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-<topic id="textsharedguidelabels_databasexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
-<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Printing Address Labels</title>
-<filename>/text/shared/guide/labels_database.xhp</filename>
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+ <topic id="textsharedguidelabels_databasexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
+ <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Printing Address Labels</title>
+ <filename>/text/shared/guide/labels_database.xhp</filename>
+ </topic>
+ </meta>
+ <body>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147399"><bookmark_value>address labels from databases</bookmark_value>
-<bookmark_value>labels; from databases</bookmark_value>
-<bookmark_value>stickers</bookmark_value>
-<bookmark_value>databases;creating labels</bookmark_value>
-</bookmark><comment>mw deleted "creating;"</comment><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147399" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="34"><variable id="labels_database"><link href="text/shared/guide/labels_database.xhp" name="Printing Address Labels">Printing Address Labels</link>
+ <bookmark_value>labels; from databases</bookmark_value>
+ <bookmark_value>stickers</bookmark_value>
+ <bookmark_value>databases;creating labels</bookmark_value>
+</bookmark><comment>mw deleted "creating;"</comment>
+<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147399" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U"
+ oldref="34"><variable id="labels_database"><link href="text/shared/guide/labels_database.xhp" name="Printing Address Labels">Printing Address Labels</link>
</variable></paragraph>
-<list type="ordered">
-<listitem>
-<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153824" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36">Choose <emph>File - New - Labels</emph> to open the <emph>Labels</emph> dialog.</paragraph>
-</listitem>
-<listitem>
-<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150084" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="37">Select the format of the label sheets you want to print on. Remember to mark <emph>Synchronize contents</emph> on the <emph>Options</emph> tab. </paragraph>
-</listitem>
-<listitem>
-<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10687" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>New Document</emph>.</paragraph>
-</listitem>
-<listitem>
-<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148685" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="38">When you see the label document, open the data source view by choosing <emph>View - Data Sources</emph>.</paragraph>
-</listitem>
-<listitem>
-<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159413" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="58">In the data source view, select your address data source table.</paragraph>
-</listitem>
-<listitem>
-<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153524" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="39">Drag the data fields needed for the Address individually into the top left label. For example, click on the column header NAME and, keeping the mouse button depressed, drag it into the label. This inserts a field. Put the fields in order to complete the address in the first label at top left.</paragraph>
-</listitem>
-<listitem>
-<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151382" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40">Place the cursor at the last text position (after the last field) in the first label.</paragraph>
-</listitem>
-<listitem>
-<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150447" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="41">Choose <emph>Insert - Fields - Other</emph>, and go to the <emph>Database</emph> tab.</paragraph>
-</listitem>
-<listitem>
-<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152596" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42">Select the type <emph>Next record</emph>, click on <emph>Insert</emph> and then on <emph>Close</emph>.</paragraph>
-</listitem>
-<listitem>
-<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3083443" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="43">You can now synchronize the labels. Click on the <emph>Synchronize</emph>
-<emph>Labels</emph> button in the small window.</paragraph>
-</listitem>
-<listitem>
-<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154791" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="44">In the data source view, select the records for which you would like address stickers, by clicking on the row headers to the left. Use the <item type="keycode">Shift</item> or <item type="keycode">Ctrl</item> key in the usual way to select several records at the same time.</paragraph>
-</listitem>
-<listitem>
-<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146972" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="45">On the Table Data bar, click the <emph>Data to Fields</emph> icon.</paragraph>
-</listitem>
-<listitem>
-<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148484" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="25">You can then save and/or print the label document.</paragraph>
-</listitem>
-</list>
-<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id8476821" xml-lang="en-US" 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.</paragraph>
-<section id="relatedtopics">
-<embed href="text/shared/guide/labels.xhp#labels"/>
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-</body>
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+ <list type="ordered">
+ <listitem>
+ <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>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <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>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0130200903370863" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Choose the database and table from which to get the data.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <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>
+ <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>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <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>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10687" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>New Document</emph>.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <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>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148484" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="25">You can save and/or print the label document.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ </list>
+ <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>
+ <section id="relatedtopics">
+ <embed href="text/shared/guide/labels.xhp#labels"/>
+ </section>
+ </body>
+</helpdocument> \ No newline at end of file