Printing labels with Avery Design & Print
Dividing a page up to print labels, for example to print several address labels on one sheet, can sometimes be a hassle. Help is at hand in the form of a free online program, Avery Design & print, which offers...
Dividing a page up to print labels, for example to print several address labels on one sheet, can sometimes be a hassle. Help is at hand in the form of a free online program, Avery Design & print, which offers many ready-made label templates. With this program, printing labels becomes an easy and pleasant task. The program itself is very simple and intuitive to use.
Preparing labels for printing
As an example, I will describe step by step how to print a few sample address labels for sending an InPost parcel from a parcel locker.
- When you open the Avery program, a login window appears. If you are using the service just once, you can skip logging in; if you want to use the program regularly, you can create a free account. This gives you quick access to all the projects you have created before.
- In the first real step, the program asks you to choose a template from a list. Template categories are on the left of the screen, and you can search for a suitable template at the top. Let's assume you have a pack of labels like the one shown here:
- In the bottom left corner of the pack you can see the size of a single label, in this case 105 x 148mm.
- To choose the right template, type the size of a single label from the pack, i.e. 105 x 148mm, into the template search box.
- Choose template L8003, which is divided into 4 labels of 105x148mm each. When choosing a template, the only information that matters is the size (the size of a single label in mm) and the preview.
- After choosing the template, also choose a design (portrait/landscape orientation or ready-made designs to fill in with text)
The Avery Design & Print editor
Once you have chosen a design, the program takes you to the editor, which looks like this:
- On the left of the screen there are options that let you, for example, create your own label or anything else; you can also use the Image option to insert an image of a label you have prepared earlier.
- On the right of the screen there is something very important: the Navigator, which shows a preview of the sheet; you can also add more sheets to the project there. The Navigator offers 2 options:
- Edit all: when you edit one label, the program fills the remaining fields of the template with it.
- Edit one: you can edit each label separately.
- At the top of the screen there are a few basic options, e.g. copy, paste, undo and so on. You can also choose the label's background colour.
Editing a label in Avery
Choose the Edit one option, because we want to print a single label, and then click the Image option on the left of the screen. Select the image on your computer that you want to print as a label. Adjust the image size by dragging its corners, and its position simply by dragging it.
When you have finished editing all the labels on the sheet, click the “Preview and print” button in the bottom right corner of the screen. You will be taken to a page with a preview of the sheet ready for printing. If you are happy that the sheet is ready, all that remains is to click the "Print" button. A window will then ask whether to save the project; if you want to edit it later, click "Save". Then click "Open PDF" and a finished PDF file will open, ready to print or download.
