PMGS Stamp Album Page Generator V1.5.5

I'm been working on a major update to my Stamp Album Page Generator, and I think it's ready to go public.

REQUEST -- I NEED FEEDBACK! If you note any bugs, have any criticisms/suggestions, or requests for new features, please don't hesitate to let me know. This thing is a non-stop work in progress!

Requirements -- Microsoft Publisher; Microsoft Excel (if using the batch feature)

Installation requirements & known issues -- See the enclosed instructions.

What's new -- The SAPG is now a Publisher add-in, so it works with any Publisher document, new or existing. The previous version only worked in the document that the macro was built into. This allows it to be used with any album pages you've already built rather than just new pages from scratch.

What it does and how it works

After installing the program, you'll see a new tab in Publisher with a button that launches the add-in.



This is the add-in screen.



You can fill it with the data you want to include with your stamp on the page. You can set the size of the stamp, the style of frame, and whether you want to include a color or grayscale photo. There are four text boxes available for you to use, with each having customizable font, font size, font style, alignment, and positioning in relation to the frame.



Here's a sample of some stamp data entered into the form before hitting "GO". And here's the result when you hit "GO".



The end result is grouped so you can easily reposition it.

In addition, there is a batch generation feature which uses Excel. By clicking the Batch button, you get an Excel spreadsheet where you can enter (and save) the data on as many stamps as you'd like. You can create new tabs, so you can have a tab for each area you might collect.



To tell the program which stamps to include in the batch processing, you change the first column to "TRUE" and hit the Export button on the tab in the ribbon bar.

Then, back in the Publisher add-in, you hit the green "GO" button, and get this result.



Each line in the Excel spreadsheet with "TRUE" selected has produced a separate stamp entry. Each entry is grouped for easy dragging, and when they're dragged apart, this is the end result.



With this version, I've also added the ability to generate a simple page border. I hope to add more border options in the next version.

Enjoy. Let me know how it's working for you and let's see some pages!

Edit: Links to old version removed due to update (see below).

Hi,
I downloaded and installed the program.
I opened Publisher, filled out the Title, etc., but I get an error message. I have included a snapshot. Also, when I close down and re-open Publisher, the SAPG icon is no longer in the upper left corner.

Sue,

A couple questions:

What version of Publisher are you using?

And can you post a bigger screenshot? I can't read the error message.

The latest version (v1.5.5) is now available (2.4MB ZIP). One major change with this version -- the ability to generate stamp boxes with a single text box in the center.



New manual is here (Word doc).

One note for current users. Due to the changes that were made, you must uninstall any previous version before installing this version. Unfortunately, this means you'll lose your defaults and batch data if you don't back them up first. So, to upgrade:

1. Manually note your defaults.
2. Open the batch spreadsheet and use the PMGS export feature to backup your batch data.
3. Uninstall the previous version.
4. Install the new version.
5. Manually re-enter and save your defaults.
6. Open the batch spreadsheet and use the PMGS import feature to retrieve your backed-up batch data.

Thank you for this. It works great and is going to save me a lot of time!

Jeff

Hello

I was wondering where I could obtain the download for your stamp page generator. Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you

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