[UB OTS]

How can you do a mail merge for lables to a 2 column page where you sort your
data by zip code and have the order go from top to bottom in columns instead
of from left to right in rows? Some users here want to pull sorted labels
off by column instead of by row.

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Use Access to produce the labels, or run the following macro on a Word data
source:

' Macro to assign numbers to data source so that it can be sorted to cause
labels to print down columns
Dim Message, Title, Default, labelrows, labelcolumns, i As Integer, j As
Integer, k As Integer
Message = "Enter the number of labels in a row" ' Set prompt.
Title = "Labels per Row" ' Set title.
Default = "3" ' Set default.
' Display message, title, and default value.
labelcolumns = InputBox(Message, Title, Default)
Message = "Enter the number of labels in a column" ' Set prompt.
Title = "Labels per column" ' Set title.
Default = "5" ' Set default.
labelrows = InputBox(Message, Title, Default)
ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Columns.Add
BeforeColumn:=ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Columns(1)
ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Rows(1).Range.Cut
k = 1
For i = 1 To ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Rows.Count - labelcolumns
For j = 1 To labelrows
ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Cell(i, 1).Range.InsertBefore k + (j - 1) *
labelcolumns
i = i + 1
Next j
k = k + 1
i = i - 1
If k Mod labelcolumns = 1 Then k = k - labelcolumns + labelcolumns *
labelrows
Next i
ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Sort FieldNumber:="Column 1"
ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Rows(1).Select
Selection.Paste
ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Columns(1).Delete

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Hope this helps.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"UB OTS" wrote in message
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How can you do a mail merge for lables to a 2 column page where you sort
your
data by zip code and have the order go from top to bottom in columns
instead
of from left to right in rows? Some users here want to pull sorted labels
off by column instead of by row.