Primera Signature Cassette Printer Owner's manual

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AddComponents

TemplateNumber

GettingStarted

PTTemplateUserManual

InputFields

Overview

Logging

Exporting

Preview

Updated9‐16‐14(ForusewithPTTemplate 1.2.0orhigher)

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Section1Overview

Section2GettingStarted

Section3AddComponents

3.1Shapes

3.2Image

3.3Barcode

3.4StaticText/DisplayText

3.5TextList/ListBox

3.6UserEditableText

3.7Date

3.8NumberRange

3.9CurrentSlideNumber/TotalSlideNumber

3.10Username

3.11Print

QualityBar

Section4TemplateNumber

Section5InputFields

Section6Logging

Section7Exporting

Section8Preview

TableofContents

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Section1Overview

Withthetem plateeditingsoftwareyoucaneditexistingtemplatesorcreatenewtemplates.This

softwarewillallowyoutochangetheappearanceof theprintedslide/cassetteandtheappearance,

content,quantity,orderandtypeoffieldsthelabtechnicianwillusetoenterthedatathatwillbe

printed

onthatslide/cassette.

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BelowisquickoverviewofthecomponentsofthePTTemplatetemplateedi tingsoftware.

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ChooseorCreate

YourTemplateHere

ActiveTemplatePreview

Clickanddragthecomponents 

tomovethem.

Settings

PreviewinPTLab

OpensthePTLab

software.

ExporttoPTLab

Input‐Output

SetDatainputparameters

andencodeprinted

Barcodedataonthistab.

EditComponent

Properties

AddaNew

Component

CurrentTemplate

Components

ShapeFieldType

ChooseSlideor

Cassette Tem

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late

PTLabSoftware

PrintedSlideAppearance 

(EditthisinPTTemplate)

DataEntryFields

(EditthisinPTTemplate)

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Section2GettingStarted

PTTemplatecomespreloadedwith4templatesforeachforSlideandCassette.Thesetemplatesare

designedtoshowexamplesoftheavailablecomponents inuse.Youmayeditthesetemplatestocreate

yourtemplate.Onceyouhavemadeyourchangesyoucan“SaveAs”andnamethetemplateasanew

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nameorifyouwanttopreservetheoriginalsampletemplates“SaveAs”beforeyoumakeanychanges.

Toeditanexistingtemplate:

1.Clickonthetemplatedropdownlist.

2.Chooseatemplatefromthelist.

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3.Youmaynowbegineditingthetemplate.

Tosavetheexisting

templateasanewname:

1.Onceyouhaveopenedthetemplate,clickthesmalldoublearrowsbelowthetemplatenameto

revealtheSaveAsbutton.

2.ClickSaveAs.

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3.Nameyourtemplateandclick OK.(TemplateNumberwillautomaticallybeincrementedtothenext

availablenumber.SeeSection4 formoreinformatio n.)

Tocreateanewblanktemplate,clicktheNewbuttonbelowthetemplatename.

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 SignatureSlide/CassettePrinter–PTTemplateManual2014

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Section3AddingComponents

Componentscanbeaddedtothetemplateusingoneofthefourbuttons. Text

componentsincludestaticlabels,editabletextboxes,listboxes,dates,numberranges,

usernamesandothers.Shapesallowyoutochoosefrompredefinedcolorsandshapes

suchassquaresorcircles.Imagesallowyoutoaddasimple

monochromelabelor

multiplecolordesigns.Barcodeallowsyoutoadda2DBarcode.Clickthebuttontoadd

thecomponenttoyourtemplate .Onceithasbeenaddedyoucanmanipulatethetypeof

text,theposition,thecolorandthecontentsofthecomponentusingthepropertiesarea

totheright.Thenextsectionswillexplainhowtouseeachofthemanytypesof

componentsthatcanbeaddedtoyourtemplate.

Section3.1Shape

Usethiscomponentto: 

• Addafilledoroutlinecircle,square,orrectangletoyourtemplate.

• Addadropdownlisttothecomponen ttoallowtheusertopickfromalistofcolors.

• Associateanametoeachitemonthelisttodenoteisuse.Example:

Red=Liver,Blue=Kidney,

etc.

• AutomaticallysetthiscolorusinganLISsystemorScannerbydesignatingitsthreedigitRGB

code.

