In Microsoft Word:
- Open a new document.
- From the Tools menu, select Mail Merge.
- Click on Create, then choose Mailing Labels.
- In the pop-up menu, select Active Window.
- Click on Get Data, then choose Open Data Source.
- In the Look In: box go to either the Floppy (A:\) drive
or the directory on your hard drive that you saved the file to.
- In the Files of Type: box, select All Files. Locate
your file and double click on it.
- You may or may not get a window that says Confirm Data Source.
If you receive this message select Text Files (*.txt).
Hit OK.
- Word 2000 users: At the File Conversion window, select
Plain Text, then click OK.
- Choose the Set Up Main Document button.
- Choose the address label type under Product Number, then
click OK.
- Click on Insert Merge Field, then click on Contact
Name, press the Enter key.
- Click on Insert Merge Field, then click on Company,
press the Enter key.
- Click on Insert Merge Field, then click on Address,
press the Enter key.
- Click on Insert Merge Field, then click on City,
type a comma and a space.
- Click on Insert Merge Field, then click on State,
press the spacebar twice.
- Click on Insert Merge Field, then click on Zip,
then click OK.
- If you're ready to print labels now, make sure the printer is
loaded with blank labels. Otherwise, skip to step 24 to save your
work.
- Click the Merge button.
- In the Merge To: box, select Printer.
- If you're going to print all the labels now, make sure All
is selected in the Records To Be Merged: box; otherwise,
in the From and To boxes, enter the appropriate
numbers (Example: if you're printing labels 20 to 200, in the
From box enter 20, and the To box enter 200).
- Click the Merge button.
- In the Print dialog box, click on OK.
- To save your work, click on File and select Save.
Make sure you save the file to your hard drive (C:), give your
file a name you will remember, and click Save.
Your labels have been printed! |