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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / December 2007printing Christmas envelopes
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 > 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 [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > 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. > 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 [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > 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 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 [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > 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. In article <lybanon-1EB3E3.08470130112007@earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>, > > > 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 [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > 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.  SignatureTom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF > In article <2007112922482716807-boscopelone@yahoocom>, > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > search of the Apple address book that can automatically get addresses > from there. I third the motion. My dad wants to do the same thing on my old iMac. Can't find labels. I couldn't either, lol. > 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 [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Sign me > Confused Shouldn't cards be personal? Hand write the addresses. SignatureTim lance_1012@hotmail.com >> 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. > Shouldn't cards be personal? Hand write the addresses. Indeed. And instead of using the impersonal U. S. Postal Service, a really thoughtful person will _hand-deliver_ all of his Christmas cards as well. >> Shouldn't cards be personal? Hand write the addresses. > >Indeed. And instead of using the impersonal U. S. Postal Service, a really >thoughtful person will _hand-deliver_ all of his Christmas cards as well. At one time there were significant numbers of people who complained about the impersonal nature of printed Christmas cards - with hand-written notes and such. Hallmark was a target of their accusations of destroying Christmas. But such conservative values get forgotten by the next generation who have their own concept of Rightness. >> Shouldn't cards be personal? Hand write the addresses. > Indeed. And instead of using the impersonal U. S. Postal Service, a really > thoughtful person will _hand-deliver_ all of his Christmas cards as well. Thanks for the tip about Ambrosia. I wish I could write the addresses, I do write notes/letters inside. However, my writing can be poor at times & I want the card to actually show up to it's destination in Myrtle Beach, SC, Louisville, KY, Toms River, NJ, etc. Making the post office decode my writing means it could get delayed/mis-directed. This also means I can spend more time writing the inside note. My cousin (Atlanta, GA) sends out a news letter every Christmas with hand written envelopes. >>> Shouldn't cards be personal? Hand write the addresses. > >> Indeed. And instead of using the impersonal U. S. Postal Service, a really >> thoughtful person will _hand-deliver_ all of his Christmas cards as well. > Thanks for the tip about Ambrosia. I've installed Easy Envelope and I love the interface. Unfortunately it doesn't do quite what I was looking for. For example, John & Debbie have two kids, Megan and Grant. The address book entry is _John & Debbie_ _Smith_ (how to signify John & Debbie are both contained in "First"?)... That's why I was looking for The Smith Family. > I wish I could write the addresses, I do write notes/letters inside. > However, my writing can be poor at times & I want the card to [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > My cousin (Atlanta, GA) sends out a news letter every Christmas > with hand written envelopes. There is no time like the present to put your address book into a usable state then. That sounds like the real problem? I doubt there is any program that can do what you want because a program can not know what you want done and how. > There is no time like the present to put your address book into a > usable state then. That sounds like the real problem? I doubt there is > any program that can do what you want because a program can not know > what you want done and how. On the PC I could do this with a kluge called Mail Merge... Open MS Word, use Tools -> Mail Merge, fool with this tool for what seemed like an eternity (put "The " on the first line, then the last name, etc.) Mail Merge was really designed to send out form letters "Dear Mr/Mrs. Smith are your insurance rates to high?" It was possible, but it was a pain in the butt! Did you look at these programs for mac? <http://www.intellisw.com/intellimerge/?gclid=CPvszJfoh5ACFRpdagodkmFRuA> <http://www.emailman.com/mac/mailinglist.html> <http://www.sigsoftware.com/emailmerge/> <http://www.emailarms.com/> > Did you look at these programs for mac? Nope > <http://www.intellisw.com/intellimerge/?gclid=CPvszJfoh5ACFRpdagodkmFRuA> $150? maybe > <http://www.emailman.com/mac/mailinglist.html> Appears to be designed for email, not snail mail > <http://www.sigsoftware.com/emailmerge/> See emailman .... > <http://www.emailarms.com/> See emailman .... Maybe I can do what I want do with AppleScript, I'll take another swing at that on Monday trying to script grapher. |
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