AST Advantage 6xx/8xx
                           Mailing Labels             Faxback Doc. # 34573

     The following are the steps to create mailing labels from 
Lotus SmartSuite.

1. Go to "Start", "Programs", Productivity", "Lotus SmartSuite", "Lotus 
   Approach96".

2. A "Welcome to Lotus Approach" window appears. From here click on "open 
   an existing Approach file" if you have already created a database, or 
   click on "create a new file using a smartmaster" to start a new database.

3. (new database) After clicking on "create a new file using a smartmaster" 
   then click on "blank database" under select a smartmaster. Then click on 
   "OK".

4. A "New" window appears with the cursor blinking in the "file name" bar. 
   After typing in the name either click on "create" or press the enter key 
   on the keyboard.

5. A "creating new database" window appears with the cursor blinking in the 
   "field name" box. After entering the name of the field you must press 
   the 'tab' key on the keyboard to move the cursor to the "data type" box 
   (use shift-tab to move the cursor backwards). For most databases the 
   default setting of 'text' should be fine. Again press the tab key to move 
   the cursor to the "size box". Enter the size of the field if the default 
   of 10 is not enough space. Press the tab key again to start formatting 
   another field. Repeat this process until there are enough fields for the 
   labels or the database. Click on "OK" when ready to proceed.

6. Next a "Blank Database" windows appears. Click in the first field to 
   begin entering data. Again use the 'tab' key on the keyboard to move 
   through the fields and also to go to the next record. Use alt-tab to move 
   the cursor backwards.

7. When through entering data click on "create" at the top of the screen and 
   then goto "mailing label..". A "Mailing Label Assistant" window appears 
   with the first field name highlighted. This windows has several different 
   options with a design helper that allows you to select the actual shape 
   and positions of the field on several different label types. The screen 
   has two areas of importance to select field position on the label, the 
   "fields" box and the "field placement" box. Inbetween these boxes there 
   is an "add" button. Once the field that is highlighted in the "field" box 
   corresponds to the correct spot in the "field placement" box then click 
   on the "add" button to designate that position to that field. Do this for 
   each field that should appear on the label. Then click on "OK".

8. A view of the mailing labels is then displayed as they will appear on the 
   labels sheet. Click on "File" and "Print" when the printer is ready to 
   print the labels.

(LT/BKL-09/04/96)