QuickLabel Designer Pro - Manual (Page 53)

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Click anywhere in the ruler area and drag the line out of it (the top ruler contains hor-
izontal, and the side ruler contains vertical guidelines.
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Alternatively, you may right-click on the label and select to add a guideline to that posi-
tion from the Guidelines menu.
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Finally, you can open the View menu and access the commands there
Using Guidelines
The guidelines are moved at any time with the drag of a mouse. If they are drug back to the ruler
area, they are deleted. It is possible to toggle between displaying and hiding the guidelines, either by
using the menu or right clicking them.
The guidelines can be hidden with the Ctrl+H shortcut key combination, and when they are hidden,
the Snap to Guideline functionality is also disabled. The menu also includes a Delete all Guidelines
command, which removes all the guidelines on the label.
Holding down the SHIFT key while dragging objects allows you to temporarily turn on the Snap to
Guidelines function.
Guideline Properties
Double-click a guideline or right click a guideline and choose Edit Guideline Properties to open the
Guideline Properties dialog window. The dialog allows you to enter the numeric positioning value,
choose the horizontal or vertical guideline type, or remove the individual guideline.
Use Drawing Tools
Now you will insert a line to separate a text object from other objects and a rectangle around the pic-
ture object.
1. Select the icon from Toolbox and move the cursor to the required start-
ing point of the line.
2. Press and hold down the mouse button while drawing the line. Move the mouse to the
end position of the line and release the button. The Line object is placed on the label.
3. Click on the icon in the Toolbox and point the mouse to the upper left
corner of the picture.
4. Click and hold the mouse button while you stretch the rectangle to the lower right corner
of the picture.
5. To change the thickness of the vertical and horizontal line, double-click on the rectangle
object to open its properties. Select the thickness you want and click on the Finish but-
ton.
6. To edit the drawing object, double-click on the line or rectangle to open the dialog box
with its properties.
The label should show the following: