Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Every printer eats envelopes in a different manner. Some printers have fancy envelope feeders, while others have envelope slots or pop-out manual feeding trays. The following steps show you how to configure Word to properly print an envelope on your printer.
Locate the envelope feeder/slot on your printer.
Notice exactly how the envelope is inserted: There is probably an icon printed or molded on the printer that tells you to insert the envelope in the middle, to the left, to the right, long-ways or whatever. Also, check to see if it's fed face-up or face-down.
Choose Tools, Envelopes and Labels.
The Envelopes and Labels dialog box appears. Make sure the Envelopes tab in the dialog box is up front.
Click the Feed button.
This displays the Envelope Options dialog box, Printing Options tab.
Select whether your envelope goes in face up or face down.
Click the appropriate Face Up or Face Down button.
Select your envelope's orientation.
One of the six displayed Feed methods should do it. If necessary, click the Clockwise Rotation check box to flip the envelope 180 degrees.
Click OK.
This closes the Envelope Options dialog box.
Now you're ready to create or print an envelope, or you can click Cancel to return to your document. Word knows about your printer and can properly print an envelope the next time you demand one.
Locate the envelope feeder/slot on your printer.
Notice exactly how the envelope is inserted: There is probably an icon printed or molded on the printer that tells you to insert the envelope in the middle, to the left, to the right, long-ways or whatever. Also, check to see if it's fed face-up or face-down.
Choose Tools, Envelopes and Labels.
The Envelopes and Labels dialog box appears. Make sure the Envelopes tab in the dialog box is up front.
Click the Feed button.
This displays the Envelope Options dialog box, Printing Options tab.
Select whether your envelope goes in face up or face down.
Click the appropriate Face Up or Face Down button.
Select your envelope's orientation.
One of the six displayed Feed methods should do it. If necessary, click the Clockwise Rotation check box to flip the envelope 180 degrees.
Click OK.
This closes the Envelope Options dialog box.
Now you're ready to create or print an envelope, or you can click Cancel to return to your document. Word knows about your printer and can properly print an envelope the next time you demand one.
