#### Custom Label Template Tools

To access the tools needed to create or edit custom label templates, click the Edit Label Template icon from the CAD tab's toolbar. The right side of your screen expands in a side bar.

A - The Main Toolbar

1. 1. New Template - This creates a new template. If you are working on an existing template, the software displays a message asking if you are sure you want to create a new template. If you click yes, it overwrites the existing open template.

   2. Open Template - This displays an Open dialog box allowing you to open a stored custom label template.

   3. Save Template - This saves any modifications made to the open template. If the template you are saving is a new template, it displays a Save As dialog box so you can name and store the template in whatever directory you desire.

   4. Undo - This undoes the most recent manipulation to a control or controls.

   5. Redo - This redoes the operation undone with the Undo button.

   6. Float - This displays a LabelEditor window allowing you to edit a label. See "The Properties Pane".

      Label Editor Window

      1. Zoom In - This zooms in on your report by 100% per click.

      2. Zoom Out - This zooms out of your report by 100% per click.

      3. Whole Page - This restores the size of your report to the original 1 to 1 zoom size.

      4. Dock - This returns the floating window to its docked position.

   7. Apply Template - This applies the template to labels in the CAD tab. If it's a new template, you must save it first.

   8. Close Template - This closes the custom label template tools. If a template has unsaved modifications, the software prompts you to save it before closing.

B - The Controls Toolbar

The Controls toolbar exists down the left side of the main canvas software. It contains these two controls:

The SelectorControl - This is not a true control since it is not an object that you can put on the canvas. It is merely a tool to select the GridControl on the canvas.

The GridControl - This inserts a customizable grid of columns and rows into your template. A label template can hold only one GridControl. For more information on this object, see the GridControl topic. Note that the GridControl topic was written originally for the TemplateBuilder software, a tool that ships with DataPage+ and is used to create templates for the Chart tab, Text tab and CAD tab. As such, this topic may contain information, terminology, and references (such as links to other topics) specific to that software.

C - The Main Canvas

This is the main staging area for your GridControl. You can add the GridControl to this area and then reposition it as desired. Once you add a GridControl to the canvas, it becomes available for selection from the Properties Pane.

The main canvas also appears in the Properties Pane (shown as mainCanvas) and contains its own properties as well. See "The Properties Pane".

D - The Properties Pane

The Properties Pane exists on the right side of the software. It displays the properties associated with the currently active control. You can make a control active by clicking on it or by selecting it from the main canvas or from the Control list located just above this pane.

Properties make up the characteristics of a control. For example, you can use this pane to modify properties to define the background color of the main canvas or the number of rows in a GridControl object.

See the specific control topic for information on the properties available to that control.