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ShapeComponent

PrintedSlidePreview TemplateDataEntryScreen

 SignatureSlide/CassettePrinter–PTTemplateManual2014

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Clicktheshapebuttontoaddashapecomponenttoyourtemplate.Thelayouttabwillappear.Belowis

adescriptionofeachofthepropertiesofthiscomponent.

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• Name.ThisisthenamethatwillappearonthetemplatedataentryscreeninthePTLab

software.Itwill

alsobethenamethatappearsonthecomponentlisttotheleft.

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• Type.ChooseSquare‐RectangleorCircle–Ellipse

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• EditList/CreateList.Clickheretocreatealistof

colorsthattheusercanchoosefrom.Also

associatenamesforeachoftheitemsonthis

list.

ClickPropertiestogobacktothelayouttab.Ifno

listisused,noentrywillbeavailableonthe

templatedataentryscreen.Thecolorproperty

(below)willbeused.

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• Size.Changethesizebyeditingthewidthandheightinpixels.

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• Color.Set

thecoloroftheshape.Thisiswillbethedefaultcoloriflisthasbeenused.

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• Fill.Checkthisboxtofillinthecircle/ellipseorsquare/rectangle.

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Location.YoumayclickonthecomponentintheactivepreviewareaormoveitusingtheXY

valuesinthelocationcontrol.

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 SignatureSlide/CassettePrinter–PTTemplateManual2014

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Ifyouareusingtheinput/outputtab tosetthiscomponentasonethatwillgatheritsdatafroma

barcodescannerorLISsystemyouwillneedtosetthecoloroftheshapeinyourdatastringfromthe

scannerorLISusingthefollowingthreedigitsequences.See

section5formoreinformationonthe

usingtheinputfields.

Black 000

Red 100

Green 010

Blue(purple) 001

Cyan 011

Magenta 110

Yellow 101

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TIP!ToviewhowtemplateDataentryfieldswilllookin

PTLabclickthePreviewbuttonatanytime.PTLabwillopen

displayingthetemplateyouarecurrentlyediting.Youcan

alsoprintthetemplateatthis point toviewhowitwilllook

onaslide/cassette.

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Section3.2ImageComponent

Usethiscomponentto: 

• Addoneoftheelevenpredefinedimagestoyourtemplate.Someoftheseimagesare

combinationsofcolors.

• Addyourowncustomimagesuchasalogoorsymbol.

• Addadropdownlisttothecomponen ttoallowtheusertopickfroma

listofimages.

• Associateanametoeachitemonthelisttodenoteisuse.Example:Red=Liver,Blue=Kidney,

etc.

• AutomaticallysetthisimageusinganLISsystemorScannerbydesignatingitsnumberfromthe

dropdownlist.

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Clicktheimagebuttontoaddanimagecomponenttoyourtemplate.Thelayouttabwillappear.Below

isadescriptionofeachofthepropertiesofthiscomponent.

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PrintedSlidePreview

TemplateDataEntryScreen

Image

Component

 SignatureSlide/CassettePrinter–PTTemplateManual2014

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• Name.ThisisthenamethatwillappearonthetemplatedataentryscreeninthePTLab

software.Itwillalsobethenamethatappearsonthecomponentlisttothe left.

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• EditList/CreateList.Clickheretocreatealistof

imagesthattheusercan

choosefrom.Also

associatenamesforeachoftheitemsonthislist.

ClickPropertiestogobacktothelayouttab.Ifno

listisused,noentrywillbeavailableonthe

templatedataentryscreen.Theselectedimage

(below)willbeused.

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• SelectImage.Ifyou

justwanttoselectanimageto

displaywithnolistfortheusertochoo sefromclick

“SelectImage”.Alistofallstoredimageswillbe

displayed.ToaddanyimagetothatlistclickBrowse.

Anyimagewillprintbutmonochromeimageswork

best.Iftheimagehas

acolorthatisnotoneofthe7

colorsthisprintersupports,theprintingsoftwarewillapproximatetheclosestofthe7colors

available.Onceyouhavechosenyourimage,clickSelect.

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• Size.Changethesizebyeditingthewidthandheightinpixels.Thepredefinedimagesare

all

formattedforasizeof260x37pixels.However,youmaystillmanipulatethesizeoftheimage.

Someimagesmayappearsquishedorstretchedwhenyouchangetheirpixel size.Ifyoubrowse

foracustomimageyouwillwanttodeterminethenativesizeofthat

imagebyviewingits

propertiesinWindows.Usethesamesizeinpixelshereoratleastmatchtheaspectratio.



