Other Options

Captions with IPTC Data

IPTC data is a coding system that attaches information to an image. IPTC was created for press photographers, to give them a way to attach information to electronic images. It is a standardized way to store details such as who took the picture, where it was taken, and many other complex details.

Power Print is compatible with IPTC. If your images have IPTC values attached, Power Print can read them and apply their information to image captions using the Auto Text function in the Text Editor.

To see any IPTC values attached to an image, go to the View Item Information screen; right-click on the image and select View Image Information, and all the data attached to that image is shown, including IPTC data.

The following IPTC values are supported by name:

• 2:15 Category
• 2:20 Supplemental Category
• 2:25 Keywords
• 2:80 By-line
• 2:85 By-line Title
• 2:90 City
• 2:92 Sublocation
• 2:95 Province/State
• 2:100 Country/ Primary Location Code
• 2:101 Country/Primary Location Name
• 2:105 Headline
• 2:110 Credit
• 2:115 Source
• 2:116 Copyright Notice
• 2:118 Contact
• 2:120 Caption/Abstract
• 2:122 Writer/Editor

Captions with Custom Autotext

You can create custom auto text to use in image captions. This is useful if you are creating templates.

Instructions

• In the View menu, go to Sidebar and select Parameters. The Parameters frame displays.
• Enter values for the parameter:
  • Parameter - Your parameter name, inside the code markers <>. For example: <reunion>.
  • Value - The value for the parameter. For example, Labour Day 2006.
• After you have done this, to add the Parameters to a caption, create a caption.
• In the Text Editor, click Auto Text. Your new auto text parameter appears at the top of the list.
• Insert the parameter into the caption.
• Close the Text Editor. In the caption in your document, the Parameter is replaced by the Value.

Add Images Directly from a Camera or Scanner

You can import images into Power Print directly from your camera or scanner.

Instructions

• Make sure your camera or scanner is connected to your PC.
• To import images from a camera:
  • Make sure that you have set your camera up in the Options screen (accessed from the File menu.) so that Power Print can communicate with your camera.
  • Click the Camera Folder button on the Browser toolbar.
  • All the images in the Camera Folder display in the Browser frame.
• To import images from a scanner:
  • Use the TWAIN Source button on the Page Toolbar.
  • Scan the image.
  • The image you have just scanned displays in the Browser frame.