Objective 1. Prepare a Mail Merge Document as Mailing Labels
Activity 3.1. Setting up Mailing Labels in the Mail Merge Wizard
In this activity, you will create a new document for mailing labels and start the Mail Merge Wizard. You will select a layout for the type of mailing labels.
1.
Start Word and display a New Blank document. Save the file as Mailing_Labels_Firstname_Lastname
2.
On the Tools menu, point to Letters and Mailings, and then click Mail Merge.
The Mail Merge task pane displays. The Mail Merge Wizard has six steps to complete the merge process.
3.
On the Standard toolbar, click the Zoom arrow, and select Page Width. This will display the document and layout for the labels alongside the task pane.
4.
In the Mail Merge task pane, under Select document type, click the Labels option button. Under Step 1 of 6, click Next: Starting document.
Mail Merge Step 2 of 6 displays in the task pane. You can move to the next or previous wizard step at any point in the process.
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Under Change document layout, click Label options. In the Product number list, click 5160Address, and then click OK.
The gridlines display on the document workspace as a guide for the labels layout. These lines do not print. Compare your screen with Figure 3.2. If the gridlines are not displayed on your screen, click the Table menu and then click Show Gridlines.