Introduction to Desktop Designer

This user guide combines Designer Pro and Designer PowerForms instructions. Product level info notes help you differentiate and inform you which features are available under which product level.

Solutions section is only available under Designer PowerForms edition.

Basic Desktop Designer Concepts

This section describes the Desktop Designer elements that enable you to efficiently design label templates or to create and manage a complex labeling solution that includes multiple labels, dynamic data sources, and automatically run actions.

Listed below are the essential Desktop Designer concepts. Being familiar with them provides a perfect starting point for successful labeling projects.

• Label

• Form

• Solution

• Object

• Document

• Design Surface

• Data Sources

• Dynamic Data Manager

• Dynamic Data Explorer

• Solution Manager

• Action Editor

If you come across any other unfamiliar items while working with Desktop Designer, refer to the Help tab.