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Selecting objects & spooling issues - 12/4/2013 10:58:22 AM    storegirl   Posts: 29 Joined: 11/27/2013 Status: offline Hi have been a printshop user for MANY years for usage in my Health Food Store business. I recently purchased 3.5 proffessional and am trying to find my way around in it. One of my biggest questions is when I have several objects and/or text boxes in a project is there and easy way to "select all" so I can group them together without having to hold down the ctrl key while I click on each one? ALSO is there a way to set the spooling so it does not take SO LONG to print? Post #: 1

RE: Selecting objects & spooling issues - 12/4/2013 11:26:07 AM    ellengard Posts: 3253 Joined: 10/2/2006 Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: storegirl ... is there and easy way to "select all" so I can group them together without having to hold down the ctrl key while I click on each one? ALSO is there a way to set the spooling so it does not take SO LONG to print? Ctrl-a will select all or you can click and drag from top corner to bottom corner to grab everything. Best way to reduce spooling time: Export the project as best quality JPG. Then print the JPG. Because a single JPG is only one graphic vs many graphics on many layers, printing the JPG simplifies the process a lot. (in reply to storegirl) Post #: 2

RE: Selecting objects & spooling issues - 12/4/2013 12:09:21 PM    storegirl   Posts: 29 Joined: 11/27/2013 Status: offline THANK-YOU SO MUCH!! WOW made my day!! (in reply to ellengard) Post #: 3

RE: Selecting objects & spooling issues - 12/4/2013 12:38:56 PM    storegirl   Posts: 29 Joined: 11/27/2013 Status: offline I saved as Jpeg as you suggested but still find the printing response to be painfully slow. Any other options to try? My Printshop 23 Deluxe has been my program for the past several years and it for sure prints faster from there THANKING you in ADVANCE (in reply to storegirl) Post #: 4

RE: Selecting objects & spooling issues - 12/4/2013 1:51:31 PM    ellengard Posts: 3253 Joined: 10/2/2006 Status: offline What program are you using to print the JPG? It doesn't have to be PS3.5. Try Windows print wizard? (in reply to storegirl) Post #: 5

RE: Selecting objects & spooling issues - 12/4/2013 2:09:34 PM    storegirl   Posts: 29 Joined: 11/27/2013 Status: offline hmm never heard of that...I'm not sure how well that would work for me since I make ALL my food lables and ALL my sales and signs etc which amounts to A LOT of files and it seems that it would be faster to just print from Printshop? Not sure. I thought there might be a setting for the spooling. THANKS so much for your time and help!! (in reply to storegirl) Post #: 6

RE: Selecting objects & spooling issues - 12/4/2013 2:52:12 PM    ellengard Posts: 3253 Joined: 10/2/2006 Status: offline The more items in your project, the longer the spooling time. I would guess that printing the JPG from Windows print wizard may spool for 30 seconds. May be a huge time saver that way. (in reply to storegirl) Post #: 7

RE: Selecting objects & spooling issues - 12/4/2013 3:33:47 PM    storegirl   Posts: 29 Joined: 11/27/2013 Status: offline I REALLY appreciate all your help! (in reply to ellengard) Post #: 8

RE: Selecting objects & spooling issues - 12/4/2013 4:09:00 PM    ellengard Posts: 3253 Joined: 10/2/2006 Status: offline You're welcome! To print from Windows: Right-click the JPG filename, choose Print. Select options. (in reply to storegirl) Post #: 9

RE: Selecting objects & spooling issues - 12/4/2013 5:17:06 PM    storegirl   Posts: 29 Joined: 11/27/2013 Status: offline AWESOME I have done that..silly me...works wonderful you are AMAZING you are saving my life < Message edited by storegirl -- 12/4/2013 5:23:26 PM > (in reply to ellengard) Post #: 10

RE: Selecting objects & spooling issues - 12/4/2013 6:02:10 PM    ellengard Posts: 3253 Joined: 10/2/2006 Status: offline YAY! The other week, a customer gave me a PhotoShop file to print and it spooled for 70 minutes! As an experiment, I converted it to high resolution JPG and printed from Windows. It took ONE minute. I compared the prints and they were both excellent quality. (in reply to storegirl) Post #: 11

RE: Selecting objects & spooling issues - 12/4/2013 6:27:54 PM    storegirl   Posts: 29 Joined: 11/27/2013 Status: offline You are a BLESSING I need an angel smiley for you (in reply to ellengard) Post #: 12

RE: Selecting objects & spooling issues - 12/9/2013 9:27:15 PM    storegirl   Posts: 29 Joined: 11/27/2013 Status: offline Hi Ellen it is me again...a few days ago you showed me how to select more than one object easily. I can get that to work nicely BUT when I want to group them the options for group are grayed out and not available. Am I doing something wrong???? (in reply to storegirl) Post #: 13

RE: Selecting objects & spooling issues - 12/9/2013 9:47:39 PM    ellengard Posts: 3253 Joined: 10/2/2006 Status: offline There's nothing special to do. Just select all, right-click, choose Group. (or choose Group in the Home tab.) If that doesn't work, I have no explanation except a possible incompatibility issue. I am using Pro version on Win7. How about you? (in reply to storegirl) Post #: 14

RE: Selecting objects & spooling issues - 12/10/2013 3:05:42 AM    storegirl   Posts: 29 Joined: 11/27/2013 Status: offline I thought that is how it should work but it doesn't. Would tech support help with that??? I am using 3.5 professional on Win 7 home (in reply to ellengard) Post #: 15

RE: Selecting objects & spooling issues - 12/10/2013 8:51:27 AM    storegirl   Posts: 29 Joined: 11/27/2013 Status: offline Okay maybe you were right about the compatibility issue. My computer did an upgrade this morning and NOW it works...go figure THANKS (in reply to storegirl) Post #: 16

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