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Forms Selection - Print Mailing Labels window

Card Type

Select a type of card -- Customer, Vendor, Employee, Personal or All -- to restrict the list of cards for which you want to create mailing labels.

You can further narrow the list of cards by making entries in the Selected, Identifiers, Last Contact Before, Recontact On/Before, ZIP and custom fields.

All Cards / Customers / Vendors / Employees / Personals

The name of this field is determined by the selection made in the Card Type field.

Choose this selection to create letters for all cards of that card type that also match the selection criteria you enter in the other fields in the window.

Selected

Choose this selection if you wish to create a mailing label for a single card. In the field next to this selection, enter the name of the card or click the arrow and select the card you want from the list that appears.

Only cards with the type you selected in the Card Type field can be displayed here. If you’re unsure about the card type assigned to a particular card, choose All in the Card Type field.

Identifiers

Enter as many as 10 identifiers to restrict the list of cards for which you want to create mailing labels.

Note that only the cards that have been assigned all the identifiers you specify will be included.

Last Contact Before

Enter a date to restrict the list of cards for which labels will be printed to the people and companies who haven’t been contacted since that date.

Recontact On/Before

Enter a date to restrict the list of cards for which you want to create mailing labels to the people and companies whose recontact dates occur on or before that date.

ZIP

Enter a ZIP code to restrict the list of cards for which labels will be printed to the people and companies whose primary address is located in that ZIP code area.

Custom List #1/#2/#3

If you’ve set up custom lists for customers, vendors, employees or personal cards, you can choose selections from these lists to further narrow the list of cards for which labels will be printed.

These fields don’t appear if you chose All in the Card Type field.

Selected Form for Mailing Labels

Select the form layout you use to print mailing labels. You can choose one of the following standard form layouts or any of the custom form layouts you may have created for your forms using the Customize Labels window.

2.875” BY 1” LABELS: Choose this selection if you use pages of labels that have three labels in each horizontal row.

1.5” BY 4” LABELS: Choose this selection if you use pages of labels that have two labels in each horizontal row.

Print Alignment Form button

Click this button to print a page of labels that allow you to determine whether the labels loaded in your printer are positioned correctly for printing.

Before you begin printing, remember to load the labels in the appropriate printer. When you click this button, the Print dialog box for your computer will appear; click OK to print the alignment labels. If the position of the labels is incorrect, adjust the labels and print another alignment page. You can print as many alignment labels as you like.

Customize button

Click this button to display the Customize Mailing Labels window, where you can adjust the location of various parts of your mailing labels.

Cancel button

Click this button to clear any entries you’ve made and close the window.

OK button

Click this button to accept the entries you’ve made in this window. The Review Labels Before Printing window will appear, and you can review information about each of the labels you selected, as well as choose specific labels to print. When you’ve finished reviewing your selections, click Print in the Review Labels Before Printing window to start the printing process.

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