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change the Label Product Number to another one
I have an exsiting Word Document in Lable Format (i.e., a
specific Label Product Number Has been chosen, thus affecting pagelayout). How do I change the Label Product Number to another one? Thanks, Bert |
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There is no easy way to do this. Labels are set up as a table. If the
different label format you want to use has the same number of labels across, you might be able to copy paste the text into the new format, but if there is more than one page of labels, it is likely that the labels are the result of a mail merge and will have section breaks between pages, meaning that each page is a separate table. You could remove all the section breaks (Find ^ b and replace with nothing), then convert the resulting single table to text, then back to a table with the right number of columns, then try to paste into the label format, but this will probably give disappointing results. Your best bet is to create new labels with a mail merge. If the old labels were merged and you can find the data source, you're in business. If not, you can create a data source from the labels. There are various ways to do this, but see http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMe...ToDatafile.htm for one approach. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Bert Mercado" wrote in message ... I have an exsiting Word Document in Lable Format (i.e., a specific Label Product Number Has been chosen, thus affecting pagelayout). How do I change the Label Product Number to another one? Thanks, Bert |
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Bert Mercado wrote:
I have an exsiting Word Document in Lable Format (i.e., a specific Label Product Number Has been chosen, thus affecting pagelayout). How do I change the Label Product Number to another one? Hi Bert, If the numbers of columns and rows per page are the same in both layouts, you might try using the Table Properties dialog to change the cell size and the table's offsets from the paper edges. This will probably become a frustrating exercise. Instead, convert your current batch of labels into a mail merge source document, using the procedure Graham Mayor gives at http://www.gmayor.com/convert_labels...mail_merge.htm. Then run a mail merge to labels, where you can specify the product number for each run. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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