From the course: Optimizing Your Work with Microsoft 365
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Creating envelopes and labels
From the course: Optimizing Your Work with Microsoft 365
Creating envelopes and labels
- [Instructor] One of the most effective uses of mail merge is creating labels for mass communication. It adds a nice touch of professionalism when mailings are addressed easily and properly. In this lesson, I'm going to show you ways to use Word and Excel to create a mail merge for generating your own labels. Please note that the mail merge feature is only available in the desktop version. To get started, I'll open a blank Microsoft Word document and select mailings from the top ribbon. Next, select start mail merge and then the step by step mail merge wizard. The mail merge wizard takes you through the process of creating labels step by step. When the mail merge panel opens on the right side of the screen, select labels then select next, starting document. Select label options, then look up the label vendor and product number for your physical labels and select OK. To view the label grid, go to the Layout tab on the top…
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