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LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Professional

Introduction

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LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Professional allows you to:

Convert and save your files, using any application that supports printing, to any of over 140+ file-supported formats. These include:

Document file formats such as searchable PDF, DOC, RTF, HTML, and Text;

Raster file formats such as TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, and non-searchable PDF;

Vector file formats such as DXF, DWF, PCL, and CGM.

Save one or more printed jobs, whether they are document files, vector files or raster images, using any of the supported file formats.

Combine multiple documents or images into one single document file (such as PDF) or image file (such as TIFF).

Create PDF documents with enhancements like PDF watermarks, bookmarks, or security.

Redirect your printed job(s) to one or more physical printers at the same time.

Manipulate your printed job(s) using ePrint's 'Enhanced Printing' features.

Add annotation objects to the printed document through the LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Workstation.

Add stationery or forms to the printed document to customize the appearance of the document pages.

Configure the Email settings and access the contact list from the default or user specified MAPI client.

Control the file naming and renaming options when saving multi-page files with each page as a separate file.

Add Task Printers that can perform complex batch processing from any application that can print, with or without user interaction.

In addition to all of the above, LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Professional provides all the standard features of a windows printer driver.

Supported Environments:

LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Professional comes in WIN32 and x64 editions that can run under the following environments:

Microsoft Windows ME

Microsoft Windows 2000

Microsoft Windows XP (32 and 64 bit)

Microsoft Windows 2003 (32 and 64 bit)

Microsoft Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit)

For full details regarding all ePrint components and platforms, refer to:

ePrint Documentation

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LEADTOOLS is committed to fully documenting its products. Please feel free to contact us with any errors or omissions.

Microsoft HTML Help 1.0

Microsoft HTML Help 1.0 (.chm) files for all ePrint components and platforms are installed with your product. Help files are found on the installation path in the Help subdirectory (for example, C:Program FilesLEAD Technologies, IncLEADTOOLS ePrint 5Help).

WebHelp

WebHelp that contain the most-current version of LEADTOOLS documentation is available online at:

https://www.eprintdriver.com/help-files.html

Printable reference manuals

Printable reference manuals that contain the same information as online help can be downloaded from our website at:

https://www.eprintdriver.com/help/v5.0/Printable_Documentation/.

For more information:

Specific help references for each ePrint component and platform are available as follows:

See Also:

Technical Support

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As a registered user, free technical support is available. You must register your software to receive any technical support. You can contact us through the following methods:

You can also contact LEAD by mail at:

LEAD Technologies, Inc.
Attn: Technical Support
Suite 400
1201 Greenwood Cliff,
Charlotte, NC 28204

Before contacting technical support, please look in the online documentation and the example programs for an answer to your question.

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Copyright LEAD Technologies, Inc. 1991-2007. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Portions of the PCDLIB32.DLL, PCDLIB.DLL, LFFPX7.DLL, LFKODAK.DLL, EKFPIXJPEG140.DLL, PDC_SDK.DLL, PROFIRE.DLL and DC120V154_32.DLL files contain material that is Copyright Eastman Kodak Company, 1996.

Portions of the LFFPX7.DLL and LFKODAK.DLL files contain material that is Copyright Hewlett Packard, 1996.

The 'FlashPix' format uses Microsoft's OLE structured storage.

Use of the embedded font features for certain Licensed Fonts found in the PDF Properties portion of the software may require a license from the owner of the applicable Licensed Font. Please refer to the software Help file for more information.

Portions hereof licensed under US patent 5,327,254 and foreign counterparts.

Trademarks

LEAD, LEADTOOLS and ePrint are registered trademarks of LEAD Technologies, Inc.

Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, Visual Basic, Visual FoxPro, and Microsoft Access are either trademarks or registered trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation.

FlashPix is a trademark of Eastman Kodak Company.

All other brand or product names used in this online help are trademarks of their respective holders.

Address and Contact Information

LEAD Technologies, Inc.
Suite 400,
1201 Greenwood Cliff,
Charlotte, NC 28204
FAX: (704) 372-8161
Technical support: eprintsupport@leadtools.com
Home page: https://www.eprintdriver.com.

