Mary Frost
Level 1 (94 points)
Mac OS X

Q: mailing labels

In the past I have been able to print Avery mailing labels easily from my database.  Today I can't make the lines move up.  I have created a 4 line label but many of my addresses only need 3 lines.  For some reason I can't get the 3rd line to move up.  A blank line remains.

 

I have done an "Edit layout" and seen that it is set to move obects to the left and up but this doesn't help.

 

Any ideas!

 

Mary Lou

 

I am running Appleworks 6 on an iMac running OjS 10.5.8

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Dec 8, 2012 1:37 PM

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Q: mailing labels

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  • by Barry,

    Barry Barry Dec 8, 2012 10:49 PM in response to Mary Frost
    Level 7 (32,714 points)
    iWork
    Dec 8, 2012 10:49 PM in response to Mary Frost

    Hi Mary Lou,

     

    If I recall correctly, this is sometimes caused by a minor misalignment of the fields for the two address line fields.

     

    Press shift-command-L to enter Layout mode, and align the left edges of lines 2 and 2 of the label layout.

     

    Another factor may be that lower lines will move up only if the unused line is "empty." If line 2 is a Calculation field, the calculation may be inserting one or more non-visible characters, resulting in the field appearing 'empty' while actually containing one or more characters.

     

    Regards,

    Barry

  • by Mary Frost,

    Mary Frost Mary Frost Dec 13, 2012 3:45 PM in response to Barry
    Level 1 (94 points)
    Mac OS X
    Dec 13, 2012 3:45 PM in response to Barry

    Barry, thanks for your suggestions.  My delay in replying comes from an unexpected trip to the hospital to get my gall bladder removed!  I'm home and feeling quite good.

     

    I tried your suggestions but couldn't get rid of the third line from the address labels that only needed 3 lines.

     

    I'll keep fooling around. 

     

    Mary Lou