How do I setup Pages text to fit Avery 8160 labels?

When I got Pages this weekend I was sorry to learn that you can't do labels (easily.)

But not a problem.

Here is what I did.

I use Avery 5161 labels (1 in. tall x 4 in. wide, 2 cols of 10, 20 on a page)

I created an .xls spread sheet in Numbers with columns as "first," "last", "company", "street", etc.

I then created a row with my data.

I then copied and pasted that row in the other rows so that I had19 more rows, 20 in all.

I went to the Avery website and used their free online print service where you choose your label style upload your xls file and "map" the field to a blank label. You end up with a PDF file of your page of labels whic you can print.

Of course you can also use this with a real "list" file... say your holiday card list (which is what I use it for.)

Important: when I print from Preview, the labels did not align correclty. Use Adobe Reader and print from that and all should be fine.

Hope this helps.

You can download the desired template from Avery. Pages can use a Word template.

Walt

Using the Aver templates, those in Word format, would be easier than creating it from start.