together as one file. When launching
LabelMark 5.0, you are immediately presented with the Create New dialog box, enabling you
to begin the process of designing a new label.
The Create New dialog box defaults to the master Parts List. The Parts List is a list of media
stock, the part name being the identifying code given to the specific media. For example, LAT28 is the part name assigned to 8.5 x 11 stock.
To start a new label file:
1. Click the part number to use. (This is a scrollable list displaying the specifics about the
part numbers along with a graphic representation of the layout of the labels.)
2. Click OK.
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Searching the Master Parts List
You can narrow a large Master list of part numbers through searching. You can search by:
•Part Name
• Printer Compatibility
• Part Family
• Width
• Height
You can search on these fields individually or in combination. If searching in combination, the
results are abstracted based on the order in which the fields are selected for search criteria. For
example, if the first search criteria narrows the results to 100, the information in the next
search field further filters those 100 results to a more narrow list. It does not search the entire
database again. Likewise, if the data from the second search field is removed, the results
returns to the part numbers displayed from the criteria in the first search field.
By Part Name
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To search the master parts list by part name:
1. In the By Part Name: field, enter the name/number of the part you want to use.
As you enter the part number characters, or portions of the part numbers, the list immediately
abstracts those part numbers that have the entered characters in that position in their name. The
list narrows after each letter entered.
To return to the full Master list:
2. Highlight the text in the By Part Name field, then press [Delete].
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Create New Label File
By Printer Compatibility
You can also search by Printer Compatibility. To search for parts from the Master List by
printer:
1. In the By Printer Compatibility field, click the drop down arrow and select the desired
printer.
Only those parts that are compatible with the selected printer are listed.
If data remains in the By Part Name field when you select Printer Compatibility, the returned
part numbers are drawn from the smaller list previously abstracted from the By Part Name
field search. If you want to search the entire Master list by printer compatibility, be sure the By
Part Name field is empty.
To remove criteria from the Printer Compatibility field:
2. Click the red X next to the field.
This deletes the selected entry and immediately displays the Master list (or abstracted list) that
existed before the Printer Compatibility field was selected.
By Part Family
The Part Family refers to the various types of label media, such as die cut, continuos, sleeve,
etc. To search by Part Family:
3. In the By Part Family field, click the drop down arrow and select the desired Part Family.
Only those parts that are contained within the selected Part Family are displayed.
To remove criteria from the Part Family field:
4. Click the red X next to the field.
By Width or Height
To search for specific part numbers based on the Width or Height of the label you want to use:
1. Click the Width or Height field.
2. Enter the preferred width or height of the label for which you are searching. The width or
height is entered in inches or millimeters, depending on the property selected in
Tools>Options>General Options dialog box. (See page 6 for more information.)
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Editor
NoteNote
Getting Started
View
The Label Editor is activated in the Workspace area of the application window. The Label
Editor has two types of views.
• Single label view, where only one label is visible at a time.
• Multi-label view, where multiple labels are laid out in rows and columns, similar to the
way they are laid out on the liner. The labels are numbered, left to right, top to bottom.
By default, the Editor displays in multi-label view. (If a two-sided label is the selected part, the
“side 1 only” view is the default.) You can switch between the above two views.
In multi-label view, the Editor displays the maximum number of labels that can fit in the
Editor window, even though the labels are not yet created.
Horizontal and vertical rulers (located at the top and on the left side of the Editor) are visible
when a single label is viewed. The ruler measurement units are based on the measurement
units that you set in the Options function. (See page 6 for more information.) The rulers track
the mouse movement for cursor position and highlights the label’s editable area.
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View
When you start a new label file, if the selected part number contains more than one label, it
displays the multiple labels on the screen with a circled number next to each label to indicate
where that label is on the media liner.
To view one label in a multi-label layout:
1. Click the label you want to view alone.
2. Choose Visionless Label Layout
That label displays by itself in the upper left corner of the screen.
When applying serialization, adding date/time text, or using the Command
Multiplier, you do not have to have all labels visible.
To view all the labels in a multi-label layout:
1. Choose View> Multiple Label Layout.
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View
Two-Sided Labels
Some label parts allow printing on both sides of the label. To view each side, separately or
together:
Choose View>Two-Sided Sleeve>Side # (where # is the number of the side you want to view).
OR
Click one of the 2-sided buttons .
Label Copies
You can indicate the number of
copies of a single label to print by
using the Label Copies toggle button.
