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Making accurate templates with Words
Hi, I work at a label company and we're trying to make tables in Microsoft words to match our labels. This is an example of what our label may look like: onlinelabels.com/Templates/OL5275Word.html Like onlinelabels, we have labels that come in many different shapes and sizes , but they also have tables in Words that have already been designed to fit every label(in this case, the circles), we're trying to make them as well. We've been trying to achieve what they did but we're hitting way too many bumps for this to go smoothly. We've tried hiring a design team to do this(overseas) but graphic design teams aren't really trained with Words. So now I'm trying to do it myself, at least until I learn enough to teach others. Here is what I've been doing: I design the label layout in Adobe Indesign - to get the exact measurements down, and then save it as a JPEG. I then paste it onto Words, set the jpeg to go behind text, scale the jpeg to fit the page(8.5x11) and then draw tables around the label(s) to match it as much as I can. The problem is that this worked once with a page with one big label, it was simple to just make one giant label and that was that. The problem occurs when I try to design a table for multiple small labels like the one linked above on onlinelabels(multiple circles). I can't draw the tables over the labels in words when I paste it onto the document so then I can't measure how accurate I am when making these tables. Maybe if there was a way I can set the jpeg as a background so it can't interfere with my work and then I can make tables that way, that would definitely be simple on my end. Any other alternatives would definitely be great, like if there was for some way for MS words to detect boxes/shape and add a text field into it. Thanks a lot! -- KevinC2C |
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Insert the jpeg into the header of the document and format it so that it is
behind the text. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "KevinC2C" wrote in message ... Hi, I work at a label company and we're trying to make tables in Microsoft words to match our labels. This is an example of what our label may look like: onlinelabels.com/Templates/OL5275Word.html Like onlinelabels, we have labels that come in many different shapes and sizes , but they also have tables in Words that have already been designed to fit every label(in this case, the circles), we're trying to make them as well. We've been trying to achieve what they did but we're hitting way too many bumps for this to go smoothly. We've tried hiring a design team to do this(overseas) but graphic design teams aren't really trained with Words. So now I'm trying to do it myself, at least until I learn enough to teach others. Here is what I've been doing: I design the label layout in Adobe Indesign - to get the exact measurements down, and then save it as a JPEG. I then paste it onto Words, set the jpeg to go behind text, scale the jpeg to fit the page(8.5x11) and then draw tables around the label(s) to match it as much as I can. The problem is that this worked once with a page with one big label, it was simple to just make one giant label and that was that. The problem occurs when I try to design a table for multiple small labels like the one linked above on onlinelabels(multiple circles). I can't draw the tables over the labels in words when I paste it onto the document so then I can't measure how accurate I am when making these tables. Maybe if there was a way I can set the jpeg as a background so it can't interfere with my work and then I can make tables that way, that would definitely be simple on my end. Any other alternatives would definitely be great, like if there was for some way for MS words to detect boxes/shape and add a text field into it. Thanks a lot! -- KevinC2C |
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You might actually find it easier to use Word's own built-in label editor to
create the tables as you can take a measurement directly from the label stock and apply it to the editor. It is then but a small step to check that layout against your graphic and make any minor adjustment to the result. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org KevinC2C wrote: Hi, I work at a label company and we're trying to make tables in Microsoft words to match our labels. This is an example of what our label may look like: onlinelabels.com/Templates/OL5275Word.html Like onlinelabels, we have labels that come in many different shapes and sizes , but they also have tables in Words that have already been designed to fit every label(in this case, the circles), we're trying to make them as well. We've been trying to achieve what they did but we're hitting way too many bumps for this to go smoothly. We've tried hiring a design team to do this(overseas) but graphic design teams aren't really trained with Words. So now I'm trying to do it myself, at least until I learn enough to teach others. Here is what I've been doing: I design the label layout in Adobe Indesign - to get the exact measurements down, and then save it as a JPEG. I then paste it onto Words, set the jpeg to go behind text, scale the jpeg to fit the page(8.5x11) and then draw tables around the label(s) to match it as much as I can. The problem is that this worked once with a page with one big label, it was simple to just make one giant label and that was that. The problem occurs when I try to design a table for multiple small labels like the one linked above on onlinelabels(multiple circles). I can't draw the tables over the labels in words when I paste it onto the document so then I can't measure how accurate I am when making these tables. Maybe if there was a way I can set the jpeg as a background so it can't interfere with my work and then I can make tables that way, that would definitely be simple on my end. Any other alternatives would definitely be great, like if there was for some way for MS words to detect boxes/shape and add a text field into it. Thanks a lot! |
