1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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See the License for the 20*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <topic id="textsharedguidelabels_databasexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Printing Address Labels</title> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <filename>/text/shared/guide/labels_database.xhp</filename> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </topic> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </meta> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <body> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147399"><bookmark_value>address labels from databases</bookmark_value> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>labels; from databases</bookmark_value> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>stickers</bookmark_value> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>databases;creating labels</bookmark_value> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark><comment>mw deleted "creating;"</comment> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147399" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski oldref="34"><variable id="labels_database"><link href="text/shared/guide/labels_database.xhp" name="Printing Address Labels">Printing Address Labels</link> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</variable></paragraph> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153824" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="36">Choose <emph>File - New - Labels</emph> to open the <emph>Labels</emph> dialog.</paragraph> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150084" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="37">On the <emph>Labels</emph> tab page, select the format of the label sheets you want to print on. </paragraph> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0130200903370863" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Choose the database and table from which to get the data.</paragraph> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id013020090337089" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Select a database field of which you want to print the contents. Click the button that shows a left arrow to insert the database field into the Label Text box.</paragraph> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0130200903370930" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Continue to select and insert database fields if you want more fields on every label. You can press Enter to insert a new line, and you can type any character to insert fixed text.</paragraph> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0130200903370924" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Optionally, if you want to type more text, apply formatting, or insert images and line art, you should enable <emph>Synchronize contents</emph> on the <emph>Options</emph> tab. If you enable this, once you leave the Labels dialog box a small window opens with a Synchronize button. Now you only need to work on the first label on the labels document, then click the Synchronize button to copy your work to every label of the document.</paragraph> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10687" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>New Document</emph>.</paragraph> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148685" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="38">When you see the label document, you might want to temporarily enable <item type="menuitem">View - Field Names</item>. This displays the fields in a more visible manner, so that you can arrange and edit label contents more easily.</paragraph> 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148484" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="25">You can save and/or print the label document.</paragraph> 68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id8476821" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">When you choose to print the document, you will be asked if you want to print a form letter. Answer Yes to open the <link href="text/swriter/01/01150000.xhp">Mail Merge</link> dialog. In the Mail Merge dialog, you can select the records for which you want to print labels.</paragraph> 71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <section id="relatedtopics"> 72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/shared/guide/labels.xhp#labels"/> 73*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </section> 74*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </body> 75*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument>