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- LABEL MAKER Documentation
- Copyright (C) 1986
- by F.P. Nagle
-
- Introduction
-
- The LABEL MAKER program from RUBICON SOFTWARE will
- allow you to generate graphics or regular print labels
- (graphics with an Epson (tm) or Epson compatible
- printer), and also complete directory listings of your
- 3-1/2" disks. It is completely mouse/menu driven with
- little need for use of the keyboard (One exception is
- to enter a new disk volume name - sorry you do have to
- type it, reading minds isn't here yet!). The program
- takes complete advantage of GEM (tm of DRI) and The
- Operating System (TOS). It will function with either a
- Color or Monochrome monitor in Medium or High
- Resolution. (It will start in Low Resolution on the
- color monitor, but the screen will not look correct.)
-
- MENU Items
-
- When you first start the LABEL MAKER, it creates a new
- set of menu items for the program to use. Along with
- the ever present Desk you will see five additional
- items (Files/Fonts/Printer/Disk Name/Formats). We will
- now go through the items one at a time.
-
- DESK
-
- If you select this, along with the normal accessories
- you may have loaded, you will see an additional item
- called About Label Maker. Selecting this item by
- double clicking (TWO QUICK clicks of the left mouse
- button) will produce the following screen. To exit
- this just point at the 'OK' button at the bottom.
- FILES
-
- Selecting this will present you with two options, New
- Disk or Quit.
-
- New Disk
-
- If you double click on this, you will be prompted
- for the disk drive to use (A, B or C), and the
- directory for the appropriate drive will be read
- and displayed in the windows on the screen.
-
- Quit
-
- Selecting this will prompt you to determine if
- you really do want to quit. To do so just click
- on Yes.
-
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-
- FONTS
-
- Selecting this menu item will give you three choices
- (Normal/Italics/Bold).
-
- Normal
-
- Normal is just what it says, normal text style on
- the screen and on the label.
-
- Italics
-
- Italicized print on the screen and in the
- graphics mode of print.
-
- Bold
-
- Bold print in the graphics mode. This can be
- combined with both normal and italicized print.
- PRINTER
-
- This selection allows you to tell the LABEL MAKER how
- you want the labels/directory to be printed. Four
- selections are possible, (Graphics Print/Regular
- Print/Align Printer/Directory Print).
- Graphics Print
-
- If you have an Epson (tm) or Epson compatible
- GRAPHICS printer, this is the mode of choice. It
- will allow the full function of LABEL MAKER to be
- shown. The actual label you see on the screen is
- what will be printed on the label.
-
- Regular Print
-
- If you don't have an Epson or compatible GRAPHICS
- printer, or you don't want the graphics, this
- mode will use the normal print capabilities to
- produce fully useable labels.
- Align Printer
-
- This selection helps you to align the labels in
- the printer. It is most useful with the graphics
- mode of print. The best suggestion is to use this
- with normal 80 column paper and then produce a
- graphics label on the same sheet so you have a
- reference for use when loading your labels. After
- a few uses of this program with the labels, you
- will find yourself quickly aligning and printing
- great looking labels. It took me two to three
- times before I discovered what needed to be done
- and I WROTE THE PROGRAM!!! Don't get discouraged,
- it does align correctly.
-
- Directory Print
-
- Instead of producing a label, this option
- requires 80 column paper (or greater) to print a
- complete directory of your disk. It will show the
- file type (File or Folder), file name, size, date
- created and time created. (As seen in the bottom
- window on the screen).
-
- DISK NAME
-
- This selection allows you to Change the Volume
- Name on the disk. When you format a disk you have
- the option of providing a VOLUME NAME. Many
- people have not used this feature or have generic
- names on their disks. This function allows you to
- put a different name on the LABEL ONLY... IT
- DOES NOT WRITE A NEW VOLUME NAME ON THE DISK!!!!
-
- Change Name
-
- When you select this item it provides you with a
- line and a cursor on the screen to enter the NEW
- volume name to be shown on the label. You can
- select this more than once in case you decide the
- name you have given isn't the one you want to
- use.
-
-
-
- FORMATS
-
- Selecting this will allow you to Sort Names and Change
- the graphics border on the label.
-
- Sort Names
-
- You will notice there are actually three windows
- on the screen, the label area, a file name area
- to the right, and a directory area at the bottom.
- The Sort Names function only works on the file
- name window. When selected, it will sort the
- names in ascending sequence. A second time and it
- will return the names to the sequence found on
- the disk. A third time will sort once more BUT
- ERASE THE LABEL area if it was built. If you
- decide you want to select the file names in a
- different sequence, this is the easiest way
- without selecting the New Disk menu item again.
-
- Change Border
-
- This option allows you to select one of
- approximately 30 border types available for
- GRAPHICS printing. As you click on this option
- the label will be re-drawn using then next border
- type. Continuing to select this will bring you
- back to the start once more since it is a
- rotating process.
-
- HOW TO BUILD THE LABEL
-
- The screen, as mentioned earlier has THREE windows,
- TWO of which you can scroll through, THE FILE NAME on
- the right, and THE DIRECTORY at the bottom. Names of
- files NOT SELECTED for the label are in the normal
- text mode. Those names selected are in LIGHT text
- mode. To move a file name from the FILE NAME window TO
- THE LABEL, point at the name and click the left mouse
- button once. You will see the name lighten in the
- right window, and appear in the label. To remove the
- name from the label, click on the lightened name and
- the reverse action takes place. The name is removed
- from the label and becomes dark in the file name area.
-
- HOW TO SCROLL
-
- To scroll through the file name window or the
- directory window, just point at the top or bottom
- border of the appropriate window and click once. This
- will cause the next or previous group of names to
- appear in the selected window. You cannot go back
- beyond the first file name, or forward beyond the last
- file name. Scrolling in either of these windows has no
- effect on the label window.
-
- HOW TO STOP GRAPHICS PRINTING
-
- If you determine that the graphics label you are
- printing is incorrect, or you just want to stop, Press
- AND Hold the Alternate key (left of the SPACE BAR),
- and press the Help key once. This will stop sending
- information to the printer. The printer may continue
- to print for a short period of time if it happens to
- have a built in buffer, or if you have installed a
- print buffer on the ST computer. It is sometime wisest
- to just let the label continue until complete!
-
- COMPLETE SOURCE:
-
- For complete source (Personal Pascal), send $15.00 to:
-
- Frank P. Nagle
- 559 Bobolink Circle
- Sunnyvale, CA 94087-3309
-
- Hope you find this program useful for labeling disks.
-