[libreoffice-users] Re: Labels custom format

On 20/09/2012 20:48, Werner F. Bruhin wrote:
> I am hitting my head against this for the last day or so.
>
> I define a custom label 2 columns 6 rows, the labels are 10.5cm x 4.8cm
> with a top edge of 0.45cm.
>
> I then create a document and insert a horizontal line and sync the
> labels and print it.
>
> In my view the horizontal line should be printed every 4.8cm (6 times),
> however they print a little off, difficult to measure but I would say
> they are about 4.75cm apart.
>
> Obviously my real label will have more then a horizontal line, at the
> top it has an image, with a return address text to the right and then
> further down a mail merge will print the address.
>
> The labels do not fit on the paper correctly, the first 3 rows are fine,
> but then it goes off too much to be usable.
>
> I was on 3.5.x, when googling about this I noticed some posts about
> alignment issues with avery labels which are fixed in 3.0.x, so I
> upgraded to 3.6.1 but I still see the same issue.
>
> Is this a know issue?
>
> Werner
>
> P.S.
> Is there a way of changing the label definition on an existing document,
> or do I really have to start all over again each time I want to
> adjust/fine tune my label layout?
O.K.
I take it that no answer here on the list means that either no one uses 
mail merge with labels or just printing to labels using a custom format.

I will open an issue on the bug tracker later today.  In the mean time I 
installed WordPerfect 11 (2003) and defined my custom label and it 
prints without issues, i.e. correctly aligned.

I am not complaining, as besides the label handling I have mostly 
converted over to OO and LibreOffice for some time now.  But I have to 
say the label definition and handling in general is I am sorry to say 
ugly/archaic.  I strongly suggest to look at this maybe for 3.7 and if 
so take a very very close look at the old WP interface which is hundred 
times more intuitive then the current LO one when it comes to label 
definition/changing and general label/merge handling.

Werner


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