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Dave August 25th 10 09:58 PM

avery labels
 
All I want to do is take an A4 sheet of Avery labels and print addresses
on them, but I have just spent a fruitless half hour trying to find the
software that shows the different label formats along with the ability
to print individual, or all the same addresses on a single sheet.

Can anyone point me in the right direction through the maze of software
please?

Dave

dennis@home August 25th 10 10:02 PM

avery labels
 


"Dave" wrote in message
...
All I want to do is take an A4 sheet of Avery labels and print addresses
on them, but I have just spent a fruitless half hour trying to find the
software that shows the different label formats along with the ability to
print individual, or all the same addresses on a single sheet.

Can anyone point me in the right direction through the maze of software
please?


http://www.avery.co.uk/avery/en_gb/T...tware/Software




The Natural Philosopher[_2_] August 25th 10 10:45 PM

avery labels
 
Dave wrote:
All I want to do is take an A4 sheet of Avery labels and print addresses
on them, but I have just spent a fruitless half hour trying to find the
software that shows the different label formats along with the ability
to print individual, or all the same addresses on a single sheet.

Can anyone point me in the right direction through the maze of software
please?

Dave

nightmare really.

open office will do it.

so will MS word.
Both are a bitch to set up.

I have been known to resort to Corel Draw and set up text boxes for all
the labels...

Periproct August 25th 10 11:25 PM

avery labels
 


"Dave" wrote in message
...
All I want to do is take an A4 sheet of Avery labels and print addresses
on them, but I have just spent a fruitless half hour trying to find the
software that shows the different label formats along with the ability to
print individual, or all the same addresses on a single sheet.

Can anyone point me in the right direction through the maze of software
please?


I use X2net LabelMaker. http://www.x2net.com/labelmaker/

I like it because it is so easy to use. It has a large list of Avery labels
and you can define your own labels. It can import from a database. You can
choose to miss 'x' number of labels on a sheet if you've already used some.
Well worth the $25 although they do have an irritating registration process
which means you have to wait a day before you can use the software (or set
your clock on a day).




Dave Plowman (News) August 25th 10 11:33 PM

avery labels
 
In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Dave wrote:
All I want to do is take an A4 sheet of Avery labels and print
addresses on them, but I have just spent a fruitless half hour trying
to find the software that shows the different label formats along with
the ability to print individual, or all the same addresses on a single
sheet.

Can anyone point me in the right direction through the maze of
software please?

Dave

nightmare really.


open office will do it.


so will MS word. Both are a bitch to set up.


I have been known to resort to Corel Draw and set up text boxes for all
the labels...


I've got an excellent free prog for the RPC here, so there must be similar
for the PC?

--
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Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Dave August 25th 10 11:41 PM

avery labels
 
On 25/08/2010 22:02, dennis@home wrote:


"Dave" wrote in message
...
All I want to do is take an A4 sheet of Avery labels and print
addresses on them, but I have just spent a fruitless half hour trying
to find the software that shows the different label formats along with
the ability to print individual, or all the same addresses on a single
sheet.

Can anyone point me in the right direction through the maze of
software please?


http://www.avery.co.uk/avery/en_gb/T...tware/Software


You have to pay for those :-((

What I remember is a download from avery that allows you to choose the
label size and style and print to it for free.

Dave


Dave August 25th 10 11:43 PM

avery labels
 
On 25/08/2010 22:45, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Dave wrote:
All I want to do is take an A4 sheet of Avery labels and print
addresses on them, but I have just spent a fruitless half hour trying
to find the software that shows the different label formats along with
the ability to print individual, or all the same addresses on a single
sheet.

Can anyone point me in the right direction through the maze of
software please?

Dave

nightmare really.

open office will do it.

so will MS word.
Both are a bitch to set up.

I have been known to resort to Corel Draw and set up text boxes for all
the labels...


Many thanks, but see my reply to Dennis about the costs.

Dave

Dave August 25th 10 11:46 PM

avery labels
 
On 25/08/2010 23:33, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In ,
The Natural wrote:
Dave wrote:
All I want to do is take an A4 sheet of Avery labels and print
addresses on them, but I have just spent a fruitless half hour trying
to find the software that shows the different label formats along with
the ability to print individual, or all the same addresses on a single
sheet.

Can anyone point me in the right direction through the maze of
software please?

Dave

nightmare really.


open office will do it.


so will MS word. Both are a bitch to set up.


I have been known to resort to Corel Draw and set up text boxes for all
the labels...


