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.
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This guide will walk you through adding a new Avery Label Template type for use in generating labels on-demand and in-bulk.
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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.
For this Guide, we will be using the Avery 5160 Template.
Navigate to the Avery Templates page: https://www.avery.com/templates
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
Download the Microsoft Word (.doc) version of the template
Note: It is important to download the Microsoft Word version of the template.
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.
Open the Avery Label Template in Microsoft Word. Leave it open until we've completed all steps.
Navigate to a New Avery Label Config form in the PDF Generator application.
Name: Easy Peel Address Labels
Avery Number: 5160
First Row Padding: 0
Inbetween rows padding: 0
Max Labels per page: 30
Advanced Styling: Checked/True
If not already, open the Avery Label Word Document
Open the Page Setup dialog. This can generally be done by clicking on Layout > Margins > Custom Margins
On the Avery Label Config form, locate the Page Settings section and the Margins sub-section.
Copy over the margin and Page size settings from the Page Setup dialog in Microsoft word.
Page Setup Margins
Page Paper Size
Final CSS settings in the PDF Generator Avery Label Config
Save the PDF Generator Avery Label Config
Next we will set up the Label Dimensions so that PDF Generator knows how to place the labels on the page.
If not already, open the Avery Label Template Word Document
If not already, open the PDF Generator Avery Label Config
On the PDF Generator Avery Label Config, scroll down to the Avery Label Dimensions related list
Click on the "Row" Tab
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.
Click on the Column Tab
Here we will do similar math to our height, multiplying the Inch value by 96 to get Pixel values, and then rounding down.
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.
NOTE: It is critical to select "Label" or "Padding" as the Type in the Avery Label Dimension.
You can differentiate by comparing the Column Number to the layout of the labels.
For the 5160 Label, your final Avery Label Dimension related list should look like this:
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.
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.
On the Avery Label Word Document, right click on the Table of labels, and select Table Properties
In our case, the Height value will be 96
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.
