gLabels to the Rescue!

[Georgetoon]

Each year, I send out a Christmas card that I design on Scribus (featuring my comic strip or one of my comic panels).  The back of the card also mentions that the card was desgined using Scribus on a Linux desktop.

Anyhow, in the past, I've wrestled with LibreOffice/OpenOffice and it's database function to get mailing labels printed.  And, as much as I like using LibreOffice, I have to admit that the database side of things can be a bit clunky. In defense, though, i don't use it all the time, just once or twice a year.  So, perhaps if I used it every day, familiarity would lead to ease of use.

Luckily, gLabels has a wonderful merge function!  Just drop your tags in place in a label template, then get your database and print!  Could not be easier.  I just ran a hundred mailing labels here at the office via my notebook to a wireless laser print.

Now, all I have to do is sign, stuff, seal, and stick (on a label).   Merry Christmas!

[YouCanToo]

Each year, I send out a Christmas card that I design on Scribus (featuring my comic strip or one of my comic panels).  The back of the card also mentions that the card was desgined using Scribus on a Linux desktop.

Anyhow, in the past, I've wrestled with LibreOffice/OpenOffice and it's database function to get mailing labels printed.  And, as much as I like using LibreOffice, I have to admit that the database side of things can be a bit clunky. In defense, though, i don't use it all the time, just once or twice a year.  So, perhaps if I used it every day, familiarity would lead to ease of use.

Luckily, gLabels has a wonderful merge function!  Just drop your tags in place in a label template, then get your database and print!  Could not be easier.  I just ran a hundred mailing labels here at the office via my notebook to a wireless laser print.

Now, all I have to do is sign, stuff, seal, and stick (on a label).   Merry Christmas!

Hi Georgetoon,

   How about doing a small HowTo on doing this for our knowledge base or maybe a small article for the magazine.

[Meemaw]

Each year, I send out a Christmas card that I design on Scribus (featuring my comic strip or one of my comic panels).  The back of the card also mentions that the card was desgined using Scribus on a Linux desktop.

Anyhow, in the past, I've wrestled with LibreOffice/OpenOffice and it's database function to get mailing labels printed.  And, as much as I like using LibreOffice, I have to admit that the database side of things can be a bit clunky. In defense, though, i don't use it all the time, just once or twice a year.  So, perhaps if I used it every day, familiarity would lead to ease of use.

Luckily, gLabels has a wonderful merge function!  Just drop your tags in place in a label template, then get your database and print!  Could not be easier.  I just ran a hundred mailing labels here at the office via my notebook to a wireless laser print.

Now, all I have to do is sign, stuff, seal, and stick (on a label).   Merry Christmas!

Hi Georgetoon,

   How about doing a small HowTo on doing this for our knowledge base or maybe a small article for the magazine.

Good idea!  I did an article on it in the January 2012 issue ... http://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/201201/page07.html

 

[Georgetoon]

Each year, I send out a Christmas card that I design on Scribus (featuring my comic strip or one of my comic panels).  The back of the card also mentions that the card was desgined using Scribus on a Linux desktop.

Anyhow, in the past, I've wrestled with LibreOffice/OpenOffice and it's database function to get mailing labels printed.  And, as much as I like using LibreOffice, I have to admit that the database side of things can be a bit clunky. In defense, though, i don't use it all the time, just once or twice a year.  So, perhaps if I used it every day, familiarity would lead to ease of use.

Luckily, gLabels has a wonderful merge function!  Just drop your tags in place in a label template, then get your database and print!  Could not be easier.  I just ran a hundred mailing labels here at the office via my notebook to a wireless laser print.

Now, all I have to do is sign, stuff, seal, and stick (on a label).   Merry Christmas!

Meemaw, outsanding article!  Exactly what I did for both labels (my return address label and the mailing label.)

Oh, and my cards are all stuffed, sealed, stamped, and stuck (with labels)  Ready to be mailed!  I'm gonna drop off the tray at the post office this afternoon.   

Hi Georgetoon,

   How about doing a small HowTo on doing this for our knowledge base or maybe a small article for the magazine.

Good idea!  I did an article on it in the January 2012 issue ... http://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/201201/page07.html