I've got an excellent free prog for the RPC here, so there must be similar
for the PC?


That is what I remember. I'll have to look at my collection of almost
1000 CD's for a copy.

Until recently Avery had some downloadable software that made label
printing very easy.

Dave

Harry Bloomfield[_3_] August 25th 10 11:47 PM

avery labels
 
Dave has brought this to us :
All I want to do is take an A4 sheet of Avery labels and print addresses on
them, but I have just spent a fruitless half hour trying to find the software
that shows the different label formats along with the ability to print
individual, or all the same addresses on a single sheet.

Can anyone point me in the right direction through the maze of software
please?

Dave


I seem to remember doing exactly that in MS Word '97.

--
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Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk



dennis@home August 25th 10 11:50 PM

avery labels
 


"Dave" wrote in message
...
On 25/08/2010 22:02, dennis@home wrote:


"Dave" wrote in message
...
All I want to do is take an A4 sheet of Avery labels and print
addresses on them, but I have just spent a fruitless half hour trying
to find the software that shows the different label formats along with
the ability to print individual, or all the same addresses on a single
sheet.

Can anyone point me in the right direction through the maze of
software please?


http://www.avery.co.uk/avery/en_gb/T...tware/Software


You have to pay for those :-((


Only the first two.


What I remember is a download from avery that allows you to choose the
label size and style and print to it for free.

Dave


Dave August 25th 10 11:50 PM

avery labels
 
On 25/08/2010 23:25, Periproct wrote:


"Dave" wrote in message
...
All I want to do is take an A4 sheet of Avery labels and print
addresses on them, but I have just spent a fruitless half hour trying
to find the software that shows the different label formats along with
the ability to print individual, or all the same addresses on a single
sheet.

Can anyone point me in the right direction through the maze of
software please?


I use X2net LabelMaker. http://www.x2net.com/labelmaker/

I like it because it is so easy to use. It has a large list of Avery
labels and you can define your own labels. It can import from a
database. You can choose to miss 'x' number of labels on a sheet if
you've already used some. Well worth the $25 although they do have an
irritating registration process which means you have to wait a day
before you can use the software (or set your clock on a day).


Looks promising, I'll download it am.

Thanks

Dave

Periproct August 26th 10 12:15 AM

avery labels
 


"Dave" wrote in message
...
On 25/08/2010 23:25, Periproct wrote:


"Dave" wrote in message
...
All I want to do is take an A4 sheet of Avery labels and print
addresses on them, but I have just spent a fruitless half hour trying
to find the software that shows the different label formats along with
the ability to print individual, or all the same addresses on a single
sheet.

Can anyone point me in the right direction through the maze of
software please?


I use X2net LabelMaker. http://www.x2net.com/labelmaker/

I like it because it is so easy to use. It has a large list of Avery
labels and you can define your own labels. It can import from a
database. You can choose to miss 'x' number of labels on a sheet if
you've already used some. Well worth the $25 although they do have an
irritating registration process which means you have to wait a day
before you can use the software (or set your clock on a day).


Looks promising, I'll download it am.

No problem. It seems to do everything I want very simply. I don't think the
trial is limited in any way apart from the watermark. I have to run it in a
virtual XP machine as it doesn't like my x64 Windows 7.



Cash August 26th 10 12:22 AM

avery labels
 
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Dave has brought this to us :
All I want to do is take an A4 sheet of Avery labels and print
addresses on them, but I have just spent a fruitless half hour
trying to find the software that shows the different label formats
along with the ability to print individual, or all the same
addresses on a single sheet. Can anyone point me in the right direction
through the maze of
software please?

Dave


I seem to remember doing exactly that in MS Word '97.


I'm still using MS Office 97 Pro Harry, and as you say, Word has the Avery
labels in there.

Cash



Dave August 26th 10 12:30 AM

avery labels
 
On 26/08/2010 00:22, Cash wrote:
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Dave has brought this to us :
All I want to do is take an A4 sheet of Avery labels and print
addresses on them, but I have just spent a fruitless half hour
trying to find the software that shows the different label formats
along with the ability to print individual, or all the same
addresses on a single sheet. Can anyone point me in the right direction
through the maze of
software please?

Dave


I seem to remember doing exactly that in MS Word '97.


I'm still using MS Office 97 Pro Harry, and as you say, Word has the Avery
labels in there.


That might be worth a peek.