When viewing, the toggle button
displays next to each label indicating
that you can set different number of
copies for each label. The summation
of copies for each individual label
displays in the Total labels: field in
the Print dialog box. (See “Print
Dialog Box” on page 25 for more
information.)
To display the Label Copies toggle
button:
1. Choose View>Label Copies.
To indicate the number of copies to print of that particular label:
2. Click the up/down toggles.
The Label Copies option can be removed from the Workspace by selecting VIew>Label
Copies again to remove the checkmark.
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Go To a Label
Regardless of which view you are in (single or multiple labels), you can move to different
labels in the file using the Go To function. To go to a specific label, if the label is not visible on
the screen:
1. Choose Edit>Go To Label…
OR
Press Ctrl+G.
2. Enter the number of the label you want to access.
3. Click OK.
OR
Press Enter.
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Go To a Label
Label Navigation
If you are in Single Label Layout, the Label Navigation buttons display on the right side of the
Status Bar.
To go to the a specific label in the file:
1. Highlight the current number in the Label Navigation numbered field.
2. Enter the number of the label you want to go to.
3. Press [Enter].
To move to the next label:
4. Click Next .
To move to the previous label:
5. Click Previous .
To move to the last label in the file:
6. Click Last .
To move to the first label in the file:
7. Click First .
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Zoom
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Zoom
The Editor supports zooming functionality in all views. You can zoom from 25% to 800%.
Zoom factors in 25% increments, although you can enter a custom zoom percentage at any
increment between 25% and 800%.
Fit to Width zooms the label so it will fit the current width of the Editor window.
The Editor supports horizontal and vertical scrolling when displayed elements do not fit the
display area.
To zoom in or out of a label:
1. Choose View>Zoom....
2. Click the drop down arrow in the Predefined Value field and select the zoom percentage
desired.
3. Click [OK].
If the zoom percentage is not available in the Predefined Value field:
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1. Click Custom Value radio button.
2. Enter the percentage desired.
3. Click OK.
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Zoom
Quick Zoom
A Zoom control scale displays in the lower right corner of the Status Bar. To quickly change
the zoom percentage of the label file:
1. Drag the zoom control button to the right of the scale to increase the size.
2. Drag the zoom control button to the left of the scale to decrease the size.
As you drag the zoom button, the zoom percentage displays in a pop-up box directly above the
zoom control button.
By clicking the zoom line along which the button travels, you can change the zoom
incrementally 25% on each click.
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Cursor Movement
Function Key Description
Scroll Up In a multi-label file, scrolls one label row up.
Scroll Down In a multi-label file, scrolls one label row down.
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First
Last
Move Up
Move Down
Move Left
• Moves to the first label in the file.
• In Text Element, moves to the beginning of the
line of text.
• Moves to the last label in the file.
• In Text Element, moves to the end of the line of
text.
• If a label is selected in a multi-label file, moves
to the label above.
• If on a label element, selects the element above
the current element.
• If on the last element, moves to the label above,
selecting the bottom element on that label.
• If a label is selected in a multi-label file, moves
to the label below.
• If on a label element, selects the element below
the current element.
• If on the last element, moves to the label below,
selecting the top element on that label.
• If a label is selected in a multi-label file, moves
to the label on the left.
• If on a label element, selects the element to the
left of the current selected element.
• If on the top left element, moves to the label on
the left, selecting the right-most element on that
label.
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Cursor Movement
Function Key Description
Move Right
• If a label is selected in a multi-label file, moves
to the label on the right.
• If on a label element, selects the element to the
right of the current selected element.
• If on the right-most element, moves to the label
on the right, selecting the left-most element on
that label.
Next Label Moves to the next label in a file.
Previous Label Moves to the previous label in a file.
Nudge Element
Up
Nudge Element
Down
Nudge Element
Left
Nudges a selected element up by one grid
unit.
Nudges a selected element down by one grid
unit.
Nudges a selected element left by one grid
unit.
Nudge Element
Right
Go To Invokes the GO TO Label dialog box, to go to a
Find Invokes the Find dialog box, to search for
Find Next Finds the next occurrence of the searched for
Find and
Replace
Select All
Elements
Nudges a selected element right by one grid
unit.
specific label.
specific text in a label file.
text.
Invokes the Find and Replace dialog box to
replace searched-for text with different text.
Selects all elements on a label.
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