Addresses on Envelopes

R

Roger Bell

Is there a way you can print mailing addresses directly onto envelopes?
Also, if the envelopes are fed length ways will the system allow for this?
Thanks for any help
Roger
 
F

fredg

Is there a way you can print mailing addresses directly onto envelopes?
Also, if the envelopes are fed length ways will the system allow for this?
Thanks for any help
Roger
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Printing on an envelope is just another report.

First you must determine if your report is going to print in Portrait
or Landscape mode.
If the envelope feeds into the printer narrow side first, it will be
in Landscape.
If flap side first, portrait.

The below instructions are for Landscape.

Make a new report.
Place the Address labels at the left margin.
Size the width of the report just a bit wider than the labels.

Click File + PageSetUp + Page
Set the Paper Size property to the size of the envelope.
Since the envelope feeds in narrow side first, set the Page
Orientation to Landscape.
Then click on the Margins tab.
Set the Left and Top margins to print the address at the proper place
on the envelope.
To print on a #10 business envelope, for example, I set the Top margin
to 2.75" and the Left margin to 3" in Landscape.

Print a sample.
Readjust margin settings as needed

For Portrait mode, follow the above instructions, but, of course,
change the Page SetUp mode to Portrait, and adjust the margin settings
accordingly.
 
D

DB Diva

Hi Roger,

I used to print addresses directly to envelopes right from my form. After I
entered the client's name and mailing information I had a control "Print
Envelope".

However, it took a few minutes (hours) to figure this out. Pretty simple
really. I added extra text boxes to my form. I set the properties of these
text boxes to print only. These boxes got their information after I entered
it on the form (really just dumby boxes.

You have to get the spacing just right in Design View which can get a little
messy if it is overlapping another control but...then just create a control
button at the end to print this record. Make sure you set the properties of
your other controls/fields to be display only.

Hope this helps.
 
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