Creating Labels in Word
Creating Labels in Word Tip: Don’t forget you can always change your word processor in Gateway from Wordpro to Word (and back again!) through Tools, Options, Other.
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Creating labels in Word
Select Word from the Tools menu and select a Template type of Contact
Highlight Blank Document and under Create New select Template and click OK.
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Under Mailings ribbon select Labels and then click Options.
Choose the correct label description to match your label type and size.
If the label type and size you are using does not appear on the list you may create your own label details by clicking on the New Label button.
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Under Mailings select Start Mail Merge.
Choose Labels and select the correct label name.
Under Mailing select Start Mail Merge and select Step by Step Mail Merge Wizard.
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In Step 3 of 6 of the Wizard, when prompted to Select Recipients choose Use an Existing List. Below will show the location the data will be pulled from
Select Next - Arrange Your Labels, at the bottom of the page
In Step 4 of 6 of the wizard select More items, Insert Merge Field.
From the list of available fields select Contact_Address_Block.
Under Replicate Labels in the wizard select ‘Update all labels’.
Your document will look like this:
Close the Mail Merge Wizard Screen, select Save As and give your label template a name, then close Microsoft® Word.
To merge your Gateway data to your Word labels select the Contact records you wish to print labels for.
Select Print, Merge Document.
Select the Label template.
Select Finish and Merge, and then select Print Documents.
NB:
It is not possible to preview labels before printing. When a new label
size is set up test the layout by merging a few records and printing on plain paper, then compare the result with the label paper.
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Creating labels in Word
Select Word from the Tools menu and select a Template type of Contact
Highlight Blank Document and under Create New select Template and click OK.
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Under Mailings ribbon select Labels and then click Options.
Choose the correct label description to match your label type and size.
If the label type and size you are using does not appear on the list you may create your own label details by clicking on the New Label button.
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Under Mailings select Start Mail Merge.
Choose Labels and select the correct label name.
Under Mailing select Start Mail Merge and select Step by Step Mail Merge Wizard.
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In Step 3 of 6 of the Wizard, when prompted to Select Recipients choose Use an Existing List. Below will show the location the data will be pulled from
Select Next - Arrange Your Labels, at the bottom of the page
In Step 4 of 6 of the wizard select More items, Insert Merge Field.
From the list of available fields select Contact_Address_Block.
Under Replicate Labels in the wizard select ‘Update all labels’.
Your document will look like this:
Close the Mail Merge Wizard Screen, select Save As and give your label template a name, then close Microsoft® Word.
To merge your Gateway data to your Word labels select the Contact records you wish to print labels for.
Select Print, Merge Document.
Select the Label template.
Select Finish and Merge, and then select Print Documents.
NB:
It is not possible to preview labels before printing. When a new label
size is set up test the layout by merging a few records and printing on plain paper, then compare the result with the label paper.
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