How to Create Labels in Microsoft Word
This wikiHow teaches you how to set up and print a template for a single label or multiple labels in Microsoft Word. Obtain the labels you need. Labels come in different sizes and for different purposes, for everything from regular, no. 10...
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Printing a Single Label or a Sheet of the Same Label
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Obtain the labels you need. Labels come in different sizes and for different purposes, for everything from regular, no. 10 envelopes to legal-sized mailings and CD covers. Get the labels that are best-suited for your project. -
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Create a new Microsoft Word document. Double-click the blue app that contains or is shaped like a "W", then double-click Blank Document" in the upper-left part of the opening window. -
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Click the Mailings tab. It's at the top of the window. -
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Click Labels under the "Create" menu. It's at the far-left of the toolbar.- If prompted, click OK to grant Word access to your contacts.
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Add text to the label. Do so by typing a recipient's address, name badge text, CD label, etc., in the Delivery Address field or by clicking the address book icon to the right of the field, selecting a recipient and clicking Insert. -
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Click Font…. This dialog box allows you to customize the look of the labels by selecting a font, text size, text color, and style. -
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Customize the label text and click OK. -
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Click Options…. It's a button in the Label section of the dialog box. -
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Click the radio button next to your printer type. -
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Click the "Label products" drop-down menu. -
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Select your label manufacturer.- If your manufacturer isn't listed, examine the label packaging for the label dimensions and the number per sheet. With this information, you can select an equivalent product.
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Click the "Product number" drop down. -
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Click the product number for your label. It should be clearly marked on the packaging. -
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Click OK. -
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Select the number of labels you're printing.- Click Full page of the same label to print a full sheet of the label
- Click Single label and then identify the row and the column on the label sheet where you'd like the label to be printed.
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Insert the blank label sheet into your printer. Make sure you have them aligned correctly for your printer. -
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Click Print….- Make sure the print preview of the labels looks the way you want it to.
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Click Print. Your label(s) will print.- Click File in the menu bar and Save if you want to save this label template for future use.
Method 2 of 2:
Printing Labels from an Address List
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Obtain the labels you need. Labels come in different sizes and for different purposes, for everything from regular, no. 10 envelopes to legal-sized mailings. Get the labels that are best-suited for your project. -
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Prepare your mailing list. Word can pull names and addresses from an Excel spreadsheet, an Access database, your Outlook contacts, or on Mac, your Apple contacts or a FileMaker Pro database. You can also type a new mailing list during the merge, if you prefer. -
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Create a new Microsoft Word document. Double-click the blue app that contains or is shaped like a "W", then double-click Blank Document" in the upper-left part of the opening window. -
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Click the Mailings tab. It's at the top of the window. -
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Click Start Mail Merge and Labels…. It's at the far-left of the toolbar.- If prompted, click OK to grant Word access to your contacts.
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Click the radio button next to your printer type. -
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Click the "Label products" drop-down menu. -
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Select your label manufacturer.- If your manufacturer isn't listed, examine the label packaging for the label dimensions and the number per sheet. With this information, you can select an equivalent product.
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Click the "Product number" drop down. -
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Click the product number for your label. It should be clearly marked on the packaging. -
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Click OK. -
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Click Select Recipients…. It's at the left of the toolbar. -
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Select your mailing list. Click on the source of the addresses you want to put on the labels.- If you want to create a new list at this point, click Create a new List….
- If you don't want to create labels for your entire mailing list, click Edit Recipient List and select the recipients you want to include.
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Click Address Block.- On Mac, click a line near the top of the first label, and click Insert Merge Field, then select a field you want to include, such as "First_Name." Repeat this process for each field you want to include, adding the appropriate spacing and address formatting.
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Select the elements you want to include on the labels. These include name format, business, name, etc. -
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Click OK. -
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Click Update Labels. It's an icon in the toolbar with a green "refresh" symbol. -
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Click Preview Results in the toolbar. Make sure the labels look the way you want them to. -
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Insert the blank label sheets into your printer. Make sure you have them aligned correctly for your printer. -
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Click Finish & Merge and Print Documents…. It's at the far right of the toolbar. -
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Click Print. Your label(s) will print.- Click File in the menu bar and Save if you want to save this label template for future use.
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