LightScribe Template Labeler

Quick start Templates, text, and images Saving and opening

## Saving and opening

In addition to the techniques explained in the quick start, LightScribe Template Labeler gives you a variety of options for saving, exporting, and opening your label designs.

#### Saving and exporting

If you want to save a label design that you've created so that you can use it again in the future, click Save, or for more options, click the arrow next to Save and then choose Save, Save as, or Export.

Files can be saved in either .lsl or .lsq file formats.

- With a .lsl file, images are stored with the design in the file.
- With a .lsq file, images are not stored in the file; instead, the file links to the images.
- A .lsq file is smaller than a .lsl file, but with a .lsq file, if you move your images to a different folder, or delete them, or open the .lsq file on another system, LightScribe Template Labeler will not be able to find the images.

For example, consider a label design that includes two images that are each 2MB.

- If the design is saved as a .lsl file, the size increases by 4MB.
- If the design is saved as a .lsq file, the file is 4MB smaller, but will not work if the linked images move to a different folder or are deleted, and the label design file will not work if opened on another system.

By default, files save in .lsl format. To save your file in .lsq format, click the arrow next to Save, choose Save as, and then save as type LightScribe Quick-save (*.lsq).

To export your design as a .jpg, .png, or .bmp file, click the arrow next to Save and then click Export. These formats can be used to export label designs for use between labeling applications. For more information about other labeling applications, refer to www.lightscribe.com/go/software.

#### Opening

You can open your saved label design by clicking Open and browsing to where you saved your .lsl or .lsq file.