I hate writing doc. files for my programs, so this isn't going to be pretty. Concievably, it might not make any sense, but hey! You've got a computer! You've got brains! You figure it out!
This is the corrected, upgraded version of my label printing program. What does it do, Dave?
Am I glad you asked! Well, you can print labels, bunches of 'em! You can print a whole lot of one label, or one each of a whole lot of different labels. Wow! Is there more?
You betcha pardner! (Or is that part-nerd?) You can choose a form length from 1" to 16.5". You can choose NLQ or draft printing. Shazaam! Shazaam!
But wait, there's still more! Am I dreaming? No! You can create labels which combine graphics and text. You can even use fonts. Fonts! Did he say FONTS? Gollllly!
Dave, you ask, how does this happen?
(Please sing the following instructions to the tune of "The Beverly Hillbillies". Thank you.)
Well, you double-click the icon
as it appears on your screen.
Then you wait a hundred years for
the program to begin.
'til you finally see a picture
full of stuff you've seen before.
By now you're wondering what the
hell you downloaded this thing for.
Labels, my friend.
Sticky labels.
(By now you've probably guessed it is impossible to write an instruction manual to the tune of "The Beverly Hillbillies." God, I'm bored.)
I hope you remembered to put Photo Manager on the same disk before you started. If you did, it'll show up in the GEOS menu along with CREDITS, QUIT, and any other D.A.s you might have. Blackjack is my favorite. In fact, I think I'll go play right now.....
I'm back. Lost everything....house, car, wife, kids....saved the computer, though. I have my priorities in line, bucko.
Okay, so most of the stuff you see by now should make sense. I'm not going to waste your time and, more important, my time, going over the obvious. Hey! If you click around the lines showing my name you'll figure out how to edit lines.
While you're screwing a
While you're screwing around, go to your Photo Manager and copy over a small...watch my fingers now, it's about this size...scrap. Then go back to MY program and click on LOAD. Guess what you do when it asks you whether you want to load TEXT or SCRAP.
If you have any brains at all, your scrap will appear in the bottom part of the screen. If a message comes you telling you the scrap was too big, you obviously weren't watching my fingers. Look again. Okay? Got it?
Now, click FONT. You DID put some fonts on the disk like I told you earlier, didn't you? YOU DIDN'T! Well, it just doesn't matter, because you can load any font up to 18 pt from any disk, which is what FONT allows you to do. Don't expect to see any change once you've loaded a font. Not yet.
MOVE means I would like you to move to Fresno where your cousin Gert lives. Gosh, was that funny or what?
(If you're still looking for the earlier part where I told you to put fonts on the disk, I lied.)
Did you click MOVE? Did it give you a chance to set style? When ready, click OK.
GOSH! What happened to your cursor? You broke it! It looks like an upside down "L"! And you can't move it anywhere but back and forth! Man, I hope you weren't using your brother's computer without permission!
Ha! Psyche! (The kids say that all the time. What the hell does it mean?)
Ok, place your cursor where you think you'd like the left side of the label you are moving, then click.
Listen, I'm kind of tired. There's a lot of confusing stuff in the printing mode, but leave me e-mail if you can't figure it out. I'll probably answer it in a couple of years.
Okay, seriously. I know this doesn't help you much, but I've been sitting on this thing for a month because I was too lazy to write the docs. So if you have a problem let me know.
And if it does something you didn't expect, it's probably your fault!
Ha! HA! HAHAHAHAHAAAAAARRRGGGGHHHHH!
Dave Ferguson
DiBieF
Quincy Softworks
04/13/90
Friday the Thirteenth.
Hey, does having Friday the Thirteenth and Good Friday on the same day cancel each other out? Or should you just be extra careful about the fish you eat?!
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