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Seagull BarTender Edition Software Latest Features

Summary of Features Added with BarTender Version 7.7

Full-System Unicode Support Provides an Easier, More Powerful way to Read and Print International Characters.

  • A single text object or data substring can contain text from multiple languages.
  • Import data from databases in which the language varies from field to field and record to record.
  • Print languages that are supported only by Unicode.
  • Take advantage of printer-based Unicode fonts for high performance printing of labels with multiple languages.*
  • Copy and paste text with multiple languages to and from other applications.
  • Access files, printers and servers whose names, paths and network locations contain any international characters.*
  • Read from databases that have international characters in the names of the server, database, user, password, tables and fields.*
  • Improved support for Windows’ Input Method Editors for typing international characters.
  • Print subscript and superscript characters.
  • All Seagull Scientific software applications now support instant switching of the user-interface between international languages (including some situations that previously required a reboot).

More Font Style Options

Font Style Emulation lets you choose bold and italic font styles even with fonts that do not natively support these styles.

Expanded Input and Output Data Encoding Options

Several character encoding standards have been added:

  • Unicode (UTF-16)
  • Unicode (Big Endian)
  • Unicode (UTF-8)
  • Many language encodings

This allows for more flexible database reading, BarTender job logging, E-mail messaging and printer code export.

Improved Reading Order Support

Benefit from greater control over the appearance of text that mixes right-to-left languages (such as Hebrew and Arabic) with left-to-right languages.

Support for Micro QR Code

This very dense 2D code is great for encoding more data and international characters in tight spaces.

* This feature not available when used on Windows 98.

Summary of Features Added with Seagull BarTender Version 7.5
Easier User Interface
  • New wizards speed beginners through label setup
    • Starting a new label design
    • Choosing the right label stock, label rows, columns, margins, etc.
    • Users can still choose manual label setup if preferred
  • Wizards for power users too
    • A simpler way to combine bar code data from multiple data sources
    • Easy organizing and processing of EAN.UCC Application Identifiers.
    • Simpler data "substring" management.
  • Quickly preview and print label designs without opening formats
    • More detailed thumbnail preview provided by BarTender
    • Detailed thumbnail views now also available in Windows Explorer
    • Quickly print a format by right-clicking its previewed image, and selecting "print".
    • "Auto-completion" for filenames typed into dialog boxes

Enhanced Database Connectivity

  • OLE DB data sources now supported. (ODBC still supported)
  • New wizard simplifies connecting to a database

New Software Activation

  • Online activation- provides an easy, secure way to authenticate software licenses.
  • No more hardware keys for Enterprise Edition

User-definable Background Images

  • Specify a background label image to appear "behind" your label design
  • Also add a background color
  • Automatically "bleed" backgrounds beyond label edges to ensure full coverage in case of label slippage or poor printer registration

Support for Printer Clocks

  • Time and date stamps can now be read from the printer's real time clock
  • Existing use of computer's clock still supported

 

Summary of Features Added with Seagull BarTender 7.1
Summary of notable changes in Version 7.1

New Bar Code Symbologies
New bar code symbologies added to BarTender 7.1 include:

  • RSS (Reduced Space Symbology)
  • EAN.UCC Composite
  • Aztec
  • Telepen

Two new sample label formats are included with BarTender to demonstrate use of the RSS and EAN.UCC Composite symbologies.

New VB Script Capabilities
Users that write their own BarTender VB Scripts to run during print jobs can now directly access the UCC/EAN Application Identifier. An additional VB Script enhancement allows advanced users to define an e-mail "object" for the generation of custom e-mails during print jobs.

Some Other New Features
Among minor new features not related to the UCC.EAN initiative, BarTender's text "Auto Size" feature now supports the sizing of text objects that contain multiple sub-strings formatted to use multiple fonts.

 Summary of Features Added with Seagull BarTender 7.0
 

Streamlined Label Design

  • Custom Component Library for easy re-use of fully customized label components
  • Drag and drop creation of all objects, including lines, boxes, and graphics
  • Drag and drop bar codes from expanded library of bar code formats
  • One-degree rotation of boxes, lines, text, and graphics
  • Industry stock database for quick selection of more than 2,500 pre-configured page settings - or customize and save settings for future use
  • Hundreds of industrial graphic symbols for electrical indications, hazardous materials, textile care, and more
  • Bearer bar support for the Interleaved 2-of-5 bar code symbology

Advanced Text Features

  • On-screen editing of text
  • Rich Text formatting with option of sourcing data to different parts of a label object
  • Auto-scale text to fit the width of the text box
  • User-definable tab support in text objects
  • First line indent and hanging indent for paragraph text objects
  • Inter-paragraph spacing

Time-Saving Print Preview

  • Print Preview with external data sourcing displaying full-page image(s) of complete print job

Fast Database Configuration

  • Drag and drop data linking of label objects to databases, VB scripts, system date/time, or pre-defined static values

Powerful Integration Capabilities

  • E-mail Triggers added to Commander
  • POP3 e-mail support added to messaging for all applications
  • Improved user interface and System Service Interface for Commander
  • Setup and run BarTender processes under specified user account using Commander
  • Enterprise message handling in Commander displays, logs, and sends e-mail messages

Enhanced Support Options

  • Redesigned on-line help system using HTML Help for all applications
  • 100% language-translated in 20 languages with addition of Hungarian
  • Installer updated including new on-line product registration feature
 
 Summary of Features Added with Seagull BarTender 6.2
 

Label Design

  • Auto-sizes text to fit inside a rectangle
  • Exports objects and labels using 16 million or 256 colors
  • "Typefaces by Type" option displays fonts in groups by type (i.e., device, TrueType/Open Type)
  • Script drop-down control allows text to be displayed using its proper character set
  • Supports font aliasing

Bar Codes

  • Supports MicroPDF417
  • Supports custom selection of start and stop characters in Regular and Full ASCII Code of 3 of 9 and Codabar
  • Supports TCIF Labeling Standards

Database Options

  • Reads text files generated in other languages
  • Reads "fixed width" fields in a text file

System

  • Automatically e-mails any Seagull BarTender or Seagull License Server message to a user
  • Auto fixes page set-up settings as needed when switching out printers
  • Enhanced network installation
  • Installation CD provides access to user manuals (now available in 19 languages), white papers, driver information and more

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