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Create mailing labels on Windows with Microsoft Word
- From any browse page or search results page, select the checkbox to the right of each listing that you want to print labels for. Then click the print labels button in the top right corner and save the file to your computer.
- Open Microsoft Word
- From the main navigation, select Tools >> Letters and Mailings >> Mail Merge Wizard
- Select the "Labels" option
- Click "Next: Starting Document"
- Select the "Change Document Layout" option
- Click "Label Options"
- From the "Label Options" window, select the "Label Product" and "Product Number" that corresponds to your label sheets.
- Click OK
- Click "Next: Select Recipients"
- Click the "Use an Existing List" option
- Click "Browse"
- Find and select the file, text_labels.csv, that you previously downloaded
- Click OK
- Click OK
- Unselect any addresses that you do not wish to print
- Click OK
- Click Next
- Click "Next: Arrange your labels"
- Click "More items"
- Insert each field and then click "Close"
- Format the fields accordingly.
- Click "Update All Labels"
- Click "Next: Preview Your Labels"
- Click "Next: Complete the Merge"
- Click Print
- Click OK
Create mailing labels on Mac OSX with Microsoft Word
- After Browsing or Searching for listings, click the check box to the right of the listings for which you would like to print labels. Then click the "Print Selected Labels" button at the top right of the page.
- A prompt will ask you to save the comma separated values file "text_label.csv" to your computer.
- Open a new document in Word and select "Data Merge Manager" (or "Mail Merge Manager") under the "Tools" menu.
- The "Data Manager" (or "Mail Merge Manager") formatting palette should appear.
- Within the palette, under "Main Document" select "Create", then "Labels...". Choose which label style you would like to use then click OK.
- Within the palette, under "Data Source" select "Get Data", then "Open Data Source..."
- Browse for the "text_label.csv" file you had saved earlier and open it.
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The "Edit Labels" box should pop up, this is where you can customize
the layout of the label. Each listing is saved in the data file as
five values separated by commas as follows:
, , , , . Within the "Insert Merge Field" drop-down menu there are the five fields to choose from. Insert each field and arrange them to how you would like the label to look. Then click OK. Typical labels will be organized like this:
,
* Note - Do not forget to put a space between theand fields. -
Within the palette, under "Preview" choose the "<
>" option to view your labels ready for printing.
Change your password
After you login to the site, on the left hand side under the heading "My Account" there is a link to "Change Password"
Search across multiple fields
For example, if you want to search for all daily newspapers serving Montgomery County: Select 'Daily Newspapers' in the Categories box and select "Montgomery County" in the Community box, then Search. You may select as many fields as you would like to help narrow your search. Keywords can be used along with the various boxes to help you find what you are looking for as well.