Address Label print fields

When I print labels from Address Book, some label names appear as "*First Last and Spouse", and some names appear as simply First Last name on the card without the spouse listed. How do I select the fields I want to appear on the label? and why are they not consistent from card to card?

See this link I fixed it by making custom related name field called "Spouse" with a capital S.
It is crazy that they made it this way.
Another reply in this forum refers to the following Apple support article. I found it helpful.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article/html?artnum=307298

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Address Label Printing Problem

How can I create address labels for printing using Palm Desktop by Access Version 6.2.2?
I recently changed to Palm Desktop by Access Version 6.2.2 and can no longer print mailing labels as I could using an older Palm Desktop version (4.1.? I believe). I previously used Solution ID: 33579, Printing address labels from your Palm device's Contacts (mail merge), but now when I right-click on a highlighted list of records in Desktop 6.2.2, the option "Send to..." does not appear, so I cannot proceed to an Excel spreadsheet as I previously did.
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This is another of several features that Access decided wasn't necessary in Palm Desktop 6.2.2....
Why did you change to 6.2.2? It was designed for Vista users.
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Address label printing

Hi,
I have a requirement to print standard address labels on some "AVERY" sticky labels (NoJ8163)
Can someone please advise me on the best way to do this? I am struggling to the the address information into the boxes. My sample XML is below
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<LABELS_TOP>
<LABELS>
<HEADER_NAME>Customer 1</HEADER_NAME>
<ADDRESS_LINE1>Customer 1 address 1</ADDRESS_LINE1>
<ADDRESS_LINE2>Customer 1 address 2</ADDRESS_LINE2>
<ADDRESS_LINE3></ADDRESS_LINE3>
<ADDRESS_LINE4></ADDRESS_LINE4>
<ADDRESS_LINE5></ADDRESS_LINE5>
<ADDRESS_LINE6></ADDRESS_LINE6>
<LABEL1>Code 1</LABEL1>
<LABEL2></LABEL2>
<LABEL3></LABEL3>
</LABELS>
<LABELS>
<HEADER_NAME>Customer2</HEADER_NAME>
<ADDRESS_LINE1>Customer 2 address 1</ADDRESS_LINE1>
<ADDRESS_LINE2>Customer 2 address 2</ADDRESS_LINE2>
<ADDRESS_LINE3>customer 2 address 3</ADDRESS_LINE3>
<ADDRESS_LINE4></ADDRESS_LINE4>
<ADDRESS_LINE5></ADDRESS_LINE5>
<ADDRESS_LINE6></ADDRESS_LINE6>
<LABEL1>Code 1</LABEL1>
<LABEL2>Code 2</LABEL2>
<LABEL3></LABEL3>
</LABELS>
</LABELS_TOP>
I generate the xml using PL/SQL, and always put all of the address tags in, even if there is no data present.
Currently i have tried using a single RTF page with one 2 columns and 1 row. In each column i have the following syntax
<?for-each:LABELS[position() mod 2=1]?>
<?HEADER_NAME?>
<?ADDRESS_LINE1?>
<?ADDRESS_LINE2?>
<?ADDRESS_LINE3?>
<?ADDRESS_LINE4?>
<?ADDRESS_LINE5?>
<?ADDRESS_LINE6?>
and in column 2 i have
<?for-each:LABELS[position() mod 2=0]?>
<?HEADER_NAME?>
<?ADDRESS_LINE1?>
<?ADDRESS_LINE2?>
<?ADDRESS_LINE3?>
<?ADDRESS_LINE4?>
<?ADDRESS_LINE5?>
<?ADDRESS_LINE6?>
This does not display correctly as sometimes different amounts of address information are available.
Any assistance would be most appreciated, and i think this must have been done before as it is quite a common request.
Thanks
Rupesh

Thanks - i have found some other posts, and there is an example of what you suggest (using multi columns) in the xml publisher report developers guide.
Thanks for your help
Rupesh

Address labels printing all addresses instead of the ones chosen...

I created a group and when I was ready to print addresses from the group, I went to "edit distribution list" so that I could choose the correct address for the contacts that had multiple addresses. After sifting through 280 contacts, it still printed all addresses within that group.
Any suggestions?

