Re: [users] Labels

[Andrew Douglas Pitonyak]

To what did you anchor your image? I always anchor the image as a 
character. Now if only they would allow me to set the default anchor on 
insert.

Gregory L. Forster wrote:
Well, I tried it.  Changing font, attributes, etc. within each label 
is easy ( a pain, but easy.)  Putting a graphics in one label is 
challenging (but doable).  Putting graphics in more than one label is 
near impossible. Try it.  If you can do it, let me know how.
"Anchoring" is a joke.  The graphics never stay put where you put them 
when you add another graphic.  Even in doing a newsletter, when adding 
a graphic and stetting the anchor, I add another graphic and set that 
anchor, the first graphic's anchor changes by itself.  It gets really 
interesting putting a graphic, or two in a frame.

First do one label, then two, now all 30 labels that also have text.  
For example, my Sons of the Revolution return address labels have the 
SAR logo, then my name and address on each label.

Oh by the way, I chose the Avery A4/ J8160 label, assuming that was 
what I wanted for the Avery Jet Ink 8160 label. The formating was no 
where near the true Avery 8160 Ink Jet labels.  I had to resize the 
vertical and horizontal settings and saved it as an Avery 8160 Jet Ink 
Address label.  I suppose I'll probably have to do that with the other 
labels I use also.

Greg

G. Roderick Singleton wrote:

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/

 


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