Installation

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LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Professional comes in WIN32 and x64 editions that can run under the following environments:

Microsoft Windows ME

Microsoft Windows 2000

Microsoft Windows XP (32 and 64 bit)

Microsoft Windows 2003 (32 and 64 bit)

Microsoft Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit)

Installation Notes:

For installation you will need either a CD-ROM drive (if you plan on installing the program from a CD), or an Internet connection (if you intend to download the program).

ePrint requires Administrator rights to install and Ordinary User rights or above to use.

After installation, the ePrint program takes up approximately 15 MB in the system folder and 25 MB in the target directory for the installation.

Memory and additional hard disk space requirements when ePrint is being used depend on the printer settings used, the paper size used, and the number of pages printed. More information is provided in the following sections.

Memory requirements:

System memory requirement for ePrint depends upon specified paper size and printed DPI. The larger the paper dimensions, and the greater the specified DPI, the more system memory required.

To calculate memory required in MB, multiply (paper width in inches) X (paper length in inches X specified DPI) X (6) X (.001).

For example, for Paper size=letter and DPI=300, memory required=(8.5) x (11) X (300) X 6 = approximately 50 MB. For Paper size=letter and DPI=600, memory required= approximately 200 MB.

Hard-Disk requirement:

ePrint needs space to store processed pages. ePrint stores its processed pages in the system Temp directory, and deletes them when it has finished processing them. Each page (depending on the paper dimension and the amount of information in the printed page) needs approximately 2MB on the hard disk. For example, 100 pages require approximately 200 MB of free space on the drive that contains the system Temp folder.

Miscellaneous:

For the Windows 2000 users, the Use Document Name option will not work properly unless you install SP3.

For the NTFS file system users, ePrint requires read access to the System Temp folder to work properly.

It is not necessary to uninstall ePrint IV before installing ePrint 5.

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LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Professional consists of the following components:

LEADTOOLS ePrint Printer Drivers

LEADTOOLS ePrint Workstation

Task Printers Manager

LEADTOOLS Screen Capture Application

LEADTOOLS Screen Capture Toolbar

When LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Professional is installed, icons to launch LEADTOOLS ePrint Workstation, Task Printers Manager, LEADTOOLS Screen Capture, Read Me First, and Help are added to the Windows Start menu. At the same time, ePrint and ePrint Workstation are installed as virtual printers in your system Printers folder. They will appear in the list of optional printers in the Print dialog of any application on your computer that supports printing. Finally, the LEADTOOLS Screen Capture Toolbar is made available on your Windows taskbar.

It is not necessary to uninstall ePrint IV before installing ePrint 5.

File Conversion via Virtual Printing

When LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Professional is installed, two virtual printers are installed to the Printers folder on your system:

ePrint 5

ePrint 5 Workstation

Use the ePrint 5 printer to perform quick, simple printing and file conversion tasks. You can use this printer from within any application by using its print command. When the Print dialog appears, select the LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 printer as your printer and click OK (if the application prints directly to the printer with no Print dialog, be sure to set the ePrint 5 printer as your default printer before you print). The LEADTOOLS ePrint Save As dialog will appear to give you the ability to save, email, or route the document being printed.

Use the ePrint 5 WorkStation printer when you also want to perform advanced functions like add annotations to files, create stationery or forms, combine multiple files, or perform document management. Access the LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Workstation directly from the Start menu. Then use the Workstations File -> Open command to load the file with which you want to work. You can also use the ePrint 5 Workstation from within any application by using its print command. When the Print dialog appears, select the LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Workstation printer, then click OK (if the application prints directly to the printer, be sure to set the ePrint 5 Workstation printer to be the default printer beforehand). This loads the LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Workstation application, with the item being printed loaded as a print job.

Batch Processing, eMailing, and Printing

The LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Workstation lets you create a 'task printer' that can perform a series of defined actions, for example to convert, save, and send a series of images to specific printers or email addresses. Use the Task Printers Manager to manage the task printers that you create. Access the Task Printers Manager directly from the Start menu (LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 -> Tools-> Task Printers Manager), or from within LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Workstation (Tools -> Task Printers Manager).

API help files, code examples, and binaries are also installed that enable developers to programmatically control printer settings from within their own applications. For more information, refer to the  LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 API Help.

