Adding New Avery Type Label Configuration

This guide will walk you through adding a new Avery Label Template type for use in generating labels on-demand and in-bulk.

Note: While this example is for an Avery Label. Any label can be configured and this guide can help you translate your label into a label configuration.

Download the Avery Label Template

For this Guide, we will be using the Avery 5160 Template.

1. Navigate to the Avery Templates page: https://www.avery.com/templates

2. Search for or locate the Template you wish to add. For our documentation, we are using the 5160 template: https://www.avery.com/templates/5160

3. Download the Microsoft Word (.doc) version of the template

Note: It is important to download the Microsoft Word version of the template.

Converting the Word Doc to an Avery Label Configuration

In order to make transitioning the Avery Label Template into PDF Generator we will need to manually review the Page Setup and Table Properties of the Avery Label Word Document. These steps should be generally the same for all Avery Label types.

Preparation Steps

1. Open the Avery Label Template in Microsoft Word. Leave it open until we've completed all steps.

2. Navigate to a New Avery Label Config form in the PDF Generator application.

Create Avery Label Config

1. Name: Easy Peel Address Labels

2. Avery Number: 5160

3. First Row Padding: 0

4. Inbetween rows padding: 0

5. Max Labels per page: 30

6. Advanced Styling: Checked/True

Initial Avery Label Values for 5160

Configure Page Margins

1. If not already, open the Avery Label Word Document

2. Open the Page Setup dialog. This can generally be done by clicking on Layout > Margins > Custom Margins

3. On the Avery Label Config form, locate the Page Settings section and the Margins sub-section.

4. Copy over the margin and Page size settings from the Page Setup dialog in Microsoft word.

   1. Page Setup Margins

      

      Page Margins

   2. Page Paper Size

      

      Page Paper Size

   3. Final CSS settings in the PDF Generator Avery Label Config

      

      Final Page Settings

5. Save the PDF Generator Avery Label Config

Set up Label Dimensions

Next we will set up the Label Dimensions so that PDF Generator knows how to place the labels on the page.

1. If not already, open the Avery Label Template Word Document

2. If not already, open the PDF Generator Avery Label Config

3. On the PDF Generator Avery Label Config, scroll down to the Avery Label Dimensions related list

   
4. On the Avery Label Word Document, right click on the Table of labels, and select Table Properties

5. Click on the "Row" Tab

6. Locate the Height value and multiple it by 96 to get the "pixel" value we need for our Avery label dimensions. NOTE: Round-Down to the nearest number.

   1. In our case, the Height value will be 96

7. Click on the Column Tab

   1. Depending on where you clicked to open the "Table Properties" you may not be on the FIRST column. Click the Next and/or Previous column buttons until it shows you on Column 1.

8. Here we will do similar math to our height, multiplying the Inch value by 96 to get Pixel values, and then rounding down.

9. Create an "Avery Label Dimension" record for each of the columns, using the Height of the Row (Step 6) and the Width of each column (Step 7), clicking Next Column as we complete each one.

   1. NOTE: It is critical to select "Label" or "Padding" as the Type in the Avery Label Dimension.

      1. You can differentiate by comparing the Column Number to the layout of the labels.

10. For the 5160 Label, your final Avery Label Dimension related list should look like this:

Avery Label Dimension Records

1. Once you have entered all of the Avery Label Dimensions, you can use the Generate HTML button to generate examples on the Avery Label Config and perform initial verification.

Using Your Newly Created Label

Now that you have completed your Avery Label Configuration, you will need to create an Avery Label Template, select your new Avery Label Config, create Field Maps, and configure your template to be used / printed.