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In article , KevinC2C.2277b14
@officefrustration.com says... Hi, I work at a label company and we're trying to make tables in Microsoft words to match our labels. This is an example of what our label may look like: onlinelabels.com/Templates/OL5275Word.html Like onlinelabels, we have labels that come in many different shapes and sizes , but they also have tables in Words that have already been designed to fit every label(in this case, the circles), we're trying to make them as well. We've been trying to achieve what they did but we're hitting way too many bumps for this to go smoothly. We've tried hiring a design team to do this(overseas) but graphic design teams aren't really trained with Words. So now I'm trying to do it myself, at least until I learn enough to teach others. Here is what I've been doing: I design the label layout in Adobe Indesign - to get the exact measurements down, and then save it as a JPEG. I then paste it onto Words, set the jpeg to go behind text, scale the jpeg to fit the page(8.5x11) and then draw tables around the label(s) to match it as much as I can. The problem is that this worked once with a page with one big label, it was simple to just make one giant label and that was that. The problem occurs when I try to design a table for multiple small labels like the one linked above on onlinelabels(multiple circles). I can't draw the tables over the labels in words when I paste it onto the document so then I can't measure how accurate I am when making these tables. Maybe if there was a way I can set the jpeg as a background so it can't interfere with my work and then I can make tables that way, that would definitely be simple on my end. Any other alternatives would definitely be great, like if there was for some way for MS words to detect boxes/shape and add a text field into it. Thanks a lot! Word is not designed for precise page layouts. You already have Indesign - use it for the entire process. -- Peter Aitken Author, MS Word for Medical and Technical Writers www.tech-word.com |
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Peter A;2682836 Wrote: Word is not designed for precise page layouts. You already have Indesign - use it for the entire process. Then is there a way I can convert it into a word document so customers can download it and then type whatever they want onto our logos? If more poeple had Indesign, then this wouldn't be a problem but a majority of people have and use Words a lot more. You might actually find it easier to use Word's own built-in label editor to create the tables as you can take a measurement directly from the label stock and apply it to the editor. It is then but a small step to check that layout against your graphic and make any minor adjustment to the result. I just started using it and it's good so far but when it's going to be a problem when I encounter labels with different sized labels on the paper. -- KevinC2C |
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No - In-Design would be fine for producing finished layouts, but has little
relevance to Word label documents. There is no simple way to do this, though using the built-in label tool is probably the best compromise as you can transfer the measurements from a ruler and you can overlay the resulting table on your label stock. The resulting table can be created as a new document which can be saved as a template or offered as a document. If you have different sized labels on the same sheet, then there is no alternative to building a table with the required cell size - and that would be fun to use if the labels were required for mail merge -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org KevinC2C wrote: Peter A;2682836 Wrote: Word is not designed for precise page layouts. You already have Indesign - use it for the entire process. Then is there a way I can convert it into a word document so customers can download it and then type whatever they want onto our logos? If more poeple had Indesign, then this wouldn't be a problem but a majority of people have and use Words a lot more. You might actually find it easier to use Word's own built-in label editor to create the tables as you can take a measurement directly from the label stock and apply it to the editor. It is then but a small step to check that layout against your graphic and make any minor adjustment to the result. I just started using it and it's good so far but when it's going to be a problem when I encounter labels with different sized labels on the paper. |
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