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formatting labels
For some reason I have never figured out how to do this w/ Word 2003 even
though I used to do it with past versions. In a nutshell, what I want to do is have the information that is printed onto the label moved down and to the right instead of starting in the upper left hand corner of the label (which is where my return address is). If I try to use Tools Letters & Mailings Enveolopes And Labels I choose Labels and my label type (5163). I choose Options then Details or New Label but the parameters that it allows me to set are all about where the labels are on the page and have nothing to do with where the information lands on the label. I have tried to trick it by putting ridiculous margin sizes in, but then I get an error message saying that the labels won't fit on the page. It seems like there must be a way to do this. I never had this probelm with past versions of Word. Thanks |
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OK, I had to trick it by saying that my labels are smaller height & width
than they really are and have bigger top & left margins (whatever you take off the H & W you add to the margins) but the same vertical & horizontal pitch. Now I can print a whole page of labels and they line up fine. Didn't there used to be simple top & left indent settings for this? "John" wrote in message ... For some reason I have never figured out how to do this w/ Word 2003 even though I used to do it with past versions. In a nutshell, what I want to do is have the information that is printed onto the label moved down and to the right instead of starting in the upper left hand corner of the label (which is where my return address is). If I try to use Tools Letters & Mailings Enveolopes And Labels I choose Labels and my label type (5163). I choose Options then Details or New Label but the parameters that it allows me to set are all about where the labels are on the page and have nothing to do with where the information lands on the label. I have tried to trick it by putting ridiculous margin sizes in, but then I get an error message saying that the labels won't fit on the page. It seems like there must be a way to do this. I never had this probelm with past versions of Word. Thanks |
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The formatting needs to be applied to the text, not the label.
Or, if you click on the New Document button it will create a new document with a page of the labels (which are only tables in Word with fixed cell dimensions, then you can access the Properties dialog for the table and set the top and left margins of the cell to get the text positioned where you want. -- 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 "John" wrote in message ... OK, I had to trick it by saying that my labels are smaller height & width than they really are and have bigger top & left margins (whatever you take off the H & W you add to the margins) but the same vertical & horizontal pitch. Now I can print a whole page of labels and they line up fine. Didn't there used to be simple top & left indent settings for this? "John" wrote in message ... For some reason I have never figured out how to do this w/ Word 2003 even though I used to do it with past versions. In a nutshell, what I want to do is have the information that is printed onto the label moved down and to the right instead of starting in the upper left hand corner of the label (which is where my return address is). If I try to use Tools Letters & Mailings Enveolopes And Labels I choose Labels and my label type (5163). I choose Options then Details or New Label but the parameters that it allows me to set are all about where the labels are on the page and have nothing to do with where the information lands on the label. I have tried to trick it by putting ridiculous margin sizes in, but then I get an error message saying that the labels won't fit on the page. It seems like there must be a way to do this. I never had this probelm with past versions of Word. Thanks |
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Select the text and right-click. Choose Paragraph. Apply a left indent and
Spacing Before as needed. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "John" wrote in message ... For some reason I have never figured out how to do this w/ Word 2003 even though I used to do it with past versions. In a nutshell, what I want to do is have the information that is printed onto the label moved down and to the right instead of starting in the upper left hand corner of the label (which is where my return address is). If I try to use Tools Letters & Mailings Enveolopes And Labels I choose Labels and my label type (5163). I choose Options then Details or New Label but the parameters that it allows me to set are all about where the labels are on the page and have nothing to do with where the information lands on the label. I have tried to trick it by putting ridiculous margin sizes in, but then I get an error message saying that the labels won't fit on the page. It seems like there must be a way to do this. I never had this probelm with past versions of Word. Thanks |
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Thanks but it's much easier to change the label size & margins as I
described to force the text to a specific area. That way it doesn't have to be done for every label. In short, open the label details, subtract from the height & width of the label and add whatever amounts you took off to the top & left margins. Save these settings. Then you will have a new label that will work every time instead of manually changing paragraph settings every time. There really should be "top indent" and "left indent" in the label details settings, but this does essentially the same thing. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Select the text and right-click. Choose Paragraph. Apply a left indent and Spacing Before as needed. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA |
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I was assuming you were using New Document and saving it as a template.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "John" wrote in message ... Thanks but it's much easier to change the label size & margins as I described to force the text to a specific area. That way it doesn't have to be done for every label. In short, open the label details, subtract from the height & width of the label and add whatever amounts you took off to the top & left margins. Save these settings. Then you will have a new label that will work every time instead of manually changing paragraph settings every time. There really should be "top indent" and "left indent" in the label details settings, but this does essentially the same thing. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Select the text and right-click. Choose Paragraph. Apply a left indent and Spacing Before as needed. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA |
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