As Chris Sparnicht mentioned yesterday, FileMaker doesn't do labels well.
So, ebase 2.0, we have set up an easy export routine to supports label
formatting in Word instead of trying to do this in FileMaker.
And as Jack said in a post yesterday, exporting a file to use in a word
processing merge is possible in ebase 1.0x and may be the best approach for
preserving sanity...I had avoided learning how to do a word merge for a long
time and recently made myself do it. Didn't take much time and I wish I'd
done it sooner.
>If you're among those many folks who know word processing a whole lot
>better than you know Filemaker's Layout Mode, then I'd suggest that you
>export your records (Output->File Export->For Mailing Labels. Export to a
>file type of "Merge (.mer)". The default fields for export will include a
>field named "Name Line"; you should clear this field from the export order
>and instead export the field named "Name Line\Label". You can then create
>your postcard in your word processor using this file as a merge file,
>placing the fields exactly where you want them.
Liz
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Liz Gans
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Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 8:25 PM
To: TechRocks Support
Subject: [support] Re: Label Layout
I do have to reply to the somewhat apology for the "snide" reply today. The
postings re: labels are endless. I sent a posting many months ago and more
are sent almost daily. I save some, print some, try some, etc. It seems to
me if so many people have concerns and so many people have different
solutions, there may actually be a problem with the system. Could ebase
have
a look at resolving what appears to be a problem for more than one of us?
>From my perspective, the Avery labels I identify do not line up with the
Avery design in ebase via File Maker. Perhaps this could be addressed prior
to the next ebase release.
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