Hi all, Thanks for all your suggestions. I've decided the easiest way is Shirley's way - I'm not bothering with trying to make Word understand what size envelope it is as I can't get this to work; it seems to be ok just going down a few lines and printing as normal... Catherine On 7/9/08, Terry Clasper <terry.clasper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Brendan those were the days when I used to do my own printing and sending I > uased the same method. > I however also once did the out of ink trick! > Ah those were the days. > > Terry Cllasper. > MSN terry.clasper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > skype: terryclasper > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brendan Magill" <brendan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 11:05 AM > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with printing envelopes > > >> Hi Catherine and everyone, >> >> I have to confess that I never print envelopes! >> >> What I do is to always use window envelopes and almost always these are C6 >> >> size. Because the window is in a standard place on various sizes of >> envelopes, it's always possible to get the address on a sheet of paper >> inside the envelope to appear in the window. For the ones I buy from >> Viking Direct, the recipient's address needs to be two inches down from >> the top of the page and one inch in from the left margin; then it will >> always show in the window, whether the page is folded in three, in two or >> just flat, depending on the size of envelope. This also has the very >> great advantage that it is not possible to put the wrong document in the >> wrong envelope. >> >> I've been using this way of doing things for more than fifteen years and >> it's never let me down yet. I use it for Word and WordPerfect documents, >> as well as for invoices and other documents printed direct from my old DOS >> >> database. >> >> You do, of course, have to fold the paper the right way when it comes out >> of your printer, but that's an automatic process once you've done a few. >> The only word of warning I would add is that if you are printing a large >> number of letters to go in several envelopes and your printer doesn't tell >> >> you that it has run out of ink, you can end up with blank pages. I know >> someone who did this once and almost sent out a mailshot of blank pages - >> though it was an old printer. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Brendan. >> >> >> -- >> >> BRENDAN MAGILL >> Business, Employment & >> Disability Consultancy >> >> 14 Barry Street >> Worcester >> WR1 1NR >> England >> >> Phone: +44 (0)1905 28286 >> Fax: +44 (0)870 127 7856 >> >> Web: www.magill.co.uk >> ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- >> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] >> ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> ** and in the Subject line type >> ** unsubscribe >> ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the >> ** immediately-following link:- >> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] >> ** or send a message, to >> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq >> > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq