A simple shipping label.
Shipping labels are often the first tangible thing exchanged between a small company and its customers. With today's computers and printers, it is easy to make a nice-looking shipping label to reassure your customers that, even if you are small, you operate professionally.
Instructions
Designing Shipping Labels
1. Go to the Avery.com website and enter in 58164 in the search box. From the results page select "Shipping Label, 6 per sheet," and on the resulting page, click "download template." This will open a smaller log-in window. Fill out the form and hit "submit." This will open a download window which instructs you open the file. A smaller window will open asking if you want to open a document file. This is your shipping label template, so say OK.
2. Insert your business or personal logo by clicking on your insert tab and then selecting your image. This will automatically center your photo to the left and middle. For this example, the logo is moving to the top of the label. Click on your image. This will bring up two superior tabs (above the regular tabs). One says "Table Tools" and the other says "Picture Tools." Click on "Picture Tools."
3. Click on "Text Wrapping" and select "In Line With Text." This directs Word to line up your text next to your logo and it also opens (allows you to use) the "Align" feature. Click on "Align" and select "Align Left." This will move your image all the way to the top and left on the label.
4. Click on the label, next to your logo. Type in your company or personal name using the font you like. Your font choice should represent your company products or activities. The example uses 28 point Curlz MT Bold and 10 point Century Gothic. Highlight and center your address under your logo and company name.
5. Click your enter key and then click your border tool. Click on "Horizontal Line." Insert the line on your shipping label. Click on your text alignment tool "Align Text Left." Select a clean, bold font such as 22 point Century Gothic Bold and type "TO:"
6. Highlight your copy by dragging your mouse across your label and pressing the copy tool. (Alternative: Go to your "Layout" tab, click "Select," click "Select Cell." Go to your "Home" tab, click "Copy," place your mouse arrow over the empty label and click "Paste.") Paste into the other labels. Save your new shipping labels and you are ready to print.
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