Dave


S Viemeister[_2_] August 26th 10 12:50 AM

avery labels
 
On 8/25/2010 6:47 PM, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Dave has brought this to us :
All I want to do is take an A4 sheet of Avery labels and print
addresses on them, but I have just spent a fruitless half hour trying
to find the software that shows the different label formats along with
the ability to print individual, or all the same addresses on a single
sheet.

Can anyone point me in the right direction through the maze of
software please?

Dave


I seem to remember doing exactly that in MS Word '97.


Yes. Open a new document, go to Tools, then Envelopes and Labels. Most
of the Avery products are listed there. If not, it's not hard to set up
a new template.

Matty F August 26th 10 06:30 AM

avery labels
 
On Aug 26, 11:30 am, Dave wrote:
On 26/08/2010 00:22, Cash wrote:



Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Dave has brought this to us :
All I want to do is take an A4 sheet of Avery labels and print
addresses on them, but I have just spent a fruitless half hour
trying to find the software that shows the different label formats
along with the ability to print individual, or all the same
addresses on a single sheet. Can anyone point me in the right direction
through the maze of
software please?


Dave


I seem to remember doing exactly that in MS Word '97.


I'm still using MS Office 97 Pro Harry, and as you say, Word has the Avery
labels in there.


That might be worth a peek.


There is also an option to describe the dimensions of whatever labels
that you have and give that a name.


Graeme August 26th 10 07:44 AM

avery labels
 
In message , Dave
writes
All I want to do is take an A4 sheet of Avery labels and print
addresses on them


Complete nightmare. I have a draft which I have been using for at least
ten years, and probably longer. I'll shoot myself, if I ever delete it
in error. It prints perfectly - 14 labels per sheet. Works in Word and
Open Office. I'll happily send you a copy, if that is the format you
require.

--
Graeme

Andrew Mawson August 26th 10 08:08 AM

avery labels
 

"Dave" wrote in message
...
All I want to do is take an A4 sheet of Avery labels and print

addresses
on them, but I have just spent a fruitless half hour trying to find

the
software that shows the different label formats along with the

ability
to print individual, or all the same addresses on a single sheet.

Can anyone point me in the right direction through the maze of

software
please?

Dave


I've alway defined a table of boxes in Word and adjusted the cells to
fit.

AWEM


nightjar August 26th 10 08:48 AM

avery labels
 
Andrew Mawson wrote:
"Dave" wrote in message
...
All I want to do is take an A4 sheet of Avery labels and print

addresses
on them, but I have just spent a fruitless half hour trying to find

the
software that shows the different label formats along with the

ability
to print individual, or all the same addresses on a single sheet.

Can anyone point me in the right direction through the maze of

software
please?

Dave


I've alway defined a table of boxes in Word and adjusted the cells to
fit.


That is what I do too.

Colin Bignell

dennis@home August 26th 10 09:11 AM

avery labels
 


"Andrew Mawson" wrote in message
...

"Dave" wrote in message
...
All I want to do is take an A4 sheet of Avery labels and print

addresses
on them, but I have just spent a fruitless half hour trying to find

the
software that shows the different label formats along with the

ability
to print individual, or all the same addresses on a single sheet.

Can anyone point me in the right direction through the maze of

software
please?

Dave


I've alway defined a table of boxes in Word and adjusted the cells to
fit.


What dave wants is this
http://www.avery.co.uk/avery/en_gb/T...002118140aRCRD

It was on the page I posted and is free.

You can put text, pictures, barcodes, dates, counts, etc. on without any
problems.

AWEM


PeterC August 26th 10 09:18 AM

avery labels
 
On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:30:36 +0100, Dave wrote:

On 26/08/2010 00:22, Cash wrote:
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Dave has brought this to us :
All I want to do is take an A4 sheet of Avery labels and print
addresses on them, but I have just spent a fruitless half hour
trying to find the software that shows the different label formats
along with the ability to print individual, or all the same
addresses on a single sheet. Can anyone point me in the right direction
through the maze of
software please?

Dave

I seem to remember doing exactly that in MS Word '97.


I'm still using MS Office 97 Pro Harry, and as you say, Word has the Avery
labels in there.


That might be worth a peek.

Dave


OO Writer has Labels but the predefined labels are not too obvious and some
of the formats of sheets are a bit confusing, e.g. "A4/Asia".
--
Peter.
The gods will stay away
whilst religions hold sway

harry August 26th 10 09:40 AM

avery labels
 
On 25 Aug, 21:58, Dave wrote:
All I want to do is take an A4 sheet of Avery labels and print addresses
on them, but I have just spent a fruitless half hour trying to find the
software that shows the different label formats along with the ability
to print individual, or all the same addresses on a single sheet.

