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.
First off, thanks to everyone who's responded, on and off the list. I've been a tied up with other stuff the past couple of days but should have time to work on this today. Since I'm a firm believer in the collaborative advantages of newsgroups and mailing lists, I'll quote and respond to the off-list posting here. > What exactly are you trying to achieve with the labels.? > If the database entries are correct, then why do you need to edit them > ..? As a general principle, I believe they should be editable. Also, to sell others on switching from WordPerfect to OpenOffice, I need to match ease of use and functionality. As a practical matter, I usually find myself tinkering with format. Take labels used for name tags, for example. I might need to reduce font size to squeeze in a long name or split given name and surname into two lines. I might also want to print certain names in color or manually add special titles to some. I might also decide a different font would look better. And so on... Thanks again, Arn --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
