There are a couple of ways of printing labels so you don't get only one
sheet at a time, when you should have gotten multiple sheets. Here's
the simplest way I have found:
1. File > New > Labels
2. On the Labels tab, choose label Brand (e.g. Avery Letter Size) and
Type (e.g. 5260 Address).
3. Still on the Labels tab, select the Database, select its Table, and
select Database field names one at a time and move to the left using
the left-pointing arrow. Insert line breaks, spaces, commas, etc. as
needed.
4. Go to the Options tab and turn OFF Synchronize Contents.
5. Click New Doc.
6. Select File > Print. Answer Yes to the question that asks if you
want to print a form letter. (OK, I know you're not printing a form
letter, you're printing labels; but answer Yes anyway.)
7. Select records that you want printed, or click "All".
8. Click OK.
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael J. Dark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 17:35:03 -0800
Subject: Re: [users] making labels
> don't fully understand them. please help, i'm trying to do my
christmas card list.
I feel your pain - I've been running into some bugs (with 1.9
something and with 2.0) in making labels. As long as you aren't using
conditional text, however, you should be OK.
First, select File -> New -> Labels. Pick the type of label you're
printing, and then pick the "Options" tab. Select "Synchronize
contents", so that the FORMAT of each label matches the first. Then,
under the "Labels" tab, select your database and table. Use the
"Database field" dropdown to move your fields into the text box to
the left, to get the layout of the label correct. Hit "New Document"
when finished.
After that, make any changes needed to the first label. Once the
first label looks the way you want it to, move to the end and select
Insert -> Fields -> Other, select "Database", and under type, select
"Next Record". Hit "Insert" then "Close".
Now, click the "Synchronize Labels" button in the small window to
make all the labels match the first.
Now, select View -> Data Sources, and pick the database you want to
merge from. Select the records you want to print labels for (probably
all of them), and hit the button with the large green box between
black lines (Tooltip: "Data to Fields"). That will merge all your
labels and make them all different.
The biggest problem with this is that you can only print a page full
of labels at a time. It's hugely annoying. If your list spans
multiple pages, you'll need to select them one page's worth at a
time.
Also, I've found that using conditional text in labels seems to make
OO crash. It will recover, and work OK, but inserting it crashes OO
every time.
Good luck!
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Michael J. Dark, D.V.M.
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