GeoffM33 Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 I am trying to set up a data merge grid for Avery labels L7160 where there are vertical gutters but NO horizontal gutters. This is a very common label feature. The data merge tool only gives gutters in both directions. Is there a hidden setting or a different method? Am I missing something? This is rather crucial otherwise the labels will fall out of alignment across the sheet. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 In another topic I suggested setting up the data merge to give you 1 label per page, and then Printing the resulting merged document using the N-Up setting in the Publisher Print dialog. Another user suggested setting the Gutter to 0, and just doing the layout using Guides to help position the boes you draw using the Data Merge Layout tool. For example, specify a gutter of 0, which handles the horizontal one. For the Vertical one, just make the boxes enough wider than the actual label that the right edge of the box also includes the vertical gutter. Then just don't put any data in it. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 It seems by design there is no separate gutter for rows vs. columns. As a compromise / workaround you might try instead … … the option "Preserve Cell Size" to influence the visual gutter by altering one cell dimension … not using the gutter & set the cell sizes (incl. gutter) as needed Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffM33 Posted June 26, 2021 Author Share Posted June 26, 2021 Thanks, Walt & Thomaso, This works just great! GM33 walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 p.s.: you can easily add (+) the gutter of the template to your cell size by using the calculation tool in the value fields of width & height. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GeoffM33 Posted June 28, 2021 Author Share Posted June 28, 2021 Thanks, everyone. This is all very helpful. Thanks for all the time and effort put into your replies. I have, in parallel, posted a feature request for separate horizontal and vertical gutters settings in the feedback section. Best wishes. GM33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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