[Dave[_9_]]

I am trying to make an accurate template for word for 2 CD's .
I would like to be able to draw two circles, each exactly 11.7 cm and with
exact spacing between them.
The templates that I have do not have the exact spacing between the circles,
and as they are entered into the Document header as a drawing, well you can
only move the two shapes together and not against one another. Avery J8676
is very near to what I want, but not smack on and I don't know how to alter
it.
All help will be greatly appreciated,
Dave.

[Graham Mayor]

Word is a dreadful program for making CD labels and it may not be a good
idea to stick labels on CDs that are used to store data because the very
high rotation speed of the PC's CD reader will emphasise any out of balance
forces present when inevitably the label isn't accurately placed on the
disc. This is bad enough for audio CDs but for data the rotation speeds are
much higher. The result can be damage to the player.

However, there is no difference between drawings placed in the header or on
the document page. You can move drawings, with their layout properties set
to behind text, independently of one another. Getting the two circles and
your printer to line up with the label sheet will be fun and probably
wasteful (though you should practice on plain paper).

A proper label printing application such as Surething CD Labeller will
produce far better results much more simply. Your CD writing software, such
as Nero may also print labels, or you could use Publisher - almost anything
but Word

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Dave wrote:
I am trying to make an accurate template for word for 2 CD's .
I would like to be able to draw two circles, each exactly 11.7 cm and
with exact spacing between them.
The templates that I have do not have the exact spacing between the
circles, and as they are entered into the Document header as a
drawing, well you can only move the two shapes together and not
against one another. Avery J8676 is very near to what I want, but not
smack on and I don't know how to alter it.
All help will be greatly appreciated,
Dave.

[Dave[_9_]]

Graham,
Thankyou for your reply, especially the note about Word , this is
something I will look at.
Your remark about dynamic balance is much in my thoughts, I have only chosen
to use a paper print label system for some old disc, and in regard to a
stack of new unused CD's which are not printable. All disc I now buy are
printable and the new printer (name not to be trumpeted here) is an absolute
dream to make up labels which print direct to the disc surface. Also I
gamble that the Data disc that I so mark with a paper label, are rarely
used.
Dave.


"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Word is a dreadful program for making CD labels and it may not be a good
idea to stick labels on CDs that are used to store data because the very
high rotation speed of the PC's CD reader will emphasise any out of
balance forces present when inevitably the label isn't accurately placed
on the disc. This is bad enough for audio CDs but for data the rotation
speeds are much higher. The result can be damage to the player.

However, there is no difference between drawings placed in the header or
on the document page. You can move drawings, with their layout properties
set to behind text, independently of one another. Getting the two circles
and your printer to line up with the label sheet will be fun and probably
wasteful (though you should practice on plain paper).

A proper label printing application such as Surething CD Labeller will
produce far better results much more simply. Your CD writing software,
such as Nero may also print labels, or you could use Publisher - almost
anything but Word

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Dave wrote:
I am trying to make an accurate template for word for 2 CD's .
I would like to be able to draw two circles, each exactly 11.7 cm and
with exact spacing between them.
The templates that I have do not have the exact spacing between the
circles, and as they are entered into the Document header as a
drawing, well you can only move the two shapes together and not
against one another. Avery J8676 is very near to what I want, but not
smack on and I don't know how to alter it.
All help will be greatly appreciated,
Dave.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

To return to the original question, however, if the two circles are anchored
to the header and can't be moved relative to each other, then they are
probably grouped. Have you tried ungrouping them?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Dave" wrote in message
...
Graham,
Thankyou for your reply, especially the note about Word , this is
something I will look at.
Your remark about dynamic balance is much in my thoughts, I have only
chosen to use a paper print label system for some old disc, and in regard
to a stack of new unused CD's which are not printable. All disc I now buy
are printable and the new printer (name not to be trumpeted here) is an
absolute dream to make up labels which print direct to the disc surface.
Also I gamble that the Data disc that I so mark with a paper label, are
rarely used.
Dave.


"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Word is a dreadful program for making CD labels and it may not be a good
idea to stick labels on CDs that are used to store data because the very
high rotation speed of the PC's CD reader will emphasise any out of
balance forces present when inevitably the label isn't accurately placed
on the disc. This is bad enough for audio CDs but for data the rotation
speeds are much higher. The result can be damage to the player.

However, there is no difference between drawings placed in the header or
on the document page. You can move drawings, with their layout properties
set to behind text, independently of one another. Getting the two circles
and your printer to line up with the label sheet will be fun and probably
wasteful (though you should practice on plain paper).

