[Adam]

Are there templates built in?

[Jay Freedman]

On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:44:34 -0700, Adam
wrote:

Are there templates built in?

No, there aren't. If you can match the size and location of the labels
to ones from Avery (such as 8691 and 8692), Compulabel, or any of the
other brands listed in the Options dialog of the Label wizard, use
that. Otherwise, click the New Label button at the bottom of that
Options dialog and enter the measurements to create a custom label
definition.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

[Graham Mayor]

Word is a thoroughly useless application for creating CD labels. It will
take forever to get the page to line up with the labels and even then the
finished reults will be poor. Better to use Publisher, and much better to
use Surething CD Labeller which does the job properly - however bear in mind
that aside from audio CDs designed to play in a stand-alone player, using
adhesive paper labels on CDs is a very bad idea. They can set up sufficient
out of balance forces to destroy the player. Note that players will rotate
at up to 52x normal CD speed. If you have a few moments, calculate the
rotation speed that this produces. I think you may be shocked!

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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



Jay Freedman wrote:
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:44:34 -0700, Adam
wrote:

Are there templates built in?

No, there aren't. If you can match the size and location of the labels
to ones from Avery (such as 8691 and 8692), Compulabel, or any of the
other brands listed in the Options dialog of the Label wizard, use
that. Otherwise, click the New Label button at the bottom of that
Options dialog and enter the measurements to create a custom label
definition.

[Terry Farrell]

You may also find that your CD burning application already has a label
utility (assuming that you are not burning direct from Vista).

--
Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP

"Adam" wrote in message
...
Are there templates built in?

[Jay Freedman]

Also, the adhesive can cause the data storage life of writable CDs to be
shortened considerably, presumably by degrading the dyes that hold the
information as dark and light spots
(http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq07.html#S7-7-2).

If all of this makes you leery of labels (and it should!), either use a pen
meant for marking on plastic, such as a Sharpie, or look into LightScribe
technology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LightScribe).

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Graham Mayor wrote:
Word is a thoroughly useless application for creating CD labels. It
will take forever to get the page to line up with the labels and even
then the finished reults will be poor. Better to use Publisher, and
much better to use Surething CD Labeller which does the job properly
- however bear in mind that aside from audio CDs designed to play in
a stand-alone player, using adhesive paper labels on CDs is a very
bad idea. They can set up sufficient out of balance forces to destroy
the player. Note that players will rotate at up to 52x normal CD
speed. If you have a few moments, calculate the rotation speed that
this produces. I think you may be shocked!

Jay Freedman wrote:
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:44:34 -0700, Adam
wrote:

Are there templates built in?

No, there aren't. If you can match the size and location of the
labels to ones from Avery (such as 8691 and 8692), Compulabel, or
any of the other brands listed in the Options dialog of the Label
wizard, use that. Otherwise, click the New Label button at the
bottom of that Options dialog and enter the measurements to create a
custom label definition.

[Terry Farrell]

Jay

For archiving, it is recommended that the CD or DVD is left unlabelled with
only the case being marked. If an archive disk must be labeled, then using a
proper CD Marker to ONLY write on the tiny transparent area around the
centre hole (where there is no media at the back).

Terry

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
Also, the adhesive can cause the data storage life of writable CDs to be
shortened considerably, presumably by degrading the dyes that hold the
information as dark and light spots
(http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq07.html#S7-7-2).

If all of this makes you leery of labels (and it should!), either use a
pen meant for marking on plastic, such as a Sharpie, or look into
LightScribe technology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LightScribe).

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so all may benefit.

Graham Mayor wrote:
Word is a thoroughly useless application for creating CD labels. It
will take forever to get the page to line up with the labels and even
then the finished reults will be poor. Better to use Publisher, and
much better to use Surething CD Labeller which does the job properly
- however bear in mind that aside from audio CDs designed to play in
a stand-alone player, using adhesive paper labels on CDs is a very
bad idea. They can set up sufficient out of balance forces to destroy
the player. Note that players will rotate at up to 52x normal CD
speed. If you have a few moments, calculate the rotation speed that
this produces. I think you may be shocked!

Jay Freedman wrote:
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:44:34 -0700, Adam
wrote:

Are there templates built in?

No, there aren't. If you can match the size and location of the
labels to ones from Avery (such as 8691 and 8692), Compulabel, or
any of the other brands listed in the Options dialog of the Label
wizard, use that. Otherwise, click the New Label button at the
bottom of that Options dialog and enter the measurements to create a
custom label definition.

