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Print personalized Mailing Labels in Address Book Apps
While Address Book can print labels quite well, it's not so easy to address the label to a family such as, 'The Smith Family,' when the Contact's name field shows 'John Smith,' or even, 'John and Jane Smith.'

But if you want to use Address Book to generate a personalized holiday card, baby announcement or other address label list, there is a way to ensure it prints the way you want. For addressing families, simply edit the contact by adding a company name such as, 'The Smith Family.'

Also, be sure to check the box to display the company name instead of the first/last name. Now, whether its an individual, couple, or family, you'll be sure the label prints the way you want. You won't find this one, but for additional hints on printing labels with Mac OS X's Address Book application, type the keyword 'Printing,' in the Help search field.

[crarko adds: I tested this, and it works as described.]
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Print personalized Mailing Labels in Address Book
Authored by: btimms on Dec 13, '10 05:48:58AM

Turning on the company field doesn't seem to turn off the name field? Am I missing something?



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Print personalized Mailing Labels in Address Book
Authored by: kahuna on Dec 13, '10 02:32:34PM

You have to click the Company box on the card, not the Company box in the print dialog (the latter way being the more useful way--if it actually worked like that).



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