A proper label printing application such as Surething CD Labeller will
produce far better results much more simply. Your CD writing software,
such as Nero may also print labels, or you could use Publisher - almost
anything but Word

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Dave wrote:
I am trying to make an accurate template for word for 2 CD's .
I would like to be able to draw two circles, each exactly 11.7 cm and
with exact spacing between them.
The templates that I have do not have the exact spacing between the
circles, and as they are entered into the Document header as a
drawing, well you can only move the two shapes together and not
against one another. Avery J8676 is very near to what I want, but not
smack on and I don't know how to alter it.
All help will be greatly appreciated,
Dave.

[Dave[_9_]]

Suzanne, thankyou for your reply.
I did reply earlier but it has got lost somewhere.
You have hit on the problem I think, but how do I ungroup the two circles in
the file header. I cannot see another file such as a Jpeg etc, else I would
open and mod the file.
Thanks,
Dave


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
To return to the original question, however, if the two circles are
anchored to the header and can't be moved relative to each other, then
they are probably grouped. Have you tried ungrouping them?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Dave" wrote in message
...
Graham,
Thankyou for your reply, especially the note about Word , this is
something I will look at.
Your remark about dynamic balance is much in my thoughts, I have only
chosen to use a paper print label system for some old disc, and in regard
to a stack of new unused CD's which are not printable. All disc I now buy
are printable and the new printer (name not to be trumpeted here) is an
absolute dream to make up labels which print direct to the disc surface.
Also I gamble that the Data disc that I so mark with a paper label, are
rarely used.
Dave.


"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Word is a dreadful program for making CD labels and it may not be a good
idea to stick labels on CDs that are used to store data because the very
high rotation speed of the PC's CD reader will emphasise any out of
balance forces present when inevitably the label isn't accurately placed
on the disc. This is bad enough for audio CDs but for data the rotation
speeds are much higher. The result can be damage to the player.

However, there is no difference between drawings placed in the header or
on the document page. You can move drawings, with their layout
properties set to behind text, independently of one another. Getting the
two circles and your printer to line up with the label sheet will be fun
and probably wasteful (though you should practice on plain paper).

A proper label printing application such as Surething CD Labeller will
produce far better results much more simply. Your CD writing software,
such as Nero may also print labels, or you could use Publisher - almost
anything but Word

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Dave wrote:
I am trying to make an accurate template for word for 2 CD's .
I would like to be able to draw two circles, each exactly 11.7 cm and
with exact spacing between them.
The templates that I have do not have the exact spacing between the
circles, and as they are entered into the Document header as a
drawing, well you can only move the two shapes together and not
against one another. Avery J8676 is very near to what I want, but not
smack on and I don't know how to alter it.
All help will be greatly appreciated,
Dave.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

View | Header and Footer. Select the two circles. If they're grouped, you'll
see a Grouped icon at the bottom right (two overlapping squares with four
sizing handles). If so, you can use Draw | Ungroup on the Drawing toolbar.
The command is probably on the right-click menu as well.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Dave" wrote in message
...
Suzanne, thankyou for your reply.
I did reply earlier but it has got lost somewhere.
You have hit on the problem I think, but how do I ungroup the two circles
in the file header. I cannot see another file such as a Jpeg etc, else I
would open and mod the file.
Thanks,
Dave


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
To return to the original question, however, if the two circles are
anchored to the header and can't be moved relative to each other, then
they are probably grouped. Have you tried ungrouping them?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Dave" wrote in message
...
Graham,
Thankyou for your reply, especially the note about Word , this is
something I will look at.
Your remark about dynamic balance is much in my thoughts, I have only
chosen to use a paper print label system for some old disc, and in
regard to a stack of new unused CD's which are not printable. All disc I
now buy are printable and the new printer (name not to be trumpeted
here) is an absolute dream to make up labels which print direct to the
disc surface. Also I gamble that the Data disc that I so mark with a
paper label, are rarely used.
Dave.


"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Word is a dreadful program for making CD labels and it may not be a
good idea to stick labels on CDs that are used to store data because
the very high rotation speed of the PC's CD reader will emphasise any
out of balance forces present when inevitably the label isn't
accurately placed on the disc. This is bad enough for audio CDs but for
data the rotation speeds are much higher. The result can be damage to
the player.

However, there is no difference between drawings placed in the header
or on the document page. You can move drawings, with their layout
properties set to behind text, independently of one another. Getting
the two circles and your printer to line up with the label sheet will
be fun and probably wasteful (though you should practice on plain
paper).

A proper label printing application such as Surething CD Labeller will
produce far better results much more simply. Your CD writing software,
such as Nero may also print labels, or you could use Publisher - almost
anything but Word

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Dave wrote:
I am trying to make an accurate template for word for 2 CD's .
I would like to be able to draw two circles, each exactly 11.7 cm and
with exact spacing between them.
The templates that I have do not have the exact spacing between the
circles, and as they are entered into the Document header as a
drawing, well you can only move the two shapes together and not
against one another. Avery J8676 is very near to what I want, but not
smack on and I don't know how to alter it.
All help will be greatly appreciated,
Dave.