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Printing the labels. We fire up your favourite program. We go to the menu and choose "Open" (advanced users know the secret shortcut Ctrl + O :). Then we choose, among the dozens of documents, the one that we need or one whose name seems to be most similar to what we're looking for. Usually we find what we look for after a while. The situation would be a little more complicated if the document was not saved in the default directory. But even then after a while, alone or with one of the colleagues’ assistance, it manages to find the loss. Do you know this script? Me too:)
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For text documents, spreadsheets and pictures, we realize pretty quickly if we open the wrong document. It happens differently when we open the wrong label. Those differ sometimes in only a few signs: different index, different values, etc. If we have not noticed a mistake and have marked our product with the wrong label... no, I will not write what would be next ... Something else would be if the name of the label was more legible, or a photo of the concerned product could be seen...
Another situation. Production line. Workers are busy with installing another product. At some point, they come up to the computer, take off the work gloves (because the keyboard keys are too small) and choose the label to be printed. They wear the gloves and go back to work. And after a while the pattern is repeated. Terribly annoying.
And maybe a little differently. Instead of choosing a label from the list of small icons, we give the operator the large clear buttons. And additionally the touch screen. Simpler? For sure. If the buttons are marked not only by the description of the product but also by a photo, the opportunity for error is reduced almost to zero.
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But what to do when in the most of the available programs, you must use earlier mentioned “Ctrl + O”, and the IT department does not always want to write dedicated software for you?
The answer is a window (panel) of the operator in etiLABEL Professional. A tool that many of us have within arm's reach but are not aware of it.
Ability to define any number of buttons allows you to prepare both a "modest" version with... one or two buttons ...
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... and more extensive with support for up to 90 keys (15 rows by 6 columns).
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Of course, such a large number of them makes us fall down again in a tangle. Here, the possibility to use multiple panels comes to us. We divide the label into several groups (eg, by types of products, or by the customers) and for each of them we create a separate panel, and then we prepare the managing panel (main).
The view of each of the buttons can be freely defined. Besides the name (any font, color, size), an image can be also found there (pictogram, picture). It is also possible to completely abandon the card and keep only the images.
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For selected keys, we can also assign special functions such as: apps closing, panel closing, or run any application, such as on-screen keyboard. It is possible to produce any document such as a file with documentation of the position or ... software operating manual. However, the second one seems to be needless, since the operation of multiple buttons is so simple that it does not require additional assistance.
Sounds complicated? Just sounds. Even an inexperienced user can prepare a complete solution for facilitating the daily work for both, him and his teammates, in a few minutes. It may be worth trying...
