[Rockhounds] lables

[Al Balmer]

On Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:55:56 -0500, Kreigh Tomaszewski
<Kreigh at Tomaszewski.net> wrote:

>Robert,
>
>Forget downloading labels. Make your own. 
>
>Fire up your favorite word processor. Make a label for 'Leaverite' from
>'Anywhere, Any State, USA'. Make up descriptive details for any other
>attributes you want on the label (like specimen #, formula, when
>collected, etc.) and add them.  Don't forget to Save. Add optional
>border and/or your name. Play with the fonts. Format and size it until
>it looks right. Print a sample on thick paper, cut it out, and try it
>with some random specimens from your collection.
>
>When you are happy, change your page format to columns as wide as your
>label. Select and Copy the label. Paste the label until you have filled
>the first page, and reach the second column on the second page. Play
>with your margins and see if you can get more labels on the page. Play
>with the bottom and top margins so you don't spread any label between
>columns. Try both portrait and landscape formats to see which gives you
>more labels. Finally, delete the second page, and save it as something
>like 'LabelTemplate'.

Most word processors have many label formats built in, eliminating the
need to experiment and adjust.

-- 
Al Balmer
Sun City, AZ