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Combine columns fr: Excel - Link to labels in Word
I want to print shelf labels for my store using information from data that is
in separate columns in Excel. Just like common labels you see in stores, some data on the label may be larger and some may be bold, a different font, etc. How do I link data fr: Excel to Word and format ea. column differently and have it appear on the same "label". Perhaps there is a better way than using a labels template for this since I don't have to use self adhesive or prescored labels. Finally, how do I tell Excel to only send information that had price changes so that I'm not printing hundreds of "labels" when I only need those that have changed? Thank you. |
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Combine columns fr: Excel - Link to labels in Word
This sounds like a fairly straightforward label merge -
http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm apart from the part about the price changes. How is the merge (or Excel) supposed to know which prices have changed? The best plan is to extract from your data the records that have changed prices and merge that data. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Coco wrote: I want to print shelf labels for my store using information from data that is in separate columns in Excel. Just like common labels you see in stores, some data on the label may be larger and some may be bold, a different font, etc. How do I link data fr: Excel to Word and format ea. column differently and have it appear on the same "label". Perhaps there is a better way than using a labels template for this since I don't have to use self adhesive or prescored labels. Finally, how do I tell Excel to only send information that had price changes so that I'm not printing hundreds of "labels" when I only need those that have changed? Thank you. |
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Graham - Thank you for your time and information.
I've hit an impasse in my mail merge at "confirm data source". I've chosen MS Excel Worksheets via DDE*xls, and my only option is to choose the entire spreadsheet, which I do, but then my recipient list comes up with the the name of my file and where it is on my computer several times in the list, i.e., C:\Documents and Settings...., What am I doing wrong? Thank you. "Graham Mayor" wrote: This sounds like a fairly straightforward label merge - http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm apart from the part about the price changes. How is the merge (or Excel) supposed to know which prices have changed? The best plan is to extract from your data the records that have changed prices and merge that data. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Coco wrote: I want to print shelf labels for my store using information from data that is in separate columns in Excel. Just like common labels you see in stores, some data on the label may be larger and some may be bold, a different font, etc. How do I link data fr: Excel to Word and format ea. column differently and have it appear on the same "label". Perhaps there is a better way than using a labels template for this since I don't have to use self adhesive or prescored labels. Finally, how do I tell Excel to only send information that had price changes so that I'm not printing hundreds of "labels" when I only need those that have changed? Thank you. |
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Without knowing how your data is laid out in the spreadsheet it is
impossible to guess. For this to work you need a table that looks like the one at the end of http://www.gmayor.com/convert_labels...mail_merge.htm ie with a title row and a row for each record. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Coco wrote: Graham - Thank you for your time and information. I've hit an impasse in my mail merge at "confirm data source". I've chosen MS Excel Worksheets via DDE*xls, and my only option is to choose the entire spreadsheet, which I do, but then my recipient list comes up with the the name of my file and where it is on my computer several times in the list, i.e., C:\Documents and Settings...., What am I doing wrong? Thank you. "Graham Mayor" wrote: This sounds like a fairly straightforward label merge - http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm apart from the part about the price changes. How is the merge (or Excel) supposed to know which prices have changed? The best plan is to extract from your data the records that have changed prices and merge that data. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Coco wrote: I want to print shelf labels for my store using information from data that is in separate columns in Excel. Just like common labels you see in stores, some data on the label may be larger and some may be bold, a different font, etc. How do I link data fr: Excel to Word and format ea. column differently and have it appear on the same "label". Perhaps there is a better way than using a labels template for this since I don't have to use self adhesive or prescored labels. Finally, how do I tell Excel to only send information that had price changes so that I'm not printing hundreds of "labels" when I only need those that have changed? Thank you. |
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Thank you so very much, Graham.
"Graham Mayor" wrote: Without knowing how your data is laid out in the spreadsheet it is impossible to guess. For this to work you need a table that looks like the one at the end of http://www.gmayor.com/convert_labels...mail_merge.htm ie with a title row and a row for each record. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Coco wrote: Graham - Thank you for your time and information. I've hit an impasse in my mail merge at "confirm data source". I've chosen MS Excel Worksheets via DDE*xls, and my only option is to choose the entire spreadsheet, which I do, but then my recipient list comes up with the the name of my file and where it is on my computer several times in the list, i.e., C:\Documents and Settings...., What am I doing wrong? Thank you. "Graham Mayor" wrote: This sounds like a fairly straightforward label merge - http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm apart from the part about the price changes. How is the merge (or Excel) supposed to know which prices have changed? The best plan is to extract from your data the records that have changed prices and merge that data. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Coco wrote: I want to print shelf labels for my store using information from data that is in separate columns in Excel. Just like common labels you see in stores, some data on the label may be larger and some may be bold, a different font, etc. How do I link data fr: Excel to Word and format ea. column differently and have it appear on the same "label". Perhaps there is a better way than using a labels template for this since I don't have to use self adhesive or prescored labels. Finally, how do I tell Excel to only send information that had price changes so that I'm not printing hundreds of "labels" when I only need those that have changed? Thank you. |
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