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Creating Avery label templates in InDesign

Find which label you want to use in Word
- Tools > Labels > Options
Find the specs for that label
- > Details
Create new document in InDesign
Set up number of columns, gutter (space between columns), and margins
Create text boxes for the individual labels
- Drag an area using the text tool, then set the exact width, height, and position using the properties of that text area.
Duplicate text areas to fill the page in the proper places.

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mango → October 13th, 2006 at 10:38 pm

Even easier - just put in a table. Use cell spacing to adjust for row height and extra columns sized properly for the column gutter. Wha-la! That’s basically what a Word Doc uses anyway.

Trey → October 13th, 2006 at 10:43 pm

OK… make it easier for me. How do I create a table?

mango → October 18th, 2006 at 11:10 pm

First create a text box the size of your page, or margins, or whatever, then choose Insert Table. There ya go.

Robert → August 7th, 2007 at 11:17 am

It would be easier downloading a PDF template and opening in Indesign: PDF label Templates

Heather → October 9th, 2007 at 3:57 pm

Avery has Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign templates available: http://www.avery.com/us/software/templates_adobe.html

Creating Avery label templates in InDesign

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