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AUDIO CASSETTE LABEL MAKER
VERSION 1.0
Jim Edwards
Couch Potato Software
P.O. Box 2074
Longview, WA 98632
Copyright (C) 1988 Couch Potato Software and Jim Edwards
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
1.0 Introduction ........................................... 1
2.0 Requirements ........................................... 1
3.0 User Supported Software ................................ 1
4.0 Program Manifest ....................................... 2
5.0 Program Usage .......................................... 2
5.1 Preliminaries ........................................ 2
5.2 Invocation ........................................... 3
5.3 Top-Level Menu ....................................... 3
5.4 Options .............................................. 4
5.4.1 Color ............................................ 4
5.4.2 Double Strike .................................... 4
5.4.3 Id Increment ..................................... 5
5.4.4 Owner Fill ....................................... 5
5.4.5 Printer Port ..................................... 6
5.4.6 Save Options ..................................... 6
5.5 File ................................................. 6
5.5.1 Save ............................................. 6
5.5.2 Load ............................................. 7
5.6 Edit ................................................. 8
5.6.1 Key Legend Commands .............................. 9
5.6.2 Rear Label Fields ................................ 10
5.6.3 End Label Fields ................................. 11
5.6.4 Front Label Fields ............................... 11
5.7 View ................................................. 13
5.7.1 Print ............................................ 13
5.7.2 Display .......................................... 15
5.8 Quit ................................................. 15
AUDIO CASSETTE LABEL MAKER
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The Audio Cassette Label Maker is a program that allows the audio
buff to quickly and easily create a label for an audio cassette
tape. Once a label has been created using this program's editor,
it can be printed on standard computer paper and inserted into
the cassette box.
2.0 REQUIREMENTS
This program runs under PC/MS-DOS (2.0 or higher) on an IBM
PC/XT/AT or compatible with 256 Kbytes of memory. Although the
program employs a window-based user interface, it should be
compatible with the text modes of any of the standard IBM display
adapters. In particular, this software has been tested on
machines that use the monochrome, CGA, and EGA display adapters.
Users with CGA cards will notice a slight degradation in display
operations due to the overhead required to avoid the infamous CGA
snow effect. The current version of this program only supports
Epson compatible printers. It should work with the majority of
printers in existence since only a small subset of the standard
Epson commands are used (no bit image commands are used). If you
have a printer which does not seem to work correctly with this
program and desire support for it, send a note to the author.
3.0 USER SUPPORTED SOFTWARE
The Audio Cassette Label Maker is a shareware product. It is not
public domain and the author retains a copyright on it. The
author of this program gives permission to copy and distribute it
in unmodified form and with all associated support files intact.
No fee may be charged for this program other than reasonable
expenses for media and reproduction, which in no event should
exceed five dollars. All warranties are disclaimed, including
damage to hardware and/or software from the use of this program.
A contribution to the author is not mandatory. However, if you
find that you are deriving benefit from it, please consider
contributing whatever you feel it is worth ($5 is suggested).
Contributions will provide incentive to upgrade and improve this
program, as well as encourage the development of future programs
(a few are already in the works). The text file CONTRIB.TXT
contains a form that can be printed out for users who desire to
make a contribution. To print it, issue any one of the following
commands at the dos prompt:
copy contrib.txt prn
print contrib.txt
After filling the form out, enclose it in an envelope with a
check or money order made out to Jim Edwards (please, no credit
cards), and send it to the address on the following page.
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Jim Edwards
Couch Potato Software
P.O. Box 2074
Longview, WA 98632
The contribution form contains an area for making
comments/suggestions about the program, and your feedback will be
greatly appreciated.
4.0 PROGRAM MANIFEST
The following files should be included in the distribution of
this program. If any of the listed files are absent, please
contact the author and indicate which files were not found, and
where the program was obtained from. If any of the file sizes
deviate from those listed below, either you have a different
version of the program or somebody has tampered with it. In any
event, you should contact the author indicating which files
differed from the manifest and where you obtained the program. I
do not want my program to become a platform for viruses or
trojans!
Name Size Description
---- ---- -----------
CASSLBL.DOC 48044 Documentation file.
CASSLBL.EXE 73712 Program file.
CASSLBL.HLP 3547 Context-sensitive help file.
CASSLBL.REV 484 Revision history file.
CONTRIB.TXT 783 Contribution form.
EXAMPLE.LBL 1349 Example cassette label which can be
loaded and printed.
5.0 PROGRAM USAGE
5.1 PRELIMINARIES
This program has been consciously designed to be fast and easy to
use. In particular, a window-based interface is employed with
horizontal menus, vertical pulldown menus, context-sensitive help
popups and function key support. If you are like me, your first
notion is to skip the documentation and dive right into the
program. You will be able to use this program productively
without reading the rest of the documentation, if you remember
only two keys. First, context-sensitive help on any item
currently under the cursor can be obtained by pressing the help
key F1. Second, the Esc key is used to terminate most
operations. Examples: pressing Esc at the top-level horizontal
menu will cause the program to quit; pressing Esc in a visible
vertical pulldown menu will cause the menu to become hidden;
pressing Esc while entering the name of a file to save the
current label to will terminate the operation without saving to
the file. If you chose not to read the rest of the
documentation, you may not be aware of some of the features which
have been provided specifically to make label editing a faster
chore.
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Before we begin in our exploration of the features of this
program, some important terminology needs to be defined. First,
this program allows you to enter and edit one label at a time.
This label is referred to as the current label. The current
label may be saved to a file for future use, or it may be loaded
from a label file that was previously saved. Second, while
editing a label, certain options (e.g. automatic entry of the
cassette owner's name) may be in effect. These options can be
set by the user and saved in a file referred to as the options
file. The options file is not part of the manifest, but it will
be created by the program if you save the current options in
effect.
5.2 INVOCATION
To start the program, type and enter CASSLBL at the DOS prompt.
The program will immediately display the title screen. You may
continue by pressing any key. If you do not press a key within
approximately 15 seconds, the program will automatically
continue. At this point, the top-level menu will be displayed.
5.3 TOP-LEVEL MENU
The top-level menu is a horizontal menu containing the five
selections shown in figure A.
+----------------- AUDIO CASSETTE LABEL MAKER -----------------+
| Options File Edit View Quit |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
Figure A. Top-level Menu
The left and right arrow keys on the numeric keypad are used to
move the highlighted bar to one of the selections. Use the enter
key to choose the selection once the highlighted bar is
positioned on it. In the case of the Edit and Quit selections
this will cause a command to be executed immediately, while in
the case of the Options, File, and View selections this will
cause a vertical pulldown menu with further selections to become
visible. The down arrow can also be used to pull the vertical
menus down, but a beep will sound for the horizontal selections
which don't have vertical pulldown menus. Pressing Esc while the
highlighted bar is positioned on any selection in the top-level
menu will cause the program to quit, except when a vertical
pulldown menu is visible. Pressing Esc on a selection which has
a vertical pulldown menu visible under it will cause the vertical
menu to become hidden. To obtain help on any of the horizontal
selections, position the highlighted bar on it and press the help
key F1.
Once a vertical pulldown menu is visible, the up and down arrow
keys on the numeric keypad are used to move the highlighted bar
to one of the vertical menu selections. Use the the enter key to
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choose the selection once the highlighted bar is positioned on
it. As mentioned above, pressing Esc will cause the vertical
menu to become hidden. Pressing the left or right arrow keys
will cause the highlighted bar on the horizontal menu to move
appropriately, and the associated vertical pulldown menu will be
displayed, provided one exists for the horizontal selection.
The meaning of each of the horizontal selections and their
associated vertical menu entries will be detailed in the
following sections. Note that the selections are covered in the
order they appear on the top-level menu, however, you will
probably want to read section 5.6 on the edit selection first in
order to make sense of some of the terms used in prior sections.
5.4 OPTIONS
Pressing the enter key or the down arrow key while on this
horizontal menu selection will cause the options vertical menu to
become visible. The options menu allows you to set various
options which remain in effect during the label making session.
For convenience, the options may be saved to the options file.
Whenever this program is run, the options file is automatically
loaded. If no options file is found during startup, the program
will set the options to reasonable default values. Please refer
to figure B for the available options and their default values.
+----------------- AUDIO CASSETTE LABEL MAKER -----------------+
| Options File Edit View Quit |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| Color ON |
| Double Strike OFF |
| Id Increment OFF |
| Owner Fill |
| Printer Port LPT1 |
| Save Options |
+---------------------+
Figure B. Options Menu
5.4.1 COLOR
Note that this option is not available for sytems with monochrome
display adapters. Pressing the enter key on this option will
toggle the color display ON and OFF. If color is OFF, all menus
and windows will be displayed in black and white. This option is
useful if you use a composite monochrome monitor with your color
display adapter. Switching color OFF in such cases will usually
result in an easier to read display.
5.4.2 DOUBLE STRIKE
Pressing the enter key on this option will toggle the double
strike print mode ON and OFF. If you print out a cassette label
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when double strike is ON, two passes will be made over each line
that is printed. When double strike is OFF, only one pass will
be made over each line that is printed. This option is useful
when your printer's ribbon is worn and the characters that are
printed are not dark enough. However, the double strike mode
requires twice as much time to print out a label and the
characters are not as crisply defined.
5.4.3 ID INCREMENT
Pressing the enter key on this option will toggle id incrementing
ON and OFF. If id increment is ON, the id # field of the current
cassette label will be automatically incremented whenever you
clear all fields of the label, but only if the id # field
contained a number before the clear is performed. See section
5.6.2 for a description of the id # field. This option is useful
if you tend to enter and print out cassette labels in batches.
5.4.4 OWNER FILL
Pressing the enter key on this option will pop up a data entry
window where you can type in the name of the owner of the
cassette tape(s). Please refer to figure C. The owner name may
be up to 30 characters in length. Pressing the enter key after
typing in the name will accept it, while pressing the Esc key
will discard it and hide the data entry window. Several keys are
provided in order to allow easy editing of the name. First, the
left and right arrow keys may be used to move the cursor to any
character in the name. Second, pressing the Del key on the
numeric keypad will delete the character positioned at the
cursor. The backspace key will delete the character to the left
of the cursor. Finally, the Ins key is used to toggle between
the overstrike and insert modes. Initially, all data entry is in
the overstrike mode and this is indicated by an underline cursor.
The insert mode is indicated by a block cursor. Typing
characters in the overstrike mode will cause the current
characters located at the cursor to be replaced by the characters
typed in. Typing characters in the insert mode will cause the
current characters located at the cursor to be shifted to the
right.
+----------------- AUDIO CASSETTE LABEL MAKER -----------------+
| Options File Edit View Quit |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| Id Increment OFF |
| Owner Fill |
| +----------- Owner's Name -----------+
| | |
+-+------------------------------------+
Figure C. Owner Name Data Entry Window
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The name which is entered in this data entry window is used to
automatically fill in the owner field of the current label.
Every time you clear all fields of the current cassette label,
the owner field will be filled in with this name. See section
5.6.2 for a description of the owner field. This option is
useful if you tend to enter and print out cassette labels in
batches.
5.4.5 PRINTER PORT
Pressing the enter key on this option will toggle the printer
port between LPT1 and LPT2. This option allows you to select the
port to which printer output is sent during the session.
5.4.6 SAVE OPTIONS
Pressing the enter key on this selection will save the options
and their current values to the options file. These options are
automatically retrieved whenever the program is ran, otherwise
the options are set to the default values shown in figure B.
5.5 FILE
Pressing the enter key or the down arrow key while on this
horizontal menu selection will cause the file vertical menu shown
in figure D to become visible. The file menu offers choices for
loading and saving cassette labels.
+----------------- AUDIO CASSETTE LABEL MAKER -----------------+
| Options File Edit View Quit |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| Save |
| Load |
+------+
Figure D. File Menu
5.5.1 SAVE
Pressing the enter key on this selection will pop up a data entry
window where you can type in the name of the file that you want
to save the current label to. Please refer to figure E. The
name of the file may be any valid DOS file name. That is, the
file name is in the format NAME.EXT, where NAME consists of 1 to
8 characters, and the optional extension EXT consists of 1 to 3
characters. The same keys that are described in section 5.4.4
for the owner name data entry window are applicable here. If a
file already exists in the current directory with the same name
entered in this data entry window, you will be asked whether to
overwrite it. Note that this program version does not allow you
to specify the directory where the label file is to be saved to -
it always defaults to the current directory.
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+----------------- AUDIO CASSETTE LABEL MAKER -----------------+
| Options File Edit View Quit |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| Save |
| +-- Save Filename --+
+-| |
+-------------------+
Figure E. Save Filename Data Entry Window
You are strongly encouraged to use the following naming
convention for your label files:
TAPEnnnn.LBL
where nnnn is the 4 digit number that was entered in the id field
of the label. In fact, this is the major purpose of the id
field. Given the id number printed on a cassette label, you will
be able to find the label file which contains the data for it.
