Discsox Sleeves

[street singer]

Anyone else use DiscSox sleeves to store their CD's? After using them for DVDs and blu-rays for years, I'm slowly converting my CD collection to them after previously using the Jazz Loft-style sleeves. The one issue I have is how to use the empty space at the top of the sleeve. This space is there to allow for a paper insert containing information about the disc (artist, title, year of release, year of reissue, etc). I would like to be able to use this space for an insert containing this type of info, because it would make flipping through a large collection much easier, but...I'm at a loss as to how to go about printing this information on paper. DiscSox offer a template on their website, but it's pretty basic. Is there a way to use something like MS Word, or some other software, to design a custom template better suited to my needs? 

Anyone with experience with this sort of thing? Any advice is appreciated!

[mjzee]

I see that their template files use a .mcw format, which I've never heard of (and my Mac doesn't recognize).  But the task seems fairly simple:

1) Measure the insert space (height, width)

2) Open Word or Pages, and draw a rectangular shape that matches the insert space.  Give it a thin border and no fill.

3) Create a text box, and overlay that onto the rectangle.

4) Duplicate that rectangle down the page, so you can fill out more than one at a time.

5) Save it as a template.

Perhaps even easier would be to use a spreadsheet.  You can fill in the columns and then just print and cut to fit.

Good luck!

[jcam_44]

I have probably 1,200 albums in discsox. I created a template to add the leader/group name and have them filed where I can flip through like a Rolodex.  

[street singer]

17 hours ago, mjzee said:

I see that their template files use a .mcw format, which I've never heard of (and my Mac doesn't recognize).  But the task seems fairly simple:

1) Measure the insert space (height, width)

2) Open Word or Pages, and draw a rectangular shape that matches the insert space.  Give it a thin border and no fill.

3) Create a text box, and overlay that onto the rectangle.

4) Duplicate that rectangle down the page, so you can fill out more than one at a time.

5) Save it as a template.

Perhaps even easier would be to use a spreadsheet.  You can fill in the columns and then just print and cut to fit.

Good luck!

Thanks for the reply. This is something that I assumed would be simple...but, having never done it before, it's proving to be a bit of a headache. If I ever get it figured out, I'll follow up and let you know! 

8 hours ago, jcam_44 said:

I have probably 1,200 albums in discsox. I created a template to add the leader/group name and have them filed where I can flip through like a Rolodex.  

Yeah, this is exactly what I would like to do. In addition to the artist and album title, I'd like to include the year of original release and some basic edition-specific information (RVG Edition, OJC Edition, etc) as well, since I have multiple editions of some discs. I just ordered 1,000 CD Pro sleeves, so...looks like I'm committed. 😄