On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 21:38 -0600, Rod Engelsman wrote: > Jonathon Coombes wrote: > > > > > The argument put forward here seems a little silly. The only reason > > for having this "multiple page" label idea, is so that that you can > > scan the labels with the completed data. However, this data is already > > visible to you in the datasource? Why can you not check to see if the > > name is James James or James Thompson in the datasource before printing? > > > > Depends on the datasource for one thing. This last Christmas I used OOo > to hook up to my Mozilla address book to generate mailing labels for > Christmas cards. It wasn't until after I had printed the labels that I > realized a couple of the addresses weren't complete (no zip code) and a > couple of other problems. Not a big deal in this case -- so I had to > hand address a couple of cards, so what? -- but a problem nonetheless.
I would think it is easier to check the table by scrolling through to see where the zip field is empty? Or easier yet, do a quick filter on the dataset to show which is empty or not? Regards Jonathon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
