On 10/03/2013 10:16 AM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > On 03/10/13 14:39, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: >> On 10/03/2013 09:17 AM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: >>> On 03/10/13 08:48, Ian Whitfield wrote: >>>> Hi All >>>> >>>> This past week I was given a small job to do to produce some 40-odd >>>> individual labels. >>>> >>>> I remembered that Writer has a Label Function so decided to use that. >>>> The labels were 10 to aa A4 page in two columns (Unknown type - local >>>> manufacturer) so I decided to use "user" to set-up the spacing. >>>> >>>> No matter what I tried the Label Box will *NOT* accept any label >>>> size - >>>> whatever I enter in there it changes back to 0.10cm every time!! (I >>>> also >>>> feel the box labels could be made very much more intuitive!! - ie >>>> "Horizontal Pitch" could be "Label Spacing" etc. >>>> >>>> I'm using PCLinuxOS 2013-08 and I tried with an old LO ver 3 and my >>>> ver >>>> 4.12 - same result. >>>> >>>> Has anybody noticed this or know of a work-round?? >>> >>> Yes! Using frames for label production has been a thorn in my hide for >>> years now and yet it is so easy to create a table-based template - >>> I've created dozens. Maybe you should do the same? It's a certainty >>> that Scribus is overkill. :-) >>> >>> Peter HB >>> >>> >> >> Last time I printed labels using LO, I just used a .doc label template >> from Avery for the label sheets I used. >> >> That can be a pain for some people, but it works the best for me. > > Table based! ;-) > > Well, Avery may have a spreadsheet template as well. It use to have them, the last time I needed one.
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