You can download a free trial version of Label Wizard. If you wish to buy it click here. So, grab the trial, install and let's start the guide!
Guide to the Setup Screen
| In order to access the setup screen just left click the setup button in Label Wizards main screen. The screen shot on the right shows the setup screen. If you wish to find out more about a particular function on the screen then simply click the button or area of interest, you will then be linked to the relevant description section below. |
Click on an area in the screenshot below to find out more.
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Pressing this button will cause your computer to open up a browser window and display this help document web-page.
Y Flip (for USA)
Label Wizard was written in the UK, where it is usual to have the destination address appear above the senders address. In the USA however, the senders address usually apears above the destination. Use this tick box to set your preference, when it's ticked is set for USA.
Print Borders
This tick box enables/disables the printing of label borders. If you are trying to setup Label Wizard to a new type of label size then it helps alot if you enable the border printing. Printing the border will allow you to visually check just where the borders are lying on your printed labels, thus you'll know which way to tweak the setup, for more info on setting up, see the setting up tips below.
Font Selection
Label Wizard was written in the UK, where it is usual to have the destination address appear above the senders address. In the USA however, the senders address usually apears above the destination. Use this tick box to set your preference, when ticked it's set for USA.
Destination Text Color
To choose the color of the destination text simply click on the coloured square. This will bring a colour selection window into view.
Horizontal Divider Line Colour
To choose the color of the horizontal divider line simply click on the coloured square. This will bring a colour selection window into view. If you want to disable the horizontal divider line then you can set the colour to be white, the same as the background.
Enable Senders Text1
Senders Text1 is the left hand block of senders text, this tick box allows you to enable/disable the text. If you disable it then LabelWizard will have more room to print the other senders items.
Senders Text1 Color
Senders Text1 is the left hand block of senders text, to choose the color of the text simply click on the coloured square. This will bring a colour selection window into view.~
Senders Text1 Content
Senders Text1 is the left hand block of senders text. Simply type your chosen text into this edit box. You can type anything here you want, like your address or your web address etc.
Enable Senders Text2
Senders Text2 is the right hand block of senders text, next to the logo, this tick box allows you to enable/disable the text. If you disable it then LabelWizard will have more room to print the other senders items.
Senders Text2 Color
Senders Text2 is the right hand block of senders text, next to the logo, to choose the color of the text simply click on the coloured square. This will bring a colour selection window into view.
Senders Text2 Content
Senders Text2 is the right hand block of senders text, next to the logo.Simply type your chosen text into this edit box. You can type anything here you want, like your address or your web address etc.
Graphical Logo Bitmap Setup
To enable/disable the logo simply tick/untick the box. In order to change the logo just press the button [...] in the setup screen and then choose a .bmp file of your choice. You can use your windows paint package in order to draw a new .bmp file.
Label sheet size setup controls
To adjust a control simply left click and hold the small button [?], this will allow you to slide an adjuster up or down for the control. These controls allow you to adjust the size in mm of your label sheet. Notice the three small buttons on the left labeled "a4", "let" and "leg", these give you quick size presets for A4, US Letter ans US Legal paper sizes. You can of course enter any sizes you wish using the numeric inputs.
Label Configuration Controls
To adjust a control simply left click and hold the small button [?], this will allow you to slide an adjuster up or down for the control. These controls allow you to adjust various setup parameters allowing you to configure LabelWizard to work with just about any label size that's available on an A4 sheet. The row number indicates how many labels you get along the length of a sheet. The column number indicates how many labels you get along the width of a sheet. For more info on setting up, see the setting up tips below.
Character Map
| Pressing this button will bring up a character map window as shown on the right. This allows you to select special characters for inclusion in your various text boxes. Here are some examples of special characters included: ? ? ? ? ? |
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Save and Load setup buttons
These buttons allow you to save the current setup or load a previously saved setup. Data is saved to a .LWP file of the users choice.
Check For Newer Application Version
This does exactly what it says, it checks online to make sure you have the latest and greatest version.
If you don't have the latest version then a button appears allowing you to download the latest version straight off our website.
OK & Cancel buttons
Pressing cancel will cause any adjustments that you make to be lost, Lable Wizard will go back to using the settings it was using before you entered the setup screen.
Pressing OK will cause all the adjusted controls to take immediate effect upon Label Wizards setup, your adjustments will become visible in the main screen of Label Wizard.
If you have an old backing, (the waxy sheet that the labels come on) then you can print onto it and then wipe it off later with a damp cloth, you can use this to keep feeding through your printer whilst you adjust the various settings. This will save you from wasting sheets whilst setting up.
