Print Mailing Labels, Envelopes, And Contact Lists In Contacts On Mac

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Contacts User Guide

• Welcome
• Add and manage contacts
  • Add contacts from iCloud, Google and more
  • Add people and companies
  • Import contacts
  • Update contact information
  • Set up your My Card
  • Delete contacts
• Create and manage lists
  • Create and change lists
  • Create and change Smart Lists
  • Delete lists and Smart Lists
  • Edit the distribution list for lists and Smart Lists
• Use contact information
  • View contacts
  • Text, call or email a contact
  • Email a list or Smart List
  • Show contacts’ birthdays in Calendar
  • Show a contact’s address on a map
  • Share a contact
  • Print mailing labels, envelopes and contact lists
• Organise contacts
  • Link contacts from different accounts
  • Merge contact cards
  • Export or archive contacts
• Customise Contacts
  • Change settings
  • Change the contact card template
  • Change how contacts are sorted
  • Add or change contact pictures
  • Change street address formats
• Keyboard shortcuts
• Copyright and trademarks

You can print mailing labels, envelopes or a list of contacts using information in the Contacts app.

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Print mailing labels

1. Go to the Contacts app on your Mac.

2. Select one or more contacts, or a list of contacts.

   Only contact cards with addresses are printed.

   Tip: If you want to print a return address label, select your contact card.

3. Choose File > Print.

4. Click the Style pop-up menu, then choose Mailing Labels.

   If you don’t see the Style pop-up menu, click next to Contacts.

5. Click Layout or Label to customise postage labels.

   Layout: Choose a page type, such as Avery Standard or A4. Or choose Define Custom to create and define your own label.

   Label: Choose additional items to include on labels. For example, you can:

   • Print labels in alphabetical order or by postcode

   • Include the company name and country or region

   • Include an image

   • Change the font and font colour

6. Click Print.

To change the order of the first and last name in mailing labels, change the setting of the Show First Name option in Contacts General settings.

Tip: Want to print the same address on a page of labels? Create a list that contains the contact card with the address you want to print. Copy and paste the card in the list as many times as you need. Then select the list and print.

Print envelopes

1. Go to the Contacts app on your Mac.

2. Select one or more contacts, or a list of contacts.

   Only contact cards with addresses are printed.

3. Choose File > Print.

4. Click the Style pop-up menu, then choose Envelopes.

   If you don’t see the Style pop-up menu, click next to Contacts.

5. Click Layout, Label or Orientation to customise envelopes.

   Layout: Choose a standard envelope size from International, North American or Japanese layouts. Or for a non-standard envelope size, choose Define Custom to create and define your own layout.

   Label: Choose additional items to include on envelopes. For example, you can:

   • Include your return address (it must appear on your contact card)

   • Print an envelope for a specific address (such as work) or all addresses (for contacts who have multiple addresses)

   • Print envelopes in alphabetical order or by postcode

   • Include the company name and country or region

   • Include an image

   • Change the font and font colour

   Orientation: Print envelopes in portrait or landscape orientation.

6. Click Print.

Print lists

1. Go to the Contacts app on your Mac.

2. Select one or more contacts, or a list of contacts.

3. Choose File > Print.

   Tip: You can also save contacts to a PDF file. Select one or more contacts, then click File > Export as PDF.

4. Click the Style pop-up menu, then choose Lists.

   If you don’t see the Style pop-up menu, click next to Contacts.

5. Choose the paper size and orientation, then select the information (attributes) to include in the list.

6. Click Print.

You can’t print directly from a network directory service. To print contacts from a directory, first drag them to another account.

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