I couldn’t find a tutorial that explained it in a straightforward way so I wrote one up below to help others. Let me know in the comments below any questions you might have. Here are the steps you’d need to go through to generate badges from a CSV file. I was able to export CSV files directly from EventBrite. Create a document letter sized with the right margins. The Avery 74459 dotted paper had 2.4cm margin at the top and 2.6cm at the bottom. 0.75cm on the left (inner) and 0.5 cm margin on the right (outer). No idea why it was asymmetrical, but set it so you can work with the right dimensions for placing badge items.Ģ. Place in one corner of the new document layers for one badge. I used a blank rectangle shape layer to indicate the badge size 3” x 4” so I can see how to lay out the logo, titles, and other information. Place empty text layers for where you’d like fields to appear. Next we’re going to fill them in with the fieldnames that show up with the brackets >. Go to Window > Utilities > Data Merge to open up the panel. Drag and drop fields from the panel into the text areas There you can select a csv or txt file to import data. You can combine two fields into one text layer. Shown in the screenshot above is First Name and Last Name appearing in one line. Style as you’d like any of the text layers.Ĭhange the font family, font size, colors, etc. I made the alignment centered for all three lines. Now you’re ready to merge records to the template. Highlighted with a red box for you below… Start the merge process by clicking the grid icon at the bottom right of the data merge panel. This will create a new file with 6 badges per page that align with Avery’s name badge template. Here’s where you can go ahead and print to your printer. Perhaps you can save a copy in case you need to come back to edit any textĪnd there it is, a few simple steps to get your templates ready. I learned through the process that there’s terrible unicode support in Adobe for unicode characters. Some folks had foreign names with accents that came out garbled.Įventbrite didn’t capture the correct capitalization for many individuals. The forms also couldn’t verify the formatting of strings. Use the Microsoft Word's Find and Replace formatting tool to replace all the pre-designed template text in each label with your own information.For example with twitter usernames some use and some don’t, so it was difficult to standardize with the template.įeel free to let me know in the comments below if it was helpful, or if you have any questions.Continue with Step 3 until all labels are filled with your information.Position the cursor in the next label, right-click and select Paste.Highlight all the content in the first label, right-click and select Copy.Insert your information on the 1st label.How to create a sheet of all the same labels: Then click Text Wrapping and select In Front of Text in the drop down list. Select your image in the template and click the Page Layout tab in the Ribbon Toolbar. Highlight the text you entered and use the tools in Microsoft Word to format the text.Ĭlick the Insert tab in the Ribbon Toolbar to insert your own image, clip art, shapes and more. Once the file is open, type your information into the template. If the template looks like a blank page, select Table Tools > Layout > Show Gridlines to view the template layout. Double-click the Avery Word Template file you downloaded and saved to your copmuter.
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