• Location.YoumayclickonthecomponentintheactivepreviewareaormoveitusingtheXY

valuesinthelocationcontrol.



Ifyouareusingan

inputfieldtosetthis componentasonethatwillgather itsdatafromabarcode

scannerorLISsystemyouwillneedtosetthenumberinyourdatastringwhichcorrespondstothelist

youcreatedinyourtemplate.Thetopitemonyourlist=0.The

seconditem=1andsoon.



 SignatureSlide/CassettePrinter–PTTemplateManual2014

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Section3.3Barcode

Usethiscomponentto: 

• Adda2Dbarcodetotheprintedslide/cassette.

• Encodeanyoftheinformationenteredbytheuser,passedbytheLISsystemorgatheredbythe

scanner.



Clickthebarcodebuttontoaddabarcodecomponenttoyourtemplate.Thelayouttabwillappear.

Belowisadescriptionofeachofthepropertiesofthiscomponent.

Note:Onceabarcodecomponenthasbeenaddedthebuttonwilldisappear.Thisis becauseyouarenot

abletoaddmore

thanonebarcodetoatemplate.



• Name.Thisisthenamethatappearsonthecomponentlisttotheleft.



• Size.Thisvalueshouldbesettothemaximumsizeofspacethatyouwouldliketoallowforthe

barcodeonyourtemplate.Ifyousetthesizetoo smallitwillreduce

theamountofdatathat

youcanencode.Note:Thepreviewonthetemplate editorandtheprintingsoftwaredonot

representtheactualbarcodethatwillbeprinted.Thesizeofeachpixelinthebarcodewill

increaseordecreasedependingoniflessdataormoredataisencoded.



• Location.YoumayclickonthecomponentintheactivepreviewareaormoveitusingtheXY

valuesinthelocationcontrol.

PrintedSlidePreview

BarcodeComponent

YouCanEncodeThis

Information

intotheBarcode

 SignatureSlide/CassettePrinter–PTTemplateManual2014

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EncodingDataintheBarcode

1.ToencodedatainthebarcodeselecttheInput‐OutputTab.

2.Selectthecomponentyouwouldliketoencodeonthebarcodefromthelistofcomponentsalready

addedtoyourtemplate.



3.Clickthe“+OutputBarcode”buttontoadd thecomponent

toyourbarcode.

4.Changetheorderorremovethecomponentfromthebarcodebyusingthearrowcontro lsandtheX

atthebottomofthelist.

Note:Theorderofthecomponentslistedwillbetheorderofthedataencodedinthebarcodedata

string.ForExample,

afterscanningthebarcodethedatawillappearas:

PatientID,Date,Copy,Level,Tissue,User,Copies,Shape1

Theactualdatawillbetheinformationthatyouenteredonthetemplatedataentryscreen.



 SignatureSlide/CassettePrinter–PTTemplateManual2014

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Section3.4StaticText/DisplayText

Usethiscomponentto: 

• Adddisplaytextthatisnoteditable byauserthatappearsoneverytemplate. 

• Printastringoftextdependingupon whether theuserchecksordoesnotcheckabox.

• AutomaticallysetthistexttoprintornotprintusinganLIS

systemorScannerbydesignatingits

statusasonoroff(1or0).



Clickthetextbuttontoaddatextcomponenttoyourtemplate.Thelayouttabwillappear.Belowisa

descriptionofeachofthepropertiesofthiscomponent.ChooseType=StaticText



• Name.ThisisthenamethatwillappearonthetemplatedataentryscreeninthePTLab

softwareif“ProvideShow/HideCheckbox”isselected.Itwillalsobethenamethatappearson

thecomponentlisttotheleft.



• DisplayText.Thisisthetextthatwillappear

ontheprintedslide/cassette.



• Type.Thereareseveraldifferenttypesoftextcomponents. Cho ose“Static Text”.Thiswill

changetheavailablepropertiesbelow.



• Font.Choosethefontofthetextthatwillbeprinted.ImportantNote:Chooseafontthatwill

beinstalledoneverycomputerthatmay

beusingthePTLabsoftware.Forexample,choose

PrintedSlidePreview

StaticText

Component

TemplateDataEntryScreen

 SignatureSlide/CassettePrinter–PTTemplateManual2014

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System,orVerdana.BothofthosefontsareinstalledbydefaultwithanyWindowsinstallation.



