2009 Christmas Card List-Tally Up!

[Boozy]

Okay, I've just spent the past two hours getting my Windows virtual machine up to date so I could give a step by step for this.

Wow. Above and beyond.

Could I just say that we all owe Pedersen a huge debt of gratitude for all he's done? This is just one example.

[Bandit]

Turning off the scaling worked for me.

Wasted two sheets the first try, and just one piece of paper the second. Third time was a charm.

Also downloaded the Avery templates for the return address labels as, like Pedersen, the postal carriers would make sure my body was well buried if they had to read my handwriting to make out the address.

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[Pedersen]

Okay, I've just spent the past two hours getting my Windows virtual machine up to date so I could give a step by step for this. I really hate starting up Windows, too. Every time I do, I wind up losing the night just to fighting with Windows.

1. Open the AddressList.pdf in Adobe Acrobat 9.2 (just installed it, have no older version to try, so unable to confirm if these steps will work properly on older versions or not).
2. Click File->Print. This will bring up a dialog box with a lot of options.
3. Look for the section named "Page Handling".
4. In that section, set "Page Scaling" to "None"
5. Also in that section, turn off "Auto-Rotate and Center"
6. Check my print dialog screen shot (attached below), and see if any other settings might matter for you.

I'm not going to post the picture of the printout itself, as that would allow everybody here to see the list. Not a good idea. But it did print out cleanly and correctly using those instructions.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I can't get my labels to print right. Half of them cut off onto two different labels.

Please help. I can't get them to scale right for the label paper and I don't want to have to address all my cards by hand.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Found Avery 8160 Labels

You can order them here if you can't find them locally:

http://www.buyonlinenow.com/viewProd...8160&tk=622588

$9.71/pack for 750 labels . . . not bad.

[cinema guy]

Yes. There does not seem to be anyone who does that size/number of labels.

I could order them from Amazon US, but postage would be $33.

[Broomjockey]

Went looking for Avery lebels yesterday - all the stationery shops in town only had their own brand.

Store brands often list their equivalents, though not always. Sort of a "compatible with" list. Did you check that? If so, I got nuthin'

[cinema guy]

Went looking for Avery lebels yesterday - all the stationery shops in town only had their own brand.

And a search on internet and I can't find anything close to that size and configuration available from Avery or anyone else in the UK. If anyone can point me to where I can get some, I'd be grateful. Otherwise, it is cutting and pasting for me.

[JoitheArtist]

HA! I found it. Sorry for the confusion, I'll start getting cards out!

Guess I should go buy some...

You were away?

I didn't notice.

Heh. During November, my life is ruled by Nanowrimo. All of my other online commitments go kaput. I always end up writing an insane amount over the 50K goal.

[Pedersen]

I am NOT complaining, and I know you were making an effort to make things easier, Pedersen. I'm just...picky.

That's okay. I take no offense at it. I made it easier for those that wish to use it. And for those who have other desires, I think it might still be slightly easier due to the organization of the PDF being in that sort of a table. I'll hope so, anyway.

As I've said elsewhere, my chicken scratch means that I'm using the labels myself, just so that Aethian's co-workers don't decide to hunt me down and make sure my body is never found

[Pedersen]

Wait, was the list supposed to be emailed automatically? If so, I didn't get it. Sorry been away from the boards awhile.

Just went through the whole thread specifically to answer this question. Even though JM beat me to the punch, I'm still posting the answer by quoting everywhere it got mentioned:

The list is automatically sent out at the end of the opt-out period.

I extended the deadlines for both signing up and opting out. I thought about it, and I'm used to cutting off in mid October so that I'd have to compile the list by hand, but now that I don't have to do that there's no reason *not* to push it back.

Reason being that, as soon as that period is done, the email goes out giving everybody the PDF with all the addresses.

After that has passed, an email goes out to the same address that was used when you got your activation code for the signups. It will contain a PDF of the addresses, formatted to fit on Avery 8160 address labels.

The email containing the PDF of all addresses of the participants has been sent to the participants.

Okay, we had a minor address glitch that prevented the email being sent on time. I looked into it, found the error, and did a small work around. I've also verified that I got the address list, so please check your inboxes. You should have it.

*whew* Quite a few quotes there. Anyway, yes, it was automatic (well, almost. We had a small glitch that I manually corrected within a few hours of when it was supposed to go out).

And yes, it did go out. I got it, as did (apparently) everybody else. It's possible it went to a different address than you were expecting, though, so use these instructions to see where it went to:

However, you can find the email address it went to, right here on the site.

See the menu bar across the top? Click "User CP", then you will see a menu running down the left side of your screen. In the first section (named "Your Profile"), you will see a link named "Edit Your Details". Click that.

You will now have a section in the middle of your screen named "Registration Required Information - All fields are required.", and that will have a button labeled "Edit Email & Password". Click that.

At the bottom of the form that appears, you will see the email address that the site will use to send your emails. That's where the PDF went to.

If you still can't find it after that, let us know, and we'll find something to do to fix things.

[Ree]

Wait, was the list supposed to be emailed automatically? If so, I didn't get it. Sorry been away from the boards awhile.

You were away?

I didn't notice.

[JuniorMintz]

Wait, was the list supposed to be emailed automatically? If so, I didn't get it. Sorry been away from the boards awhile.

Joi- it went out automatically. Check your spam filters, trash can, etc, it should be there if not in your regular box.

[AdminAssistant]

Okay, I figured it out. Yeah, I just wanted to be able to format the list, take all the USA's off the addresses, seperate international from stateside, change the font, etc.

I am NOT complaining, and I know you were making an effort to make things easier, Pedersen. I'm just...picky.

[JoitheArtist]

Wait, was the list supposed to be emailed automatically? If so, I didn't get it. Sorry been away from the boards awhile.