Create and Edit Labels and Label Templates

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Create and Edit Labels and Label Templates

 

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Create and Edit Labels and Label Templates

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Procedure

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To create a link with a freestanding label

1. In the dbConnect Manager, open a database table that has at least one link template and one label template defined.
2. In the Data View window, select a link template from the Link Template list.
3. In the Data View window, select a label template from the Label Template list.
4. In the Data View window, select the record that you want to link.
5. Right-click the record header (the empty square to the left of the row) of the selected record. Click Link And Label SettingsCreate Freestanding Labels.
6. Click Data View menuLink.
7. Select an area in the drawing to insert the label.