Change the indentation in the address window/Letters and mailings

[Guest]

I use a custom atalog Label set-up for my mailing labels. The default spacing
sets the margin too far to the left column. How can I change the default
setting?

 

[Doug Robbins]

Label are just tables, so change the left margin in the cells by selecting
Properties from the Tables menu.

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[Guest]

Doug, Thanks for the tip. However, I went to Word / Table /and the dropdown
for properties is grayed out. So I tried something else: Tools/Letters and
Mailings/Envelopes and labels and got to the address window. I right-clicked
in the window and went to Paragraph / Indent (left). I was able to chenage
the setting to what I wanted (from 0" to 1") but it won't stay permanently
changed. Any thoughts from here on how to get it to save the new settings?

 

[Doug Robbins]

You must not have had the selection inside the table. If it is inside the
table, the Properties item will be enabled.

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Hope this helps.

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[Guest]

Thanks very much. I'll give it another shot.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you're trying to do this through the Labels dialog, you'll have better
luck using paragraph formatting. Select the paragraph(s), right-click,
choose Paragraph, and apply a left indent. If you're creating a mail merge
main document, you can do this in the document itself before merging the
labels.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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