Creating a sign or label in Microsoft Word can be achieved by following these simple steps.
or using one of the many templates that are available with each Duralabel printer CD.
There is also Microsoft Help for additional assistance.
Depending on your operating system, items may be referring to something slightly different
than what we have described here.
In this example we will be making a 4 inch by 6 inch label using DuraLabel 4 inch white vinyl supply.
The sign will contain a header, basic text on the left, and a symbol on the right.
Let's open Microsoft Word by clicking on the start button on our desktop, highlighting
the program tab, and selecting the Microsoft Word application.
The first step in creating a label or sign in Microsoft Word is to setup the document
to match the desired sign dimensions.
To do this, click on the “Page Layout” tab at the top of the window
and then click the “Page Setup” box.
Under the margins tab, set all margins to zero. Set your orientation to the desired layout.
For this example we'll use landscape.
Next, click on the “Paper” tab.
This is where the sign size will be set. Since we are printing in landscape orientation, the
height will equal the width of the tape we are printing on.
In this case, since we are using 4 inch white vinyl,
we’ll set the height to 4 inches and the width of the label to 6 inches and then click OK.
If a warning dialog box appears, click ignore.
Next we will create the header for our label.
Click on the “Insert” tab at the top of the window and then click the “Text Box” icon.
From the drop down menu click on the “Simple text box” icon.
Enter the header text you'd like to have on the label.
To change the font, select the text and then click on the “Home” tab at the top of Word.
The font section is where you can change the type of font, font size, and font style.
To re-size the text box, click on any one of the eight markers on the perimeter line
of the text box and drag to re size the text box.
To center the text, highlight the text, click on the “Home” tab, and then click on the
“Center Text” button at the top of the screen.
Let's reverse print a text box, or in other words, invert the colors so that the text
will appear the same color as your chosen vinyl, and the black area of the header will
be the color of your chosen ribbon.
Simply left click inside the text box and click on the format tab at the top of Word.
Then, click on the “format shape” box. From there, click on the “fill” tab and select “solid fill.”
Change the fill color to black and click close.
Move the text box by hovering over the perimeter line until you get the move cursor icon,
and drag it to the desired position on the sign document.
Next we will add and position the message text on the sign.
Click on the “Insert” tab at the top of the window and then click the “Text Box” icon.
From the drop down menu, choose the “Simple text box” icon.
Type the text you want on your label.
To change the font, select the text and then click on the “Home” tab at the top of Word.
In the font section is where you can change the type of font, font size, and font style.
To re-size the text box, click on any one of the eight markers on the perimeter line
of the text box and drag to size.
To align the text, highlight the text, click on the “Home” tab,
and then click on the “center text” button at the top of the screen.
To remove the text box border line, left-click the text box.
Click on the “format” tab at the top of Word and then click on the “format shape” box.
From here, click on “line color,” and then select “no line,” and then close the dialog box.
Move the text box by hovering over the perimeter line until you get the move cursor icon,
and then drag to position on the label document.
To add an image, click on the “Insert” tab, and then click on “Picture.”
Search for the picture on your computer and click open.
In order to move the image around on the sign document, you will need to apply “text wrapping”
that is set to anything except “in line with text.”
To do this, click on the image and then on the “Format” tab at the top of the screen.
Click on “wrap text,” and then select, for example, “tight.”
This will allow you to freely move the image into the desired position.
To re-size the image, click on the image and then click on any
one of the eight markers on the perimeter line and drag to size.
Clicking on the corner circles of the image will keep the height and width ratio even.
Move the image by hovering over the perimeter line until you get the move cursor icon,
and drag to position on the label document.
Once you are done adjusting your sign document, click on file, save as, and save to the desired location.
To print, go to file print, set your print properties, click print and your new sign
will be printed and ready to apply immediately.
Now that you know how to insert and format text boxes and images in MicroSoft Word,
you will be able to open one of the many templates that come with DuraLabel printers and customize
them to fit your needs, or, create a custom sign from scratch.
For more information about DuraLabel printers
visit our web site at www.DuraLabel.com
or give us a call at 1-888-326-9244