LEADTOOLS Screen Capture

LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Professional also includes a powerful screen capture application, and a quick-use screen capture toolbar that you can add to your Windows taskbar. For more information on these components, refer to the  LEADTOOLS Screen Capture Application and  LEADTOOLS Screen Capture Toolbar help files.

See Also

How To: Use LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Professional for the First Time

How To: Use LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Workstation for the First Time

ePrint Task Printer Creation Wizard

Task Wizard

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Use the  Activation Wizard to activate the LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Professional product or to extend the evaluation period from 15 days to 30 days.

To display the Activation Wizard, from the main menu, choose Help -> Activate Product.

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ePrint Quick Start: How To

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This topic briefly describes how to get started and use the basic features of LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Professional. For more information, please refer to the relevant help sections.

The easiest way to access and change the settings for ePrint is to print from any application that supports printing:

See Also

How To: Save to a Document File (Searchable PDF, MS DOC, HTML, etc.)

How To: Save to an Image File (TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, etc.)

How To: Save to a Vector File (CGM, DXF, SHP, etc.)

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Using any application that includes a print function, the ePrint 5 virtual printer can convert from one file format to any of the 140 file formats LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Professional supports.

The following example will show you how to use LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Professional to convert a document file from Microsoft Word (.doc) to searchable PDF (.PDF) format. Use this examples basic steps to convert file(s) from any format to any other format:

For more information, please refer to:

Technical Support

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This topic briefly describes how to use the basic features of LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Workstation and provides you with all you need to know in order to get started. For more information, please refer to the relevant help section.

Launching ePrint 5 Workstation

There are two ways to access and change the settings for the LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Workstation:

ePrint 5 Workstation is accessible when printing from any application with printer support by selecting the printer Name: LEADTOOLS ePrint5 Workstation from the Print dialog. Or,

open ePrint 5 Workstation directly from the Windows Start menu: Start -> Programs -> LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Professional menu.

Each of these methods is described in detail in the following sections.

When Printing from an Application

When Launching from the Start menu

You can also access the LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Workstation application from the start menu:

The Workstation will open and documents can be imported manually.

See Also

How To: Use LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Professional for the First Time

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Files saved to Document file types retain searchable text. For example, when a file is saved as Document file type with PDF format, the resulting PDF file is automatically searchable. (For more information on the Find and Search commands available in Adobe Acrobat, third-party search engines, and the Adobe PDF Filter, refer to https://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/321627.html.)

Perform the following steps in order to create a Document (in this case, Searchable PDF) file.

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LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Professional lets you save raster images such as TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, non-searchable PDF, BMP, etc.

The example below describes how to save an image file to a raster format (in this case, non-searchable PDF).

To save a file as a raster PDF file type:

Note: Multi-page gif files are created as animated gifs and are not viewable in applications that only display static gifs.

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The vector file format describes images in terms of mathematical formulas instead of a grid of bit data.

Perform the following steps to save a file in a vector file format.

For more information saving specific file formats, please refer to the relevant help section.

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ePrint Paper settings only act as a 'fail-safe' in case the originating document does not contain paper information. Most file types have a predefined paper type, so this setting is rarely used. If the host application uses paper settings, the ePrint paper settings will be over-ridden by the application being used to print the file.

For example, if you print from Microsoft Word to either the ePrint or ePrint Workstation virtual printer, Microsoft Word sends paper size information along with the file. If you wish to select a different paper size, you should do so in Microsoft Words Page Setup or Print Properties dialog.

If you are not sure whether your application sends paper size with its print jobs, use the following steps to provide this information using ePrint:

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When you covert between file types, final file size depends on both paper size and desired resolution. In general, images that will only be displayed on-screen require lower resolution than images intended for use in print. Lower resolution images result in a smaller file size and therefore require less storage space.

Using LEADTOOLS ePrint

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LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Professional behaves like a printer installed on your Windows operating system. However, unlike printer drivers, which simply pass information along to the printer for printing on paper, ePrint captures the data stream being 'printed' so that you can convert it to almost any document, image or vector format desired.

Once ePrint is installed, it is instantly available to any application that can send a print job, without any additional configuration. LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Professional comes in two forms: the ePrint 5 printer and the ePrint Workstation printer. Which one you choose to use depends on how much control you want over the documents you produce.

ePrint 5 printer. The ePrint 5 printer takes you directly to format selection screen for quick, efficient, no-hassle document conversion.

ePrint Workstation printer. The ePrint Workstation printer is available for advanced document manipulation and even more control over the files you convert.

Either of these printers is accessible at any time in most applications by selecting it from the print dialog.

See Also

How To: Use LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Workstation for the First Time

What LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Professional Can Do

ePrint Toolbars

Using Keyboard Shortcuts

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Converting a file using ePrint is done through the print option of any application that can print documents or graphics.

To quickly convert a file using ePrint 5, perform the following steps:

To create a file with annotations, stationery or any of the other more advanced features of the ePrint 5 Workstation, use the following steps:

See Also

How To: Save to a Searchable PDF, MS DOC, HTML, etc. File

How To: Save to an Image File (TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, etc.)

How To: Save to a Vector File

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The workspace is the opening screen in ePrint Workstation. This is the area that displays opened files as 'print jobs' that can be converted, annotated, or sent to printers or email. There are many options to customize the view of the workspace, including toolbars, a status bar and various windowpanes that can be hidden or displayed for navigating and editing the loaded document. For more information, refer to Customizing The Workspace.

Once a document has been imported as a print job, it can have annotations placed over the document including highlighting, images, shapes, lines, text notation and measurements of items placed in the document.

Annotations are only editable in the ePrint WorkStation at the time the document is created. Once a document has been converted into another format using ePrint, the changes are permanent in the resulting document. A saved file cannot be loaded later into the ePrint workstation for other annotations, nor can annotations be deleted.

See Also

Page Navigation Toolbar

Annotation Tools Toolbar

Annotation Properties Toolbar

Annotation Text Alignment Toolbar

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Customization of the workspace options is primarily accessible through the ePrint Workstation Main Menu under the View option. From this option set, you can access zooming, page view, toolbars and various windowpanes options.

The toolbars are collections of tools grouped by similarity. Toolbars can be turned on and off by checking or unchecking the toolbar options under View > Toolbars. By clicking and dragging the far left side of a toolbar, you can place the toolbar anywhere you like in the application window. When near the top of the workspace, the toolbar will dock itself to the toolbar area. The appearance and behavior of the toolbars may vary slightly depending on your version of windows.

Windowpanes are dialogs that do not interrupt the normal workflow, but allow you to make changes to your documents or view additional information by extending the visible interface of the workspace. Panes can be docked to the sides of the workspace by clicking and dragging the top left of the pane to the left, top or right edge of the workstation. Panes can also be combined by clicking and dragging one pane onto another. (Combined panes will have a tab menu at the bottom for switching views between the selected panes.)

See Also

View Menu

ePrint Toolbars

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Stationery and forms allow you to add a watermark to your documents using either text or images. These options can be placed on all, even, odd or only a custom range of pages within the document as specified by the user.

The stationery option lets you position and customize text that you specify in your document. Some simple applications of this feature include marking a document with the date, revision or department number to prevent confusion with other, similar documents. Stationery text includes options for header, footer and a watermark text.

The form option lets you use images as a watermark in your document. These files can be created from existing pages by selecting the add to forms option in the Thumbnail Context Menu found in the Thumbnail Pane. Examples of Form use would be to place a departmental or company image in the background of a document as well as using a referenced document to provide lines of separation and various other formatting accents.

See also

Form Selection Dialog

Stationery Selection Dialog

Apply To Custom Dialog

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Tasks and task printers enable batch processing for document conversion, emailing and printing to other windows printers. An ePrint task printer has the added bonus of being directly accessible from the Windows printer folder, thereby making it possible to convert a document to a predefined location and file type, email the file and print it to a physical printer all in one step. Because the task is created as a window printer, all of this is available from any application that supports printing. A task also provides the conversion, printing and email functionality, but tasks are only available from the ePrint Workstation.

Tasks are configured in the Task Wizard and Task Printers are created in the ePrint Task Printer Creation Wizard. You can view which tasks are available to you at any time in the Configure Tasks Dialog. The task printers can be viewed and edited from the ePrint Task Printers Manager.

