Re: 3-across labels

[j0p7771@TAMUTS.TAMU.EDU (Jason Perez)]

In article <1993Nov10.025312.13817@coplex.coplex.com>,
Dan Crutcher <dcrutch@coplex.coplex.com> wrote:
>j0p7771@TAMUTS.TAMU.EDU (Jason Perez) writes:
>
>>Huh?  am i missing something here?  i frequently print out mailing
>>labels on my dj500 from awgs's database module.  the labels are 3
>>across and 10 down - 30 labels/page.  i set up the definition template
>>as records 3 across, with all the fields in each record.  i've never
>>used mail merge, so i don't know how it'd work with my database file.
>
-Tell us more. I have looked hard for a way to set up 3-across records in 
-AWGS, but cannot find any way to do it.
-
-To make it simple, suppose I've got three fields: NAME, ADDRESS, 
-CITYSTZIP. I have defined them as text fields and arranged them one atop 
-the other in Definition mode. How do I get them in the second and third 
-columns? Is there a way to copy them there? Or is there some menu item 
-that lets me choose 3-column layout? 
-
-Are you sure you're talking about AW _GS_, not the 8-bit AppleWorks?

  ok, here's what i'm doing, and it is with AWGS v1.1.  looking at my file
again i'm not really printing out 3 records across the page, but one record
across that contains 3 sub-records (my notation).  i started with one
record that had Name,Address,City-State-Zip,Misc1,Misc2, for a total of five
fields stacked vertically, on the left part of the definition template. then
i copied/pasted all five records into the middle of the template, then again
into the right side of the template, for a total of 15 fields in this "record".
  i then sized the record vertically so 10 of these would fit onto one
page (would have been easier if Indpendence had a 1" label page size for the
dj500).  now i could go into the List window and enter in my address, then
copy it into all the other fields.  i suppose you could make each sub-record
contain different fields than the others, but i've never tried it, or 
mail-merging for that matter.

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