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- MultiLabels
- by Jay Wilbur
- 8Learn what it takes to print labels in sheets of two or !
- three across using Appleworks.
- =So you have an Appleworks database full of names, addresses, ?
- =phone numbers, and other meaningful information and you want 9
- 7to produce labels in sheets of two or three (2x or 3x) =
- ;across. Sounds easy enough, but in reality the EASIEST way >
- <to do this is to purchase DB Master (Version 5 or Pro) from =
- ;Stone Edge Technologies, Inc. or TimeOut ReportWriter from <
- :Beagle Brothers. Before we start encouraging you to spend :
- 8more money, let's see how difficult this is to do with
- AppleWorks.
- AND AWAY WE GO
- :In order to produce multiple labels across a single sheet /
- using AppleWorks you must follow these steps:
- ;1. Load your existing database, press Open Apple(OA)-P and 9
- 7create a New _Tables" format report that contains just :
- 8the information you would like on the label. Delete all 6
- 4the other fields that are of no use to you for this :
- 8application and be sure to delete all extra lines below
- the last field used.
- ;In essence, you'll be making the number of fields equal to ?
- =the number of lines to be printed. If you want the labels to =
- ;be sorted in any particular way, now is the time to do it. ;
- 9You will not be able to sort the file that will actually
- print the labels.
- :2. Print this report to an ASCII file on disk. Be sure to 5
- 3remember the file's name and where you place it -- +
- you're going to need it in the next step.
- ;3. Press OA-Q, then ESC: this is the quick way to the main :
- 8menu from any place within Appleworks, except for a few 6
- 4TimeOut Applications. Now start a new database file 8
- 6from an ASCII TEXT file. When asked for the number of 7
- 5categories, enter the number of fields in the report :
- 8saved in Step 2, times the number of labels across. For 9
- 7example, if in Step 2 you saved an ASCII file with six :
- 8fields and you want 3x labels, you need to enter 18 for 7
- 5the number of categories. For 2x labels, you need to
- enter 12 categories.
- : Appleworks will request the filename of the file you 4
- 2wish to use to make the database. As you may have 9
- 7guessed, you enter the name of the file you created in #
- Step 2 (full path and filename).
- :4. After the ASCII file loads, you will be presented with 7
- 5the standard un-zoomed database view with each field :
- 8labeled CATEGORY 1, CATEGORY 2,...,CATEGORY N. In order 9
- 7to make things easier press OA-N and rename the fields %
- to something a bit more meaningful.
- : Although it isn't necessary, renaming them will help 7
- 5make sense when you go to the record layout section. 8
- 6For this example, let's rename the fields to F.NAME1, 3
- 1L.NAME1, ADDRESS1, CITY1, STATE1, ZIP1, F.NAME2,
- L.NAME.2, and so on.
- ;5. Press OA-P and select Create a New _Labels" Format. Use 4
- 2the standard OA-arrow, OA-J commands to align and :
- 8justify the fields into a two or three label format. Be :
- 8sure to leave enough blank lines below the last printed 6
- 4line so that Appleworks indicates _Each Record will 8
- 6Print 6 Lines". Press OA-O, then _PH" to suppress the 6
- 4printing of page headers. If your printer is loaded :
- 8with label sheets press OA-P to start printing. If not '
- start loading -- we are almost there!
- 9 Use this first printout to make sure the fields are 4
- 2lined up with the labels. If not, go back to your /
- -report format and make the necessary spacing
- corrections.
- =6. Press OA-P, sit back, and watch Appleworks print out your !
- labels just as you wanted them.
- EXAMPLES THAT WORK
- :Please have a look at MULTI.LABL (the original database), >
- <MULTI.LABL.TEMP (the ASCII text file), MULTI.LABL.PRT, (the >
- <database that prints the 2x labels) and MULTI.LABL.AW (this 5
- file in AW format) in this subdirectory (/SDA93/A).
- =Experiment with these files -- the easiest way to learn this :
- 8type of operation is to do it a few times. This file is :
- 8provided for reference from within AppleWorks while you &
- construct your MultiLabels database.
- ALTERNATIVES TO THE MADNESS
- 8As mentioned above, two of the best alternatives are DB :
- 8Master (Version 5 - $179.00 or Pro $295.00) and TimeOut 6
- 4ReportWriter ($79.95). TO ReportWriter works within 8
- 6Appleworks and can give you the tools of a relational ?
- =database with just a few keypresses. DB Master, on the other ;
- 9hand, is a full featured relational database application ?
- =whose only rivals are in the IBM and Mac world. In fact most <
- :of its rivals, on any computer, fall short of DB Master's
- capabilities.
- :While DB Master is an Apple II Database user's dream come ;
- 9true, ReportWriter could be just the tool the frustrated :
- 8AppleWorks user is looking for. If you feel the pain of ?
- =Appleworks' limits more than once a day, do yourself a favor %
- and look into these fine products.
- ;Give the good folks at Stone Edge Tech. (DB Master) a call =
- ;at 215-641-1825 or contact the Brothers at Beagle (TimeOut >
- <ReportWriter) at 619-452-5500 for more information. Be sure !
- to tell them Softdisk sent you.
- End of MultiLabels text
- MultiLabels by Jay Wilbur
- Copyright (c) 1989 Softdisk
- All Rights Reserved
- Published on Softdisk #93
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