[Frank Martin]

"Frank Martin" wrote in
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"Terry Farrell"
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Word is probably not the best software to
use for this. There are many CD Labelling
utilities available which will be easier
to use.

In Word, you cannot just draw a rectangle
and paste text into it. You can draw a
Text Box and paste in text though. With a
rectangle, you need to right-click on its
edge and select Edit Text.

If you want to follow the curve, then you
need to use shapes or WordArt.

How experienced are you with Word?

Fairly. We use Word2003 for all our label
designs and we find this as good as
Publisher. We reguarly use the tables,
text boxes, pictures etc and we have
hundreds stored on the HDD.

I have tried the "Nero 8" disk labelling
utility but this does not seem to be
designed for filling up a disk surface with
text.

Frank




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Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"Frank Martin" wrote
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I have WindowsXP.

I have an "Epson Photo R285/290"
jet-printer that I want to use for
printing on CDs & DVDs.

It prints OK, but I have a lot of trouble
getting the software to print blocks of
text (via a text box).

Its software does not allow direct
pasting of clipboard text into a
rectangle drawn onto the software design
area.

I need a lot of text on the DVDs for the
movie title and the plot synopsis.

The only way I can think of is to design
the text in Word2003 and then convert
this into a picture that the Epson
software can put easily onto the CD/DVD.

Can this be done?

Also, how do I get Word2003 to wrap text
around a curved surface, which CDs & DVDs
have?

Is there some easy way to do all this?

Please help, Frank.

I found one small program to do the job,
called "AudioLabel" and this will wrap the
text hard up against the curved DVD edge.

Regards, Frank