[4.0.1.2/Win/Writer] Printing labels with odd sheets?

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#1

Hello

I bought the following sheets of labels that have some pitches/margins:

http://bagofiles.free.fr/libreoffice.labels/microapp.labels.sheet.jpg

I tried Writers' File > New > Labels, and used user-specific settings, but
the preview doesn't look like what I expected:

http://bagofiles.free.fr/libreoffice.labels/libreoffice.labels.params.jpg
http://bagofiles.free.fr/libreoffice.labels/libreoffice.labels.output.jpg

Before I ditch the pack and find some labels that have no pitch/margins, has
someone successfully printed labels with LO that look like that?

Thank you.

#2

Hi :slight_smile:
Is it easier just to use a table?  Each label corresponding to 1 cell.  Perhaps rows and columns between printable labels in order to create a margin?

The labels editor looks like it has a steep learning curve but might be more effective and elegant in the longer term but you might get quicker results with just a table even if those results are just not so great.

Btw i tend to do a test print onto the back of a sheet of labels before daring to print on the front surface.  Something always goes a bit wrong and needs tidying. 
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#3

Tom wrote

Is it easier just to use a table?  Each label corresponding to 1 cell. 
Perhaps rows and columns between printable labels in order to create a
margin?

Thanks for the idea, but is there a way to tell LO to print a table that
will cover the whole page, each cell having a specific width and height?

Otherwise, it's going to take forever to get it right.

#4

Hi Gilles,

Hello

I bought the following sheets of labels that have some pitches/margins:

http://bagofiles.free.fr/libreoffice.labels/microapp.labels.sheet.jpg

I tried Writers' File > New > Labels, and used user-specific settings, but
the preview doesn't look like what I expected:

http://bagofiles.free.fr/libreoffice.labels/libreoffice.labels.params.jpg
http://bagofiles.free.fr/libreoffice.labels/libreoffice.labels.output.jpg

Before I ditch the pack and find some labels that have no pitch/margins, has
someone successfully printed labels with LO that look like that?

May be this FAQ will be helpfull
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/FR/FAQ/Writer#.C3.89tiquettes_.2F_Publipostage

Kind regards
Sophie

#5

sophi wrote

May be this FAQ will be helpful

Thanks but I did read the FAQ before posting here.

The issue is that I don't know how to tell LO that the sheet has outer
borders, but no borders between labels themselves (3 columns, 7 rows).

I tried setting "Horizontal Pitch" and "Vertical Pitch" to 0 and
Width/Height to the label's size, but LO won't let me (sets HZ/VT Pitch to
0,10cm).

Before I spend more time on this, does someone know if LO is able to handle
sheets that look like the one I bought, namely those that have outer borders
but none between the labels proper?

#6

What I mean, is that LO can't seem to support labels that have no margins
between them:

http://bagofiles.free.fr/libreoffice.labels/libreoffice.labels.pitches.jpg

#7

Yes, you can print on labels with no margins between them. I would suggest
you use a PAGE STYLE to set the top, bottom, left and right printable areas.
Make them a little larger than the actual margin to give room for error.
Then the table will be the same size as the labels.
If you add a narrow column over the 'join' between the labels you can use it
to place the text in the second and third labels across the page.

#8

Thanks. Is there a way to tell LO that the table should fill the whole page?

http://bagofiles.free.fr/libreoffice.labels/libreoffice.labels.table.fit.page.jpg

#9

When you insert a table you can define the number of rows and columns and the
column (label) widths . Then select all the table and adjust the row height
to that of the labels.
There isn't a table fill command in the table definition that I know about.
Good luck...

#10

Rather than test print on the back of the labels, which could mess up the printer (that's why most printers don't want you to print on partially populated label sheets - the hot fuser could melt the backing coating and gum up the works), I print on a paper page, align it on the back of the label sheet and look at it with the sun (don't look directly at the sun!) or a bright light behind it. I can see if the text is lined up inside the label boundaries by doing that.
Girvin Herr

Tom Davies wrote:

#11

Thanks all for the input. I'll give it a try, and if it doesn't work, I'll
just look for label sheets that have no margins at all.

#12

Hi.
I have just laid out a custom label like yours and it seems to preview correct.
I assumed an A4 sheet and centalised label positions.

Steve

#13

steveedmonds wrote

I have just laid out a custom label like yours and it seems to preview
correct. I assumed an A4 sheet and centalised label positions.

Thanks, looks good. Apparently, it's not a table: How did you create a new
style with the required columns + rows?

#14

Hi.
I opened a document then went New>Labels.
Clicked on format and entered fairly much what you had but assumed that the page was A4 so put in the dimensions 29.7 and 21 down the bottom. Left margin 1.5, top margin 2.6.
Saved it as Avery A4/Asia [user1] and away I went.
Steve

#15

Thanks Steve.

#16

One more question: I couldn't find how to tell LO to use a smaller font size
than the default 12:

http://bagofiles.free.fr/libreoffice.labels/libreoffice.labels.font.size.png

There's no option in the Labels dialog, "Select All" doesn't work, and
neither does selecting a column or row.

Is there no way to tell LO to use a given font size when creating labels?

Thank you.

#17

I did not catch the original post, but are the labels going to be the same for each?

If so there is an Synchronize labels option in the New Label setup.

Then you edit the first label and press the Sync. button and they all change to the new look.

If each contains different addresses or other info, that will not be an option.

#18

Thanks for the tip.

Indeed, the Labels dialog has a "Synchronize contents" option in its Options
tab, which displays a "Synchonize Labels" window after creating the sheet.
Selecting the first cell, changing its font size, and hitting the button
does apply the change to the rest of the labels.

Thank you.

#19

I do not use mail merge option, so having a sheet of the same labels, business cards, etc., is the only thing I do for these types of things.

Yes, it would be nice to be able to do full editing on the dialog box, but I do not remember ever seeing that in any of the systems I used in the past.