Stationery tab
FinePrint can add headers (text at the top of the page/sheet), footers
(text at the bottom of the page/sheet) and watermarks (text in the
center of the page/sheet, printed underneath content).
A saved collection of header, footer and watermark is referred to as a stationery . Stationery can be saved and applied to any print job. FinePrint comes with a few pre-defined stationery items but you can also create custom stationery. Click the Stationery tab located at the top of the FinePrint window to edit and create stationery.
Stationery Combo Box
This box allows you to select an existing stationery to edit. Simply select the stationery you want and it will be shown in the yellow preview area. All further manipulations will be applied to the selected stationery and saved when the stationery tab is exited.
Adding and editing stationery names
- New - Select this button when you want to create a new blank stationery. A dialog box will appear prompting you for the stationery name.
- Delete - Select this button when you want to delete the currently selected stationery.
- Rename - Select this button when you want to rename the currently selected stationery.
Editing the header, footer and watermark
- Header - displays the header (the text
at the top of the preview window) and allows it to be edited.
- Watermark - displays the watermark
(the text at the center of the preview window) and allows it to be edited.
The watermark angle and density can be adjusted when the Watermark radio
button is selected.
- Footer - displays the header (the text
at the bottom of the preview window) and allows it to be edited.
Adding system variables to stationery can be done by pressing the Insert Variable button and selecting from the following menu choices:
- Job Name - Inserts the name of the print job into the text. The job name is dependent on the application but typically it is the name of the application followed by the file name. An example of a job name is: Microsoft Word -
MyFile.doc.
- Date - Inserts the current date into the text. The date will be updated whenever the document is printed.
- Time - Inserts the current time into the text. The time will be updated whenever the document is printed.
- Page x of y - Inserts the page number and the total number of printed sheets. This can be used for documents that do not have the page number as part of the document content.
- User - Inserts the computer user name
- Printer - Inserts the name of the currently selected printer
- Computer - Inserts the network name of the workstation currently running
Justification options:
- Left - characters after this marker will be left justified
- Center - characters after this marker will be centered
- Right - characters after this marker will be right justified
- Newline - inserts a new line in the text
The Font button allows you to change the font of the currently selected stationery header, footer or watermark. The font displayed in the preview window is not the same size as it will appear on the paper when printed.
Apply to combo box allows selection of stationery printing to one
of:
- first page only
- each page
- first sheet only
- each sheet
Layer combo box determines where the stationery will be placed in relation to the document content. The choices are:
- bottom - stationery is printed underneath the document content
- middle - stationery is printed below text and on top of graphics
- top - stationery is printed on top of the document content