Custom Label (pitch problem)

[Guest]

In Word 2000, when I created custom labels, and entered a label width of 20mm and a horizontal pitch of 22.5mm, when Word created the page of labels there would be a 'spacer' column containing the extra 2.5mm, so that everything would line up correctly when I printed. Now that I have migrated to 2002, and reentered the details for my custom label exactly the same way, this column is not created, but instead the cells are 22.5mm wide. It appears to be ignoring my specification of label width. When I center the text everything is off line by 2.5mm. If I fill the box, when I go to print I find that the right-hand part of my text has run off the label. Is anyone aware of how to correct this problem?

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Hi Louise,

Select the sheet of labels and use Format>Paragraph to set the right indent
to the desired value.

Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP

In Word 2000, when I created custom labels, and entered a label width of

20mm and a horizontal pitch of 22.5mm, when Word created the page of labels
there would be a 'spacer' column containing the extra 2.5mm, so that
everything would line up correctly when I printed. Now that I have migrated
to 2002, and reentered the details for my custom label exactly the same way,
this column is not created, but instead the cells are 22.5mm wide. It
appears to be ignoring my specification of label width. When I center the
text everything is off line by 2.5mm. If I fill the box, when I go to print
I find that the right-hand part of my text has run off the label. Is anyone
aware of how to correct this problem?