Matt Needles wrote: > Russ Fineman wrote: >> 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. > > By "box" I assume you mean the floating button. It should not close. > >> 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. >> > I'm going to guess here. Do you have the DataSource Explorer visible > (F4)? When it's visible, navigate to the datasource for your labels, > then select a few records, and click the Data to Fields icon on the > DataSources toolbar (near the right side). If your fields in the labels > are defined correctly, they should fill with the data you selected. > This is how I test my labels to see if they are getting data correctly, > without printing. > >> Any idea what I'm doing wrong? I am using a OO spreadsheet as the data >> source. >> >> Thanks again!! > > Matt Matt I'm still a little confused, I followed the above directionsand thought I selected three records. When I click the Icon I still see the text saying what items (name,etc) I selected for the label. When I do print preview I see the first record on all labels. Should I see the mail the names,etc before I do print preview? I'm going to play with it more later, I have to bail out a friend with a corrupt MS Office update. Sure glad I'm away from Windows except for turbotax. -- Russ
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