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Creating Lavels using Avery Design Lab

  • Purpose: To create labels in Avery Design lab
  • ALMA Roles
    • N/A
  • Responsibility
    • Library Experience Librarians

Logging into Avery Design & Print

 

  • Click Open on the Off campus labels title

  • If printing one label, click Edit One
  • Choose the correct label position that matches the sheet of labels you have.
  • Add the name and address
  • Click Preview & Print

  • Click Show Print Options
  • Click Print Range and select Print from  and choose the correct label number you wish to print. (In this example it is 4)
  • Follow instructions to print the labels, using tray 5 on the printer options.

Creating new Designs

  • Click on 1 Choose Template

 

  • Choose the template you wish to apply by typing in the code on the label box

 

  • Select the design you want to use

 

  • Follow the "Editing a Design" Steps to finish your steps.

Accessing pre-made designs

  • Click on Open a Saved Project

 

  • Choose your pre-made design from the list

 

  • Click Open to open the design 
  • Click on 2 Choose Design

 

  • Choose landscape as your orientation, click on select and customize

 

  • Find your design and click Select this Design

 

  • It will then appear in the preview menu on the right hand side. Click Apply Design

 

  • See steps below for editing your design

Editing a design 

  • On the right hand side click on
    • Edit One: If you are only editing one label
    • Edit All: If you are editing them all

 

  • To add text to the label, click Text on the left hand menu and then click Add Text Box

 

  • To edit text already there click on the textbox and you are able to type and edit the text

 

  • Edit the text to how you want it to look. 

 

  • You are also able to add Images or QR Codes using the options down the side

 

  • Once you have made your design click preview and print

 

  • Click Print
  • It will ask you to save design
    • Click don't save if you are reusing the same design that is already saved
    • click Save if it is a new design

 

  • Give your file a name and click Save to Avery Account

 

  • Click Open PDF to open the file

 

  • Make sure that in your printer settings you choose Tray 5 (Bypass tray) and that its set to Actual size not fit to page.
  • Place the labels in the bypass tray on the side of the printer, with the text side up (label side down) and release the job

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