Are you changing the 'Addresses:' drop down every time you try to print the distribution list? I don't think it will remember that setting, I think it reverts back to 'All'.
I have two lists that I do a monthly mailing for. I only had to go through the edit distribution list once for each group, to pick which address to use, but every time I go to print the labels, I have to go back to the 'Label' tab and change the drop down from All to Distribution List (__).

How can I make Address Book print labels how I want, or export to Word?

I have found a number of serious problems with Address Book, which unless I can overcome them mean it is entirely useless for me. Almost all are to do with creating mailing labels or envelopes:
1.I can't find any way of defining a sheet format for labels different from those on the pre-defined list. My labels are in 2 columns of 8, on a sheet 12” long by 8” wide, margins 0.5mm top and bottom, and ½” left and right. The labels themselves are 3½” x1½”. Address Book can't do it. It is odd that this is so restrictive, whereas with envelopes one has total flexibility.
2.Although I can define which address I want to print on each label or envelope, I can't find a way of defining which field should be used for the first (name) line. It always consists of the First and Last names as recorded on each card. This is not what I want. For different mailings, I want to use different first lines, as in many cases each card is the address of a family group, the First and Last names simply recording the names of the parents e.g., John and Mary Smith. But for my Christmas mailing I want to print 'The Smith Family', whereas for my charity mailshots I want to print 'Mrs Mary Smith', as she is the charity supporter, not her husband or children.
3.The address layout seems to be fixed, with each element on a separate line. This is not how I want to print, as in some cases it makes for too many lines, particularly on labels. I want to put the zip/post-code on the same line as the county or state, separated by about ½”. But I can't see how to dictate the layout at all. On labels there is a further problem, in that I can't define a vertical and/or horizontal off-set for the text.
4.The Country does not print at all on labels, making the application quite useless for foreign mailings, and I can't find a way of overcoming this. Over half our mailing addresses are affected by this.
5. And another problem really puts the final cherry on the icing of this cake: There is no way I can find of exporting the data from the address book in a format, e.g. a csv file, that I can bring into a word processor where I could do these mailings how I want them. Not only does the box fail to do what I need, it is also locked.
I don't understand why, having set up Address Book on the database principle that one should have have to record each contact only once no matter how many ways one needs to use the data, it seems it has then been implemented in a way that prevents it being used in one of the most obvious ways, to print addresses in a format of the user's choice.
The Applecare adviser tells me the problems I have can't be overcome. Is that right, or is she, and I missing something? Please help.

noondaywitch wrote:
"It's Christmas card time again and the fact that Address Book is useless for this purpose is really frustrating."
While I sympathise with the functionality of Address Book, I'm old-fashioned enough to write my cards and envelopes by hand (shock! horror!) and get quite p***-off to receive bulk-printed stuff.
Just a thought, peeps.
It'd be all too easy to follow that up with a cheapshot making reference to how many Christmas cards you have to send, but I'll rise above that and explain that some of us might want to use this for business contacts and have 300+ cards to address.
It is a shame that the printing feature from Address Book is so close, yet so far from performing this simple task. It is a shame that Pages can run mail merge, but only for one record per page (which is useless for label printing). It is also a shame that MS Word for Mac does proper labels but doesn't recognise Address Book as a datasource.
These things are all a shame because with Apple's software, you rather expect things to "just work", as per their advertising, and when very simple things don't "just work", it difficult not to feel cheated.

Address Book label printing incorrect

I am getting spouse & child details printing on some address labels in one group and on all labels in another group. These fields are not supposed to be there at all.
'(Title, first name, surname) and (spouse/child fields)'
What can be done to correct this?
I'm using Avery A4 J8157 stock.

Hi All, it's Christmas time again and I'm having the same problem - random family additions to the contact name, and it didn't happen last year. My ugly work-around is to invoke the Maiden Name field and cut and paste all the family contacts into there. At least the names don't get forgotten and it sorts out the label problem.
Like others, the fact that Apple doesn't have the decency to acknowledge a problem so we all know where we are, makes me seethe. Who are we anyway? Just a bunch of idiot customers? I'll send an email to Steve Jobs, but the chances of a reply are those of a snowball in Hades.
eMac Mac OS X (10.4.8) LaCie external disk, 3 other Macs + PC on home network

Printing "child" names from Address Book on address labels

When I put selected "child" names on Address Books entries and try to print address labels including the kid's names, they don't appear. Example: I add "Jim" as a child name to an Address Book entry for Mike Jones. I try to print the Address Label: Mike Jones and Jim. Jim will not print. "JI" will print. "Jimm" will print. Anybody else have this problem? What's going on?

