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Re: Word/OpenDoc labels download

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On Feb 7, 11:16 am, Scott Ballinger <scott.ballin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 7, 7:56 am, Kevin Powick <nos...@spamless.com> wrote:
>
> > For something as simple as labels, I think RTF would be a lot easier to
> > work with.
>
> I agree. Opening and manipulating an RTF doc from an mv environment is
> a piece of cake. The accuterm web site (asent.com) has a sample script
> and subroutine that shows how to execute a ms-word mailmerge process,

Thanks Scott. The accuterm article looks helpful at first glance. --
dawn

> but you could also just use an RTF doc to print pretty. Plus, I don't
> think RTF documents support macros; therefore they are "safer" to
> distribute and less likely to be intercepted by anti-virus and other
> security devices.
>
> /Scott Ballinger
> Pareto Corporation
> Edmonds WA USA
> 206 713 6006

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