Also, one feature I am considering adding in the future is an
index generator which will produce a listing of all the tapes in
your collection. However, you need only adhere to the LBL
extension in order to remain compatible with future program
features (knock on wood!).
5.5.2 LOAD
Pressing the enter key on this selection will pop up a data entry
window where you can type in the name of the file that you want
to load the current label from. Please refer to figure F. The
name of the file may be any valid DOS file name. That is, the
file name is in the format NAME.EXT, where NAME consists of 1 to
8 characters, and the optional extension EXT consists of 1 to 3
characters. The same keys that are described in section 5.4.4
for the owner name data entry window are applicable here. If no
file exists in the current directory with the name entered in
this data entry window, an error will be signaled. Note that
this program version does not allow you to specify the directory
where the label file is to be loaded from - it always defaults to
the current directory.
+----------------- AUDIO CASSETTE LABEL MAKER -----------------+
| Options File Edit View Quit |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| Save |
| Load |
+-+-- Load Filename --+
| |
+-------------------+
Figure F. Load Filename Data Entry Window
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5.6 EDIT
Pressing the enter key on this selection will pop up a data entry
window where you can type in or edit the information for a
cassette label. As shown in figure G, the label data entry
window is divided into four major sections: rear label, end
label, front label, and the key legend. The first three sections
contain fields in which you type information about the current
cassette label, while the key legend summarizes the function
key/numeric keypad commands that are at your disposal during
label data entry.
The fields and the function key commands will be covered in
detail in the following sections. The up and down arrow keys are
used to move the highlighted bar from field to field in sequence.
The highlighted bar will also automatically advance to the next
field whenever you press the enter key or have typed in the
maximum number of characters that the current field can accept.
While the highlighted bar is located at a given field, the
editing keys (i.e. left arrow, right arrow, Ins, and Del) as
described in section 5.4.4 may be used. Pressing the Esc key
anywhere in the label data entry window will return you back to
the top-level menu. Note that the data typed in during label
entry will not be discarded. Thus, it is safe to move back and
forth between the top-level menu and the label data entry window
+------------------------- Rear Label -------------------------+
| Owner: Id #: |
+------------------------- End Label --------------------------+
|A Title: Artist: |
|B Title: Artist: |
+------------------------ Front Label -------------------------+
|A Date: / / B Date: / / |
| N/R: N/R: |
| Eq: Eq: |
| 1 1 |
| 2 2 |
| 3 3 |
| 4 4 |
| 5 5 |
| 6 6 |
| 7 7 |
| 8 8 |
| 9 9 |
|10 10 |
|11 11 |
|12 12 |
|13 13 |
|14 14 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| [KEY LEGEND] |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
Figure G. Label Data Entry Window
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without concern that your data will be lost. However, you should
find it rarely necessary to return to the top-level menu since
many of the relevant commands (e.g. load, save, and print a
label) at that level have been conveniently provided as function
key commands in the label data entry window. As usual, the help
key may be used to popup context-sensitive help on any field in
the label data entry window. Simply position the highlighted bar
on the desired field via the up/down arrow keys and press F1. In
some cases the popup help window goes beyond just providing a
textual description of the field. For instance, the popup help
window for the date field also provides a function key option to
fill in the field with today's date. The extra options for a
popup help window will be described for each field in the
following sections.
5.6.1 KEY LEGEND COMMANDS
At the bottom of the label data entry window is a legend that
summarizes the function key/numeric keypad commands that are
available. All of these commands are described in the table
below. The PgUp, PgDn, Home, and End keys allow you to move the
highlighted bar from field group to field group in sequence. A
field group is a set of fields that have been logically grouped
together. The three sections, rear label, end label, and front
label, have been divided into four field groups. The first field
group is composed of all of the fields in the rear label section,
the second field group is composed of all the fields in the end
label section, the third field group is composed of all the
fields in the left half of the front label section, and the
fourth field group is composed of all the fields in the right
half of the front label section. See figure H.
