Avery Address Labels? How and where in Pages do I format?

Hello!

OK, I feel like such a Mac noob as I have been seriously stubbornly searching how to do this for about 2 weeks off and on. I have a new iMac, OSX leopard and want to create simple avery address labels for return address and mailing address, but for the life of me can't find where to format labels in Pages.

Now, I humbly put away my independent pride and am asking for HELP!!!

What's Avery labels?

Look here to see some examples of Avery labels

I tried to understand, but I just can't get what you are trying to do. I understand what Avery labels are though.

I know where they are found in MicroSoft Word, but not in Pages.

Thanks!

What I am trying to do is create printer labels, address labels, return address labels in general. They don't have to be avery specific.

Surely labels can be made in pages to stick on the front of envelopes, etc.

Thanks for the download, is there a way to create ANY labels directly in pages.

Well you could just about create something in a text box and then duplicate that text box if that's what you're asking... You can pretty much align stuff the way you want it to so that shouldn't be a problem.

I usually find something similar to what I want on one of the site below then modify it to my needs then save it as my own template...

http://www.iworkcommunity.com/

http://www.worldlabel.com/Pages/openoffice-template.htm

I haven't used pages for labels yet, I use an application called Mail Factory by Belight , it allows you to create printable labels, envelopes etc. There are presets for different sized labels and papers. You might give it a try, it works to a T for me. I buy the cheap office depot labels since they are a bit less than the Avery, they are about the same quality too.

Here is an example.


Address removed of course

Awesome, thanks! That is exactly what I needed! I too usually buy the staples or depot brand, so that works!

You can do it from Address Book....

maplecate said:

Hello!

OK, I feel like such a Mac noob as I have been seriously stubbornly searching how to do this for about 2 weeks off and on. I have a new iMac, OSX leopard and want to create simple avery address labels for return address and mailing address, but for the life of me can't find where to format labels in Pages.

Now, I humbly put away my independent pride and am asking for HELP!!!

Click to expand...

Try this page.. http://showngo.wordpress.com/2007/08/06/pages-avery-templates/

I followed the authors instructions for downloading the Word templates into Pages and saving them as Pages Templates and it works beautifully.

Address Book and not Pages is what you are looking for!

Hello,

What you want can be accomplished easily by using the Address Book. Type in all the addresses in the address book. Create a new group from the contacts -- "Christmas cards mailing list".

Then File --> Print. Click on the layout tab to choose the style of Avery paper.

Thank the Cupertino folks and smile away.

Merry Christmas,
Alex

Free Label Templates

I found this one - "Free Label Templates" - more helpful Universal/Address Labels .

Using Address Book is an option, but if you're not creating address label, but a different kind of sticker, like I was (making change-of-date stickers to go on pamphlets for a course I'm running), it's a pain. I've only just become a Mac user, & very disappointed that Pages has so much less functionality than MS Word.

Thank you Fyrman22 I had no idea you could print labels from Address Book, how brilliant, thanks.

How do I make several copies of my own address in address book? This way I can make an entire sheet of my address for my Christmas cards I am mailing out.
Mike

Simplest answer to Labels FAILURE in iWork's Pages

You don't need to pay $25 for a label program, and you don't need to try and convert British or metric label sizes to American standards. You simply go to the Avery website and find your label size here:
Blank Templates | Business Card Templates & Label Templates | Avery

Even if you aren't using Avery labels, there's a VERY good chance your clone labels are using their standard sizes (my Office Max labels said on the front of the package: "Uses same size as the Avery 8160 template.") You find the Avery 8160 template, download it, and then launch it.

HOWEVER: Pages does NOT correspond perfectly with the Avery templates, which are downloadable as .PDF or .doc files. I used the .doc (Word) template and converted it into Pages, but many of the labels I typed didn't fit right on the labels, and there were only 27 label slots available instead of the normal 30 for that template. Adjusting the label spaces to make them fit correctly for printing was impossible. Yet another Pages FAIL. So instead, I downloaded the FREE MICROSOFT OFFICE CLONE OpenOffice for Mac from OpenOffice.org, launched the .doc file with the "Writer" (Word) program and my labels were perfect on the first try. You see, Word and OpenOffice, as well as other word processing programs like Bean, actually have the capability to make labels built in. You'd think after a few decades Apple would've gotten the hint.