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WD2000: Err Msg: "The margins, label size, and number across or down values produce a page that is larger than the label page size."

Article ID: 224042

Article Last Modified on 12/2/2005

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Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q224042

ERROR MESSAGE

When you try to create a new custom label, the following error message may appear:

The margins, label size, and number across or down values produce a page that is larger than the label page size.

NOTE: Microsoft Office 2000 has built-in functionality that allows you to get more information about difficult-to-troubleshoot alerts or error messages. If you want to enable this functionality for this and other error messages in Microsoft Office 2000, please download the Microsoft Office 2000 Customizable Alerts file from the Microsoft Office Update Web site at the following address:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8FBEE1D3-C5BB-4A36-A2F7-DC63DE2A818C

NOTE: If you reached this article by clicking the Web Info button in an error message, you already have Customizable Alerts enabled.

THINGS TO TRY

The label information you entered in the New Custom laser (or New Custom dot matrix) dialog box is incorrect for the page size you selected.

To correct this problem, enter the correct label size information for the custom label you are creating. To help you to correctly enter the custom label information, please refer to the following resources as well as the "More Information" section of this article.

For more information about creating your own custom label, click Microsoft Word Help on the Help menu, type What if my label size does not show in Word? in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.

For additional information about how to create custom labels, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212029 WD2000: How to Create a Custom Label

NOTE: To view the New Custom laser or New Custom dot matrix dialog box, click Envelopes and Labels on the Tools menu. On the Labels tab, click Options and then click New Label.

MORE INFORMATION

To assist you in entering the correct settings when you create your new custom label, please refer to the following table for the descriptions of the values required to set up your custom label.

Label Property	Description
Label height	This is the distance from the top edge of the label to its bottom edge. It does not include the space between labels. If you enter a new value, press TAB or click elsewhere in the dialog box to update the Preview box.
Label width	This is the distance from the left edge of the label to its right edge. It does not include the space between columns of labels. If you enter a new value, press TAB or click elsewhere in the dialog box to update the Preview box.
Number across	This is the number of labels in a row on your sheet of labels. If you enter a new value, press TAB or click elsewhere in the dialog box to update the Preview box.
Number down	This is the number of rows on your sheet of labels. If you enter a new value, press TAB or click elsewhere in the dialog box to update the Preview box.
Top margin	This is the distance from the top edge of the label to the first line of type. If you enter a new value, press TAB or click elsewhere in the dialog box to update the Preview box.
Side margin	This is the left margin of the label; the distance from the left edge of the label to the text. If you enter a new value, press TAB or click elsewhere in the dialog box to update the Preview box.
Vertical pitch	This is the distance from the top of one label to the top of the next label. If you enter a new value, press TAB or click elsewhere in the dialog box to update the Preview box.
Horizontal pitch	This is the distance from the left edge of one label to the left edge of the label next to it. This box is unavailable if the Number across value is 1. If you enter a new value, press TAB or click elsewhere in the dialog box to update the Preview box.
Page size	Select the page size of your label sheet.

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