WORD return address labels saving and re-printing

What customizations are you concerned about?

The customizations I mention are simply adding a picture to the return address label, adjusting text color/font/spacing and placement within the finished label according to information in WORD Help and from the internet.The finished product gets propagated to the other 29 label positions represented for the Avery 5160 label and I print a sheet of labels. It is at that point that I wish to save that 'Table' which matches the Avery labels format that I used so that I can just call for it(maybe in a month) to print another sheet of the same labels without having to go back through the label building process again. Hope that clears up what I am hoping for a bit.

Here is a collection of Label Specific tips

https://wordribbon.tips.net/C0725_Labels.html


Take a look through this collection of mail merge tips: maybe you can find what you are looking for in them

https://wordribbon.tips.net/results.html?q=mail...


Since you are not explicit on what you want to save, I'll have to guess. I'm guessing you want to save formatting.

Saving an Envelope for Future Use http://wordribbon.tips.net/T010309_Saving_an_En...
It can take a while to get an envelope to appear just the way you need. Why throw your work away when you are done with the envelope? Here’s how to save your efforts so you can print the envelope again at a later time.



Formatted Merging http://word.tips.net/T001321_Formatted_Merging....
When you use the mail-merge capabilities of Word, the information merged takes on the formatting of your source document, not your data source. If you want to apply different formatting to some of the information you merge, you’ll need to use the technique illustrated in this tip.

Formatting Mail Merge Fields
http://news.office-watch.com/t/n.aspx?a=1545
How to change the look of mail merge data like dates and dollar amounts.


Modifying Mail Merge Date Formats http://wordribbon.tips.net/T006108_Modifying_Ma...
One of the data sources that Word allows you to use for your mail merges is an Excel worksheet. You may get unexpected results, however, if you believe that the formatting used in Excel should merge smoothly into your Word document. T


Essentials of Creating a Mail Merge with Word 2007 (in 9 parts) http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/the-essen...
Merging your mailing lists with documents you want to send via e-mail is easier with essential steps clearly described. The mail merge tool in Word 2007 can streamline the process of getting the word out to many recipients — without manually personalizing a multitude of e-mails

Step 1: Creating the Main Document http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/word-2007...
2 of 9 in Series: By Dan Gookin
To use the Word 2007 Mail Merge feature, you begin with a main document. This can be created from a new, blank document, a template, or an existing document.

STEP 2: ASSIGNING FIELDS http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/word-2007...
Once you build your main document in Word 2007, you need to assign fields to perform a mail merge. You should now have a good idea of what type and how many fields you need.

BUILDING RECORDS http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/word-2007...
After defining the fields you need for your Word 2007 mail merge, the next step is to complete the address list. To do that, you create a list of records, by entering the data for each field in each record. This happens in the New Address List dialog box. Remember that fields are columns, and records are rows.

INSERTING FIELDS INTO THE MAIN DOCUMENT http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/word-2007...
Once you have built the necessary records for your Word 2007 mail merge, you need to place the fields into the main document, by replacing the ALL CAPS placeholders you inserted earlier.

THE FINAL MERGE http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/word-2007...
With the merge fields inserted into the main Word 2007 document and the address list standing by, you’re ready to start your mail merge!

HOW TO CREATE LABELS WITH MAIL MERGE IN WORD 2007 http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-cr...
You can use the Mail Merge feature in Word 2007 to create labels. Word prints on labels just as it prints on any sheet of paper, with each cell the same size as the sticky labels. When the sheet is printed, you have a bunch of labels for your peeling-and-sticking pleasure.

HOW TO ADD GRAPHICS TO LABELS IN WORD 2007 http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-ad...
You can add a graphical image to your mailing labels in Word 2007. After making your label, either from an address list's Merge fields or by just typing text, you're ready to add the graphical image.

HOW TO PRINT ENVELOPES IN WORD 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20160707151042/http...
Word 2007 includes a special Envelopes command that can quickly and professionally print a mailing address (and your return address) on an envelope. You can send the envelope directly to your printer, or you can add the envelope to an existing document so that you can print your letter and envelope together.

Believe the answer to your question is described at the bottom of the following article

Use mail merge to personalize letters for bulk mailings
https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/Use-ma...

Thank you Karl for your input on my question. I looked at the link and Step 6 was close to my answer but not really what I am looking for. I think I am bothering people because I am a novice. Let me explain... I started WORD->Mailings->Start Mail Merge->Labels->Picked the Avery 5160 label template and rear paper feed on my printer and then clicked->OK. I got a screen with 30  empty cells. I went to the first cell (Label) and proceeded to do what was necessary construct a label with a picture on the left side with an address to the right of it... That was then copy/pasted to the other 29 cells which was then printed on an Avery label sheet. This is where I don't know how save that work so I do not have to repeat all those steps if I want to just print another sheet of Avery 5160 labels a month from now. I have saved that sheet as a WORD document (.docx) and been able to print it as a WORD document on paper but not as labels again. As I write this, I am beginning to think that maybe the only problem I really have is that I was not able to somehow access my rear paper feed. The only way that the Rear Paper Feed gets acknowledged is when I specify it from the Label Options panel in one of the earliest label design steps mentioned earlier. The Properties/Preferences dialog box when I just want to print the WORD document allows me to select the rear feed but does not honor it. Can I assume that if I just saved my sheet of labels as a "WORD Document" it should have worked or was there some other format I should have specified during the save? I am able to otherwise specify the rear paper feed for a regular word document with no issues. Seems like there should be a way to save and reprint a sheet of saved return address labels.

You have kind of lost me - you save the doc AFTER everything is configured which would include all all the steps you've described including the connection to whatever data source you're using.

Are you saying that if you do the above that it's not working and that Word also doesn't ask you to "keep the connection"? More specifically, what exactly "isn't working?"

There is NO data source that was used. Once I selected "New Document" the screen was populated with a 30 cell empty table which was the shape of the 5160 Avery Label design. Don't know if you call that a template(?) Anyway, I just manually got a picture inserted to the left side of that first cell and then typed in a three line return address into the right side of the label/cell. There was no connection to any data source. It was a single label created on the spot. Once and pasted into the other 29 label positions/cells, it printed from the rear paper feed just fine. I just can't find a way to save that work for later printing. I do a SAVE AS and specify it is a WORD doc which I can later retrieve and print as a page that looks like the labels from the standard FILE->Print facility but it will not acknowledge the Rear Print Feed  paper source setting under Printer Properties. PROBLEM SOLVED... In ADDITION to a Printer Properties->Paper Source->Rear Paper Feed selection (which is all I need do for any other print), at the bottom there is also a 'Page Setup' option to open where I must select Page Setup->Paper->Rear Paper Feed(for both the "1st page" and "Other Pages" for the sheet to print from the rear tray where the Avery sheets are placed. Don't know why this is, but I know how to get what I want. I thank you for your patience and assistance...   

The best I can offer with this is the following test I just completed

#1 - Created a document -
#2 - Changed the "printer properties" for the selected printer to something different from the usual defaults
#3 - Saved the doc as a template
#4 - closed the doc and re-opened the template just saved

Doing the above - the printer properties were correctly recalled but any changes under the "Printer Settings" block did not reflect and different choices made before saving the template doc