On Thursday, December 1, 2005 6:12pm, AAW wrote: > How do you edit labels created from a database? After creating them, I > can only edit the first label on each page. The rest are read-only. I > can't even cut an individual field and "Paste Special" it back as text. > > To create the labels, I'm using Steps 1 through 11 from "Printing > Address Labels" ( "labels;from databases" in the Help page Index) then > invoking the Mail Merge wizard. Even if I use the full Help page > procedure -- which only produces the first page of labels -- the result > is the same. Since no one had any ideas, I finally just gave up on the official methods. The best workaround I could come up with was inserting the database info into a blank document as text (rather than fields) then messing around with margins, columns, and styles to get something that printed correctly.
I must say that OpenOffice's awkwardness in such a commonplace function as label printing is a big disappointment. Regards, Arn --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