From another thread:
If you have a spouse or child listed on contact card it will print them all on the mailing label IF the first name of each person is unique to your entire address book. For example, if the contact is John Brown and the spouse is listed as Susan Brown and the child is listed as Chester Brown, the expectation is that the label would print as:
John, Susan and Chester Brown
This assumes that there are no other contacts in your address book with the first name of Susan or Chester. However, if, for example, you have another person in your contact list named Susan (the last name could be anything), Address Book will print:
John and Chester Brown
This is because Address Book looks at all the first names in your contact list and if it sees a first name that is also listed in one of the spouse or child fields then it looks to see if the the other contact shares the same address as the contact you are trying to print. If the address is the same, then it prints properly on the label. If not, then it doesn't print on the label. So if you have two Susans - Susan Anderson and Susan Brown - Address book looks at the address on each card and determines that Susan Brown has the same address as the contact you are trying to print (John Brown) and therefore prints her name on the label.
So, to make a long story short, if you want consistent and predictable results when printing your labels you should assign a unique card to each person that you want to appear on the label and make sure that the individual cards have the same address listed on each. So, in the above example, there would be a card for John Brown, a card for Susan Brown, and a card for Chester Brown. On John Brown's card, Susan Brown would be listed as spouse and Chester Brown would be listed as child. Print John Brown's card and you should get:
John, Susan and Chester Brown
Although this makes logical sense, it's not incredibly intuitive and not very well documented by Apple. I was hoping they would enhance Address Book in Leopard since this seems like a feature that a lot of people would use around this time of year. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case this time around.

Printing a set of Return Address Labels

I have a box of Avery-brand copier labels, their item number 5351. I want to use them up, one sheet at a time, each sheet printed with a single address, such as my home residence. I could then use them as my return address labels until the supply (50 sheets) is exhausted. Each Avery sheet has 33 labels (3 x 11) sized 1" x 2 3/4". When trying to Print, I discover panels listing various Avery products; but not this specific item. At any rate, I can never get the "address" I specify to print for 33 times; it only prints one address field then ejects the sheet.
How can I do the task I have described above?

Check on Avery's web site for a profile for the type of labels you have or contact their tech support to request a profile.

Contacts - print address labels for a family instead of several individuals - i.e. "Smith Family" instead of Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith

Greetings
I'm trying to print out address labels for Christmas cards. Is there a way to print out one for an entire family instead of everyone separately as individuals? For instance, I have a separate entry for Mr. John Smith and Mrs. Jane Smith. I'd like to print out one label that is for "Mr. and Mrs. John Smith" or "Smith Family."
Is there a way to do this? I suppose I could just do a company that is "Smith Family", but I'm trying to avoid that if possible.
Thanks!
John

I think you may want to export your contact list to Excel (or Google docs) or another format where you can edit the list (remove names, change fields, etc.).
Once you have a clean list that has all the names in a clean format that you want to print onto the labels then you import that spreadsheet or document into a program that has label making abilities and a mail merge feature.
What type of labels are you using?
There are several label programs out there that have mail merge capabilities and labeling support. I am happy to provide some recommendations once I understand your needs.
Dave

Mail label printing from Address Book

I am trying to print labels for Christmas cards using the label printing feature in Address Book (Tiger version). The cards in my group include First and Last Names as well as the Spouse Name. Sometimes the label prints with the person name and the spouse in the form: John Doe and Jane. Other times the spouse is left off. I would like consistent behavior. At this point it truly seems random. I've tried deleting cards, rebooting and reentering new cards without effect. Can anyone help?
Does anyone know if the problem is resolved in Leopard? If so, I could convert my MacBook and print from it. I can't convert the MacPro yet because some 3rd party software that I rely on is not yet compatible with Leopard.

