Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0
In this example we are going to throw a party and need to print mailing
address labels for our invitations. We have a list of our closest friends
that we created in
LAST,FIRST,MI,ADDR1,ADDR2,CITY,STATE,ZIP
,,,,,,,
Critter,Ess,S,"123 Faux St.",,Alexandria,VA,22310
Doe,John,,"Apt 1X","451 Mystery St.",Trenton,NJ,08601
Summers,Joyce,,"1630 Revello Dr",,Sunnydale,CA,95037
McGarret,Steve,O,"404 Piikoi Street",,Honolulu,HI,96813
Kramer,Cosmo,,"Apt 5B","129 W. 81 St.","New York",NY,10024-7207
In
Merge properties dialog
Before applying the merge source, we uncheck the first record since it is only
column headers from our original
We can also view each record in more detail by clicking on the appropriate
expander (the little triangles) as shown. Once we are satisfied with the
selections in this dialog we click
Now we start adding objects to our
Adding objects
In this example we have a single text object. This text object contains
all of our merge fields organized on multiple lines as a mailing address.
Notice that fields ${4} and ${5} (corresponding to ADDR1 and ADDR2) are each
located with no other text on their own lines. When
Now we can print our address labels by selecting the
Printing address labels
Just to make sure our labels are going to look okay, we select the
Address labels preview
Everything looks good, so we can now load up our printer with the appropriate label stock, print our address labels and start mailing our party invitations.