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Re: Design and Print own labels for 3.5" Diskettes

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From: Patrick Dunford
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.

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From: pdunford@xtra.co.nz (Patrick Dunford)
Subject: Re: Design and Print own labels for 3.5" Diskettes
Date: 1998/11/28
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