[Graham Mayor]

One of the envelope set you can download from my web site is already
automated to grab single addresses from Outlook. The process is described at
http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


tcebob wrote:
Thanks, Terry: I will check out Graham's info. I didn't think of the
Add-to-document feature as a means of setting up a template. Worth a
try.

The primary motivation for this exercise is to come up with a batch
file to grab an address from Outlook, activate Word, and print the
envelope. Only one at a time; I don't do batch mailing.

rs

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
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I'm beginning to understand now. The text boxes are floating in the
wrong places - but most mysteriously, I cannot see an anchor
anywhere. You could try right-clicking on the edge of each text box
and then use the position settings all set reference to the Page.
However, this is totally the wrong way to set about this.

The Word way is to go to Tools, Envelopes and Labels, select the
Envelope tab, select the correct envelope size and Add to Document.
Note that the envelopes displayed are limited solely to those
supported by your printer driver. If 10 x 4 is not an option, select
the closest envelope larger than the 10 x 4 and Add To Document.
Then go to page setup and adjust the margins to compensate for the
oversize. Once it is correct, you can save it as a template for reuse

However, that said, I hate the wizard and prefer to create my own
templates for the envelopes that I use regularly. My colleague,
Graham Mayor, has an excellent guide in how to change the envelope
layouts and several envelope templates that you can download.

http://www.gmayor.com/changing_envelope_layout.htm

Terry

"tcebob" handle @ gwi.net wrote in message
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OK, I take it you mean the Show/Hide command. Here's another shot.
As I said, the table is
removed. The principal issue is why the dashed lines indicating the
borders don't coincide
with the 4 tick marks.
rs


"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
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It is impossible to see what you have done because you still
haven't
toggled
on the ShowAll command. If you can't see the non-printing
characters,
you
cannot see what you have done. We can't see what you have done
either.

Terry

"tcebob" handle @ gwi.net wrote in message
...

(Forgot to mention: Word 2003)
Apparently the table cell complicates the situation, so I removed
it.
Now
I have two text
boxes and have defined the margins as left 0.1", right 0.9", top
4"
and
bottom 0.5".
however, as you can see on the screen shot, the margin area is
about
half
that expected,
though the tick marks are shown right.
Further, if I drag one of the textboxes to the working area, it
disappears.

I guess I'll have to give up on the textboxes and just type the
text
in
place.

rs

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
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I can't image what you have done, but you mentioned table. Tables
MUST
always be followed by a paragraph mark that stores its formatting
information. Turn on your ShowAll command and you will probably
see
the
trailing paragraph mark on the blank page in its own. Select it
and
apply
Hidden attribute. Then when you toggle off the ShowAll command,
the
extra
page will disappear.

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Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP

"tcebob" handle @ gwi.net wrote in message
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I tried to set up a 10 x 4 envelope at the top of an 8 1/2 x 11
page
(landscape). Brought
in a table of one cell, just for visual alignment, and text
boxes
for
return and send
addresses. Somehow, the program has ascertained that I really
want
2
pages, each 11 x 4
1/4 above and below each other. So print results in a blank
sheet and an ok envelope. But
the blank sheet prints first (my option) and there is no
opportunity to set the envelope
in the printer. How can I place the text and margins where they
belong and wind up with
just one sheet?

What is an anchor symbol?

Thanks,

rs