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Custom size labels Word XP
Have to do a mail merge & use labels that are a custom size. They are 4 to a
page, landscape, paper size is 33cm (13") wide x 22.5cm (8.8") high. I have no problem creating the custom labels. The problem is that the label information window won't let me choose a custom paper size. Any way I can do that? I have created the custom paper size & saved into normal.dot & global.dot but it is not an available option when creating the labels. Thanks |
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Choose the next larger size and adjust the margins to cope with the
difference. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org viv wrote: Have to do a mail merge & use labels that are a custom size. They are 4 to a page, landscape, paper size is 33cm (13") wide x 22.5cm (8.8") high. I have no problem creating the custom labels. The problem is that the label information window won't let me choose a custom paper size. Any way I can do that? I have created the custom paper size & saved into normal.dot & global.dot but it is not an available option when creating the labels. Thanks |
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That's the problem. There is no larger size. The largest size's width is
too small to create & save custom labels (because it is landscape orientated). There doesn't seem to be an option for landscape orientation. "Graham Mayor" wrote: Choose the next larger size and adjust the margins to cope with the difference. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org viv wrote: Have to do a mail merge & use labels that are a custom size. They are 4 to a page, landscape, paper size is 33cm (13") wide x 22.5cm (8.8") high. I have no problem creating the custom labels. The problem is that the label information window won't let me choose a custom paper size. Any way I can do that? I have created the custom paper size & saved into normal.dot & global.dot but it is not an available option when creating the labels. Thanks |
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Labels in Word are only tables with fixed cell dimensions. So just create a
normal document with the desired paper size and layout and then use that as a basis for a mailmerge. If you are using XP or later, turn on the Mailmerge toolbar by selecting Toolbars from the View menu and select the mailmerge item. Use the left hand button to select the type of mailmerge either, formletter of label will do. Then use the next button along to attach the data source, then use the fifth from the left to insert the mergefields into each cell and use the Insert Word Field button to insert a Next field before the first mergefield in each cell except the first one on the sheet. Then execute the merge to a printer or a new document using the buttons at the right hand end of the toolbar. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "viv" wrote in message ... That's the problem. There is no larger size. The largest size's width is too small to create & save custom labels (because it is landscape orientated). There doesn't seem to be an option for landscape orientation. "Graham Mayor" wrote: Choose the next larger size and adjust the margins to cope with the difference. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org viv wrote: Have to do a mail merge & use labels that are a custom size. They are 4 to a page, landscape, paper size is 33cm (13") wide x 22.5cm (8.8") high. I have no problem creating the custom labels. The problem is that the label information window won't let me choose a custom paper size. Any way I can do that? I have created the custom paper size & saved into normal.dot & global.dot but it is not an available option when creating the labels. Thanks |
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Thank you. That DID work. And I later realised that our doc mgmt system,
iManage lets you make anything into a label. Didn't have to create a custom label. Thanks for all your help everyone. "viv" wrote: Have to do a mail merge & use labels that are a custom size. They are 4 to a page, landscape, paper size is 33cm (13") wide x 22.5cm (8.8") high. I have no problem creating the custom labels. The problem is that the label information window won't let me choose a custom paper size. Any way I can do that? I have created the custom paper size & saved into normal.dot & global.dot but it is not an available option when creating the labels. Thanks |
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