+------------ Rear Label ------------+
| Field Group 1 |
+------------ End Label -------------+
| Field Group 2 |
| |
+----------- Front Label ------------+
| Field Group 3 ! Field Group 4 |
| ! |
| ! |
~ ! ~
~ ! ~
| ! |
| ! |
| ! |
+------------------------------------+
| [KEY LEGEND] |
+------------------------------------+
Figure H. Field groups
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Key Legend Commands:
Key Description
--- -----------
F2 Prints the current label. See section 5.7.1.
F3 Clears the contents of the field located under the
highlighted bar. Note that this will clear the id
#/owner fields regardless of the current setting of the
id increment/owner fill options.
F4 Clears the contents of all fields in the label data entry
window. Note that the id #/owner fields may be filled
after this command is executed as described in sections
5.4.3 and 5.4.4, respectively.
F5 Inserts a song line before the current song line. This
will cause all of the following song lines, including the
current song line, to move down one position. A beep
will sound if the highlighted bar is not located on a
song line. See section 5.6.4 for more information on
song lines.
F6 Deletes the current song line. This will cause all of
the following song lines to move up one position. A beep
will sound if the highlighted bar is not located on a
song line. See section 5.6.4 for more information on
song lines.
F7 Saves the current label to a file. See section 5.5.1.
F8 Loads the current label from a file. See section 5.5.2.
Up Moves the highlighted bar to the previous field. If the
highlighted bar is located at the first field, this will
cause it to wrap around to the last field.
Down Moves the highlighted bar to the next field. If the
highlighted bar is located at the last field, this will
cause it to wrap around to the first field.
PgUp Moves the highlighted bar to the first field of the
previous field group.
PgDn Moves the highlighted bar to the first field of the next
field group.
Home Moves the highlighted bar to the first field of the
current field group.
End Moves the highlighted bar to last field of the current
field group.
5.6.2 REAR LABEL FIELDS
The rear label section contains the following two fields:
Field Description
----- -----------
Owner: [Up to 30 characters] The name of the owner of the
cassette tape. If a name has been supplied for the owner
fill option, this name will be used to fill in the owner
field whenever all fields are cleared by the F4 command.
Also, pressing the help key F1 when this option has been
set and the owner field is currently blank (this can
occur if you cleared the field with the F3 command) will
provide a function key option to fill this field with the
owner fill name.
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Field Description
----- -----------
Id #: [Up to 4 digits] A unique unsigned integer that can be
used to uniquely identify this label. Note that you do
not have to enter exactly four digits, but if less than 4
digits are supplied, the number will be zero padded on
the left. This field is intended to provide a means to
associate a label that has been printed out with the
label file that contains the data for it. If you save
the current label to a file, you should use the id #
value in the filename (see section 5.5.1 for the
suggested filename format) to allow you to trace a
printed label back to it's associated label file. If the
id increment option is ON, the number in this field (if
one exists) will be automatically incremented whenever
all fields are cleared by the F4 command. Also, pressing
the help key F1 when this option is ON and the id # field
contains a number will provide function key options to
increment or decrement the number.
5.6.3 END LABEL FIELDS
The end label section contains the following two unique fields,
each of which is duplicated once for sides A and B of the
cassette tape:
Field Description
----- -----------
Title: [Up to 30 characters] The name of the album recorded on
the indicated side (A/B).
Artist: [Up to 28 characters] The name of the artist for the
album recorded on the indicated side (A/B).
5.6.4 FRONT LABEL FIELDS
+------------------------ Front Label -------------------------+
|A Date: / / B Date: / / |
| N/R: N/R: |
| Eq: Eq: |
~ ~
Figure I. Top portion of front label section
The top portion of the front label section (see figure I)
contains the following 3 unique fields, each of which is
duplicated once for sides A and B of the cassette tape:
Field Description
----- -----------
Date: [Up to 6 digits] The date that the album was recorded on
the indicated side (A/B). A date must be entered in the
format MM/DD/YY, where MM = 2 digit month, DD = 2 digit
day, and YY = 2 digit year. Pressing the help key F1
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Field Description
----- -----------
will provide a function key option to fill in this field
with today's date.
N/R: [Up to 10 characters] The type of noise reduction (if
any) used to record the album on the indicated side
(A/B). Pressing the help key F1 on this field will popup
a vertical menu which contains selections for every noise
reduction system that is in usage. See figure J. Use
the up and down arrow keys to move the highlighted bar to
the appropriate selection, and press enter to fill in the
N/R field with the selection. Pressing Esc will hide the
popup menu without filling in the N/R field.
