Printing labels and envelopes has changed from iData Pro 1.0. We have tried to make the interface simpler and more powerful. You can now open a label or envelope template directly without having to switch views in iData. Just as several datafiles can be open at once in iData, several templates can now be open at the same time.
Each template that contains an Address Block or Field object has a datafile associated with it. You will set the datafile for the template in a popup menu on the template window the first time you open a template. You can change which datafile is associated with a given template at any time.
Before opening a template for the first time, it is best to set up the Address Block in Datafile Settings... for the datafile you wish to use with this template. (See Chapter 2-9 for information on setting up the Address Block.)
Opening Templates
To open a template, select the name of the template in the Templates menu. If there is a datafile associated with the template, the datafile will open as well.
Creating a New Template
Select either New Envelope... or New Label... in the Templates menu. The template window will open with the Edit Page and Page Setup dialogs open. (See the Chapter 2-41 for instructions on editing the template page layout.) Once the page layout is done, you may wish to associate the template with at datafile.
Associating a Datafile with a Template
A template can use data from a datafile in an Address Block or a Field object. For this to happen, the datafile must be set in the Select Datafile popup menu on the template. The template will remember this datafile and open it whenever the template is opened.
Saving Templates
After creating a new template, you will want to save it. There is a specific folder you should use for saving templates so they will appear in the Templates menu. The folder name is iData 2 Templates and it is located here:
Users
<your
user name>
Documents
iData
iData 2 Templates
or said another way: ~/Documents/iData/iData 2 Templates
Any template in this folder will appear in the Templates menu. If a template is not in this location, you would have to open it through the Open command in the File menu, or by double-clicking it in the Finder.
You can create sub-menus in the Templates menu by creating a folder inside the iData 2 Templates folder and putting one or more templates into it. You may want to move seldom used templates into a sub-folder to make the Templates menu easier to use.
Removing Templates from the Templates Menu
If there are templates in the Templates menu that you never use, you can remove them from the menu by removing them from the iData 2 Templates folder. (See Saving Templates above for the location of this folder). The templates you remove can be stored in another folder or dragged to the Trash.
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