On 2/18/2010 3:05 PM, Gene Kohlenberg wrote:
On 2/18/2010 1:56 PM, Twayne wrote:
HI all,
XP Pro SP3 + updates, OO.o 3.2.
My "great idea" sort of fizzled on me<g>! I'm creating buttons to sell
for
our Labor Day Parade this year. NOrmally I also print a list of
serialized
labels to be attached to the backs of the buttons, but that's a bit of
labor
it seems like we should be able to avoid.
So instead, what I'd like to do is put the serialized number into a Table
Cell, displayed on top of the image. The serialized buttons are used for
drawings, etc., during the celebrations.
Unfortunately, although it's fairly trivial to create serialized numbers
for each table cell, getting it to live on top of the graphic is
something i
can't seem to do. One always displaces the other since one is text and
the
other graphic.
At 6 button artworks per Letter Size sheet and a requirement for 10,000
buttons, you can see why I don't want to do it manually<G>!
Does anyone have any idea how I could get an incrementing number to
display
on top of the image in each cell?
I've also considered some way to convert the text numbers to an image
format after they were created, but I can't seem to do that
programmatically
either.
And the committee would rather not see the number beside or over/under
the image because it's round in shape and decreases the real estate
available for the image on the button.
Any leads, thoughts or methods would be most appreciated,
Twayne
I created a six-celled table in Writer and made the row heights 3" to
contain a logo that I have. Then I inserted the logo into the first cell
and set its anchor "to character." I turned on hidden characters so that
I could see the Paragraph indicator. I changed the alignment of the
paragraph to center it, and then I added .25" space above the paragraph
so that it was not against the top of the cell. Then I typed a number
into the paragraph. It appeared on top of the logo. So I would think
that you could do the same when you enter the mail-merge field for the
number that you want to increment.
I forgot to add that I chose "in background" for the wrap of the logo.
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