On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 05:22 -0700, Gregory Forster wrote: > I hate to compare products because there is always an > advantage and disadvantage to each. However, it gets > to be annoying when you have to have more than one of > the same program on your computer, i.e. more than one, > maybe even three word processors. > > I like OpenOffice. I really do. I like it being so > Microsoft compatible and very able in its own rite. > However, I strongly would like to see a vast > improvement in its handling labels. Don't get me > wrong, Microsoft Word is just as inept. Mirosoft Word > needs outboard programs, i.e. Avery Labels Pro to > achieve a close semblance in handling labels as > efficiently as Word Perfect 8 does. > > For example, everything you can do to a document, you > can do to a label: You can add graphics, add > watermarks, mix fonts, mix font colors, mix font > sizes, create how many and mix any labels. > > 1 Click Format/Labels
Try File > New > Labels > 2 a label dialogue box appears where you can either > customize, edit, or select predefined labels. (I > always select predefined labels). same with OOo > 3 Scroll down to your desired label (i.e. “Avery 8160 > Ink Jet Address”) same > 4 Select it. The layout corresponds exactly how the > Avery 8160 jet address labels come. Yes, same. > 5 Here you do all your modifying. Create your label – > font changes, add graphis, designs, pictures, etc. > Maybe you need 5 of those labels, then design 3 > different labels, then print those eight labels. Sure why not. Simply a matter of leaving unused labels blank. > > Well, you don't want to throw away that entire sheet > of 22 labels. Just select which label you want to > start off with next time. > In OOo you should blank the used labels. > I used Avery 8160 Ink Jet Address just as an example. > There are dozens of labels to choose, i.e. “Avery 5371 > Business Card – white” (Business cards), “Avery 5997 > video cassette spine”, “Avery 5998 audio cassette” > just to mention a few I use myself. > I think these and more are there. (I do not have OOo up to check) > If OpenOffice Writer could do all that, I'd be super > happy, and I'm sure others would be. And I'm sure that > OpenOffice would even be more popular. > > Oh, by the way, it was all learned without a manual – > very, very user friendly. Try it I think you will find you can do everything you want and probably ore because OOo has a Synchronize feature that will let you print whole sheets with the same info by designing only one label. The rest are synchronized the the button is clicked. Mind you have to enable the function during the select and design bit. If you want to have a look at the docs we have, please see http://documentation.openoffice.org/ -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
