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BarTender supports several different types of objects to assist you in designing the look and functionality of your printed items. For example, you can create a simple text object with static text or one that imports data at print-time, a barcode object containing product information that can be read by a barcode reader, or an informative or marketing picture object. Each object you create for your template can be precisely placed and configured.

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• Adding Objects to the Template

  The basic method for creating an object on the template is quite simple: Select the appropriate object from BarTender's user interface and click the location on the template where you want to add the object. Of course, depending on the object type, additional steps may be required.

• Object Properties Dialog

  Using the Object Properties dialog, you can access an object's property pages and customize many aspects of the object including linked data sources, font styles, color, and position.

• Types of Objects

  You can add several different types of objects to the template to support your design needs. These include barcode, text, line, shape, picture and encoder objects.

• Modifying an Object's Style

  You can change font type and size and show emphasis with bold, italicized, or underlined characters. You can also specify text alignment and whether text is a single line, paragraph, or arc format, as well as change font, line, and fill colors.

• Arranging Objects

  There are many ways to arrange objects on the template. BarTender supports precise object placement and alignment, stacking, resizing, and rotating objects, and includes features such as object snapping and copying and pasting.

• Selecting and Modifying Multiple Objects

  You can select multiple objects at once using two different methods. Once multiple objects are selected, you can move them and modify their properties as a group. You can use this group temporarily or you can specify the selected objects as an object group so that you can subsequently select the whole group again with a single click.