+- Noise Reduction -+
| Dolby A |
| Dolby B |
| Dolby C |
| Dolby HX |
| DBX |
| None |
| Unknown |
+-------------------+
Figure J. Noise reduction popup menu
Eq: [Up to 10 characters] The equalization as specified by
the tape manufacturer. Although the tape equalization
does not vary with the cassette side (A/B), this field
has been duplicated on both sides for aesthetic reasons.
However, you need only enter the equalization for one
side - the other side will be automatically filled with
the same data. Pressing the help key F1 on this field
will popup a vertical menu which contains selections for
every equalization that is in usage. See figure K. The
same keys used for the noise reduction popup menu apply
here.
+- Equalization -+
| 70 uSec |
| 120 uSec |
| Unknown |
+----------------+
Figure K. Equalization popup menu
The bottom portion of the front label section contains two fields
for each song. The two fields together are referred to as a song
line. A maximum of fourteen song lines are provided for each
cassette side. See figure L.
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Field Description
----- -----------
Song [Up to 30 characters] The name of a song for the
indicated side (A/B)
Count [Up to 4 digits] An unsigned integer specifying the
beginning value of the tape counter for the song on the
indicated side (A/B). If less than four digits are
supplied, the number will be zero padded on the left.
This field will allow you to keep track of where songs
begin on the tape in order to fast forward/reverse to
them.
Side A Song Lines Side B Song Lines
| |
V V
~ ~
| 1 [___________________] [___] 1 |
| 2 ^ ^ 2 |
| 3 | | 3 |
| 4 Song Count 4 |
| 5 Field Field 5 |
| 6 6 |
| 7 7 |
| 8 8 |
| : : |
| : : |
|14 14 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
Figure L. Bottom portion of front label section
5.7 VIEW
Pressing the enter key or the down arrow key while on this
horizontal menu selection will cause the view vertical menu shown
in figure M to become visible. The view menu offers choices for
displaying and printing the current label.
+----------------- AUDIO CASSETTE LABEL MAKER -----------------+
| Options File Edit View Quit |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| Print |
| Display |
+---------+
Figure M. View Menu
5.7.1 PRINT
Pressing the enter key on this selection will print the data for
the current label. The format of the print out is similar to the
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<----
+-----------------+
| Rear Label |
+-----------------+
| End Label |
+-----------------+
| Front Label |
| | | ^
| | | | Cut along the
| | | | indicated lines.
V | | |
| |
|.................|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
+-----------------+
---->
Figure N. Cutting out the cassette label
layout of the label data entry window, with some slight variances
to allow all of the information to be printed out in the limited
area available. For example, lengthy song titles may be printed
on multiple lines. Unfortunately, the current program version
will not right justify a song title that extends over multiple
lines. Another difference is that if you leave a gap between
song lines (e.g. you enter data for song lines 4 and 6, but not
5), these gaps will be automatically closed while printing and
the song lines will be numbered sequentially starting from 1.
Once the label has been printed, cut it out with scissors along
the outer dashed lines. See figure N. Next, fold the label
carefully along the horizontal dashed lines as shown in figure O.
The label should fold easily due to the fact that the horizontal
dashed lines have slightly perforated the surface of the computer
paper. Finally, insert the label into the cassette box of the
tape. If you have trouble placing the cassette into the box due
to interference with the paper label, you need to decrease the
amount of folding along the edges between the rear label and end
label, and the end label and front label. Although standard
computer fanfold paper should suffice, I have found that a
heavier weight paper (e.g. 22 lb cotton fiber paper) not only
retains the fold creases longer, but will also look better. You
can also stiffen the label by wrapping it around the cardboard
liner that comes with the cassette tape. Another possibility I
have looked into is fanfold index cards, but the largest I have
found (5" x 8") are not large enough.
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AUDIO CASSETTE LABEL MAKER
End
Label
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Label || VIEW
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Figure O. Folding the cassette label
5.7.2 DISPLAY
Pressing the enter key on this selection will display the data
for the current label on your monitor. The label is displayed in
the same format as the label data entry window. Press any key to
return to the top-level menu.
5.8 QUIT
Pressing the enter key while on this horizontal menu selection
will cause the program to quit. The Esc key serves the same
function when no vertical pulldown menus are visible.
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