Matt Needles wrote: > Russ Fineman wrote: >> I recently did away with MS and have converted to Linux and OpenOffice. I >> am trying to print Avery 8160 labels from the word processor. I have a >> template .doc which I called up and tryed mail merge but have not been >> able to figure out how to print more than one name per page. The labels >> are 3 across and 10 down. I used to use Avery Label pro or Publisher to >> do this. Can I do it in OpenOffice or is there another product that I can >> use. Scribus does not have the mail/merge option. >> >> Thanks in advance for any help! > When you do File->New->Labels, you get a dialog with three tabs. On the > third tab, you should see a radio box for "Entire Page", and a > checkbox "Synchronize Contents" Both of these should be selected. This > will give you a page of labels, but you can only edit the first one at > the top, left, which is the master label. Whatever you put in it, > including formatting, will be propagated into the rest of the page when > you click the floating "Synchronize Labels" button. > > This is useful when you want to print labels from a datasource or when > you want a page full of identical labels. > > If you need more help, just ask. > > HTH, > Matt Needles > OOo Coach Matt thanks for the help but I'm still having a problem. I create the label as you suggested, select the field from the first tab, I get the full page with the same fields on each label. I get a window that says synronize labels, click OK, screen flashes but I cannot close the box afterwards. When I go to print I get a sheet with all the fields not the names and addresses. The mail merge function is greyed out but I asssume I don't use it for labels.
Any idea what I'm doing wrong? I am using a OO spreadsheet as the data source. Thanks again!! -- Russ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
