Re: [libreoffice-users] writer: business cards w/ tables - duplicate cells

On 11/19/2011 10:22 PM, Don Myers wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I think the gentleman who made the initial post is using a table style template
> and not the ones which come with LibreOffice/OpenOffice. Therefore advice using
> the menus in LibreOffice do not help.
>
> I always use the table style templates. I think OpenOffice had them available as
> an extension at one point, and they are available from
> http://www.worldlabel.com/ . I want each card to be the same, so I simply copy
> and past the information to the label next to it. Then I copy both cards on the
> first line to the second through 5th lines. It you want multiple pages, just
> copy the entire first page to the second page.
>
> There is an easy way to prevent the blank pages. I will need access to my work
> computer to be able to find that and post that here. I will not be back to the
> office until Monday, and I will look it up then. I hope I can find it.
>
> Don
>
> On 11/19/2011 08:24 PM, Libre User wrote:
> > Mathew,
> >
> > That blank second page is inserted by LibreWriter for some unknown reason.
> >
> > After you have generated the business card, press Ctrl P to bring up the print
> > menu. Select the LibreOffice Writer tab and unselect "Print automatically
> > inserted blank pages".
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> > At 02:17 PM 11/19/2011, you wrote:
> > > I'm trying to print out some business cards in writer. The document consists
> > > of a 5x2 table taking up the entire page.
> > >
> > > I'd like the first cell to be the master cell and the remaining 9 to just be
> > > duplicates. I've tried to set the other cells as a formula =<A1>, but that
> > > just leaves me with 0.
> > >
> > > Is there some way to do this? If it involves fields, will it include the
> > > formatting?
> > >
> > >
> > > As a secondary issue, the 5 cell rows are 2 inches high. The document is US
> > > Letter (11 inches long). And the top and bottom margins are set to .5 inches
> > > each. Therefore, everything should fit exactly. However, there is a blank
> > > second page which I cannot get rid of. Any suggestions?
> > >
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Thank you to all of the replies. I am indeed not using the label/business card 
templates because I don't like the way they look nor the control I feel I have 
over them. If I could figure out how to create my own template that might work. 
For now it seems the best solution is really to just copy and paste.

I've gotten rid of the extra page by change the font size outside of the table 
to the smallest possible value and then decreasing the bottom margin 
ever-so-slightly.

The reason I'm concerned about some of these particulars is because I'm setting 
this stuff up for an older even-less-informed user than myself and I want him to 
be able to print and make small modifications without too much knowledge.

Thanks!
Matt

T

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