To adjust a control simply left click and hold the small button [?], this will allow you to slide an adjuster up or down for the control.
Setup steps:
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Set the correct number of rows and columns for your Label Sheet.
The row number indicates how many labels you get along the length of a sheet.
The column number indicates how many labels you get along the width of a sheet. -
Now set the gaps between the labels in mm.
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Now set the 4 different margin sizes. Although your label sheets may appear to have top and bottom margins of the same size, you may have to set the bottom margin to be considerably less than it actually is. This is to compensate for the unprintable region usually found at the bottom of the sheet with most inkjet printers.
- Now Print out a whole sheet of labels with the borders enabled onto a label sheet. Depending on the printed output you may need to make some adjustments:
If the labels are lined up at the top, but gradually get more misaligned as they go down the sheet then you need to reduce the bottom margin size.
Basically you need to adjust the margin sizes until you manage to 'stretch' the labels so that they print perfectly onto the label sheet.
Once you've setup once you don't need to bother again, Label Wizard remembers all of its settings between uses.
Entering Destination Addresses
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Whilst your in the main screen of Label Wizard, you just need to right mouse click a label in order to bring up the window shown on the right. Just type your destination address into the text field, you can press enter for a newline just like using windows notepad. The various buttons doen the right of the screen are described in detail below: |
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All Labels ON
Pressing this button will cause all the labels displayed in the main Label Wizard screen to become active. Active labels are not grayed, they are printed out when the print button is pressed.
All Labels OFF
Pressing this button will cause all the labels displayed in the main Label Wizard screen to become inactive. Inactive labels are grayed, they are not printed out when the print button is pressed.
Clear AddressesPressing this button will cause all the labels displayed in the main Label Wizard to have their destination addreses cleared, use this to wipe your labels ready for a new set of addreses.
All Labels Be ThisPressing this button causes all the labels displayed in the main Label Wizard to have the same destination address as that currently displayed in the edit box.
Auto FormatPressing this button will cause the currently entered address to be 'cleaned up'. The clean up function performs the following operation on the address:
- Capitalise the first letter of every word
- Remove commas and replace with newlines
OKPressing OK will cause the destination address to be placed on the relevant label and will drop you back to Label Wizards main screen where you will be able to see the changes youve made take effect imediately.
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Can I See What Labels I've printed in the past?
Q: I send out many different packages everyday, not every package is recorded, is their any way that I can find out if I've created a label for a certain address, this would let me know if I hadn't packed/posted an item?
A: YES, you can do this with LabelWizard.
In the program directory of LabelWizard, usually:
C:Program FilesLabel Wizard Professional
You will find a directory called "PRINTED":
C:Program FilesLabel Wizard ProfessionalPRINTED
This contains timestamped text files that contain the addresses of all the labels printed, you can use this directory as a double check measure, for example you might think "hmm, did I forget to post that customers goods?" just check the PRINTED directory and all will be revealed!
Font Size?
Q: In the setup screen how do you make the font size bigger? When I change the texts size to 14 in sender 1 form it aways prints out at 10 how do you make it print out at 14?
A: You can't actually change the font size. I should really remove the size selector out of the font selector, it's just there, the program doesn't look at it!
Label Wizard automatically uses the biggest text size that it can get away with, so if you've got an address with a lot of text on one line, the text size will have to be smaller in order to prevent over the edge printing. This automatic behaviour ensures that every label is as human friendly and readable as possible.
One method that I've found useful to make text smaller is to add spaces or enters, this fools Label Wizard into thinking that the line is longer than it actually is and it will reduce the text size. I used this technique on my Sender1 text, I enter this string "Sender? " and Label Wizard accomodates the spaces as well as the text and thus reduces the font size of the Sender1 text.
Operating System Compatability?
Q: Is this trial download program compatible with Win ME? Reason I ask is because I have downloaded it twice now and each time I go to set up or print or whatever... the screen locks up the program semi crashes and I have to hit 'end task ' . I would dearly love to buy this but if this is going to happen on the unlocked version I am very reluctant. Can you offer any advice please?
A: Label Wizard Pro. is ONLY compatible with Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
We haven't tested Label Wizard on Windows 95, 98 or ME.
If the trial version won't work then the registered version won't work either. Windows ME is Win 98 with extra bits, so it probably won't work on that either.
Sorry about this, but that is why we made it try before you buy.
I can only suggest holding a copy of it or visiting our website and installing it if you ever upgrade your operating sysytem to WinXP or Win2000.
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