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Avery® Frequently Asked Questions
Wizard Information
Q1. What is the Avery Wizard?
The Avery Wizard for Microsoft Office guides you step by step to create Avery labels, business cards, dividers
and more while you work within Microsoft Office. You can easily import data from Microsoft Word, Excel®,
Access™, and Outlook® for mail merge in minutes. It is great for beginners, because it provides step-by-step
instructions, and is also capable of advanced Microsoft Word features.
Q2. Does Avery Wizard replace the Envelopes and Labels feature of Microsoft Word?
No, the Avery Wizard features are an addition to what is currently within Microsoft Word. You can still use the
Envelopes and Labels feature as before or you can use the Avery Wizard to create labels or print on other
Avery products.
Q3. How does the Avery Wizard differ from the Microsoft Word Envelopes and Labels feature?
The Avery Wizard makes formatting labels, cards and dividers simple and fast. The Wizard removes steps
from the mail merge process in Word and provides step-by-step on-screen instructions.
Q4. What do I need to know when downloading and installing Avery Wizard?
Downloading the Avery Wizard from the Avery web site is easy. Just follow the on-screen instructions.
Before installing any application, remember to close all applications, and turn off any anti-virus software and
screen savers. Uninstalling any previous versions of Avery Wizard is also recommended.
Q5. Can I use the Wizard on my Mac® computer?
The Wizard is only compatible with PC-based systems. For Mac users, we have developed DesignPro® for
Mac and Design & Print Online.
Q6. How do I update the Wizard?
The easiest way to update the Avery Wizard is to remove your existing version, and download the latest
version from our web site. Any files you created and saved in Microsoft Word are not affected.
Q7. Can I save a document I create in the Wizard? What type of file is created?
Yes, you can save a document you create in the Wizard. The Wizard works within Microsoft Word and will
create a Microsoft Word document that you can open and edit in Word in the future.
Q8. Can I create a sheet of identical labels using the Avery Wizard?
Yes. To create a sheet of identical labels, select the Create a sheet of identical layouts option. Enter the
text for the labels once and format as desired.
Q9. Can I create a sheet of different labels using the Avery Wizard and can I just print a few of the
labels?
Yes. Avery Wizard makes it easy to print a sheet of entirely different labels without doing a merge. Select the
Type many different entries on a sheet option. Enter the text for each label and format as desired. You
can also print a partial sheet, starting anywhere on the sheet. However, feeding labels through a laser or ink
jet printer more than once is not recommended. The Avery Dennison guarantee of performance extends only
to a sheet of labels that has been fed through a printer a single time.
For further assistance, please call Avery Consumer Service Centre on 1800 644 353 (Australia) or
0800 228 379 (New Zealand).
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Avery Consumer Service Centre
Email: [email protected]
Australia: 1800 644 353
NZ: 0800 228 379
Avery® Frequently Asked Questions
Q10. I’m trying to create a sheet of different labels. How do I move onto my next label?
Look at the right hand side of the Wizard screen. You will see the layout of your sheet of labels (or cards).
Click your mouse onto the label you’d like to edit, and you will be moved to that label.
Q11. Why does the Wizard use different font sizes, depending on my template?
The Wizard will suggest a font and paragraph alignment, depending on the template. Based on our
knowledge of what consumers use our templates for, we’ve built in some font sizes and paragraphs, to save
you to trouble of doing it yourself! Of course, you can change the font size and paragraph yourself when
you’re in your template.
Q12. How does the Wizard know what colours and fonts etc it should use?
The Wizard utilises all the default settings of your Microsoft Word Normal template, which opens whenever
you start Microsoft Word. It includes defaults that determine the basic look of your document. The Wizard
will utilise the following settings from your Normal template:
- Font selection
- Font colour
- Line spacing settings
- Indent settings
The Wizard will recommend a font size and paragraph alignment, based on your template selection.
When you’re in the Wizard, you can change any or all of the above settings.
Q13. Why does my Wizard have extra spacing between the lines of text?
This is likely to only be apparent in Microsoft Office 2007. The Wizard utilises all the default settings of your
Microsoft Word version. Microsoft Word 2007 has line spacing set at 1.15 and a blank line between
paragraphs. The Office Word 2003 spacing was 1.0 between lines and no blank line between paragraphs.
Q14. How can I change the line spacing in the Wizard to be single spacing?
If you’d like to change it just for the project you’re working on, click on the Line spacing button on the toolbar
in the Wizard. Change the 1.15 to 1.0 (this is your line spacing). Click on the Line spacing button again,
and click on Remove Space After Paragraph (this is the spacing between paragraphs).
Q15. How can I change the line spacing to single spacing each time I use the Wizard?
To change to single spacing each time you use the Wizard, you need to change to single spacing for all new
documents.
1. On the Home tab, in the Styles group, click Change Styles..
2. Point to Style Set, and click Word 2003.
3. In the Styles group, click Change Styles again, and then click Set as Default.
Each time you use the Wizard now, or start a new document, your line spacing will be the same as Word
2003 spacing (1.0 between lines and no blank line between paragraphs).