Can anyone point me in the right direction through the maze of software
please?

Dave


Avery labels on Word 2002 on the top bar Tools Letters and
mailings envelopes and labelsselect options (Avery labels)

The Other Mike[_3_] August 26th 10 11:32 AM

avery labels
 
On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:18:57 +0100, PeterC
wrote:

OO Writer has Labels but the predefined labels are not too obvious and some
of the formats of sheets are a bit confusing, e.g. "A4/Asia".


Then don't select Avery A4/Asia then! 'Avery A4' looks to be the
logical choice for those not in Asia, but (IMHO) like all things
remotely like MS Office it is still a pile of pants compared to Word
Perfect 6.1 from 1994 that still handles the vast majority of Avery
labels available today in a totally effortless manner.

Am I the only person on the planet still using the likes of
Wordperfect 6.1 and Lotus 123 v 5 alongside modern 'equivalents'


--

AnthonyL August 26th 10 12:26 PM

avery labels
 
On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:40:34 -0700 (PDT), in uk.d-i-y you wrote:

On 25 Aug, 21:58, Dave wrote:
All I want to do is take an A4 sheet of Avery labels and print addresses
on them, but I have just spent a fruitless half hour trying to find the
software that shows the different label formats along with the ability
to print individual, or all the same addresses on a single sheet.

Can anyone point me in the right direction through the maze of software
please?

Dave


Avery labels on Word 2002 on the top bar Tools Letters and
mailings envelopes and labelsselect options (Avery labels)


Agreed - for as long as I remember, both for individual labels and
bulk mailing.

Tip: For individual labels start from the last label and work
backwards otherwise the paper loses its stiffness and might have
problems feeding.


--
AnthonyL

harry August 26th 10 02:29 PM

avery labels
 
On 26 Aug, 11:32, The Other Mike
wrote:
On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:18:57 +0100, PeterC

wrote:
OO Writer has Labels but the predefined labels are not too obvious and some
of the formats of sheets are a bit confusing, e.g. "A4/Asia".


Then don't select Avery A4/Asia then! * 'Avery A4' looks to be the
logical choice for those not in Asia, *but (IMHO) like all things
remotely like MS Office it is still a pile of pants compared to Word
Perfect 6.1 from 1994 that still handles the vast majority of Avery
labels available today in a totally effortless manner.

Am I the only person on the planet still using the likes of
Wordperfect 6.1 and Lotus 123 v 5 alongside modern 'equivalents'

--


I used to use wordperfect. The word does more things though. Pretty
cumbersome. If you don't use it regularly, you forget how to do things.

Andy Burns[_7_] August 26th 10 02:35 PM

avery labels
 
The Other Mike wrote:

Am I the only person on the planet still using the likes of
Wordperfect 6.1 and Lotus 123 v 5 alongside modern 'equivalents'


I used to like WordPerfect back in the days of DOS and VMS versions, I
did once buy a Windows version, but this was jsut when M$ started to
sweep the board with Office, eventually I gave up on Corel and for a few
dark years I used Office97 and finally switched to OpenOffice ...


Dave August 26th 10 07:09 PM

avery labels
 
On 26/08/2010 00:50, S Viemeister wrote:
On 8/25/2010 6:47 PM, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Dave has brought this to us :
All I want to do is take an A4 sheet of Avery labels and print
addresses on them, but I have just spent a fruitless half hour trying
to find the software that shows the different label formats along with
the ability to print individual, or all the same addresses on a single
sheet.

Can anyone point me in the right direction through the maze of
software please?

Dave


I seem to remember doing exactly that in MS Word '97.


Yes. Open a new document, go to Tools, then Envelopes and Labels. Most
of the Avery products are listed there. If not, it's not hard to set up
a new template.


Just found out I haven't got word back on my computer yet, as I did a
format and re-install about 6 weeks ago. I'll put it back on over the
weekend.


Thanks for the above

Dave

Dave August 26th 10 07:17 PM

avery labels
 
On 26/08/2010 07:44, Graeme wrote:
In message , Dave
writes
All I want to do is take an A4 sheet of Avery labels and print
addresses on them


Complete nightmare. I have a draft which I have been using for at least
ten years, and probably longer. I'll shoot myself, if I ever delete it
in error. It prints perfectly - 14 labels per sheet. Works in Word and
Open Office. I'll happily send you a copy, if that is the format you
require.