I encountered the same issue last year around Christmas time. This is what I learned about how Address Book works when printing labels:
If you have a spouse or child listed on contact card it will print them all on the mailing label IF the first name of each person is unique to your entire address book. For example, if the contact is John Brown and the spouse is listed as Susan Brown and the child is listed as Chester Brown, the expectation is that the label would print as:
John, Susan and Chester Brown
This assumes that there are no other contacts in your address book with the first name of Susan or Chester. However, if, for example, you have another person in your contact list named Susan (the last name could be anything), Address Book will print:
John and Chester Brown
This is because Address Book looks at all the first names in your contact list and if it sees a first name that is also listed in one of the spouse or child fields then it looks to see if the the other contact shares the same address as the contact you are trying to print. If the address is the same, then it prints properly on the label. If not, then it doesn't print on the label. So if you have two Susans - Susan Anderson and Susan Brown - Address book looks at the address on each card and determines that Susan Brown has the same address as the contact you are trying to print (John Brown) and therefore prints her name on the label.
So, to make a long story short, if you want consistent and predictable results when printing your labels you should assign a unique card to each person that you want to appear on the label and make sure that the individual cards have the same address listed on each. So, in the above example, there would be a card for John Brown, a card for Susan Brown, and a card for Chester Brown. On John Brown's card, Susan Brown would be listed as spouse and Chester Brown would be listed as child. Print John Brown's card and you should get:
John, Susan and Chester Brown
Although this makes logical sense, it's not incredibly intuitive and not very well documented by Apple. I was hoping they would enhance Address Book in Leopard since this seems like a feature that a lot of people would use around this time of year. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case this time around.
The next issue that you will probably encounter is what I'm dealing with now: I want to send Christmas cards to the home address of some people on my list and to the business address of others. When printing labels, you can choose to print home addresses, business addresses, all addresses (prints two labels, one for home and one for business) and Distribution List. You can choose your preferred/default mailing address for each contact in your group in the Edit Distribution List menu item. I did this and picked the default address that I wanted for each person on my list. The proper address for each contact should print perfectly when I print labels using the "Distribution List" option. Indeed, all my contacts print to the proper address BUT spouse and child names don't print on any of the cards - they only print when you choose All, Home, or Business!
Good luck!

Unable to print address labels in SMARTFORMS.

Hi.
I am facing a problem during the printing of address labels from table ADRC in SMARTFORMS.
I would like describe my issue in detail.
In my Global Defininations, I have Types---->
TYPES:
BEGIN OF fs_adrc,
   date_to    TYPE adrc-date_to,
   addrnumber TYPE adrc-addrnumber,
   date_from TYPE adrc-date_from,
   name1      TYPE adrc-name1,
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             name1
UP TO 50 ROWS
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    INTO TABLE
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I have declared three main windows.
Under my First Main window,
I have created a LOOP node and Text node also.
Now, In the Text node -
> General Attributes.
I have dragged and dropped my fields from the field list.
Now, the main problem is that the Address records are printed but not in form of LABELS but are printed as a normal list.
I am also not able to link those 3 main windows together in order to continue the addresses on those windows.
I mean to say, that whenever the first address is printed on the First main window, then the next address should be printed on the Second and the similar for the Third one.
This feature is easily possible in SAP scripts, but I am not able to get the way to do it.
Hope my situation is clear, Or if any more steps are required do let me know.
I respect your inputs.
Good Luck & Regards.
Harsh Dave

Hi.
It has been long since, I did not get any usefull answers.
But, My doubt has been cleared by some usefull tutorials.
If any one has some knowledge to share, I will be glad.
I respect your inputs and suggestions.
Good Luck & Regards.
Harsh Dave

How can I print address labels from numbers spread sheet

How can I print address labels from numbers spread sheet

CAB,
The 5163 template has the following dimensional specs:
Dimensions & Info
Length: 4.00000"          Height: 2.00000"
Top Margin: 0.50000"          Bottom Margin: 0.50000"
Left Margin: 0.18000"          Right Margin: 0.18000"
Hor. Spacing (gutter): 0.14000"          Vert. Spacing (gutter): 0.00000"
Intended Use: Mailing Labels, Shipping Labels, Address Labels
There's a great vendor site with this data readily available, better than the Avery site in my opinion. But, you can get the same info in the Contacts Print dialog pane.
You can grab a template matching these dimensions from that vendor site, Copy the table after opening the Word Template in Pages and drop the into a blank Numbers Sheet.
I found that Sheet side margins of 0.15" worked better than 0.18. For some reason the table wanted to flow to the next page to the right with 0.18". Turning off the Headers and Footers and setting Top and Bottom Margins to 0.5" worked well. These adjustments are made in the Sheets Inspector.
So, that will put the template you specified into a Numbers document and you can print labels properly aligned from there. Since your problem statement is a bit lacking in detail, that's all I can offer you at this point.
Jerry

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