Create a label template in Word Processing

Question

I want to create several individual labels for labeling photograps on a wall.
I'd like to use some Avery gold labels I already have.
Is there any way to create a word processing document in a label format so that I can type different information on each label and then print it on Avery labels?
Thanks

Answer 1

There may well be a Word Processing solution, but I think the DataBase model best suits your needs. What you're trying to do (if I understand correctly) is create a standard layout in which standard types of text — Title, Artist, Size, Technical Details, Price—appear in the same position and style on each label, though with different content each time. That makes each label a DB record, and each info category a DB field.
In the DB module, once you create your fields ( I'd guess they'd all be Text fields) you would then use the Layout mode to design and format the size and placement to fit your label size and number of label columns per sheet. Spacing's a tad tricky, but quite do-able (print some samples first).
The DB module has the advantage of allowing for a growing base of records and many layouts, such as a one-line listing with columns for the various fields' data, or one with a special format for data entry. It also allows for many other fields in the one database (Purchaser's Name and Address, Photographer's Phone number) that you wouldn't want to print on the labels. When it's time for next year's exhibition you select all the relevant records—using a field for "Year Shown" perhaps—and print a new batch of labels. Label size changes? Just tweak the prototype record in Layout mode.
If this sounds daunting, there are standard address label layouts among the AW templates that you could use to see how it all works and perhaps adapt, either by "fibbing" the DB, say by filling in a Title where it has a Street Address field, or by—daringly—replacing or renaming the template's fields to suit.
But If you're determined on the WP approach the best method I can think of is to repeatedly cut and paste into prototype label WP frames duplicated and set up in a Draw document to align with your label sheet. The DB does all that for you.