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1. ClickontheInverseiconintheToolbox.

2. Clickthepositiononthelabel,whereyouwanttheupper-leftpositionoftheobjecttobe

set.

3. Dragtobottom-rightdirectionuntiltheobjectsizeisasrequested.

Note:

Ifyouwanttodrawasquare,grabahandleaononeoftherectanglecorners,simultaneouslypress

andholdShiftkey,thenresizetherectangle.Asquarewillbedrawn.Formoreusefulshortcutsavail-

ableinthesoftwarerefertothechapterShortcuts.

4. Tomoveainversetoadifferentpositionsimplyselectitanddragitelsewhereonthe

label.

Curved Text

Toplaceacurvedtextobjectonthelabel,dothefollowing:

1. ClickontheCurved texticonintheToolbox.

2. Clickthepositiononthelabel,whereyouwishtoplacetheobject.

TheCurvedTextdialogboxwillopen.

3. Definethecontentsfortheobject.

4. ClickOKtoplacetheobject.

Note:

Shouldyoulaterwanttoedittheobject,selectitthendouble-clickit.Thewizardwithproperties

appears.

Using Contents Mask

Contentsmaskisveryusefulwhenyoumustdisplaytheinputdatadifferentlyonthelabel.Withcon-

tentsmaskyoucansimplyreformatthedatatosuityourneeds.

Forexample,youmustusedifferentlyformattedhumaninterpretationtextbelowbarcodethanthe

dataisformattedinthebarcode.Youdonotwanttodefinetwovariablesforthispurposeandenter

thesimilardatatwice.

Themaskcharacterwillbereplacedbytheactualdataandanyotherusedcharacterwillbeusedas-

is.Ifthecurrentbarcodevalueis

"AD951"

andthecontentsmaskis

"**C-**/*/"

theresultingoutputwillbe

"ADC-95/1/"

PowerfulformattingstructurescanbedefinedusingContentsmask,butitisonlyavailablewithbar

codesthatallowcustomformattingofthehumaninterpretation.Youshouldalsomakesuretoprint

barcodesasgraphics,otherwisethecontentsmaskisnotavailable.

Note:Ifyourdatacontainstheasterisk"*"character,thenyouwillhavetochangethedefaultmask

charactertosomethingelse.Itshouldbeauniquevalue,notappearinganywhereinthedata.

ThecontentsmaskfunctionalityisavailablewithTextandBarcodeobjects.

Style Tab

IntheStyletabtheappearanceoftheobjectcanbeset.

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