merging label problem

[ideasmaster]

I'm having a problem when I merge my labels to a data base. After clicking
on the address field and then updating all the other labels, when I go to
preview my finished labels all the first line of the labels show being one
space off to the right. I have tried several things to rectify the problem
and without physically going in and deleting each address one space to the
left, I can't seem to get it corrected.

I've tried to erase the address field and re-imput it in and erase one space
from the address field prompt but that didn't work.

Any ideas how to correct it?

 

[John McGhie]

The position of any given data item in the output document is controlled by
the paragraph properties of the paragraph style applied to the paragraph in
your main document that contains the data item.

So: In your main document, assign a different paragraph style to each row
so you can get control of the rows independently, then adjust the formatting
of those styles to place the text where you want.

No positioning or formatting information is passed from the database into
the output document.

Hope this helps

I'm having a problem when I merge my labels to a data base. After clicking
on the address field and then updating all the other labels, when I go to
preview my finished labels all the first line of the labels show being one
space off to the right. I have tried several things to rectify the problem
and without physically going in and deleting each address one space to the
left, I can't seem to get it corrected.

I've tried to erase the address field and re-imput it in and erase one space
from the address field prompt but that didn't work.

Any ideas how to correct it?

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