[libreoffice-users] Re: Labels custom format

On 21/09/2012 16:30, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote:
> On 21/09/12 13:04, Werner F. Bruhin wrote:
> > On 20/09/2012 20:48, Werner F. Bruhin wrote:
> > > I am hitting my head against this for the last day or so.
> > >
> > > I define a custom label 2 columns 6 rows, the labels are 10.5cm x 4.8cm
> > > with a top edge of 0.45cm.
> > >
> > > I then create a document and insert a horizontal line and sync the
> > > labels and print it.
> > >
> > > In my view the horizontal line should be printed every 4.8cm (6 times),
> > > however they print a little off, difficult to measure but I would say
> > > they are about 4.75cm apart.
> > >
> > > Obviously my real label will have more then a horizontal line, at the
> > > top it has an image, with a return address text to the right and then
> > > further down a mail merge will print the address.
> > >
> > > The labels do not fit on the paper correctly, the first 3 rows are fine,
> > > but then it goes off too much to be usable.
> > >
> > > I was on 3.5.x, when googling about this I noticed some posts about
> > > alignment issues with avery labels which are fixed in 3.0.x, so I
> > > upgraded to 3.6.1 but I still see the same issue.
> > >
> > > Is this a know issue?
> > >
> > > Werner
> > >
> > > P.S.
> > > Is there a way of changing the label definition on an existing document,
> > > or do I really have to start all over again each time I want to
> > > adjust/fine tune my label layout?
> > O.K.
> > I take it that no answer here on the list means that either no one uses
> > mail merge with labels or just printing to labels using a custom format.
> >
> > I will open an issue on the bug tracker later today.  In the mean time I
> > installed WordPerfect 11 (2003) and defined my custom label and it
> > prints without issues, i.e. correctly aligned.
> >
> > I am not complaining, as besides the label handling I have mostly
> > converted over to OO and LibreOffice for some time now.  But I have to
> > say the label definition and handling in general is I am sorry to say
> > ugly/archaic.  I strongly suggest to look at this maybe for 3.7 and if
> > so take a very very close look at the old WP interface which is hundred
> > times more intuitive then the current LO one when it comes to label
> > definition/changing and general label/merge handling.
> >
> > Werner
> Hello Werner,
>
> you might also want to look at creating your label template(s) with a
> table, rather than the curious frame based system used currently by
> LibreOffice. It's what I do and it is very successful. I find that I
> have more accurate control over the layout with this method.
Hi Peter,

Thanks, someone else suggested that off list to me too.  I have done it 
with WP, so don't want to waste more time on this and will patiently 
wait for a nicer solution in a future LO version.

Werner


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