Easy way to generate circular labels?

[Sesquipedalian Sam]

I have a package of round labels (Avery 5294, 2.5" diameter).

I have created templates for rectangular labels using tables. Is there
a comparable way to create a table with round cells os that the text
will flow inside the 2.5" circles?

I have Word 2007.

 

[Jay Freedman]

I have a package of round labels (Avery 5294, 2.5" diameter).

I have created templates for rectangular labels using tables. Is there
a comparable way to create a table with round cells os that the text
will flow inside the 2.5" circles?

I have Word 2007.

No version of Word can flow text along any path except straight lines unless
you use WordArt. You can, of course, place a separate WordArt object into
each cell of a regular rectangular table.

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[Sesquipedalian Sam]

No version of Word can flow text along any path except straight lines unless
you use WordArt. You can, of course, place a separate WordArt object into
each cell of a regular rectangular table.

I don't want to flow the text *around* the labels. I want it to *fill*
the labels. Each label is a circle. I want to be able to enter text
inside each circle and have it break so that the text prints only on
the labels.

 

[Jay Freedman]

I don't want to flow the text *around* the labels. I want it to *fill*
the labels. Each label is a circle. I want to be able to enter text
inside each circle and have it break so that the text prints only on
the labels.

You could insert a circle in each cell from the Drawing Toolbar, but that
still just gives you a rectangle inside the circle in which to type text.
That's what you'll get if you download Avery's "template" (actually a .doc,
not a .dot) from
http://www.avery.com/avery/en_us/Te...nnel=c042fd03ab30a110VgnVCM1000002118140aRCRD.

If you want the outline of the text area to be circular, you have to fiddle
with placing crescent-shaped drawing objects on either side of the text and
setting them to tight wrapping -- you can see something similar with
triangles by downloading http://jay-freedman.info/triangle_text.doc. This
isn't what I'd call an "easy way".

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[PamC via OfficeKB.com]

Have you tried generating a page of Avery 5294 labels? Mailings ribbon >
create group > labels > options; select the 5294 product number. Back in the
envelopes and labels dialog, click _new document_. You'll get a page of
empty labels ready for our input.

If you've already done this, what didn't work?

PamC

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you use WordArt. You can, of course, place a separate WordArt object into
each cell of a regular rectangular table.

I don't want to flow the text *around* the labels. I want it to *fill*
the labels. Each label is a circle. I want to be able to enter text
inside each circle and have it break so that the text prints only on
the labels.

 

[Graham Mayor]

That would give you a page of rectangular labels?

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Have you tried generating a page of Avery 5294 labels? Mailings
ribbon > create group > labels > options; select the 5294 product
number. Back in the envelopes and labels dialog, click _new
document_. You'll get a page of empty labels ready for our input.

If you've already done this, what didn't work?

PamC

I have a package of round labels (Avery 5294, 2.5" diameter).

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you use WordArt. You can, of course, place a separate WordArt
object into each cell of a regular rectangular table.

I don't want to flow the text *around* the labels. I want it to
*fill* the labels. Each label is a circle. I want to be able to
enter text inside each circle and have it break so that the text
prints only on the labels.

 

[PamC via OfficeKB.com]

The 5294 labels are described as round, but of course the table cells
generated are square (or so they seem). I would guess that by adjusting the
cell margins, the text could be kept inside the diameter--I picture the
typing area as a square circumscribed by a circle. But that's just a guess,
because I don't have the labels--which is why I asked what the problems
might were if the OP had already tried it.

That would give you a page of rectangular labels?

Have you tried generating a page of Avery 5294 labels? Mailings
ribbon > create group > labels > options; select the 5294 product

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[Sesquipedalian Sam]

The 5294 labels are described as round, but of course the table cells
generated are square (or so they seem). I would guess that by adjusting the
cell margins, the text could be kept inside the diameter--I picture the
typing area as a square circumscribed by a circle. But that's just a guess,
because I don't have the labels--which is why I asked what the problems
might were if the OP had already tried it.

That would give you a page of rectangular labels?

Have you tried generating a page of Avery 5294 labels? Mailings
ribbon > create group > labels > options; select the 5294 product

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enter text inside each circle and have it break so that the text
prints only on the labels.

I tried to download that template. It caused IE, and then Word, to
hang. I had to force them. Happened twice. I've had lots of problems
with Avery templates in the past, so I usually roll my own.

My guess is that you are correct that they simply fit a square inside
the circle.

It looks like Word really can't do this task very well. I'll use a
graphics or DTP program until I get my label printer. ;-)

 

[PamC via OfficeKB.com]

It's already in Word. Mailings ribbon > labels > options. Choose product
number 5294 (described as high visibility round labels), then click OK. Back
in the envelopes and labels dialog, click New document. You'll get a Word
page set up in the template.

PamC

The 5294 labels are described as round, but of course the table cells
generated are square (or so they seem). I would guess that by adjusting the

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I tried to download that template. It caused IE, and then Word, to
hang. I had to force them. Happened twice. I've had lots of problems
with Avery templates in the past, so I usually roll my own.

My guess is that you are correct that they simply fit a square inside
the circle.

It looks like Word really can't do this task very well. I'll use a
graphics or DTP program until I get my label printer. ;-)