Leslie wrote: > I had exactly the same problem last night. I discovered I had to get rid > of the Synchronize button in order to get a page of different labels > from a datasource. > >>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. >>> >>> How did you get rid of the sync button? I am getting my labels but the zipcode is being dropped. Same label shows the field with a zero. The codes are in the spreadsheet column. First time I tryed some labels had zipcodes, so didnot. Now none of the have them. The x will not shut off the sync window. -- Russ
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