I am attempting to print my Xmas address list onto Avery L7163 labels. I am
using Word in Office 2003 and XP as my operating system.

I have used Tools€¦ Letters...Envelopes and Labels€¦ etc to get a blank
template, typed in my addresses within the borders and printed, onto Avery
branded labels, only to find that the bottom 4 rows of addresses do not print
inside the label boundaries, but overspill onto the adjacent labels. I then
have to go into those addresses, move them down the page, print on ordinary
paper, check the alignment with the labels by hand and finally print onto
labels. But surely the whole idea is that I do not have to juggle the
spacing, that is what the template should do?

I have checked that I have my printer set to A4 and Word page set up to A4,
as suggested as a fix elsewhere on this forum but this does not help, and
would appreciate any tips to resolve the problem. I have asked around
colleagues at the office and they all seem to have the same problem. Is
there a patch/update I am missing?

--
IJ

Ensure there is no zoom set in the print dialog.
Try printing on plain paper - does that work. If so, your printer has poor
label handling
Do you have a header/footer set in normal.dot? Temporarily rename normal.dot
and see if there is an improvement.
If not, you will have to adjust the label template until it does fit.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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



Ian wrote:
I am attempting to print my Xmas address list onto Avery L7163
labels. I am using Word in Office 2003 and XP as my operating system.

I have used Tools. Letters...Envelopes and Labels. etc to get a blank
template, typed in my addresses within the borders and printed, onto
Avery branded labels, only to find that the bottom 4 rows of
addresses do not print inside the label boundaries, but overspill
onto the adjacent labels. I then have to go into those addresses,
move them down the page, print on ordinary paper, check the alignment
with the labels by hand and finally print onto labels. But surely
the whole idea is that I do not have to juggle the spacing, that is
what the template should do?

I have checked that I have my printer set to A4 and Word page set up
to A4, as suggested as a fix elsewhere on this forum but this does
not help, and would appreciate any tips to resolve the problem. I
have asked around colleagues at the office and they all seem to have
the same problem. Is there a patch/update I am missing?

Thanks for this, my labels now work OK, but not quite sure why!

Should the zoom be set to A4, or simply no scaling?

I'm not familiar with normal.dot - what is it please? I have searched for
that file but cannot find it.
--
IJ


"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Ensure there is no zoom set in the print dialog.
Try printing on plain paper - does that work. If so, your printer has poor
label handling
Do you have a header/footer set in normal.dot? Temporarily rename normal.dot
and see if there is an improvement.
If not, you will have to adjust the label template until it does fit.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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



Ian wrote:
I am attempting to print my Xmas address list onto Avery L7163
labels. I am using Word in Office 2003 and XP as my operating system.

I have used Tools. Letters...Envelopes and Labels. etc to get a blank
template, typed in my addresses within the borders and printed, onto
Avery branded labels, only to find that the bottom 4 rows of
addresses do not print inside the label boundaries, but overspill
onto the adjacent labels. I then have to go into those addresses,
move them down the page, print on ordinary paper, check the alignment
with the labels by hand and finally print onto labels. But surely
the whole idea is that I do not have to juggle the spacing, that is
what the template should do?

I have checked that I have my printer set to A4 and Word page set up
to A4, as suggested as a fix elsewhere on this forum but this does
not help, and would appreciate any tips to resolve the problem. I
have asked around colleagues at the office and they all seem to have
the same problem. Is there a patch/update I am missing?

Normal.dot is the default template for Word.
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...ocNotBlank.htm explains how to
locate it.

Scale to paper size should be set to 'No Scaling'.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Ian wrote:
Thanks for this, my labels now work OK, but not quite sure why!

Should the zoom be set to A4, or simply no scaling?

I'm not familiar with normal.dot - what is it please? I have
searched for that file but cannot find it.

Ensure there is no zoom set in the print dialog.
Try printing on plain paper - does that work. If so, your printer
has poor label handling
Do you have a header/footer set in normal.dot? Temporarily rename
normal.dot and see if there is an improvement.
If not, you will have to adjust the label template until it does fit.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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



Ian wrote:
I am attempting to print my Xmas address list onto Avery L7163
labels. I am using Word in Office 2003 and XP as my operating
system.

I have used Tools. Letters...Envelopes and Labels. etc to get a
blank template, typed in my addresses within the borders and
printed, onto Avery branded labels, only to find that the bottom 4
rows of addresses do not print inside the label boundaries, but
overspill onto the adjacent labels. I then have to go into those
addresses, move them down the page, print on ordinary paper, check
the alignment with the labels by hand and finally print onto
labels. But surely the whole idea is that I do not have to juggle
the spacing, that is what the template should do?

I have checked that I have my printer set to A4 and Word page set up
to A4, as suggested as a fix elsewhere on this forum but this does
not help, and would appreciate any tips to resolve the problem. I
have asked around colleagues at the office and they all seem to have
the same problem. Is there a patch/update I am missing?