** Reply to message from "Don C. Myers" <donmy...@myersfarm.com> on Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:53:17 -0500
Don, Initially I just want a sheet with all the labels the same. Being able to fill a sheet with addresses from a database or even directly print envelopes may be in the future. For now I can obviously copy/paste to each label, but the wizard's way of entering data for one then propagating it to all is handy for like a set of return address labels. Cliff > Hi Cliff, > > Are you using fields from a data base, or do you simply want something > like return labels where every label is the same? > > Don > > On 12/17/2013 10:06 AM, Cliff Scott wrote: > > ** Reply to message from "Don C. Myers" <donmy...@myersfarm.com> on Mon, 16 > > Dec 2013 20:48:12 -0500 > > > > Don, > > > > Thanks for the link to the templates, but, pardon my ignorance, what is the > > proper way to setup a table based template? > > > > The wizard is useful, but, as already discussed, the built-in templates > > often > > don't work well. If the built in ones could be replaced with these table > > based ones and still have the wizard work it would be the best of both > > worlds. > > > > Cliff > > > >> Hi Virgil, > >> > >> They have really worked well for me. With the frame based templates, I > >> always had trouble with the spacing on the labels changing as you would > >> get into the bottom third of the label sheet. The frame based templates > >> print out perfectly from top to bottom, and they are so easy to adjust. > >> I've left similar posts when people have had issues before, but it seems > >> very few are willing to try the table based formats. Maybe they try to > >> use the wizard, which is not the way to set up a table based template. > >> > >> Don > >> > >> On 12/16/2013 08:11 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: > >>> Don, > >>> > >>> Thank you for this. I knew I had seen something like that before. > >>> > >>> LO uses a frame based label template. I agree that a table based > >>> template makes far more sense. > >>> > >>> Virgil > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- From: Don C. Myers > >>> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 7:34 PM > >>> To: users@global.libreoffice.org > >>> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail Merge and Labels > >>> > >>> About 5 or 6 years ago when using OpenOffice to print Christmas labels, > >>> I ran across an article about using table style labels in OpenOffice > >>> instead of the type which come with Word, OpenOffice, and LibreOffice. > >>> It is far easier to adjust the table style labels. To adjust the top > >>> spacing, simply adjust the top margin for the page. To adjust the column > >>> width, simply drag the column borders and the entire column is adjusted. > >>> At one time OpenOffice had these label templates available as an > >>> extension. I don't know if they still do or not. But they are available > >>> from World Label here: > >>> http://www.worldlabel.com/Pages/openoffice-template.htm > >>> They can be downloaded individually, or all together as a pdf. > >>> > >>> I've found them much easier to use and adjust, and have never used any > >>> other label templates since then. Also, when you enter the text or > >>> fields in them, the text is starts with being paced in the center of the > >>> label between the top and the bottom, and then as additional lines are > >>> added, the text of fields are automatically centered within the label > >>> itself, top to bottom. I've never used the standard templates with > >>> OpenOffice or LibreOffice since finding these. Nor have I wasted any > >>> sheets of labels because they didn't print properly. > >>> > >>> Don > > ---Extra trimmed--- -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