Graphical User Interface

Windows

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The main display window contains a standard horizontal Windows title bar across the top of the interface. The main window's title bar has a program icon at the far left, followed by: the application name and the name of the active document or image. On the far right there are the standard Windows Minimize, Maximize/Restore, and Close buttons.

The vertical and horizontal scroll bars will appear if the loaded document or image exceeds the viewable area of the workspace.

The items on the taskbar can be used for the following:

Closing ePrint: double-click on the application icon or click the Close button to close the application.

Minimizing: click the Minimize button to make the application window reduce to a button on the windows taskbar. Click ePrint's taskbar button to restore the main display window and bring it to the front of any other running windows programs.

Maximizing: double-click on the title-bar or click the Maximize button.

Restoring: click the Restore button to go from overlapped-window to full-screen (Maximize) and back (Restore).

System Menu, click on the application icon to bring up a standard windows system menu, which allows you to move, resize, and close the window.

Workspace

The workspace is the display area for opened documents and occupies the largest percentage of the ePrint Workstation window. The workspace is in the center of the screen and will adjust its width to fit between any open toolbars or information panes that may be visible. The workspace will allow you to annotate your loaded documents, but it is not possible to edit the content of the document once it has been imported into ePrint.

Status Bar

The Status Bar is located along the bottom of the ePrint window. It has the following features:

A short description will appear here as your mouse passes over a button or menu item that describes the items functionality. This provides a quick reference when learning how to use the ePrint Workstation.

Indicates a service or a task is running. The name of the running task or service will be listed along with an animation to indicate when the ePrint Workstation is processing a request.

See Also

Jobs List Pane

Thumbnail Pane

Getting Started Pane

How To: Use LEADTOOLS ePrint 5 Workstation for the First Time

Window Panes

XE 'Windows ' * MERGEFORMAT XE 'Pane Window ' * MERGEFORMAT XE 'Getting Started Pane Window ' * MERGEFORMAT Getting Started Pane

The Getting Started Pane is initially displayed on the right side of the ePrint Main Window workspace.

See Also

ePrint Main Window

Jobs List Pane

Thumbnail Pane

Clip Art Pane

XE 'Windows ' * MERGEFORMAT XE 'Pane Window ' * MERGEFORMAT XE 'Pages ' * MERGEFORMAT XE 'Jobs List Pane Window ' * MERGEFORMAT XE 'Jobs list ' * MERGEFORMAT XE 'Job Name ' * MERGEFORMAT Jobs List Pane

The Jobs List Pane displays all print jobs in the current session.

To display or hide this pane, select View -> Job List View from the Main Menu.

The Jobs List Pane uses rows and columns to display the print jobs to be executed. Each row is divided into two columns and will appear to the right of the ePrint Main Window workspace. The two columns are as follows:

Job Name: displays the job name. When selected, the ePrint Main Window workspace shows the first page of the selected print job. This Job Name column includes the name of the job beside a check box for indicating three possible states for the printed job:

All the pages of the print job will be processed.

Some pages of the print job will not be processed.

None of the pages will be processed.

Pages: displays the total number of pages in the print job.

Only one print job can be selected--the one that is currently displayed. Multiple selections are not possible.

See Also

ePrint Main Window

Getting Started Pane

XE 'Windows ' * MERGEFORMAT XE 'Thumbnails Pane ' * MERGEFORMAT XE 'Thumbnails ' * MERGEFORMAT XE 'Pane Window ' * MERGEFORMAT Thumbnails Pane

The Thumbnails Pane displays all the printed pages (composed of multiple print jobs) and appears along the left side of the ePrint Main Window workspace.

Through this pane the user can select the active page in the ePrint Main Window workspace by clicking a thumbnail in the list. A blue border will appear around the active page as an indicator for which thumbnail is currently being viewed in the ePrint Main Window workspace.

The Thumbnails Pane has a context menu with many options that appears by right-clicking a thumbnail in this list. This list includes navigation, cutting, pasting and exclusion options as well as the ability to add form graphics to ePrint using the thumbnail of any page as a template. This list is covered in more detail in the Thumbnail Context Menu.

