Re: Making Labels in Quark
Re: Making Labels in Quark
- Subject: Re: Making Labels in Quark
- From: Steve Kump <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 19:14:25 -0800
Hi Robert,
Yes, I know you can change text boxes to picture boxes and vice versa, but
no, I had not thought about that approach. I think that will be a great
place to start.
I will give it a try and see how it works out.
Thanks!
Steve
On 11/21/02 9:24 PM, "email@hidden" <email@hidden> wrote:
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In a message dated 11/21/02 4:33:10 AM, Steve Kump writes:
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> Well...I have created a FaceSpan app for my users to associate database
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> fields to text and picture boxes in Quark. The reason I was looking for
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> labels was to just provide an elegant way of illustrating which picture
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> boxes were tagged to particular database fields. The text boxes are easier
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> enough because I can display the value within the text box itself, and
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> then replace it later, but picture boxes are more difficult. Basically, I
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want
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> a user to be able to quickly look at a template and see that all boxes have
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> been tagged and which have not.
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I think I follow....
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You probably know that you can change a text box to a picture box and vice
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versa. So have you thought about building your template with text boxes
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containing the names of the images, then using a script to convert the text
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boxes to picture boxes? We have a workflow that involves importing an Xtags
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files that creates an embedded text box which contains text specifying the
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path to an image. The script then converts the box and imports the image.
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Or maybe your solution is as simple as creating EPS labels that can be placed
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in your picture boxes and replaced with real images later. Then you don't
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even have to change box content.
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Robert Kyle
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Star Tribune
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Minneapolis
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