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Printing sheet of labels from MacBook pro

New MacBook Pro Mac 15" 10.12.3

I have recently upgraded to this computer from MacBook 2012. I had installed Bento and was able to print labels on to 7 x 3 sheets from my database. Bento was too old to transfer to new system. I have managed to save them on Numbers and Libre Office. Now I want to be able to print them. They are not addresses which I have in my own address book. How can I do this?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS Sierra (10.12.1)

Posted on Feb 24, 2017 10:27 AM

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Feb 24, 2017 5:13 PM in response to grannystew

The traditional "brute force" way to print address labels from a list is to use mail Merge from a word processor. Actually doing it take some time with the manual or online help.


You set up a template document that has a page with three across and seven down, and a "next" command between each label template to get new data for the next address label.


Most mail merges can bring in the address list as text with "comma-separated-values", which is easy to throw out of a spreadsheet or database with a special save as format.


ALWAYS print to a file and inspect the file before you commit to print to labels. One misplaced comma or name too long and the whole rest of the document prints off the edges of the labels.

Printing sheet of labels from MacBook pro

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