To display or hide this pane, select View -> Thumbnail View from the Main Menu.

See Also

ePrint Main Window

Clip Art Pane

Jobs List Pane

Getting Started Pane

XE 'Windows ' * MERGEFORMAT XE 'watermarks ' * MERGEFORMAT XE 'Stationery Editor Mode Pane Window ' * MERGEFORMAT XE 'Stationery ' * MERGEFORMAT XE 'headers ' * MERGEFORMAT XE 'footers ' * MERGEFORMAT Stationery Editor Mode Pane

Use the Stationery Editor Mode Pane to add new stationery, or modify or delete existing stationery. Stationery is a text-based watermark that will appear underneath the document contents: much like pre-printed stationery in traditional printing applications. Keep in mind that stationery appears underneath the text and images placed in the document. Content in the stationery may be covered by images with a similar background color to the background color of the document (e.g., images with a white background on a white piece of paper will hide stationery behind their white background), in ways that may appear counter-intuitive to the eye. The stationery will not, however, have a marginal overlap from text or the transparent area of an image placed in a document.

The Stationery Editor Mode pane appears along the right side of the ePrint Main Window workspace.

To display the Stationery Editor Mode Window, from the main menu choose Edit -> Select Stationery. Then select the stationery to be edited from the drop down list box and click Edit. The stationery pane should display.

The following fields are on the Stationery Editor Mode window:

Stationeries Drop-down list box:

Use this option to select stationery for editing and to display it in the document.

Add Button

Click the Add button to open the Add Stationery Dialog dialog to add a new stationery type.

Rename Button

Click the Rename button to open the Rename Stationery Dialog dialog to rename the stationery selected in the Stationeries drop-down list box.

This button is only available if a stationery type is selected in the Stationeries drop-down list box.

Delete Button

Click the Delete button to delete the stationery selected in the Stationeries drop-down list box.

This button is only available if a stationery type is selected in the Stationeries drop-down list box.

Apply To Drop-down list box

Use this option to specify which pages have the selected stationery applied to them. It contains the following options:

All: The stationery will be added to all included pages. The stationery will not be added to the excluded pages.

Odd: The stationery will be added to the odd pages only. The stationery will not be added to the excluded pages.

Even: The stationery will be added to the even pages only. This enumeration does not count pages that have been excluded from the print job. The stationery will not be added to the excluded pages.

First: The stationery will be added to the first included page only. If the first page in the print job has been excluded from the print job, then the first included page will be applicable to have stationery added.

Last: The stationery will be added to the last included page only. If the last page in the print job has been excluded from the print job, then the last included page will be applicable to have stationery added.

Custom: Opens the Apply To Custom dialog box.

This is only available if a stationery type is selected in the Stationeries drop-down list box.

Header Text Edit box

Use this option to add or edit text for the stationery header. Text can be entered manually in the text box or auto text options can be accessed by clicking the Add Auto Text dialog button.

This option is only available if a stationery type is selected in the Stationeries drop-down list box.

Header Font Edit box

Use this option to view and edit the font properties for the stationery header. Click the expand button to edit the font properties in the font editing dialog. The edit box itself only displays the currently selected font, size and color.

This is only available if a stationery type is selected in the Stationeries drop-down list box.

Header Horizontal Offset Edit box

Use this option to set the horizontal offset value from the left of the page to place the stationery header text. The slider bar can be set from 0% to 100% where 0% is the left of the page and 100% is the right. The header is set to 50% by default to place the header at the center of the page.

This option is only available if a stationery type is selected in the Stationeries drop-down list box.

Header Vertical Offset Edit box

Use this option to set the vertical offset value from the top of the page to place the stationery header text. The slider bar can be set from 0% to 100% where 0% is the top of the page and 100% is the bottom. The header is set to 0% by default to place the header at the top of the page.

This option is only available if a stationery type is selected in the Stationeries drop-down list box.

Footer Text Edit box

Use this option to add or edit text for the stationery Footer. Text can be entered manually in the text box or auto text options can be accessed by clicking the Add Auto Text dialog button.

This option is only available if a stationery type is selected in the Stationeries drop-down list box.

