User manual MAXELL CD LABELER V3

[. . . ] ii © 1994­2001 MicroVision Development, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form by any means without the written permission of MicroVision Development, Inc. Box 130023 Carlsbad, CA 92009 The Sentry Spelling-Checker Engine © 1993 Wintertree Software, Inc. MicroVisionTM and the SureThing logo are trademarks, and SureThing® is a registered trademark of MicroVision Development, Inc. [. . . ] The image you just selected replaces the placeholder image. If you'd like to add your own clipart to a label design, click the "Photos/Clipart" icon on the Design Bar, and choose Use Picture Tool from the menu. Click and drag to create a rectangle about the size of the image you want to insert. When you release the mouse, a dialog box appears prompting you to select an image file. Many popular graphics formats are supported (BMP, JPEG, TIF, EPS, etc. ). Select the drive and directory where your image is located, choose it from the list and click OK. You can change its size and position to fit your design (and your fancy). Adding Clipart to Your Label Adding graphic images such as logos, clipart and symbols to your labels is a snap with SureThing. A number of useful images are included with SureThing, and were copied to your hard drive during installation. SURETHING CD LABELER 29 User's Guide a SureThing does not support the GIF image format. If you have GIF images you would like to include in your label designs, we suggest converting them to another popular image format such as BMP or TIF. Working with Backgrounds Backgrounds are images SureThing places in the background of a label design. All other objects ­ text frames, text effects and clipart ­ appear on top of the background image. You can select a background from the New Label Wizard, but you can always change your mind later. A number of background images are included with SureThing that have been specially designed for CD labels. You can choose your own images to use as backgrounds as well. Or you can decide to use no background at all. To change the background image: 3 Select a category in the left pane, which displays the folders where backgrounds are stored. Expand or collapse the tree structure as needed. 4 Select a background image from the dialog box by clicking it, then click OK. To help sort through the many backgrounds that come with SureThing, the Background Browser includes a Favorites Folder. When you see an image you like and might want to use again, click the Add to Favorites button. Here's another way to change backgrounds: The Variation Bar at the bottom of the window provides a quick way to change backgrounds, layouts and font choices. The left-most variation bar lets you select backgrounds. 1 Click the "Backgrounds" icon on the Design Bar: 2 Choose Browse SmartDesign Backgrounds from the menu. The following dialog box appears: · Click the mouse in the middle of the Variation Bar on the left. · You can also click the left- and rightpointing arrows on either side of the variation bar to cycle through the images. 30 CHAPTER 3 Working with the Software Using Your Own Backgrounds The background images supplied with SureThing have been sized correctly to fit the CD label area. Before using your own backgrounds, you should make sure that they have been sized properly in an image editor such as Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro. [. . . ] This removes all the tracks from the active playlists in document; it does not delete them from your database. 5 Repeat step 4 to add additional songs. 6 When you're finished, click OK. 2 Do one of the following: . Click the Move Up button to move the highlighted track up once each time you click this button. . [. . . ]