Have labels saved, how do I find out what type (ie5160)?

[Guest]

I never know what label type (ie Avery 5162 or whatever) I've used in Word.
Is there a way to find out?

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

There is no way to tell by looking at the document other than by comparing
the dimensions with those of the umpteen different types of Avery label to
find a match.

See "Convert Labels into Mail Merge Data File" on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's
website at:

http://www.gmayor.com/convert_labels_into_mail_merge.htm

Then you can just merge back to whatever type of labels you want.


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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

As Doug says, there's no way other than to compare the dimensions with
various label definitions. One thing you can do, however, when you create
new label documents is to note the label type in the Comments property of
File | Properties.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Hi all

There is no way to tell by looking at the document other than by comparing
the dimensions with those of the umpteen different types of Avery label to
find a match.

Using the document to again create a label used to show me the label
type (tested this in Word 2003 last week) -- or it simply showed me the
last used label type.

0.02cents
Robert