How do I hide blank lines in a text box?
Answer
Click the eraser button on the text object.
Sometimes when designing a label with multiple lines, the lines themselves might be optional. In the case where you're using variables and a form, this can lead to annoying blank lines showing in your final design.
Address Label Example
For example, here's a basic address label with name, two address lines, a city, state and zipcode. What happens when the second address line is blank?
Grrr.... Easy fix! Click the eraser button on the text object.
Empty lines are now removed from the text object.
Best of all, the second address line will display properly if added to the form.
One Small Gotcha
This won't work if NAME, ADDRESS, etc are all in separate text objects. In order for Label LIVE to remove blank lines, the lines need to appear one after another, like this:
{NAME}
{ADDRESS}
{ADDRESS2}
{CITY}, {STATE} {ZIP}Other Considerations
Here are a few other ideas to make your label designs awesome.
Use one text box when appropriate
Change the Anchor to be centered
Use Wrap: None (Auto Fit) to automatically scale the text to fit within the label
Change the Data tab to Form for improved data entry
