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Creating labels for your pots and Garden
Ideas Genie has a range of Label options for:
- US size paper/label stock
- A4 size paper/label stock as used in UK and Europe
- standard label stock as supplied by Avery, Garden Markers, Ripped Sheets, Printack etc
- both Inkjet and Laser printers
Toby (from Seattle, USA) has carried out tests using Epson Durabrite ink on a standard ink jet printer and has found the results are very good. The ink did not fade over the test
period.
In this exercise, we will use the Avery
- Under the labels tab on the Ideas Genie menu, start the program Labels - GA048
Screenshot 1-ga048s01
- Use the pop-up to select the label Orion #311-54LC
- Select the option Data + Photo for Front
of label (this particular label is one sided)
Screenshot 2L-ga048s01
- Click the New Labels button
Screen GA048S02 appears
The controls on this screen allow you to add plants to labels, access another screen for editing the precise details to be printed (text and photos) and
print your labels.
- Referring to Screenshot 3L-ga048s02
- Click the Plants in this area button
- Click on the pop-ups at the top right of the screen to select:
Gardener
Garden Area
- Click once to select a plant in the Plant list
- Click once on a label position on the left of the screen
Right click on a label to clear a label position
- Repeat the process for next plant and label position
The next stage is to define what text and photo to print on your labels
- In screen GA048S02, click the Edit button
Screen GA048S08 appears
Referring to Screenshot 4L-ga048S08
The plants you selected for labels in screen GA048S02 are shown in a list at the top left of the screen
- Click (to select) on a plant in the list
- If you have already linked a photo to the plant, then it is autonmatically selected
If you have more than one photo linked to the plant, use the left and right arrow
buttons to make your selection from your photo collection
- Right click in this Full Plant name box
Options appear
- Click the Select All/Copy/Paste1 option
The 1 in Paste1 refers to Text region 1
Referring to Screenshot 5L-ga048S08
After Right click and selecting the above option, note how the data from this box is copied into
the first text region
The text can now be formatted. In the example shown in the screenshot
- Highlight the text to be formatted
- Use the popup to select a font (I’ve used Tahoma)
- Use the popup to select a font size (Ive used 18)
- Click the B (Bold) button
Now you can add and format text for the other text regions.
Referring to Screenshot 6L-ga048s08
Note the panel with the caption Sources for Text on the right side of the screen.
The panel of buttons allow you to reuse data which you have entered in other Ideas Genie programs.
TIPS on using the Sources for Text buttons:
- Start by clicking into the text region where text is to be added
- Click one of the buttons in the Sources for Text block
- The text you copy will be applied to the text region where the cursor is placed above
The Google button
If you need more info about your plant, try using the Google button in the caption Sources for Text button bank.
- Click the Google button
Screen GA100S33 appears
This Ideas Genie screen hosts an instance of Internet Explorer
Referring to Screenshot 7l-ga100s33
- You dont have to re-type the plant name when using the Google search button.
Ideas Genie does it for you.
The plant name is automatically used as Google search text
- Browse the results as normal and look for info on your plant.
- You can select (and set) a Google for your locality e.g. google.co.uk, google.de, google.au etc and click the Seach again button to refresh the Google results.
- You can use normal copy and paste methods, or you can copy and add snippets of text to the surfboard.
The Surfboard can be opened in other screens and the text saved can be used.
- Click the + button to save a URL (web address)
Repeat the process for each plant selected for labels
Click the close button to return to screen GA048S08
Printing your labels
Having selected a photo and entered text for each of your plants, you can now use the program to view your labels
- In screen GA100S48, with Print Preview checked, click the Edit button
The
Print Preview screen appears
Please note:
Ive used two photos from the Hume Seeds website for this demo
Ed Hume Seeds is a family owned and operated business located in the Pacific NW, USA
I’m pleased to say that approval was granted by Hume Seeds to use the photos for this demo
Referring to Screenshot 8L-GA100S48
- Make sure the text in your labels is not truncated.
If words are missing, return to the Edit screen and edit accordingly
- If necessary, you can get more text on the label by choosing a smaller font size
When you are happy with the layout of your labels
- In screen GA048S08, uncheck Print Preview
- Click the Print button
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