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  4. üINSTRUCTIONSFORLABELMAKERV1.0Ç
  5. ü=================================Ç
  6.  
  7.     üIntroductionÇ
  8.      ü------------Ç
  9.  
  10. LABELMAKERisaprogramallowingyoutocreatelabelsofalmost
  11. anysizewithorwithoutpermanentlinesoftext.Youcansave
  12. yourformatstodiskandrecallthemlater.
  13.  
  14. Inthemainmenu,apartfromtheregularDESK,youhaveaFORMAT
  15. andaCOMPOSERoption.
  16.  
  17. FORMATisusedtoestablishthesizeofyourlabelinheight
  18. (inchesanddecimals),width(samething)aswellasanypermanent
  19. textlines.
  20.  
  21. COMPOSERisusedtofinalizealabelandprintit.
  22.  
  23. Creatingformats
  24. ----------------
  25.  
  26. Tocreateaformat,pointtotheFORMATmenuoptionandclickon
  27. CREER.Youhavetosubmitthewidthandtheheightofyourlabel.
  28. Theminimumsizeforlabelsis0.5inches(width)and0.35inches
  29. (height).Maximumsizeis6X3inches.
  30.  
  31. Afterthat,youhavetodetermine,foreachlinewhetherthetext
  32. ispermanentofeditable.IfyouchooseP(forPermanent),you
  33. mustsupplyalineoftext.Ifyousavethisformattodisk,you
  34. notonlysavethesize,butalsothetextlines.Notethelineof
  35. dotsdelimitingthelenghtofthetextline.
  36.  
  37. ThelinesthatyoudefineasE(foreditable)arethoseintowhich
  38. youmayentertextwiththeCOMPOSEoption.
  39.  
  40. Savingformats
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  42.  
  43. Tosaveaformat,pointtoFORMATandclickonSAVE.Thissaves
  44. theworkyouhavedoneoncustomizingthelabel.Youmayalsosave
  45. afinishedlabel(createdwiththeCOMPOSEoption)butthe
  46. "editable"lineswillconservethatstatus.
  47.  
  48. Itwillbeimpossibletosaveaformatifthereisnoneinmemory.
  49.  
  50. ThefilenameextenderisFMTbydefault.
  51.  
  52. Loadingaformat
  53. ----------------
  54.  
  55. PointonFORMATandclickonCHARGERtorecallfromdiskaformat
  56. oraready-madelabel.
  57.  
  58. Creatingalabel
  59. ----------------
  60.  
  61. Tocreatealabel,pointonCOMPOSERandclickonCREER.
  62.  
  63. Eachofthetextlineswillappearonscreenwiththetextandits
  64. statusinsuchacase.Atthismoment,theprogramallowsyouto
  65. entereachoftheeditablelines.
  66.  
  67. Printinglabels
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  69.  
  70. Thisoptionallowsyoutoprintyourlabel.
  71.  
  72. PointonCOMPOSERandclickonIMPRIMER.Adjustyourrollof
  73. labelsontheprinterwhileknowingthattheprogramdoesnotskip
  74. anyextralinesatfirst.ClickonOKandindicatethenumberof
  75. labelsyouwanttoprint.
  76.  
  77. Youmayprinttheformatorthefinishedlabel.
  78.  
  79. Additionnalnotes
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  81.  
  82. Whileeditingthelabel,the<BACKSPACE>and<DELETE>keyshave
  83. thesamefunction:eraseonecharactertotheleft.The<TAB>key
  84. spacesevery8columns.
  85.  
  86. Thenon-printablecharacters,suchas<ESC>,<CTRL>-<A>,<F1>,
  87. <F2>,etc,appearonthescreenwhentypedbutnotatthefinal
  88. printedoutput.Charactersoverflowingthepermittedlinelenght
  89. ofaformatlinearenotprinted.
  90.  
  91. Thesourcecode
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  93.  
  94. Theuncompiledprogramisincludedinthisissueandisnamed
  95. LBMK.PAS.
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  97. TheprogramwaswrittenwithOSSPersonalPascalandusesGEM.
  98.  
  99. ThecompilerandlinkerusedarethoseofPersonalPascal.
  100.  
  101.