Sorry, I’ve just noticed I made a typo in Step 4. It should be of course Edit-Select All ... NOT File-Select All.
On 22/10/2011, at 9:52 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > Hi Stuart, > > You should reply to the other subjects you have been given help on lately and > let the list know what was suggestions solved your questions. > Then when people search the list for answers we have already given, they can > see what suggestions solved the problem. > Doing this also saves having to answer the same questions over and over. > > To answer your question "Can it be done in Pages?”, yes it can. > > You have Two Options: The Address Book on your Mac or Pages’09. > Address Book is probably the easiest. > > A: Using Address Book: > > 1. In Address Book, create a new group. > Go to File - New Group. Give the new group a name. > > 2. Drag all the contacts you want into the Group > > 3. HIGHLIGHT all of the addresses in the group which you wish to generate > labels for by holding down the SHIFT key. > > 4. Go to File - Select All. > > 5. File - Print. Once the print window opens, click on the expand arrow to > expand your print choices: > > 6. Check out the Label and Layout choices...Style should be "Mailing > Labels"; > Use what every Avery Lable Layout you wish (eg. Avery Standard 5161) as the > label layout. > > 7. Make sure your Avery label sheet is in the printer manual tray. > Finally, hit "Print”. > > B: Using Pages’09: > > Despite the lack of built-in templates for labels, users can take advantage > of official templates available on the internet to create their own custom > labels. > Many companies such as Avery provide these templates for download in the > ".doc" format for compatibility with Word, which also can be read by Pages. > > Here's how users can incorporate the templates for use in Pages: > > Download and open the template Go to Avery's website and find the template > for the labels being used (Blank templates are preferred): > <http://www.avery.com/avery/en_us/Templates-&-Software/Templates>. Open the > layout in Pages after it's downloaded. > > Remove graphical items Select and remove all graphics items if present (even > subtle "outline" graphics), which may be incorrectly placed on multiple > pages. > To do this, select one graphic and press command-A to select all, then press > delete. > If multiple table cells appear when the graphic is initially selected, then > users have not selected a graphic object and should try again. > Do not delete the table, as this contains all the dimension information for > the template. > > Display the hidden table There will be a hidden table behind the graphics > that should remain when they're deleted, which contains the appropriate > dimensions for the desired labels. To display this table's boundaries, click > somewhere on the first page and the table should highlight with resizing > boxes around its outline. > Then click again to select one cell and press command-A to select all table > cells. > With this done, open the inspector and under the "Table" section, in the > "Cell Borders" area select a border style for the table from the drop-down > menu. > With this done the whole table should appear. > > Set bottom margin (if applicable) If the table goes to multiple pages, > increase the BOTTOM margin of the page until the table fits on one page. > Do not change the top margin as this will offset the labels. > > With the labels all on one page, users can add graphics and text as desired. > Before printing the labels, however, users will want to remove the borders > added upon displaying the hidden table, so they don’t get printed to the > labels. > > To do this, click outside of the table to ensure the cursor is not in "text > entry" mode in the table. > Then click the table and select a single cell and press command-A to > highlight them all. > Then using the inspector, set the border style to "None”. > > This process should work for most Avery templates in the ".doc" format. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" > 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD > > OS X 10.7.2 Lion > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > On 22/10/2011, at 7:42 AM, Stuart Breden wrote: > >> Have been trying to do address labels in Pages but can't find how to. >> >> Can it be done in Pages? >> >> Stuart Breden >> PO Box 132 >> Kalamunda WA 6926 >> Ph: (08) 9257 1577 >> Mbl: 0417 053 266 > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
