Microsoft Word 2010 : Using Advanced Text Features - Addressing Envelopes

You can use Word to address envelopes in three different ways:

• Address an envelope without a letter (for example, if you’re paying a bill, and the biller didn’t bother to send you a self-addressed envelope).
  
  
• Address an envelope by attaching it to a letter.
  
  
• Addressing untold thousands of envelopes during a mail merge.
  
  

Addressing an Envelope by Itself

You don’t have to create a letter to address an envelope. Here’s how to address a single envelope:

1.	With any document (even a blank one) open, click the Mailings tab.
2.	Click Envelopes. The Envelopes and Labels dialog box opens, as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1. The Envelopes and Labels dialog box.
3.	Click in the Delivery Address text box and type the recipient’s address.
4.	Click in the Return Address text box and type your address. Word remembers the return address after you type it for the first time.
5.	Feed an envelope into your printer, orienting it as directed by the printer’s documentation. By default, Word assumes that you are printing a standard business-size (4 1/8” × 9 1/2”) envelope. To use a different-size envelope, click the Options button. The Envelope Options dialog box opens; click the Envelope Size drop-down arrow, and choose the size you want. Click OK to return to the Envelopes and Labels dialog box.
6.	Click Print. Word prints one copy of the envelope. If this is the first time you have typed an address in the Return Address text box (or if you changed the address that was already there), Word asks if you want to use it as the default return address. In the message box, click Yes or No, depending on whether you want Word to remember the return address you are using.

Adding an Envelope to a Letter

You can create a pre-addressed envelope and attach it to a letter. Word saves the envelope information with the letter. That way, you can go back and modify the letter and then print and mail the revised version without having to create a new envelope. Here’s how to attach an envelope to a letter:

1.	Select the entire delivery address in the letter.
2.	On the Mailings tab, click Envelopes. The Envelopes and Labels dialog box opens with the selected address in the Delivery Address text box.
3.	If necessary, click in the Return Address text box and type your address. If you have typed a return address before, it should already appear in the text box.
4.	Click Add to Document. Word generates a pre-addressed envelope and inserts it in a new section at the top of the letter, as shown in Figure 2. Figure 2. An addressed envelope, attached to a letter.
5.	Save the document to keep the envelope with it.

By default, when you print a letter with an attached envelope, Word prints the letter first and then the envelope. Before printing, be sure to load your printer with paper and envelopes in the correct order.