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From: Wayne Dernoncourt on 29 Nov 2007 22:59 I made the leap from Windows & Outlook to a MacBook Pro over the summer. It's time for Christmas cards again, I've entered addresses in the Address book for everybody - well sort of. For a family, I use "John & Debbie" instead of creating two cards. So how do I print the envelopes? I would think this would be a common operation, no doubt the answer is staring me in the face but I'm missing it. I thought I could use Applescript, but I couldn't make heads or tails out of the pair of books I got. I no longer remember enough details to make a reasonable attempt at reconstruction of my feeble attempt. I couldn't get the recorder to actually produce anything. Sign me Confused
From: Wayne Dernoncourt on 29 Nov 2007 23:19 On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:59:43 -0500, Wayne Dernoncourt wrote (in article <0001HW.C374F4DF000F9FC0B01AD9AF(a)news.panix.com>): > I made the leap from Windows & Outlook to a MacBook Pro over the > summer. It's time for Christmas cards again, I've entered addresses in > the Address book for everybody - well sort of. For a family, I use > "John & Debbie" instead of creating two cards. So how do I print the > envelopes? I would think this would be a common operation, no doubt > the answer is staring me in the face but I'm missing it. > > I thought I could use Applescript, but I couldn't make heads or tails out of > the pair of books I got. I no longer remember enough details to make a > reasonable attempt at reconstruction of my feeble attempt. I couldn't get > the recorder to actually produce anything. I hate to follow up on my own posts, I realized that I should say what I was looking for... If the name and address are John & Debbie Smith, 1313 Mockingbird Lane, etc. I was hoping for: The Smith Family 1313 Mockingbird Lane etc. How much work is that? Googlng for Mac addressbook, etc. got me nowhere. Of course, any help is appreciated.
From: bosco on 30 Nov 2007 00:48 On 2007-11-29 20:59:43 -0700, Wayne Dernoncourt <wayned(a)panix.com> said: > I made the leap from Windows & Outlook to a MacBook Pro over the > summer. It's time for Christmas cards again, I've entered addresses in > the Address book for everybody - well sort of. For a family, I use > "John & Debbie" instead of creating two cards. So how do I print the > envelopes? I would think this would be a common operation, no doubt > the answer is staring me in the face but I'm missing it. > > I thought I could use Applescript, but I couldn't make heads or tails out of > the pair of books I got. I no longer remember enough details to make a > reasonable attempt at reconstruction of my feeble attempt. I couldn't get > the recorder to actually produce anything. > > Sign me > Confused There is a widget Easy Envelopes from Ambrosia Software that works for me. Not sure if that is what you are asking or not.
From: Matthew Lybanon on 30 Nov 2007 09:47 In article <2007112922482716807-boscopelone(a)yahoocom>, bosco <boscopelone(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On 2007-11-29 20:59:43 -0700, Wayne Dernoncourt <wayned(a)panix.com> said: > > > I made the leap from Windows & Outlook to a MacBook Pro over the > > summer. It's time for Christmas cards again, I've entered addresses in > > the Address book for everybody - well sort of. For a family, I use > > "John & Debbie" instead of creating two cards. So how do I print the > > envelopes? I would think this would be a common operation, no doubt > > the answer is staring me in the face but I'm missing it. > > > > I thought I could use Applescript, but I couldn't make heads or tails out of > > the pair of books I got. I no longer remember enough details to make a > > reasonable attempt at reconstruction of my feeble attempt. I couldn't get > > the recorder to actually produce anything. > > > > Sign me > > Confused > > There is a widget Easy Envelopes from Ambrosia Software that works for > me. Not sure if that is what you are asking or not. I second the motion. I've been using the Easy Envelopes widget for a while, and it is EASY. I was having problems getting all the settings correct to print envelopes from NeoOffice, but Easy Envelopes works very nicely. You can send to any address you like, but it has a built-in search of the Apple address book that can automatically get addresses from there.
From: Tom Stiller on 30 Nov 2007 10:41
In article <lybanon-1EB3E3.08470130112007(a)earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>, Matthew Lybanon <lybanon(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > In article <2007112922482716807-boscopelone(a)yahoocom>, > bosco <boscopelone(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > On 2007-11-29 20:59:43 -0700, Wayne Dernoncourt <wayned(a)panix.com> said: > > > > > I made the leap from Windows & Outlook to a MacBook Pro over the > > > summer. It's time for Christmas cards again, I've entered addresses in > > > the Address book for everybody - well sort of. For a family, I use > > > "John & Debbie" instead of creating two cards. So how do I print the > > > envelopes? I would think this would be a common operation, no doubt > > > the answer is staring me in the face but I'm missing it. > > > > > > I thought I could use Applescript, but I couldn't make heads or tails out > > > of > > > the pair of books I got. I no longer remember enough details to make a > > > reasonable attempt at reconstruction of my feeble attempt. I couldn't > > > get > > > the recorder to actually produce anything. > > > > > > Sign me > > > Confused > > > > There is a widget Easy Envelopes from Ambrosia Software that works for > > me. Not sure if that is what you are asking or not. > > I second the motion. I've been using the Easy Envelopes widget for a > while, and it is EASY. I was having problems getting all the settings > correct to print envelopes from NeoOffice, but Easy Envelopes works very > nicely. You can send to any address you like, but it has a built-in > search of the Apple address book that can automatically get addresses > from there. Of course, you can always print envelopes from Address book directly; no importing needed. -- Tom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF |