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- Converting a CSV file to labels for printing
- in !LazyPrint.
-
- To print labels requires the text file to be in exactly the correct
- format with a fixed number of lines per label and a maximum width to avoid
- printing over label gaps.
-
- The program 'CSV2Labels' takes a file with, for instance, names and
- addresses where each part of the entry is separated by commas and the
- entries are separated with a newline. The entries may be enclosed in quotes
- thus allowing commas inside them. This is 'Comma Separated Variables'
- format, which is available from most database programs. For example:
-
- "A.N.Other","","123 4th Street","","Anytown","County, CT99 A12"
- "E.T.Cetera","Nonentity","High Street","Village","Town","County, XY7 X89"
-
- In these two examples the parts of the entries were set up expecting a
- name and 5 parts to the address. Not all 6 parts are always used, some being
- left blank (either two adjacent commas or a pair of quotes with nothing in
- between).
-
- To run the program, simply double-click on your CSV file (which must be
- of type DFE) and two little windows will appear; in the top one enter the
- number of lines per label and the maximum number of characters per line. The
- second is a standard 'Save as:' window for saving the output text file.