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<h2>What is a Label panel?</h2>
<p>A label panel is as the name suggests a panel that can be used to provide a meaningful label for your display board or any area of the display board. e.g. If the display board is showing summary stats for your London site you might want choose something like 'London summary stats' as the name for the label panel. If your display board is showing call information for the service team at London, you may choose to call the label panel 'London Service'. You can also add an image, date and time to a label panel.</p>
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NOTE: There is no limit to the number of label panels you can use on a display board. e.g. you may choose to add a large label panel at the top of the board and smaller label panels on subsections. |
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| Task1 | What is a label panel? |
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| Task3 | Customising a label panel |
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| Task4 | Label panel - overview video |
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What is a label panel?
The label panel allows you to add textual labels anywhere on your display board. These labels can consist of static text, dynamic text (such as the current date and time), and images (such as your company logo) by specifying no text but choosing a background image.
The example below shows how label panels - highlighted in red - appear on a display board; a large label panel,
, is shown at the top of the screen, followed by two smaller label panels, and , describing the sections below them. Twofurther label panels were used to add a company logo (at the top-left of the page) and the current date and time (at the top-right of the page).| Screenshotmacro |
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There is no limit to the number of label panels you can use on a display board. |
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Adding a label panel
To add a label panel, click on the
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After selecting the label panel button, the mouse pointer changes into a white crosshair pointer, indicating that the designer is ready to draw your panel. Click and hold your left mouse button, starting at the point defining the upper-left corner of your new panel. Whilst still holding down the left mouse button, drag the marquee that will appear to the point that will define the lower-right corner of your panel, as shown below:
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<h2>How do I customise my Label panel?</h2>
<p>To customize your label panel, click on the <img id="icon" src="http://www.tri-line.com/common/img/documentation/tim_enterprise/></a> |
Customising a label panel
To customise a label panel, click on the
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This tab allows you to enter the name you want to appear on the label panel and apply any styling properties, such as font size, font style, text colour, etc.
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| Hide label | Tick this option if you don't want your panel to display the textual element, such as when you are adding a stand-alone image in the panel's background property |
| Label | Enter the text you want to appear on the label panel |
| Text style | Select any styling properties, such as font size, font style, text colour, etc. |
Background
This tab allows you to configure the background properties of your label panel.
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| Image source | If you want your panel to display an image, type its source here, e.g. | Referencemacro |
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| Image style | Choose how the image should be displayed |
| Colour | Choose the background colour of the panel; if you are adding an image, you may want to select so that this does not interfere with your image |
| Apply lighting effects to this panel | Tick this option to apply a shine effect to the entire panel; if you are using the panel to display an image, this may adversely affect how it appears |
Metrics
This tab allows you to define the shape of the panel, by entering values for its position and size.
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When you have configured the properties of your Label panel, click on the Save button to apply the changes.
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Label panel - overview video
For a live demonstration of how to design and customise a label panel, watch the video below:
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