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Product: LABELVIEW, CODESOFT

Version: All Versions

 

OVERVIEW 
LABELVIEW and CODESOFT offer two options for label security: document passwords and a software password.

 

SETTING A DOCUMENT PASSWORD 
You can protect a document so that a password is required to make modifications to a document, and to print that document. If password protection is enabled, a user is required to enter the password upon opening the document. If the user enters an incorrect password, the document will not be loaded. Document passwords cannot be reset if they are lost, and any labels with forgotten passwords will need to be recreated.

1. Navigate to File > Properties to launch the Document Properties dialog box.

2. Select the Extended tab, and click the Set document password button. This will launch the Document protection dialog box.

3. Enter the passwords that will be required for Full Control and Printing the label. 
  • Full control: If the user enters the correct password upon opening the document, the user is allowed to make design modifications to the document.
  • Print only: If the user enters the correct password upon opening the document, the user is allowed access to the document for printing purposes only. No design modifications are allowed.

4. Click OK.

In this example, we've set the password for Full control to 12345, and the password for Print only to abcde. For security, asterisks (*) appear in place of the characters you type.

5. Save the document, and then close and reopen it.

With password security now set on the document, when you reopen the label, you will be prompted for a password. The password you enter will determine if the document is opened with full control or print only functionality enabled.

  • Per our example, inputting 12345 will open the document with all design functionality enabled.
  • Inputting abcde will open the document in print only mode, with all design functionality disabled. 

 

REMOVING A DOCUMENT PASSWORD 

1. Open the label you'd like to remove the password(s) from, and input the password for Full Control.

1. Navigate to File > Properties, click the Extended tab, and click Set document password to launch the Password dialog box.

2. Delete the Password and Confirmation input that you'd like to remove, and click OK. 

3. Save the label. The changes will take effect when the label is reopened.

 

SETTING A SOFTWARE PASSWORD 
The password security feature allows you to restrict users to opening and printing labels; no label design modifications are allowed. This means that all labels will open in print only mode by default, and the password will be required to unlock any editing and design capabilities. Software passwords can be reset if lost or forgotten.

1. Navigate to Tools > Set Password to launch the Password dialog box.

2. In the New password box, type the password you want to require of users. For security, asterisks (*) appear in place of the characters you type. Click OK.

NOTE: The password is limited to eight characters.

3. Close the software.

4. Launch the software. With password security now enabled, labels will open in secure mode, with all design functionality disabled.

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5. To enable design functionality, navigate to File > Enter Password to launch the Password dialog box.

6. Input the password and click OK. All design functionality is now enabled.

 

REMOVING A SOFTWARE PASSWORD 

1. Navigate to Tools > Set Password.

2. Enter the Current Password, and leave the New Password and Confirm Password boxes blank. Click OK.

3. Click Yes to confirm you'd like to remove the password. When the software is relaunched, design and editing functionality will be enabled.

 

 

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