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Article #438Re: Design and Print own labels for 3.5" Diskettes
From: Patrick Dunford
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 00:00
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 00:00
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Yea verily Snoopy (tennyson@NO_SPAM.caverock.net.nz) on Fri, 27 Nov 1998 09:27:46 GMT in nz.comp:<365e6a82.7809939@news.caverock.net.nz> didst write unto us... >On Thu, 26 Nov 1998 13:49:25 +1300, pdunford@xtra.co.nz (Patrick >Dunford) wrote: >> >>Very simple to use >> >>Tools | Envelopes and Labels >>Click Labels tab >>Click Options button >>Click New Label button >>Type in a name for this new label >>Get your ruler out and measure: >>Top margin - distance from top of page to edge of 1st label >>Side margin - distance from left of page to edge of 1st label >>Label height & width >>Vertical pitch - distance from top of one label to top of next label >>down. If they are right next to each other then it is the same as the >>height. >>Horizontal pitch - distance from left of one label to left of next label >>across. If next to each other then same as width. >>Number across & Number down page. >>Page size is A4. >>Click OK. >>Select your new label under product number >>Select the tray you are using, then click OK. >> >>Type your text in the address box or leave blank >> >>under Print click "Full page of the same label" >> >>Click "Print" to print straight away >> >Thanks Patrick. I have followed your instructions down to this point >and printed off a trial set of text labels. >However, I am running into problems with this next bit. > >>or "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. >> >>When you click "New Document" Word will create a document formatted as a >>sort of table with the labels visible in rows and columns, like they will >>print when you print the document. Format it and print it. >> >When I click "New Document" a new document "Labels1.doc" is created. >But there is no formatted table. It just looks like an ordinary text >document. Then when I print, Word97 just prints off the page just like >it is ordinary text. This is despite me clicking the "Full Page of >the Same Label" option in the previous window. >Any ideas? For once the normally very helpful help menu isn't that >helpful! SNOOPY The only thing I can think of is that you have not set 2 across and 5 down in the labels' settings, or that you selected the wrong label type. -- Vote Future New Zealand - for the FUTURE of NEW ZEALAND Temporary site: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/9789/fnz/ ===================================================================== Patrick Dunford, ChristChurch, NZ http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Village/3405/
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