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This guide describes how to create and print a disc label by using one of the supplied templates.
If the Assistant is in front of you, and you don't wish to use templates, click the New Blank button to create a new document from scratch. Or, click Open Recent to continue working with one of your recent documents.
If you have chosen a template in the Music, Photos, Video or File & Data category, the Assistant can help you import the content into your document depending on the selected category. To do this, click Next. To import the content later, click Finish.
The type of data that you can import in the second step depends on which template category has been selected (see Step 1, items 3 and 4).
If the Photos category has been selected, the Assistant will offer you to import data from your iPhoto library (Step 2, section Photos).
If the Music category has been selected, the Assistant will offer you to import data from your iTunes library (Step 2, section Music).
If you select the File & Data category, the Assistant lets you choose a folder to create a list of its content (Step 2, section Files & Data).
If you select the Video category, the Assistant lets you choose a folder to create a list of its content (Step 2, section Video).
Note: After the Assistant has been closed, you can import data using the Source panel.
The second step of the Assistant displays your iPhoto library.
The second step of the Assistant displays your iTunes library.
The second step of the Assistant lets you import a list of files from a folder of your choice.
The second step of the Assistant lets you import a list of movies from a folder of your choice.
Here you can find brief information about editing the content of your document. Some or all the steps below may be omitted.
1.1. Open the Import tab of the Source panel (Window > Import > Music).
1.2. Open the Import dialog. To do this, choose iTunes in the pop-up menu at the top of the panel. Click Import if the Import dialog does not open automatically.
1.3. Choose the tracks to import. To import the whole list, select any item in the right box and press Cmd-A. To select multiple tracks, click on their names while holding the Cmd key. Or, to select tracks in succession, click on the first track, then press Shift and click on the last one.
1.4. Click the Import button.
1.5. The Source panel now displays a list of the imported tracks. Drag and drop the list onto your design.
2. Edit the text and graphics.
To add new text, click the Text tool in the toolbar and add a text box to your layout.
To edit the existing text, double click on it.
Text formatting tools are located in the Text tab of the Inspector window (Window > Inspector > Text).
To add an image to your document, drag and drop it from the Source panel, from a folder in Finder, or paste it using the Clipboard.
To modify images, use the Image, Fill & Shadow and Geometry tabs of the Inspector.
- Open your disc design in the main window.
- Open the Print dialog (File > Print…).
- Set up the number of copies.
- Click the Options button to revise the print options.
- Click the Next button.
- Click Print.