Re: Custom Label Software
On 19 Nov 2009, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:54:44AM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
>
> ..............snip.............
>
> >
> > I was thinking OO.o could do the job, using New->Label gives a rather
> > unhelpful dialog. It doesn't seem to want to let me input a custom paper
> > size, although it will let me put in a custom label size. There is a "Avery
> > Letter" size, but I don't think it takes into account the margins required for
> > my printer. Also, when I accept the values in the dialog and the document is
> > generated, it has me putting in text in portrait orientation, which is
> > incorrect.
>
> It seems to me that I have seen Avery sheets with small rectangular tabs
> that can be used for what you want. What dimensions do you need?
>
> You would have better luck posting to the OOo users list.
>
I did this years ago in Latex for these labels, the kind you stick on
the back of envelopes to show your address. I did it by trial and error,
so long ago that I've forgotten the details. It only needed doing once.
Anthony
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