Footer Font Edit box

Use this option to view and edit the font properties for the stationery footer. Click the expand button to edit the font properties in the font editing dialog. The edit box itself only displays the currently selected font, size and color.

This is only available if a stationery type is selected in the Stationeries drop-down list box.

Footer Horizontal Offset Edit box

Use this option to set the horizontal offset value from the left of the page to place the stationery footer text. The slider bar can be set from 0% to 100% where 0% is the left of the page and 100% is the right. The footer is set to 50% by default to place the footer at the center of the page.
This option is only available if a stationery type is selected in the Stationeries drop-down list box.

Footer Vertical Offset Edit box

Use this option to set the vertical offset value from the top of the page to place the stationery footer text. The slider bar can be set from 0% to 100% where 0% is the top of the page and 100 is the bottom. The header is set to 100% by default to place the footer at the bottom of the page.

This option is only available if a stationery type is selected in the Stationeries drop-down list box.

Watermark Text Edit box

Use this option to add or edit text for the stationery Watermark. Watermarks are different from headers and footers in that they have increased control over positioning, angle, opacity, etc. Text can be entered manually in the text box or auto text options can be accessed by clicking the Add Auto Text dialog button.

This option is only available if a stationery type is selected in the Stationeries drop-down list box.

Watermark Font Edit box

Use this option to view and edit the font properties for the stationery watermark. Click the expand button to edit the font properties in the font editing dialog. The edit box itself only displays the currently selected font, size and color.

This is only available if a stationery type is selected in the Stationeries drop-down list box.

Watermark Horizontal Offset Edit box

Use this option to set the horizontal offset value from the left of the page to place the stationery Watermark text. The slider bar can be set from 0% to 100% where 0% is the left of the page and 100% is the right. The watermark is set to 50% by default to place the watermark at the center of the page.

This option is only available if a stationery type is selected in the Stationeries drop-down list box.

Watermark Vertical Offset Edit box

Use this option to set the vertical offset value from the top of the page to place the stationery watermark text. The slider bar can be set from 0% to 100% where 0% is the top of the page and 100% is the bottom. The header is set to 50% by default to place the footer at the bottom of the page.

This option is only available if a stationery type is selected in the Stationeries drop-down list box.

Watermark Angle Edit box

Use this option to specify the angle of the watermark text.

This option is only available if a stationery type is selected in the Stationeries drop-down list box.

Watermark Opacity Edit box

Use this option to specify the opacity of the watermark text on the page. 0% will make the watermark text completely transparent and therefore not visible, while an opacity of 100% will display the watermark as solid text in the chosen color.

This option is only available if a stationery type is selected in the Stationeries drop-down list box.

Done Button

Click the Done button to close the stationery pane and save any changes made to the stationeries.

Cancel Button

Click the Cancel button to close the stationery pane and discard all changes.

See Also

Stationery Selection Dialog

XE 'Windows ' * MERGEFORMAT XE 'Pane Window ' * MERGEFORMAT XE 'Clip Art Window ' * MERGEFORMAT XE 'Clip Art ' * MERGEFORMAT Clip Art Pane

The Clip Art Pane displays stamps or clip art that can be inserted into the active page as an annotation stamp object. This pane appears at the right side of the ePrint Main Window workspace (but you can move it by dragging it to another part of the window.)

To show this pane, select Tools -> Annotation -> Clip Art menu item.

Use this pane to insert any stamp or clip art to the active page as an annotation stamp object. Stamps or clip art can be inserted four different ways:

By dragging and dropping an item from the pane to the active page.

By double-clicking on any selected stamp or clip art.

By right-clicking on any selected stamp or clip art and choosing Insert from the resulting context menu.

By selecting any stamp or clip art item and then pressing Enter.

See Also

ePrint Main Window

Getting Started Pane

Jobs List Pane

Thumbnails Pane

Menus

XE 'Menus ' * MERGEFORMAT XE 'ePrint Menus ' * MERGEFORMAT ePrint Menus

Menu commands can be displayed by either:

Clicking a menu item in the menu bar, or

Holding down the <Alt> key plus while pressing the underlined letter in the menus title (e.g., to display the File menu, press <Alt> + <F>).

