BarTender Document Options Dialog

Use the BarTender Document Options dialog, which you can access by clicking the File menu or by clicking View Options on the View menu, to modify settings for the current document. You can view document metadata; enter comments; edit the preview image; specify regional settings, rulers, and grid options; create Visual Basic Script (VBScript) for the document; specify document-level actions to run; and edit printer code modifier functionality.

All of the settings in the BarTender Document Options dialog affect only the BarTender document that is currently open. They do not carry over to other documents or other sections of BarTender.

The following tabs are available.

ClosedInformation Tab

The Information tab displays document metadata, including description, origin, and content details. This metadata is the same information that is available from the Windows properties dialog for the document file.

Some fields in the Information tab are editable. To edit a field, click the text to the right of a description or origin term, and then enter your edits.

Description

Origin

Content

ClosedComments Tab

Use the Comments tab to save a comment about the current document. By using comments, you can give users information about the document, including instructions or detailed information about the purpose of the document.

Users can view comments for the active document on the Comments tab. Alternatively, if you click to select Pop up comments after file open, BarTender automatically displays a Comments dialog each time the document is opened. When you use this dialog, users view or edit the comment and then click OK to continue using the application.

ClosedPreview Tab

Use the Preview tab to override a document's default preview image. The preview image appears when you select the document from a File dialog or an external program such as Print Station, Print Portal, or Windows Explorer. By changing the default preview image of the document to an image of your choice, you can easily distinguish between documents that include similarly designed templates.

The selected preview image is displayed in the Preview section.

ClosedView Options Tab

Use the View Options tab to set regional settings for the document, specify the document's ruler and grid settings, and specify whether the template indicates the boundary of any unprintable portion of your items.

The rulers that appear along the horizontal and vertical boundaries of the design area can help you position objects on the template. The current position of the pointer is always indicated by kinetic lines in the horizontal and vertical rulers, which move as you move the pointer over the template.

Regional Settings

Rulers

Grid

The rulers are supplemented by a grid system which displays a specified number of grid points (dots) or lines within the design area. The grid can be very helpful for the precise positioning and resizing of objects on the template or data entry form.

The following options that appear on the View Options tab also appear as icons on the view toolbar:

Snap to Object or Ruler

Snap to Grid

Show Grid

ClosedScripting Tab

Use the Scripting tab to enable document-level script events, select an event, and edit the event in the Visual Basic Script Editor. You can use script events to process document-level operations or perform custom object updates during printing.

For more information, refer to the Visual Basic Scripting help system.

ClosedActions Tab

The Actions tab includes options for document-level actions and printer code modifier functionality that can be integrated with BarTender documents.

Document Actions

For more information, refer to Using Document and Form Actions.

Printer Code Modifier

Use printer code modifier functionality to modify printer code before it is sent to a printer or exported as a printer code template.

For more information, refer to Printer Code Modification.