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Creating a Page Template

Using a page template, BarTender allows you to add elements such as a header, footer, or watermark to your items, or to create complex designs such as packing slips, invoices, or pallet labels.

Objects on your page template can include information about your print job each time you print your document. For example, you may want to add information to the footer of your printed pages such as "Page 1 of 4, Labels 1-9." You can do this by creating a page template that includes a text object with the Print Job Field data source type.

Although there are no visible margins to the page template, most laser and other "page" printers cannot print within a certain narrow zone around the perimeter of a page. This "unprintable region" varies from printer to printer. For example, Hewlett-Packard compatible laser printers cannot print closer than about 0.200" to the edges of the page. It is important that you understand the capabilities of your printer in this regard when placing your page template elements. For more information, refer to Show Unprintable Region.

ClosedTo enable a Page Template

  1. Select Page Setup from the File menu to open the Page Setup dialog. Alternatively, click the icon on the main toolbar or double-click on a blank area of the template.

  2. Click the Page tab.

  3. Check Enable Page Template.

  4. Click OK to close the Page Setup dialog. A Page Template tab is added to the bottom of the design area, alongside your existing template tab(s) and data entry form tabs.

Click the Page Template tab to view the page template in the design area. The template page size is equivalent to the actual page size: there are no visible boundaries or margins, and the label outlines are visible. If you are designing double-sided items, you will see two Page Template tabs, one for each side of your item.

ClosedTo copy a Page Template to another document

  1. From the context menu of the Page Template tab, select Copy to copy the page template to the Windows clipboard.

  2. Open the document into which you want to place the page template.

  3. Use the secondary mouse button to click anywhere in the tab area located below the design area to open the context menu.

  4. Select Paste in the context menu to insert the page template from the clipboard into the document.