Oma and Claudine This is fabulous!!! I can't wait to knock their socks off!
David David Blocker [EMAIL PROTECTED] 781-784-1919 Fax: 781-784-1860 Cell: 339-206-0261 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Oma Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 1:53 PM Subject: [RBG7-L] - RE: R:Base and MS Publisher > David, > > I've reviewed my MS pubisher 2000 for what to do for address labeling! > > The feature that MS Word has is included in MS Publisher! > > It is the mail merge feature! You can connect to several external > sources but it is not ODBC. > > Here is a list of what type of files: > > Use a data source created in another program > Publisher can recognize data source information created in any of the > following file formats: > > Microsoft Access (all versions up to and including Office 2000) > Microsoft Excel versions 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 7.0, and 8.0 > Microsoft FoxPro 2.0, 2.5, and 2.6 > Microsoft Outlook (all versions up to and including Outlook 2000) > Microsoft Word tables or merge data documents > Microsoft Works for MS-DOS 3.0 (if database contains no formulas) > Microsoft Works for Windows 2.0, 3.0, and 4.x (if database contains no > formulas) > dBase III, IV, and V > ASCII text files (except for fixed-field width files) > > Hope this helps! > > > Best regards, > > Oma Cox > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David M. > Blocker > Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 7:47 AM > To: RBG7-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBG7-L] - RE: R:Base and MS Publisher > > > Claudine > > Thanks for your offer to help! > > 1. Please DO send me the steps in Publisher > 2. Please say more about "with a macro you could automatically print the > labels from within R:Base". Remember what we want to do is print a > NEWSLETTER from Publisher that at the same time prints out addresses. > Can > you specify the steps within R:Base and within Publisher to do what > you're describing. It would be awesome! > > David > > David Blocker > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 781-784-1919 > Fax: 781-784-1860 > Cell: 339-206-0261 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Claudine Robbins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 10:21 AM > Subject: [RBG7-L] - RE: R:Base and MS Publisher > > > > David, > > > > I forgot to mention that with a macro you could automatically print > > the labels from within RBase. I used to do it with Word. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David > > > M. Blocker > > > Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 7:50 AM > > > To: RBG7-L Mailing List > > > Subject: [RBG7-L] - R:Base and MS Publisher > > > > > > Here's an interesting problem. I have a potential client currently > using > > > Access and I'm going to do a demo of R:Base for them in 10 days. > I'd > > > LOVE > > > to woo them away. They use Publisher, which I'm not familiar with, > > > to print a newsletter. They have names and addresses of those > > > getting the newsletter > > > in Access. Currently, they produce the newsletter with 3 steps: > > > > > > 1. Print the newsletter > > > 2. Print mailing labels from Access > > > 3. Stick the labels on the newsletters! > > > > > > They have been told by an Access person that it's possible to link > > > Publisher with Access and do all 3 steps at once, though they > > > haven't done it yet. Has anyone ever done this with R:Base and > > > Publisher, or can you steer me in > > > the right direction. A simple demo of this when I go in would I > think > get > > > us > > > a convert.... > > > > > > David > > > > > > David Blocker > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > 781-784-1919 > > > Fax: 781-784-1860 > > > Cell: 339-206-0261 > > > > > >
