Mail Merge Badges

    This page will give you a step-by-step guide on how to make mail merge badges. 

    1. Open the starting document downloaded from MaxIntra for a mail merge for labels in MS Word
    2. Go to Mailings in MS Word
    3. Create an Excel list of participants
    4. Select recipients and connect starting document to your Excel list of participants (1st row are headings)
    5. Insert Merge Field in the address fields of the first badge:
      1. First name
      2. Last name
      3. Affiliation
      4. on the right position (and delete the original text)
    6. Update labels
    7. Preview results
    8. If OK, Finish & Merge. Edit individual badges in Word if needed and save the Word file
    9. Ask your department secretary or Facility for the right badge paper (Durable Badgemaker 1455-02 (20*54x90mm badges) and the right badges (Lyreco clip name badge, 60*90mm). 
    10. To print badges, select manual feed and single sided printing in MS Word when printing. Put the badge paper in the manual feed and select a paper weight of 150g. 
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