Carol's Corner Office

7. July 2008 by Carol.

I have received a question asking me how to create mailing labels using Microsoft Works.  I don’t know of too many folks who use Microsoft Works as it really is a very stripped down piece of software.  Myself, I would use the Microsoft Office Suite or OpenOffice Writer for this task.

Follow the steps below to create your mailing labels using MS Works:

1. Make sure the database you use to create your labels is up to date.
2. Open MS Works.
3. Open a new document within MS Works.
4. On the Tools menu, click Labels. Make sure that you select the Labels option to create labels with different information on each label.
5. Click on the Label Size tab to select the size of your label.
6. Click on the Database tab to select which database you will be using to create your labels.
7. Click on the Recipients tab to select the database records you want to use.
8. Click on the Label Layout tab to select the database fields you want to use and also set your preferences for your labels.
9. Click the Printing Tab to select your printing options.
10. Click Test to print a test sheet of  labels.
11. Load the correct size labels into your printer and print!

It really isn’t as daunting as one might think is it?