Document Designer

You can use the Document Designer to design badges and other kinds of printable documents for your events. Access the Document Designer from the Events tab by selecting Design > Documents. Then, select a document design to work on, or start an entirely new design by clicking Add document. In either case, the main editing window appears:

Figure 3‑34 Editing window of the Document Designer

The editing window is divided into three parts, from left to right:

• Side menu
  On the left is a side menu with several sections that display the properties of your document and the elements contained therein.
• Toolbar
  To the right of the side menu is a toolbar with 8 buttons. Each button allows you to perform a different editing operation on your document (see Document Designer toolbar).
• Canvas
  The right side of the screen shows an editing canvas, which displays the document template and any elements you have placed on it. The canvas also has a set of control elements in the top-right corner (see Document Designer canvas controls).

These three terms (side menu, toolbar and canvas) are used throughout this chapter to refer to the respective areas of the screen. Read the rest of the chapter to learn about the most common tasks you can perform with the Document Designer.

To get started with creating a basic badge design, read Basic Document Designer functions. Once you have a basic design that you are happy with, you can start refining it with the instructions in Advanced Document Designer functions.

If you have not designed badges for an event before, we recommend reading Creating badges with the Document Designer first.