How to Make Labels on My PC

Making your own labels at home on your PC is a good way to save money and customize your labels in any way you choose. If you are planning on making labels for envelopes, gifts, name tags or some other type of label, you can easily create and print your design at home using specially designed label paper. Microsoft Word 2007 has plenty of label templates that you can customize to any type of design or paper. Printing your own labels at home is both fun and easy.

Things You'll Need

• Adhesive label paper
• Microsoft Word 2007
• Printer

Instructions

1. Purchase adhesive label paper in the appropriate size at any office supply outlet. You can buy paper for almost every type of label purpose.

2. Open a new document in Microsoft Word 2007.

3. Click the "Mailings" tab at the top. Click on "Labels", located on the upper left-hand side.

4. Hit "Options" to choose your label paper's brand and size and then hit "OK."

5. Type in the text that you want to appear on your labels. Customize the font and size by highlighting the text and right-clicking it to bring up the "Fonts" menu.

6. Insert your adhesive label paper into your printer. Click on the "Print" button.

References

• University of Wisconsin Eau Claire: Microsoft Word 2007: Creating Labels