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Changing Default Margins in Labels
Our users would like larger default margins on labels than those built into
the label definitions. I realize that I could create a template that specified labels and that used a paragraph style other than that normally used by that label type, but would like to have it so that users could simply choose Tools, Letters and Mailings, Envelopes and Labels and select the label type. I noticed that when I selected a particular label type, the style in use, usually named something like ' Left 0.09" Right 0.09" ' appears to be a paragraph style, however it does not have a paragraph symbol next to it as paragraph styles generally do. It seems to be some sort of built-in style that automatically gets chosen for that particular label type. Can I change the name and left and right indents settings for this style that automatically gets set for a particular label type? Or can I have a style that I create be the one that automatically gets set for a particular label type? |
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Hello Allison-
I haven't thoroughly checked this out, but I believe you to be on the right track. These are just my ideas, fwiw. Rather than trying to modify one of the existing label definitions, use it as your starting point in the ToolsLetters and MailingsEnvelopes and LabelsOptions dialog box and then click the New Label button. Give it a name, but leave the other settings 'as is'. Click OKs back to the Envelopes and Labels dialog box and click New Document to close it. Save the new label doc as a template, edit or create the style as necessary and check Add to template. Select All & apply your new style Have the users generate new label docs from the template by adding a button on a toolbar or to a menu, perhaps. Good Luck |:) "Allison Orange" wrote: Our users would like larger default margins on labels than those built into the label definitions. I realize that I could create a template that specified labels and that used a paragraph style other than that normally used by that label type, but would like to have it so that users could simply choose Tools, Letters and Mailings, Envelopes and Labels and select the label type. I noticed that when I selected a particular label type, the style in use, usually named something like ' Left 0.09" Right 0.09" ' appears to be a paragraph style, however it does not have a paragraph symbol next to it as paragraph styles generally do. It seems to be some sort of built-in style that automatically gets chosen for that particular label type. Can I change the name and left and right indents settings for this style that automatically gets set for a particular label type? Or can I have a style that I create be the one that automatically gets set for a particular label type? |
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You might be able to increase the indents by changing the label size
relative to the horizontal pitch in the label Details. I haven't tried this, so I don't know whether you can change these settings without having to create a new custom label definition (that is, whether you can modify an existing definition). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Allison Orange" (remove to reply) wrote in message ... Our users would like larger default margins on labels than those built into the label definitions. I realize that I could create a template that specified labels and that used a paragraph style other than that normally used by that label type, but would like to have it so that users could simply choose Tools, Letters and Mailings, Envelopes and Labels and select the label type. I noticed that when I selected a particular label type, the style in use, usually named something like ' Left 0.09" Right 0.09" ' appears to be a paragraph style, however it does not have a paragraph symbol next to it as paragraph styles generally do. It seems to be some sort of built-in style that automatically gets chosen for that particular label type. Can I change the name and left and right indents settings for this style that automatically gets set for a particular label type? Or can I have a style that I create be the one that automatically gets set for a particular label type? |
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