> Hello Peter:
>
> I have the template in both a .doc and .dot format. The labels are oval
> (landscape) and are laid out numbering 5 across and 11 down with about a
> 0.25" horizontal spacing between each row. Each label measures 1.5 wide x
> 0.75 high.
>
> I have tried to use Word to recreate the template layout and to save it as
> a
> custom set up label, but the ability does not seem to exist to account for
> the 0.25" spacing between each row. I end up with 5 across and 11 down,
> but
> with no spacing between the rows.
>
> The site for the label template is www.onlinelabels.com and the particular
> label No. is OL6025GF.
>
> The disconnect with this mail/merge seems to be the fact that the template
> or document layout already exists, but in using the "start from existing
> document" option I am not presented with the option to "update all labels"
> and Word treats it as a letter.
>
> However, if I use any of the label layouts that exist within the "Labels
> Option" category, the mail/merge works just fine. Perhaps there is a way
> to
> add the template or existing document layout into the "labels option"
> category?
>
> Gosh. Trying to describe this situation in a way that would hopefully
> make
> sense has been quite the undertaking. Now I need a nap! :-)
>
> Thanks in advance for any assistance you may provide - RPM
>
>
> "Peter Jamieson" wrote:
>
>> Can you describe in more detail what format the labels are in (e.g. are
>> they
>> in a WOrd document? a .txt file? something else? and how they are laid
>> out?
>> If nothing else, can you provide a simple example of what they /look
>> like/?
>>
>> > I have downloaded the company's Template for Word and
>> > the layout matches the labels I have in hand.
>>
>> What is this template? Is it a WOrd document with a layout? Is it a .doc
>> or
>> a .dot file, or what? Do you feel able to point us to the site where you
>> got
>> it, and do you think we would be able to get it as well without having to
>> sign up for something?
>>
>> > Is it possible to merely use an established Template (as downloaded
>> > from
>> > the
>> > online site) or to use an existing Document layout for label
>> > mail/merges?
>>
>> It depends on what it contains.
>>
>> Peter Jamieson
>>
>> "RPMitchal" <RPMitchal[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E6EF2166-488E-44FD-9D2A-0A22E123CDE7[ at ]microsoft.com...
>> > Word 2003
>> >
>> > I am having the devil of a time with the Mail/Merge for labels.
>> > Although
>> > I
>> > have studied the Article by Graham Mayor as listed below, I remain
>> > unable
>> > to
>> > make heads or tails of my label situation.
>> >
>> > The labels in question are from an online company and do not fit within
>> > any
>> > familiar parameters. I have downloaded the company's Template for Word
>> > and
>> > the layout matches the labels I have in hand.
>> >
>> > Is it possible to merely use an established Template (as downloaded
>> > from
>> > the
>> > online site) or to use an existing Document layout for label
>> > mail/merges?
>> >
>> > When I attempt to use the Template, having chosen my data file, I do
>> > not
>> > get
>> > the automatic "Next Record" fields.
>> >
>> > Thanks much - RPM
>> >
>> >
>> > "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:
>> >
>> >> See the article "Mailmerge Labels with Word XP" on fellow MVP Graham
>> >> Mayor's
>> >> website at
>> >>
>> >>
http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_labels_with_word_xp.htm>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Hope this helps.
>> >>
>> >> Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
>> >> services on a paid consulting basis.
>> >>
>> >> Doug Robbins - Word MVP
>> >>
>> >> "barbtries" <barbtries[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:01CE9141-2B54-4035-8C42-9B3F96A456E7[ at ]microsoft.com...
>> >> > i'm trying to do a mail merge for address labels but when i complete
>> >> > the
>> >> > merge only one label has an address on it
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>