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	<Header>
		<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">To use labels</Title>
		<Keyword ContextSensitive="No"><Level1>Labels</Level1>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><List><ListIntro>Using <Link href="/baanerp/tt/glossary/glossary#label.tt" role="glossary">labels</Link> instead of plain text has the following advantages:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Improved standardization: a single label is used by all software components</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Easier software maintenance: the layout of forms, reports, and menus becomes language-independent</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Easy and fast translation: the label description is translated only once</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Enhanced customization facilities: changes in the central label file have effect on all the packages</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The alignment of a label (left or right) on multi-occurrence forms and reports is linked to the alignment of the associated table field</ListItem>
		</List>
		<List><ListIntro>For example, using labels makes it possible to display and print the text in the correct language on:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Forms</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Reports</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Menus</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph class="Default">See also <Link href="#22B" role="internal">Translating labels into another language)</Link>
		</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>For each <Link href="/baanerp/tt/glossary/glossary#label.tt" role="glossary">label</Link> you define:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>The label code, which identifies the label.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The label description that can be translated into different languages.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph class="Default">You can specify multiple descriptions with different lengths or heights for a label. For more information, see <Link href="/baanerp/tt/onlinemanual/100034" role="manual">To define label length and label height</Link>.</Paragraph>
		<GeneralSection ID="22B"><SectionTitle>To translate labels into another language</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph class="Default">Copy the labels to the other language. Make sure that you work in the other language. Translate the label descriptions.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>To link text to a label</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph class="Default">Click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Edit Text</GUIRef>. You can select the following type of text:</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph class="Default">Technical documentation</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph class="Default">If a text is present, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt" role="package">Tools</GUIRef> displays the text. If no text is present, you can create it.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph class="Default">The documentation is stored by language, package VRC, and label code. Labels with the same language, package VRC, and label code, but with different heights and lengths, have the same documentation.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>To translate labels into another language</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph class="Default">Copy the labels to the other language. Make sure that you work in the other language. Translate the label descriptions.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph class="Default">For more information, refer to the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt" role="package">Tools</GUIRef> Translation manual and the Translation tools Help.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
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		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tt/onlinemanual/100034" role="manual">To define label length and label height</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tt/onlinemanual/100035" role="manual">To delete unused labels</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>
