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On Sun, 29 Nov 1998 18:54:29 GMT, tennyson@NO_SPAM.caverock.net.nz
(Snoopy) wrote:
>
Some progress, but some problems still to repor.
>
>>>><instructions on how to print text labels snipped> 
>>>
>>>>Under the [Tools][Envelopes and Labels] option hit"New Document" 
>>>>to create a document with the labels in it. If you do "New 
>>>>Document" then you can create the labels normally in Word before
>>>>you print them which lets you put in logos, fancy text or
>>>>whatever.
>>>>
>"New Document" does LOOK LIKE an ordinary text document.  But
>looks are deceiving.  If I click the border highlighting option, the
>label area is indeed highlighted.  Then if I click each set of text 
>a border is highlighted around each one.
>
>Once this is done I can indeed select a picture or logo, but I cannot
>put it inside the label.  If I have the cursor within the label and
>click 'insert', the picture is copied, to the left of (or if the
>picture is large, above) the label.
>
I have now formatted my label sheet, by reformatting each individual
label into multiple columns.  Microsoft Word 97 keeps the total page
width constant as you adjust the number of columns, width of each
column and gaps between columns.   So because there is the requirement
to keep the page total width constant, you can adjust all width
variables except one which is automatically adjusted for you to keep
the page width constant.  Because of this it seems impossible to get
the width spacing on the second column of labels correct.  So it seems
the easiest way to print is to design a single column of labels
(leaving the Microsoft force formatted half of the page blank) , and
put the two column sheet through the computer twice (with a 180 degree
rotation of the label sheet between insertions) to allow printing two
columns of labels. 

Once each individual label is formatted into two columns, the label
text seems to jump automatically into the first column.  If you then
insert Clipart (while the cursor is inside each individual label) onto
the page, it typically is way too big to fit on the label.  But by
selecting the Clipart you can resize it and as this happens the text
almost magically seems to jump into the first column that you created
within the label, while the existing text jumps across to the second
column.   

One can lay out the text in multiple labels easily (by clicking the
option 'Full Page of Same Label' in the Envelopes and Labels sub Menu
under [TOOLS]).  But if you have to put the same picture in each
label, it seems the Clipart must be put individually into each label.
It is also necessary to check that when the Clipart is inserted the
'Float over Text' option is NOT ticked.

So I think that I have figured out a process that will work with
'Clipart'.   Now the problem.   I want to do the same thing as I did
with 'Clipart', with an ordinary *.gif file.  I can insert the *.gif
with no problems.  But it inserts itself into the same column which
contains the text, whereas I want to put it into the blank column next
to the text.  So why not place the cursor into the blank column and
hit 'Insert' I hear you say?  

That is the bit of my problem I haven't told you about.  Although I
can create two columns within a label I cannot access the second
column!  I know the second column is there because I can force Clipart
to jump into it.  Why can't I do with an ordinary *.gif file what I
can do with 'Clipart'?  Any ideas? SNOOPY
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