In a message dated 2010.09.05 18:23 -0500, Gurus Knugum wrote:
Den 2010-09-03 16:59:37 K Haynes <[email protected]>:
I have Openoffice 3.1 and I would like to know how I can print
addresses on Envelops
Insert → Envelope…
You can connect a database to it so you can print out a lot of envelopes
with different addresses, if you like, or you can select only one or a
few from that data base, whatever suits your needs. I think
OpenOffice.org Help covers this too, click Insert → Envelope → Help.
Yes, but... I always hate when this question arises, because Writer
makes such a contorted mess of what should be a simple process, leading
to many questions on what should be a simple operation. [See, for
example, threads like "Lost Ability to Print Envelopes" of 11.Jan.2010,
"Envelope page styles" of 28.May.2010 and "What is the use of the
envelope style?" of 9-12.Jun.2019, all of which ended unresolved.]
Referring people to the Help risks worse confusion, because that
describes the Page style "Envelope" - which is at best ambiguously
connected to the formatting of the Insert > Envelope command. The
problem is so fundamental to OO design that the three main info
resources - the Help, the wiki Writer Guide and the wiki FAQ all have
different descriptions of the process - and all are wrong in one or more
details. This is one of those routine issues that gives OO a reputation
as difficult to learn.
So, yes, by all means use Insert → Envelope - and then don't think too
hard about styles or any other envelope-related info you might find in
the Help.
John
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