Hi Sarah, Paul, and Others,
Anne's instructions in the linked archive post also tell you how to
customize the printing for envelope size with the "layout" tab in the
print options dialog. So Sarah, if your printer can print the mini
envelopes, the print option can be set up to print envelopes for that
size. It can also customize the size and alignment of the printing
area for the address. And using options which Anne didn't describe,
you can customize the font type or include a graphic instead (if, for
example, someone has designed a logo type address as an image). If
your printer can't handle mini envelopes then you wouldn't be using
the envelope template in Pages to print these addresses anyway, and
you could switch your option from printing envelopes to printing
labels in the print dialogue. To read more about the label option,
read down the Mail Archive thread with Control+N in Safari to my
later post about printing labels. (People using other browsers can
substitute "Control" with the appropriate access key for their web
browser -- e.g., for Internet Explorer you would use Alt+N to read the
next post in the Mail Archive thread, and Alt+P to read the previous
post).
And if, for some reason, you want to customize your label and/or
address print outs from Address Book (e.g., include or leave out extra
fields that are in Address Book), you can write yourself an Automator
workflow that will handle this.
HTH. Cheers,
Esther
On Oct 2, 2010, Sarah Alawami wrote:
I actually use the mini envelopes, the ones you can buy in bulk at
office max. Not sure if a printer will take those especially mine
because of the flap. I don't print many envelopes though so I might
be wrong saying my printer will only take the 8 by 11 envelopes.
S
On Oct 2, 2010, at 3:40 AM, Esther wrote:
Hi Paul and Sarah,
Is there any reason why you don't want to just use the print dialog
from Address Book to print envelopes? Unless you need to match a
specific format template for Pages, I would just select an entry
from my address book (or, if you want to print multiple envelopes,
either select a group in your Address Book or do a general set of
non-contiguous selections and create a group from the "File" menu
options of Address Book's menu bar), then bring up the print dialog
with Command+P and set the "Style" pop up button to "Envelopes".
Anne Robertson gave step by step instructions on how to do this in
an archived list post:
http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40macvisionaries.com/
msg45300.html
(Re: Addressing envelopes with Voiceover)
You can also change the pop up button to print "Mailing Labels"
instead. I know this isn't an answer to how to use VoiceOver's
drag and drop, but since I wouldn't use this to print envelopes
unless the default method of printing envelopes were inadequate
I've simply pointed you to instructions on how to print envelope
addresses in general. Note that if you want to choose specific
fonts that you can also do that from the controls in the print
dialog, so unless there is a very specific envelope template that
you have to use in Pages, or you have custom designed envelope
logos, etc. that can only be used in Pages I don't see why you are
making more work for yourself. I've changed the subject line (from
using drag and drop to printing envelopes from address book) to
reflect the content of this answer. If you have another question
that requires using VoiceOver's drag and drop, we can return to
that subject.
HTH. Cheers,
Esther
On Oct 1, 2010, Sarah Alawami wrote:
I can't get it work at all. I read how to do it in the vo manual
but its procedural did not work either.
On Oct 1, 2010, at 3:24 PM, Paul Hunt wrote:
Hello everyone. I would like to use the drag and drop feature to
copy an address book card to an envelope in the envelope template
of Pages. Does Drag and Drop work? If so, what is the procedure.
If not, is there a keyboard work around?
Thanks so much.
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