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how do I make name tags with different names?
I want to make pre-printed name tags for a party. I have avery 8160 labels.
In Word I'm trying th Envelopes and Labels tools, but it will only make one label repeated over and over, not a series of different names. How do I tell it to make different labels? |
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how do I make name tags with different names?
Where do you have the list of names in which you would like to use. If you
have then on a file like Excel or Access. You can use the Mail Merge option and create the labels you want. Once you select Mail Merge, the side tab will walk you though the step to complete. Feel free to post any issues you may have completing this. -- Work is sometimes hard....but someone has to do it. "emfdvm" wrote: I want to make pre-printed name tags for a party. I have avery 8160 labels. In Word I'm trying th Envelopes and Labels tools, but it will only make one label repeated over and over, not a series of different names. How do I tell it to make different labels? |
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how do I make name tags with different names?
I have it as an MS Word document. It's just a list of names. I did find the
Mail Merge function you suggested, but now I'm having difficulty setting up the data to sort properly - field delimiters? record delimiters? I'm playing with the HELP function as well to get this straightened out. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks. "Pierre" wrote: Where do you have the list of names in which you would like to use. If you have then on a file like Excel or Access. You can use the Mail Merge option and create the labels you want. Once you select Mail Merge, the side tab will walk you though the step to complete. Feel free to post any issues you may have completing this. -- Work is sometimes hard....but someone has to do it. "emfdvm" wrote: I want to make pre-printed name tags for a party. I have avery 8160 labels. In Word I'm trying th Envelopes and Labels tools, but it will only make one label repeated over and over, not a series of different names. How do I tell it to make different labels? |
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how do I make name tags with different names?
How are the names listed on the word document. Is it displayed like
Michael Richardson 234 SW lane Miami, Fl 33311 Frank Franklin 546 NE 140 Place Fort Lauderdale, Fl 33032 etc.. If so you may need to add columns with a header so that each address can be identified. The addresses have to be group in order for mail merge to work properly. I person don't know of an easier way then that. My personnel option is that you add the address in tables with a header or copy and paste them in Excel. Note: If you use complete address in a table you have to place them from Top to Bottom. And if you place then in a form of a field i.e. [FName][LName][Street][State] the information should go from Left to Right. |
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how do I make name tags with different names?
In that case you have (at least) three options:
1. In the Envelopes and Labels dialog, click New Document to get a sheet of labels on which you can type directly. They're set up as a table, so be sure you have table gridlines displayed (Table | Show Gridlines) so you can see the label boundaries. You'll get only one page to start with, but when you tab out of the last label on the page, you'll go to the next page with a new row. 2. Convert your list to a mail merge data source. This can be a simple table. Use Table | Convert | Text to Table, separating at paragraphs. For this purpose you'll want a single-column table since you'll be using a single field for your mail merge. 3. Convert your list to labels directly: a. Look at the label definition (or measure the labels themselves) to see what the outside margins are (looks like 0.5" top and bottom and 0.19" on the sides), and change the margins of your list document to match. b. Use Table | Convert | Text to Table, separating at paragraphs and choosing three columns (since your labels are 3 x 10). c. Measure the labels (or get the measurements from the label definition). In this case they are effectively 1" x 2.75". Use Table Properties to set the cell height and width appropriately. (Note that the label definition created by word inserts a narrow column between the label cells to represent the space between the labels. You can make up this difference with indents.) d. Select the entire table and center the names horizontally and vertically, then change the font style and size as desired. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "emfdvm" wrote in message ... I have it as an MS Word document. It's just a list of names. I did find the Mail Merge function you suggested, but now I'm having difficulty setting up the data to sort properly - field delimiters? record delimiters? I'm playing with the HELP function as well to get this straightened out. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks. "Pierre" wrote: Where do you have the list of names in which you would like to use. If you have then on a file like Excel or Access. You can use the Mail Merge option and create the labels you want. Once you select Mail Merge, the side tab will walk you though the step to complete. Feel free to post any issues you may have completing this. -- Work is sometimes hard....but someone has to do it. "emfdvm" wrote: I want to make pre-printed name tags for a party. I have avery 8160 labels. In Word I'm trying th Envelopes and Labels tools, but it will only make one label repeated over and over, not a series of different names. How do I tell it to make different labels? |
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