How to create address labels with a Mail-Merge with Excel and Word

With the Holidays right around the corner, many people have asked the quickest and easiest way to generate labels is to use a mail merge with Excel and Word.

If you create your data in an Excel sheet - remember to use the following in each cell:
  • First name 
  • Last Name
  • Address
  • City
  • State
  • Zip Code
From there you will need to open up Word and follow these instructions:
  • Mailings - Start Mail Merge - Labels (choose your Vendor and product number (I am using Avery 5160 labels)
  • Select Recipients - Use an Existing List - Choose your Excel Sheet - then select ok
  • In 1st "open" field select Insert Merge Field
  • Here is where you select your cells - remember to put a space between First name and Last name - enter - Address - enter - city - space - state - space - zip
  • Select preview results (here is where you can adjust size and style of font and anything else you would like to chance
  • Select update labels - and you will see all your labels appear
  • Select Finish & Merge - Edit individual document - Merge records - All - ok
  • Save your doc and print away!
Embedded below is a GIF followed by a 2 minute and 11 second YouTube tutorial.




Take care,



Brad

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