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BarTender uses dialogs and menu options to control every aspect of creating, designing, and printing your items. You can refer to the extensive help system at any time by pressing F1 on your keyboard or by clicking the Help button in a dialog.

Using the BarTender Help System

The help system is divided into the following sections:

• Getting Started with BarTender

  This section provides information about BarTender installation. It also includes Getting Started guides for users, print operators, and administrators.

• Activating BarTender Software

  This section describes how activation works and how to activate your software.

• Using the BarTender Interface

  This section describes the components of the BarTender user interface, including main menus, toolbars, toolbox, and keyboard shortcuts.

• Creating, Opening, and Saving Documents

  This section describes how to open and save BarTender documents, create multiple templates, and modify page setup options.

• Creating and Modifying Template Objects

  This section describes how to add a variety of objects to a template and how to modify the appearance of objects on a template.

• Working with Data Sources

  This section describes how to populate the data for an object on the template.

• Using Data Entry at Print Time

  This section describes how to enter data into an object at print time.

• Reading Data From Databases

  This section describes how to configure BarTender to import data into objects on your template from various kinds of databases, including Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), OLE DB, SAP IDocs, and text files.

• Printing

  This section describes how to specify a printer, set available printing options, and print items from BarTender.

• Using the Embedded Data Table Editor

  You can use the Embedded Data Table Editor to manage data for your document by creating a multi-table database that becomes part of the document or by creating a table of embedded data that is specific to a data entry control on a data entry form.

• Using Document and Form Actions

  This section describes how to use event-based actions on your documents and data entry forms to perform various actions, such as printing documents, writing to files or databases, and sending email in BarTender.

• Scripting in BarTender Applications

  This section describes how to create Visual Basic scripts that run at print time in the BarTender internal scripting engine. It also describes how to use the PowerShell Script Editor to create PowerShell scripts that you can use with the Power Shell Command action.

• Automating BarTender

  This section describes the automation methods that you can use with BarTender.

• Companion Applications

  This section includes the help system for each of the BarTender companion applications. The help systems and applications that are available depend on your activated edition of BarTender and the associated companion applications that you install.