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Default How to design labels - e.g. centering text / font / colour?

Glad I could help.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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"cikko2621" wrote in message
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Dear Suzanne,

Thanks again. I tried going through directly from the Format / Borders and
Shading dialogue box and it worked perfectly. I could easily also add a
colour background to my labels. So all the functions I wanted are now

working.

cikko2621

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If you're using "Background" from the Format | Background command, then

this
affects only Web pages. (In Word 2003, you can print it by checking the
"Background colors and images" box on the Print tab of Tools | Options.)

To
add color to your labels, try using the Shading Color button on the

Tables
and Borders toolbar, or add it directly from the Format | Borders and
Shading dialog.

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"cikko2621" wrote in message
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Dear Suzanne,

I am sending you this brief note to say a big 'thank you'. I ended up

using
the 'New Document' feature and could even work on creating various

labels
at
the same time instead of creating one by one, apart from being allowed

to
change font, alignment, etc. The only feature that did not work for me

is
when I presed a colour background - it did not print out on the label.
Otherwise all features worked brilliantly. Thanks again.

Cikko2621

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You can. You can change the font and paragraph formatting the Labels

dialog
window by selecting text, right-clicking, and choosing Font or

Paragraph.
For more complex formatting, click the New Document button, which

will
give
you a full sheet of labels. They're formatted as a table, so make

sure
you
have table gridlines displayed (Table | Show Gridlines) so you can

see
the
label boundaries.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"cikko2621" wrote in message
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I would like to create specially designed labels using Word. I

already
do
this through Herma labels software. But why can't I create labels

of
my
liking through Word - doing things like changing font type and

size,
using
bold, italics, etc, maybe adding a colour background, centering

instead of
left aligning text, etc. Any help?