[Jay Freedman]

Thanks, Terry. I wasn't aware that even a Sharpie could cause a problem
(fortunately it hasn't done in any disks I've tried after a couple of years
of storage).

Terry Farrell wrote:
Jay

For archiving, it is recommended that the CD or DVD is left
unlabelled with only the case being marked. If an archive disk must
be labeled, then using a proper CD Marker to ONLY write on the tiny
transparent area around the centre hole (where there is no media at
the back).
Terry

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
Also, the adhesive can cause the data storage life of writable CDs
to be shortened considerably, presumably by degrading the dyes that
hold the information as dark and light spots
(http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq07.html#S7-7-2).

If all of this makes you leery of labels (and it should!), either
use a pen meant for marking on plastic, such as a Sharpie, or look
into LightScribe technology
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LightScribe). --
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

Graham Mayor wrote:
Word is a thoroughly useless application for creating CD labels. It
will take forever to get the page to line up with the labels and
even then the finished reults will be poor. Better to use
Publisher, and much better to use Surething CD Labeller which does
the job properly - however bear in mind that aside from audio CDs
designed to play in a stand-alone player, using adhesive paper
labels on CDs is a very bad idea. They can set up sufficient out of
balance forces to destroy the player. Note that players will rotate
at up to 52x normal CD speed. If you have a few moments, calculate
the rotation speed that this produces. I think you may be shocked!

Jay Freedman wrote:
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:44:34 -0700, Adam
wrote:

Are there templates built in?

No, there aren't. If you can match the size and location of the
labels to ones from Avery (such as 8691 and 8692), Compulabel, or
any of the other brands listed in the Options dialog of the Label
wizard, use that. Otherwise, click the New Label button at the
bottom of that Options dialog and enter the measurements to create
a custom label definition.

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

All of my research and experience indicates there should be no problem using
the Sharpie anywhere on the top.

Tom
"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
| Thanks, Terry. I wasn't aware that even a Sharpie could cause a problem
| (fortunately it hasn't done in any disks I've tried after a couple of
years
| of storage).
|
| Terry Farrell wrote:
| Jay
|
| For archiving, it is recommended that the CD or DVD is left
| unlabelled with only the case being marked. If an archive disk must
| be labeled, then using a proper CD Marker to ONLY write on the tiny
| transparent area around the centre hole (where there is no media at
| the back).
| Terry
|
| "Jay Freedman" wrote in message
| ...
| Also, the adhesive can cause the data storage life of writable CDs
| to be shortened considerably, presumably by degrading the dyes that
| hold the information as dark and light spots
| (http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq07.html#S7-7-2).
|
| If all of this makes you leery of labels (and it should!), either
| use a pen meant for marking on plastic, such as a Sharpie, or look
| into LightScribe technology
| (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LightScribe). --
| Regards,
| Jay Freedman
| Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
| Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
| newsgroup so all may benefit.
|
| Graham Mayor wrote:
| Word is a thoroughly useless application for creating CD labels. It
| will take forever to get the page to line up with the labels and
| even then the finished reults will be poor. Better to use
| Publisher, and much better to use Surething CD Labeller which does
| the job properly - however bear in mind that aside from audio CDs
| designed to play in a stand-alone player, using adhesive paper
| labels on CDs is a very bad idea. They can set up sufficient out of
| balance forces to destroy the player. Note that players will rotate
| at up to 52x normal CD speed. If you have a few moments, calculate
| the rotation speed that this produces. I think you may be shocked!
|
| Jay Freedman wrote:
| On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:44:34 -0700, Adam
| wrote:
|
| Are there templates built in?
|
| No, there aren't. If you can match the size and location of the
| labels to ones from Avery (such as 8691 and 8692), Compulabel, or
| any of the other brands listed in the Options dialog of the Label
| wizard, use that. Otherwise, click the New Label button at the
| bottom of that Options dialog and enter the measurements to create
| a custom label definition.
|
|

[Bernard W Joseph]

Terry Farrell wrote:
You may also find that your CD burning application already has a label
utility (assuming that you are not burning direct from Vista).

This is an excellent way, but you must use Lightscribe (TM) disks. I use
it with a simple, free scriber that I found on the Lightscribe Web site.
I am entirely satisfied.