• Size.ChoosetheFontSize.



• Bold.ChecktheBoldboxtoboldthetext.



• Color.Choosethecolorfromoneofthe7colorstheprintercanprint.



• Center‐anchored.

ChoosecenteranchoredtocenterthetextontheXYlocation.Uncheckitto

leftjustifythetextontheXYlocation.



• ProvideShow/HideCheckbox.Check

thistoshowacheckboxandNameon

thetemplatedataentryscreen.



• Hideitembydefault. Checkthisbox

tosetthedefaultstateofthe“ProvideShow/Hide

Checkbox”.



• Location.YoumayclickonthecomponentintheactivepreviewareaormoveitusingtheXY

valuesinthelocationcontrol.



 SignatureSlide/CassettePrinter–PTTemplateManual2014

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Section3.5TextList/ListBox

Usethiscomponentto: 

• Addalistboxoftextitemsfromwhichausercanchoose.

• AutomaticallychooseanitemfromthelisttoprintusinganLISsystemorScannerby

designatingitsrelativenumberonthelist.



Clickthetextbuttontoaddatextcomponenttoyourtemplate.Thelayouttabwillappear.Belowisa

descriptionofeachofthepropertiesofthiscomponent.ChooseType=TextList.



• Name.ThisisthenamethatwillappearonthetemplatedataentryscreeninthePTLab

software.Itwillalsobethenamethatappearsonthecomponentlisttothe left.



• DisplayText.Thisisthedefaulttextthatwillappearonthetemplatepreview.



•

Type.Thereareseveraldifferenttypesoftextcomponents.Choose“TextList”.Thiswillchange

theavailablepropertiesbelow.





PrintedSlidePreview TemplateDataEntryScreen

TextList

Component

 SignatureSlide/CassettePrinter–PTTemplateManual2014

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• EditList/CreateList.Clickheretocreateoredita

listoftextoptionsthattheusercanchoosefrom.

Enterthenameyouwouldliketoappe aronthelist.

Clicktheaddbutton.ClickPropertiestogobackto

thelayouttab.



• Allowuserstoedit.

IntheEditListwindowcheck

thisboxtoallowuserstotypealternatetextthatis

notonthelist.



• Setdefaultcopiesandaslidetype.IntheEditListwindow,ifyouwouldliketorequirea

specificslidetypeforeachitemonthetext

listora

defaultnumberofcopiescheckthisbox.Thisis

usefulifyouusethetextlisttodesignatetissuetype

andyourlabalwaysusesaspecificslidetypefor

proceduresonthistissuetypeand/orrequiresa

specificnumberofslides.Youcannotedititemswith

thisinformationiftheyarealreadyonthelist.You

mustcreateanewentry .



• Font.Choosethefontofthetextthatwillbeprinted.ImportantNote:Chooseafontthatwill

beinstalledoneverycomputerthatmaybeusingthePTLabsoftware.Forexample,choose

System,

orVerdana.BothofthosefontsareinstalledbydefaultwithanyWindowsinstallation.



• Size.ChoosetheFontSize.



• Bold.ChecktheBoldboxtoboldthetext.



• Color.Choosethecolorfromoneofthe7colorstheprintercanprint.



• Center‐anchored.Choose

centeranchoredtocenterthetextontheXYlocation.Uncheckitto

leftjustifythetextontheXYlocation.



• Location.YoumayclickonthecomponentintheactivepreviewareaormoveitusingtheXY

valuesinthelocationcontrol.



 SignatureSlide/CassettePrinter–PTTemplateManual2014

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Section3.6UserEditableText

Usethiscomponentto: 

• Addatextboxwhereausercantypetheinformationtheywanttoappearontheslide/cassette.

• AutomaticallyenterthetexttoprintusinganLISsystemorScanner.



Clickthetextbuttontoaddatextcomponenttoyourtemplate.Thelayouttabwillappear.Belowisa

descriptionofeachofthepropertiesofthiscomponent.ChooseType=User‐editableText.



• Name.ThisisthenamethatwillappearonthetemplatedataentryscreeninthePTLab

software.Itwillalsobethenamethatappearsonthecomponentlisttothe left.



• DisplayText.Thisisthedefaulttextthatwillappearonthetemplatepreview.



•

Type.Thereareseveraldifferenttypesoftextcomponents.Choose“User‐edita bleText”.This

willchangetheavailablepropertiesbelow.



