what happened to long list of avery label templates in word 2007?

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Previous versions of Microsoft Word had almost every template needed for
common Avery labels...I'm searching for basic 8662 and can not find it...help!
 
Mailings tab, Labels, click on the Label icon. Set Label vendors: to Avery
US Letter.

You'll find it close to the end. Note that things are sorted in alphabetical
order, not numerical order. Hence, you'll go through everything starting
with 1 before getting to the 2s, etc. So, 8662 comes long *after* 11101. To
get there quickly, drag the scrollbox to the bottom (8987), then go up a
couple of screens to find 8662.
 
I found this new order quite disconcerting at first, and it's even more
inconvenient that there's no identification in the list of what each label
is. If you have the labels in front of you, I guess you know that, but if
you're looking for a stock number that matches a particular type of label
(as I often search for the Post Card and Note Card labels when assisting
users), it's less helpful. Yes, the dialog lists "Type" for each selected
label, and the space allowed by the dialog permits a fuller explanation, but
you have to actually select a specific label in order to see the
description. I think this is at least a half-step backward.

OTOH, I'm curious about the built-in Microsoft labels. Looks like I won't
have to search for postcards in Word 2007 since MS has provided portrait and
landscape 1/4 page labels as part of its offerings. And Business Card
(including many non-U.S. sizes) is another one of the MS offerings. Now
*that* is a good idea!

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

Welcome to the 'flexibility' of XML in Word 2007 :) (i.e. you can change the label lists if you wanted to <g>

I started looking at some of the other companies and noted that those, such as C-Line Products showed both a number and a name
description in the Label Options 'Product Number' field, so I searched a bit :)

All of the out-of-the-box label definitions are stored in .XML files in the
\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office 12\PageSize folder.

It looks like each of the label providers created their own XML documents to list their labels, probably using something as simple
as an Infopath or Word form to create an XML file of label definitions.

Avery U.S. has a MS Partner ID of 81, so their definitions are in
PGMN081.xml PGLbl081.xml
Avery A4/A5 has a MS Partner ID of 48, their definitions are in
PGMN048.xml (papers) PGLBL048.xml (label sheets)
C-Line is Partner ID 97,
PGMN097.xml PGLbl081.xml

The Partner ID/Category Index and layout groupings by label type are in
PG_Index.xml

When you create a custom label it's placed in the User's appdata folder in a file named pg_custom.xml

Each label name that appears in the list is stored in a field of
<locName locale="all">Number & Name of Label</locName>
(locale can vary)

It appears that some vendors chose to list just label numbers, some names, and some a combination. Whether they didn't understand,
or thought there would be two fields, etc, is strictly guesswork :) but it's possible to modify a label set.

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Mailings tab, Labels, click on the Label icon. Set Label vendors: to Avery
US Letter.

You'll find it close to the end. Note that things are sorted in alphabetical
order, not numerical order. Hence, you'll go through everything starting
with 1 before getting to the 2s, etc. So, 8662 comes long *after* 11101. To
get there quickly, drag the scrollbox to the bottom (8987), then go up a
couple of screens to find 8662.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP <<
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Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
 
Interesting, Bob. This seems to me primarily a reply to my reply to Herb's
post, so I am interested in what you report.
 
I've given up trying to edit XML files. Every time I try, I break something.
:-(

Perhaps I need an editor that's smarter than Notepad or Edlin. ;-)
 
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