Bernard

[Graham Mayor]

Unless of course you are heavy handed, as the data is stored very close to
the 'label' side of the disc and is easily damaged.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Tom [Pepper] Willett wrote:
All of my research and experience indicates there should be no
problem using the Sharpie anywhere on the top.

Tom
"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Terry. I wasn't aware that even a Sharpie could cause a
problem (fortunately it hasn't done in any disks I've tried after a
couple of years of storage).

Terry Farrell wrote:
Jay

For archiving, it is recommended that the CD or DVD is left
unlabelled with only the case being marked. If an archive disk must
be labeled, then using a proper CD Marker to ONLY write on the tiny
transparent area around the centre hole (where there is no media at
the back).
Terry

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
Also, the adhesive can cause the data storage life of writable CDs
to be shortened considerably, presumably by degrading the dyes that
hold the information as dark and light spots
(http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq07.html#S7-7-2).

If all of this makes you leery of labels (and it should!), either
use a pen meant for marking on plastic, such as a Sharpie, or look
into LightScribe technology
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LightScribe). --
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

Graham Mayor wrote:
Word is a thoroughly useless application for creating CD labels.
It will take forever to get the page to line up with the labels
and even then the finished reults will be poor. Better to use
Publisher, and much better to use Surething CD Labeller which does
the job properly - however bear in mind that aside from audio CDs
designed to play in a stand-alone player, using adhesive paper
labels on CDs is a very bad idea. They can set up sufficient out
of balance forces to destroy the player. Note that players will
rotate at up to 52x normal CD speed. If you have a few moments,
calculate the rotation speed that this produces. I think you may
be shocked!

Jay Freedman wrote:
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:44:34 -0700, Adam
wrote:

Are there templates built in?

No, there aren't. If you can match the size and location of the
labels to ones from Avery (such as 8691 and 8692), Compulabel, or
any of the other brands listed in the Options dialog of the Label
wizard, use that. Otherwise, click the New Label button at the
bottom of that Options dialog and enter the measurements to
create a custom label definition.

[Terry Farrell]

Jay

This came from a test run by The National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) in 2004. Thirteen percent of CDRs stored in normal office
conditions will fail within 50 years.

They recommend that CDRs are stored upright in a jewel case or sleeve and
kept away from bright lights (especially sunlight). Labels should be
attached to jewel cases or sleeves only as the solvents in the paper, the
adhesive or the ink can degrade the disks. Only felt-tip water-based markers
should be used to write and only on the clear inner part at the centre.
Permanent markers such as Sharpies should be avoided.

So if you want your CDRs to live a long life, throw away those Sharpies.

Terry

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Terry. I wasn't aware that even a Sharpie could cause a problem
(fortunately it hasn't done in any disks I've tried after a couple of
years of storage).

Terry Farrell wrote:
Jay

For archiving, it is recommended that the CD or DVD is left
unlabelled with only the case being marked. If an archive disk must
be labeled, then using a proper CD Marker to ONLY write on the tiny
transparent area around the centre hole (where there is no media at
the back).
Terry

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
Also, the adhesive can cause the data storage life of writable CDs
to be shortened considerably, presumably by degrading the dyes that
hold the information as dark and light spots
(http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq07.html#S7-7-2).

If all of this makes you leery of labels (and it should!), either
use a pen meant for marking on plastic, such as a Sharpie, or look
into LightScribe technology
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LightScribe). --
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

Graham Mayor wrote:
Word is a thoroughly useless application for creating CD labels. It
will take forever to get the page to line up with the labels and
even then the finished reults will be poor. Better to use
Publisher, and much better to use Surething CD Labeller which does
the job properly - however bear in mind that aside from audio CDs
designed to play in a stand-alone player, using adhesive paper
labels on CDs is a very bad idea. They can set up sufficient out of
balance forces to destroy the player. Note that players will rotate
at up to 52x normal CD speed. If you have a few moments, calculate
the rotation speed that this produces. I think you may be shocked!

Jay Freedman wrote:
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:44:34 -0700, Adam
wrote:

Are there templates built in?

No, there aren't. If you can match the size and location of the
labels to ones from Avery (such as 8691 and 8692), Compulabel, or
any of the other brands listed in the Options dialog of the Label
wizard, use that. Otherwise, click the New Label button at the
bottom of that Options dialog and enter the measurements to create
a custom label definition.