Hello,
I'm a new user trying to figure out how to do in Writer a procedure
that was very simple in my previous word processor (an elderly
version of WordPerfect which simply will not run on Windows Vista).
So far, it is defeating me entirely.
I have a C program which generates a .txt file containing a number of
short free-form records which I want to print on sheets of Avery
labels. Each record has a tag to mark its beginning, as well as some
tags which represent internal formatting. With WordPerfect, I simply
wrote a macro which set the paper type to be the appropriate Avery
labels, inserted the text file, then went through the file to add the
formatting where needed and to insert a manual page break (i.e. label
break) between records. After the macro finished, I could go through
manually and reformat any individual records which were too big for
the labels.
I've tried to re-create this in Writer by selecting labels, picking
the type of Avery sheet I want, then clicking "New Document". This
gets me a blank page with the outline of the labels on it, but when I
insert my file, it tries to put the entire file on the first label
rather than running the text from label to label in a sensible
manner. Since I typically print 125-150 labels per run, I don't look
forward to cut-and-pasting them individually from the text file!
I thought about trying to do something with multi-column layout and
simply print the text file onto the label sheets, but without being
able to see the layout of the labels, I can't ensure that the breaks
will align or if I need to manually reformat some records.
Is there another angle from which I should be approaching this
problem? All the examples I can find with labels focus on drawing
information from databases and dealing with fixed-field data. I could
fairly easily reprogram the tags to be XML style if that would gain
me anything.
Cheers,
Marg B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Banastre Tarleton site:
http://www.banastretarleton.org
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