• Characterlimit.Setalimittothenumberofcharactersthatcanbeenteredsothetextwillnot

extendoutsidetheprintablearea.Usethisproperty withfont

sizetoincreasethenumberof

charactersthatwillfitontheslide/cassette.



• Font.Choosethefontofthetextthatwillbeprinted.ImportantNote:Chooseafontthatwill

beinstalledoneverycomputerthatmaybeusingthePTLabsoftware.Forexample,choose

UserEditableText

Component

PrintedSlidePreview

TemplateDataEntryScreen

 SignatureSlide/CassettePrinter–PTTemplateManual2014

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System,orVerdana.BothofthosefontsareinstalledbydefaultwithanyWindowsinstallation.



• Size.ChoosetheFontSize.



• Bold.ChecktheBoldboxtoboldthetext.



• Color.Choosethecolorfromoneofthe7colorstheprintercanprint.



• Center‐anchored.

ChoosecenteranchoredtocenterthetextontheXYlocation.Uncheckitto

leftjustifythetextontheXYlocation.



• Location.YoumayclickonthecomponentintheactivepreviewareaormoveitusingtheXY

valuesinthelocationcontrol.



 SignatureSlide/CassettePrinter–PTTemplateManual2014

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Section3.7Date

Usethiscomponentto: 

• Addthecurrentdatetotheprintedslide/cassette.Thecurrentdateisgatheredfromthe

computeronwhichtheprintingsoftwareisinstalled.



Clickthetextbuttontoaddatextcomponenttoyourtemplate.Thelayouttabwillappear.Belowisa

descriptionofeachofthepropertiesofthiscomponent.ChooseType=Date.



• Name.Thisisthenamethatappearsonthecomponentlisttotheleft.



• DisplayText.Thisisthedefaulttextthatwillappearonthetemplatepreview



• Type.Thereareseveraldifferenttypesoftextcomponents.

Choose“Date”.Thiswillchangetheavailableproperties

below.



• Format.Setadateformat.Choosefromthelistthatappears.



TemplateEditingSoftware

PrintingSoftware

DateComponent

 SignatureSlide/CassettePrinter–PTTemplateManual2014

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

• Font.Choosethefontofthetextthatwillbeprinted.ImportantNote:Chooseafontthatwill

beinstalledoneverycomputerthatmaybeusingthePTLabsoftware.Forexample,choose

System,orVerdana.BothofthosefontsareinstalledbydefaultwithanyWindowsinstallation.



•

Size.ChoosetheFontSize.



• Bold.ChecktheBoldboxtoboldthetext.



• Color.Choosethecolorfromoneofthe7colorstheprintercanprint.



• Center‐anchored.ChoosecenteranchoredtocenterthetextontheXYlocation.Uncheckitto

leftjustify

thetextontheXYlocation.



• Location.YoumayclickonthecomponentintheactivepreviewareaormoveitusingtheXY

valuesinthelocationcontrol.



 SignatureSlide/CassettePrinter–PTTemplateManual2014



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

Section3.8NumberRange

Usethiscomponentto: 

• Addanumberlimitedfieldtothetemplatedataentryscreen.

• Typeanynumberortoggletothenumberusingtheup/downarrows.

• Usethisinsteadoftextlistorusereditabletextifyouwanttolimitdataentrytonumbersbut

still

havetheabilitytochooseanynumberinsteadofnumbersonlyshownonalist.



Clickthetextbuttontoaddatextcomponenttoyourtemplate.Thelayouttabwillappear.Belowisa

descriptionofeachofthepropertiesofthiscomponent.ChooseType=NumberRange.



• Name.Thisisthenamethatappearsonthecomponentlisttotheleft.



• DisplayText.Thisisthedefaulttextthatwillappearonthetemplatepreview.



• Type.Thereareseveraldifferenttypesoftextcomponents.Choose“NumberRange”.Thiswill

changetheavailablepropertiesbelow.



• Font.Choosethefontofthetextthatwillbeprinted.ImportantNote:Chooseafontthatwill

beinstalledoneverycomputerthatmaybeusingthePTLabsoftware.Forexample,choose

System,orVerdana.BothofthosefontsareinstalledbydefaultwithanyWindowsinstallation.



• Size.ChoosetheFontSize.



PrintedSlidePreview

TemplateDataEntryScreen

NumberRange

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