And if you don't want to be mired in FileMaker's "space-age" document
editing functions (it's a database, after all, not a word processor), you
can export your found set as a delimited (tab, comma, what have you) and use
it as a source file for a MS Word mail merge. If you're handy with merges
and making labels in Word, this ends up being faster and more reliable.
Ted
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob LeLievre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 1:03 PM
> To: TechRocks Support
> Subject: [support] Re: mailing labels
>
>
> You can also try a bigger label, such as 2-across instead of
> 3-across. This
> is a case where you have to design for your 'worst case
> scenario', the most
> # of lines and the longest text from a single record.
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ashton Computing & Mgt Svcs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 1:55 PM
> > To: TechRocks Support
> > Subject: [support] Re: mailing labels
> >
> >
> > At 13:34 02/01/2001, you wrote:
> > >OK, I played with the margins (in layout set-up) and they
> are looking
> > >better. I also have the zip code showing up now. However, if
> > the line of
> > >text is over a certain size it kicks the name of zip or
> whatever it is to
> > >the next line so they all look different, rather than
> having a set name,
> > >address and city/zip line.
> > >
> > >How do I fix this?
> >
> > By making the font on the labels *much* smaller than you
> want it to be.
> >
> >
> > Barry L. Newton
> > Greater Sandy Spring Green Space, Inc.
> >
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