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Perform a Label Merge

1. Open a new, blank document.
2. On the Mailings tab, click Start Mail Merge and select Labels.
   
   
3. Specify the label options and then click OK.
4. If you don't see the table gridlines, then click View Gridlines on the Table Tools Layout tab.
   
   
5. Click Select Recipients and select the desired option. (If you're using an Excel file for your data file, then select Use Existing List.)
   
   
6. Select or create the data file that you want to use for the label merge.
7. If desired, click Edit Recipient List to review, sort, or exclude data records.
   
   
8. Click in the first table cell.
   
   
9. Click the Insert Merge Field down arrow and select the desired merge field.
   
   
10. Repeat step 9 for each merge field that you want to insert. (Press Shift + Enter at the end of each line to keep lines together.)
11. If necessary, change the line spacing by highlighting all of the fields in the first table cell, clicking on the Home tab, and selecting No Spacing from the Styles group.
    
    
12. When you're finished inserting merge fields, click Preview Results to make sure the data looks correct.
    
    
    
    Note: Use the Next Record and Previous Record buttons to scroll through the data records.
13. When you're finished previewing, click Preview Results again to display the merge fields.
14. On the Mailings tab, click Update Labels.
    
    
15. If you need to change the vertical cell alignment, highlight all of the rows in the table. Then, click Align Center Left on the Table Tools Layout tab.
    
    
16. Click Finish & Merge and select Edit Individual Documents.
    
    
17. Click OK.
18. If desired, save and close the merged document and the main document.