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Before
reading the following example you should first familiarise yourself with creating
and saving a badge design. See here.
This example will take you through the process of creating a simple badge
design step by step.
This is the card we will produce...
It
actually consists of the following objects:
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Three pictures (A, H and K) |
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Three pieces of text from the user data-base (B, F I and J) |
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One rectangle (C) |
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Two lines (D and E) |
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One user image from the user data-base (G) |
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Step
One
Create a new badge template, see here
if you are unsure of how to create one.
Step
Two
It is easier to create a badge template by using the 'snap to' grid, therefore
use the Configure Grid 
tools to setup the grid to 1mm, show the grid and enable snap to grid.
Note that on some lower-end PC configurations you may notice a slight slow
down in performance whilst the grid is displayed, this is normal.
Step
Three
Placing the rectangle (C) around the outside edge of the card.
Click on the draw rectangle tool 
(see Drawing Tools), place the mouse
cursor in the top left of the badge template then press and hold the left
mouse button. Keep holding down the left mouse button and move the mouse so
as to move the cursor towards the bottom right of the badge, let go of the
left mouse button and the rectangle will be displayed...
Step
Four
Placing the Morley logo picture (K) at the top of the card.
Click on the Place Picture tool 
(see Misc Tools), place the mouse cursor
where you wish the top left of the picture to appear, then press and hold the
left mouse button. Keep holding down the left mouse button and move the mouse
so as to move the cursor to the place where the bottom right of the picture
is to appear, let go of the left mouse button and the open file dialog will
be displayed...
...select
the picture file that you wish to use, in this case the Morley_Logo.bmp file
and press the Open button.
The Morley logo image will now be displayed on the
badge image.
Step
Five
Placing the blue line picture (H) at the top of the card.
Repeat the procedure in step four to place the blue bar picture to the side
of the Morley logo.
Step
Six
Placing the keypad picture (A) below the Morley logo.
Repeat the procedure in step four to place the keypad picture below the Morley
logo...
Step
Seven
Placing the user photograph (G).
Click on the Place User Image from Database tool 
(see Data-Base Tools), place the mouse
cursor where you wish the top left of the user image to appear, then press
and hold the left mouse button. Keep holding down the left mouse button and
move the mouse so as to move the cursor to the place where the bottom right
of the picture is to appear, let go of the left mouse button and that's it,
a shaded rectangle will be displayed, this is where the user photograph will
appear on the finished badge...
Step
Eight
Placing a line (D) across the badge template.
Click on the Draw Line tool 
(see Drawing Tools), place the mouse
cursor where you wish to place the left hand side of the line, then press
and hold the left mouse button. Keep holding down the left mouse button and
move the mouse so as to move the cursor to where you want to place the right
hand side of the line, let go of the left mouse button and that's it, the
line will be placed on the badge...
Step
Nine
Placing a line (E) across the badge template.
Repeat the procedure in step eight to place the second line on the badge design...
Step
Ten
Placing the users name (I) from the user data-base.
Click on the down arrow to the right of the Place User Data Field tool 
(see Data-Base Tools), a drop-down
menu will be displayed...
...select
First Name from the menu then move the mouse cursor where you wish to place
the left hand side of the users first name, then press and hold the left mouse
button. Keep holding down the left mouse button and move the mouse so as to
move the cursor to where you want to place the right hand side of the users
first name, let go of the left mouse button and that's it, the users name
will be placed on the badge...
Now
repeat the above procedure but select Surname from the drop-down menu.
Step
Eleven
Place the the users department (F) from the user data-base.
Click on the down arrow to the right of the Place User Data Field tool
(see Data-Base Tools), a drop-down
menu will be displayed...
...select
Department from the menu then move the mouse cursor where you wish to place
the left hand side of the users department, then press and hold the left mouse
button. Keep holding down the left mouse button and move the mouse so as to
move the cursor to where you want to place the right hand side of the users
department, let go of the left mouse button and that's it, the department
will be placed on the badge...
Step
Twelve
Place the users card number (B) from the user data-base.
Click on the down arrow to the right of the Place User Data Field tool
(see Data-Base Tools), a drop-down
menu will be displayed...
...select
Card Number from the menu then move the mouse cursor where you wish to place
the left hand side of the Card Number, then press and hold the left mouse
button. Keep holding down the left mouse button and move the mouse so as to
move the cursor to where you want to place the right hand side of the Card
Number, let go of the left mouse button and that's it, the Card Number will
be placed on the badge...
Step
Thirteen
That's all there is to it, now save
it.
