Re: printing labels (usually from templates)

[J R FOX jr_fox@xxxxxxxx]

Got it, and thanks again. 
This does import directly into NB, as is.  Xy-4 just shows a row of formatting deltas.  No divider grid lines or other guidance apparently -- with either.  I'll have to play around with this. 

Nothing is going to be as simple or straightforward as was doing this in Open Office, it seems.

I found a bunch of other various templates that I had apparently either made or adopted back in the Xy-3 days, replete with PT table deltas etc.  And I have essentially zero recall of any of it, nor of any customized templates I found in some of my Xy-4 directories.  But I must have used this stuff at one time.  Pretty bad, huh ?  After some range of years, it gets to be like you're deciphering hieroglyphics, with very minimal background for doing so.  This happens with other stuff too.

 :-(


   Jordan


 
 
 
  
 From: William TeBrake 
 To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
 Sent: Wednesday, March 8, 2017 9:16 AM
 Subject: Re: printing labels (usually from templates)
  
 


  You can download them here:
  http://www.penticoff.com/nb/utilities/templates.htm

 

  Good Luck,

 

  Bill

 

  
On 3/8/2017 12:05 PM, J R FOX wrote:

  
  

   
Thanks
    Bill.  I'm going to have to say that either the existence of
    these were completely unknown to me, or else if I ever knew of
    them I had forgotten.  I can search through wherever I may have
    stored such items, but where might they still be available, just
    in case ?  This sounds like something that ought to be made
    available on Brian's XyWrite.Com site.  I would certainly give
    them a try.

    

    

     


     
     
   Jordan

     
     


     
    

    
    

     

      

       

        
         
 From:
         William TeBrake mailto:tebrake@xxxxxxxx

         To:
         xywrite@xxxxxxxx

         Sent:
         Wednesday, March 8, 2017 5:40 AM

         Subject:
         Re: printing labels (usually from templates)

         
       


        

         

          
Can
           you not make the adjustments needed within the old
           XyW templates of 20 years ago?  I haven't used
           them recently, but they still worked well within
           NotaBene a few years back.  A number of them were
           for Avery labels, as I recall.
          
Best,
          
Bill TeBrake, History Emeritus, UMaine

          
         

          

           
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            3/7/2017 5:14 PM, J R FOX wrote:

           
           

            

             
For
              example, on Avery 5260 sheets. 

             
             


             
             
Hi
              Carl,
             


             
             
I
              don't suppose this is something covered in
              the U2 library ? 

             
             
In
              the past, I've mostly used Open Office for
              this particular task, because it already has
              and recognizes templates for at least a few
              of the popular Avery sheets.  That would be
              contrasted with single #10 envelopes, for
              which I've used NB, with my own
              individual-use address templates -- when
              printing directly to the envelope.  But I've
              just run into some problems. 

             
             


             
             
The
              post office changed a standard address
              format on me, both in its 3-line and 4-line
              incarnations.  When I went to modify the
              existing Avery labels in OO, I discovered
              that there did not seem to be anything like
              the AL (adjust line leading) that I used to
              employ in Xy; there was only the choice
              between single, 1.5, and double spacing. 
              All I could do was change the font and/or
              the font size.  It's a mess, comes out
              looking bad.  Lots of trial and error would
              be required, to come up with a suitable
              replacement.
             


             
             
I'm
              amazed to find that NB apparently does not
              come equipped with some Avery label
              templates ?  If so, that would seem to be a
              major oversight.  Searching their Help for
              various related keywords did not bring up
              anything useful.  I tried to import the
              Avery one from OO into NB, but the format is
              not recognized.  I'm not sure how Xy could
              fare any better in that department, with or
              without U2.  Unless you had run up against
              this issue some time ago and  hardcoded
              something for this that did not require
              recognizing a strange format ?
             


             
             


             
             
  
              Jordan