Menu commands can be selected or executed by:

Clicking the item in the menu, or

Pressing the <Alt> key plus the underlined letter in the menus title, then pressing the letter underlined in the menu item (e.g., to select the menu item File > Save, press <Alt> + <F> + <S>).

The < >, and < > keys can be used to highlight a menu command and pressing the Enter key will execute the command.

ePrint has two primary types of menus:

Main Menu

Context Menus

Main Menus

XE 'Menus ' * MERGEFORMAT XE 'Main Menu ' * MERGEFORMAT Main Menu

The commands ePrint uses can be grouped into several categories. The main headings for each of these categories appear in the menu bar just below the title bar at the top of the workspace. Click a menu heading to open the menu and choose a command. Frequently used commands are also displayed on the toolbar(s).

The following menus are on the ePrint main menu:

File Menu

Edit Menu

View Menu

Tasks Menu

Tools Menu

Help Menu

XE 'Menus ' * MERGEFORMAT XE 'File Menu ' * MERGEFORMAT File Menu

Use the File menu to perform file commands. The File menu is shown in the following figure:

The following table lists the commands on the File menu and gives a brief description of each command:

XE 'Menus ' * MERGEFORMAT XE 'Edit Menu ' * MERGEFORMAT Edit Menu

Use the Edit menu to perform edit commands. The Edit menu is shown in the following figure:

The following table lists the commands on the Edit menu and gives a brief description of each command:

XE 'Paste Page Sub Menu ' * MERGEFORMAT XE 'Menus ' * MERGEFORMAT Paste Page Sub Menu

Use the Paste Page sub menu to specify the position of a page being pasted into a print job. The Paste Page sub menu is shown in the following figure:

The following table lists the commands on the Paste Page sub menu and gives a brief description of each command:

XE 'Shortcuts ' * MERGEFORMAT Insert Empty Page Sub Menu

Use the Insert Empty Page sub menu to specify the position of a new, empty page to be added to the print job. The Insert Empty Page sub menu is shown in the following figure:

The following table lists the commands on the Insert Empty Page sub menu and gives a brief description of each command:

XE 'View Menu ' * MERGEFORMAT XE 'Menus ' * MERGEFORMAT View Menu

Use the View menu to change view settings. The View menu is shown in the following figure:

The following table lists the commands on the View menu and gives a brief description of each command:

XE 'Page Mode Sub Menu ' * MERGEFORMAT XE 'Menus ' * MERGEFORMAT Page Mode Sub Menu

Use the Page Mode sub menu to specify whether to view pages as single pages in the ePrint Main Window workspace or view them continuously.

The following table lists the commands on the Page Mode sub menu (View -> Page Mode) and gives a brief description of each command:

XE 'Toolbars Sub Menu ' * MERGEFORMAT XE 'Menus ' * MERGEFORMAT Toolbars Sub Menu

Use the Toolbars sub menu to show or hide the different toolbars. The Toolbars sub menu is shown in the following figure:

The following table lists the commands on the Toolbars sub menu (View -> Toolbars) and gives a brief description of each command:

XE 'Zoom Sub Menu ' * MERGEFORMAT XE 'Menus ' * MERGEFORMAT Zoom Sub Menu

Use the Zoom sub menu to control the magnification level of the page being viewed. The Zoom sub menu is shown in the following figure:

The following table lists the commands on the Zoom sub menu (View -> Zoom) and gives a brief description of each command:

XE 'Tasks Menu ' * MERGEFORMAT XE 'Menus ' * MERGEFORMAT Tasks Menu

Use the Tasks menu to open dialogs to add or configure tasks. The Tasks menu is shown in the following figure:

The following table lists the commands on the Tasks menu and gives a brief description of each command:

XE 'Tools Menu ' * MERGEFORMAT XE 'Menus ' * MERGEFORMAT Tools Menu

Use the Tools menu to change general settings and options. The Tools menu is shown in the following figure:

The following table lists the commands on the Tools menu and gives a brief description of each command:

XE 'Annotation Sub Menu ' * MERGEFORMAT Annotation Sub Menu

Use the Annotation sub menu to perform annotation-related commands. The Annotation sub menu is shown in the following figure:

The following table lists the commands on the Annotation sub menu (Tools -> Annotation) and gives a brief description of each command: