Thanks a lot. Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Mbl: 0417 053 266
Please consider the environment before printing this email On 22/10/2011, at 10:10 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > 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> -- 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>
