This is all typed within the field you created in step 8 and then collapsed into the final number in step 11. (I use the sequence name "exhibit" here, as is done in the main steps you can use a different sequence name, if desired.) If you need your labels to have leading zeros in their numbering, you can replace steps 9 and 10 with whatever is necessary to type the following. All your numbering should now be correct. This updates all the fields in what you selected. Press Ctrl+A to select everything in the document.Thus, if you need a total of 125 labels, and you can get 3 labels per line, you should end up with 42 rows of labels. You want enough rows of labels to meet your entire needs. Press Ctrl+V for each additional row of labels you want.(Don't worry yet that they have the same numbers on them.) You should now have two rows of labels, correctly formatted. Press Ctrl+V to paste a new row of labels.Press the right arrow, which should place your insertion point immediately after (beneath) the first row of labels.Select the entire first row of labels and press Ctrl+C.(Remember-you are working in a table, so just select the blank rows and use the Delete tool on the Table Layout tab of the ribbon.) Select the other, blank rows of labels and delete them.You should now have a complete row of the labels. Place the insertion point in each of the other labels in the first row, in turn, and press Ctrl+V.(The text in the table cell consists of everything you typed in step 7 and the field you created in steps 8–11.) Copy the first label by selecting all the text in the table cell and pressing Ctrl+C.Format the contents of this first label any way you desire-bold, italic, different color, etc.The field is collapsed, and a number appears in your label. The sequence field, ready to be collapsed. Type a name for this sequence of numbers, such as "exhibit" (without the quote marks).
Word inserts a pair of field braces in the label.
These labels are nothing but a Word table, with each cell in the table being one of the labels you will print. Click in the Label area if you need to change which label stock you are using.
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Make sure Full Page of the Same Label (in the Print area) is selected.Erase whatever is within the Address box it should be blank.The Labels tab of the Envelopes and Labels dialog box. Word displays the Labels tab of the Envelopes and Labels dialog box. Click the Labels tool, in the Create group.Display the Mailings tab of the ribbon.Perhaps the easiest way to set up labels that have sequential numbers is to use the Envelopes and Labels capability of Word in concert with the SEQ field. While all of these features (and more) use some type of numbering in them, they are not all well suited to creating labels. For instance, you can use different fields for numbering, or use numbered lists, the captioning feature, or you can use mail merging. Word has many ways you can implement some type of numbering in your documents. If you work in a business where you need to sequentially number items, you might be wondering if there is a way you can use Word to create the labels for you.