Several templates are provided with NewViews to print labels. To use these templates, simply open up the appropriate template, connect it to your data source, and save the file. Then fill in lines one and two in the NewViews mail Merge prompt box with the names of the template that you are going to use and your data source file.
Printing address labels in NewViews is a very straightforward procedure. Start by positioning yourself in either the Accounts Payable or Accounts Receivable account list (blue table). Switch to the "Address " view, as shown below.
Follow the instructions on Creating a Data Source.
Follow the instructions on Creating a New Template Document, but instead of Create... a Form Letters... pick Mailing Labels... Choose to use the "Active Window".
In Section 2 of the of the mail merge helper, select "Get Data - Open Data Source". Open the data source file created earlier. A "Labels Options: dialog box will appear. . Choose the type of label that you will be using. In the "Create Labels" dialog box that appears, add the mail merge fields that you want to use. Reference the "Readable_data_records" file that is created along with your data source file, in order to see what mail merge fields you should use. Click on "OK" and then "Close". The mail merge document will appear. Save the file as your mailing labels.
Back in NewViews, mark a block of Customers or vendors as before and select : Tools - Mail merge." Set the "Main Document" to the name of the mailing labels document created above. Set the "Data File" to the name of the data file created at the top of this section. Set the destination to either "Display" or "Printer". Press F5 to continue.
Several templates are provided with NewViews to print labels. To use these templates, simply open up the appropriate template, Connect it to your data source, save the file and then fill in lines one and two in the NewViews mail Merge prompt box with the names of the template that you are going to use and your data source file.