Thanks for the offer. I don't want to put you to any bother for the
moment, so I'll put it on hold for now

Many thanks

Dave


Dave August 26th 10 07:25 PM

avery labels
 
On 26/08/2010 09:11, dennis@home wrote:


"Andrew Mawson" wrote in message
...

"Dave" wrote in message
...
All I want to do is take an A4 sheet of Avery labels and print

addresses
on them, but I have just spent a fruitless half hour trying to find

the
software that shows the different label formats along with the

ability
to print individual, or all the same addresses on a single sheet.

Can anyone point me in the right direction through the maze of

software
please?

Dave


I've alway defined a table of boxes in Word and adjusted the cells to
fit.


What dave wants is this
http://www.avery.co.uk/avery/en_gb/T...002118140aRCRD


It was on the page I posted and is free.

You can put text, pictures, barcodes, dates, counts, etc. on without any
problems.


Just the job Dennis, nice and basic.

thanks a lot

Dave


John MacLeod August 28th 10 12:55 AM

avery labels
 
On Aug 26, 2:35*pm, Andy Burns wrote:
The Other Mike wrote:
Am I the only person on the planet still using the likes of
Wordperfect 6.1 and Lotus 123 v 5 alongside modern 'equivalents'


I used to like WordPerfect back in the days of DOS and VMS versions, I
did once buy a Windows version, but this was jsut when M$ started to
sweep the board with Office, eventually I gave up on Corel and for a few
dark years I used Office97 and finally switched to OpenOffice ...


Well, maybe I'm one of the few to have an up-to-date version of
WordPerfect (I've used it since WP5.1 for DOS) AND an up-to-date
version of MS Word (used it since it appeared) and a current version
of Open Office on my hard disk. So being familiar with all of them and
with long experience of all of them, which do I use from choice?
WordPerfect, every time I have the choice. And labels are very much
simpler, as far as I'm concerned, with WordPerfect.

The Natural Philosopher[_2_] August 28th 10 01:03 AM

avery labels
 
John MacLeod wrote:
On Aug 26, 2:35 pm, Andy Burns wrote:
The Other Mike wrote:
Am I the only person on the planet still using the likes of
Wordperfect 6.1 and Lotus 123 v 5 alongside modern 'equivalents'

I used to like WordPerfect back in the days of DOS and VMS versions, I
did once buy a Windows version, but this was jsut when M$ started to
sweep the board with Office, eventually I gave up on Corel and for a few
dark years I used Office97 and finally switched to OpenOffice ...


Well, maybe I'm one of the few to have an up-to-date version of
WordPerfect (I've used it since WP5.1 for DOS) AND an up-to-date
version of MS Word (used it since it appeared) and a current version
of Open Office on my hard disk. So being familiar with all of them and
with long experience of all of them, which do I use from choice?
WordPerfect, every time I have the choice. And labels are very much
simpler, as far as I'm concerned, with WordPerfect.


Its still available for Linux too, buried somewhere..

geoff August 30th 10 03:30 PM

avery labels
 
In message , PeterC
writes
On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:30:36 +0100, Dave wrote:

On 26/08/2010 00:22, Cash wrote:
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Dave has brought this to us :
All I want to do is take an A4 sheet of Avery labels and print
addresses on them, but I have just spent a fruitless half hour
trying to find the software that shows the different label formats
along with the ability to print individual, or all the same
addresses on a single sheet. Can anyone point me in the right direction
through the maze of
software please?

Dave

I seem to remember doing exactly that in MS Word '97.

I'm still using MS Office 97 Pro Harry, and as you say, Word has the Avery
labels in there.


That might be worth a peek.

Dave


OO Writer has Labels but the predefined labels are not too obvious and some
of the formats of sheets are a bit confusing, e.g. "A4/Asia".


There are, actually, two different sizes for A4 in SE Asia for some
unknown reason


--
geoff

PeterC August 30th 10 05:45 PM

avery labels
 
On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:30:39 +0100, geoff wrote:

OO Writer has Labels but the predefined labels are not too obvious and some
of the formats of sheets are a bit confusing, e.g. "A4/Asia".


There are, actually, two different sizes for A4 in SE Asia for some
unknown reason


Cheers. I didn't look at it much as I have little call for labels these days
and those that I need are in Word. There is an Avery A4 option and that
seems OK.
--
Peter.
The gods will stay away
whilst religions hold sway


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