How do I print labels?

[angela]

Me again, lol, I want to print some sticky labels, I've checked printing on my epson installed disc and it says envelopes but no mention of labels, so I don't know how to do it or if my printer will print them, any ideas please? thanks

[JanTheNan]

What labels is it you're going to print Angie?

I know MS Word has a facility from Avery the label makers.

I can do labels in my CorelDRAW software quite easily.

If you have the labels and know the sizes I could give it a go and send it back to you as a template, if you see what I mean, I'm prepared to give it a go.

[angela]

Hi Jan, I have sheets of sticky back labels and basically I wanted to put them in my printer then type the address on the lappy and make the printer print them, but I don't know how , I only have wordpad and no coral draw, just a crappy basic lappy tbh lol, x

[Wellington]

Hmmmm, just been looking quickly through the page set up options for WordPad & I can't see anything for multiple labels. Do you have any versions of MS Office Ange?

[JanTheNan]

What labels are they, i.e. are they Avery?

If they're Avery they'll have a number on them, the ones I mostly use within my CorelDRAW are J8160 I get 21 to a page, 3 columns of 7.

I'm just having a look to see if Open Office does labels, be right back.

[angela]

thanks tbe honest someone gave me a load ages ago, so I don't know who's they are on the test sheet it says 99.1mmx67.8mm layout test sheet, there are 2 columns each with 4 labels (8 altogether).

[JanTheNan]

Just had a look at Open Office and it appears it will do labels.

I'll see if I can find anything about the sizes.

I'm back, looks like Avery J8165, J8365 and J8565 all have the same dimensions as the ones you have.

If you're prepared to download and install Open Office (totally free) and give it a go you might be on to a winner. (When you install it will tell you you need Java Runtime Environment too, easy to find via Google).

Give me a shout if you need any help.

Just come back to add that you'd do the A4 sheet and print as normal in your Epson.

[angela]

ah cheers jan gotta prep t in a minute but will get on it after t, xxxxxxxxx

[LoobyLou]

I use Open Office as I hate Windows Office - not printed labels though