QuickLabel Designer Pro - Manual (Page 55)

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Creating new keyboard input variable field
3. Type 'Enter product name' for the option Display this text to the print operator.
4. Click on the Finish button. The cursor changes its shape to an arrow with a text object.
5. Click on the label where you want to position the prompted field.
The text object is placed on the label and linked to the new variable.
Note:
When you print the label, you will be prompted to enter the product name, which will be shown in
preview on the label and on the printed label.
Create Serialized Data Variable Fields (Counters)
Now create a counter field on the label. The value of that variable field will automatically increase
by one on every label.
1. Click on the small arrow next to the icon in the Toolbox to display a
list of available variable types.
2. Select New Counter from the list.
3. A dialog box with counter properties opens.
Creating new counter variable field
4. Leave everything as default so that the counter will always start from 1 and increase by
one on each label.
5. Click on the Finish button.
6. Click on the label where the counter should be placed.
The new variable is linked to the text object on the label.
Note:
Typically, the counter will increase by 1 on each label. For example, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc. You can also
define different incremental steps.