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    1 Group of labels per sheet

    I am printing labels for my school. The data contains the student's name and the teachers' names.

    I want to print only one teacher per sheet.

    I can't seem to find a way to get it to "break on teacher change."

    Alpha 5 is much better than Lotus Approach, but Approach does this one task easily. Any thoughts on getting Alpha to do this?

    Thank you.

    #2
    Re: 1 Group of labels per sheet

    Originally posted by RobPolley View Post
    I am printing labels for my school. The data contains the student's name and the teachers' names.

    I want to print only one teacher per sheet.

    I can't seem to find a way to get it to "break on teacher change."

    Alpha 5 is much better than Lotus Approach, but Approach does this one task easily. Any thoughts on getting Alpha to do this?

    Thank you.
    How about querying on a specific teacher name, print the labels, repeat. Clumsy but doable. Could be automated with some xbasic.
    There can be only one.

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      #3
      Re: 1 Group of labels per sheet

      Stan,

      Thanks for taking time to reply. I was hoping to find a more elegant method, without learning X basic.

      I think I'll just open the dbf file in Approach and do it from there.

      Thank you.

      --Rob

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        #4
        Re: 1 Group of labels per sheet

        Rob

        Labels and letters are specialized reports.

        If I find myself in a circumstance where the label or letter option is limiting me, I open a new blank report based on the same table/set and import the label/letter and proceed from there.

        Then you have the option to start a new page on a break in a field value..

        Sorry for the delayed response. Even for Alphaholics, there is a time to take a vacation....
        Al Buchholz
        Bookwood Systems, LTD
        Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

        Occam's Razor - KISS
        Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
        Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
        When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
        "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
        Albert Einstein

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          #5
          Re: 1 Group of labels per sheet

          Al,

          Thank you for taking time to reply. May I ask you where/how to break pages based on field data?

          Thank you.

          --Rob

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            #6
            Re: 1 Group of labels per sheet

            Rob

            In a report, you should set up a group that breaks on a field. An option within a group is to start the group on a new page.
            Al Buchholz
            Bookwood Systems, LTD
            Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

            Occam's Razor - KISS
            Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
            Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
            When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
            "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
            Albert Einstein

            http://www.iadn.com/images/media/iadn_member.png

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              #7
              Re: 1 Group of labels per sheet

              Thanks, Al. I'm working with labels, not a report.

              Thank you.

              --Rob

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                #8
                Re: 1 Group of labels per sheet

                Originally posted by Al Buchholz View Post
                Rob

                Labels and letters are specialized reports.

                If I find myself in a circumstance where the label or letter option is limiting me, I open a new blank report based on the same table/set and import the label/letter and proceed from there.

                Then you have the option to start a new page on a break in a field value..

                Sorry for the delayed response. Even for Alphaholics, there is a time to take a vacation....

                Originally posted by RobPolley View Post
                Thanks, Al. I'm working with labels, not a report.

                Thank you.

                --Rob
                Did you notice my other message in this thread?
                Al Buchholz
                Bookwood Systems, LTD
                Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

                Occam's Razor - KISS
                Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
                Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
                When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
                "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
                Albert Einstein

                http://www.iadn.com/images/media/iadn_member.png

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                  #9
                  Re: 1 Group of labels per sheet

                  Al,
                  I have been fiddling with making a report for a label and couldn't get the alignment to work correctly. Your suggestion to import the label design into the report works perfect! I wish I had found this thread 3 hours ago!
                  Robin

                  Discernment is not needed in things that differ, but in those things that appear to be the same. - Miles Sanford

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                    #10
                    Re: 1 Group of labels per sheet

                    Originally posted by MoGrace View Post
                    Al,
                    I have been fiddling with making a report for a label and couldn't get the alignment to work correctly. Your suggestion to import the label design into the report works perfect! I wish I had found this thread 3 hours ago!
                    Me too! That's another reason you should be coming to the conferences. There and on this messageboard you just never know when you'll find a gem...... ;)
                    Al Buchholz
                    Bookwood Systems, LTD
                    Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

                    Occam's Razor - KISS
                    Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
                    Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
                    When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
                    "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
                    Albert Einstein

                    http://www.iadn.com/images/media/iadn_member.png

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