Special Edition Using® Microsoft® Office Word 2003

Printing Envelopes in Word

Word automates envelope and label printing—a process that was once tedious and difficult, especially if you were working with large or nonstandard envelopes.

In the simplest example, assume that you've written a standard business letter, in which the recipient's name and address appear at the top, under the date. To print an accompanying envelope, choose Tools, Letters and Mailings, Envelopes and Labels. The Envelopes and Labels dialog box shown in Figure 6.5 appears (make sure that the Envelopes tab is selected).

Figure 6.5. The Envelopes and Labels dialog box, showing the name and address Word has picked up from your letter.

When it opens this dialog box, Word searches your letter for the places where you're most ...