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<\/a>s don’t quite fit the buttons.\u00a0 Especially the labels for the large buttons are too small, leave too much white plastic showing around the outside.<\/li>\n- \n
- Their use of MS Word is really primitive, relying on manually changing the paragraph spacing amounts to center the text vertically.\u00a0 The spacing you have to use is different depending on how many lines of text you put in the button.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
I made my own MS Word label template, with these differences from SmartHome’s:<\/p>\n
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- Page size is 4×6″, to match the standard-sized inkjet photo paper.\u00a0 KeypadLinc labels work out quite nicely printed on photo paper.\u00a0 The thicker stock diffuses the backlight more evenly.<\/li>\n
- Adjusted the sizes of the buttons to make a better fit.<\/li>\n
- Each button contains a table with a single cell, and that cell is set to center text vertically.\u00a0 This way you don’t have to screw around with paragraph spacing values to center the text.\u00a0 As you add more lines of text, it recenters itself automatically.<\/li>\n
- Better use of MS Word styles, to make it easier to alter the style of all the buttons at once.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
I also included some instructions on how best to apply effects like background colour (use the Format Auto-shape’s “Colors and Lines” feature, rather than the “Borders and Shading”… it gives you access to options like gradient fill and using an image as the background.)<\/p>\n
Here is my label template file: KeypadLinc Label Template<\/a><\/p>\n