Adding shading to objects, Creating a variable text object, Add shading to your label – Dymo LabelWriter 300,310,320,330 DLS 8 User Manual

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Designing a Layout

To add a border to a tape label

1. Choose a Tape label layout.

2. Click

on the toolbar, and then choose a border to add to the label.

Adding Shading to Objects

You can add shading to your label by changing the text and background color for the
objects on your label. You can change the text and background color for Address, Text,
Counter, Date and Time, and Circular Text objects.

To add shading to an object

1. Double-click the object that you want to add shading to.

The Object Properties dialog box appears.

2. Choose a background color for the object from the Background color list.

3. Do one of the following:

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For Windows, choose a text color for the object from the Text color list.

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For Mac, do one of the following:

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For an Address or Text object, choose a text color for the object from the Text
color
list.

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For a Counter, Date and Time, or Circular Text object, click Change next to
Font, and then choose a text color for the object.

Creating a Variable Text Object

All Address objects are designed to hold information that varies from label to label. For
example, Address objects automatically display an entry that you select from the Address
Book. Also, you can automatically paste information from the clipboard directly into an
Address object.

Normally, Text and Circular Text objects can only display fixed information that you enter
directly into a Text object or into the Circular Text Properties dialog box. However, you
can make a Text or Circular Text object display variable information in the same manner as
an Address object (that is, turn a plain Text object into a "variable Text object").

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