If you have your database in Excel, you can use Microsoft Word to print labels from that database.
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Printing Labels from Excel Spreadsheet
- Open Microsoft Word
- Go to Mailings
- Start Mail Merge
- Choose Labels
- Choose the label manufacture in the Label Products dropdown box (i.e. Avery US Letter)
- Then choose the specific label you’re using in the Product Number box (i.e. 5161 Address Labels) then click ok
- Next click the Select Recipients button and choose use an existing list
- Now navigate to your saved Excel spreadsheet (Richards Contacts), select it then choose open
- You may get a couple pop-up boxes at this point. If it tells you it needs to open the file with the Excel Workbook Text Converter, click yes.
- Now it’ll likely give you another pop-up asking if you want to open Sheet1 or the entire workbook. Choose Sheet1 and click ok
- Now click the insert merge field button and choose which field you want to insert, such as Name.
- Continue adding the fields from your contact list that you want to show up on your mailing label (Address, City, State, Zip Code).
- Make sure to add the necessary spaces, commas, etc between the different fields like you would a normal address
- Once you have all your fields added, click the Update Labels button. This will add all the merge fields you choose to all the rest of the labels.
- You can now click the preview results button to make sure your labels look right.
- Now click Finish & Merge and choose Edit Individual Documents. This will open your labels in a new window. Now you can print out your labels.