Q16. Does the Avery Wizard provide a mail merge feature?
Yes. The Avery Wizard makes mail merge easier than ever by stepping you through the process. You can
also use the Wizard to create a reusable list of addresses that you can then merge onto labels. Select the
Merge data from an existing data file option.
For further assistance, please call Avery Consumer Service Centre on 1800 644 353 (Australia) or
0800 228 379 (New Zealand).
Avery and Avery codes are trademarks of Avery Dennison Corporation. All other brands are the trademarks of their respective companies.
Avery Consumer Service Centre
Email: [email protected]
Australia: 1800 644 353
NZ: 0800 228 379
Avery® Frequently Asked Questions
Q17. What kinds of files can the Avery Wizard merge?
The Wizard can merge Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, and other data formats supported by Microsoft
Word. It can also merge Lotus® Notes® data in the Notes Contacts folder.
Q18. What kind of file does the Create a new data file, then merge from it option create in Avery
Wizard?
When you create a list with the Avery Wizard, it creates a Microsoft Word data document that you can name,
save and reuse.
Q19. I’ve heard I can I merge directly from Microsoft Excel. Is that true?
Yes, it is. Merging from Excel removes a couple of mail merge steps, therefore making it even faster to
merge. Try looking at our guide to mail merge with Excel in the Formatting & Printing Tips section of the
Help Centre.
Q20. When I select my data in Excel to merge in the Wizard, it uses data instead of the column
headings for the field names. What is wrong?
You must select, within Excel, all the column headings and the data to be merged in order for the column
headings to be designated as field names. Try looking at our guide to mail merge with Excel in the
Formatting & Printing Tips section of the Help Centre.
Q21. Can I use graphics, such as photos and clipart, with the Avery Wizard?
The Avery Wizard does provide the ability to add graphics. Click the Insert Clip Art button on the Wizard
toolbar when inserting images. To change the size and text wrapping of the image once it is inserted into
your design, right click the image with your mouse and select Format Picture.
Q22. When I insert an image into the Wizard, why does it move my text?
You are likely to have your default image text wrapping to be In Line with Text. This basically means the
image is positioned within your text. To be able to move your image around, and overlap or place it under
text, you need to adjust your text wrapping.
Right click the image and select Format Picture, then the Layout tab. To move your image around and
have text move with it, you need to have Square selected as your text wrapping. To place the image behind
or in front of your text, select Behind Text or In Front of Text respectively. Click OK.
Q23. How does Print Preview work?
The final screen in the Avery Wizard gives you the option to Print Preview or Finish. If you click Print
Preview, you view the completed design in the Word print preview feature but you do not leave the Wizard
session. After closing the print preview, you can go back within the Wizard and make editing or design
changes. If you click Finish, you leave the Wizard and view the completed design in Word. If any changes
are needed, they will have to be made in Word or you can recreate the design by restarting the Wizard and
starting from scratch.
Q24. The Wizard appears to freeze after I switch back from Word. What can I do so I don’t lose any of
my input?
The Wizard may freeze after tasking back and forth between other programmes. To unfreeze the session,
click the Back button then click the Next button in the Wizard. This will return you to the screen you were
working in when it froze and no data will be lost.
For further assistance, please call Avery Consumer Service Centre on 1800 644 353 (Australia) or
0800 228 379 (New Zealand).
Avery and Avery codes are trademarks of Avery Dennison Corporation. All other brands are the trademarks of their respective companies.
Avery Consumer Service Centre
Email: [email protected]
Australia: 1800 644 353
NZ: 0800 228 379
Avery® Frequently Asked Questions
Q25. What is a Booster Pack?
When you download the Wizard from our web site, it contains only blank templates. Booster Packs install
pre-designed templates into the Wizard, so you can use the designs we’ve created, with all the features of
the Wizard.
Q26. I’ve installed a Booster Pack. Why can’t I see any pre-designed templates?
Booster Packs install pre-designed templates for selected templates – those that are most relevant to the
type of Booster Pack. To see the full list of templates that relate to your Booster Pack, check the list on each
Booster Pack page of our web site. Go to www.averyproducts.com.au/software and select the Booster Pack
you’ve downloaded. There you’ll find the list of software codes related to your Booster Pack.
When you’re in the Wizard and have selected an appropriate software code, the pre-designed templates will
appear after you’ve selected the Avery product you’re working with, on a screen titled Select an Avery
Product to Customise.
Q27. What is a pre-designed template?
Pre-designed templates have been created with fonts, colours and imagery already there. They take out
some of the design work for you, but are still easy to personalise by replacing graphics and text as desired.
For further assistance, please call Avery Consumer Service Centre on 1800 644 353 (Australia) or
0800 228 379 (New Zealand).
Avery and Avery codes are trademarks of Avery Dennison Corporation. All other brands are the trademarks of their respective companies.