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Youcanalsoembedthepictureinthelabel.Thepictureissavedwiththelabelandmakesthelabel
moretransportable.Ifyoucopythelabeltosomecomputerthepicturegoeswiththelabel.Toembed
thepictureinthelabel,openthepicturepropertiesandselecttheoptionEmbed into label.
ToembedallpicturesintothelabelusethecommandTransformations -> Embed all Pictures into
Label.
Toenableautomaticembeddingofallpictures,enabletheoptionEmbed graphics into labelin
Tools->Options.
Place Images on the Label
Imagescanbevarioussizes.Iftheoriginalsizeofthegraphicsisnotvalidforyourlabel,youcan
freelyresizetheimagebydraggingthehandlessurroundingit.Theimagecanberesizedpro-
portionallyorstretchedinbothdirections.
Thegraphicsobjectscanalsobeplacedonthelabelfromtheclipboardorimportedfromanother
applications(i.e.CorelDraw,scanningprograms...),usingeithertheInsertObjectorPastecom-
mandfromtheEditmenu.Inthiscase,thegraphicsisembeddedinthelabelfile.Thegraphicsis
entirelystoredinthelabelfilenotseparatelyontheharddisk.
Note:WhenyouinsertthegraphicsasOLEobjectonthelabel(copy/pastefromothersoftware),the
entiredesignenvironmentofthatothersoftwareisavailableinlabeldesign.Whenyoudoubleclick
suchOLEobject,thatotherapplicationopensonthelabel.WhenusingOLEobject,thelabelproc-
essingmightbeslower.AlabelalsooccupiesmorespaceonthediskandtakesmoreRAM.Ifpos-
sible,avoidusingOLEobjectsonthelabel.
Onceyouplaceafixedpictureonthelabel,youcanembeditinintothelabel.Thepicturewillbe
savedinsidethelabel,soyounolongerneedtheoriginalpictureonthedisk.Itmakesthelabelmore
portable.Ifyoucopythelabeltosomecomputerthepicturegoeswiththelabel.
Therearethefollowingtypesofimageembedding:
l Toembedtheselectedimageincurrentthelabel,openthepicturepropertiesandselect
theoptionEmbed into label.
l ToembedallimagesintothecurrentlabelusethecommandTransformations ->
Embed all Pictures into Label.
l Toenableautomaticembeddingofallimagesthatyouwillplaceonthelabelfromnow
on,enabletheoptionEmbed graphics into labelinTools->Options.
Use Variable Images
Whenyouusevariablepicturesonthelabel,usuallyyouwillprovidethepathandfilenameofthe
picturestoredinsomefilesystem.Thelabelingsoftwarewilllocatetheimagefileandusethepic-
tureonthelabel.Thepicturenamecanbeacquiredfromdifferentsources(contentsproviders):key-
boardprompt,fieldinadatabase,resultofsomefunctionetc.
Tocreateavariablepictureobject,dothefollowing:
1. Makesureyoualreadyhaveanappropriatevariabledesignedthatwillstorethepathand
nameofthepictureonthedisk.
2.
ClickonthesmallarrowbuttonnexttothePictureobject inthetool-
box.
3. Fromthedrop-downmenuselecttheoptionUse Existing Variable.
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