Seting up labels

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Jim

Hi everyone:

I am using Word 2000, and would appreciate any help you can give.

My labels are Avery #5267. When I go to Tools>Envelopes and labels>Labels I
can find Avery #5267 under Options. I then tell it to create a new document
with a full page of the same label. So far so good. The new document appears
and the labels are correctly shown, with the grayed out border lines.

The problem is when I go to enter my data. If I enter my data in label A1,
when I finish I hit Tab to jump to the next label. However, the curser
doesn't jump to the next label, but stops in the dead (non-printable) space
between the labels.

What am I doing wrong? Surely I don't have to hit Tab twice every time I
want to jump to the next label.

Thanks. You guys are always very helpful.
 
J

Jay Freedman

Hi everyone:

I am using Word 2000, and would appreciate any help you can give.

My labels are Avery #5267. When I go to Tools>Envelopes and labels>Labels I
can find Avery #5267 under Options. I then tell it to create a new document
with a full page of the same label. So far so good. The new document appears
and the labels are correctly shown, with the grayed out border lines.

The problem is when I go to enter my data. If I enter my data in label A1,
when I finish I hit Tab to jump to the next label. However, the curser
doesn't jump to the next label, but stops in the dead (non-printable) space
between the labels.

What am I doing wrong? Surely I don't have to hit Tab twice every time I
want to jump to the next label.

Thanks. You guys are always very helpful.
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Sorry, but yes, you *do* have to hit Tab twice.

The document you get from the label dialog is just an ordinary
document containing an ordinary table. The table is formatted so the
cells match the size and position of the labels on the paper. Because
the labels don't touch at the sides but have a space between them, the
table has a column of narrow cells between the columns of labels.

Because this is still an ordinary table, tabbing moves the cursor
*one* cell at a time. It has no way to know that the narrow column
represents non-printable space -- it's just another cell. Either tab
through it or use the mouse.
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

And note that not all label definitions are set up this way. Some have this
column of "gutter" cells; others use paragraph indents to create the space
between labels, cards, etc.
 
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