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FROM: Tristan Shout
Question: If I go into Envelopes and Labels (in Word)
and select Labels, I can never sort the correct sizes out as I don’t speak metric. Can you
help?
Answer:
Hi Tristan,
First of all check that Word is operating with
inches rather than
centimetres.
Go to Tools, Options and click the
General tab. In the measurement units drop-down box choose Inches. Click OK and exit out.
To choose the correct label for Word
to use, go into Envelopes and Labels (Tools, Letters and Mailings, Envelopes and
Labels). Click on the labels tab, then click on the label graphic in the bottom right of the Envelopes and
Labels window. This brings up another window from which you can choose a label by its reference
number.
The most popular labels are Avery, so
we will use them for our example.
In the Label Products drop down box
choose Avery A4 and A5 sizes if you're a UK user (Avery Standard in the US). This will display a list of Avery
label numbers:
Either scroll down to the one you
want, or if you don’t know the number, measure the label you want to use, then scroll down the list one at a
time until the ‘Label information’ panel to the right of the product numbers shows the measurements you are
looking for. Some of us tend to think in terms of 'Width the Height' but notice that Word thinks in terms of
'Height' first then 'Width'.
Choose the label, then do a test print
to make sure it’s the right one. If not go back and choose another label with the same dimensions until,
hopefully, you find the right one. If the size of your label is not
listed, you can customise your own label size and call it ‘Bloggs’ or ‘Jones’ etc.
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