The FlexMail designer offers you a fully integrated environment to design your mailpiece. You simply point and click to add objects to a layout and select a wide variety of formatting options directly from the ribbon.
The Designer displays a page in the selected page size on your screen. You can select any page size you want. FlexMail automatically shows the non-printable margin for that page size on the currently selected printer.
With the mouse you add any element you want to your design. Add text, graphics, barcodes or shapes without limitation. Select any formatting option you get the appearance you want.
This article describes the basic steps to make a design:
Before you start with the actual design, it is important that you select the printer that you are going to use to print the project on, because the printer determines the paper sizes available, the printable area, available printer fonts, and other printer specific features.
FlexMail displays the currently selected printer on the right-hand side of the Status Bar at the bottom of your screen. To change the printer:
Click on the Printer name on the status bar at the bottom of your screen.
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On the Designer tab, in the Printer group, click Select.
In the Print Setup window, select the printer you are using.
If the printer you want to use is not in the list, you first have to install a printer driver for it. To install one of the drivers supplied with FlexMail, select the File tab and then select Add Printer in the Options group.
The next step before creating the layout of your items is to select the correct paper size. All paper sizes are supported. The maximum and minimum sizes are only limited by the printer you have selected. FlexMail also supports designing and printing labels. For more infomation see Using labels
To change the paper size:
On the Designer tab, in the Page Setup group, select the paper size you are using in the Paper size list.
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Specify the paper dimensions in the Paper width and Paper height boxes.
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On the Designer tab, in the Page Setup group, click the launch button that is located at the right-bottom corner.
Select the Paper Size from the list or specify the height and width in the boxes of the Paper page of the Page Setup window.
With the mouse you add any element you want to your design. Add text, graphics, barcodes or shapes without limitation. Select any formatting option you need to adapt the appearance.
On the Designer tab, click the type of object that you want to insert in the Insert group. For example, if you want to add a text box, click Text Box.
The cursor will change from an arrow to a cross.
Click where you want to insert the object.The position where you click will be the top-left corner of the surrounding frame of the object.
For all object (except Autoshapes) a window will open were you can specify the contents and other options for the object.
When you are finished with your settings, click OK.
The object will now be added to the design. You can now do any or all of the following:
Move an object. Click the object that you want to position or move and drag it to its new location.
Resize an object. To increase or decrease the size in one or more directions, drag a sizing handle away from or toward the center. If you drag the corners, the object's proportions will be maintained. To change the proportions drag the handes on the sides of the frame.
Format an object. Make sure the object is selected. When an object is selected you will see one or more additional tabs displayed at the top of your screen in the ribbon. On this tab you will find all functions available to change contents, properties and format of the selected object(s).